Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 18

The Week-end Gardener Pyracantha Is Local Favorite By JOHN HARLOW "I bought a pyracantha that was supposed to have red berries and instead they have turned out to be orange!" This is a complaint I hear frequently. Until a few years ago a great many orange-berried pyracantha were sold by local nurseries, but recently the demand has become so constant for the red berried pyracantha. that the majority of plants stocked are the red var- Tho next few days may be ns perfect a time for planting bare root roses as wo are apt to have tbis spring. With cloudy skies and plenty of moisture in the air there Is little chance that the roots of roses will dry out while being planted. The usual reason for the failure of bare root roses is that, at some point, the roots have become dry.

An ideal time to plant any bare Now-Is IdealRose Planting Time lety. As a matter of fact, I venture a guess that one would have difficulty in purchasing a real orange berried pyrancantha locally. EVEN WHEN not in berry there is no problem in distinguishing a plant that will have orange berries from one that have red berries. The leaf of the yellow-orange berried variety is definitely 'pointed while the leaf of the red berried variety is rounded. Orange red berries on red berried pyracantha are suffering from sun burn.

Planted against an east or north this sun burn will not occur. Next year, to insure red berries for plants in sunny locations, be careful when pruning to leave enough foliage to shade the berries from the sun. The value of foliage as protection from our scorching sun is often overlooked. A number of lemons were spoiled on my espaliered meyer lemon this root stock is during a rain. fall because, in my zeal to improve the espalier effect, I cut away small leaf branches which haql shaded these lemons.

THE KEASON that it is undesirable to prune Tucson roses as heavily as the pruning recommendations call for in other sections of the country is that sufficient foliage is necessary to protect the rose canes from the desert summer sun. This should be kept in mind when pruning roses this month and next. Johns-Man ville Asbestos ROOFING Johns Manville Asbestos Roofing Ouflajls Ordinary Roofing by 3 (ALL FOR ESTIMATES WITHOUT OBLIGATION J. KNOX CORBETT LUMBER CO. 210 E.

7th St. Ph. 2-8881 EatTit Saturday Evening, January 16,1954 Provide For Child's View Of Hoiise Is half of your family living in a world designed lor giants? It certainly is, if you have small children. They see the legs of the dining table, and you see its top. They reach for a light switch that's at waist height for you.

They see themselves in the mirror only when you lift them up so they can. PROBABLY you already have small furniture for your children, but that is not enough, according to child psychologists. They n'eed other conveniences to make life easier for them, and for you, in the home. Few bathrooms, for instance, are convenient for small They need a bath with walls and floors of a durable material such as clay tile, which is water proof and won't be damaged by playful splashing in the tub. towel bars that they can reach easily.

need a mirror placed low on the bathroom door, for quick checks on personal appearance. In their own rooms, children need a clothes pole that can be reached easily. Mother have to be forever picking things up if junior or little sister can store personal clothing easily. The pole itself can be moved higher every couple of years, as the child grows. HEAVY OUTER garments usually go into the' entrance hall closet, so it shoulrl have special low hooks for the children.

Setting aside a part of the closet for special use of tots will encourage them to overshoes and rubbers in one place and i i a the frequent scrambles to find such items. Finally, children need places they can mark. You can preserve your paint or wall paper by locating a chalk board low on a wall, so that they can reach and use it whenever they want. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL company for a summer of "SOLID COMFORT" with AIR CONDITIONING Call 2-4626 TODAY De 3-Bedroom Homes (it a price the average family can afford The I A IN $10,750 Total F.H.A. Loans Available Wilmot Road between E.

BVay and E. 22nd Unusually low terms to Veterans 100 STEWART M. WINTER Realtor, Exclusive Sales Agent 1226 N. Richey Ph. 5-6293 covers all closing costs arid insurance YALE EPSTEIN BUILDER AND DEVELOPER OPEN HOUSE AT WILSHIRE HEIGHTS 1 This new red brick home at 402 Downing Lane is being offered by Chesin Construction Co.

It contains 2,860 square.feet. There are three and two baths in one wing, and a maid's room and bath off the kitchen: The living room is on the front and a large activities room and kitchen, separated only by a counter, are-at the back. Public inspection is invited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.nvSunday, 1 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays.

Plan Your House For Easy Expansion House Trading Advocated By HlStfRY J. WINGATE An expansible house i solve the problem of a small family requiring more space in a few years but whose financial means at the moment limits the present size of the house. AN EXPANSIBLE must be first planned as a complete unit, the way the owner wants it to-appear eventually. I is then separated into its logical parts and the sequence of additions determined, always with the thought in mind that the house must be complete in appearance and function at each step. THE BASIC UNIT must pro- 'vide all facilities for the normal life of a small.family, including livingroom, bath dining area, kitchen, storage space, heating and laundry facilities.

Some rooms can serva two purposes. Additions should be designed so that there'is little disturb- 'ance to the family while hew building is in progress, so that no space is wasted, and so that there is always convenient traffic flow from room to room. OPENINGS TO later additions should be framed for their, final purpose when the basic house is built, such as tion of a window in the space framed for a future door. Pipes, ducts and wiring needed for future additions should be roughed into the basic house to save money on ripping out and rebuilding. Resilient tile flooring'can be installed in each area of the house as it is added.

Choose colors and designs to harmonize with the already completed sections. Frame construction lends itself best to low-priced additions, and although the cost of building a house in several stages ordinarily is slightly more than, building it all Heat Your Home the Easy Way (ONTINtHHl Jjood Housekeeping It vould take a book to ten the oj Glaagheat, That book exittt, ant for tht atleino. Jutt wrttt A Glass Heating Ptknel that is clean, noiseless, ouorless and Bootless. No 'flame to cause ftro Finger-tip automatic room-by-room controls make it a must for your home. Guaranteed.

GLASSHEAT CO. of Tucson Phone 3-0036 at the Tucson Merchandise Mart; 517 N. 4th Ave. Every Home Needs One Most Homes Need Several! Pittsburgh In your bedroom, bathroom or hall, full- length Pittsburgh Plate Glass door mirror helps you check all the little details so important to neat grooming. Makes rooms seem larger, too.

Sizes to fit any door. Headquarters for palnti, bruihn, mirrort and topi I A A A 121 So. 4th Ave. Phone 4-4431 once, careful planning will hold down costs. THE INCREASED over-all cost is usually offset by savings in maintenance, interest, taxes and "insurance between the time of building the basic unit and the later additions.

Before planning expansible house, the owner should carefully examine zoning ordinances and restrictions in deeds because these may control the size, and price of the house. Many communities prohibit small homes where completed would overshadow the other houses, as this has a tendency to lower its value in event of sale. Screen Solves Space Problems It's a door, it's a drapery, it's a room divider. It's a versatile innovation for the home, con; structed of basswood splints woven with seine twine. The new and inexpensive piece, adaptable for every room in the house, called by its manufacturer, Holland Shade Company, solves the too- problem in innumerable ways.

Because it comes packaged with screws, brackets, and track with easy directions for hanging, this woven unit available in a myriad of colors and sizes, could.be a "do it yourself" answer to no closets, no separate dining room, or, even too much expanse of glass. By Building Industry By DAVID BAKEUTHER How to trade in your house for a new one--the way you trade in your automobile--was the biggest problem tackled by the home building industry in the past.year. Progress was made in ironing out the wrinkles--persuading banks and other lending institutions ti 'play ball with builders, who would modernize traded-in houses to make them marketable--and now the idea is expected to grow into the biggest development for the home building industry and the home owning public for 19D4. THIS CAN mean a lot to you, even if your house was built since World War II. Home builders admit that some four million two-bedroom houses, nicknamed "birth 1" houses, were built in the last seven years.

They have prrjved too small for growing families. Furthermore, more than half of the houses in the country are over 35 years old. of people run into a road block in do-it-yourself and modernization dreams. It might be a fine idea to fix up the old place, but the job just seems to be much, A new house may be the only answer in these cases. Of course, anyone living in an old house can sell it and buy a new one.

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Free balloons and pop for the kids. Coffee and cake for Ma and Pa. Plus JUST ARRIVED TO NOW! Fruit, Nut and Shade Trees, Rose Bushes and Climbers, Asparagus, Rhubarb, Horse Radish, Artl choke, Strawberries. DOOR WZES UPHAM C. Co.

2555 E. Grant Rd. Ph. 6-1357 FROM RUMOR TO FACT THE ARIZONA CONTEMPORARY designed by BERNARD J. FRIEDMAN built by J.

R. SCHIBLEY DIRECTIONS TO TRACT: North on Oracle Rd. to Ina Rd. Drive west 2 mile to Paso Del Norte, then north 2 mile to tract. Salesman on tract, daily.

always simple. You have to find a buyer by advertising or listing with brokers arid then try to convince the buyer that he can fix the house up. He has to have the cash you want plus the cash or loan to modernize the house. LOTS OP OTJ) houses have wonderful intrinsic value, but little sales appeal. The trade-in idea would persuade banks to recognize the true value and possibilities of an old house, make a commitment to a builder for a modernization" loan and make as goo'd a mortgage breajc for the buyer as he would get on a new house of a similar price.

Under the present system, bigger down payments are required on old houses than on new houses. Federal Housing Administration is trying to change this and FHA Administrator Guy Hollyday recently said congress would be asked to "make it possible to treat old and new housing more nearly alike." THE ONM way to get lending institutions all over the country to back this program uniformly seems to be through the FHA system of Insuring loans. So the FHA has already made rulings to encourage builders to take old houses in trade--to cover a man's down payment, or more, when he wants to buy a new house--. modernize it and then resell If. THERE ALWAYS are small families looking for a houses.

And there always are families who need more of a house than they can afford in new construction. The National Association of Home Builders is strong for the trade-in idea because it knows that the housing shortage has been filled. A demand for new models and better housing must be tapped If their iri- dustry is going to continue at full blast. And their industry, including all building trades workers and manufacturers of materials and equipment, is vital to'our national economy. The builders also know there is a demand for trade-Ins because four out of every 10 prospects for a new house already own a house.

BUT MANY problems remain to be ironed out. House and Home, trade publication of the home building industry, has summarized some of these hurdles: "Owners of old houses have an inflated idea of old-house values. "Selling new houses Is not tough enough to resort to trade- ins. "Builders do not like the Idea of getting into the.realty business of having to make two sales to complete a deal." But at the same time, House and Home, canvassing builder opinion, quotes M. M.

Robinson of Detroit'as saying: "Any efficient operative builder should be able to make as much money building five new houses and modernizing five old ones as he can make building 10 now houses." AND ROBERT Kendler, president of Community Builders, described as Chicago's largest remodeling firm, chipped in with: "There is more money in modernization than in new nouses." If that is the case, there is a moral to this tale: Modernize your own home. BUT, House and Home tips'off the builders: "Consider only major improvements that will increase marketability and useful life of the house. Avoid overimprov- ing it for its neighborhood." J. R. SCHIBLEY, CONTRACTOR, 7210 N.

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