, 10-See2-S!atesman, Salem, Ort., Sunday, Sept. 25,-1955
Chrysanthemums
Gominff Into Bloom
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where TO GO Mv sueeestion is out to Black's Gardens at
2270 Chemawa Rd to view the : Chrysanthemums which are just
coming into line bloom. Marvin Black, who. is. grower of 'the 'mums-,
hat about two acres and more than 500 in his display garden. A
great manySf. the hjooms are creations of Dr. Kraus, who is world-
famous for his chrysanthemums. ? . " ". -; " " .
The contest which, has been going on for. some years, is on
Igain.' This "name the winner" or selecting the "most , popular
Snuffl" game can be played at Black's; too A Tiozefl lucky winners
Will each win six free chrysanthemums.";
Beginning today. noted valley flower arrangers will fill the
Hew. "arrangement gallery" on the Black place with chrysanthe-
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TJiis Week
Order all tulips you want for
October and November planting.
Start planting daffodils. . i
Take cuttings from geraniums,
fuchsias.
Keep withered roses cut from
plants.
Don t neglect watering fuchsias
and other pot and hanging basket
plants.
Set out that row of strawber
ries in space provided. Use. certi
fied plants, no matter how small
the planting.
Go visit chrysanthemum gar
dens to select type you think
best suited for your own gardens.
If you use peat moss as a
mulch, be sure you soak it well
first Dry peat moss keeps rains
from' soaking into the roots.
set out the extra azalea or
rhododendron now.
Pull up annuals that are past
their peak blooming and com
post those that are disease free.
Burn others.
Cut down perennials through
blooming.
Cut out dead limbs from trees
and shrubs while foliage still on
so that you can see them. .
Here Is the most flamboyant of all tulips the Parrot tulip. The; T -T f 1
individual flowers are large, the petals are irregular, and marked' J Hie jrCLT(ieit
ia cenntless patterns of color, iney are nest usea against a wnite
wall or at least a Tight-colored wall, which will show off their
brilliant colorings to best effect , -
tnuin arrangements. A new group of arrangements, will be ori.dis
play from Saturday through Wednesday each week during the
season. Peak bloom in the gardens is expected, to be from this week
end through Oct 10.
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A REPORTER'S PREROGATIVE This preview business. We
went out to the garden this past week to see what the rest of you
1 might be looking at today and the next days to come. Of course
the chrysanthemums" were not yet' at their best, but we did see
ome mighty- nice -ones, both among those not yet named , and
among those already with a name.
One of our favorites from the last two years .still remains
nnnamed. but we were assured it was to receive a name this year.
It has the most velvety garnet coloring with a touch of gold. I hope
you all look at it wnen visiting me gardens today or during tne
next few days. . ''- .-;
There was also a small button type of white and rose and a
touch of yellow, that appealed to me very much. ' -'7 ;. ' "
Over in the division of the garden, where the named varieties
are found, I liked Mohave Gold I bronzy 'mum. Lipstick, a small
Mow growing border cushion variety, was also .among my favorites
here, as was Chorale, an apricot shaded one and Alpinglow, a pink
and gold. -
- Other previewers liked Raggedy Ann very much, but I'm not so
' fond of this type as many of the others. Somehow, this type never
gives the appearance of neatness or even the casualness which I
like in flowers. .. , .
Certainly, there are sufficient varieties here in the Black Gar
dens to please :all tastes. -
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-SPRING NOT FAR AWAY When you think of tulips yW
think of spring. But unless you do a little thinking about them now,
roxi won't have any to admire in your garden in spring.
Tulips are versatile, which makes for a good garden flower, of
course. They come in a great variety of color; they come in quite
a variety of shapes and if . you plant correctly, you can have a
tulip blooming period for almost eight weeks. Remember that early
blooming varieties should be in the ground by mid, or not later than
the end of, September. Midseason and the later blooming varieties
can be planted as late as mid-November. " r ;
Tulips look best in mass plantings, and they do best if drain
age is good, the soil mediumly rich and of good texture, the space
open and airy, with plenty of sun. And they don't, like too much
competition, although they will bloom on the sunny side of. de
ciduous trees. Place the bulbs six inches deep and 4 to 6 inches
apart in each direction. In the spring, when the bulbs start to come
up, loosen the soil a little around them, being most careful net to
: cultivate or hoe too deeply. Hilling a little soil up around the base
of each plant as it grows up will help keep it from toppling over in
heavy rains and winds.
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TULIP KINDS If, as one woman wrote me this week, she
liked only double tulips but wasn't sure. just. how to use them, 'or
even if they are in good taste , then plant doubles. Any flower you
like is id good taste, so far as the flower itself goes. Double tulips
bloom in April and in May. according to earlier and later varieties.
- They are excellent if planted in a mass in a border or even alone
in a tulip bed. But choose varieties,' even if a mixed color,, that
bloom about the same time, for best, effect ...
If your taste is for the Darwin flowered forms, the tall,
straight-stemmed varieties, you . will' find them too. blooming in
April or in May, 'according to 'variety. In recent year, one notes
they are used a lot in - double-or triple line along entry walks,
against walls and fences. Also .used well, this way is the Breeder
tulip, somewhat taller than the Darwins, but less formal in growth.
1 Their stems are strong and stiff and they come in both solid and
multi-colored varieties. Most of them bloom s in May and they are
very good massed or used in planter boxes.
- - Cottage tulips do not run quite so tall as the Breeders or Dar
wins, but they seem to have a large variety of form and color, most
ly brilliant-ithe Breeder tulips run to softer colors, more pastels,
than do the Cottage type Most, Cottages bloom in May and are
best used in big' massed plantings.. . " .
Diseased Plants No
Good for Composts
Leaves from fruit and shade
trees are now starting to fall and
vegetable gardens-contain a great
deal of crop residue. All of this
calls for making a compost pile,
if you do not have one.
Organic matter supplied by
compost pile ' is ideal for the
vegetable or flower garden, but
diseased material should be
avoided. An example of ' the
latter is apple leaves infected
with mildew. ; . ,
Answers
Qnestloa We have moved to a
place on the edge of Salem and
have four acres around us. In this
a small orchard about a
half acre, and we want to plant
it into a grass that sheep will eat
Our youngsters have five sheep as
4-H project. We thought the
orchard would" be pretty in a per
manent green with sheep. Will the
sheep eat the bark off the trees?
What should we plant? S. P.
Answer Why not birdsfoot re-
foil, the one with the narrow leaf
which grows prostrate? It's a good
ood and it makes a pretty green.
It increases the fertility of the
sou, too.
It has a matting type of growth
and it may be mowed if the sheep
do not keep it down. It will grow
early on wet soil, giving the sheep
a little earlier pasture than some
crops. It doesn t need too much
water, but may turn brown in late
summer if - not watered.
To plant- cultivate the ground
three or four. inches deep before
sowing the seed. If the soil is
very acid, . sweeten it ' with lime.
Cover the area with a complefe
commercial fertilizer. Finn the
soil well. It is well to use a com
mercially-prepared birdsfoot re
foil inoculant on the seeds right be
fore sowing. You can buy the in
oculant. where you buy the seed.
Sow about one pound of seed to
every 500 square feet. .
After established, do not. use m
trogen fertilizer but use fertilizers
high in phosphate. Sheep do not
eat bark, but will nibble on low
hanging branches.
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Question Have a small green
house. Want to sterilize flower pots
which have green growth on them.
Also along place where I stand
Don't like looks of it. W. N.
Aaswer Use a household bleach,
such as you use for your dish
clothes and tea towels. Usually two
tablespoons to. a gallon ..of water
will do the trick. Leave the pots
in a solution over night A similar
one, or the one in which the pots
have soaked, may be poured "on the
"floor to kill the green, growth.
Turkeys Attack
Injured Farmer
IOWA CITY, Iowa A 52-year-old
farm hand, attacked by
a flock of 3,600 turkeys while he
lay helpless after a tractor over
turned, remained hospitalized here
with serious injuries.
Moses Nissley said the turkeys,
weighing 25 to 30 pounds each,
picked at his body and face and
leaped on him while he lay be
neath the tractor for three hours
Tuesday. The tractor, caused a
spinal fracture.
Body Found
By Railroad
MAUPIN A man was
found dead two' miles west of here
Friday and sheriffs officers said
he apparently was killed when he
jumped off a moving freight train,
He was identified by papers as
Robert Millard Meeks, 40, Los
Angeles. ' ' J
The body was discovered near
the Oak Brooks fish hatchery by
Kenneth McAdams, an employe
of the Spokane, Portland and Seat
tle Railroad. .
Sheriffs officers said it ap
peared Meeks jumped from a
train that went through ' Maupin
Thursday night The spewed of the
train whipped him into a fence
post along the right of way and
he was knocked down,- striking his
head on a rock. ......
Question What doe; one use to
help decay compost more rapidly?
I ve put quite a bit of prumngs
and a lo; of leaves into a pit-like
spot in the garden which I wanted
to fill. The material just lies there,
never seeming to get any differ
ent Will it ever decay? I thought
it would do so in a couple of years,
but it just doesn't Someone men
tioned that there is a material to
help the process along. Y. S.
Answer C a 1 c i um cyanamide
will do it in a few months. -
Qnestloa A friend sent me some
seed marked Dierama Pulcberrima
from Missouri. She had been visit
ing in a famous garden there she
said, and one of the groundsmen
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Oct 1-Z Seventh Annual Corvat
lis Chrysanthemum show and field
day. ' - ....
Oct 1-2 Early English Chrysan-
Hipmnm show.. ML Srott Cnmmun
1 ity Center, Portland.
Oct 1-8 Regional Men s Garden
Clubs of America meeting, Corval
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Oct' 1-2 Portland Fall Rose
Show, Information Center, Port
land Chamber of Commerce. .
Oct 12 ML Angel Garden Club
open meeting, City Hall. Claud
Miles of Charles H. Lilly Seed
company, speaker, t p.m.
Oct 2S-T7 24th annual Seattle
Chrysanthemum Show, Norway
Center auditorium, Seattle, Wash.
Oct 28-30 Vancouver Men's Am
ateur Chrysanthemum Society an
nual show., . ' . ' "
Nav. 5-4 Annual Chrysanthemum
show, Portland Study Club, Cham
ber of Commerce Visitor's Infor
mation Center, 1020 S.W. Front
Ave., Portland.
..Nov.. 15 Salem Rose Society
meeting, t p.m., YMCA.
PLANTS MAY NEED WATER
Dry weather ever some areas
of the country makes it necessary
to water- ornamental trees and
shrubs on the home property to
help them through the winter
months. Many home owners tend
to neglect the watering after the
summer months have passed "and
cooler weather arrives, but should
it not rain for a few days plants
may need water. After a long dry
spell it takes days of rain before
the soil contains enough water.
Blueberries, which are not sus
ceptible to serious diseases or in
sect pests, are valued as much for
their foliage as for their berries,,
when planted on the home proper
ties. The foliage turns bright red
in the falL
An incinerator such- as this, placed in an inconspicuous place, in
the back garden is an aid to keeping a home neat and free of
debris that is not suitable for, a compost heap. This particular
incinerator was displayed in the recent Oregon State Fair garden
exhibit and attracted considerable attention. (Statesman Farm
phote.) ' '
gave her the seed. She lives in an
apartmen in Los Angeles, and
has no use for the seed. But what
is it? It could be a weed for all I
know. Won't plant it until I hear
from you. N. N. H.
Answer This, is sometimes call
ed fairy wand, and I'm not sure
it is hardy here. Try starting it
in early, spring,- when you start
other plants. It must have a sunny
spot in the warmest part of your
garden. It has bulbous roots, when
once developed. It has grass-like
foliage and the flowers grow on
leafless stems. The flowers are
pink or bluish or white, as a rule
I've seen it around San Francisio
and Oakland, but never here.
Would appreciate hearing from
anyone 'who might have grown it
in this area.
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Wreck Fatal to
Oregon Soldier
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. UFi I
An Oregon man stationed at Nor I
ton Air Force Base here was fa-:
tally injured Friday night when
his motorcycle' skidded,-hit a tele- I
phone pole and hurtled 81 feet into I
troops reported Friday night they j a parked auto.
have killed 69 Algerian national-! California Highway Patrol offi- I
ists and captured hundreds in cers said Hepry C. Huffman. 24, i
cleanup operations pressed in of Harrisburg, Ore., was dead on 1
Eastern Algeria during the past arrival at County HospitaL He suf-
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' PORTLAND Wl --r Commissioner
Stanley Earl has decided to rec
ommend to the City Council that
the eld Pioneer Postoffice be pre
served as an historic monument,
but under continued ownership -of
the federal government
LOST AND FOUND
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Eyeglasses ; lost overboard by a
lobsterman, Ottis Lewis, of Ash
Point: were found, a few days
later is a trap in the. same, vi
cinity . by another lobsterman,
Augustus Stone. . .-
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