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Blossoms an Indication
formes predicts a good crop
Fresh fruit is synonymous
with oil paintings, liuscious
desserts, breakfast treats anal;
.fall harvests. But one of the
breathtaking beauties of fruit is
spring blossom time and Bucky
Lassaline, of Lassaline Or-
chards 'is expecting the most•
beautiful spring his farm has
seen in 23 years.
"So far the season -looks
beautiful, he said: "I have
never seen the trees so full of
blossoms and if they all bloom
it should be lovely."
-'But a fruit farmer like Bucky
can't take too much time from
his work to admire his or-
chards. Blossom time is the
most vital time from a produc-
tion, standpoint. It is now that
any infection that could mar
his harvest, is,going to set in.
Up until the 1973 season the
Lassaline Orchards suffered
very little from infections such
as ' scabs on the apples.
"The fungus spreads after
every rainfall and attacks the
new growth on the leaves anal
blossoms," Bucky °said. "I have
to: keel a sharp eye on the rain-
fall and kno% when it stops sco I
can time my spraying to be
most effective."
The problems of a. fruit far-
mer differ from those of crop
farmers but they are still as'
serious and as expensive.
Recently a broken sprayer
caused 'some comnibtion at the
Lassaline farm. The sprayer
part had to be ordered from
Florida because that is the only
place' in North America it is-
manufactured. It was held up
in Customs and neither the
dealer he ordered it from nor °
' Bucky could locate it.
Time was vital as the. spray
had to 'be applied by 5:00 that
Friday eiening and at 10 that
morning Bucky was pacing the
floor waiting for a phone call
telling him the exact location of
his valuable spare part.
Recent fuel price increases
have not' meant a great deal to
• Buckv's operation costs hut the
price of spray has in . some
cases, doubled and this has
put sorrt'e pressure on profits.
The apple trees require bet-
ween 15 :and 20 different spray
applications each year and that
means 4,800 -gallons of fungus
and insect killer. The peaches
are not as difficult to produce
and they require only 2,400
gallons' of the sprays.
There -is no shortage of
sprays, only a shortage of
suitable„weather..
"With -some good managing
and a little luck a fruit farmer
can reap the..full benefits of his
spraying," Bucky maintains, So
far the Goderich grower must
be proving 'his point as. he is.
happy to report that his
spraying is running according
•
•to schedule and everything
• • looks good so far.
After the blossoms leave the
trees and the infectious periods
are past, there •are no major
problems until harvest time,
The peaches never pose too
great a threat to •Buckv',s
profits.
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Bucky Lassaline checks the blossoms in his apple orchards
for any.aostlyJDfection that may hate started as &result of
a recent shower. The G'bderich fruit farmer is very pleased
with the. mass of blossoms and hopes for the same amount
of frUTt (staff photo)
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"The peaches are .harvested
in the summer. when all the
. kids are out of senhool and there
is. no problem getting pickers,"; -
'he said.
"The apples are a different
story" he explained. "They
don't,rippen until late fall and ,
good pickers are scarce'. •The
kids are all in school and • I
have to take what I can get.
The money is there to he made
but you have to be good .to
-make" $3.00. an ,hour. The
average picker today can't or
won't do it."
Marketing the produce is .the
easiest job of all. Half the fruit
is sold to people who pick it
themselves, and half is,shippecl,
to a wholesaler in London. Last
year's prices were very good ac-
cording to Bucky but there is
no way of.telling what this year
will bring. ° s
Although' fruit farming
profits are less than cash 'crop-
ping dividends, they •are even-
tually evened out because of
the planting differences. A cash
cropper plants' every year
whereas Bucky only replaces
his peach 'trees every 10 years
and his apple orchard s heeri
there over 50 years. •
Despite the problems the
blossoms make for Bucky
Lassaline, to the layman
blossom time . is special.
Walking through an orchard in
full bloom, breathing the per-
fumed air brings hone the
beauty of nature that so many
take for granted.
• Apple blossom time is one
that folks in Goderich have the
opportunity to enjoy and for
anyone who claims to have a
lust for the good 'things in Life,
there is a sight to behold,
right now at. Lassaline Or -
,chards.
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School athletic plaques werre presented to students at GDCI who had accumulated 85bly points
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Pro -Life informatton oo
is succeSS:fUI at Clinton Fair
The Information Booth .at
the Clinton Spring Fair was a
tremendous success. Emphasis
was 'plac'ed on alternatives to
Abortion. Approximately 1.50
signatures were added to the .
petition, •
R.E. McKinley (P.C.) M.P.
. signed the Petition while atten-
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frequently stated that at 'The
time the legislation was amen-
deft -,,he voted against it because
he, thought it would be abused. -
Memberships and hooks were
sold, at the .fair and qualified
people -were on hand to answer.
questions. Several doct.:rs "'and
nurses -once again gave their
time to give the public medical
information regarding the
humanity of the unborn child.
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People -generally were in-
terested and concerned, and
many questions were answered
and many misconceptions
cleared up.
A general meeting of the Pro -
Life Group was., held last
Tuesday atl the Victoria Grey
and Trust
The Young P.C.'s passed
resolutions at their general
meeting in March, stating - that
adoption is preferable to abor- •
tion and that any vote in
Parliament should be a free
vote of all members. The
Women's Association passed a
resolution calling for "adequate
time" for parliamentry debate
on whether the law permitting
(continued from page 1
this summer for the meeting in
• the -fall.
Grants may• be, ,.made
available from the federal and
provincial governments, A lot-
tery found favor with most of
the groups: Help could he forth-
coming from Hydro and other
industries and service clubs
and other groups would help
with the fund raising•
The townships would use the
facilities and would he asked to
contribute to their share of the
load'.
The complex study' group
coni'rn'itt•ee selected at the
meeting are -John Sully .3r
chairman; Peter MVlcCaulev,
Ray Cook, Manfred Dierolf,
Martha' Rathhurn and Helmut
"Krohmey.
All interested groups an'd in-
dividuals are invited to for-
ward their ideas and recom-
mehdations to .the committee.
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same protection provided for
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