Horticultural Society

H/8/1938-1-

Highlands 2 Aug, '38 On August 2nd, the Horticulturists met at Highlands and after the reading and adopting of the last minutes, Helen Farquhar read of a method of getting rid of moles by fitting a piece of hose from the exhaust pipe of an automobile and putting the other end of the hose in the mole run then turn on the motor and let the monoxide gas do the work. It can also be used for killing rats in the same way. Helen also read that the best time to trim climbing vines is after they bloom and we should bear in mind that there are two kinds. one that makes its new growth canes right from the roots + should have the old canes cut out. That is the small clustered kind, while the large flowering ones send out laterals up and down the old canes + those laterals should be cut back close to the old stem. Robert Miller's article described the gourd industry of Mrs. John Ciesla near Pomona, Cal. She started