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i lie- mt m - -m -ý MI-- - MW Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 27th, 1977 -7 Speaker outlines Iardening Mr. Russell Van Horne, well-known gardening expert, was the guest s~peaker at the Orono Horticultural meeting on Thursday evening. His interesting and informative talk covered a wide range of subjects - when, where and how to plant, soil require- ments, selection of cultivars, use of fungicides and insecti- cides, proper watering pro- cedures and fertilizing, win- ter storage, problems and how to deal with them, to name a few. Starting with iris, a favour- ite in almost every garden, Mr. Van Horne pointed out that the worst serious pest is the iris borer, especially with the newer varieties of iris. Prevention and cure is the use of a systemic insecticide such as Cygon 2-E when the plant is 4 inches to 5 inches high and continued spraying every 10 days up to blooming time. It is also a good idea to resume spraying after the blooming period to ensure healthy rhizomes. Roses do best when.planted by themselves and need full sun for best results. Good air circulation is essential. When planting new bushes, hole should be 18 inches wide and up to 18 inches deep. Add new soil mixed with manure or other humas material, plus bone meal. Make a mound in the centre of the hole and balance bush on the mound, spreading the roots down- ward. Adjust the height so that the graft is 1 inch to. 2 inches below the ground level. Add more prepared soif, tramp the earth down firmly and water deeply to get the air out. At ground level add a high nitrogen fertilizer'and cover with soil. Mound soil around the new rose 6 inches to 8 inches high and leave for 10 days. Prune back severly, selecting an outside bud if possible. An established rose bed should have all winter killed branches cut out in the spring and any spindly gro- wth should be removed. Healthy branches should be pruned back and the cut made at an outside bud. The first feeding should be kept in nitrogen but subseq- uent feedings about the mid- dle of June and again in July should have less nitrogen content: 5-10-5 is good. Spray now with fungicide setting some of the soil as well - don't wait for the leaves - and continue spraying regularly throughout the growing seas- on. Combine insecticide with fungicide when insects are tips apparent. Water deeply once a week using a soaker and be careful not to wet the foliage. Talking about gladioli. Mr. Van Horne suggested that for succession of bloom over the summer new plantings should be made at 10-day intervals, up to the middle of June. Discard all damaged or obviously diseased corns. Gjads do best when grown by themselves and, if space permits, the location should be changed each year. Choose a site in full sun and plant 6 inches deep and 4 to 6 inches apart. Spray regularly with a combined insecticide-fungi- cide preparation when plants are 6 inches tall and every 10 days thereafter. Thrips are the worst persistent pest. Water deeply, once a week if weather is dry and especially when flower spikes are form- ing, and of course, fertilizing will ensure better blooms and better corms for next year. Dahlia tubers should be brought out of storage now and kept moist. When buds appear, divide clumps with a sharp knife making sure a part of the crown is retained with each tuber. One tuber is sufficient for each new plant, two at the most-and not more than two eyes. The end of the tuber should be trimmed off and all cuts should be treated with sulphur. Prepare soil dig fairly deep and add lots of humus - dahlias are heavy feeders. Best blooms are obtained if planted for morn- ing sun but plants will do well -in full sun. Plant 6 inches deep and insert a stake when planting. Two tubers can be planted to a stake, one on each side. Cover tubers with about 2 inches of soil and fill in as sprouts grow until level with the ground. Use 5-10-15 fertilizer, or similar, when planting. Start spraying when plants are 8 inches high (Malathion is good) and continue on a regular basis until flowers are formed. The main leader should be pinch- ed out when there are three sets of leaves, or allow five sets of leaves for the smaller varieties. Dahlias should also be watered deeply and should never be allowed to dry out. On light soils, mulching will help to maintain moisture. On concluding his talk, Mr. Van Horne invited questions and also strongly recommen- ded a visit to the international Dahlia and Chrysanthemum Show which will be held this year at Edwards Gardens, Civic Garden Centre, Toron- to, in September. Further NEWCASTLE LAWYER TO SEEK PCNOMINATION (Confinued from page 1) said that he has had consider- able pressure to seek the nomination and with good support from the Oshawa area. If Mr. Cureatz decides to seek the nomination and is successful he would be facing the incumbent NDP member for the Durham East riding. Mr. Cureatz is married to Kathryn with a two year old son Draydon and a baby expected in September. He is a member of the St. George's Anglican church in Newcas- tle and is active with the Bowmanville Rotary Club, Village of Newcastle Cham- ber of Commerce as well as with the Newcastle Arena Board. His secondary school educ- ation was completed at the Thomas L. Kennedy school receiving his B.A. from the University of Toronto and his Bachelor of Law from Queens University. He comes from a farming family on the west- ern border of Metro Toronto and is of Ukranian extraction. If a June election is held with announcement coming this next week Mr. Cureatz who is a member of the Durham East PC- Riding Association expects that a nomination meeting would be held within two weeks. In the past few months others in the area have indicated an interest in seek- ing the nomination including Ann Cowman, a former Newcastle councillor, Ald. John DeHart of Oshawa and George Stephen of Bowman- ville. Mrs. Cowman has since stated she would not now seek the nomination. The riding association call- ed off a nomination meeting that was to be held in March and has since called off another meeting at which Mr. Jack Horner was to be the guest speaker. Horner has since cross the floor of the House of Commons to the liberal party. 000000000 details will be available later and a bus trip to take in this event will likely be arranged. Mrs. Joan Couvrier, Past President, thanked Mr. and Mrs. Van Horne for their contribution to the meeting, and President Mrs. Challice presented a gift, on behalf of the Orono Horticultural Soc- iety and Orono Junior Gard- eners, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zegers, on the occasion of their 25th Wedding Anniver- sary. Refreshments were ser- ved to conclude a most enjoyable and informative evening. Memoria 1hospita Ifconcerned Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville has become concerned over the possible impact to their service due to developrnent proposed in the area. Mr. James Stutt, chairman of the Board has been reported to point out that the board has not been approached by either hydro or Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. concern- ing their developments in the area. Hydro will be constructing both the Wesleyville pl- and the Darlington plant in the area ai,dorado proposes a nuclear plant in the south-east of Newcastle. It is estimated that up to 4500 workers could be involved in the two hydro construction jobs as well as some 350 for the nuclear plant. This grow Lb lactor was not considered in 1970 states Mr. Stutt when the board was considering their 10-year master plan. It appears that although hydro has offered $1.2)0000 for services in Newcastle nothing has been mentioned of hospital needs. Hydro in a press conference stated that they would only be dealing with the Town of Newcastle council and no other groups in the area. The Board of education at their recent meeting are also seeking to hold a meeting with hydro to discuss the impact their developments may have on the ducational system in the boards area. The Memorial Hospital Board hopes to hold discussions with hydro and Eldorado in the near future. Must pay for water and sewers The Town of Newcastle has recommended that users of water and sewers in the Village of Newcastle who had not paid for the service over the past months should be billed for the service. It appears that some in the Village have not paid either water or sewer charges for the last eighteen months and the Town will recommend to the Region that the appro- priate charges be made retroactive during the period of use with no charge. A few weeks ago Mayor Rickard said some forty in the Village had not paid such costs and this figure may even be higher. The Region wants to con- duct a door to door survey in Newcastle this summer to eliminate the inequalitiesthat do now exist. Counc. Gray of Newcastle has'said that this has caused much hard feelings in the Village. 000e eee e HORNER SPEAKS TO AREA CATTLEMEN (Continued from page 1) what criical of too many departments involved in sup- porting agriculture on a province to province basis rather than looking at the overall country picture. He cited that at the present time British Columbia is supporting the beef industry and as a result many are buying cattle in Alberta to take to B.C. He said this support price would prove wrong and a detriment to the industry. He also noted and referred to the fact that the cattle population was drop- ping in all parts of its cycle. This could well mean the strengthening of prices for the producer. The speaker admitted that the beef industry had been in desparate straits over the past year but said, "We have turned the corner without government interference." "We are getting our house in order", he said. - He said the fall in beef prices was due to fallen world markets, victim of the energy crisis. Increased oil prices had curtailed Japan and European countries from in- creasing their importing of beef. He also felt that Australia had dumped beef onto the Canadian market at an alarming rate thus affect- ing the Canadian industry. He predicted that beef would rise in price later this year and that on its back the prices of pork and fowl would follow. "People come to think that their plates should be healed with cheap food", he said.- "They contend the price of food is too high, but I say, "Compared to what". Com- -pared to the price of a coloured television set, a dishwasher or to a trip to Florida." "We have come to thnK that all wages are for luxuries only", he said. In closing he said that Canada was a great country and that we should not close out doors ta the Americans who are good customers. TASK FORCE APPROVES COURTICE STUDY The Courtice Area Task Force approved on Monday a financial impact study for the area which is considered to answer al questions as being raised by the Courtice area over proposed future develop- ment. The $8500 study is to be carried out bv the IBI Group. Advertising... I a showcase , for intelligent shopping. I CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD F. R. Tenna nt i Fuels Ltd. Reading is a family affair. 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