SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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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.
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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. .
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Harold F. Stammer, adminis
trative officer of the Modoc Na
tional Forest, was transferred on
June 2 to the regional office, North
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souri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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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.
Rather than being too much con
cerned about a salt content in ex
cess of one per cent in the feed
mixture, the swine producer mus
be sure to provide 0.5 per ceni
salt in the finished ration at at
times to avoid salt deficient
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