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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1964
Page
5
Vermont gardeners are advised to order strawberry plants soon due to drought impacts on East nurseries. Catskill performs well mid season, Earthdawn offers early fruiting with southern strength, Sparkle provides late fruiting options, and virus-free plants yield better results. Everbearing varieties are not recommended for home beds.
Horticulturist Richard J. Hopp explains how Vermont gardeners can estimate the last spring freeze using 30 year temperature data from 24 locations. The article notes average last 32 degree dates from May 9 to June 10, with a 12 day uncertainty, and warns ground level temperatures may lag air readings.
Gardeners learn to locate a sunny well drained plot and plant a compact mix of crops suited to soil acidity. The guide covers soil prep peat or compost humus, 3 to 5 pounds of fertilizer per 100 square feet, and season timing for crops from cabbage to beans.
If outdoors weather stops work check tools for rough spots on wooden handles and rust, then repaint bright yellow or orange. Trysomic Seven Week stock will bloom even in northern areas, onion sets sprout in three weeks, calliopsis provides tall and short golden to purplish blooms, rhubarb chard offers ornamental and edible use, and frost hardy tomatoes can germinate outdoors before danger ends with similar bearing times.
New York hosts a rose pavilion featuring over 1000 All-America Rose Selections winners. The United States pavilion displays 20 AARS varieties in four raised beds surrounding entrances. The 25th Anniversary AARS Garden honors the 25th awards year 1964-65. Noted reds include Chrysler Imperial John S Armstrong Fire King and Charlotte Armstrong.
Pine trees face multiple pests with sawflies and the European pine shoot moth causing widespread damage. Sawfly larvae feed in colonies across many pine species from late spring to fall, while shoot moths weaken buds and shoots in June and July. Tip blight also disfigures several pines. prompt spraying and pruning of severely infested trees are advised.
Pierre South Dakota a bounty of five dollars an acre on not to exceed ten acres each year for five years will be paid by the county commissioners of the county where fruit trees are planted. Not less than fifty trees must be planted to the acre with apples pears plums apricots cherries or black walnuts spaced no more than thirty feet apart.
Gary Allen of Sacred Heart Bennington is the 1964 county winner in the Conservation Cartoon Contest sponsored by the Bennington County Soil Conservation District. Judges include Louis Dondero Tyler Resch George Jepson and Don Trachte. Awards to be presented May 6 at Mt Anthony Country Club with four district winners each receiving a $25 savings bond and a marble trophy.
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