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HONEYLOCUST IS CONTENDER
FOR TREE BEAUTY TITLE
A honey of a tree Is one of the top contenders In
America’s arboreal beauty contest. It’s the thornless
honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)—a graceful, fast-grow
lng species that Is at home In a wide range of soils through
out the temperate zone.
A number of selected clones are already on the market
and several others are being developed by nurserymen and
plant propagators. New varieties will range from tall vase
forms to broad semidwarf types and may include some
with golden tips. It is as beautiful as the American elm.
now restricted in favor because of the Dutch elm disease.
Honeylocusts afford resistance to wind damage, insects
and other tree ailments. As shade trees, they do not throw
the dense shadows of maples and oaks, a virtue where
lawn maintenance is a problem.
Don’t confuse the thornless varieties with the native
honeylocust, which has vicious thorns and sparser
branching. A patented variety is reported to be free of
seed pods.
• Still another advantage, so far as the tired home owner
is concerned, is that It reduces fall leaf raking. The leaves
are small In size and In volume.
LIFE IN
THE COUNTRY
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD
Barn Roof Feeds Two Rivers
There is a barn on a farm In
Highland County, Va., that
marks the divide between the
valleys of the James and Poto
mac Rivers.
The J>am is built on a little
“hog back,” and the story goes
that all the rain that falls on
the south roof flows off to the
James, and all that falls on the
North roof finds its way to the
South Branch of the Potomac.
Dyer Gum, who has farmed
for more than 40 years in Lou
doun County, was telling me
about the barn. And he ought
to know, because this bam Is
on the farm where he was born
and raised.
Mr. Gum said his brother
George still owns the home
farm. The bam is still there, as
are the springs that form the
QUICK-DRY BIST
Proper Curing
Prolongs Life
Os Onions
By ANDREW A. DUNCAN
Department of Horticulture.
University of Maryland
As with tobacco, “curing” of
onions refers to a drying process.
Onions are cured to prevent in
vasion by organisms which cause
decay. When an onion Is prop
erly cured there Is not enough
moisture In the neck and outer
scales to support the growth of
decay organisms.
Onions for storage should be
harvested after they form bulbs,
but while the tops are still partly
green. The onions should be re
moved from the garden to a
sheltered location under a sound
roof. Sun-drying or field curing
just do not work under Maryland
conditions. Our high humidity
and heavy dews keep the onions
moist for too long a time.
Curing should be a rather
quick process for best results.
Some gardeners have found that
keeping a current of air from
an electric fan moving over a
thin layer of onions for a few
hours speeds up the drying pro
cess. Others use various com
binations of small electric
heaters and electric fans to more
or less force dry the bulbs.
Leave the tops on the onions
until the curing process is com
plete. An onion is cured when
the outer scales are thoroughly
dry and “crackly” and when no
juice can be squeezed from the
neck when the top is cut off 2
Inches above the bulb.
After curing either braid the
onions together into bunches or
remove the tops and put the
bulbs in a mesh bag or slatted
crate.
Store the onions in a cool dry
place. Check them occasionally
to make sure they are dry. Dur
ing wet, “muggy” weather mois
ture may condense on the onions
in which case additional venti
lation or force drying may be
necessary.
Properly cured onions should
hold up at least until Christmas.
Trim After Mowing
The finishing touch to good
lawn grooming is neat, close
trimming and edging to get rid
of long, tangled strands of grass
along foundations and curbings
and around trees and shrubs.
Neat, straight lawn edges show
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1 headwaters of the Potomac's
t south branch.
. Mr. Gum, who is getting up
’ in years now, knew Highland
’ County back in the days When
it took something more than a
: man to get over the roads,
i The old road that used to
i run through from Staunton,
, Va„ into West Virginia, he said,
; often was impassable for many
; weeks during the winters.
He said in the old days there
I once was a mail carrier up in
. the mountains who had a repu
. tation for getting through if
• anybody could.
i But one winter was worse |
\ than usual, and there was a
matter of weeks that the mails
: didn’t get through.
! Finally, Mr. Gum said, this
> carrier got a letter from the
! Post Office Department wanting
: to know what was the matter.
He said the answer was kept
on record in the department for
many years. It said that things
were frozen so tight that a'
week’s flow of molten rock from
Hades wouldn’t thaw out the
road an inch.
Mr. Gum has lived in Lou
doun County now for 42 years
and has raised his family here.
The mountains and valleys of
Highland County are beautiful,
he says, but you can't beat
Northern Virginia for real
, beauty.
** * *
Lawrence Beans from up at
Clarks Gap had a pheasant this
, i summer that couldn’t make up l
’ its mind whether to be a hen or
a roster. Had the markings of
1 both. Lawrence said.
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raises game birds, had a similar
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When we stopped to see Mr.
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It all goes to show what a good
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But our bees are gone, thank
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And it was our cow who knocked
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