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PAGE I0 -- The Perkins Journal Thursday, April 12, 1984
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The Natural Way Arthur Smith recently 'il is ,, Time
..... returned from a trip pro-
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, vided by thei church By Zola Sample field. Later when he machinery and
~ IN"~'~ i'' " ' ~ ~ which included Rome, APRIL was the month had plowed or cultivated h~I~,'~-,
and deLris that nm-1~ ~ 01
Profes~r of Biology . ~ ~ ?* : ~ / ~ Athens, Jordan, Israel that all farmers along the the field both ways one managed with. It~.f~~
and Cairo. Cimarron River bottoms could look from the top of covered our wildI,.~ ~'
q II~l Oklahoma BaptistUniverstW ,~,, & They toured the were busy preparing to the hill and it was a plum thicket w l~1~,'
~r~f.j ,! beautiful green c°un" Plant their c°rn" N° trac" beautiful field" We were missed for c ~anni~,~.
I rdll , * tryside of Rome, travel- tors were available in that ! always proud of our corn It-
selling to others• l~-&"
Last week I mentionedFlowers have white I~o ed to the ancient city of day• The ground was field. Our log crib, in a discouraging year. WI
~. Athens, spent the night plowed with stirring good year would be full to eight in the family,[
that the plum trees are in pink petals and appear in i ~4 ~° ,.,
full and beautiful bloom March and April. We see ~ q in Amman, Jordan, plows pulled generally the eves. We always new baby _.F~t,,
around central Oklahoma. a lot of these plums ~ ~ traveled through the Ju- with three head of mules planted yellow corn. CORN PLANT.~ E'~"~,
I always tell myself to blooming alon_gdisturbed ~ ~t* , dean Wilderness and the or horses. The soil was One year in 1908 the greatly improved |r-~~,
take a notebook and write roadsides, fields and in ,. :~ .... 2i, fertile valley of the Jor- deep and rich ideal for river overflowed in June Fertilizer and we~.;i~,,,
down the locations of fence rows. Fruits are .... ~, dan River, toured the corn growth. If theplants when our corn was in is drilled along~t~
piton thickets' near our shiny red to yellow skinn- hills of Nazareth, were cared for properly, a roasting eer stage. Ouren- cornseed•Nofurt~,,~
home that a:e so evident ed with a whitish film and ~ Jerusalem, and mammoth crop of corn tire 90 acres was ruined, m" requzred" until" M~_,M ~"~'~
would be harvested in the The overflow water did time. My
right now, but will disap- mature early in the Bethlehem, spent the fall if the river did not go not recede for quite a spell Oak, Iowa contr 2.
pear into the woodland summer, night on the Sea of on arampage and destroy Anyway little green stalks RO SYRUres~i~!~P~l~~;'',
greenery once they have I hope you aren't con- Galilee which they sailed the entire crop• of corn grew out of the ~w; hundred ac
stopped blooming and fused because we have across, waded in the Jor- My father looked for- roasting ears and of PANY for a good ~: ~
their leaves appear. But as three more kinds of plums dan River, the Mediter- ward to raising a bountiful course we had no crop that |~0~ ~,
ususal, I will probably to go. The third kind of ranean Sea, and the crop every year. He year. I remember it so well - ~'°~.*~,~
PERSONA#-
forget to mark down their plum in our area is Prunus Dead Sea, rode a cable prepared the soil by hat- for mother was pregnant I)Y .01
locations and will spend mexicans, also known as Visitors in the .~i'~ ~0,
hours and many miles Mexican plum or big tree car to the top of Masada, rowing and cross harrow- with my little sister Mrs. Emma McCI~." '~ ~'
searching for ripe plums plum. This plum can be had an 8-hour bus ride ing. He ordered a Mildred. She was born on Jean the past w#~ ~,
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latcr in the summer, mistaken for the through the Sinai Penin- checkrow planter from the 23rd of June that yeer. clude Mr. and]~.0;
I also decided that this American plum, but the sula and the Sahara Sears Roebuck and then Mother walked with me to Donald G~L"~" ~
,, Plum Blossoms • ~ ~,
year I would try to find leaves are very different. Desert to Cairo, Egypt,he could plow the rows the top of the Eagle Oklahoma C~t , ~,,,,
out what kind of plum The Mexican plum has and the fertile valley of both ways. Bugle vines Mountain to look at theann ivlrs. James~ '~ ~,00~ ~,
trees we have in Payne leaves that are soft and Distribution and Iden- ty, OK 73152. the Nile River. They were so numerous it kept river. She criedsilenttears Hempill and da~,
County. Unfortunately Ihairy(pubescent)beneath, tification of Woody Plants The OSU Department were accompanied by the older children busyon the way back to the i/,?.~"~,,
Jamie, of Tulsa. I~L~.~,~,
thought there were only a It i:- a small tree 10 to 20 of Oklahoma in the Winter of Botany/Microbiology their two children, hoeing to keep the vines house. I was eight years ~. ~,~0
couple of kinds of plumfeet tall that is found scat- Condition." It was written and Arts and Sciences Ex- Lanette and Lantz, and from smothering the old. I was very sad. NEW BA ~:['~ '
trees. A plum isaplum to tered in the moist softby Dr. Paul Buck of thetension will be offering a 25 other people fromyoung plants. When The sisters got a job ~j
me and I knew there were along ravines or streamUniversity of Tulsa dn field botany course on their church. It was an father could not get into picking up potatoes at IS OPENI ~:~ii
• , the field because of rainy Mannford. We seined CoKIn~nNZ.tISH~n~/~'I~
short plum trees in banks inouroak-hickory pubhshed by the Plants of the Southernunforgettable14-day trip weather the task of hoeing Salt Creek for fish to eat, --- IN"4~
on Dover Main ~1 .....
thickets and taller plum forests. They really show Oklahoma Academy of Rockies by Dr. James K. and the memories of hay- was great. Besides the picked polk and wild bet- opened for busine'i~'
trees in wooded areas. So up in the woods in a pro- Science. This publication McPherson. It will he ing walked in the steps bugle vines took root ries to can and made out a.m. Monday in IA~:~'~
I was surprised to read in fusion of white to pink has maps, keys and taught in Colorado from of their Lord and Savior again when cut if there best we could.
a new book on woody blooms against the dark descriptions of trees, July 1 through the 20th will last a lifetime. 2000 square foot ~,~c~,
plants in Oklahoma that color of all the other forest shrubs, and vines in their for $600 for transports- was no sun to kill them. It The river not only ruin- onial building.
there are seven different trees. Its fruits are much winter condition in tion, room, board and tui- -o- was a drudgery task. If ed our crop but took our
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M.I X~II :.IJ.V,I..'-;
kinds of plums and five of
them occur in your coun-
ty. All of our plums are
members of the scientific
genus Prunus which is the
ancient Latin name for
plum.
One of our plums is
Prunus americanus which
is called the American
plum, wild plum, wild
yellow plum, red plum,
inch plum, river plum and
horse plum. You really
have a choice of what to
call this plum! This is a
plum tree that may reach
20 feet in height and has
attractive flowers with
white petals that unfor-
tunately have an unplea-
sant odor. Its leaves,
which will become evident
in a few weeks, haveedges
that resemble the toothed
(serrated} edges of a saw.
The fruits are round with
a thick skin and are juicy
and sweet when ripe in the
summer.
Our second kind of plum
is Prunus angustifolia and
called by the common
names of Chickasaw plum,
sand plum, and mountain
cherry. It seldom grows
more than six feet in
height and is usually
found growing in thickets
in moist sandy soils. It is
a great tree for holding the
soil in place and as a
shelter and source of food
for birds and mammals.
Its leaves are lance-shaped
{augustifolia refers to
lance-shaped leaves) and
three to four inches long.
like those of the American
plum.
The fourth plum is
Prunus gradlls. Called the
Oklahoma plum, low plum
or sand plum, it also forms
thickets and seldom grows
more than six feet in
height. It grows in the dry
sandy soils of open creeks,
hillsides, fence rows and
open woods.
The wild goose or Mun-
son plum {Prunus mun
soni) is the fifth plum oc-
curring in Payne County.
It occurs in thickets in
rich soils along streams.
floodplains and roadsides.
This fast-growing plum
also serves as shelter and
a food source for wildlife.
But to most of us, a
plum is a plum is a plum ;'
whose chief value to ':"
humans is to use in mak- ; " '
ing jellies, jams and other ' '
culinary delights. Wild
plums are also expected to
be wormy.
We always try to locate
some ripe plums in the
summer that Judith uses
to make plum jelly. Our
wild plums make a
beautiful and tasty jelly
that is enjoyed at home
and also sent and given to
relatives and friends as
gifts~ Judith uses the
recipe for plum jelly that.
is found in the boxes of
pectin.
And last, but not least,
some of the early colonists
used wild plums to
'Vnellow" their gin and to
stretch the available sup-
plies of the valuable spirit•
For gin or jelly, now is
the time of the year to
locate your plum trees for
a fruit crop later in the
summer! Good luck!
There is a new publica-
tion available on
Oklahoma. It is $6.00 per tion. For additional infor-
copy and available frommation, contact the Arts
Dr. L. Vernon Scott, Ex- & Sciences Extension at
ec. Sec.-Treas. OAS, P.O. {405}624-5647.
Box 53443, Oklahoma Ci-See you all next week!
the seed corn that he
BINGO PARLOR
PADLOCKED always ordered from Iowa
to start with did not come
TECUMSEH--The
up or crows managed to
Citizens Band devour the seed, it was
Potawatomi Tribe closed
down their bingo parlor necessary to plant again.
I 're seen my two older
when a contract disputesistem replant all day long
arose with the operators with a hand planter that
Enterprise Management father had also ordered
Consultants of Noi~man.from Sears. It was a heavy
Bingo resumed later under contraption filled with
management of the Tribe. seed corn that had two
700 people played over
Friday, Saturday and handles you worked to let
the seed fall into the
Sunday• Under the 20
year contract, the tribe ground after the girls
was to receive a minimum jabbed the contraption in-
to the soil in the checkrow
of $10,000 per month andplace alloted for it.
35 percent of the profit
When the plants were
over that amount.
up father harrowed the en-
Will
Lorayne West displays a quilt made by the
members of Lost Creek United Methodist Church
in honor of the church's 75th Anniversary. The
quilt will be auctioned at Lost Creek's annual auc-
tion and smorgasbord. This event will take place
on Saturday, April 14 at 6. 0 p.m. Prices are: $3.00
for I adult, $5.00 for 2 adults and $1.50 for a child.
Following the smorgasbord will be an auction at
7:30. Besides the quilt, stained glass and pillows
will be auctioned. Lost Creek is located 4 miles
north and 2 miles west of Perkins. Everyone is in-
vited for all you can eat and a good evening of funl
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AUTO CRASHES HOTEL GETS
STORE
C RESCENT-- A 503 NAMES
CUSHING--Richard
motorist crashed his car
through the front of an House announced that the
IGA store when his foot Hotel Cushing project has
slipped off the brake, lear- received the support of
ing the front of the store 503 people who are poten-
operating open air style• tial housing applicants.
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SHELTON LUMBER CO.
Lumber & All Other
Building Molerials
9th & Lowry
STILLWATER, OK
Vinco Pentecostal Church of God
Rev. W.C. Graham
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday School ..........................
Morning Service ......................... :
Evening Service ..........................
P.Y.P.A.'s Service ........................ ,
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