Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1949 — Page 23
generates r out onto ising a seburn. re solution, heat and 1stant stir- | stick or omes thick r. Remove ° add water oughly and 1. water to rain. Cover time and at and cook tes stirring:
ting ‘water, r, stir and ding water four times. cold water with hands pated germ. until all of e removed, kinned, deough cold inch above er and boll three and ntil tender,
2 cold place. jominy.
mieten
* America competitions.
Is Newcomer
dan summer double hollyhock,
ering kind is worthiremembering. For hollyhocks are perfect with your white picket fence, against a brick wall, in front of evergreens, and - especially to beautify your alleyway. This
*- comes in mixed colors.
Of the seven vegetables that fmpressed the judges, a summer squash of the vegetable marrow type, Caserte, ranked high. It won a-gold medal, highest award to a mere vegetable since 1935 when Straight-Eight cucumber got it.
Caserta Is Tasty
And Productive Caserta, I hope, will Wo on. | gardeners to raising marrows:. Even, tog ey ar den can use it, for one i it provide enough for a famil
four. SSough fof 8 a 4 “IF YO
even more productive than the older cocozelle varieties. Be-
of Caserta is light yellow,
ways. green stri “Triumph bush tima- -sounds unusually good. It's said to bear
heavier than Henderson's bush. And Henderson's is a big pro.ducer in even our dryest summers but it's quality is low (or so I think). Triumph appar- | ently. carries with this
: along high productivity the fat fla
vorful pods of Fordhook, another good local grower. In addition, it produces more to the pod. Incidentally, Triumph is a product of Uncle Sam's Bureau of Plant In. dustry. Two. new lettuces, heading type, leave me unmoved. For Great Lakes, an A. A. Ava winner of some years back, Is such a success under local conditions. But one of these new
BACKYARD ADVENTURES
“BUT weren't you afraid . to start ous-on such a long night drive when it was raining? Why, it, was almost freesing and fhink i we'd have had fog!” So spoke a cautious friend on hearing of the holiday sociabilities of us country lifers. So. we explained that the life of ‘a msuburbant ENS Sea ge a feel for into competition with al Purcell, the Rushville reader of winds, but for short range prophecies, well, we surprise ourselves. On the night in question, we put our faith in the south wind, instead of the weather bureau. When wind’'s from the south temperatures aren't too likely to fall. Fog? No,
I suppose every family has its amateur “weather forecaster. Too many are like the family I knew, who al-
family. helps, Dots the shouk der ache? Aha, there'll be a change. Fee! day?
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aes an sore att
_ Flagship,
American table.
frame for early use. Caulifiower, easy - to - grow, = comes “from the
apolis; I'll. eat not my hat but caulifiower all summer. though the A. A. winners are tested in different parts of the country I doubt this will add to e -gayety of local tables. Anyway, you can raise kinds of eaulifiower in any garden if you take ocer-
the standard
tain precautions as to mulch.
The last winner, too, 1 question for local gardens. sweet heavy yielding in cold wet springs, and hot dry , summers, say the judges. But hybrid sweet corn is notably temperamental with. certain varieties definitely more produc
hybrid yellow
tive in specific areas. ~ Flagship “will
brid Gqlden Cross
Soe in local gardens year after
Cherry Belle radish is anothy er Dutch contribution to the’ It's suggested as good for forcing in the cold
Ideal Snowball,
tiful Lake of Lucerne in Switzerland.” If
have practically jet propelled if it does any better than the hy-
header,
Even
dinner
lime and
It's a’ corn,
to be
All America 1949 Vegetable Selections « « » Triumph bush lima bean; Premier Great Lakes lettuce (left); Cherry Belle radish; Pennlake lettuce
Bantam
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Dishing the Dirt About G sardening—
_THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
~ [Nature Say [Club Learns |About Snakes
ing to reporter
“|That's on the authority of Dr.
‘|been classified by a scientist with
{get acquainted.
- {how to attract them to the back-
p_-—
Also Inspires of Wisdom
Ch Wo
what they'll’ iga Accoring othe to the ‘club's onthl “The BE on, talks by]. ns ns Th Peake opel by Katherine Graves) brought forth this; scientific note at one meeting: ;
much Than the very fine point of a
pin. But the bump that he raises, itches - like blazes, And 3 ats where the rub comes
A you might Ios: accordDotothy White,
that Indiana ‘is host to only three kinds of poisonous snakes.
Goethe Link, who studies snakes gs well as stars, One kind, the timber rattlesnake, must have
a sense of humor. It's called]. crotalus horridus horridus. ~ © | The Links brought along, as special guest, to this meeting, their pet (7?) black king snake, namé of Oscar. And young Goethe Jr. obliged by carrying) Oscar around so members could
Tonight's club meeting promfses to be less spegtacular, It will be in the ‘home of the president, Noah B. Myers, and Mrs, Myers, 3528 Kenwood Ave. at 7 o'clock. Members will bring seed stalks and pods of wild plants, Mr. Myers, who has classified 135 kinds, will help identify the various seeds. “It's just like meeting an old friend when you can go for a walk and call a plant you see by name,” he says. ; In the second part of the program Mrs. Hallie Bidgood will talk about the winter birds that live on these wild seeds, also on
yard, .
Mrs. Oscar Helmer
To Be Hostess “Mulch and. Trenching” ‘will take the dttention of Fall Creek! Garden Club members when they meet in the home of Mrs. Oscar Helmer, 5015 N. Jlipois St. tomorrow at 1:13 p. m. Mrs. Walter
gram, will offer an example from her own garden to show how) trenching lengthens the life of plants.
let's have that, too. Q~Mrs. M. W, Wall
izing try. of annuals. glad of any help.”
the most fun and
pattern, I'd suggest
YOU have a question on
gardening, sénd it to Marguerite |Smith, The Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis 9
jive additional information from own gardening experience,
ington asks for help in organa garden club in the coun- | “I am looking for a simple guide for beginners who know little about gardens,
|A.~Being firmly convinced that
value lies in following your own, bent, rather than the common
new club lean on individual initiative. Why not subscribe to a magazirie devoted entirely tolA garden problems? That takes care of timeliness of topics un-
the easiest way to learn more # about these grasses falls a bit flat. I. know of only one §eedsman who Stocks mixed seeds. (Bend a self-addressed card to the column if you want the name.) Several places (some) logal) sell clumps of perennial sorts. As for general information, Hottes Book of Perennials and) * The Garden Encyclopedia both give some interesting details, These books should be available at a good library. . = =» Q.—An experienced gardener who
eool spot part of the time.|
water, especially
buds during the pervi son's. growth, of Bloom-
ing it in an east window. even the She may find later that it's
I will be that case a little aluminum sul-
the most|™, oived an azalea for Christmas asks how she can ke€ép it! up its foliage again. ’ Mrs. that this blooming under household con-| Walter Pederson, Zionsville, ditions and how she can carry! brought a large
it- over another year. A.—It's always fun to see if you can make these gift plants. bloom another year. And azaleas are among the more
days by putting /it in loose,
all summer, giving it asouthThen let
you can give them a reasonable their
Mainly they want plenty otf in summer, For, like lilacs, they form their
The ~ gardener who asks this question says she’s kept her plant in good | Nas given thie roots a’ continuous shape so far by spraying it off} every day in the sink, and keép-
fate (one tablespoon to a gal-|W. 35th St, lon of water) will help it green sert- -luncheon. Members find this/
Some of her roses have grown same spot for 15 years, *1 sturdiness comes rom the nurseryman’'s advice. He suggested digging holes two feet with a post-hole digger, then,
BEA mixture Of $04; peat moss, good garden loam and bone meal. That
supply of plant food instead of {sub-soil to live in.” That's all that {trenching is—replacing poor sub{soil with good top soil,” she says.
telling her the soil isn’t right, it! Golden Glow Garden Ollb will its leaves begin to yellow. Ln|meet on.Friday at 1 p. m. in the|
home of Mrs. Rilus Doolittle, 1421
a more workable scheme than| [the refreshments- after-the-meet-|
‘flowering Ing order of business they used! azalea to bloom for the holi-|to follow.
| Mrs, Arthur Remler will assist]
loamy soil, keeping it outdoors the hostess and officers will be
elected. Golden Glowers are!
west exposure in the house this|looking ahead to a good start on|
“They say hat a chigger ain't]
Morton, who presents the pro-i-
{illling the bottom part with a
for its usual .des-|
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The deuce of hearts was, Water sprinkled on top of the Odds and ends from our own stock, and (12, yi) 5 Fuchsia Antique tl demands. And’ John Public fell to South's king. South led the played by Wes), the jack trom| Peat or sand you're keeping a few manufacturers’ samples, Grand n, 3.98 yd. wo alas, too often demands only|10 of diamonds ducked It inig.;p;y sng East won with the| them in, plus a lighter cover buys at great savings to you.
garden. So my suggestion that buying declarer played A packet of mixed sebds doing a little experimenting 1s
d it held the trick. He the deuce of dia- : showed out, discarding the three of spades, and from West.
queen. East's return here doesn’
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Mrs. J. Emerson Fettig and [had Mrs. Charles ‘Gardner are. chair-|as a check he laid down the ace|of spades from dummy snd led
meri for the Sunnyside Guila|0f spades. East showed out, shed-|the four of hearts to dummy’s dq
‘A spade disca
East's club return was
clarer already thought that West Played his small heart." started with five spades but
mattér, Actually he led a club, South won the king and the queen
the ace from 80 one bad one dopsn’t spoil and/dummy. The jack of diamonds| Now declarer led his last “- all, came next and Past won the mond and West is done for. He! ” king, West discarding a small/'s down to the king-eight of| Housepints ally get too club. hearts and-three spades to the 10.| wai watered, too frequently
won makes all three with the ace In dummy, Now de- of dummy's spades good. Bo West
South then discarded the five
t| helps stop that loss of mols ture. If they're rotting, cut away spoiled portions, dust with sulfur, Go over squashes
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ing the six of hearts. Dummy's|ace, dropping West's now single- plant unless It tells you party for the Sanatorjum patients, .¢' giamond was led next and/ton king. He won the last three ban signs ua Jou Wt Tuesday. It will be held at 3:30/won in the closed hand. Each de-|tricks with the ace-jack of spades that It's ready for more plant m. in the hospital recreation fender discarded a club. ..{and the 10 of hearts. | food. “ny ’ : ! v.08 . austen! program will be pre: S0Uth Sees Chance Send your questions on bridge |W Watch amaryllis bulbs by Gean Avge. A wciai[To Put on Se 0) to Easley Hr BR Rate Yin the grow. ZA i "lie ‘West ‘noid at teast of thel 8. HE N a z 1d ai / : in NE TE Cat in nd
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