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Show Millard County Progress Annual Farm Supplement, Fillmore, Utah 84631, Friday, April 16, 1982 Page 10 Choose Corn Varieties For Home Garden Perhaps pictures of no vegetable whet the appetite more than the glowing illu- strations of sweet corn varieties seen in the garden seed catalogs. Dr. Alvin R. this class is the new synergistic hybrid. Sugar Loaf. It matures in 83 days. It is a combination of the genetic type of the super sweet hybrids and a extension regular yellow sweet corn Hamson, horticulturist, says it is time inbred. This hybrid produces to be thinking seriously about thrifty plants with two large the varieties you would like to ears when planted 12 inches try in your garden. apart in rows 2'! to 3 feet Hamson the wide. The ears have deep gives following information on kernals with tender pericarp. new The flavor imparted by a some interesting developments in hybrids of relatively new gene is extra sweet corn particularly in sweet and somewhat malty. further development of the This hybrid combines the super sweet types and the regular excellent yellow sweet release of quality hybrids in corn quality with the super bicolors and white hybrids. sweet kernels of the sugary One of the most interesting type. The hybrid Sugar Loaf hybrids of sweet corn is tastes more nearly like an Jubilee. This excellent hybrid excellent quality variety of matures in 82 days. It has a yellow sweet corn. It large ear with deep, tender overcomes the objection kernels tender some people have of the having pericarp. Its sweetness and chewy texture and extra flavor holds well on the plant sweetness of the super sweet and after harvest. hybrids. Another excellent hybrid in Another interesting hybrid d Kandy Korn EH. It matures in 89 days. The initial sugar content is about equivalent to an excellent hybrid of sweet corn. In addition, it has a genetic factor which prevents the rapid loss of sugar as the ear is mature on the plant or after is harvest. Bicolors are types of corn which have an irregular pattern of kernels both yellow and while and on the same ear. Three particularly of interesting hybrids bicolors are available. Burgundy Delight matures in 73 days with good flavor. Later maturing varieties of better flavor are Calico which matures in 76 days, and Sweet Sue which matures in 88 days. Platinum has captured from Silver Queen the position of being considered best quality hybrid by sweet corn enthusiasts. This new leading lady is a relatively new hybrid. It matures in 80 days, or appoximately 1$ days Poes A Family Carden Pay? earlier than Silver Queen. It is considerably better quality and now is one of the best hybrids available. No piece of land on the garden peas, sweet corn, or People who like really had the satisfaction of sweet corn or who wish to farm will return more per acre than the space devoted clipping enough lettuce for have a variety which holds the coming meal will tell you sugar content well on the to the family garden. Hack yards in town may also that this is not so. l or a few plant and also after harvest afford an excellent location months, at least, a family should consider some of the for a good garden if who is willing to put forth the super sweet hybrids. An early sufficient water is available. necessary effort can maturing type would be Party Some contend that it is the vegetable counter and Time. It matures in 67 days. The popular Early Xtra cheaper to huv vegetables enjoy attractive, flavorful. than to grow them yourself. and nutritiously fresh Sweet is now being from their own replaced by Xtra Sweet 82 vegetables Anyone who has tasted fresh which matures at 72 days. garden. Lady Growing Vegetables In Utah Dinner Time which matures in 85 days may be considered one of the best super sweet hybrids. This variety has an unusually large, attractive ear with deep kernels of a slightly Green Plants May Provide Fuel For Cars Of Future Gas station attendants of the future may be asking automobile drivers whether they want to fill up with regular, unleaded or "leafy varieties of fuel. The "leafy brand would come from certain kinds of plants and trees--th- e sources of petrole- substances um-like described in the current issue of Ranger Magazine, Ricks Nature the National Wildlife Federations publication for monthly children. Preliminary research, says Ranger Rick, suggests that at least 30 different plants could someday be farmed for hydrocarbons-t- he organic compounds found in crude oil but also manufactured by nature in certain plants. One such source of "green gold" is the copaiba tree, found mostly in tropical forests. Its sap, almost the same composition as diesel & Heavy Equipment Ropalr 24 hour field service Billions of spores from a single tree infected with Apple Powdery Mildew can be spread by wind and splashing water to new infection sites. Each spore can start an infection of the disease, warns Dr. Sherman V. Thomson, extension plant pathologist, Utah State prepare early and spray on lime with an approved fungicide. Remember that mildew control must start as soon as leaf and flower buds open in the spring. Sales & Service 'cX Services 188 N. 400 W., Fillmore 743-57- 20 e desert plant may be another potential source of fuel, one that could produce up to 10 percent of America's needs, according to Ranger Rick. Indigenous to the southwestern part of the United Slates, gopherweed, mixed with certain chemicals, can produce several barrels of oil per acre. This plants promise has prompted one Cleveland-baseoil company to draw up plans for a pilot to plant process "Gopheroil. The milky sap that gives "gopherweed widely-avoid- d ing producers of automobile horsepower. considerably better than with the currently bcnomyl. recommended fungicide for powdery mildew control. The control must begin a month before the first spraying for codling moth and then continue with four to six treatments through the season. Don't put off the first treatment until equipment is readied for codlying moth control as some growers are prone to do. Thomson advises. almost Thomson Utah Slate Agriculture emergency said he and the Department of have applied for exemption to allow use of Bayleton on crops, particularly on apples. Similar applications have been submitted from Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Growers are urging congressmen to help get this g He said excellent control of the mildew was obtained during the 1981 season- -a scry severe mildew season-fro- m experimental use of two new fungicides, Bayleton and Vangard. The control was emergency exemption approved as it is badly needed. INS.tofe T YOUR INDEPENDENT AGENT FARM PACKAGES CROPS EQUIPMENT AUTOMOBILES (All In om psskagt) P0UCIES ISSUED PROMPTLY FAST AND EFFICIENT CLAIMS SERVICE R& R away. Scientists need to a develop productive, disease-frebreed of the common plant before its use will be economical. Among other plants that may someday be used to run engines is the sunflower, the big yellow blossom whose seeds are pressed into oil for cooking. With the addition of a little acid, sunflower oil burns, better and pollutes less than the diesel oil in use today. Plants will probably never fill all of the world's energy needs, but if these oily plants are developed and used soil erosion and water shortages-th- ey may well lake their place along-sid- e oil rigs as efficiently. The as a practical energy source may be years Serving your Inauraneo noodi tor HOME We hope you farmers have a really good year. If you prosper, we all will. milkweed acre of these trees could provide 1,000 gallons of fuel a year, according to scientists who are working to grow copaiba trees outside of their native tropical rain forests so that their sap can be harvested more easily and ijHAjrWHITAKER-LEAVIT- "ct New & Used Motorcycles milkweed its name can also he processed into fuel, but like most of these plants, fuel, can be taken directly from the tree and used to make diesel engines run. One Guard Apples Against Mildew University. The key to mildew control in apples, he says, is to Tractor, Truck, different maturity times and different taste characteristics. He says that way you can enjoy an extended taste tantalizing treat of corn fresh from your garden. more crisp texture than regular varieties. It does have superb sweetness and flavor. 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