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Love your poinsettia through the year
, Holiday greetings, not only to you, but to
your poinsettia, which you can keep for a
repeat performance next year'.
It's true, you know, that even the most in-
experienced gardener can bring these love-
ly plants into bloom with very little effort.
So do take care of your plant now.
First, be sure that fancy wrappings are
not stopping up the drainage hole in the bot-
tom of the pot. Either take your thumb and
punch a hole through the paper, or cut a
good-sized hole with a knife, so that excess
water may be released freely.
Next, set the plant in a deep bowl of water
and let it soak until the surface of the soil is
damp; set it aside to drain. Then select the
perfect spot for it, warm, sunny, and pro -
i ected from both hot and cold drafts.
Place the drained pot on a shallow layer of
pebbles in a wide dish, and water heavily
enough every day so that the pebbles will be
covered by the run-off. This will provide a
reservoir of water for your plant between
daily waterings, should it need a little extra,
and it will also help to keep the air around
the plant a little humid.
As an additional 'precaution against
premature yellowing of the leaves, use a
gentle, misty spray of tepid water on the
foliage once or twice av day for a couple of
weeks.
The colored bracts of red, pink, salmon or
white should remain imperfect condition for
two months, at least, and while you may ex-
pect to lose a few leaves, most of them
should persist on the plant until the flowers
Cocktails for teetotalers
MOD -FASHIONED: Chilled cola and
lemon and lime soda mixed half-and-half.
Pour over ice cubes and add orange slices,
pineapple spears and maraschino cherries.
NEW TWIST: Chilled orange juice and
quinine water mixed half-and-half. Serve as
is or over ice cubes.
SCARLET SLING: Season chilled tomato
juice with dashed of Worcestershire,
Tobasco, lemon juice and celery salt. Insert
a celery stick stirrer.
RUSSIAN SOUR: Mix equal parts of chill-
ed strong tea and cranberry juice. Add
frozen, concentrated, undiluted lemonade to
taste. Add an egg white for every 4 cups and
shake until frothy. Serve with orange slices
and maraschino cherries.
have faded.
When your poinsettia finally drops its
leaves, dry the plant off gradually, cut the
sterns back about half way, and store it in a
dark, cool place, watering lightly every two
or three weeks to prevent complete drying.
As soon as the plant shows signs of life
again, repot it, cut back again if indicated,
and resume normal care.
The primary cause of a healthy p rns&tta
failing to flower at the proper time is usually
exposure to irregular lighting during the
critical fall months.
These beautiful plants should not be a one -
Lime holiday decoration, so plan now to have
yours in bloom again for next year.
Christmas. pudding..
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• from page 20 minutes. Unwrap and place on serving
and microwave on HIGH 8 to 10 minutes. Let plate. Serve with your favorite hard sauce
cool, covered, 10 minutes. Run a blunt knife or Golden Sauce (recipe follows) spooned
around edge of measuring cup. Invert onto over top. For a special effect warm "4 cup
serving plate. (50 mL) brandy in microwave oven on
Note: When done pudding surface will look HIGH for 30 seconds; pour over pudding and
dry but sides have not yet pulled away from light.
pan.
Goideu Sauce
For Individual Puddings: Lightly grease `'L cup (125 mL) softened butter
microwave -safe muffin pans or custard 1 cup (250 mL) sugar
cups. Fill each cup with 2 to 3 tablespoons 1/4 cup (50 mL) whipping cream
(25 to 45 mL) of batter. Cover tightly with 1 egg
pleated wrap. Microwave on HIGH 3 to 5 1 tsp. (5 mL) brandy
minutes. Let cool, covered, 10 minutes. Cream together butter and sugar with
To Store: Sprinkle cooled pudding with 2 to 3 electric mixer. Gradually add cream, then
tablespoons (25 to 45 mL) brandy. Wrap the egg, beating until well blended. Stir in
tightly in plastic wrap. Store in refrigerator brandy. Microwave on HIGH 3 to 5 minutes.
up to one month. Watch sauce doesn't boil over. Makes ap-
To Serve: Leaving pudding wrapped in proximately 2 cups. (Sauce will be slightly
plastic wrap, microwave on HIGH 2 to 4 runny).
Christmas Gift Suggestions
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
For Mom...
❑ ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
❑ MICROWAVE COOKWARE
❑ HOUSEWARE AND SUPER
KITCHEN IDEAS
For Dad...
❑ COMPLETE LINE OF
ELECTRICAL POWER TOOLS
AND HAND TOOLS
❑ GAS OR ELECTRIC SNOW
BLOWERS
❑ ELECTRIC RAZORS
For the Children...
LJ TRICYCLES, WAGONS,
WOODEN TABLES AND
CHAIRS, WOODEN ROCKING
CHAIRS, TOBOGGANS,
SLEDS,
GAMES, TOYS
VISIT OUR NEW TOYLAND
in our downtstairs showroom
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CLINTON HARDWARE
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