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Show 6 BOX NEWS, Brigham City, Utah Sunday, April 2, 1 972 Good for Fruit Trees Most Popular Flower of pears IT S apple III! YittiVi some support to keep them several inches from the house. Roses are probably the most popular of all garden flowers. The bloom gloriously their first year and are easy to grow if you follow a few simple instructions. They like to be humored and cared for attentively, which is fun, for you having a part in the success of the lovely flowers. Produce First Year Some climbers produce blooms the first year; others take a year or so to become established. There is a trick to getting the most bloom from climbers. In NEW HOLLAIND those fastened horizontally or in arching curves with the tips pointing down will bloom much more profusely than those that are growing upright. Do not feed roses after Aug. 1 in our area to avoid excessive winter damage. university extension service. Diazinon is more effective on aphids and mites and has a slightly longer residual action. Malathion is less expensive, safer to handle and can be used closer to harvest On most fruits diazinon can be used up to 14 days of harvest, whereas malathion can be used up to three days of harvest. TsVS 1 Mildew Meldew is a plant disease by several fungus organisms which form a coating over the surface of plant parts. It is most serious on some apple varieties, but berries, grapes, peaches, cherries, and others are affected, according to the USU extension services. caused DEMONSTRATE BARNES EQUIPMENT at tha Crossroads Tremonton 257-534- 9 bare-roo- f Deep Hole In planting be sure and dig the hole 12 inches deep and 18 inches wide. Make a mound in the center and spread the roots over the mound. Fill and pack the hole with a fine soil with plenty of organic matter on it. Hold the bush so its point of graft (the knob where top and roots join) is at ground level. When the hole is almost full of soil, stand on it, and hold to the plant so it will not sink below the proper level. Gently tramp on the soil to firm it. Fill the hole with all the water it will take several times to make sure all air pockets have been settled out. tfcfl Coco for Yhj Miyf 0 SAVINGS 0 CHECKING LOANS Safe Deposit BOXES In Pruning To prune your roses first remove all dead, weak and diseased canes. This should be done while the roses are still dorment if possible. Prune back as far as necessary to reach live, healthy wood. Remove all small branches that cross in the middle of the bush. You should end up with three to five sturdy canes. The final step is to shorten these main structural branches to 12 - 18 inches. Cut back to a bud and point the cut with a pruning compound to key out the borers. FREE PARKING while you bank 0 2 Roses need feeding. DRIVE-I- come as you are . . . a, complete fertilizer, especially one that contains nitrogen and phosphorous. Straight nitrogen fertilzer such as ammonium sulphate or ammonium nitrate will tend to stimulate too much leaf and not enough flower growth. Newly planted roses should not be fed until after their first crop IBOX.EILfflER of blooms. Older plants should be fed early in the year and again after their first bloom. Some people will recommend using a nitrogen fertilizer after the first feeding. Climbing roses like the same conditions such as planting and care as bush roses. They require good air circulation. If grown next to a fence or house provide N WINDOWS Need Feeding Use ;i "SUPER MACHINE" of. Most plants are purchased as t plant which were dug last fall after they shed their leaves. The best plants are no. one grade, according to National Nursery ratings. These have at least three big canes (stems) and one and a half grade plants have only two big ones. The no. two grade usually have one large cane and smaller ones. ini rknrar ' by Harold G. Lindsay USU Extension Agent. Six Hours They will need at least six hours of sunshine a day. Put them where you can enjoy them and they are convenient to take care From becomes blackened as though burned with fire, according to the Utah State university extension service. ivii. .riAtiaMaMttai Either diazinon or malathion control the majority of summer fruit pests. This statement was made in a home fruit orchardist phamplet put out by the Utah State Tips on Roses general, tissue invaded and some I will Agent Gives twigs, Fire blight is a bacterial disease which kills blossoms, leaves and limbs. The varieties Fire Blight Two Sprays ELDER Wl toiui ttSQSP XW1 COMOU'tO YOU! HOMI OWNIO BANK BRIGHAM CITY SERVING THE GOLDEN SPIKE EMPIRE |