Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 15, 1963 Over the Garden Wall a mid August chore budding Woody plants w. R. Leslie landscape consultant column 707 this a favourable time to propagate improved roses tree fruits lilacs almonds and Var ious other Woody plants. The operation is simple. Equipment includes a thin bladed Sharp knife some wrapping strands and buds of the desired Stock. Rose growers May find that some of their Bushes of Garden roses have lost the original peace fashion Tropicana americana Chrysler Imperial of other Fine variety but there is Dif the vigorous shoot growth of a Ferent Type coming from roots. These Are snoots of the wild Rose. A proportion of our Lovely hybrid Garden roses have a weak and poor Root system. For that reason they Are propagated mostly on Canina or Multi Flora Root stocks. Similar situations May arise on other budded and grafted Stock lilacs Shrub roses plums Etc Root shoots shall we take out the Plant or shall we take advantage of the Well established Stock and remake it Over to the desired top the cheapest and often the most satisfying approach to a full Plantation is to work Over the Root Stem or stems by budding. August is a prime season for budding most of our ornamental including roses. The buds at the axils of the leaves on shoots of this year in growth Are Well formed and for placement Well charged the with matured plants sap so that the bark slips readily from the Wood allowing smooth insertion of the Bud. Moreover new growth is slowing Down and there is less Chance of the newly set Bud being stimulated into premature growth this summer than is the Case with buds set in july. Budding the Art of budding is clearly described and illustrated in numerous reference works. The Prairie Garden 1962, carries an excellent explanation written and sketched by prof. J. A. Menzies and his associate a. Gudziak. Copies of that Book and the 1963 edition Are Avail Able for from the Prairie Garden 92 Queenston Street Winnipeg 9. Both will prove valuable to professionals As Well As to Home gardeners. Two Canada department of agriculture publications Are also helpful to those budding. They Are the Chart on budding and grafting fruit Trees distributed by the information service can Goren on Bridge by Charles Goren ent Case to 1m3i Tim Clem Triton East West vulnerable. South deals. North aq7 vq75 0 k j 10 5 2 874 West East a k j 5 4 3 10 9862 97 a 8 09 0 a874 a q 10 6 5 2 4 k 31 South a k j 10 9 8 2 0 q83 the bidding South West pass pass North 2v East if. East wished a Spade shift he would have led his highest Diamond. West dutifully returned the five of clubs and East s King forced out Declarer s Ace. A Trump was led to the Queen and East was in again with Ace. Thinking that his was about to Ruff another Dia mond he returned that suit again. Unfortunately for him West was out of Trumps and after Declarer pulled the remaining heart he was Able to discard his losing clubs on the Dummy s Good diamonds. It will be observed that had East led Back a club when he was in with the Ace of hearts Lead nine of 0 East appeared to be the Vic Tim of an unlucky guess in de fending today s four heart con tract. However it might be proper to charge him with an error for failing to take notice of the signal that his partner gave him. West opened his Singleton Dia mond East won the trick with the Ace and returned the four which West Ruff id with the three of hearts. In playing Back the four East was requesting a club shift for according to the suit preference a player is giving his partner a Ruff the size of the card he leads indicates in which suit pass would have tricks in that suit to Register a 100 Point set. How was East to pass know by a simple defensive signal called the Trump when a player has three Trumps the proper procedure in ruffing is to play the Middle spot first. When a smaller card is played the next time it alerts partner to the fact that he has a third Trump. When West trumped the first. Diamond with the three of hearts and then followed with the four of hearts the next time he denied having a third Trump. East s Only Hope of setting the contract therefore was to find his partner with the Queen of clubs and he should have re turned that suit when he was he can be reached. In the pres in the second time. Daily crossword across 6. Spinning toys Al. Person beyond help 10. Brightly coloured fish 12. Oil of Rose petals 13.---- incognito 14. Music note 15. Observed 17. American Moth 18. One time 21. Limited abbr. 22. Half pm 23. Seed Apple 25. Manufacture 27. Sciences humorous 29. Talks so a Putin 34. Indefinite article 35. Hebrew letter 36. Sunk Fence 37. Pronoun 38. 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Each Day the code letters Are different a cryptogram quotation pm Ujj of up Jtj by Wop mfg f z p p z g z x p x u o c f p z i. . Yesterday s crypt quote advice from an old car Penter measure twice and1 saw Mous c u63 features Syndicate inc. Ada department of agriculture Ottawa and publication 901, the Prairie Home Orchard from the Queen s Printer Ottawa at a Price of 25 cents. All three Dis cuss the operation step by step. Source of buds buds taken from our own Bushes and Trees Are first Choice being at hand and completely neighbors May have other kinds and be pleased to donate a Bud stick. Then there Are the com Mercial Nursery firms which grow their own Nursery Stock. Experimental farms and universities also co operate with special varieties supplied for test Pur poses. However these research institutions limit their distribution to nurserymen and persons selected As trial growers who will give t6 the test and sub Niit written re ports. Late budding late in the season and in very dry Summers the tissues May have dried and the bark become tight. How Ever this is not a blockade to the task. Merely practise what is known As Chip budding plate budding or the Jones method. Instead of using a Bud with a piece of bark and sliding it snugly into the Slit in the bark a piece of Wood is taken with the Bud and it is placed precisely on the Stock Stem on a spot of the same size Cut for it. Fruit budding most Stone fruits Are propagated by Bud Ding. If our Plum tree bears in different fruit the Side branches Are budded to Grenville Kaga Tecumseh Bounty Dura Fiebing and other leading kinds. The tree i the Small rear Garden can be worked Over to Bear a dozen different varieties. Mystery balloon sighted Anchorage Alaska up North american air defence Comman said Here wednesday night a free air balloon of in mown origin drifted Over the Northern coast of Alaska sunday afternoon and monday morning. A command spokesman at Elmendorf air Force base said he balloon was under surveil Ance of the Distant Early warn ing line the Alaska Norad Region and the Norad com Mand Post at Colorado Springs Colo. The statement came several hours after a published Story by the Fairbanks Alaska news Miner based on reports from unnamed sources along Dew line stations in Northern Alaska. The Norad report Here said he balloon was detected on at noon sunday As it drifted slowly Over the Arctic Ocean toward Point Barrow on Alaska s extreme Northern coast. It was Drifting at an Altitude of feet and the Gas filled jag was reported to be visible of observers at Barrow. Other ground sightings also were reported from the Arctic area. Norad said a b-52 flew near the balloon As it floated East Ward and reported the object was a Gas bag with no visible Antenna or superstructure. The balloon was described Jere As similar to those used in High Altitude weather research programs. Norad said the balloon drifted eastward with the wind Iron ghost sunday afternoon and night arriving Over Canada monday morning. . Horoscope by Frances Drake look in the Section in which your birthday conies and find what your out look is according to the stars. For Friday autust 19, 19ki March 21 to april 20 Allen positive action does not moan a too positive attitude. In dealings with with ers avoid Over aggressiveness accent graciousness. You can win Many friends and this Way. April 21 to Mav 31 Taurus Don t give up because some goals seem unattainable. There Are Many Means available to you for gaining ground improving your standing knowledge generally. Don t fret about the dissenter and disagreeable individual he is Al ways with us. May 22 to june 2j gemini every minute of the Day will be important in some respect. If there Are Loose ends to tie up get Busy time wasted now will react unfavourably la Ter. Try out a latent Talent. 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