Show 'C Q l4rTL Oii ' O ?3 C 4 ' Horticulturists develop AP photo Royalty White a regal geranium lives up to its name standing upright with stiff pleated leaves and round flowers The horticultural industry says it is working to develop geranium plants free of bacterial dis- - eases 'SAW MW V Offer Expires April 30 2004 ' disease-resista- nt The Associated Press potential threat to crops such as potatoes tomatoes and The dirt on geraniums has nothing to do with their ever- lasting popularity their bright land cheery blooms or their fancy arid fussy leaves Those geraniums that are ubiquitous in window boxes throughout the summer months are and exceedingly disease-pron- e require a lot of special care in production In the last two years alone millions of geraniums were destroyed under orders of the US Department of Agriculture after they Were linked to diseased cuttings imported by a California grower The cuttings were infected with a bacterial dis- ease ralstonia solanacearum that is on the government’s bioterrorism jist and is a peppers' for the consumer market According to Oglevee the 'process has become nearly standard throughout the indus-- : try and has allowed the Cleveopment of geraniums that are far more vigorous ering and than those of the past Although geraniums have been around for more than 200 years probably the most popular was the “Martha Washington” geranium referred to today as regal geranium or pelargoni- urn x domesticum Today's regal geraniums bear little resemblance to the Martha Washingtons likely grown by: ' your grandmother Regals arean upright gera- nium with stiff deeply toothed pleated leaves and large rounded blooms that ' Karl Batschke production director at Oglevee Inc in Connellsville Pa the coun- try’s largest geranium produc- er said his company’s farms have never had a disease prob- lem but he said the outbreak “doesn’t help the industry as a : free-flo- disease-resista- whole” ' In the Jate 1970s Oglevee developed a rigorous scientific process to eliminate bacterial and viral pathogens that had in the past threatened to destroy ' the geranium industry The process is designed to prevent disease among the 30 million annual cuttings the company' produces in the United States Kenya and Mexico and ships on to wholesale growers who produce tens of millions more 1ISLMESSACEJS CLEANING SALE! plants ' BROUG1 aqrcii3 3 EIRONM ENIMLDEPRTM E£JJ Curbside Recycling Ask about our TAKE DOWNRE-HAN- G ) Service Residents of Logan North Logan Hyde Park Smithfidd River Heights and Providence can now sign up for the new Curbside Recycling Program for $6 per month The City of Logan Environmental Department will pick up all of your recyclable in ONE container once every other Week The following items may be placed in the 90 gal blue container (similar to the 90 gai black refuse container) for recycling collection: ' Newspaper ’ Cardboard' Mixed Paper ' PLEATS HAND BLOCKED AND SET IN SOFT FOLDS ORIGINAL LENGTH GUARANTEED ‘NEW HOOKS INSTALLED ' PERFECTLY EVEN HEMLINES ' A TinSteel cans Aluminum cans All Plastic containers (1-7- ) wwwyourvaletcom- - ’ Help conserve natural resources help save the life of our current landfill and do it all jconveniently at your curb To sign up for Curbside Recycling or for more information please call the Environment Department at ' 716-975- FINE DRY CLEANING 495 North 100 East 752-317- 4 nt 3 wwwlbgaiiutahorg envdiv’ wM li 1' |