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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980
Houston 4-H Members Honored
The Houston County 4-
H Club held it’s annual 4-
H banquet Nov. 19, at the
Flint Electric Building.
Thirty-two 4-H’ers were
honored for their
achievements made this
year.
The guest speakers for
the program were Laural
Eddy and John Barrett.
Laural is the vice
president of the Central
District 4-H Board of
Officers. She is a Bibb
County 4-H’er and a
student at Jonesco
Academy. Laural is very
active in school clubs
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and activities in her
community.
John Barrett is serving
on the 1980-81 state 4-H
Board of Officers He is a
Houston County 4-I!’»r
and a student at West
field. He served as a
Central District officer
for 1979-80.
Medals were awarded
to 4-H'ers that had
competed on the District
level. Those 4-H’ers that
received medals were as
follows: Ray Pate, Ar
chery; Traci Dalrymple,
Clothing; Selaha
Crawford, Fashion
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Revue; Michelle Turpin,
Foods & Nutrition: Darin
Meadows, Foods &
Nutrition; Hank Bush,
Safety: Dexter Porter,
Cotton 801 l and Home
Management; James
Drinkard, General
Recreation; Brian
Haught, Performing
Arts; Susan Swain;
Catherine Wright, Arts &
Crafts; Randy Mitchell,
Arts and Crafts; Marcee
Burns, Wildlife; Jimmy
Pitzer, Cotton 801 l &
Horse; Kim Pitzer,
Cotton 801 l & Horse;
John Barrett, Citizenship
and Entomology, Gina
Self, Breads & Cotton
8011.
The following 4-H’ers
were recognized for
participating in the
District Market Hog
Show: Nicole Rush,
Natalie Rush, Pat Muse,
Doug Muse, Marcey
Summer Drought
Hurt Pecan Crop
A dramatic decrease in
pecan productivity is
being experienced this
year due to the past
summer’s drought, ac
cording to Emmett
Whelchel, director of the
Houston County Ex
tension Service.
Whelchel said most
trees in Houston County
are producing 30 to 40
percent less pecans than
normal. The pecans are
“good, but they’re just
tiny,” he said. Usually,
he continued, it takes
about 50 pecans to make a
pound. This year, an
average of 75 equal a
pound.
Pecan harvesting “is
not into full swing” yet,
BazaarPlannedAt Beechwood
Beechwood mothers
and fathers have been at
work for many months
making hundreds of
items for their first
Christmas Bazaar. There
will be many Christmas
gift items as well as
Christmas decorations.
Homemade sweets,
jams, and jellies and
breads will be packaged
for gift giving as well as
for decorating uniquely
your own pantry shelves.
A sampling of all these
may be seen on Channel
13’s Del Ward Show on
November 25.
The bazaar will be held
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Rhodes, Lezlee Johnson
and Mark Massey.
John Barrett was
presented a plaque for his
outstanding leadership as
a State Officer.
Lavern and Ray Pate
Sr. were recognized for
the service as volunteer
leaders for the 4-H club.
Whelchel said. Har
vesting will continue
through January.
Whelchel said the
county has about 3,000
acres of pecan trees, or
30,000 mature trees.
Between 150 and 200
countians sell pecans.
This includes many
people who have a few
trees in their yards.
Whelchel said the small
percentage of irrigated
pecans “are doing
great;’’ they were not
harmed by the drought.
Due to the small supply
of pecans this year,
Whelchel said, farmers
should get “a real good
price” on the market for
them.
at the Fort Valley
Woman’s Club House on
December 6, 1980. For
those interested in early
choices, the doors will
open at 9:00 a.m. for an
admission fee of $2.00.
However, at 10:00 a.m.
the Bazaar will be open to
the public at no charge.
The public is cordially
invited to come in,
browse and buy for their
Christmas lists.
If further information
is desired, please contact
Bazaar Coordinator
Joann Connell at 825-2228
or Jane Bickley, Booster
Club president at 967-
2252.
County Agent
Says
Fast Growing Vegetables
Winter vegetables such
as cabbage, collards,
turnips, carrots and
onions that are highly
fertilized and in a very
succulent state are more
susceptible to cold injury
or kill than more hardy
slow growing vegetables.
A good way to keep the
plants hardy, but healthy
and steadily growing is to
apply small quantities of
fertilizer every two to
four weeks. Heavy ap
plications should be
avoided as this in com
bination with a warm
spell can cause fast
growth and a succulent
plant which is easily
damaged or killed by
temperatures that might
not affect a hardy plant.
Also “bolting” or seed
stalk development is
more likely in fast
growing plants than
hardy slow growing
plants that are subjected
to prolonged periods
(three to four weeks) of
cold weather.
Rotate Vegetables
A number of vegetable
growers are experiencing
a buildup of disease
problems due to the lack
of a good rotation
Just Between
You And Me
Georgia Quality Apples
Choose your favorite
apples, process a year’s
supply, then enjoy them
every day in a different
dish.
Harvesting - apples for
processing cannot be
judged on color alone for
their proper stage of
program. Where
vegetables have followed
vegetables (particularly
similar types) for several
years stands have been
reduced to soil borne
diseases and foliage
disease have also built
up to the point that they
are most difficult, if not
impossible to control.
Growers should carefully
consider their rotation
program and try to in
clude grain crops as often
as possible. There are
strong indications that
rye added to the rotation
can greatly reduce
disease buildup. In one
instance, a snap bean
stand was reduced by
about 50 percent due to
diseases except in a strip
where a rye wind-break
was grown for the spring
crop. In the rye strip area
only a slight stand
reduction resulted. Now
is the time to decide on
next year’s rotation,
include rye in as much of
this plan as possible.
Don’t
November and
December are generally
good months to plant fruit
trees provided the soil is
not too moist. Dig the hole
maturity. Red and green
color can usually be
found on apples before
they reach this stage. A
firm-ripe apple is one on
which the green color has
faded. A ripe apple is one
which the green has
changed to yellow, giving
a red over a yellow
ground color.
The best quality apples
are those which are
allowed to mature on the
tree, but not allowed to
become overripe. Handle
apples carefully; they
bruise easily although the
bruises may not show on
the outside.
Handling - quality of
the finished product is
greatly enhanced if the
raw fruit is handled
properly. Since apples
bruise easily, never drop
them into a container.
Place them there. Apples
are better if they are
harvested during the
cooler part of the day and
kept in a cool, shady
place or in a refrigerator
until they are processed.
Properly handled apples
are easier to work with.
Section - For canning
and freezing; Use only
firm-rine. sound fruit of
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large enough to ac
commodate the roots in
their natural position.
Except with blueberries
which like a low soil PH,
you should thoroughly
mix a cup of dolomitic
lime with the fill soil
(about a bushel basket
size hole). If the tree is on
a dwarfing rootstock, the
graft union should be 2 to
3 inches above the
groundline when the
planting operation is over
and the soil has been
firmed. Now the don’t.
Absolutely do not mix
fertilizer with the fill soil,
and do not apply fertilizer
to the soil surface im
mediately following
plantintg. Allow the soil
to be settled by a couple
of drenching rains before
you apply fertilizer.
Fertilizer applied with
the fill soil or on the
surface before it is settled
will often result in fer
tilizer burned roots and
dead trees!
By Jan McGarity
uniform size. For jelly:
Use firm, sound, just-ripe
fruit. Overripe fruit
contains pectic acid,
which does not jell.
For preserves and
other sweets: Use apples
that hold their shape
when heated.
Yield: One pound of
apples equals three
medium-size apples or
two cups sliced apples.
Usually, iy 4 pounds make
one pint of canned or
frozen apples. One bushel
weighs 48 pounds.
To prevent browning or
discoloration - dissolve
one teaspoon of pure
ascorbic acid and one
tablespoon of citric acid
in one gallon of cold
water or dissolve four
teaspoons of com
mercial ascorbic acid
preparation in one gallon
of cold water. As soon as
the apple is peeled, drop
it into this solution before
it is prepared for any
recipe.