Preserve Christmas
Christmas gifts of cut kept In liquid preservatives
flowers such as roses and instead of plain water, ex
camations will last longer if pertinents at The Penn-
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Flowers
sylvania State Univreslty
show.
Such preservatives will
increase the keeping life of
cut roses two to four days
longer than water, reported
Dr. Peter B. Pfahl, professor
of floriculture. The freshness
of carnations can be ex
tended three to five days
with preservatives, he said.
The best preservatives on
roses were Floralife,
Smithers-Oasis, and Sprite.
Burpee’s Everbloom and
Smithers-Oasis gave the best
results on carnations.
Tested at Penn State were
White Sim carnations and
Forever Yours red roses.
The experiments studied
these cut flowers in five
different liquid preser
vatives. Twelve flowers
were used in each treatment
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and the treatments were
repeated three times. The
flowers were freshly cut
daily from University
greenhouses and were put
directly into warm water in a
35 degree F refrigerator for
hardening.
The flowers were kept at
temperatures of 68 degrees F
to 72 degrees F, similar to
conditions in a retail florist
shop and at home. Lights
were used on the flowers
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dr. Pfahl and associates
suggest the following con
centrations be used:
Floralife, 1 tablespoon per
quart of water. Burpee’s
Everbloom, 3 tablespoons
per quart of water. Smithers-
Oasis, 2 tablespoons per
quart of water. Sprite, 50
percent Sprite and 50 percent
water. These four are listed,
he indicated, since they are
readily available.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Dec. 28,1974
Saving Energy
on the Farm
There’s as much potential
for energy conservation on
farms as there is in factories
or other similar large
opration's with a variety of
machinery, according to Roy
W. Uelner, vice president,
Agricultural Equipments
Divisions, Allis-Chalmers
Corp,
He said that “wherever
engines are involved, there’s
real possibility for saving
fossil fuels.” Part of such
saving lies in reduction in
idling time, where it’s
economical to shut off an
engine if it’s certain to idle
for many minutes.
Uelner said a very big part
of fuel saving lies in
methodical equipment
maintenance.
“Too many farmers and
too many users of lawn and
garden equipment have been
casual about keeping track
of their operating hours.
They must keep track as a
guide to planned main
tenance, which keeps
Details of the study will be
published in the Winter issue
of “Science in Agriculture,”
the quarterly magazine of
the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Penn State. The
article refers only to
preservatives used in the
Penn State study.
Dr. Pfahl said florists have
been inserting floral
arrangements in a saturated
plastic foam material that
retains water and holds the
flowers securely in place. He
believes there may be a
preservative impregnated in
the foams tested. His studies
involved six different plastic
foam materials in water, and
combinations of foams and
preservatives.
The foams were superior
to plain water m keeping
roses and carnations fresh.
Used with foam, Jiffy and
Hydrofoam gave the longest
life to carnations. Roses with
foams did best when Instant
Oasis or Filfast were used.
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Ph. |2ls| 932 2934
equipment running
smoothly, and definitely
avoids excessive fuel con
sumption,” the executive
said. (
He pointed out that
maintenance management
in factories keeps track of
machines, noting on records
the results of planned checks
on wearing parts, hoses and
many other components.
Farmers, too, must make
maintenance a formal thing,
using checklists to help them
track what needs to be done
next.
“People are surprised
when makers of lawn and
garden equipment urge them
to be equally methodical,”
Uelner said. “Yet care of the
busy machines that cut grass
and haul rubbish can, over a
year, trim back fuel costs.”
“Finally, selection of
equipment sized for each job
makes an important con
tribution. A farm tractor
that is undersized for its task
simply burns off fuel,
struggling through soil or
crops. Similarly, a tractor
that is too big for the demand
wastes conspicuously,” he
said.
“Equipment selection and
equipment maintenance are
the keys to stretching fuel
supplies and saving on the
fuel dollar.”
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