Milford chronicle., 1952-04-04
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You've all heard that from little
acorns big oaks grows. But you'd
probably be surprised that from
seeds left after your breakfast
grapefruit or from dinner cucum-
bers lovely plants grow.
At the recent International Flow
er Show held in New York, junior
horticulturists exhibited fine plant
specimens, the result of planting
tiny fruit seeds or pits and nurtur-
ing them until they looked like
very fancy plants.
You don't need an acre of land
to have fun growing things, says
Carol Huenick, II, of Staten Is
land, N. Y. Carol won first prize
with a plant grown from an avO-
cadO pit entered in the Little
sprouts by Little People" contest.
Says she:
children who do not have an
outdoor garden can have lots of
fun growing plants from seeds or
pits right in an apartment. / put
my avocado pit in jar with a
tiny bit of water, placed it in a
sunny window and pretty soon had
a lovely plant.
! Carol, who is the daughter of a
Presbyterian minister, recalls that
she became interested in garden
| ing when she lived in the country
tended her mothers tulip bed, and
started lovely pussywillOws mere
ly by putting a twig in the ground
She loved growing pansies and
Zinnias.
Another yOungster-Susan East
burn won a prize for a large
sweet potato plant. She started il
three months ago by taking "a
good fresh potato" and putting the
sprOuty end in about an inch O
water. Then she put it in a darE
place for few weeks. adding wa
ter occasionally. When leaves ap
peared she put it in a sunny win
dow.
Susan also exhibited plan
which had grown from a cucumber
seed. She put the seed in an egg
shell which was filled with soil
Then she imbedded the egg shell
in a cement-filled bottle cap, put
ting some cement around the out
side of the cap to make an inter
= esting cOntainer for her attractiV
plant-tO-be.
Kids who live in cities can hav
lots of fun growing flowers in win
dow boxes, small pots or other con
tainers. 1t is fun to experimen
, with a variety of plants. PeOpl
even have been known to grow to
matOes in a sunny window.
If you have some land availabl
to you for gardening, the first rul
to remember is to take on onl
as much as You can handle. 1t
| better to have a small garden pic
l which you can care for easily tha
one which becomes weed-ridde
I because it is more than one pei
son can do.
Grow your own cOrsages. Swet
peas, baby's breath and ramblin
roses make charming nOsegay
Flowers which can be availabl
;; readily, for the guest room or
little gift to a friend-zinnia
= maTigOlds. nasturtiums. etc.-al
easy to grow and are all-summe
: long bouquets
Vegetable gardening is fun, eve
:, for the neOphyte. 1t doesn't nee
to be all work and string bean
.. Grow things with an interestir
theme in mind. Plant salad boy
= delicacies - tOmat toes, lettuC
chives, cucumbers, onions, radish,
and you'll always have sOmethiI
= TO feed the gang If you want
, grow herbs to lend an aromat
!. bouquet to your salad try tarr
~ gOn. rosemary, marjoram. swe
r. basil. Herbs can be grown in Il
house.
A luncheon of salad will be e
jOyed $by your school chums-e
pecially those on a diet. Add ju
enned tongue or ham, swiss chez
j. and russian dressing to whi
n some worcestershire sauce h
r been added. Your school frien
will aOroo fhof vyo,vr homo rrrcv