FRAUDULENT FLORA is being pushed through mails by a few unscrupulous nurserymen in offers designed to lead homeowners up the garden path. The "rare and beautiful ailanthus" turns out to be the weedy "stink tree," nothing like its brochure picture; the "amazing climbing peach" produces an inedible gourd unrelated to the peach. FTC is warning nurserymen against shrubbery shenanigans.

PUPPY PRODUCTION can be controlled with a new oral contraceptive for dogs to be marketed soon by Upjohn Co. Administered by veterinarians, the liquid, called Prodox, will delay bitches' fertility cycle, end a source of chaos at dog shows.

TASTIER WATER would flow from U.S. taps under new rules being shaped by a Public Health Service committee. Lower limits will be set on chemicals that give some water bad taste, sometimes stain laundry.

WINE WAR between California's Gallo (Thunderbird, Gallo wines) and United Vintners (Petri, Italian Swiss Colony) is being fought with heavy ad barrages and price slashes. The fight started in Chicago, soon spread to other markets (latest: Texas).

JAPANESE OILMEN will get no concessions in their home market from the Japanese government. The home-owned Arabian Oil Co. will not be allowed to pay for its imports with local yen, will have to pay in hard-to-get foreign currencies.

GLASS CLASH is roiling auto industry. Glass dealers are pressuring Congress and state legislatures to ban as unsafe tempered glass now used by automakers in side windows instead of laminated glass (to save $1.50 a car). Tempered glass costs less to make, but gives less profit to glass makers.

BETTER SERVICE (30% improved by midsummer) is United Air Lines' promise after its absorption of Capital Airlines, approved by CAB. By 1963 United expects to have 128 more jets worth $500 million in the air.

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