Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba September roses provide Challenge for the Prairie Gardener by deny Oliver its hard to believe september is Hete and that gardening is beginning to wind Down for another vegetable gardens Are Fin Flowers Are passing their Peak Blooming pall bloomers like Chrysanthe perennial asters and Solidago Are just beginning to Bloom now and pumpkins Are beginning to turn roses also will be nearing the end of their Bloom but there Are still some Beautiful Flowers Many will be seen at the annual Rose today and in your Garden the Assiniboine Park the show is sponsored by the Winni Peg horticultural society Rose com Rose growing on the Prairies can be a As these perennials require a Little pampering under the Best there Are Many classes of roses that can be successfully grown on the among the most popu Lar Are hybrid Shrub and their by poly Anthas and hybrid Tea the Type sold by Are very have Long pointed High centred blooms and Long straight they come in a Large variety of colors and Bico lors and have Vel vet textured foliage varies in both color dark or medium Green and Floribunda originated from crosses of hybrid teas and to the Flowers emerge in Cluster of either single or double once Blooming begins in you will have a profusion of color until they Are slightly hardier than hybrid this Type fits Well in landscape situations where lots of color is grand floras Are a result of Cross ing hybrid teas with the product of this Cross has Flowers slightly smaller than hybrid and which grow in hybrid Shrub roses will include Parkland Morden and explorer Ottawa series of roses grown widely on the these groups Are most Hardy and offer two flushes of Bloom Early july and late a gust and these roses Are resistant to most diseases of roses and come in a wide variety of miniature roses Are eve Blooming replicas of hybrid Only very they have gained popularity As a pot but can also be grown in the plants grow six to 18 inches pm showing roses is an exacting finding a Rose at the perfect stage of As Well As having Good is roses Are exhibited As single or sprays depend ing on the Type of in collections or they Are judged on the Stem and balance and proportion and form is the most valuable attrib Ute of an exhibition judges look for blooms to open and which exhibit Flori grand floras and poly Anthas Are exhibited As clusters of on a single at the Winnipeg Rose they also have a class to titillate the senses with fragrance of the in this fragrance counts for 60 per cent of the total Marks award a symphony of roses highlights this with arrangements of a musical its interesting to see How exhibitors interpret the Dif Ferent what do you imagine the minuet class will be like for those who wish to learn More about min seminars and demonstrations will be held through out the today the show runs from 10 to and to 5 you wanted to know Harris Mitchell Salt easy method to clean stain q we bought an older House that has Bright Green stains in the porcelain what causes these and How can we get rid of them a sometimes referred to As Green the Green stain comes from Copper dissolved in the water in the form of Copper this can happen in a number of different some of them very Natu rally soft water that is slightly acid and contains a lot of oxygen can actually dissolve the Copper directly from the organic matter in Well water May stimulate bacterial action that attacks the and some times stray electrical currents from an improperly grounded dishwasher or washing machine can dissolve the Copper by electro Lytic but it a lot simpler to remove the stain than to locate and eliminate the the Green Copper hydroxide dissolves Rea Dily in most wetting the area with straight vinegar and then sprinkling it with Salt produces a dilute solution of hydrochloric acid and acetic acid that is very effective and will not harm porcelain or porcelain when the stain has rinse the sink q a few months ago a leak Deve loped in a pipe joint on one of the old cast Iron radiators in our hot watering the plumber corrected the leak by installing a new piece of but Ever since then we have been troubled with a continuous loud noise from the heating the plumber has been Back twice and the Gas and electric people say it int coming from their can you offer any suggestions a from your the noise must be caused by something the plumber did when he fixed the if you Are hearing a High pitched it May be a Cavita Tion noise caused by water passing through a restricted for the plumber May have left a Burr on the Edge of the pipe where he Cut the remedy for this is to open the pipe again and remove the but there May be another explant i suggest you Call in another plumb Serviceman to Check the re paired pipe and see if he can find what is causing the q we have a three Speed fan in our living connected to a dimmer switch on the when we turn the dimmer switch on Low the fan makes a humming How can we Correct this a the Standard dimmer switch is not meant to be used to control the Speed of some of which can be damaged by being operated through a dimmer that is made for use with but not fluorescent what you need is a transformer Type Speed this is available from electrical Supply stores or stores that specialize in ceiling you set the fan switch on High Speed and use the Wal mounted Speed control to vary q for several years i have had a problem with ice buildup on the Edge of the roof every i have noticed that some other houses in my area have the same problem and some do not have it at is there something wrong with my House that i can Correct now to eliminate the prob Lem a the ice buildup is caused by Snow on the roof melting and running Down until it reaches the where it the weight of the ice can damage and sometimes it forms a dam High enough to cause the meltwater to get up under the shingles and leak into the a number of factors contribute to ice air temperatures and Snow level Are of so is roof pitch a Steep roof has less trouble with ice buildup than a Low pitched roof overhang also makes a difference the narrower the overhang the More Likely it is that an ice dam will cause water to leak into the even the Way the roof is facing is important ice dams generally form on a North Side the temperature of the roof is the most important and is the Only one you can do anything much of the heat comes from which can Pene trate several inches of Snow to heat the but a warm attic is often the major and there Are two things you can do to Correct this l put More insulation in the attic 2 provide More you should have at least one Square foot of open vent area in the attic for every 300 Square feet of floor write to Harris Winnipeg free fourth 300 cartoon r3c for personal answers please in clude self addressed 18 Montreal Trust Vurnin mini announcement Mark Milne Bill of the Nairn is pleased to announce that Mark Milne has joined our team of dedicated Mark comes to us with five years of 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