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Show gab from the garden mvl Utah Nurserymen Plan Help For Gardeners by Genevieve 1 ARK CITY, will be the location of the Utah Association of Nurserymens annual industry-convention on Jan. 30, wide 31 and Feb. 1, at the C'est Bon Hotel, according to Elmer Knowles, president of the group. Booth displays will be set up on Thursday beginning at 10:30 a m. with a luncheon scheduled for 12 noon. A board of directors meeting will be at 7:30 a.m., Friday with registration from 8 to 9:3C a.m. The general session will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome by W. P. Sullivan, Park City Mayor. Elmer Knowles will introduce guests. Dick Oki, Sacramento, Calif., will speak on management techniques for container production. Election of officers will be held. The luncheon Friday will feature Arlen F. Ekberg, president, State Arboretum Society. on Duiing the afternoon--sera- i from 2 to 4 p.m. speakers will be A1 Van Tclt who will discuss proper maintenance of lawn equipment; Ray D. Ford, Fresno, Calif., whose subject is how il can work for Treflan you;" and Melvin Burninghum, Salt Lake County extension agent who will talk on disease and insects problems. THE UTAH ASSOCIATION of Nurserymen's annual awards banquet is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. .Several awards will lie presented, and Paul L. Sojoblom, State Forester will be the speaker. w:ill On Saturdays program be Bennie William; Robert T. Lederer, executtve vice president, American Association of , Washington, D.C.; Governor Calvin L. Rampton; and Scott Chiles, San Francisco. At 2:30 p.m. delegates will leave for Mountain Dell Golf course for snowmobiling and tubing. A smorgasbord dinner will conclude the activities. Assisting Mr. Pennington with arrangements are Glen Cox, Mac Vorhees, Ken Hummer, Keith Boyer, Dick Vance, Dave John Gene son, Hear. H. Folsom Long and George LADIES of the Utah Association of Nurserymen will hold their annual luncheon Jan. 30 at 12:30 p.m. at the Elks Club in Salt Lake City. Cleon Shanders will give a talk on great Salt Lake. New officers to be installed include Mrs. Dave Johnson, president; Mrs. Morgan Regan, first vice president; Mrs. Ralph Moffat, second vice president; Mrs. LaMar Lloyd, historian; Mrs. Douglas Walton, s ecre Board members are Mrs. I.eland Mitchell, immediate past president; Mrs. D. G. Coleman and Mrs. Joseph Okamura. Both of these groups are active in community service. They assist with the Salt Lake Tribune Spring Garden Festival, the Intermountain's largest gardenich tins year w ill ng- event,-whihe Held April at the new Salt Palace. They have been active in beautification woik at the present time assisting with a landscape program at the State Prison. Members of the Utah Association of Nurserymen have acted as judges for Civic Beautificathe state-widtion Awards program. 16-2- e ACTUALLY your local nurseryman can be of great service to the home gardener, lie has a working knowledge of plants which do well in our area. He knows how to plant and care for them. You will fipd your nurseryman willing tq share his knowledge with you. At 'there on information how to plant and care for them as well (is the size' each plant will reach at maturity. will be nurseryman is a citizen your community with a business and would like you as a customer. Thus you can be assured of excellent cooperation and assistance in selecting proper plant material for your garden. Tlsp of CONSf AVI YOUR PRICIOUS SOIL! USE ILL HOLD-A-- H "Worldwide TTyrW, Planter Blocks Prevents Iroion Retains Soil A Wotor Beautifies Hillsides ' Will Turn Drgroo Anglos FrIhneR'S Mountain West Gardens iff,;:! his place of business you will find plants which will thrive in our area- - They will.bq labeled as to the name, price and size. Often PHONE 277-208- Tin Salt IziKe Triluino, Sunday, January 1 HMIO Dave Brown, left, Elmer Knowles, George Hoare jwatch while Dave Johnson spots Park City, scene of Utah Assn, of Nurserymen's annual convention next weekend. advice from the garden doctor AGoodT reeT oT ake AGambleOn by Dr. Arvil I, Stark O NE OF THE pressing needs in plant material for the home gardener is a wider selection of small shade trees. Low houses and small lots demand low growing small trees for framing and for shade. At the present time the list of common, desirable, low growing trees adapted to this area consists of apricot, native birch, hawgoldenrain, crahapple, thorn, and purple leaved plum. Some small maples and silk trees are growing in a few places in the warmer valleys and some large shrubs, such as lilac ami honeysuckle, can be trained to form a small tree. There are possibly a few olh-- eis but the species listed are the ones mast extensively planted in this area. ultra - conservatism prevents us from going way out on a limb to suggest planting an untried siocios of five, hut when the more than ronsrn alive United Stales Do- paitmenl of Agliciiltui o publish es a hiillciin on a tree that indicates its w idespread adaptability, who are we to stand in the way of sih ieulltnal piogress. The blight lesistant Bradford pear was developed from a seed NtiRMAL of Gallery xar found growing wild in Iliinj by a ISDA plant exploier. It was released by the Department of Agriculture in January, lilt it), to commercial nurseries in 13 states from New York to California. The ultimate height of this attractive tyee may reach 30 ft. with a spread of appioximalely 30 IL It is called the tree of all seasons because of its abundant white flowers in early spring, followed by thick, glossy, dark green, oval leaves in summer. In fall ihe attractive leaves take on a purplish red hue that changes to crimson as the season advan- ces. LIKE LAVKI.l.E hawthorn, the fqliage remains on the tree long after most oilier shade trees have dropped their leaves, and High they drop over a relatively short period of time, making- clean up easy. The fruit Is small and of no economic value, Bradford pear trees have giowii wild in most parts of the United States. They have survived winter temperatures as low as 2S degrees bolow zero, appe ar to do equally well in dry ami moist climates, and are not particular as to soil lyjie. An gardener experienced might well suspect that the above description was taken right out of an exuberant nursery catalog. It was not. It came frin USDA Home and Garden Bulletin 134 available through your USU County Extension Agents Office. FROM INFORMATION In this .bulletin and ether publica-- 1 tions the Bradford pear tree looks good. We will only know how good it is iii this area after a few years of trial. If you must have a dead cinch fotget it. If there is still a pinch of gamble in your make up you may wish to try a tiee or two of this variety. What have you got to loe except a jxtar tree? Older early jgu want trees this spring. if urpee Seeds thing Hilt l.i ( iff - fur the Harth n Enjoy your garden moie. riant Burpee seed'', plant's, !. i ubs, trees. Grow beautiful flowery, tastier tables, trultb SeU t new Burpee Hybi ids. SeedsNurseryCatalog 48pages.ovet bOQpicture s FREE 75 m coloi. lells all about the best seeds th.it grow. )t rilivur uur f'rvet'upv i'ODA 4449 W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. Rurp.ee Bide , R verside. Calif. 1 . 99391 burpees Giant HYBRID TOMATO Delicious, thick rreMed. smooth, round, red fruits, up to 2 lbs. each. Basketful all after basketful. Excelmore others. The plants set fruits even in bad weather, fa try. 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