AGRICULTURE
Gourds add ornate touch to lawns and gardens
Ornamental gourds can add a
lot of visual fun to gardening! If
you have a fence or trellis in
full sun, try at least one of these
tropical vines with showy flow
ers and unusually shaped fruit.
GEWIMD
THE
WEEDS ^
JEAN WINStOW
Several henera are appropri
ate for our area.
Cucurbit* is the main family
of gourds. The last Asian Mal
abar gourd has yellow flowers
with black seeds and mottled
green fruits striped with white.
These sometimes grow to a foot
long.
Another, the Calabazilla, has
yellow flowers with orange-size
hard-shelled fruit colored green
and yellow.
C. Maxima not only includes
the edible Hubbards, autumn
and winter squash, twit boasts
the Turban, or Turk's Cap
gourd, a striking ornamental
suggesting ? turban in orange,
green and pale yellow.
Moat common at the Lagena
ria (lay-en- A Y-ria) genera is
the Calabash gourd. Flowers
are white and fruits come in dif
ferent shapes ranging from
three inches to three feet. This
is the gourd commonly made
into dippers or in expensive bird
houses.
Luffa is a popular genera of
the gourd family. Fresh young
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fruit can be eaten like cucumb
ers Japanese dry young slices
in the sun, while Malaysians rel
ish the young leaves.
In some parts of the world
luffa is used as a medicine to
treat a variety of ailments from
hemorrhage to aching teeth to
hernias.
Usually gourd seeds are of
fered in mixed genera pack
ages. However sometimes
exotic types are sold separately
with descriptive names such as
bottle, penguin, striped, peer,
warty, and caveman's club.
Culture for gourds is the same
as cucumbers and squash. Sow
in permanent spot outdoors
when the soil has warmed up.
Let fruits ripen on the vine, but
be sure to harvest before Croat
Gourds being used for orna
mental displays should be wiped
with a household disinfectant,
cured in a dry, warm place
(about 70 degrees) for three
weeks, then moved to a cool
place. Any bruised fruit should
be discarded Rap gourds with
the knuckles. If they give off a
ring they are ready to be waxed
(floor wax is best), painted,
shellacked, or varnished.
Interested growers may con
tact the American Gourd So
ciety, which offers an annual
membership that includes infor
mation of all kinds in the Gourd.
Write Secretary Treasurer, A.G.
Society, Box 274, Mt. Gilead,
Ohio 43338.
Area wool pool slated
The area wool pool will be
held on Thursday, June 20, from
8-11 a.m. at Hertford Supply Co.
(Broughton Dail's).
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Please mark your calendar
and bring your wool properly
packaged. Burlap bags are fine,
but do not use plastic feed bags
or tie with wire or staples. Wool
not properly cared for may be
rejected.
All counties in the Northeast
District are invited to attend
this annual pool. It is held as a
joint effort with the Extension
Service, NCDA and sheep pro
ducers.
Wool prices appear to be as
follows for 1985:
Clear Wool? .6015
Light Burry? .5113
Heavy Burry? .4511
Tags? .1203
Producers should also remem
ber to carry their recipets to the
ASCS Office for subsidy pay
ment.
Perquimans producers sold
around 3,000 lbs. of wool last
year.
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Madre to represent county at workshop
Gene Madre is Perquimans
County's Delegate to the 1985
Resource Conservation
Workshop to be held June 23-28
at North Carolina State Univer
GENE MADRE
sity. Gene is the son of Mr. ft
Mrs. Donald Madre of Hertford.
The week long course is held
each year for high school stu
dents and is designed to stimu
late interested young people to
pursue conservation careers, to
practice good conservation mea
sures and to become staunch
advocates of conservation.
The group will study subjects
pertinent to resource conserva
tion including soil characteris
tics and soil conservation, wa
tershed and wildlife
management, forestry woodlot
management, and nonagricultu
ral uses for soils.
In addition career opportuni
ties in the field of conservation
and development and a well
rounded recreation program are
part of the curriculum.
The workshop is a annual
event sponsored by the N.C. As
sociation Soil of and Water Con
Pesticide regulations
revised by board
RALEIGH- The North
Carolina Pesticide Board re
vised their regulation on ground
application of pesticides during
their last meeting in Raleigh
Friday, May 24.The regulation
contains a mew section which
states, "No person shall apply a
pesticide(s) under such condi
tions that drift from pesticide(s)
particles or vapors results in
adverse effect. This regulation
becomes effective August 1,
1985.
4-H Day
Perquimans County 4-H mem
bers are among hundreds of 4- i
H ers from 17 counties in the '
Northeast District who will par
ticipate in the annual District 4
H Activity Day competition on
June 26 at Williamston High
School in Martin County.
The District 4-H Activity Day
is being held to select winners
to vie for top honors during
North Carolina 4-H Congress
July 22-25 at North Carolina
State University, according to
Juanita T. Bailey, county 4-H
agent. Similar events are being
held at five other locations in
the state.
The 4-H'ers will compete in
some 40 activities, ranging from
archery, cooking and sewing to
landscaping, automotive skill
driving, crop production and
wildlife conservation.
Perquimans County 4-H'ers
who will participate and their
programs are: Jason Harrell
Electric; Damion Burke-Crafts;
Stan Griffin-Safetv; Robbie
Griffin-Poultry; Leah Harrell
Livestock Production; Cornelius
Mack-Bicycle; Tisha Turner
and Bernadine Johnson-Fruit
and Vegetable Use; and Dallis
Turner-Public Speaking.
In other action, the board ac
cepted a settlement agreement
with Fred Hampton of Sparta.
Hampton, an unlicensed dealer,
allegedly sold a restricted-use
pesticide, Tordon 10K Pellets, to
a non-certified and unsuper
vised person. The board levied a
$200 civil penalty against Hamp
ton.
The board requested that the
Pesticide Advisory Committee
review and develop plans for
the recertification of private ap
plicators.
For more information contact
the Pesticide section of the
North Carolina Department of
Agriculture at (919) 733-3556.
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At the
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Soil and Water Conservation
Commission and Soil Science
Department and the Division of
Continuing Education at N.C.
State University.
Locally Madre is sponsored
by the Perquimans County Con
servation Committee of the Al
bemarle Conservation District.
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