The Frontier Woman —
‘Just a Flower Lover,’ at Atkinson,
Puys Enough Seed to Plant an Acre
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, dll you nice peo
pie! If you are as busy as 1
am then we're both about the
busiest people in the country
All the canning to do, harvest
ers and hay crews are mak
ing the ladies hop all over the
country. Anybody who hasn't
ever had the expe; ience of
cooking for threshers has nev
er lived, I always say and
maybe they can be glad of it
Bless the heart of who ever
invented combines
When you can another can*
ner full of those string beans
try putting in a couple of
hunks of cured bacon at the
top of the jai Process them
as usual and you’ll have a flav
ored product that will make a
delightful changi from your
usual diet of string beans.
We like onion or green pep
per flavontd added to tomato
juice. When I add onion, I
dice up an onion and put it in
my aluminum tea ball, and let
this simmer in the tomato
juice. Then I remove the tea
ball before canning the juice,
so there is no onion in it. It
works fine.
Or you can put the onions
in with the quartered iomo
ioes before running them
through the colander for the
juice. I usually cut up a
green pepper adding it to a
big kettle of tomatoes. We
like the flavor it gives to
the tomato juice.
I expect you’ve read about
my tricks with apple sauce.
My method of adding pineapple
to apple sauce last year was
featured In Better Homes and,
Gardens. But have I ever told
you another one? Add red hot
candy drops to apple sauce—it j
gives the sauce a slightly cin- i
namon flavor and tinges the
sauce a rather pretty pink.
You can use ‘red hots” with j
pears too Add 2 or 3 table
spoons of red hots to each |
quart of syrup, or use stick
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cinnamon and a few
red flavoring You 11 like the
results
Orange juice *dded to ap
pic sauce often gives it more
flavor. particularly if they
arr a little flat For orange
x'urs, use the juice and rind
,jf half an orange to each quart
of syrup. Remove the rind
before packing the pears. Pears
arc a rather flat fruit and such
flavorings serve to point up
their flavor.
For something really de
luxe in the pear line, try
using pineapple juice instead
of water in making the sy
rup in which to can the
pears. I'm telling you. they
're really good! Even your
mother-in-law will ask you
for the recipe.
I like to scald peaches—
maybe you do, too. But foi |
heaven sakes, lady, don t ov
erscald them! Scald one min
ute in boiling water, then cold
dip for a half minute. When
peaches are over scalded they (
lose their shape, flavor and are ,
all ready partly cooked. ,
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Dear Mrs. Pease: ,
‘‘Breathes there a soul so ,
dead who never to herself has
said, 'my. what beautiful flow
ers’!’”
Well, not if all woman love
flowers as much as I do. And
what a struggle I’ve had to
have a few blossoms this Sum
mer. Last year I was just too
busy getting our house fixed
up so we could call it home
and having flowers was prac- i
tically out of the question. So.
I made up my mind there
would be scads this year it j
possible. ;
We have a fence around pari
of the house which is just per
fect for a garden This Spring
I wasn’t able to spade it all up
myself, so after waiting for
just ages, hubby finally had an
hour’s time to do it for me.
Then came the fun of do
ing all the planting, and I
think I bought enough seed
to plant an acre. Well, about
that time the dry spell came
and I carried bucket after
bucket of water and still no
flowers came up. At least .
not enough that I could tell
them from weeds. Grin.
Then my 2 aunts who have
lovely flowers of all sorts,
came to the rescue with a lot
of plants. Well, now this should
give me some flowers I said to
myself. Oh yeah? First all my
pansies got washed out. Our
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favorite sweet peas were plant
ed to jump over the fence.
And the neighbor children
came over one day to play
and, of course, had the dog
chasing sticks all over the
zinnias and poppies. And to
top it all off just last week I
was given some periennal
daisy plants 1 put them in the
same night and next morning
I discovered that dog had slept
right on them Well, I dug
them out of the dirt and re
planted them 3 times after
that. (I think they’re going to
grow after ali.)
Well, if I do happen to have
some flowers yet, this is what
I’m going to do to make them
last longer after picking They
say with proper •hardening"
flowers really last longer.
Here are 2 rules to remem
ber: (1) Put each flower in
to water within the first
minute it is cut. (2) Give
proper treatment or harden
ing of the stem so that it can
drink up more water and
keep the blossom fresh long
er. This treatment varies
with the type of stem.
Woody stem plants (such as !
the shrubs): These stems draw 1
water very slowly. To speed
up the moisture intake, smash
the cut ends with a hammer
for 2 or 3 inches up the stems,
rhis will expose the fibres and
illow the stem to take up all
he moisture it needs.
Hollow' stem plants (such as
iahlias, delphiniums): To open
ind soften the fibre layer so
hat it will absorb more wa
er, dip the cut ends of the
item to a depth of 4 to 6
nches in boiling water, let
;tand for a moment, then put
nto cold water.
Bulbous flowers (such as tu
ips, lilies, gladioli): Put in
leep container of water with |
ill of the stem under water |
Hear up the stem. Keep in '
coolest place possible for 3 or |
1 hours.
Annuals (such as marigolds,
:orn flowers, asters): Put cul
mds in water immediately, and
harden in cool darkness for
several hours.
Milky sap plants (such as
poppies, poinsettias): These
plants let their moisture and
heavy sap run down. They can
be made to last several days
if, when cut, stems are immed
iately put in cold water and
then as soon as possible, held
over a flame for about 30 sec
onds before being put back in
to water. Buring forms a cal
lous at end, stops bleeding.
Flowers requiring no stem
water are gardenias, camellias,
orchids. These hold a great
deal of moisture. They need no
water in container and only a
light daily sprinkling of wa
ter on the flower is necessary.
If you are lucky enough to have
a corsage, keep it In the re
frigerator.
I certainly hope you flower
lovers will find these sugges
tions helpful. I would apprec
iate having some hints on how
to arrange flowers in different
kinds of containers. How about
some help on that subject?
JUST A FLOWER LOVER,
Atkinson, Nebraska.
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your flowers, nfter all, Flow
er Lover, it often is quite a
battle to produce any flowers
at all, but the harder they are
for us to raise the more high
ly we value them, I think. Do
write to us again one of these I
days, you send us such good
letters!
One good point to remem
ber when raising flowers is
to draw attention to the
flowers, not the container.
Therefore, it is better not to
use exotic vases and con
tainers but rather plainer
containers and a more taste- j
ful arrangement of flowers, j
Too many people crowd
flowers until they can't
breath. Or set them in a
draft and then wonder why
they wilt so quickly.
DEWEY A. TRUE
DIES AT EWING
III with Heart Ailment
Only 6 Weeks; Born
July 8, 1901
EWING — Dewey A. True,
47, who was known at Ewing,
where he was born, and at
Spencer, where he resided for
some time, died early Sunday,
July 18, at Ewfng.
He was at the home of his
stepfather, Andrew Closson,
when he died. He had been
confined for 6 weeks with a
In cutting gladiolus for
flowers, it’s a good idea to
cut in early morning or eve
ning, when stems are full ol
moisture. Don’t cut too close
to the ground; leave at least
four leaves so that the bulb can
mature.
Cut the flowers in bud, just
as soon as the first 2 florets
have opened. In this way, the
bouquet lasts for days, and
you have the pleasure of watch
ing the flowers open. Use a
deep vase with plenty of wa
ter. Change the water daily,
cutting off a bit of the stem
each time.
Despite this year’s eccentric
weather, bitter below zero
temperatures last Winter, a dry
Spring, then rain,
and then drouth at its
worst, my day lilies have been
so lovely this year. They will
stand beating sun without fad
ing too much and lack of rain
to a large degree, and they
will also do fairly well in
shade, 3 good recommendations
for planting day lilies.
If the flower lovers who
read The Frontier Woman have
not gotten acquainted with the
day lily, they should do so.
My first ones were in bloom
for Decoration day. One of
these was the named variety,
Apricot, and the other was the
Flava lemon lily. I also have
Fulva, Gold Dust, Hyperion,
Mikado, Ophir and Sunny
West. All have been lovely,
also some varieties that I do
not know the name. Hyperion
is a late blomer as is Sunny
West which does not bloom uni
til August. A variety which is
now in bloom, of which I have
several, I do not know the
name of. It is a good orange
and part of them seem to be
double with curling petals.
They are lovely.
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heart ailment, but had suffer
ed from a weakened heart for
several years.
The late Dewey Arthur True
was born at Ewing at July 8,
1901, a son of Nellie and
George True.
He was united in marriage
to Anna Sievers on March 6,
1936. To this union was born
a, daughter. Sharron Ann, 6.
Preceding him in death were
his father, mother, brother and
4 sisters.
Survivors include: Widow;
daughter; 2 step daughters, 1
stepston; a stepfather; 2 broth
ers—George, ot Chadron, and
Victor, of Ewing; 5 sisters—
Della Klinetobe. of Rapid City,
S. D.; Nettie Walden, of Om
aha; Eva Headley, of Bakers
field, Calif.; Gladys Closson, of
O’Neill, and Pearl Pollock, of
Clearmont, Wyo; step-sister; 2
stepbrothers, 39 nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon, July 21,
at the Methodist church at 2
o’clock with Rev. Gossard of
ficiating.
Pallbearers were: Charles
Good, A. E. Ponton, Art Rur
oede, Earl Billings, Telfer Pol
land and George Mapes.
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