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Morels on the menu. That favorite of wild
mushroom foragers, the morel (Morchella species),
has finally been grown under artificial conditions.
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Ants on the march don't like to cross a
freshly drawn line of — powdered chalk. We've tried
it (redrawing the line every few days and after rains), and
it really reduced aphid-herding activities on our trees.
Heat-beating lettuce. When we accidentally
"cooked" a greenhouse flat of lettuce seeds last spring,
all the starts died but Anuenue (a tasty, new,
heat-resistant variety available from Johnny's Selected
Seeds, Foss Hill Rd., Albion, ME 04910). This means Anuenue
is probably a good fall lettuce for areas with hot summers
(most other lettuces are hard to germinate in hot weather).
Biological brush control. Researchers in Vermont stocked a
brush-invaded hill pasture at densities of eight cattle, 32
sheep or 32 goats per five acres. After three years, the
cattle and sheep reduced the brush density by two-thirds.
The goats, though, completely wiped out invading
thorns, brush and trees in only two years.
Ready, set, grow! Currently, California
has the only major commercial grower of edible flowers for
the restaurant trade. We predict there will be dozens
within the next five years as the edible-flower fad spreads
eastward.
Gleanings
For a superb explanation of how trees respond to decay
— with practical advice on aiding damaged specimens
— read Tree Defects: A Photo Guide ($6.50
postpaid from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Ask for
SCSI 001-001-00586-0) . . . . To help celebrate the
bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, the International
Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist
Association have organized a program to find and honor U.S.
trees that are at least 200 years old (write John Duling,
P.O. Box 710, Muncie, IN 47305).
Greg and Pat Williams raise most of their food on a
small farm and publish Hort-Ideas, a fine newsletter on
gardening research and products ($10 a year from G. &
P. Williams, Rt. 1, Box 302, Gravel Switch, KY 40328).
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