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Tha OREGON STATESMAN. .Sakau Oreron, Scnday Morula?. December 7, 1933
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HOLLOW WALLS HAVE A PECULIAR APPEAU
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TO EAST MART
; English , Variety Grown In
- .This State; Methods of ,
. Culture Outlined .
ByP, L RICKER.
Sarins the pre-CkrUtmu sea.
son of ltJ4 an Inresti ration for
the Garden elnb ot America
" showed that 11.S7 cases of
bollr were shipped from the
'- Delaware-Maryland - peninsula by
ens railroad with nrohahlv an
." equal quantity by water and
' track. Takinr 'this am - a stand
ard for measure -It is safe to ee-
umate that t the number of
: pounds used by Christmas - trade
orer the United States runs far
: Into the millions. - , . "
- Northwestern ' cultivated En
. Hah holly is being shipped into
every state each year in increas
ing amounts, well graded and in
, attractive cartons. The attrae
- tire dark green glossy leaves and
berries of much greater abun-
' ' dlBM. mil mnA K-ttr mIav than'
' much of the eastern native holly
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How Does Your
Garden Grow?
By LILLIE Il MADSEN '
! meets with a rftaiW mla at fincv
'prices In fhe markets.- The best
.prays at about 60 eents a
'pound ...
' The English holly Is almost
exclusively grown in Oregon and
Washington . for the Christmas
s-market and, is being extensively
'. "hlppe4 east.
? A method of rooting holly
i ; -from: cuttings in about slaty days
. . xdayibe -at Jntrest.)rbnU 'tfo1
fonr Inch rnttinra tnoaflM-nn
" female trees Should be taken
' from October to December And
leave all but the two or three of
the lowest leaves on. A propa
gating box about twelve by twenty-four
Inches and six lnehea
deep had a one Inch Jayer of
sphagnum moss to aid in holding
moisture and a three inch layer
of fine sand. Plant the cuttings
' to a depth of about one and one
half inches and in an upright po
sition (a slanting position Is not
necessary). Saturate, the bed
with water, cover the box with
glass and tor best results place
preferably In a greenhouse with
slight bottom heat. The best
day temperature is from 70 de
: trees to 75 degrees and night
temperature should not go below
0 degrees T. Good results may,
however, be obtained by placing
the box in a window at home but
full sunlight should be avoided.
A good watering of the box two
or three times a week is ordinar
ily sufficient and a single drying
out of the sand will be fatal to
all ot the cuttings. With these
conditions observed, the cuttings
should be well callanand in a a
'days and hare. roots one-half to
one inch long in CO days.
' While the cuttings . may be
u-aasBiamea to two In eh pots ct
once 16 is better to wait until the
roots "are about two Inches long
and use three: inch . pots. The
plants should , be set in the
ground out doors soon after dan
ger of frost Is over. Planting
two feet .apart in each direction
would rive 10.8 CI iter acre; Aft
er two or tnree years, to avoid
transDlantlna- costs and to berth
obtaining an income . from the
ebpv tie gradual removal of all
plants in, .iiirf.
later every other plant in the re
maininc rows ran h atarted.
leaving the trees placed 4x4
feet or abont 711 to the atre.
Small, potted , holly plants will
una a reaay Christmas sale for
home decoration. Many will buy
them for home plantings and
others can be sold to those wish
ing to start small aurserv slant.
Ings. As soon as this sale source
is well developed by advertising
and personal solicitation, new
plantings should be made each
year to furnish a constant supply
ot these small plants, but not be
tween the rows of growing trees
as these need all the root space
available. Crowding the rows
with this or other crops will in
jure the Holly growth and yield.
Other rows should be removed
tor ornamental planting or
wreaths as room is needed for
tree growths ' until trees are
spaced at least twenty-five feet!
apart each ; way which would
leave COl trees per acre.
Non-bemr bearinr follara nal
for wreaths can be supplied with
artificial berries. Lage plants
intended for, ornamental planting
should have the roots balled by
digging a narrow trench around
the trees in , the fall - a year or
two ahead of time and deen
LMNG-QOCM- T
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Here la a bricV homa nlam.
Bricks are not so practical te
rainy sections such as Oregon, ac
cording to many Deonle. but them
is at type of brick constrnctioa
which can be successfully sed in
the most moist of Oicn wtntM
and still give warns, dry, comfort
able rooms, The plans for this
brick .home have several Interest
tag points. For Instance, the cesf
tral hall which allows entrance to
every room without . disturbing
any other room m the hotue. The
arrangement of the bath and the
closets also make for 'great con
venience la a small boose.
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Brick Magazine Shows Pi
tures of ourlnewi -SaH
lent Homes V",
tit
Salem homes are. . pictured
along with an article In 'Build
ing Economy", the monthly mag
azine of the Common Brick man
ufacturers' association of Amer
ica, a nation-wide organisation.
Four brick residences are used to
Illustrate the beauty of 8alem
architecture and the adaptability
of common brick for building
purposes. The houses which are
shown are: O. T. Johnson. IIS
W. Lincoln; the residence built
by Kd Vlesco on Lafelle street:
ut. w. b. uott, corner High and
Rural; and the house on King-
wood Heights erected by Biddy
Bisnop.
Being a "brick" magazine the
article notes a. growing, use ot
brick after the early construc
tion of homes , here which was all
of native lumber. The article
praises the charm of Salem In
the following paragraphs:
"Commercial and . public eon-
enonah to cnt off 'all main mntm
The trench should be immediate
ly filled again.' For a two-inch
trunk the trench should be eight
inches from the trees and tor -a
four-inch Jtrunk eighteen inches
xrom tne tree.
(To be continued next Sunday.)
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; Calling a gasoline "Premium" doesn't make it so.
.To date only four types of premium quality gasoline have
been offered on the Pacific. Coast. Three still sell at a
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During the past few 'weeks
I number ' of ' reuuesta . for nelly
material. Perhaps it is. the near-
lng of.. Christmas. Nothing, w
bare always - said, looks . more
like Christmas, than . holly,' and
this has been' so .since tne an-
elent days -of . the . Roman Satur
nalia, 'and , has been carried on
down to us through the days
when the Druids ' used holly Jn
their. TnleUde f estlvltles and the
eld Teutons' hung it about their
rooms : aa.; a . refuge for sylvan
spirits from winter storms. '
' Some of my 'letters carry com
nlalnU .that- the writer's holly
won't bear." Others write ask
ing "what kind of holly . to
plant...:; A , Jarge number - have
written asking for the address
ef commercial holly growers. The
latter Question can only be ans
wered . by mail : and I appreciate
that a number, have sent self-
addressed stamped entelopee. Ail
who have done so have received
or will receive. replies from 'me.
Few of us realize that commer
cial holly raising is -a growing
Business in Oregon? a business
that gives promise of quite a fu
ture because there are so few
places In these United States of
ours where holly can be crown
as a -successful commercial Ten-
berrlesf 4fcntnakeita hniiv
1uranjh- - sell, - the holly' 'trees
need tne eool, damp springs that
only western .Washington and
western Oregon can supdIt so
aausiactoruy here on the coast.
' . A motor trip out to a holly
orchard at this time of the year
will prove a. delightful and en-
structlon In : Salem has ; always
largely . favored masonry types.
The , business district compares
favorably, in this respect, to
most other cities of her site. But
In ojher respects the .city is dif
ferent. Salem, for instance, has
no slums. Neither are there, any
distinctive and exclusive wealthy
residence sections. A modest
bungalow may be found next
door to a mansion of wealth.
And. the democratic spirit ot the
city Is in keeping. It Is more
than anything else a I friendly
eity. r s .
JThe founders laid It out with
wide streets that : traverse Its
length ' and breadth and which
hare grown beautiful as It built
up land expanded. They are lined
with - sturdy ' trees, many more
than half a century old, and
deep, well-kept lawns! - r
lightening ' experience. I made
such . a trip last year and ; was
surprised to find . the harvest of
the holly crop s earrled on in : a
very businesslike manner. '
'- This begins the first part of
December, v as florists and .busi
ness houses .'demand holly ' for
their ! pre-Christmaa decorating.
All cutting Is done by hand. And
cutting, we , are ' led -. to under
stand Is in itself an art. Gather
ing the' crop means pruning the
orchard." . .Wrong : cutting .. may
mean! no berries the next' sea
son. -When the -. branches' are cut
off ' . at - Christmas f time. ' new
shoots grow ; out the following
spring, but these : will not bear
until the second year. If pruning
Is done correctly , there will be a
good crop each year, I was told.
The branches . cut vary from
six inches to 10 Inches In length.
One man, if he is a good cutter,
can .manage 100. pounds a day.
As he cuts the branches from the
trees, he places r them in - paper
Mrtmi ar aa canvasses. ' Care
must be taken not to bruise -the
berries' or they will turn black.
If eutting .is .done In: a 'tog . or
mist the . branches are spread
out on trays to dry la the holly
shacks, but at no time must they
be exposed to heat. Many of us
send boxes of holly branenes
each year, to eastern relatives,
and it would be well to take
some of these precautions that
the commercial shipper takes.
The holly grower whom I vis
ited, told me that only , about 50
per cent of the holly planted by
seed bears fruit, and unless the
cuttings- of -plants are from cer
tified '-. self-bearing indlvidnala,
one cannot be sure that they will
bear after they are established
on-the lawn. Not all holly trees,
he said, were self-fertile.
Most ot the commercial grow
ers, It seems, set out their orch
ards In October or early . Novem
ber. . However. . I .. was . Informed
that a holly tree would do well
it planted on any " mild day .dur
ing winter or early spring if I
took care that the roots did, not
dry out during the planting pro
cess.'.;.. :' '-. '.. ' , ' , . ...
The -. commercial growers or
at least the one. I -visited, fer
tilise their orchard heavily with
barnyard . manure . every - other
year and cultivate them Just as
one does another fruit orchard.
fertilisation and .cultivation, I
Was; told, greatly , increases the
crop of berries and give both-the
berries and the leaves a richer
coloring and more lustrous fin
ish. A few growers report that
they have had trouble with San
Jose scale, and then they spray
their holly orchards Just as they
spray their apple orchards.
As to varieties of holly I was
indeed surprised to discover how
many there . were. One hundred
and seventy species - listed, the
grower told me. The Ilex aqni
folim, 1 was informed, was the
common .English holly grown in
the orchard I visited. Thar i.
laurifolla which bears no fruit.
but whose riowers are very frag,
rant. There are some with white
berries, and some with t!i .
berries. and . even some with
black berries. -- There are some '
classed as golden-leaved, and some
as silver-leaved; -
SERIOUSLY ILL
SILVERTON. Dec. S Ura
Louise Feneide is critfoaliv in-
a Salem hospital. She was taken
to the hospital a week ago Wed
nesday. ana wnue every hope is
held out for' her ultimate v.Aw
err her Illness is eontidarfut r.
ious. Her mother, Mrs. Charity
Scott; drives over to see her every
day. -
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aurora, Dec. Mrs. Fred
Dental hi renorted lmnrvrfn
from an oneratlon for
tls, at an , Oregon City hospital,
where she was taken last Satur
day. . '-
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