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Before taking up your pruning
shears this winter, it might be a
good idea to first ask yourself—
'Why am I pruning these plants? If
you can satisfactorily answer this
question, it may mean the differ
ence between doing a good job, a
sloppy job or a good job of butcher
ing
Wise pruning improves the gen
eral appearance and neatness of a
borne landscape, by: maintaining,
as nearly as possible, the natural
growth habits of the plants; cor
recting damage caused by acciden
tal injury or ice breakage; con
fining plants to a desired space, if
necessary; stimulating the growth
of flowers, fruits and foliage; and
shaping plants to some desired
pattern. Remember that every
plant has character represented
by growth baibit and leaf, stem,
bark or fruit color.
An understanding of the fruit or
flower bearing habits of the plant
is essential before one dan prune
intelligently. The spring blooming
woody plants produce their flow
ers from buds already formed on
wood produced in 1969 and re
maining dormant over the winter.
This is true of lilac, forsytbia,
wisteria, weigelia and deutzia. The
proper time to prune these plants
is just after they bloom because
early spring or late fall pruning
would remove the bloom buds.
The summer blooming plants,
hybrid perpetual roses, crepe myr
ers on shoots produced early in
tie, etc., will produce their flow
1980 and frequently referred to as
the current season’s growth. Such
plants require pruning in winter
or early spring in order to pro
duce strong new shoot growth.
Now is a good time to .prune your
fruit trees and grapevines. Apples
are borne on spurs produced on
wood usually two years old or old
er. Peaches are borne on wood one
year old and grapes on new growth
RALEIGH RQUNDUP
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leading elder statesmen about this
time of year in 1947. Virtually
every person who reads this col
umn would know this man if we
called his name. He still lives in
Durham and is one of our truly;
great citizens.
He was in a meeting. Charlie I
Johnson’s name oaime up. He was j
to be the next Governor. At that j
time, Kerr Scott had not even an
nounced, and was serving along
from day to day as Agriculture
Commissioner.
This citizen said he was for
Johnson for Governor. But, he said,
Charlie Johnson would not become
Governor of North Carolina. He had
done some research, he went an,
and had found that the .people liked
traits, or qualities, in a can
and would not follow him
which is produced on cams tune
year old. It you have some old
neglected peach and apple trees,
give them a good pruning this win
ter, spray them with winter
strength lime sulphur and fertilize
with 8-6-8 fertilizer in the early
spring. You may be agreeably sur
prized.
Merry Christmtas!
HINTS TO THE
HOMEMAKERS
SAVE TIME AND ENERGY —
Save time* and energy by serving
a buffet breakfast occasionally. It
relieves morning confusion by
freeing mother from the job of set
ting the table, allowing her to be
available to assist younger child
ren to dress, or catch up on the
morning paper headlines.
For one breakfast buffet menu,
bowls of Com Flakes may be com
bined with such fruits as primes,
bananas, peaches, pears or many
others. Provide an assortment of
warm roll's or muffins. Another
breakfast buffet may feature But
terscotch Biscuits along with fruit
juice,-cereal, bacon, eggs, and
coffee or milk!
BUTTERSCOTCH BISCUITS
% cup all-bran
FARM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION; Production of cig
arettes in 1069 ip expected to be
about 3 per cent greater than 1066.
Does this mean that the domestic
use of flue-cured tobacco will in
crease, also?
ANSWER: No. Domestic use of
flue^cured tobacco for the year
1958-58 will be about the same ae
for the previous year. Use of to
bacco did not increase with in
creased cigarette output because
more filter cigarettes are being
made, .the tobacco leaf is being
used more completely, and some
adjustments have been made in
the size of cigarettes.
QUESTION: What is the purpose
of the egg referendum scheduled
for April 2, 1060?
No Meu — No Waiting —
Our Ready-Mixed Concrete
Is On The Job When Yon Need
It.
Abo Sand, Gravel and Crushed
Stone.
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Kinston, N- C.
Free Estimates — . New Beni Highway
A special package el
happy holiday wishes!
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Across Queen St. Bridge
Kinston, N. (C.
' Phone JA 3-6405
ANSWER: Ye*. Contact the N. C.
Foundation Seed Producers at
State Cottage. The toanfotta* dan
tell you where seetflings may be
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AMBULANCE SERVICE
i CALL
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DIAL JA 3-2124 or JA 3-2125
Ambulance Equipped With Oxygen
For Emergency Use
. “COURTEOUS ATTENDANTS”
May your hearts
be filled with
gladness during
this holiday
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i
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