Bux-Mont Atlantic Local Meeting
SOUTHAMPTON, (BUCKS
CO.) The Bux-Mont-Local -of
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative Dis
trict 31 will hold its annual dinner
meeting Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the
Plain & Fancy Restaurant,
Quakertown.
Dr. Paul E. Hand, Atlantic’s
general manager, will be the guest
speaker. Hand will report on the
cooperative’s fiscal year and will
review the'Atlantic merger.
In other business, Robert R.
Gehman of Coopersburg, District
31 director, will present 25- and
50-year membership awards.
MISSION
THE PRIME LINE
Hesslon Corporation a Member of the FIAT Group
25-Year Membership Awards
Donald and Judith Bair, Palm,
Pa.; Melvin Bauman, Quaker
town; Claude Bieler, E. Greenvil
le; George and David Bishop,
Doylestown; Isaac Geissinger and
Sons, Quakertown; George Hel
wig, Kintersville; Edward M. Hen
ry, E. Greenville; Paul Keeler, Jr.,
Perkasie; Robert D. Mack, Penns
burg; Marwell Dairy Farm,
Coopersburg; Kenneth Mease,
Riegelsviile; Joseph Nowakowski,
Chalfont; Mark or William Reith,
Etnmaus; Russell M. Schantzen
bach, Coopersburg; Andrew
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17, 1987-819
Schertel, Barto; Alton Y. Schol
lenberger, Boyertown; Edward R.
Shuhler, E. Greenville; Stoneback
Brothers, Quakertown.
50>Year Membership Awards
Clyde J. Masemore, Barto; Ste
phen M. Soltysiak, Coopersburg.
Evergreen
Shedding
Lots of gardeners and
homeowners seem to be
concerned again this fall
because they see parts of
their evergreens turning
. yellow, then brown. Hie
only advice is to keep
calm. According to
Susan Goldsworthy,
Delaware County
Cooperative Extension
Horticulturalist, this
happens to evergreens
every year, but they may
go unnoticed in some
years.
Watch your ever
greens and you’ll see
that it stays green all
year simply because it
does not lose all its
foliage at once. The
plant produces new
leaves or needles every
year and some of the old
inside ones die and fall
to the ground.
The life of an everg
reen leaf ranges from
one year to six, depend
ing on the species.
Among evergreens that
drop their year-old
leaves or needles are
laurel, holly, white pine
and arborvitae. Trees
that hold their green
needles three to five
years or more include
spruce, fir, hemlock,
yew (taxus) and the
pines that have two or
three needles in a clus
ter. Most needle-
bearing evergreen shed
their old foliage in the
fall. Holly leaves, on the
other hand, drop in
spring or early summer
about the time new
foliage covers the ends
of the branches.
You don’t always
notice the annual leaf or
needle drop because
new leaves or needles
may hide the inside
foliage that has turned
yellow or brown. It
depends on the past and
current growing sea
sons. During a rainy
summer most plants put
w» a heavy growth of
foliage. If the summer
has been dry, there will
be a light growth which
will not conceal the old
yellowing leaves. The
effects of normal leaf or
needle drop may be
more striking a year or
two after you transplant
evergreens.