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give it a chance to put up if
not dead.

Jessie (McReynolds) was told that we have
one poison sumac out of the
nine varieties around here.
It has glossy leaves with smooth
edges + green berries + is known
as the swamp sumac from the
location where it thrives.

To train grape vines, Harry
Michols plants posts 11 or 12 feet
apart + stretches on them two
rows of vines. Trains one runner
from each vine to lower wire +
cuts off all other runners. Then
the next year trains a runner to
the top wire + then after trims
well each year.

Heat + sun probably curled the
leaves on Helen Hallowell's maple
trees.

Lofton Wesley asked if any one
had put a concrete wall around tulip
beds to protect them from mice. No one
had but at Mt. Airy they had used
heavy mesh wire. Mary Stabler puts
out poison wheat in winter.

Damson trees should be sprayed
before blooming + several times
through the season, including the