Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1952 — Page 32

PICTURESQUE—Zinnias, dock, and coleus add up to a living picture in a frame for Green Thumb Garden Club's forthcoming Fall flower show. Mrs. Ray Thorn did this arrangement.

Flower Shows Planned

HI. FIRST of the garden club fall flower shows are on this week's calendar. Rhea and Green Thumb clubs both chose late August for their garden show. The public

is invited to both events.

Rhea Garden Club's show comes on Tuesday at Mars Hill Christian Church, 2600 Foltz St. It will be open to members and guests from 2:30 to 4 p. m., and to the public from 4 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Roland Derbyshire Is general chairman with Mrs. Louie Coffey, chairman of staging. Other committee heads include Mrs. Floyd Robey, properties; Mrs. John Carter, hospitality, and Mrs> Venable, clean-up. .A special feature of this show will be an insect®* display made by" Mrs. Floyd Robey. » » » GREEN THUMB Garden Club's show will be on Wednes-

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heart opening, intending it to he of the takeout variety. North so read it and, having a good hand himself, | jumped to five diamonds. This was all the urging South needed to go to a small slam in spades. West led the deuce of hearts, an obvious singleton. South won with the ace and didn’t look quite as cocky as he had during the auction, He had exactly eleven tricks. The twelfth trick would be available on a diamond finesse, if West had the queen of that suit. Also, there was a remote chance that one opponent had the queen of clubs, doubleton. ” » ” APPARENTLY there was no use trying to set up dummy’s

diamonds by cashing the ace and king and ruffing a third round, since even if the suit broke 3-3, there was na way to get back to the board. Before committing himself to any specific line of play, South wisely decided to try and get

a count on the opponent's hand. He cashed two high spades and everybody followed. He cashed another spade, discarding a heart from the hoard and West dropped a club. Next came the ace of clubs and here East showed out, playIng a heart. The opposing distribution was now crystal clear. East had

started with seven hearts, three spades and no clubs. Therefore he must have three diamonds and the diamonds were going to break

u n un SOUTH NOW hit upon. a brilliant plan to reach dummy after diamonds were set up. He led to the ace of diamonds, cashed: the king and discarded the KING OF CLUBS. He then ruffed a diamond and led his

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day in St, Paul's Evangelical and. Reformed Church, E. 10th St. and Ritter Ave. - Mrs. George Wear is general chairman with committee heads

Mrs. R. C. Rees, staging; Mrs. T. M. Hindman Jr., schedule; Mrs. Erwin IL. Bohn, entries, and © Mrs. ‘Herman Bischof,

classification. Mrs. Ray Thorn is chairman ‘6f judges, Mrs. H. F. Henninger, clerks; Mrs. A. M. Bangel, conservation; Mrs. J. F. Rollings, birds; Mrs. C. D. Van Buskirk, cleanup; Mrs. L. T. Bishop, hospitality, and Mrs. Paul Boardman, publicity.

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could do but to win with the queen of clubs and return the

sult, thus putting dummy in with the jack. The good diamonds were now available to let South make his slam,

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Here's the way Lloyd Stillabower does it in his garden at 216 8. First Ave., Beech Grove, He starts with seed of Beefsteak tomatoes, a just naturally huge variety, He has both pink and red, equally gigantic, Pound to pound-and-a-half specimens aren't uncommon picking in his patch. Why Beefsteaks? They're less acid than smaller, snapplier tomato varieties, he thinks. This virtue makes them poor can-

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TO PRODUCE plenty of tomatoes he grows lots of vine. When they get to the top of his tall poles he just lets them run over a binder twine arbor woven from pole to pole. When first light frosts come, the green canopy on top freezes while the tomatoes hanging underneath go on calmly ripening. Secrets of success, he thinks, are staking (he prunes twice daily to keep just two main stalks per plant) and manure. This year in addition to fertilizing the plot with manure he watered the plants regularly with a brew of manure water, To prove one of his points, Mr. 8. shows visitors a sprawling unstaked tomato vine at one corner of the patch. Given the same treatment, it's a sad producer compared to the carefully trained trellis-raised plants. » ~ n ALONG with his Beefsteaks this year, Mr. Stillabower is raising a few hybrid tomatoes

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BIG AND TASTY, TOO—That's Lloyd Stillabower’s tomatoes. They're grown on the stake and twine arbor in the background.

And Mrs. Stillabower is likely never to hear the last of one plant that's growing in flower bed in the front yard. Her flowers weren't doing so well right there. 80 Mr. 8. and a tomato plant took over. Set

Fair to Have Floriferous

+ . By MARGUERITE SMITH mes Garden Editor

AIR - GOING gardeners will have everything from an African violet display to orchids and bugs

and trees on their must-see list. I don't know if there's any connection but Don Davis, who is publicizing the Fair's attractions, is an African violet fan. So this year he will try to better last year’s very popular saintpaulia display. Gladiolus exhibits in the flower section of the horticultural building will be the feature on opening day Thursday. These will move over on Friday for basket arrangements. Saturday will show teatable arrangements, corsages of glads and orchids, vases of asters and zinnias. These will be held over for Sunday visitors.

Then along with their usual vegetable displays, 4-H members will show bug collections

and leaves and woods of native trees. » - = THE FAIR WILL hardly be past before another flower show takes over at the Fair Grounds. All very quietly a garden club of some 500 members was started last spring among Western Electric families. They haven't had many meetings yet. But they've been raising vegetables, flowers, shrubs and everything else that delights a gardener’s heart.

So when the Sunday after the Fair rolls around, the Shadeland Flower and Garden Club will throw open its flower show to the public in the afternoon and evening. George Sedlak, publicity chairman, says there are some mighty good gardeners in their group. Regular readers may remember one whose indoor bulb garden was featured on the garden page last spring. That was Ralph Kling. Mr. and Mrs. Kling are also rose hobbyists. Another

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out late, after the flowers decided not to be a success, this vine already has 22 tomatoes on it. The hybrids aren't so large Jbut they're uniform in size and very productive, he finds.

Display look ahead, this one a rosy one, involves a luncheon. Now it may be the gentlemen who grow the biggest flossiest roses ' (it may ‘be) but it takes the little woman to lay plans for a rose banquet. And last week plans got underway for the biggest event of the local rose society's year. Mrs. A. H. Wahl, whose husband is the society's program chairman, had a planning luncheon with Mesdames Kling, W. Irving Palmer, Edwin Nugent and Robert D. Davidson. They considered banquet menus, place (Marott Hotel) and speaker. The speaker will be C. Eugene Pfister, president of the American Rose Society. They're hoping he will tell local fans some: of the whys and wherefores of the national organization’s move from Pennsylvania to Columbus, O. Date of the dinner is Friday, Dec. 5.

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AKING a new lawn? Here are answers to some

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will T have to have hauled in to keep a good bluegrass lawn growing once it is established? A—Four inches of top =oil is a bare minimum. Six inches iT definitely better. If che budget simply can’t be stretched over that much, bring in as much as you can afford, then cultivate or rototill it into the subsoil to a 6-inch depth. A continued program of fertilizing from there on ghould give you good results, ” » . Q-—I doubt that I will get grading done in time to sow grass seed before late September. Soil is poor. Will blue-

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winter if we sow it then. Or had we better wait until spring A—If soil is poor do not sow blue ‘grass until you have ‘mproved it. A workable scheme if you don't *mind a coarse grassed lawn (it will stay green) this winter would be to seed perennial rye as soon as grading is done. Turn this under early in the spring. Then sow your blue grass seed. The rye not only adds humus to your poor soil but its extensive root growth does a fine job of penetrating and breaking up hard subsoil. un #" #“ Q-—We have a lawn of sorts, mostly weeds, around our newly built house. Which would be better, to try to struggle with the weeds, using weed-Kkiller, etc, next summer or start all over to make the lawn? I'd prefer not to have to struggle with it every summer. A—You'll have to keep up the struggle for probably three years if you start from weeds. It’s quicker, but more work at the moment, to get the soil into | shape before you seed with ! grass. Condition of soil is very important for any crop that stays as long in one spot as | the average lawn does. Turning the weeds under will add some plant food and humus to | Then condition | and enrich your ground as | thoroughly as you can .before you seed the ‘blue grass. Be | sure to use humus along with | chemical fertilizer. For loosen- | ing, of hard ground is just as | important as enriching it. 2.3 O | Q—We have béeh wondering |! whether it would be better to | buy some of the chemical soil | conditioners to loosen poor ground where we want to sow grass seed or to: spend the | money for peat moss or com-

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post. Which would give us the most for the money? A—I would buy compost. If you get a carefully made compost you condition the soil and enrich it at the same time. Peat moss and chemical soil conditioners loosen soil, but add little or no plant food.

= n 8 Q—Is there any way to tell whether our lawn needs lime? Neighbors use it and say our lawn needs it, too. A—Outside of a soil test for alkalinity these three symptoms are given by lawn experts as indication of need for lime. Lack of response to fertilizer. Lack of response when watered. Pale color, unhealthy appearance even though growing conditions are good. Q—-We have very poor. soil around our new home. If we seed extra-heavy will that make up for poor soil? A—No, it will make your lawn worse. Grass plants will be competing with each other, weed fashion, for the little available plant food. Enrich and condition your soil before seeding (see previous questions) or

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Here's a budget saver! Stark’s have some unusual4 ly good spreadTeves cEsl ing evergreens Pfitzer junipers). Just one of these covers a lot ef ground. All for the price of a single plant. Use them to flank doorways or under picture windows. See the many other evergreens at Stark's, also iris, hemerovallis, lily bulbs for planting now. Stark’s, 511 S. Tibbs. BE. 1351. City-Wide Delivery.

* * A peony that's definitely distinctive and®*the personal choice of H. J. Schnitzius of New Augusta Nursery is the Japanese variety, Isani-Gidui. It's single,” white, with a ‘golden mounded center like a big white poppy. ‘ New Augusta Nursery offers only carefully chosen peony varieties, Get roots now for fall planting. Also magic lily (hardy amaryllis); potted rubrum lilies (in bloom now, will bloom in your border for

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and landscaping now. New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 59th, CO. 2658. Open Sundays. * Nothing beautifies a home like a good lawn. So get your fresh grass seed just in at Hoosier Gardener’s, Soil conditioners to loosen hard ground, Milorganite and Kingan's Green Thumb compost to fertilize and condition soil, all at Hoosier Gardener's, add up to a healthy stand of grass. Also colchicum, Oriental poppies, iris. Hoosier Gardener's, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 9121,

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A When you buy peonies from a grower such as Floyd Bass you are buying years of experience. . You get big roots worth ten inferior small starts. And you get exact directions for successful culture based on years of practical observation in nursery rows. Order peonies now from Floyd Bass Nursery, West 62d, between US 52 and Michigan Road. CO. 2349.

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Your fall garden needs are coming in fast at Bash's Seed Store. You'll find Madonna lily bulbs (northern French grown), colchicum, crocus zonatus (will bloom this fall if planted soon), Oriental poppies, peony roots, hardy onions, hardy amaryllis, and all kinds of grass seeds and fertilizers at Bash's Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware. FR. 7333. All garden needs.

Let Stonybrook Nursery help you plan your spring flower borders now. You'll find delightful hardy plants at Stonybrook. Two lowgrowing veronicas (incana with pale gray foliage, clear blue flowers; and filiformis with green leaves, lavender flowers) make unusually attractive edgings. Hardy coreopsis, hardy verbenas, evening primroses, double Memorial daisies, Japanese iris, achillea (the Pearl), Shasta daisies, and hardy pinks are just a few of Stonybrook’s perennials. Call or write Stonybrook Nursery for their free bulb catalogue beautifully illustrated in color. Order bulbs from your easy chair. Stonybrook Nursery, Ind. 100, 3; mile east of Ind. 87. BR. 0162. Open Sundays.

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Get your landscape plans made now, advises Wililam Cooley of Wayside Floral Gardens. Wayside will plan and plant or advise on suitable shrub and tree selections. One of Wayside's innovations in landscape work is their big stock of budgetpriced evergreens, These are fine varieties but priced low because the plants are younger, smaller sizes than vou usually find on the market, Ww them on in place in your own yard, Madonna lily bulbs (northern French grown) are ready now at Wayside. Wayside ‘Floral Gardens, 7301 Pendleton Pike, CH. 2222. Off-Road Parking,

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Recent rains meanthatfall landscaping can be started earlier than usual, adyises Eagle Creek Nursery. Drive out or call Eagle Creek about your planting. Eagle Creek's big salesyard has suffered from the shortage of trained help. But it's getting fixed up now for fall business and visitors are welcome anyway to come out and look over plant materials, Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52,

1'; miles north of Traders Point. CO. 2381. * * Tree planting time, says Alex

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