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Experts Predict A
Brilliant Display Of
Color In Park Foliage
Experts are predicting a brilliant autumn display in Shenandoah Nar'onal Park, according to Superintendent R. Taylor Hoskins. Growi: g conditio: s have been ideal for tree and shrubs during the summer months with warm temperatures and plenty of moisture.
If the Weather-nun will continue to bring these dry. sunny sparkling days and cool, crisp nights for ten more days. Nature will do the rest. However, a warm rainy spell or freezing nights, before October 10 could still upset the time schedule. That’s what 'happened last year when Virginia reco.ded one of the warmest and v. ,;te>t tall easons on record.
Each leaf recognizes flu right conditions and starts forming a corky layer of cells, called an abscission layer, near the base of its stem. This layer cuts off the flow of food and moisture through the plant's tiny veins or vessels. The green chlorophvll stops producing food and is broken down by sunlight and cool temperatures. Then the coin's of the other substances, \vhich are present all along, begin to show through as the green chloronh II decomposes.
Don’t let that old adage about Dck Frost painting the leaves bril!:a:;t hues fool you. Freezing tempi "’tures of any kind kill the leaves ; r ! blast the colors in a few hours.
Nature’s bounties are evident •\i fall, in an abundant “mast” or crop of natural foods produced in the forest, along the Park's Skyline Drive. Wildlife species are at an.i slick. Don’t wait to take that dust trip of the year until the traffic ri':.;, bumper to bumper. Tlie red berries of the Dogwood. 'Hawthorne, and Mountain Ash arc at their best right now. You will have to hurry to beat the squirrels and chipmunks to the last of the Hazelnuts, Butternuts, and Chinquapin^
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