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'T Store-Wide Stock Tribune Medford 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1959 Pages 1 8 Facts on Christmas Trees-and Greenery Br Science Service In popularity of Christmas trees, Douglas-fir is the win ner. It leads all others as the favorite tree of Americans, ac cording to the most recent statistics of the U.S. Forest Service. Next in line is balsam fir, then eastern redcedar. Black spruce ranks fourth, and most of the smaller trees on the market are of this variety. Scotch pine comes next. These five make up 81 per cent of the crop. White spruce, red pine, Norway spruce and white fir add another 10 per cent. . Bubbling Tree Ornaments Not Meant To Drink Washington (Science Serv ice) Christmas tree orna ments that bubble can ruin a happy holiday. The bubbling fluid is poison ous methylene chloride, a compound that has the same depressing effects on the cen tral nervous system as some anesthetics. Each decoration contains three to four milli liters of the liquid - the lethal dose is estimated at between one-half to- five milliliters for very two pounds of body weight Thus drinking the liquid from a dozen or so orna ments could mean svious ill ness, if not death, for a small child. -Should Empty Stomach Inhaling the fumes of spill ad liquids from broken decor ations could also depress the central nervous system, the Arizona Poisoning Control In formation Center, Tucson, re ports. If a child does drink the fluid, his stomach should be emptied as soon as possible and the doctor called. The "snow" that you spray on may be toxic if you breathe in the mixture during the spraying process. Methylene -chloride - aadjreon, .are both used as propellants for the white particles that make up the snow. Treatment consists mainly of removing the vic tim to fresh air. The metallic salts common ly used to produce colorful effects when thrown into a blazing fire are another Christmas-time hazard. Salts of arsenic, lead, antimony, copper and barium are among thoae burned. If these com pounds are eaten, vomiting should be induced or the stomach "washed out." Milk or olive oil, soothing to irri tated tissues, should be given. Barries Dangerous When it comes to the mistle toe and holly, there are con flicting reports of toxicity. Soma researchers report nausea and mild narcosis as a result of eating holly. Several deaths of small children have been attributed to eating the whit mistletoe berries, yet other researchers report no toxic symptoms in pigs that were fed both berries and mistletoe leaves. Generally, the suggested treatment in case any of these plants are eaten is to get rid of it by inducing vomiting in the victim and to call the doctor. Red spruce, white pines (eastern and western), Virgin ia pine, southern pine, lodge pole pine, Norway pine and pinyon pine are about equal in popularity, each type con tributing one per cent to. the total. Seven other varieties make up less than two per cent of the crop: red fir (Shasta and California), Jack pine, blue spruce, Engelmann spruce, Al pine fir, noble fir and jum pers. Blunt-Pointed Needles What kind of tree you buy for decorating can be told by the needles and branches Firs have soft, blunt-pointed needles that are slightly cifrved, and their cones sit up right on the branches, like short fat candles. Spruces have short, sharp-pointed, prickly needles. Spruce cones are small and hang downward from the branches. You can tell Douglas-firs by their cones that have a little three pronged projection, found on neither firs nor spruces. Pine needles come in bundles of two or more, joined at the base by a thin paper-like tissue. There are five needles in a bundle on white pines. Red- cedar and arbor vitae have berries instead of cones. Choose and Cut Plan In some places you can get a Christmas tree on a "choose and cut" plan. This plan is being promoted in California where the seeker of a tree drives out to a Christmas tree farm, parks, is handed a saw and invited for a fixed fee to select and cut his own. In a New Jersey operation, the grower does the cutting for the customer but allows the purchaser to select the tree he wants. Eight out of ten families on the average buy Christmas trees, judging from a survey in Indiana. Cut evergreens were selected by 90 per cent. Most families had bought their trees by Dec. 20, but about eight per cent waited until a day or so before Christmas. Only a quarter of the buyers could identify the species of tree they bought. Most trees pur chased were between four and seven feet high. iLrsu. !... Another study in Ohio indi cated that the geographic area in which a person was raised is apparently a factor influen cing his preference for a par ticular kind of tree. Fire Hazards Christmas trees can be fire hazards. Flammability tests performed three years ago at Cornell university by Profs. L. S. Hamilton and A. M. S. Prid ham showed that red or Nor way pine is the safest of five Christmas . trees tested; - it burns the least and the slow est. White pine burns most and fastest. Samples were tested when the trees were fresh and after they had stood without water for 14 days in a-heated room. The whole tree was burned at the end of 14 days. Red pine Motel Burglary Was An Inside Job Salisbury, Vt - Police fig ured it must be an inside job. Mrs. Charlotte B y e r s of New York City reported $60 stolen from her motel room. Her son, Samuel, who had seen the thief, gave police the description: About 30 years old, six feet tall and dressed only in ma roon pajama pants. COMPARE FLAVOR! COMPARE PRICE! I (45 quart) $3 tiinCXI STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, 86 PROOF CANADA 08V DISTILLING CO, NICHOUSVIUi. IT. lasted twice as long as the Douglas fir, Norway spruce, and balsam fir. The Scotch pine burned nearly three times faster than red pine, and white pine burned about five times faster. Some artificial trees have needles made of synthetic materials that will not burn. Cut Butt Slantwise When you get a Christmas tree home, throw cold water over it. Then cut off the butt end about an inch slantwise. This will open the pores of the wood to water. -Set the tree in water and keep it cool and shaded until you take it in doors for trimming. A can or pail will do to hold the water in which the tree is placed. But various kinds of metal Christmas tree holders have receptacles in them for water. A tree as tall as a man will use as much as a cup of water a day. . Mistletoe lives on tree branches, getting its minerals and mostiure for growth from its host. Yet the term "para site" is not considered exactly accurate as it manufactures its own food in its green leaves. But holly commercially to prevent depletion of this this woodland resource. 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