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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1948)
) i . .(BardleriSimg -Today Going to Portlands fall rose president of the Portland Rose so ciety, told me snoray aner 1 gpi to the show. 1 Foliage on Mr.; Bower' entries was very good, I noted. I even mentioned this. j "Lot of spraying." pe explained. Put the two together and you really have the answer. It takes more spraying to have nice roses and nice foliage when the weather is damp and free from sun than when it is nice and mild with a soft breeze blowing. jBreezes blow away some of the chances for mil dew. "Men, Mr. Bower! also inform ed me," as a rule prefer red roses." He told of the amount of Chris topher Stones and Cjrimson Glor ies he had planted in his garden. Crimson Glory, he Admitted was "very likely" his favorite rose. He had 205 bushes in h garden and these represented but IS varieties. shov Tuesday and Wednesday of this week was an education. In- 4 program was a 1 1 section for ex- .- inhibits on how to r , r groom roses. The "i'".s.ss program disclos- 1 Z ed that there is a method of pol- anrl r m n v In J damaged petals prior to exhibi ition. Some of the I exhibitors - - as " well as judges - -to read that por- Jk. had forgotten tion of the program. p, As a whole, this was one of the nicest rose shows I have seen. Also, as a whole, the foliage was not too good. "Bad weather, Floyd Bower, I 1a scale, action and the adaptation of beautiful tight woods by Baldwin's skilled designers, the style 94$ Acroconic Piano is the perfect choice for modern living. Visit our showrooms today. Convenient terms. STONE PIANO 'The Valley's Finest Piano Stofe" 1540 Fairground Rd. Salem Phone 2-5281 ?Jnt H wees' mass plantings or one variety. Twelve of his 16 varieties were included in his entry of 12 different varieties j on which he won first! prize in that group. Mr. Bower also indicated he planned to attend the northwest flower and garden sow to be! staged by the Salem Men's Garden club October 23 and 24. j Sutter's Gold Good Fred Edmunds, curator of In ternational Rose Test Gardens at Portland, had an interesting dis play of roses - - the newer ones, from the j test gardens. Here Char lotte Armstrong, which was so beautiful at the spring show, was a little disappointing. The buds were not so perfect, the coloring was less; good. That, too, might have been because of undeniably bad rose weather during recent days. But I missed the fragrance. The rose! was so beautiful in the spring that I am sure I do not re call whether it was fragrant or not. Probably - notj This week it stood along side of Sutter's Gold, which was unusually good in its autumn coloring and it had a plea sant tea-rose fragrance. The comparatively new, small red Rose of Freedom, proved pop ular with visitors at the Portland show. As I stood alongside of it, many were the favorable com ments made by those who hesita ted long enough to look at a rose. It, too, was a fragrant. Two other roses, which Mr. Bower called my attention; to as being "a tittle ex tra nice at the shpw" were Son atas and Dickson's red We all hope tht weather will permit sbme nice Salem's flower shim Garden Calendar Oct. 12 Annua the Mt. Anget Garden club meet ing. ; j Oct. 4 Crooks Garden club flower show, F a r m e r s Union building.! Oct, 21-23 On hid show, Meier; A Frank.! Portland?. Oct, 2-24 Noithvet fall gar den and flower show, Salem Arm ory, ! ! Oct. 30-31 C rj r y s a nthemum show. Salem Armtny. Nov. 0-7 Salem Chrysanthe mum shqw, Salerrt Armory. Questions and Answers S. T. asks whefe she can go to see a chrysanthemum show. Ans.: Vatch garden calendar in this colimn. Today carries notice of one this month in Portland and one in November at Salem. i N. L. writes that he is told there i is a rodti rot destroying rhododen- drons.-'Wants to J know symptoms I and cure, j Ans. Some reports of armillar ia root rot have been received. But the disease does not seem to occur frequently. Small branches, par ticularly j those next to the ground begin to! wilt. Symptoms are very similar to those jof the root wee vil Take! up the jhrub, cut out all dead portions and wash to roots wejl. Replant in different location. It may be necesfeary to cut some of the growth back, and should the ground be the least dry, keep it well watered. R. T. asks when to plant Dutch irises. i Ans.: Ifiow, as The Dutch irises don't umflerstanil not: beeni planted blooms yet for plant sale at soon as possible, are lovely and I why more have I : ;) i 1 1 ' , - , . . ;J" '- . 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