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good choice
Whether you have a large
garden or are restricted to only a
small area, strawberries cer-
tainly fill the bill as a delectable
small fruit that is easily grown,
says Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and •Food hor-
ticulturistJ. K. Hughes.
"Strawberries can be grown
anywhere in the province,
usually in garden rows," he says:
"There are many excellent
varieties to choose from,
depending on whether you decide
on June -bearing or everbearing
varieties. Most important is to
buy only healthy plants that have
an abundance of healthy roots
and well-developed crowns."
Location of the strawberry
beds is important, since the fruit
prefers plenty of sun with well -
drained soil. Planting on raised
beds will help if drainage is poor,
and working plenty of organic
material into the soil will im-
prove its texture. ' o°'
Plant as soon as possible in the
spring, with the middle of the
crown level with the • ground
surface. In the garden, set plants
about two feet apart in rows four
feet apart to allow plenty of room
for runner development.
"In the first year, pinch off the
blossoms to encourage good plant
growth. New plants that develop
on the runners should be
positioned so that they will fill in
the row over the summer mon-
ths," the horticulturist -says.
Strawberries need water
during prolonged dry periods in
the summer. Once established,
the plants will also require a
fertilizer ,application, They"
should be kept free of weeds and
grasses, as these increase
competition for moisture and soil
nutrients. •
By planting this season, you
could be enjoying the fresh fruit
early next summer'. After the last
picking, rr.megtber to cut the
plants down with a lawn mower
set at its highest setting.
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Spray fruit trees now
Nip fruit tree insects and
diseases in the bud. • Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
horticulturist, R. A. Fleming,
warns that' it is much easier to
protect fruit trees if they are
sprayed before insects and
diseases are given a chance to
attack.
It is important to spray apple,
pear and cherry trees before the
apple and cherry maggot flies
and the codling moths lay their
eggs. Once the eggs are hatched,
the larvae will bore toward the
center of the fruit. This causes
the fruit to" become bumpy and
drop from the trees before
dR reaching maturity.
To protect the trees, spray
them according,todirections with
either , carbaryl, diazinon,
phosalone or phosmet every 12
days from late June until mid--
August. This - will effectively
control the insects unless there
are some unsprayed trees in the
neighborhood. Any infested fruit
should be gathered up as soon as
possible and thrown in the gar-
bage or buried in a hole at least
two feet deep.
Aphids, which attack the
growing end of apple, peach,
pear. plum and cherry twigs, can
be controlled with diazinon or
phosalone. Mj. Fleming
recommends the trees be
sprayed before the aphids are
abundant, repeating the ap-
plication as often as necessary.
Peach trees should be sprayed
in late Tune, mid-July and again
in early August against peach
tree borers. These insects are
seldom seen, but their presence
in indurated by the gummy
substance they leave on the trunk
from the ground level up. When
spraying, begin at the ground
level working up to the smaller
branches using endosulfan.
The most common and yet
most serious disease affecting
Ontario apple trees is scab.
Symptoms of this disease• are
olive-green spots on the leaves.
1r
later turning to dark brown and
black. The leaves may fall off and
reduce the crap the following
year.
Mr. Fleming says scab can be
prevented by covering the leaves
,with a fungicide spray such as
benomyl, captan, ferbam or
folpet. Spraying should be
repeated as often as necessary
from mid-June to mid-August to
protect the new foliage.
Brown rot is a fungus that
affects various parts of peach,
plum and cherry trees. It causes
infected blossoms to shrivel, kills
the twigs and rapidly rots the..
fruit. To keep it under control,
spray the trees with benomyl,
captan, folpet or sulfur when
disease symptoms are first
noticed, and repeat at two-week.
intervals until late July.
It is extremely important
whenever using chemical sprays .
that you follow the directions
carefully and observe the no -
spray interval before harvest as
stated on the product label.
Houseplants.
need light•
Don't keep your houseplants in
the dark, emphasizes Ontario
ministry of Agriculture and food
horticulturist, D.M. Sangster.
"Most indoor plants need plenty
of light and even those with low
light requirements should be
placed ,near a window' during
winter."
Ivies, Philodendrons,
Begonias, Peperomias,
Gloxinias, and African Violets,
which do best in indirect bright.
light during the summer, are just
a few of the plants that benefit
from a window location in the
winter. Geramiums need direct
sunlight all the. time, So they
should be placed in a south or
west window.
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