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Old Seed Needs Testing
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Most back-yard vegetable gar-
not only give away much of their
"" aiso purchase each
spring more seed than is needed.
FortUnntMv .M .
that left from last season may be
wiiii success this year.
It IS WKP hnup.n. i t i :x
fore sowing. Poor seeds cause
iauurcs and it Is better to discard
What VOU havrt rntkn U-
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chance on untested seed.
SOME KINDS of seed germinate
well after hninn Wnl ....i
Dut others such as pepper, onion,
corn, lose their visability after two
years. Testing seed is easily done
by placing a given number, say 10,
between two strips of blotting or
soft white paper and inserting in
a pan or flat dish of moist sand.
If the sand is kept moist and
warm for several days, possibly
a week, the best of the seeds will
sprout. By counting the number
of sprouted seeds the gardener can
determine the percentage of ger
mination. WITH MOST vegetables, seven
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THIS IS a simple, easy and
fairly accurate way to tell
what percentage of your
last year's seeds are still
good,
out of each 10 seeds Is a splendid
average and indicates that your
seed may be sown with safety.
A very simple method is to place
a wet blotting paper in a saucer,
place the 10 seeds on it and cover
by inverting a glass tumber. This
tumber conserves moisture and in
three or four days the fertile seeds
will sprout.
By this method one can watch
the seeds as they burst open and
show signs of life. Seed testing
must be done in a warm room
where the temperature is more or
less regular.
WHILE SOME seeds, under spe
cialized conditions, will hold their
germinating qualities for many
years, the average period is rather
short.
Wheat seed has been known to
retain its viability for 30 years,
but the stories that seeds removed
from Egyptian tombs retained
their power to germinate are not
true.
Seeds of lettuce, peas, onion,
beet, early cabbage and a couple
of other vegetables may be sown
as soon as the soil in the garden
is ready, since they will germi
nate when the thermometer stands
at 50 degrees.
Tomato, pepper, corn, beans,
melon and similar seed, however,
will rot in the ground if sown be
fore the earth and the air have
really warmed up.
Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore,, Sun,, Apr. 13, 1952 Pag 39
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For Greater
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Each year many, many home
planters enjoy fine roses in their
gardens. The rose is one of our
most universal plants. Anyone, by
observing a few simple cultural
rules, can have success with them.
Roses for cut flowers, climbers
for fences and walls, tree roses
for accent, roses in beds and
singly, roses for trellises, pergolas,
arbors, garden arches and as
screens and flowering hedges
there is hardly a place where the
rose will not fit on the home
grounds.
There are roses' which flower
singly and those which bloom in
large clusters of brilliant bios.
soms. There are even small speci
mens for the rock garden; minia
ture roses to wear in a man's
lapel, or standard sizes for the
corsage.
POSSIBLY THESE are the
reasons that roses are so popular.
On top of their loveliness, they
can be used to advantage in many
I ways.
i Here are a few simple rules to
help give you success with roses:
1. Buy good two-year plants
from a nurseryman you know.
1 Don't try to pick up "bargains"
unless you know with whom
you're dealing. The difference be
tween the best and the cheapest
' is very little.
2. Select the site for a rose gar
den carefully. Roses are sun lov
ers. They like a site with good
I air drainage, but protection from
constant strong winds. Water at
the roots, preferably.
; 3. Roses will thrive in most
soils, light or heavy. If the soil is
I very light, humus can be added.
Good drainage is important. Roses
will not thrive in wet, soggy soils.
4. WHEN PLANTING, I dig the
hole deep enough so that ihe base
of the branches is even with, or
an inch or so below the soil sur
face. The bud should be barely
covered with soil when the rose
bed is leveled. Spread the roots
evenly, slanting them downward.
Press the soil firmly about the
roots. After planting, a mulch of
well-rotted manure, peat moss or
decomposed leaves will help con
serve moisture.
5. If purchased from an up-to-date
nurseryman, newly planted
roses will need little pruning.
Normally there should be 2 or 3
strong canes left on the plant, cut
back to 8 or IS inches.
6. Feed about a month or six
weeks after planting with a re
liable rose food in accordance
with directions.
SELECT your varieties for
color, vigor of growth and abund
ance of bloom. If you like frag
rance in a rose, look for that also.
There are some old standbys
that have been flourishing in
American gardens for years and
are perpetually popular, as well
as new varieties that have been
tested in gardens all over the
country before placed on the market.
Marigold Becomes Popular
By HENRY PREE I
Written far NEA Service
The marigold has become one of.
the three most popular annual
flowers in American and Euro
pean gardens. Should a poll be
taken I think the marigold would
lead its rivals, petunias and zin
nias, by a wide margin.
The name marigold is common
ly applied to several different
kinds of plants. The one referred
to by folks from the old world is
the pot marigold, or the Calendula
of today's garden. Another is the
marsh marigold, known botanical-
ly as caltha palustris.
The subject of this article, Ta
getes, which includes the French
and African marigolds, is neither
French nor African but a group
of plants native from New Mexico
to the Argentine.
MARIGOLDS ARE best suit.
ed to the open border, where the
sun brings out their lovely shades
of yellow and gold. All marigolds
are good for cutting, the flowers
keeping in fine condition for a
long time.
They are easily grown in ordi
nary garden loam, but give the
best results in a fairly rich medi
um one. The large, flowered tall
growing chrysanthemum and car
nation-flowered varieties want
about two feet of space, while the
Naughty Marietta are best planted
a foot apart.
The tiny edging, tagetes signata
pumila, should be spaced eight in
ches apart. Incidentally this dwarf
plant does well in partial shade.
Dorothy Jenkins in her book on
Annual Flowers writes "When it
comes to ordering seeds for the
garden, the first decision rests be
tween odorless African marigolds
and those with the old pungency.
"Then the choice narrows down
to color and we roam at will
among the types to find the vari
eties that sound most pleasing. I
have learned to avoid the light-
toned ones with odorless foliage,
for thev nrove irresistible to'
Japanese beetles? And so . Buff
Beauty, a frilled, delicately color
ed blossom, which is one of my fa
vorites, must wait until the beetles
are under better control.
"CROWN OF GOLD;" the first
odorless variety with brilliant
orange blossoms, and Burpee Gold
Improved are far safer choices.
For those who like exotic flowers,
the brilliant Honeycomb is un
usual, and for size the mixture of
Gigantea Sunset Giants is out
standing.
"Yellow Supreme is still a
charming marigold, perhaps love
liest of all. The pale lemon yellow
blossoms, as full as any green
house carnation, are unsurpassed
for cutting. And the color is as
pleasing with other flowers in a
vase as in the border. With cle-
ome Fink Queen in the back
ground or the forget-me-not
blue of cynoglossum in front, Yel
low Supreme is a garden picture
worth planting year after year. It
holds it's own with perennials,
even the summer flowering
phlox."
NEW FOR 1952, is Rusty Red, a
dwarf French type with large
rusty red, fully double flowers two
inches and more across. The plants
are in bloom from early July until
frost hits them. My favorite among
the taller marigolds is Glitters, an
All-America winner in 1951. The
large fluffy chrysanthemum-like,
canary-yellow flowers three inch
es across are freely produced on
long stems. The plants are erect
and three feet in height, making
them ideal for the back of the
border.
Marigolds just grow. Routine
digging and fertilizing of the soil
starts them off well and the brist
ly seeds may be neatly planted in
rows or scattered broadcast, ac
cording to the 'effect desired,
Thinning and adequate space are
their chief requirements.
CYCLAMEN requires intel
ligent winter care so find a
spot where the temperature
will remain between 50 and
60 degrees.
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The spout can be shortened
with a hack saw if that's the way
you want it. The bottom can be
cut out with tin snips or a can
opener.
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