The best new flower and vegetable varieties
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The 1992 All-America Selections winners have been announced. The Pretty in Whita vinca won the flower category. Other standouts are the Thumbelina carrot and the Ideal Violet dianthus, a cross between a perennial Sweet William and Chinese Pink dianthus.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1992
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Greener ways to melt ice
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Halite, or rock salt, is usually used to melt sidewalk ice. The problem is that it reacts chemically with water and weakens the bonding characteristics of cement. Wood ash is an alternative as are commercial products made of potassium chloride.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1992
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The best hay: a guide to meadow grasses
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Determining hay quality is done with scientific forage testing methods. Hay is judged for energy value, quantity of dry matter, crude protein content and amount of digestible matter.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1993
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