-Uncastcr Farming, Saturday, December 20,1986 62 CHAMBERSBURG Christiana Keener, 7920 Nyesville Road, Chambersburg, was named “Shepherd of the Year” when the Franklin County 4-H Shepherds held its awards dinner recently. The year-end meeting is held annually at Trinity Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, to recognize the achievements of the junior sheep producers in various categories. As a six-year member of the Shepherds, Christiana has taken full responsibility for the care of her family’s flock of sheep for the past five years doing feeding, giving immunizations, delivering Pomehias Add Natural Beauty YORK - This holiday season enjoy a poinsettia. Poinsettias often appear early in December and can provide early holiday decorations for your home. By buying poinsettias early in December, finding healthy plants that last longer are easier to locate. Many retail stores, greenhouses, garden stores and flowershops have varying sizes, single or multiple bloom plants at varying prices. Here are some tips on their selection and care. • When buying a poinsettia, look for foliage that is full, in good condition and of proper color. Many of the new varieties are shorter, stockier and fuller. Leaves should stick out at a 90 degree angle from the stem. If the leaves droop, or leaves are yellowing and falling off, don’t Rowers Of Christmas with poinsettias from our Mexican neighbors. Numerous legends attempt to explain its popularity there. According to one, many years ago a young child in Cuer navaca wept because she had no flowers to place at the manger. An angel appeared to the child and directed her to pick a weed from the roadside, place it before the altar, and wait. The child obeyed, and soon after the weed was placed at the Nativity scene, it Comfortable protection. Red Wings ASK THE MAN WHO WEARS THEM SUPER SOLE SAFETY BOOTS • Safety Steel Toe • Tough Long wearing Urethane Sole In Stock No Waiting Keener Honored As FranUki Co. Shepherd Of The Year and caring for newborn lambs as well as ewes and lambs. In ad dition, she has served as an officer in the club and has actively promoted the lamb and wool in dustry during the past two years. A sophomore at Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she was presented with a solid black walnut plaque made by Mark Keener. The plaque will be a traveling trophy given to future “Shepherd of the Year” recipients. The plaque included the names of Keith Bitikofer, winner in 1984, and Delmar Lehman, 1985 winner. Kelby Mowery, 3355 Lime Kiln Road, Chambersburg, was named waste your money. • Examine the blooms in the center of the poinsettia. The small yellow button sized flowers should just be opening at the top. Select plants with numerous small flowers beginning to bloom, in dicating growth potential. Plants with large blooms may look prettier, but they have already reached their peak and may start to decline fast. • When selecting plants for good color, bracts should be bright, but not brilliant. Blooms that appear brilliant will not last long. • Your best guarantee of quality is to buy a plant from a reliable florist, nurseryman, or garden center. • Before making your trip home with a poinsettia, make sure it is protected from chilling injury. Put (Continued from Page B 21) was transformed into a tall, beautiful plant bearing the whorl of scarlet leaves that became the poinsettia. The plant was introduced into the United States about 1830 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. minister to Mexico and an able botanist. After supplying his own greenhouses in Greenville, South Carolina, he distributed plants to his friends and to botanical gardens. Steel Toes? 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Kellv Boyd and Juhe Dice were To Holiday Petmfing Schemes big sheets of paper or a large plastic bag into an empty box. Then prepare the poinsettia by loosely wrapping the leaves and bracts in strips of soft cloth. Lower the plant into the box and pull the package into a wanned car. Make sure the plant is placed on a seat. Otherwise, it will get too cold. • On arrival, if you think the flower has become chilled, im merse the pot—soil and all—into lukewarm water. When the bub bles stop, lift the pot and allow it to drain. Repeat the dunking. This will bring soil temperature up to room temperature and may save a chilled plant from dying. • Avoiding extremes is the most important thing to remember when you get the plant home, keep it in a cool area, with no drafts. The plants should receive morning or early afternoon sunlight. • The soil should be moist but not soaked. 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Kelby Mowery’s demonstration entitled “How to Raise a Market Lamb,” and the lamb and wool promotional talk entitled “Lamb, Wool .. . container. Make sure the plant has sufficient drainage: it should not be sitting in water. If, for example, the pot has foil around it take the foil off and put the pot in the sink to water it. Overwatering has killed many poinsettias in the past. • Contrary to popular opinion, poinsettias are not programmed to die as soon as the holidays are over. When the blooming is over, gradually stop watering. Just keep enough water in the soil to prevent the roots from drying out. Poinsettias are still a real bargain today thanks to the research work done by plant scientists and breeders. The lasting affect of the poinsettia is a tremendous characteristic which gives home decorators the chance to use a blooming plant throughout the winter months. With proper selection and care, poinsettias can last until Easter and sometimes into May. 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