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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1937)
Spring Garden Edition of Flower Gardens Get Attention During This Season r PACEFOim Variety Found In Larkspurs Marigolds and ScaJiosa Are Suggested Also For -Fine Blooming Right now the Immediate prob lem of home gardeners la: "What shall I plant this month to have a beautiful flower garden blooming In MsyJuno and July!" This pansTinaals ndth-re--are - many,' many lovely orifcslhTleedl of which can be planted outdoors this rery week. The ' new - stock-flowered Lark purs are wonderful and can hard- ly be compared with the old Lark spur. They more often resemble the full rich Stocks hence the name, "stock - flowered." They came in dark and light blue, the pale, delicate China blue, carmine, rose, pink and white. Besides the standard colors there are exquis ite shades of lavender, rosy pink : and purple, as well as a glistening white They bloom from early summer till fall and, unlike the Stock, do not need to be coddled. Plant them on a neglected bit of soil and they seem to flourish as well as in good soil. They must hare full sun and water, but what a harvest of flowers you do have! There ' Isn't a nicer cut flower for the house, either. - . .. Marigolds Are Favorites No one can fall with Marigolds. ' Start them right with trustwor thy seeds and 'you cannot fall to have a garden, of sunshiny color, blooming all summer, and so pro fusely that the more you cut the more they bloom. You Just cannot discourage them. The tall African Marigolds grow two or three feet high and make glorious golden borders with a startling effect in mass planting. Marigolds need full sun, a fairly good soil and plenty of water. No garden, old - fashioned or new, should be without the annual Scabiosa It Js a hardy annual wnicn gives quick as well as a long period of bloom If planted In a sunny border. With rich soil It grows about three feet tall, but can be pinched back to cause It to bush out and thus produce more blooming spikes. The large dou ble-flowered Scabiosa comes In mixed colors, clear blue, peach, rose, red, maroon and yellow. The maroon is one of the older shades and was the color which gave Sca biosa its, former name. Mourning Bride. Even a small planting of Tcndcrest Leaf Vegetables May Be Grown in Home Garden, For Period From Cronnd to Plate Is Quickest A good home gardener can be told by the quality of the leaf salads on his table. Here hu can excell In . crisp, tender edibles, for he Is able to pick them from the garden when they are at months, leafy vegetables do not do so well, and to utilize the space at thU time, tomato plants are suggested. These should be started indoors in a flat or sued box, transplanted two or three CCfMt AW.AD T" RACITV AND MUCH JJSLD IK VINT EB. jm place, or SYISS CHAED. MOSS CUBXID KATX. f. Better Grazing Conditions Seert COftVALMS. March Zi.-(A)-Oregon State college specialists Invlxioned better grazing condi tions that ever before In the Co lumbia basin as the result of the planting of 25.000 acres of crest ed wheat grass. The grass was seeded last fall to, replace vanished natural growths of bunch grass. The new cover is described as more palat able than JhenaUve grassy seeds moro heavily, Is more constant In pr od q cilona n d -fitnrtr-f a rller"! n fall rains. It Is drought resistant, winter hardy and will battle weeds, be sides adaptable to widely varied soil conditions, a bulletin describ ing the experiment said.. ' CM CURL tO IKDIVt LEAY. their best, and eat them within the hour; while his neignbor must be content 'with vegetables which may, be days old. . Methods of refrigeration have Improved, as have 'the keeping qualities of vegetables, but noth ing has been devised to compete with the garden fresh variety. Leaf lettuce, which cannot he kept fresh many hours, spinach and Swiss chard, kale and en dive, all are better when eaten Immediately after picking. A garden of leafy vegetables is one of the easiest to make and need not take up much space a 10 foot square will produce a great many salads. They ar quick ' growing as compared to root crops, ' and companion and succession plantings can be ac compf shed to make"a small bed yield surprising amounts of pro duce. Lettuce and spinach should be in the first planting. They will mature and be eaten before the first of July, and can be succeed ed by Swiss chard and cos let tuce which were either planted between the rows at a later date or in the parts of the rows va cated by the others as used. For the early fall months, kale, endive, corn salad and an other crop of spinach are In or der. During the hot mid-summer Scabiosa will give a surprising amount of cut flowers. Purebred, tested, dated seeds of Larkspur, Marigold, Scabiosa and other an nuals suitable for planting now are available at local dealers. times until tbey are sturdy push es, and set out ia the rows, or between them, as fast as space Is available. Tire For Use on Farm Is Devised With its construction based on( the widest possible variety of tests during the last several years, when the pneumatic tire for farm usa has been going through Us Introductory period, a new pneu matic tire for farm service has been developed by The B. F. Goodrich company and is now available for national distribu tion, according to W. H. Zosel, manager of Goodrich Sllverton stores, 198 South Commercial street. The new tire, designated the R-4 is believed the latest word in tire equipment for farm service, Incorporating all the latest fea tures in design the company has been able to discover after three years of actual experience in building tires for the farm field. Specially designed for rear wheel service, the new tire is made in practically all sizes adapt able for farm tractor wheels. De sign of Goodrich tires for front wheel service will not be changed. The present circumferential groove tread design Incorporating the famous Goodrich "Skid-Ring" tread will be retained. Tips on Planting Radishes Offered For those who are planting Ear ly Red, French Breakfast and White Icicle Radishes in their home gardens, E. F. Ross, man ager of the, Superior Feed and Seed store, suggests a. method which would eliminate the neces sity of having three separate rows.' 'Tlant them all In the same row," he says, but dig up the Ear ly Reds when they are ready, then the French Breakfast radishes when they mature. Each operation affords added. space, for maturing of the later varieties." Ross also recommends soaking pea seeds in kerosene two minutes prior to planting. This keeps moles and gophers ' from eating the seeds. 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