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C-Cee.n-C2 News of JLUE Garden clubs in the Salem lined up now-a-day. There's the very other month. If arch is th it fans on March 18. The speaker the American Rose Society, and 1 I - X, . . By tip on all the brand new varieties. Bob Brady, Who is arranging the program, says. She might aiso tell a little of therthcoming na tional show and convention set for San Francisco tbiftyear. (Watch Garden Calendar for dates). K;' '; j 'N, " :-' ' This meeting is at 8 p.m. Thursday night in -the YmCA, and Bob says that anyone interested, in roses is welcome to "E?' whether or no a member of the eroub. ' Robert Schreiner, of the famous Schreiner Iris gardens out at Quinaby, is' going to talk on no not so much irises out uayuiies at the Keizer Garden club meeting set. for Tuesday night at the Keizer fire halL - l . And Mrs. Clarence Halverson, known s Eleanor to most of us, is talking on chrysanthemums at the Stayton Garden club Friday. Eleanor has more than once swept the Portland 'mum shows with her prize-winning flowers. I'm always glad to hear of what the various garden clubs in the valley are doing and who their speakers are, but I must have the information a week before the Sunday in which the story ii coming out, you know. , . - We've been hearing a lot of late about Linda A. Eickman, who lives near Portland and who brought the first real pinks to the primrose world. Those f yon who have sever tried any hybridizing have missed something. Yon may go on for years and have nothing at least nothing someone else hasn't had. And then By the way, have yon noticed that the Burpee Seed company is offering 10,00O for pure white Marigold? This isn't one of these gyp offers either; where you have to work so many puzzles, or write so many 20-word ententes, tellinf how food the company is. This is a regular bona fide offer. This summer look for d if yon find one. do not cnt the .flowers, but let them go to seed. Send about 100 seeds to W. Atlee Burpee Co., Riverside, Calif, post marked before Jan. 1, 1955. These will be tested out in the Burpee gardens. ' For mor than 20 years, the BUrpees have been looking for a white marigold. The best so far is Manin-theMoon, bat it it not white enough. The new flower it supposed to be the size of Man-in-the-Moon bat as white as pare white-carnation or aster. Should it so happen that more than one grower has such a whit ne ia his garden, the first one who sends the seeds which meet the requirements, will get the prize. I A keen interest in roses has come to thefore again this- spring. Not that there hasn't always been an interest in roses, but popular ity of flowers, like other things, go in cycles. Recently roses have not been at the top of the cycle. Roses are climbing that way at the present " Perhaps the advent of the improved floribunda roses (the clus ter types) is the reason for this. They do fit into many landscape plans. X Now that such roses aa Dean Collins, (named for the Portland garden writer), Queen Elizabeth, Roundelay, Carrousel, Vogue are obtainable, it is no wonder that this "new" rose type is gaining wide acclaim. You can cut a whole bouquet from one cluster. Tho abundant bloom ia now gaining the quality of the hybrid, and they are gaining this with considerably less culture or trouble. . j . O O O ! There have been a lot of questions reaching me recently oa Calla lily culture for the garden: When to divide, what soil, what situation la the garden. Calla lilies do very well out of doors here and we ased to think of them as a rather tender house plant But, f coarse, one mast have the hardy variety. . If yon have old ones, separate them as soon as possible. It would have been better had yoa separated them around Christmas or early January. If they bloomed well last year leave them alone, bow. until next winter. If blooms were scarce. It will be just as well to sep- rU them Haw. Prepare the soil with a lot of compost and rotted manure, re plant large bulbs where they will not have competition from other plants. Also c noose a uiwuuu mm icui - - j will grow in partial shade, and these will be the largest blooms, if not the most plentiful. Addition of commercial fertilizer, two inches from the roots and four inches down from the surface of the soil, will also hh. Calla lilies are like the proverbial little boy always hungry. Bait for slup as soon as growth starts, or they will eat out the tops of the foliage and bloom before these come through the rttu-in th W r-riod of the srowine season, water thoroughly. . ,i..ui,lf n,,t yard fertilizer ana a mue commercial ieruux uuUU . ' now. i Apple Trees Good Shaders For Backyard The apple tree is still consider ed a good shads tree in the back yard garden if there is space. The apple has been selected from - other fruit trees because it is the one. given any care at all, which is the longer-lived. . . The appklree ii-beautiful in bloom and the twisted gnarled trunk of tho age-old tree is still beautiful. . If a good crop of apple is want ed, it might be best to plant two different varieties no further than 100 feet Napart 'This gives your neighbor an opportunity to have one in his back yard also, sinca one tree usually gives sufficient fruit for one family. If your neigh- bor isn't that kind, have the two varieties grafted onx the single trunk in your own yard. The two which seem to do the best job at self-pollination are Rome and Mcintosh., However, many of the other varieties are more desirable. Among the better sorts are Red Delicious, Grimes Golden, Winesap (an old but still one of the finer apples), Baldwin, the late Gravenstein. North Carolina produced about 3,800,000 pounds' of honey in - 1953. - A Day Do)livrs this nw 1954 "Royal'? Porta ble) or any ; o t hit r mako) on our 0)xclu- ' nnrjAi v FIRQIASE FLAI1 CAU 3-8095 " FfM " ' - ImmecTiate Delivery. Kay. Typewriter Co. 223N.Hi1i 53 CeSss, Otir Etta. KorcS IX RS. Farm Home L. MADSEN a are letting some food speakers Siepm Rose Society, which meets monQNLor meeting, and this time is Mrs.at Schoen, a director of she is goinrao give sort ox a line- x j - -x - a white marigold in your garden. numb of inches' of decaved barn- Dairy Meeting- Slated by FFA In Linn County Dairy cattle diseases and breed- in? of dairy cattle will be topics discussed - in the Linn County meeting Tuesday at S p. m. at the Albany High .School. ' JjO. Schnautz, professor 01 veterinary medicine, Oregon State College,' and Floyd Walberg of the dair husbandry department will be the featured speakers. The meeting is jointly sponsor ed by the Albany High School Fu ture Fanner Chapter and the ex tension service in Linn County. Wallace Caldwell. Albany chap ter advisor, will be in charge of the meeting. ,;; Little Magic, Big Sentence CAPETOWNMINS) A notor- ious native witch-doctor, appear ing in court at Senanga, Northern Rhodesia, boasted publicly that he i had a powerful concoction which would make the magistrate impose a light sentence. A big crowd packed the court to watch the display of magic. But the magic failed. The sen tence was heavy. j K : ! Uaf ortuaately for him wrote the magistrate in his otticiai re port, "the" accused when mixing bis herbs f or Jus brew must have added too muchthyme." PENNY VALUE TEMPLE CITY, Calif. (INS) Better look , twice at your pen nies. Mrs. Irene . Hinds; 43. of Temple City told sheriffs depu ties that someone stole a ' penny she had been keeping all these years. The value of the rare 1904 Indian head coin -was placed at Federal Stafd Ineoma Tax Retaras s Prepared, A Lcc3 A Fhccs ! 1569K.4ta Pa. 2225 RENT. A-TOOL. Do it Yourself It's Cheaper OPEN SUNDAYS J . Salem's Oldest Tool Bental Howser Bros. ' 1180 Sooth 12th St, ' Flower of ! . 1 s- i k) -V ' s .",7- i 111 r I rf- V 1 MKT 111 II I I WMftJ Here's Red Favorite, a brand aew Florabnnda rw . QuestiQns - Question Am new gardener and one of my friends has a lot of primroses which she says shell divide with me if I find out when this should be done. Where to plant? How deep? Any other thing I should know about them? ve always wanted a primrose garden. S.S.O. . Answer They may be; divided anytime now that you can get on the ground. Don't try to work up place for a primrose bed so long as the ground is too wet and sticky Choose a. spot where the plants will have at least partial shade during the hot time of tne day. This may seem far off, but before the primroses are through blooming we'll probably have some quite warm weather (we hope). Work into the soil aome very well rotted barnyard ma nure, raw bone meal or a balanced commercial fertilizer. Don't set the plants too deep. The crowns must not be covered. Alter plant ing, water heavily to settle soil around roots. The next cay give them a booster solution, .such : as one of the standard fish fertiliz ers. A mulch of compost, sawdust or peat moss will, be beneficial. A dust containing lindane or chlordane, worked into i the soil around the plants, will take care of the root weevil which feed so copiously on primrose roots, Of course the really correct time to divide the primroses is af ter they are through blooming but then you wouldn t have any this year, and those divided now. if cared for properly, will tire you quite a . bit of bloom. " K Question How often should the polyanthus primroses be divided. I haven't disturbed nine for Bomber of years and they seem to be getting a little smaller than when I first planted them. AX. Answer Usually they do best if divided every two or three years. Many growers divide theirs every otner year just as - they , are through blooming. In doing this, wash the soil off the roots and break the plant segments apart Trim both, the tops and the roots and replant the divisions. Note above instructions for replanting, Question What type of soil do pansies like best? I've . grown some very nice looking plants from seed which. I hope to set out this spring. They are not quite ready yet. When about should they be planted out? Do they warn snaae or sun? xnis is my first experience. R.P.T. Answer Pansies must have rich and mellow soiL They do not like too heavy a clay soiL They rousi - nave gooa drainage and some sunX They will bloom in shade, but hot as plentiful as in sun. I like a little shade, if pos sible, around 2 to 4 0 clock in the afternoon, but even this isn't necessary .s pansies usually are through blooming before hot wea iner. However, if inev are in shade, and if the soil is well-1 drained, so that the plants get good start, they will sometimes bloom almost all summer. The plants like a mulch and plenty of water when they flower; However, dont water after 4 p.m. or .you . may have mildew. ,You may have it anyway, as there has been a lot of pansy mildew in re cent years. If it occurs, dust with sulphur. . - k Set the plants out in April, or ) 1 ProdiKess briW and Better Cropa - i )) If Warms the Soil and Retains Heat i I I (I k x WrU NOT BURN the Most Delicate Plants i V . ' ilia - the Week 1 it r 1 . - - Answen even late in March if weather clears toward warmer. Question-Can you give me the name of a real blue pansy? Once had a blue Swiss variety. I lik- ed Terr much, hut h fnrWt the name. Also a sort of apricot- colored Swiss variety. R.S.M. Answer The blue may have been Ullswater and the apricot, Firebeacon. , ;: Question We have just a little spot for a garden. There's a fence at the back, dividing our place from the one backing up to us We are permitted to use this fence, too. There are just two of us yet a third, win be along but not in time to eat vegetables this year. There's' nice sun on the sppt, too. We are new to garden ing, and some of our friends tell us wt "can buy vegetables cheap- er than raise them." We don't " quite believe it, though, as ; we Some further reduction in north have the son, and we also have west prune plantings is needed to barnyard fertilizer which relatives bring prices for this crop up to brought us from the country; What would be most wise to plant? I We like all vegetables." LJLN. Answer By all means grow some vegetables. Along the fence, if it gets sun there, you might plant a few vines of string beans. Four or five vines, if taken good care of will give you more green beans than you realize. You don't say how big your spot is, but three or four tomato plants, stak ed to conserve room, will give you more tomatoes than you can use at the table. Early in the sea son a row of loose-leaf lettuce is vu i vi wt luvancu icuuw ia good. A row of carrots usually pays off, too. Your own green on- ions in the rarden are nice. You could also have a row of radishes a i-umvwi, eo. ttxxs) un Yn iumi oniv mhnrt m-r. fnr derstsnding "ham language" ufficient croo. When the lettuce, rsht and Anions ar run Ait un these rows, nut in a balanced fertilizer and alonir in lat Juivi or August, sow turnips, additional carrots, or narsniDS for fall ear- den. Question What do you consider the best pole bean? We want a a i- n, ...n. rrri," .id KJn and have always, used Kentucky Wnnrtr Snrrrpon. told mo that there was a new variety now con- Id-rod Kottor hut rniildn't wuuw atuivu wovv e mmm vwwsmm remember the name of it Can you t.n m. -.t thi mirtt h? - m : Answer xiouauiT puiujucsa T T Za7J. . r : i"" !7W ", .' has straight, neat pods, and is practicaUy strmgless, as the aame implies. I 32,000 Bond Set On Check Writer PORTLAND UBV. Bond of 2,000 was set Friday for Charles 'Ray mond Dick Jr.,, accused of writing $5,000 worth of bad Reno,1 Nev. Federal Judge Gus Solomon is sued the temporary commital or- der pending arrival of a warrant for Dick who was arrested at Eu- aene Thursday. 'i A hearing on the case has been tentatively scheduled for Monday.! j , . A man can jump about 4 times his body length, a kangaroo about 3 tunes, a frog 12 tunes and a flea 200 times. ir checks at ' 1 i s times,, a frog 12 times and all I i Strawberries Outlook for By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman. . Marketing Oregon strawberries in the year; ahead will be highly vmntitiv j tha A vrimltirral Sit. nation and Outlook, published by Oregon State College farm econo mists, said: in its release this weekend. 1 ; - -: - National , supplies "m a y be as large aa in 1953 despite reduced acreage in Oregon and some other states. The! effects of these cuts may be offset by further acreage increases in high-yielding areas of California. . j ' . Mark ratnhrrt nd hmwn. berries are! reported aS probably in the most favored spot among the caneberries 1 d u e to the de crease in acreages and the small pack of 1953. The relatively high prices of 1953 are not expected to hold during v1954. However, many packers are holding firm on cur rent prices , and will probably con tinue to hold unless competition from inferior quality forces prices to lower levels. -The commercial crop of red raspberries in Oregon and Wash ington totaled about 25,000 tons in 1953, a 15 per cent jump over 1952. Crop Smaller In contract the crop of black raspberries was fully one-third smaller than a year earlier and prices jumped sharply as packers bid for the small supply. A num ber of new acres in this fruit are contracted 1 for by packers in the Silverton-Woodburn-Molalla area. Boysenberry production declin ed about 10 per cent and prices advanced. Reports coming from the USD A Friday, show that California grow- efiare turning their eyes to the favd&ble market prospects for the r&ysenberries. Considerable interest & planting new acreages iSjAr associated; the caneberry in- " J dustry as as established aw wot. a rccraturyey compiei- ed places the Califdema commerc ial bearing acreage ot black, boy sen and youngberriea iif ihat state at 2,430 acres for 1954. an increase of about 110 acres over the 1953 harvest. ThU wiQ be the first time iSi several years that California's acreage in these berries has in creased. A As a whole, the "Outlook" in dicates a brighter future for fruit farming, giving two basic national trend m aupply and demand. On the supply side, production peaked in 1946, while on the demand side. J1 nation's population is increas- satisfactory levels, the farm ec onomists believe. Only a small amount of new plantings will pro- T1' crP enough to supply Preni manners are aT" fair sucess. moving theh 21,000 tons of prunes packed in 1953, even though they paid only 840 a ton for the fruit Housewives Need to Know 1 I W"r Ahniit Hhm y MM UN 19 I : sometimes helps the homemaker to decide how the meat ahould be P"Pra- umversiiy oi xMenrasxa nutri- tion specialist Katbrya Cooley ex- P1"1 " curcu aa moeq hams prepared tinder Jederal Meat Inspection art required, by a 1952 regulation, to be heated to at least 137 degrees (Fahren- new; wwrau wmperaiure or treated otherwise to kill any tri- hV i.r CDma tte Bieat j0 cu"d' ,moke P1 uarcu wtui tue ruuuu yurpie - w , . , HSl'SSC J P i "?d tobe cooked for purposes of I eifatv ntir atiIv fnt0nAH 4-i- or x?-j.ii j t.j v i.v dered," !"ready to eat" or "fully cooked", must have been heated m degrees-to an inter- rial temperatrue of at least 140 deaxeefc ? ty cooked, seeds some additional cooking in the home kitchen to give it i.a well-done tewture and full ham. flavor. The packer's la bel freoetmtlv . offora riireptinni based upon the amount of heating his company gives to such ham A ready-to-eat ham may be served j without further cooking, but some are more thoroughly coked than others, i Fully cooked" hams have been I heated in processing to the point at which they have a "fully cook ted appearance throughout which is a requirement of the Federal Meat Inspection Service for any ham so labeled. A Large Supply CUSTOM MADE IN OUR SHOP YOUR OR OUR MATERIALS SEE OUR SAMPLES IN YOUR HOME x Travarsa Rodalnatanatten A Complata Drapary Servica Venetian Blinds and Shades vwrylhing i ELMER Estimates 3870 Home Workshop Wooden Tackle Box Gompact, Won't Rust By BILL BAKER Furniture Designer to the Stars The best and cheapest way to get a- fishing' box that will really take care of all the equip ment the most gadget-minded angler ia likely to want, is to build it yourself. My compact, lightweight fish ing box has many special fea tures to make sporting life easier for the rod-and-reel enthusiast And being of wood construction, it Won't rust Inside the box lid is a drop- leaf shelf with 12 cork disks on which to pin a wide .assortment of : nooks. A drop-front drawer opens on two commodious shelves in the main body of the box. The lower- shelf is separated into three sections that provide ample space for anything, from reels to snugly, packed lunch- time sandwiches. Above this bot tom section is a handy, remov able sliding shelf, divided into five compartments for additional equipment The box has sturdy snap locks and is justat good looking as it is serviceable. It's earned suit pease-style by a strong leather handle comfortable to the grip. Ooe well-spent weekend is all you "Heed to make the fishing box. Onto your wood, just tape, paste or thumb-tack the heavy- rLAHSK-3Z AP Newafeawne -r iiTim'""' '" It-Hf. II .- : .-4-, JI A A MODERN SPLIT LEVEL bowse wiib a den, garage, heatcs room, extra lavatory and large aexage space ia -be baseaveat levels. Bodrooots are h'alf flicbt mp bom she Uriog roosc-foya floor. This bouse designed by Stanley Klein, architect, 89-31 j 161 Sc., Jamaica 32, N. Y., waa built and sold andet $14,000 oo a quarter-acTe plot at Sniaitowa, riY-. by Henry Wazc, developer of a 721-bone coscsBunic. .(Further information md blueprints mvttilabit from architect) Eugene TV Station f Near Test Pattern J ' k v f . EUGENE UH Eugent television station KVAL-TV will start trans mittiag test patterns late next week, S. . W. McCready, general tnanager,'reported Friday, l : The station has set April 16 as the target date for being on their air at full power, 56,000 kilowatts, be said, v . ; : About 50 million dollars has been spent on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, Va., in the last 27 "years. . X J iv for Your Window" ' i - - ' I THE BLIND MAN i Center N . Phena 3-7328 duty paper, individual pattern pieces cut to correct size for per fect fit in assembling. Then trace and cut according to instructions which are given in clear, readily understandable language. V get yoar fUhinr Vox patten, tend, y (rar luun and address, to gether with a dollar ia cask r snoaey order to BUI Baker, Ore gon Statesman. P. O. Box 1111, Ln Aoreles S3, California. Ba MKMBEK TO ASK FOR PAT TERN NO. m. Other BUI Baker patterns aTallable: No. 11, LT asaa Coffee -able, fl; No. 13, Master Desk, Si; No. lfri, Two Level End Table, SI. ' It's Time to . . . Plant fig trees. Plant blueberry bushes. Put slug bait out around calla lilies and primroses. Plant a few floribunda roses. , Sow sweet peas, spinach, radish, garden pea seeds. Get soil ready to plant first gladiolus conns. Soak gladiolus conns for 15 minutes in solution of one ounce of improved ceresan to three gal lons of water, plus ltt teaspoon detergent spreader. Half the-UJS. men who reach age 63 this year will live 12 years longer. mm GREEN HOUSES K Cnttino- . . Ready ta Assemble j P'xl2'x8 . . . I 9'zlt . . . 2iSZi THE GARDEN GATE I 2825 S. Commercial r sup . mi l . wrywff: - U flBEORM BD PM 1 rll tfO ,9T4 J1U Jl i 1 OREGON ALDER PANELING A Novel, Distinctive and d Sawtd Especially lor Ponel Beards Sw Samples in Attractivd New Finish Avaltable Retail or Wholaaato;. Any Quantity Q Coast Rahge Timber Products Co. ( C X7. C-1 Or Write for Descriptive Information to n The vjehardsaa Ceu Ltd Predacer. Falls City, Oregoa Garden Calendar... March Iff Keizer Garden Club. t p.m., at Keizer Fire HalL Robert Schreiner of Schreiner Iris Garden ens, speaker. Topic: "Day lilies and Iris." . , March 18 Salem Rose Society. 8 pool YMCA, -Mrs. Nat Schoen, Vancouver, Wash., speaker. Topic: "New Roses. Everyone welcome. March l-ataytoa Garden Gab, Mrs.; Amanda Gavette, Hostess. Speaker, Mrs. Clarence, Halverson, Silverton. Topic: "Chrysanthe mum. - March ZJ Irrigation Clinic, Wi combe Hall, OSC. t sum. marca aoisn xaeaaow uar- deners, hostess, Anne Zielinski, 1:30 April 44 25th annual conven tion of National Council of State Garden Clubs, Forest Motel, Myr tle Beach, S. C April 5 Salem Garden Club, Sa lem Women's Club house, 460 N. Cottage. April 11 Mt Angel Primrose Show, St Mary's Dining Hall, Mrs. 0. J. Williams, general chairman. April 22-25 Multnomah County May 1 Sflverton Jay-C-Ettes Spring Flower Show, Eugene Field Auditorium, Sflverton. Majr S-S Salem Garden Council Spring Flower Show, Isaak Walton League HalL May 13-15 American Rose Show and National Convention, San Fran cisco. May zfsJaae 1 Lion's Club Home and Garden Show, Salem, State Fairgrounds. Jane - Pacific Regional Gar den Club meeting, Ashland. Jane S-f Oregon State Garden ' Club Federation meeting, Ashland. June 12-13 Salem Rose Society show, Isaak Walton League Building, Burglars Hit. Millionaire-s H-TT1A AfTGiri RENO, Nev. IB Lavere Red- field, the Reno multi - millionaire who two year ago lost $1,500,000 to Wti-r1 IVirlaw l-1v-w1 o-nI'm maH viufuuai a iiuo ajaw avu.v. ubw another burglar of ms poomy stone mansion here. Police booked a self - styled Texas oil man. William S. Clark, 42, on burglary charges. Clark had registered at an ex pensive hotel here as a Houston. Tex., on company executive, but admitted to -detectives he was re leased from HuntsvQle prison in rexas ofliy aooui a monui ago. Redfield, still bitter about the pub va e a. licity attending the theft from his home in 1952, refused to talk to reporters. " But Chief of Police L. R. Gree son gave these details: n Redfield, in the rear of his big stone mansion, beard the front door close and discovered a man walking down the steps. The millionaire had neighbors - - across ine sireei pnone pouce ana tell them Redfield was following a burglar. Police picked Redfield up in their car a few blocks down the street and then nabbed Clark as he came out of a bar on South, Viroinia Stroot -. Misprint Puts Reds in Church TULSA. Okla. (A Dr. E. H. Eckel, Trinity Episcopal Church's rector, assured' the church nd public Friday no Communists have been added to the parish register. Last week s issue ot the cnurcn bulletin carried an item reading: "From the parish register Com- rmmictc mAAeA (91 " . This week's bulletin - corrected at to read: Communicants ada- DIESEL CARS LONPON (INS)- Diesetengin ed privSte cars will make their bow on the British market in ApriL Brain's first post-war production ' model Diesel car, now- being manufactured by the . Standard MotorvCompany, will, it is claimed, cut motoring costs by 50 per cent " -v , " , X , . . r . . ! The United Statesud no city of more than 100,000s population 150 years ago. . Or. I ua NO Or O Cnaa. MU DRS. CHAN ... . 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