The Brussels Post, 1959-12-24, Page 7for vegetables, flowers, fruit, and
other cultures..
Mr, Palocsay has expert
tenants for strawberries, for
apples which in July, and
though called only by a number,
despite Californian parentheed,
tasted and looked as fresh As
when they were taken from the
tree — for grapes and so on. He
supervises it all. But his Owp
great passion Is, as it hes been
for more than two, decades, roses,
roses and elves, writes Erie
Bourne in The Christian Science
Monitor,
He showed us those which he
produced in 1936 and which were
named by King Carol. There was
the beautiful red Daniliu Zarn-
firesett, named after a Romanian
poet, and "Aug, 23," named for
the new Romania's National Day,
and grown for parks and public
gardens — "but not good, under
glass."
But his greatest pride and joy
is the bloom now bearing his
own name which he first pro-
duced in 1936 and ever since
then has been tending to bring
to the perfection of the specimens
held now in his hands.
At the recent great Paris
Floral Show, the rose was ex-
hibited and much admired, but it
could not compete because Ro-
mania did not, belong to the In-
ternational Society for Horticul-
ture. Since then, Romania has
joined and„ been accepted andMr,
Palocscay will not only in due
course be showing his own rose
in Rome and Paris but will be
licensed also to sell its plant for
production anywhere in the
world under its own registered
name.
The "Rudolf Palocsay" is an
exquisite orange-colored rose. It
is a cross, which ebeside its beau-
ty, has this to commend it that
it blooms two weeks earlier than
the normal season. It blooms nine
times a year, Mr. Palocsay said,
and gives three times the blooms
of most other roses,
The grower has other hybrids
but none so lovely as this bloom
with its depth up to three inches;
its compact form and, color. He
produces magnificent gladioli
24 new varieties and shades —
and antirrhinums.
In-our conversation he return-
ed always to the subject of roses
and the beauty. of natural things.
"Nature is wonderful," Mr. Palo-
csay said. "You. cannot perhaps
improve on' it but you can'.help
it to even.-„snore beautiful i!e-
sults. When there is more beauty
in all people's-lives . . .”
Just Who Said
Radio Is Dead?
Question: What do television
viewers do in the summer?
Answer: They listen to the redid'.
This surprising bit of intellig-
ence comes from Sihdlinger and
Co., business analysts, whose
surveys show that last month for
the first time in two years more
people listened to the radio than
looked at TV. Sindlingef attri-
butes the shift to increased use
of car radios (30 per cent of-the
total) and portables, (12.5• per.
cent --seasonal factorsee that" *
shotild preserve radio'eleacl.well
into August. In addition?: 'Said
Sindlinger, the industry had.rnn
out; of -the pre-1948 movies that
-supported TV through last sum,
mer's doldruins, politely unmen-
tioned was ' terevisiOn's usual
'summertime programining pies-
'tration: There just, wasn't much
worth looking et.
Growing. Roses
$n. Romania.
Happily, the man with the
graying hair, brushed tidily back
and the sun-tanned cheeks, look-
ed At the rose in his hands. They,
toot with long, gentle fingers
Which caressed the bloom rather
than held it, were browned by
the sun.
"This rose," he said, "is Me
life'e work."
The man who said this is fisher-
man and hunter, horticulturist
and.. above all — grower of
roses, And insofar as he is a local
member of Communist Roman-
la's National. Assembly, a politi-
cian.
What, we asked, were his poli-
tics? "My politics are expressed
,in my flowers," he said, "In, the
beauty of nature and a belief that
in helping to create beautiful
things one is contributing to the
creation of a beautiful life for all
mankind."
We were visiting the Roman-
ian State Experimental Horticul-
tural Station just outside thia
capital city of Transylvania. We
were met by the director, Rudolf
Palocsay, a reposeful, sympathe-
tic man, looking remarkably like
the present. Lord Attlee looked
20 years ago.
We had planned to stay for
half an hour. We stayed for
three as Mr. Palocsay escorted us
through his• gardens of blooming
roses, naming them, noting the
characteristics of each, and paus-
ing now and then gently to cor-,
rect a girl employee's use of a
pruning knife or other garden
tool.
"My father intended me to be
a painter," he told us. "I liked
painting ,— I think I had some
little talent -- but I was always
interested in trees and flowers.
I learned much, thanks to a pro-
fessor of biology who invited us
pupils to help him in his re-
search in plant breeding."
Despite all of father's protests
he "gave everything else up at
the age of 23 to study gardening."
He began research work an a
small plot of land and sold the
first results with profits which
enabled him to enlarge it, to about
four acres.
Those four acres are today the
source of much knowledge which
finds its way over the wire fence
to the 440 acres which comprise
the institute's expkeirdental area
ILLUSION -- `"Venice": 'is What'
comes to mind when one sees'.
gondolas` and bridge arChes pic-
tured. Not so, above/ The pu-
, thentic gondola is shown in
Utrecht; 'The Netherlands, dur-
ing an Italian-style fair.-
TWO'S COMPANY '— Dipping into lunch together are. Susie,
left, a goat, and her constant companion, Honick Rainbow,
right, three-year-old pacing filly.
Wild Creatures
Come To The Call
The art of calling wild crea-
tures is almost as old as hunt-
ing itself, but it has developed
greatly through the years.
Beckoning to high-flying ducks
and geese with a call has been
popular sport through countless
generations. Crow hunting long
has been spiced with the 'flavor
of enticing the wary black crit-
ters ,within gunshot range
through use of a call. What
would moose hunting be with-
out the time-honored bark-
bugle?
Even calling predators is noth-
ing new. Martin Burnham of
Marble Falls, Texas, was suc-
cessfully calling 'foxes and
wolves'more than fifty years ago,
sucking wind through •'compress-
ed lips-to imitate the high-pitch-
ed squeal:of a crippled rabbit.
Today animal callers are
learning new things about the
sport. Murry Burnham, one of
the famous Burnham brothers,
claims just about any wild •ani-
mal can be called if its habits are
studied thoroughly.
Different 'animals react in dif-
ferent ways' to various calls.
Some are lured with the promise
of an easy meal; others imagine
they are courting a female. At
times it-seems that some animals.
come looking more out of curi-
osity than anything else.
The basic call for, predators is
the dying rabbit cry. It will at-
tract any meat-hungry predator,
from hawks and owls to foxes
and coyotes. In Mexico last year
the. Burnham brothers, Murry
and Winston, actually got a
mountain lion to answer a call.
°Imitating, the cluck of a love-
sick turkey, hen to attract super-
sly gobblers,is a cherished game
of chance in Southern states
where the wild turkey hunting
comes during 'the spring mating
season. I once knew an old-tinier
,who could call quail- by pushing
'his tongue against his palate and
. 'cooing, like a bob*hite.
The. Burphams had., a black
.bear 'answer a call in. Canada last
spring, probably out of curiosity.
Jackiabbits frequently will, come
bounding to investigate when
they hear the rahhit-squeel
as 1949, Oregon S t a te Wheot •
Commission sent a team an a
fast boat to •the Far, East to
study ways to expand this mar-
ket. • * *
The first step in this direction
was, to • increase, consumption, of
wheat foods in rice-eating areas
in Asia.
The Oregon commission and
the' Millers' National Federation
teamed up on a project at the
Women's Christian College at
Madras, India, in 1952" to teach
the nutritional' values of wheat
foods to people:who had stradi-
tionrally eaten rice" instead of
cake. In fact, they had, eaten so
little else, than rice, they Were
said to be affected by malnutri-
tion.
With .the aid of fUndi SUpplied
by the Millers' Federation and
the State of Oregon, the Direc-'
,tor of Agriculture in the State..
of Madras succeeded in, having'
wheat accepted as a supple-
mental food to rice.
Then, with .the enactment of
the 1954 farm biN, Richard-K.
Baum, now executive vice-presi-
dent of :the Northwest Wheat
Associates; Earl, Pollack, grain:
marketing •specialist of the
United States Foreign Agricul-
tural Servite; and Gordon Beals
of the Millers' Federation 'toured
the Orient to' widen 'their search
for markets. This time, their
hands were strengthened by the
1954 act which removed the ob-,
stacle to increased trade, namely
a shortage• of dollars.
* *
Thus, when 'Japan came into
the market, the "let-them-eat-
wheat" program took on a big,
.new dimension. Spokane's Joe
Spiruta,• then Of 'the Oregon.
Wheat. League, 'got a' grain ex-'
hibit set up •at •. Osaka's .1955
World Trade Fair. Be had _three
Japanese bakers working as
hard as they could every day„
baking — cake!
*
Next to the. Emperor, Betty
.Crocker was on• her way to
being. Japan's national nere.
That is to say,`'they started' Out
with Ameriean cake mixes. Then
they got eancy,. They started
doing culinary handsprings with
scones, jelly rolls, and you-
name-it — so long as it has
wheat,
* * *
A training center for wheat-
flour bakere is now located at
the Japan. Institute of Baking 'in
Tokyo. To encourage the put-
chase of United States wheat,
Oregon became a sponsor of
Japan's annual golf tournament
by putting up the American
Wheat Cup,
Out of these self-help coin
tarts came visits by Japanese
officials to study American
wheat - handling and baking.
Methods. They are still corning,
In Rhinelander? Wis., while
calling other scouts ih the camp
to warn them against using the
phone in the storm, Scout Dick
La Carte was stunned by a light-
ning bolt that struck his tele-
phone like`.
In Noblestowee Pa., Philip
Mager, suspected' of stealing $75
iroth a post effide, was discovers
ed iii the posse that was hunting
How some United. States
=grain-growers are doing some
about the wheat surplus
is interestingly set out in the
following dispatch iron( : the,
State of Washington. It was
written by, Harlan Trott and ap-
peared in the Christian Science,
Monitor.
* *
Marie ‘Antoinette's classic po-
litical. faux pas, "Let them eat
cake," isn't such a bad. idea
after all.
In feet, it seems to sum up
a policy Northwest wheat grow-
ers are successfully pursuing. co
'expand their Far Eastern mar-'
ket. Growers in Oregon and
Washington have been working
.for some, time to persuade Ja-
pan and India to augment if
not supplant their rice-eating
habits with 'a big helping of
bread, macaroni, cakes and pies,
* * *
Now they are intensifying
their efforts to expand these
markets 'through closer regional
cooperation. And the drive to
substitute wheat for rice in the
diet of their trans-Pacific neigh-
bours is being accelerated by
the newly formed Western
Wheat Associates, U.S.A., Inc.
Its 12-mast board of directors
includes t w o representatives
from each of the wheat grow-
ers' 'associations in Oregon, Wa-
.shington, and. Idaho.
Montana is not, included eVen-
though is a Northwest state.
This has .an economic explana-
tion. The 100 million bleshels Of
premium wheat Montana chimps
into the ' nation's, 'breadbasket '
every year:tows on the eastern
side of 'the Continental Divide;
Therefore, it is saide Montana
wheat• growers are not in the
same 'tough railroad-rate bind
as their three western neigh-
bours. * * *
The traditionally. eunfaeour-
able- railroad,rate!sitnetien, long
ago turned liorthwest wheat
growers to the Far 1E01 market,
.to which cheap ocean freightete
can carry surplus Wheat.
* *
All the programs which. the
growers' groups and the state
wheat commission's of Oregon;
Washington, end Idaho halide
been working on separately are.
now being' turned over to the
new regional association. Al-
ready they have accomplished a
teat deal in the way of • self-
help. In fact, D. D. D,
head of the l'arrn Crops De-
part:116.0'4 Oregon State Col-
lege, ethihke that pethales iii
some Ways, "the modern wheat
growers have • outdone their
.pittleeceeees of 50' or 100 years
age." This is lofty praise for the
intith-maligned beneficiaries' of
today's government faun eubsi-
diee. *
Before the aareage allotment
protein was pet in effect; the
Pacific Northwest Peedticed
a b 0 ti t 150' million bushels of
Wheat a year Oh its high eastern
plaits, Under the tilietineet pro,
grain, its production now is only
abeitt 120 bushels. Since'
Wotld. War II, eXpOtte have
averaged nearly 70 per tent of
the Northwest's output, as corn,
pared to• per cent for the
rest of the nation. As far hack
How IT —;`'Watch the 'birdie"
is more than a' photographees
catchword when.jensman Joe
Campiglia aims his camera.
Pet baby 'mockingbird strings
along. •
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CHOMPING TO VICTORY y If was every enan fee himself when the Highland Park toys
afciecl their watermelon' eating eontetl. Winners feteived, Watermelons.
About Crabgrass..
r And Othe .Pests
Late summer and .early
ittiznrilde7,71.1:4104.113n.s7ditI titheiet;
lawn weeds, In the case Of crap,,
grass, which deposits thousand'
°4eedsorlx
t year
PPla
4eseedsiee
,destroyed,,
Oso,Oneplant
has been known.
to produce 250,000 seeds,.
Spraying with selective weed
thereforekillers is iatir the zl firstwte4ps.
ordinaryFor the
one weed killer will usually
clear the lawn, But for era*,
grass a special crabgrass killer
best„
Some firms even offer differ-
ent crabgrass spraye for differ-
ent seasons of the year, the late,
summer one quite strong and
the .early spring one focused on.
killing last fall's seede,
the., directions on the container
of whichever one is used.
Feeding is the next important
step. Autumn feeding will give.
the grass plants a chance to
grow strong before the winter
sets. in, Soak the lawn food in.
well.
Where dead weeds have been
raked off you may have bar.
spOtE. These should be spaded or.
scratched up, the soil prepared
as for knew. lawn, and reseeded.
Lightly tamp the seed into the
soil, the water often enough to
keep the soil moist for the young
seedlings,
Daily watering on these place;
or on new lawns will be needed
for three or four weeks after
seeding, unless rains take care
of it, After that, water as need-
ed to keep the lawn from drying
out.
Seeding of the entire lawn in
among established grasses is also
good • practice in late summer
and early fall. It can be done
sparingly, for each seed has 'a
better chance of germinating
than in the spring: With the
feeding. And the cool nights and
prevalent moisture the new grass
plants coming up will thicken
the turf and make a good . root
base for next year.
Keep on mowing the estab-
lished lawn, and at not more
than lei inches in height, This.
is so the young grass.. coming up
will not be smothered by tall
grass or bye heevy clippings.
come Pests themselves were
considered.
The Baden beetles are elle of
the most recent Canadian dip
eoyeries, and look especially
good to the U,S, Forest Service
because of the ease with which
they can be collected, shipped,
and released. "All you have to
do," explained Dr. W„ Bene-
diet, the service's top entornolog.
1st, "is put a hundred ,or so of
the adults in a box, fasten It to a
tree in the springtime, let the
beetles grew/ out, and hope they
find the environment suitable.
"In this big test with 20,000
beetles in Maine, we hope to find
out just how effective they are
against the aphids. If they are
successful, we'll try larger mien-
ies in the Western States,
"So far, the beetles have cost
us only $6,000—mostly, to pay
for collecting the insects in Eu-
rope," Dr. Benedict added. "And
remember, this kind, of aphid
control is self-perpetuating, Once
the predators are established,
we will have no further costs,"
Canadian f or es try experts,
who started it all, are cautious
but equally optimistic. "I can't
say that we've succeeded in era-
dicating the woolly aphid," Dr,
Malcolm L. Prebble
'
director of
the Canadian Forest Biology Di-
vision, summed tip last month,
"but their populations have de-
finitely been reduced. ;We feel
the program of importbm insect
predators offers our bestqeipe of
someday eliminating the woolly
aphid from our forests,''--From
NEWSWEEK,
Strange Harvest
Of Block Beetles
Deep in the dark forests of
Baden, Germany, intently solemn
bands of men, boys, and women
gathered in circles around the
towering fir trees, At the base
of the trees, they spread cotton
sheets, Thenthey carefully
stroked the trunks and branches
with sang-handled, soft brushes.
Down on the sheets tumbled a
strange harvest: Small, shiny)
black beetles called Laricobius
erichsonii. Only a few weeks
after they were caught, 20,000
of the Haden beetles, shipped by
air in screened boxes, were re-
leased in the woods north of
Bangor, Maine.
Tp the participants in the
strange rites at Baden last
spring each of the beetles was
woth 10 cents. TO the U.S, ,For
Service which was footing
the bill, the insects seemed
worth every penny. If they do
their job well, the Forest Serv-
ice explained recentl y, they
may save the United States more
than a billion dollars, the value
of the nation's fir stands which
are now threatened by some
woolly little aphids no bigger
than' a sharpened pencil point.
A hungry colony of the aphids,
sucking on a fir tree's resinous
sap, can kill it in two years. One
of the few ways to stop this
costly destruction is the Baden
beetle, as voracious a feeder on
aphids ,as the aphids are feeders
on trees.
What the Forest Service hopes
to do is to restore the balance
of nature—for the woolly bal-
sam aphid is not a native Amer-'
ican. Accidentally brought to this
continent from Europe at the'
turn of the century, it was quick-
ly spread by the wind through
pulpwood stands in New England
and Eastern Canada. In 1954, it
was' found •in •600,000 acres, of
lumber-producing fprests in Ore-
gon and Washington, where by
now, at has sucked to death trees
worth $21 million. And, because
the .aphid snuggles deep under
the heavy fir branches, aerial
spraying has. Proved useless.
Canadian forestry experts get
the credit for finding a weapon
against the aphids. Told by Eu-
ropean entomologists ` a few
years ago that the .aphids are
harmless aVlhanie because other
,insects keep, them in, check, the
Canadian Forest Biology Division
started importing' various preda
tors for experimental study.
Only insects Which 'cline solely
on , aphids,-rend _so',cannot be-
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THE GUNAOTIN' PARSON
The Rev. Kurt von Hertzner,
who became the famotis gun-
toting minister of the Rockies,
was journeying westward in
1882 and doing his best to learn
the English language before ar-
riving at his destination. An
obliging fellow passenger, he
recalls, taught him over a period
of dayd the key phrases he
would need. Von Hertzner prac-
ticed steadily so that as he
descended from the train an&
met the mayor of Exton, Colo,
where a church was waiting for
him, he was able to say hearti-
ly, "Hello, you black-shirted
old sidewinder! Is it true you
rustle cattle fore a living?"
ISSUE 36 — 1959
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
In Manila, P.I.; after police re-
ported four killings in a month
by ,primitive weapons; Mayor
Arsenio Leeson proposed an ord.:
inance, requiring licenses for'
possession, of bows and arrows,
blowpipes an,d darts.
9 .10 Arrested for wrecking a Cov-
entry; England, . tavern, a man
explained he was angry because
his pet mouse had been• killed
inside.
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