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8 (Sec 1) Statesman, Salem,' Orev Smw March 21, 1954
News oi Farm; Home
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Garden Gabbing
By LILLIE L. MADSEN j.l
Lot of gardeners starting seed
lings in seed boxes use plant
bands as a safety measure. These
bands are made of either wood
veneer or asphalted paper. They
make four sides of a cube, open
at top and bottom and enclosing
six cubic Inches or more of soiL
They are placed touching each
other to fill the flat, then filled
with soil. If the wick-watering
method of irrigation is used the
bands should rest on a cushion
ef soil to facilitate even distri
bution of moisture.
Plants grows in these bands
can be lifted from the flat and
transplanted without their roots
being disturbed. This avoids
transplanting shock and insures
rapid growth of the plant in the
garden. It is not necessary to
remove the paper bands in trans
planting, since they disintegrate
under outdoor conditions.
Plant bands are inexpensive
and give definite advantages to
the plants grown in them. The
disturbance of a plant's roots
causes a shock, which is in
creasingly severe as the plant
grows larger. Anything that re
duced this shock will favor the
rapid development of the plant
and advance the harvest from it
. .
Knight Pearcy, Salem garden
er from way -back when, says
that very few people are taking
advantages of the opportunity
that grapes offer our home gar
deners in the Willamette Val
ley. By this way-back-when busi-
Chief Smith
Notes Danger
OfTrashFires
With spring house cleaning al
ready underway or scheduled
shortly in many homes, Chief Ells
worth Smith of the Salem fire
department points out the dangers
involved in lighting trash fires.
"We realize here in the depart
ment that a really good spring
cleanup will leave a housewife
with a pile of trash and other
rubbish to dispose of," he ex
plained, "but we also realize a
trash fire can easily get out of
hand
If fire is the only means of
getting rid of trash, Chief Smith
cautioned, a few common sense
rules should alway. be. observed.
These rules are: Never lieht an
outside fire on a windy day;; set
out and attach a garden hose and
keep it handy until the fire is
completely out; use a wire mesh
basket or a metal container with
a cover for the fire and keep
it well away from any building,
fence or tall crass: keen children
away; and stay with the fire un
til it is out and the ashes are
cool enough to touch with bare
hands.
Last vpar in this country, he
revealed, 11,000 persons died and
property valued at $900 millions
was 'estroved as a result of fire.
"These figures should point out
the necessity for safety, he de
clared. .
Cascade Road
Group Meets
Statesman Newt Service
STAYTON Meeting in
Stayton this week were mem
bers of the Cascade Highway As
sociation with Brownsville,: Le
banon, Scio, Silverton and Stay
ton represented.
Marion County Commissioners
Roy Rice and Ed Rogers said
the county court has issued an
order for a survey of the re
routing near Silverton which
would be -accomplished within
a few weeks. Silverton has the
improvement of James Street
scheduled for the summer.
Silverton was reported strong
ly behind a move to re-route the
highway ' northward from the
Evergreen school to eliminate
a winding section now existing
it would follow a draw and
join the Salem-Silverton road
near the Service Lumber Com
pany and angle onto James
Street
The group also approved pur
chase of 25 metal enamel road
signs to be posted at strategic
points bearing the legend, "Cas
cade Highway the v Beeline,
Portland to Springfield."
The association will have its
May meeting in Silverton.
Hazel Green Club
Elects Officers;
Statesman News Service'
HAZEL GREEN Mrs. Lloyd
McDonald was elected president
of the Hazel Green Sunshine Sew
ing Club at a meeting held at the
home of Mrs. A. M. Zahare Wed
nesday. ,
Other officers chosen were
Mrs. Dorothy ZielinsU. vice presi
dent and Mrs. Marvin van Cleave,
secretary.
The day was spent in tying two
emits for Mrs. F. O. Johnson.
covered-dish lunch was served at
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ness I don t mean) in actual
years, but Knight has done his
gardening in Salem for a long
time and he does know the Wil
lamette Valley garden possibili
ties, j !
He reports that with a proper
selection of varieties you can
pick grapes from your own vines
from mid-August until late No
vember. There are fine varieties
of the California type of grapes
that do as well here as do the
American varieties which we
usually find growing in this sec
tion. - j
Grapes are of two types, the
one known as the American or
Slio-skin. and the other variety
known as the European of Vini
feri, sometimes, too, called the
California type. Concord, Camp
bell and Niagara are among the
American type. Of the Vinifera
varieties which will ripen in the
Willamette Valley are Perle de
Csaba. which ripen in mid-
August; the Seneca, I Early Mus
cat, Malaga. Early Muscat is one
of the best grapes, grown in uie
area. Malaga is a very large
white Vinifera of fine quality
that usually matures in the val-
ev although there I have been
crops of this that matured too
late to Droduce enough sugar for
good quality. Cardinal is a good
red Vinifera, that is also a little
ate but sometimes does well
here. Most years the Golden
Muscat will also ripen.
Willamette red i raspberry is
renerally rated as the top rasp
berry for f reeling. This variety,
which was originated at OSC, is
a heavy producer. Where irriga
tion is possible, this will produce
a second crop of fruit in the tau.
Raspberries may be planted now.
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It is also time to Dlant those
blueberries. These grow best in
soil that has large amounts of
organic matter. Sawdust, com
post, rotted manure, peat or leaf
mold are all of value to the blue
berry. Die a hole 18 inches deep
er than nwessarv ! and fill this
with a mixture of 6 one of the
above materials well mixed with
the soiL
Set the ball of the Dlant no
deeoer than it was : in the nur
sery. Give the plants a good
soaking, watering every 10 days
during the growing season.
About April first and again June
first, add about l one fourth
pounds of sulphate of ammonia
per plant
Blueberries are shallow root-
Mi and must have their root-run
in aerated upper layers of soiL
To reduce the need of hoeing.
which cuts off the feeder roots,
it is well to spread 4 to 6 inches
of sawdust around; the plants
after first having tilled out the
weeds. Sawdust has little value
as a mulch when allied on top
of sod or heavy weed growth, j
Blueberries eventually grow
to fair size. Give them plenty ot
elbow room. They; snouia De
snared five to eieht feet apart
Two or more varieties should
be planted for pollination pur
poses. Planting season is irora
November until mid-ApriL
If you have occasion to trans
plant a comparatively large tree,
use peat plentifully, as wis
permits water to reach the root
area more easily. Guy the trees
securely with three wires to pre
vent wind-whip. Deeper watering
is possible where two or three
pieces of four inch tile is set in
the soil around the tree witn
the opening at the surface of the
soiL Watering through these
tiles, brings more water to the
root area. Plant your big trees
as early in the season as pos
sible. 1 I
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Each year in daffodil bloom
ing time. The Statesman garden
editor gets numerous questions
about lack of bloom from the
amount of daffodil. Sometimes
this is overcrowding, and the
bulbs need dividing at the close
of the season -4 or when the
foliage begins to yellow, j
More often the cause is
from the daffodil fly. To con
trol this, put naphthalene flakes
close around each slant at the
time the King Alfred daffodil is
in bloom. This seems to be about
the time the fly begins to move
about The control should be re
peated at ten-day. intervals, for
three applications.
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yet your screen remains at a
perfect level for relaxed view
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If you've nevejr had a tele
vision set witn a aoor on it,
you'll be surprised to find how
much it helps keep the screen
clean to leave the door closed
when the set is not in use. And
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Lime Rating
Card Created
As Soil Aid
Western Oregon farmers can
now take most of the guesswork
out of using lime to combat acid
soils that are cutting crop pro
duction, especially among clovers,
alfelfa and other; legumes.
Attacking the common . belief
that "lime is lime," Oregon State
college soils department has pro
vided county extension agents
with, a score card that rates the
effectiveness of all commercial
lime registered for sale in West
ern Oregon. s
T. L. Jackson,! extension soils
specialist, says scores are based
on purity and degree of grinding
of liming materials which vary
widely among brands now sold in
the area. The score card shows
the amount of each brand needed
to correct acidity to levels needed
for growth of various crops. It
will also guide farmers in meas
uring relative costs of brands.
Acidity is one of the major
factors limiting crop production
in western Oregon and liming to
neutralize acids and supply the
olant nutrient calcium is the only
practical solution to the problem.
Nearly two thirds of 850 soil
samples from Willamette valley
farms tested during 1953 at the
college soils laboratory were too
acid to give good production from
legume crops, which grow best in
non-acid neutral sous.
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clubs $rt sponsoring a pie social,
candy sale and a program at
Bethany School on March 26 for
the benefit of summer school 4-H
scholarships. L. B. Scharback will
crie the pie sale.
Mrsi Nels Torresdal is the
lunch; chairman, Mrs. L. R. Har
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Mrs. Chester Bjorke and Mrs.
Reider Poverud are the pie chair
men and the 4-H girls are in
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Questions
Question Want to start an ar
borvitae hedge. When should I
slip the plant so that it will start
outdoors? Please give any infor
mation necessary. Airs. T. B.
Answer Cuttings from the ar
borvitae should be. taken in late
summer and placed in a frame or
cutting box during the winter.1 It
is rather difficult, though, to start
a cutting outdoors. It will do
much better in a small green
house or frame. One of the cold
frames made in the basement win
dow well, as some are now doing,
seems quite satisfactory for start
ing. Most often arborvitae are
started from seed. ... There are
many varieties, you know, and
some will not start from cuttings
at all, while others root readily.
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Question Have tried to grow
the fragrant . daphne now in
bloom, but seem to have no suc
cess although other plants grow
well for me. One I have had for
three years and thought I'd; be
able to keep is now turning yel
low with the foliage dropping off.
What could be trouble? Give hint
on cultural detail. May be doing
this wrong. W. R.
Answer The yellowing and
dropping of foliage would indi
cate trouble at the root. Without
knowing more about the situation,
would be difficult to say cause.
Check these: Rodents undermin
ing? Mice eating roots? Good
drainage? (Poor drainage will
turn the foliage yellow in a hur
ry). Is soil humusy and loose?
Soil deficiency? (Add light dose
of superphosphate and sulfate of
potash if this is trouble).
Question What is wrong with
inclosed camellia leaves? Quite a
few like this appearing on my
camellia. G. V.
Answer Leaf-spot, fungus dis
ease. Pick off and burn worst of
diseased foliage. Spray with bor
deaux mixture, foliage strength
May have to repeat a couple of
times at 10-day intervals.
Question My poinsettia has
finally quit blooming. Read in
another garden column where one
could plant these out in the
spring and leave them there for
next winter's bloom. We were new
here last fall and are not sure.
One of my neighbors says they
won't come through the winter
outdoors, but tois columnist says
toey wilL Do you know? T.A.H.
Answer You must have been
reading a column from Southern
California where they bloom out
doors rather well in the winter.
But thy will freeze here. Even, the
cold, chilly rains we have would
ruin them. When danger of frost
is over, you could plunge the pot
in a shady spot outdoors and tike
it in again in the fall. With good
luck and proper care you should
be able to get bloom again next
winter.
QuestionWhat, actually, is the
Christmas-Rose? I saw one , de
scribed and have sent for it to
New York. That was two weeks
ago, and in the meantime I re
ceived a card from the advertiser
saying it would be sent as soon
as planting could be done. Could
you tell me something about it?
DC.
Answer This is the common
name for Helleborus niger, a per
ennial which is now blooming
and has been in bloom for some
weeks. You could have purchased
it at any number of Willamette
Valley florists, nurseries and gar
den stores.
The plants are good in either
a shrubbery border, a fern bed or
a rock garden. If you want the
flower chiefly for cutting (and
they work well this way), ' the
plants may be grown in beds by
, themselves in good soiL
and Better Crops
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Answers
Oestias TTav niM laroa milt.
ber plant whose leaves, are now
turning yellow and dronoin?. Am
Worried, would you please answer
soon so inat-punt doesn't cqm
pletely die? E. R. i
Answer You don't ut fcnw
long the plant has been in the
same container. If root-bound, re
plant. Per ha m it is not rn-oivins
enough water or nourishment If
water stanas around roots too
Ions, it mav have startrf rnntjmt
The rubber plant 'does not like too
mucn moisture around its roots.
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Question Triori in start mht-
dendron in water but hart
Cutting rotted. Was told to do it
this way. Always have better luck
with starting cuttings in dirt
win pouoaenaron start this way
CM.
Answer Best started in mnict
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sharp sand or other rnntino mui
ium. Take two-jointed piece, and
nave one joint Deneath soil and
second one ihnnt an i
- - uvu uu a
half above. Philodendrons start
easily.
Question Once
thing about a book of Oregon
Flower arrangements, but I can t
remember the exact name of
either the book or the author
Could you tell me? D.C.L.
Answer Prohahlv
Flower Arrangement," by Carl
Starker. The book is availahlA at
most book stores, and, I believe,
sells for $2.50. It was published
in 1947.
Question I have nnt rut ih
old stems from my "mums" as I
was told to let them go till spring
Now I'm told that the fin
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snouia De amaea in the spring.
They have not been divided for
two years and they are too close.
Will you tell me just what to do
wiui warn and when? Mrs. S.W.
Answer Usuallv aft or v.a
blooms are faded, the rla nt are
cut back to six or eight inches
irom uie ground. Also cover
roots well, and slope the ground
a little so that water does not
stand in any holes around the
plants. ;
Then in the
bed well by turning over the soil
10 a aeptn or around 15 inches. Do
not add fertilizer at this time r
you might get too soft and lush a
growtn in uie early part of the
season. Work the around as soon
as you can get on to it without
it being sticky. Let it lie a few
days and rework.
I like to takeVont mttinoc nhnnf
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four inches tall. Try to eet one
that has all succulent growth and
no old growth if possible. Mix a
little bonemeal into the hole vnn
make with a trowel, spread out
me roots.
Mrs. Qarence Halverson at Sil
verton, a widely known chrysan
themum grower, tells me that
that from March 15 to about the
middle of April is the best time to
start the new plants in this area.
Some people do not start them un
til almost May. Set 'them about
12 to 15 inches apart depending
upon the variety.
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Calendar.. .
.March 25 Salem Camellia and
Rhododendron Society, YMCA'S
p.m. Russell : Gainor, speaker.
Visitors welcomed.
March tS Mill City Garden
Club.
March 23Labish Meadow Gar
deners, Anne Zielinski, hostess,
1:30 p.m.
April l Salem Begonia Society,
YMCA 8 p.m. Visitors welcomed.
April 2-3 Silverton Junior
Chamber of Commerce Home
Show, Silverton Armory.
April 44 Twenty-fifth annual
convention of the National Council
of State Garden Clubs, Ocean For
est Hotel, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
April 5 Salem Women's Garden
Club. 2 p.m. Salem Woman's Club
House, 460 N. Cottage St
April g Men's Garden Club of
Salem, YMCA S p.m. Visitors wel
come. April 11 ML Angel Primrose
Show, St. Mary's Dining Hall. Mrs.
O. J. Williams, general chairman.
April 14 Mt. Angel Garden Club
meeting.,
April 16 -Stayton Garden Club,
8 p.m. Mrs.? Katie Fery, hostess,
assisting, Mrs. Edna Fery and
Mrs. Mary Mertz. Speaker: Oliver
Brougher, Scotts Mills. Topic:
"The Birds of Our State."
April 22-25 Multnomah County
Spring Garden Show, Gresham.
May 1 Silverton Jay-C-Ette
Flower Show. Eueehe Field Audi
torium.
May R-S Salem Garden Council
Spring Flower Show, Izaak Wal
ton League building.
May 12-15 American Rose Show
and Convention, San Francisco,
May 23-29 Silverton Iris Show,
Cooley Iris Gardens.
May 26-29 National Iris Meet
ing, Salt Lake City, Utah.
May 29-June 1 Salem Lions
Club Home and Garden Show,
State Fairgrounds.
June 6-9 Pacific Regional
Garden Club meeting, Ashland.
June 8-9-Oregon State Garden
Club Federation, Ashland.
June 12-1 J Salem Rose Society
Show, Izaak Walton League Build
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(Little, Brown) is, an excellent
book on the subject Experienced
exhibitors stress the fun and skill
in learning the principles and
techniques of making arrange
ments. There's 1 nearlv ilmn
junior division in our Willamette
vauey iiower snows now. Why not
let Junior learn to do that ar
ranging by himself through a
book? . .... V
I "Plant Diseas TTanHknnV "
Cynthia Westcott ( Nostra nd.
xvxivj. 1 U13 &UU COS15 94. Oii DUt
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