Garden a highlight of Del. Ag Progress day NEWARK, Del. - The University of Delaware’s College of Agricultural Sciences is planning an open house for home gardeners and plant lovers. Home Gardeners’ Day is one aspect of Agricultural Progress Day, which will take place on August 1, 1979, from 2:30 p.m. until dusk, at Agricultural Hall in Newark. Experts from the College DAVID H. HAGAN Harkins & Carea Rd., Nornsville, MD Just below Stewartstown, PA 301-692-6902 BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT f-* f u ", ' > ' •» ; ; : Most work Ist Steiger 2nd Steiger 3rd Steiger 4th Steiger RESULTS OF TESTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. of Agricultural Sciences will offer instruction in suc cessful gardening practices, answer questions, and diagnose plant problems. A tour of the grounds around Agricultural Hall offers more than an aesthetic experience. It’s also instructive for the home gardener. Greenhouse supervisor Paul Dennison, whose staff is responsible for BIST tSSteiger TRACTORS WERE TESTED AGAINST THE OTHERS ... ir gallon of fuel sth Steiger 6th Steiger 7th Steiger Bth Steiger SO WHEN maintaining the grounds as well as the greenhouse, explains that the plants are selected mainly for their growth habits. In keeping with the University’s educational mission, Ex tension horticulturist Dr. Charles Dunham Selects additions to the gardens because they display notable growth characteristics or unusual seasonal color. The object is to give students and visitors the knowledge they need to make their own • •• YOU DECIDE ON A NEW FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACTOR, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST - STEIGER. Stop bp any time and line op a demonstration MEMO HAY, STRAW & EAR CORN SALE EVERY MONDAY At 11A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Lloyd H. Kreider, Auct. BY TIST Best percent; Ist Steiger 2nd Steiger 3rd Steiger 4th Steiger educated plant selections. The University’s plant science students leam which materials do well in city environments, and many go on to work with local beautification committees, either on a professional or volunteer basis. A number of faculty members are ser ving on city and county beautification committees as well as working professionally with the private sector and homeowners on landscaping. The gem of the Agricultural Hall grounds, and a major focus of hor ticultural education at the University, is the Emily B. Clark Garden. Though it isn’t exceptionally large, the plants in the collection have been carefully selected to represent the best of their types for this area. It con tains such favorites as the pagoda dogwood, a favorite around Newark with its layered branches and blue fruits so loved by the birds; AND WON! Well, the big tractor tests are over. In three important test categories, Steiger showed the others just how good four-wheel drive tractors can really be. Of the 29 current production 4WD tractors on the market that were tested... well the results speak for themselves. drawbar hon iwer sth Steiger 6th Steiger 7th Steiger Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21,1979—15 1 the Nordmann fir - one of the most beautiful and reliable in the area; and one of the most glorious of the Japanese cherries, the amanagowa, with its masses of lovely apple-blossom pink blooms. Those who want to garden in small spaces should take a look at the Clark Garden’s extensive collection of dwarf conifers. Visitors can compare the dwarf eastern white pine specimens in the Clark Garden with their full sized counterparts that gracefully ' flank Agricultural Hall. The heath and heather bed and rock wall garden include a number of small and in teresting plants for home rock gardens. Colorful in every season, the Clark Garden includes azaleas and rhododendrons, winter-berried - hollies, spring flowering bulbs, and the beautiful golden larch from China, which changes from a soft green in summer OnmlPstrah Ist Steiger stn Allis Chalmers 2nd Steiger 6th Steiger/Steiger/Steiger/ 3rd Steiger John Deere 4th Steiger to a rich, burnished gold in Fall. An unusual feature of the garden is its four styraz japonic* specimens. Each has been pruned in a slightly different way to give visitors - an idea of what can be done with judicious use of the pruning shears. Dennison notes that the Louis Detjen Rose Garden behind Agricultural Hall is in full bloom now, and so are many of the annuals and perennials immediately in front of the building. Visitors are always welcome to stroll through the grounds, Dennison says, and a self-guided tour sheet can be found in a mailbox along the front driveway to the building. But Agricultural Progress Day is a particularly good time to visit, since Dennison, Dunham and other members of the plant science department will be on hand to lead tours and offer the benefit of their experience.
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