The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Oddities In
ASHE

Oddities continue to burst forth
in Ashe county in the shape OF
unusual flowers, vegetables, ana
fruits as we'll as other freaks OF
nature.
Mrs. Glenn Miller of Nathan's
Creek brought in dahlias which
might be classed as Siamese
twins. Grown together, back to
back, is a deep purple and light
lavendar blossom. Both bios
SONS have separate stems but
the stems too, are neatly grown
together.
Pickles may be pickles when
they are made from cucumbers,
but even this depends on the Gu
cumbers as we'll as the recipe.
Mrs. Monroe Woodie of West JEFF
ferson brought in cucumber
that had simply extended itself
into another, all of which would
lend itself into a double dose as
a pickle.
Those who do not know the
principle of having money should
get in touch with c. L. Blevins
of Crumpler who has a one-half
dollar silver piece made in 1913.
He also has a half-dime bearing
the date 1843 as we'll as some
other interesting old coins.
R. w. Hardin, we'll known far
mer of Beaver Creek gets horse
laugh every time he gazes up on
his Belgian Sorrell filley which
weighs 900 pounds. Bob says he
would get an extra smile if he
had a match for this fine colt.
The mother is ten years old and
weighs 1440 pounds.
w. B. Walters of Tennessee
who recently saw the display of
oddities in the window of The
Skyland Post writes that he con-
siders it very interesting and
sends along some exhibits of pot
terry and rubber showing the
crude rubber as we'll as the pot
terry clay in the unfinished state.
Mrs. ]. Felix Jones, of Silas
Creek, who has one of the most
beautiful flower gardens in this
section brought in some very
fine specimens of dahlias this
week. Some of them measured
q inches in circumference.
J. w. Barker of West Jeffer-
son brought in some unusual
corn which shows that even ears
can be individual in corn field.
Ashe also appears to be a
wheat county too according to Mr..
John Griffitts who reports that he
threshed out $40 bushels of
wheat per acre on Bryant Pen
nington's farm at Big Helton.
This is the largest known yield
in the history of wheat growing
in Ashe county, Mr. Griffith says.
He is a thresherman of many
years experience and has had an
! opportunity to make observation
as to the yield of wheat in that
section of the county.
Oddities appear to come in
pairs, recently Bart Hurley
from Grassy Creek brought in
twin June Apples. He explained
that the fruit was characteristic
of the tree and that he had an
other tree of fall apples which
were twins in many cases. Mr..
Hurley pointed out that they
were exceptionally good apples,
all of which goes to prove that
good things come in pairs too!
Jimmie Rhodes, industrious
young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Rhodes, in addition to selling pop
corn, delivering papers and keep
ing 1I1O 1o"11 oO SIllOOIIlS DIS vel
vet, also finds time to garden.
But his gardening has produced
some startling results. His Irish
potato vines are bearing small
tomatoes, and no potatoes at their
roots. Yet the vines have all of
the characteristics of potatoes!
Tom Gentry from Nathan's
Creek has a new type of corn
which in sense resembles corn
field beans in that it grows in
punches or sprays. There were a
dozen or more formations on the
bunch.
Mr.. Robert Mash of the Friend
ship community below Jefferson
reports an unusual freak of ma
ture. He grated 8 gratis in an
apple tree this spring the first
of Nav Seven IF tho crafts 1ix,.