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Ec79-1206 Roses, Donald H. Steinegger, Frederick P. Baxendale, John E. Watkins, Amy Greving

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Roses are one of the most versatile and exciting plant groups to use in landscape compositions. There are rose cultivars (varieties) adapted for almost any garden site or landscape purpose, including formal beds and perennial borders, arbors, trellises, hedges, ground covers, steep banks, edging, accent, specimen plants, and as patio or tub plants.

The most common rose types are hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, and climbers. More people are becoming familiar with the so-called "old fashioned" or shrub roses. Many of these are well-adapted to Nebraska and to water-conserving landscapes.

G79-471 Choosing Corn Hybrids, Lenis Alton Nelson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication explains what factors to consider and compare when selecting a corn hybrid and how to obtain recent hybrid test data. One of the most important decisions a corn producer makes is choosing the hybrid seed. Hundreds of hybrid names and numbers are advertised and offered for sale. Selecting the few that offer the greatest yield and profit potential requires time, effort, and study. This should be a continuous process for a corn grower because important information on new or established hybrids may be encountered at any time.

G79-428 Spring Flowering Bulbs, Don Steinegger, Anne Streich, Donald E. Janssen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Selecting, planting, caring for, harvesting and forcing spring flowering bulbs are discussed in this publication.

Spring flowering bulbs may be used to provide early season color in your garden while other plants are slowly developing. When the bulbs have finished blooming, the dying foliage can be hidden by the developing growth of other flowers and shrubs in the bed. Spring flowering bulbs offer an early start to a full season of color in your garden.

You can choose from hundreds of spring flowering bulbs that produce plants varying in flower color, form and height. Among the most popular are tulip, …

Hypoxylon Canker Incidence On Pruned And Unpruned Aspen, Michael E. Ostry, G.W. Anderson

Aspen Bibliography

This sturdy was designed to measure the relation between the incidence of Hypoxylon canker, Hypoxylon mammatum Wahl. Mill., and the presence of branches on an aspen stem.

Discoloured Wood Of Aspen Caused By Increment Boring, G. Laflamme

Aspen Bibliography

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Brush Control On Sandy Rangelands In Central Alberta, A.W. Bailey, H.G. Anderson

Aspen Bibliography

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A Trap To Measure Populus And Salix Seed Fall, J.C. Zasada, R. Densmore

Aspen Bibliography

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Phytoalexin Production By Aspen (Populus Tremuloides Michx.) In Response To Infection By Hypoxylon Mammatum (Wahl.) Mill. And Alternaria Spp, G. Flores, M. Hubbes

Aspen Bibliography

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