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Wed December House plants need lots of lights in winter seaon all light available Food production goes on only in daylight and growth de pends mostly on food sup plies Foodmaking occurs rapidly in bright sun slows is light diminishes and ceases when darkness Even welllighted homes are poorly in comparison to the outofdoors An garden receives foot- candles of light at noon on a clear midsummer day In a greenhouse plants can receive footcandles in winter But inside a home than footcandles of light except climbing as they do in na ture The usual way is to place a piece of wood in pot behind each plant This not gives it adequate support as it climbs hut also provides a satisfactory possible the wood should be covered with a layer of sphagnum Fortunately for the many thousands of Canadians who like to gar den in apartments and homes there now is a much wider selection of tropical and subtropical plants from which to choose My for in least light of all and still be most attractive is the grape ivy It can be used as a climbing or trail ing vine whose leaves close ly resemble those of a true grape I find it to be a rapid grower even under very poor light in a sunny window The grape ivy is like all smooth- leaved tropical or subtropi cal plants and to be temperature A wellgrown as pidistra can be a delight in any home Here we hare a plant that comes from India China and castiron plant because it comes as close to being indestructible as any house plant we grow It will take what no other house plant can endure fluctuations in temperature dryness poor light dust and lack of foliage is most attractive green or alternating green and white stripes Its is an east or west window out of direct sun light In many European greenhouses the aspidistra is grown under benches for the production of leaves Humidity is no problem at all What is comfortable for the average person is also fine for the aspidistra window In the case of the grape ivy it needs two very light waterings a week Whatever you do dont give it a heavy soaking twice a poor soil Aspidistras do well in our modern homes and apartments because they tolerate with ease the degree temperatures found in most rooms The ideal temperature is a cool 5055 degrees so if you can the temperature 10 degrees at night so much the better Light is not a problem with this foliaged plant The best for the widelygrown and familiar heartshaped codatuml It is not to search far for the answer to this problem The next time you visit your local flower grower or garden centre ask them for or vines family and make satisfactory window Most spe cies are native to the Solo mon Island Borneo and other South Pacific islands All are distinguished by their heartshaped leaves that are highly marked with yellow or cream streaks and blotches However in order keep their typical cream or yellow markings they need light filtered through curtains It Is true that the pothos and its kissing cousin the can be grown either climbing or trailing Growers plan talks The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association will hold its an imal convention at the King Edward Hotel Jan is a it would like as many interested growers as to attend the Onion Section meeting on Jan al pm The keynote speaker for that session will be Sir Aussie Stanton of the Department of In dustry Trade and Commer ce in Ottawa Sir Stanton will be speaking on the sub ject of Ontario Onions and the EuropeUK Market This meeting should be no ted down in everyone s book as it promises to be an interesting discussion The question of market development is a most im portant one for local muck soil growers Storage hold ings of onions on Dec are up by per cent over last year in Ontario and up by 25 percent in Quebec These figures of course are reflected by the fact that there is a bigger crop this year But the most dis turbing fact in this whole export situation is that the volume to the market Reports from En gland say that traders in Britain happy VALK ON VEGETABLES By Matthew Valk English importers are un happy also when they have accepted offers from Ont ario shippers and that these shippers arc not shipping these onions Who fault here Once a sale it is lost Time goes on well be in January with a lot of storages full To ship onions now extra transportation costs are in volved We have to go by rail to Halifax or SL Johns instead of Montreal until that port opens up again in the spring It must be ex tremely discouraging British importers to find that after they have con cluded son may be Lets not forget these British importers art not stuck They are being approached every day by shippers in Spain Holland Poland Hungary Italy and in March by shippers in Eg ypt and Chile as well If Canadian onions arc not in this market at competitive prices we can forget the UK If Ontario onions are not shipped at all the UK will forget Ontario and On tario has lost another one desperately needed DELIVERY and GARDEN TAKEOUT THE BEST CHINESE FOOD side of TORONTO 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