News Letter 
September, 1951 
Dear Friends: 
It’s funny how you spend the 
winter wishing for summer, but by 
September you're ready to throw in 
the towel. Cool nights, corduroy, 
chili and football. Boy! Lead me 
to ’em! 
We've had lots of sug Seite for getting the 
white edge back on a de-e Lady Geneva. All 
the same, so it must be a Fed Sirs i. e. Fertilize. 
Q. How do the Supremes come about? Are 
they sports? How do sports come about? 
A. Yes, all the Supremes are sports, but 
there would be no reason why you couldn’t hy- 
bridize them. “Sport: an animal or plant which 
deviates in its organism from the normal condi- 
tion.” Webster’s Dictionary. 
Q. Plants look grand but flower stems grow 
about two inches, then buds dry up and die. 
. A. This is supposed to be caused by either 
artificial gas or dry atmosphere. Personally, I 
have the notion that just plain hot weather can 
cause it. That artificial gas idea is a semi-ex- 
ploded theory. I say ‘“semi-” because there are 
still some reputable commercial growers who in- 
sist that they’ve lost plants due to leaking artifi- 
cial gas or gas fumes. Could be there is a differ- 
ence in the gas from one locality to another. 
Q. For mealy bugs I was told to put moth 
balls or crystals in a large sack and set the plant 
with the bugs in it and close the sack overnight. 
rf neighbor of mine tried it and it killed them for 
er. 
A. Whoever told your neighbor forgot to 
tell her, also, that the plants must be dry for this 
treatment. It’s a good way to get rid of mites, 
too, particularly in the early stages. 
Q. My violet got very compact in center and 
the center leaves curled. 
A. Probably cyclamen mite. Why don’t you 
try the mothball treatment above? Repeat about 
exeEy, ten days to get the new bugs as they hatch 
out. 
Copyright, September, 1951, Russell Gray 
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