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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1958)
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 7 D r s . m mam By MARIE O'CONNOR Mrs. Harry O. Smith, Cave Junc tion, past president of the Oregon federation of Warden uiubs ana an authority on Oregon wildflow ers. primroses and peonies, ad dressed the Klamath Falls Gar den Club at its regular meeting ' June 2 at the city library. In ad dition, Mrs. Smith is state horti cultural awards chairman. - The topic ot Mrs. Smith's talk was peonies, and, according to her, "The soil'in the Klamath re Eion is ideally suited to the grow ing ot peonies since the soil is alkaline and contains the correct 'Dh' factor." . Mrs. Smith has some 100 to 150 seedlings whch she has grown. At the end of five years, the time required to .produce the first bloom (from seed) she selects 15 or 20 of Ihe best plants, those of color and strong stems, and in corporates them into her garden picture. Many of the specimens shown at the meetings were Mrs. Smith's own seedlings. One of her favorites, a white peony, she has named "Peace." The numerous specimens which the speaker brought from - her Cave Junction garden included singles, doubles, semi-doubles, anemone-type, Japanese and Chi nese. The colors ranged from white through .creams, pinks, roses and reds. . . ., The speaker prefers to buy her peony roots (a peony is a herba ceous perennial, not a bulb) from a western grower since many peo nies with a high rating in the East are poor" performers in our Western region, not being adapted to our soil. Variety Kansas, a sup posedly red peony, turns out to be a rose color In Oregon soil. Mrs. Smith considers fragrances of prime importance in peony Se lection, one ot ner pinn speci mens was far more fragrant than any rose. ;in buying peony roots in Senteniber to the end of Octo ber, she advises selecting a three to five eye, division. Dig a hole two feet ideepi add well rotted manure or bonemeab'and good garden soil. Set the root not more than two lncnes Deiow sou level, iust low enough so that it will not heave above ground in win ter. Sometimes an inch depth is sufficient. Place peonies away from tree or shrub roots, and plant in full sun, allowing a space six feet wide lor eacn piani. ine peony is the long-lived peren nial in the garden and deserves plenty of room. The age-old red species, Officinalis or Decoration Day peony, is called the lifetime peony, llive. 15 years of good flowering, jenjoyment. When a' peony is on the decline and" needs to f9 divided and re planted, we are, warned by these symptom?: there is more foliage than flowers 'the stem is weak and droopy. UP this state, it is time to carefully dig up the en tire plant in; the fall after the foliage has partially died down, cut off the top and divide the roots into a natural division, with the reauircd number of eyes each. Trim off the feeder roots and some of the tubers and re plant each division as for new roots. Do all this in the shade and out of . drafts. The first iyear after planting a new division.- mound the soil over the root.to prevent heaving When buds, appear the first year disbud so as,: to conserve the 'strength for the new root. In four or five years the plant will reach its prime and will continue at this nerfected stage lor iu years more before it will need to be aeain divided. Do not over-fertilize. If the soil is well prepared at planting time no more fertilizer is needed for two vears and then only a light annlication every year or so. On the other hand, if you do not wish to divide and renew old nl.mls vnii are privileged Mrs. Smith suggests "to permit vour oeonles to grow old Witt vnii J '" ' Ants are attracted to peonies bj exudes and are not harmful -tin less they may at times transmit diseases. Some of the more prevalent pe ony diseases and their antidotes are: leaf spot cut the foliage be low the soil surface and burn; Bortrytis Blight which is recog nized by a grayish mold on the stems treat with Bordeau mix ture in spring; Crown rot burn the entire plant. Blasted buds are oftentimes due to late frosts. Bor trytis Blight also causes blasted buds. For exhibition blooms gar deners are advised to disbud all but the central bud, but flower arrangers prefer to use the clus ters in arrangements since 'the smaller flowers are more attrac- ive for this purpose than the huge blossoms. Some varieties recommended by Mrs. Smith are: Festive Maxima. the Monsieur Elie series, Sarah Bernhardt, all old and highly rated; Lady Alexander Duff, La Cygne, and Kelway's Glorious (an bnghsh 'introduction). The two latter are the highest rating white peonies. Among the Japanese type are Mikado, a red; Amanasodo (pink Mikado) Tomate Baku, with yel low pctaloids and a beauty; and westerner with cupped petals Peony ratings are listed in such magazines as Flower Grower and Popular Gardening, with a rating of 90 and above considered good. Some of the Western nur series specializing in peonies are the Lewis Nursery near. Jackson ville, Oregon; and Brand s in Min nesota. Mrs. Harding's "Book on Peonies" is recommended as a guide to peony culture. The Fernleaf peony is a novelty of the family with asparagus-like toliage. There is also a wild pe ony species that is native to the Northwest but is of no value beauty-wise. The tree peony is a tender spe cies and not generally grown in the- Klamath area. However in a few protected spots it has sur vived our rigorous weather. It is short-lived and does best on its own roots rather-than grafted. The foliage is magnificent, resembling a beautiful shrub. Each tree bears hundreds of blooms. It also has a deeper range of colors than the herbaceous species, but Is very ex pensive. The Lewis Nursery has a mil stock of them. Mrs. Smith, in response to request, touched briefly on the classes of primroses 'Suitable for our climate. The auriculas are best suited to our alkaline soil and are hardiest and fragrant. The garden auriculas are recommended locally, not the show or Alpine auriculas. Also. Juleis and Candel abras may be grown here if grown irom seed. The prevent root weevil in prim oscs. dig in powdered chlordanc. aldrin or Isotox in soil prior to planting. Mrs. Smith s discussion of peo nies was heard by seven garden duos in the area. Her presenta tion of awards to the .outstanding horticulturists of Oregon will be one of the highlights of the Ore gon Mate Federation of Garden Clubs convention, the last day of the three-day convention in Eu gene, June 18. $v - lit A TEEN-AGER'S GREEN THUMB and an eye for symmetry and color, created this spot in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. John Guest, 2833 Homedale Road. The unusual fence, boundary for the backyard garden is of redwood and bamboo poles. The bamboo is used to roll carpeting on. Paul, only son in the family, is responsible for the rock garden, and the pool where goldfish dart into the shadows of overhanging flat rocks. A water lily will bloom during the summer in the four foot deep pool. A variety of perennials dot the rock garden, Paul, a Klamath Union High School junior this year, brought moss from the Woods and used buttermilk as a binder to make it cling near the water's edge. Zsa Zsa. the Pake, looks on as Paul checks soil moisture. . mm - 5? e TYPICAL CAMPERS such EBER HAGEN LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED A ENGINES REPAIRED 4!7 SHASTA WAV 8ee Our Ad In ClaMlrledi as these will throng to the Northwest's Darks and camo sites this summer. Two long weekends, hourth ot July and Labor Day, especially attractive summer for short "b trips. , ' make this an nus vacation' EFFICIENT FEEDING and LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT 1 .. We Have A Large Selection of Good Used Sewing Machines No Down Payment as Low as 5.00 Par Month Rent A Machine $4.00 Per Month We Honor All Coupons Servico & Parts for All Machines Sewing Machine Center 80S . Mole TU 4-6949 By Dr. Gustav Bohstcdt Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry University of Wisconsin $3750 Modoc Forester Is Transferred Harold F. Stammer, adminis trative officer of the Modoc Na tional Forest, was transferred on June 2 to the regional office, North central Region of the Forest Serv ice with headquarters in Milwau kee. The North Central Region in cludes the states of Illinois, In diana, Michigan, Minnesota. Mis souri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Stammer began his career on the Chequamegon National Forest in 1935 and since that time has served on the Coconino and Anache lational forests in Arizona and on the Gila National Forest in New regard to competition We see warnings from time to time calling attention to the danger of salt poisoning in pigs. One re cent warning stated "more than one per cent of salt in a feed mix ture may produce salt poisoning symptoms." Such comments do not impress those 01 us wno nave had years of experience in salt feeding research. We know from research studies that pigs require salt in their ra tions and win ao pooriy wunoui 11. We know, to, that pigs have am ple tolerance for salt and that it is difficult to salt poison them. Drl J. Ei Burnside, a research er at the Tilton. Georgia, Experi ment Station, reported feeding pigs on rations containing up to 1G per cent salt without sickening, let alone poisoning them. The pigs, of course, had tree access 10 wa ter. In studies conducted at the Wis consin Experiment Station by Dr. R. H. Grummer and me, pigs were salt-starved for months and then suddenly exposed to lame amounts, much more man one per cent salt in their ration. Fed dry or wet, sail lea in sucn amounts simply had a deterrent ellect on feed consumption. It did not poison the pigs. These failures in all attempts at salt poisoning pigs set us think ing that perhaps feeding practices at agricultural colleges ana e ocriment stations were not sulfi Hnntlv comparable to those exist ing on many larms, especially m oi stop uj where the animals in excitement and greed might bolt an over dose of salt in their otherwise cus tomary feed. A previous salt de ficiency in the rations might ac centuate the rate of consumption and severely restricted trough space might set up a spirit of competition for feed at the trough. Lack of free access to water un der such conditions might be an other contributing factor to salt poisoning. With the desire to be able to forestall losses from salt poisoning of pigs by demonstrating the nec essary conditions, tins is what we had to do: 1. Withhold salt from the pig ra tions for months. 2. Use a short feed trough to set up strong competition and bolt ing of feed. 3. Slop-feed rather than dry feed. 4. Mix heavy proprotions of salt in the feed all at once. We used l'i and 2 per cent salt by weight of the slop. This is equivalent to 6 to 8 per cent salt in a dry feed mixture. 5. Prevent access to drinking wa ter. So. where most or all of these conditions exist, it is possible to salt poison pigs but it is dim cult too. 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