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MULCHING, conserves moisture, keeps down wees and prevents injury 
due to freezing and thawing. Peat, sawdust, pine needles, corn 
cobs, straw and leaves are among the good mulches. Never cultivate 
around a hollv as this disturbs the feeder roots near the surface. 
If the tree is located where mice are apt to give trouble by 
feeding on the roots and bark, pull the mulch several inches away 
from the stem just before freezing weather. 
Pruning benefits a holly tree by making it more dense and improving 
the shape. Fortunately a good time to prune is just before Christ- 
mas. Use sharp pruning shears or knife, NEVIR break branches off, 
GROWTH. Hollies when propogated by cuttings, grow rapidly when 
young. Annual heighth increases of eighteen inches to two feet is 
common, As the tree matures, growth is less. 
FRUITING. Red fruited hollies, when grown from cuttings, often 
have berries the first year but most varieties are erratic in their 
bearing for the next several years, finally settling down to yearly 
crops when about six years old. When a mature tree fails to bear 
the most usual reasons are: it is a male or, it is a female but with 
no male near by to pollinate it. 
Most hollies are comparatively free from insect and disease pests. 
Occasionally the following are encountered. 
The holly leaf miner is a small fly which, in the larva stage, 
feeds between the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves leaving 
discolored sploches and irregular lines. When the attack is light 
the blemished leaves can be hand picked in the fall or very early 
spring and burned immediately. If this is not practical, spray 
at the time three or four small new leaves which have formed at 
the ends of the new growth. Use one oz. of 50% wettable DDT in 
3 gallons of water. 
The red spider mites feed on the upper leaf surfaces leaving them 
a dull, dusty gray-green color. They are sometimes found on 
azaleas and many other plants. If you suspect red mite trouble, 
check by tapring a branch several times over a sheet of white 
yaper. They are very tiny so look carefully. Control by spraying 
in EARLY july with one oz. of 15% wettable ARAMITE in 3 gallons 
of water. 
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Located on Route 263 between Lahaska and Solebury - Phone: Sugan 24,27 
P.O. address: R.D.2, Doylestown, Fennsylvania. 
Member: Holly Society of America 
Besides many fine varieties of HOLLY we also grow other evergreen 
shrubs including: FILRIS JAPONICA, YEWS, ARPORVITAES, BOX 
AZAEBAS, JUNI: ERS, etc. 
GREENER HILLS NURSERY at the same location grows: MUILTIFLORA ROSE, 
EVERGREEN TREES, FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TREES, PLANTS FOR 
WILDLIFE, etc, 
