Eastern Growers Have Available
35 Virus-free Strawberry Varieties
Eastern gardeners and com
jnencal growers have 35 varie
ties of improved strawberry
stock from which to choose for
planting this spring, 11 more
than were available last year, re
ports the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. All these represent
strawberry stocks that are free
of virus diseases.
These plants will be available
from plant nurseries this year
as virus-free stock. The 11 varie
ties oi; which virus free stocks
Jiave recently been found by
USD A plants breeders and path
ologists are Earlidawn, Eden,
Empire, Florida Ninety, Gem,
Konvoy, Marion Bell, Redglow,
Bedstar, Sioux, and Surecrop.
Two of these improved stocks,
Redglow and Surecrop, also are
resistant to red stele diseased a
root rot -especially troublesome
in central and northeastern
United States.
A third new variety, Earli
dawn, although susceptible to
red stele disease, is available in
virus-free stocks.
Researchers recommend to
nurserymen thait to maintain
plants free of virus, aphids _ (the!
insects (that carry viruses from'
.plant ito plant), should be con
trolled by dusting every two
weeks with parathion or mala
thion. Keeping new plantings at
ieast 3,000 feet away from other
cultivated or wild strawberries
also discourages spread of virus
to new plantings.
A number of nurseries are
producing plants relatively free
of nematodes. For this purpose'
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the nurseries are using soil fumi
gation or a method of hot-water
treatment, developed by USD A
scientists. Soil fumigation for the
grower of strawberry fruit is
justified only when the grower
has a serious nematode problem.
Disease-free foundation stock
was first obtained by USDA path
ologists and distributed to plant
nurseries for propagation Offici
al certification programs are
Tennessee, Kentuc
ky, Arkansas, Ohio, Delaware,
and Michigan to insure high
quality in certified stocks. Certi
fied programs are also carried on
voluntarily in other States.
The three varieties recently in
troduced all have desirable char
acteristics. Plants of Redglow,
introduced in 1956 by USDA, are
vigorous, moderately productive,
and produce a good number ot
runners. Bernes of this variety
are early ripening, richly color
ed, flavored, and of large, uni
form size. Redglow berries are
satisfactory for freezing.
Surecrop, cooperatively deve
loped by USDA and the Mary
land Agricultural Experiment
Station, is a vigorous plant with
many runners. Its berries are
firm, bright red, and retain good
appearance for fresh fruit
market.
Earlidawn, representing a Mid
land-Tennessee Shipper cross de
veloped by USD A scientists, is a
very early highly-productive
variety bearing firm, glossy, light
red berries with a tart flavor.
Characterized by short flower
stems, blossoms of Earlidawn are
protected from frost.
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Elizabethtown, Pa.
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East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa.
New Building
At New Holland
Sale in Use
The new 110 by 156 Toot ad
dition at the New Holland Sales
Stables went into operation for
the first time yesterday. The ad
dition is used for unloading and
penning beef cattle The cap
acity is about 600 head. i
The new bulidmg will elimi
nate congestion in'the loading
area. The present building willj
be used for outgoing cattle only.’
In (the past 15 years, the. New
Holllaiid Sales Stables has grown
from just another country auc
tion to a stockyard and sales out
let occupying some 70,000 square
feet.
In 1951 the sale came under
the Federal Packers and Stock
Yards Act which regualtes trad
ing practices. The total volumn
of cattle and horses sold has
quadrupled since 1943.
Horse sales are held on Mon
day, dairy cattle and swine are
sold on Wednesday and beef
cattle and callves are sold on
Thursday. The Monday sales
starts at 11 a. m. and the other
two at 12 30 p. m.
All sales will be on Daylight
Saving Time this year
SPOT CLEAN COTTONS
To help spot clean "cottons!
before (putting them in the wash,
use embroidery hoops to hold
thait portion of the garment firm;
while you apply cleaning fluid,
suggests Mrs. Mae Barton, Penn
State extension clothing Sipecial
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 26, 1957—7
Survey Shows Women Shoppers
Changing Minds About Packaging
WILMINGTON, Del The
day of squeezing tomatoes, pinch
ing grapes, and peeling bananas
before making a produce pui
chase is going the way of the tan
dem bicycle, according to a Du
Pont survey just released on food
shopping habits
In buying fresh fruits and vege
tables several decades ago, a
housewife either trusted her gro
cer’s choice or inspected each
item carefully and sometimes
roughly by hand. The survey
indicates most food shoppers to
day no longer feel that inspection
includes the right to pinch, poke,
or peel each item before pur
chasing.
Fifty-two per cent of the 2,000
homemakers polled said they now
preferred packaged produce, 25
per cent liked loose produce,
while 22 per cent expressed no
preference.
With the growth of self-service
and improved packaging, shop
ping habits have changed and so
have shoppers’ attitudes In a
1950 survey, Du Pont found that
49.5 per cent of those polled pre
ferred loose produce, 45 per cent
liked the packaged type, while
only 5.5 per cent expressed no
preference. Thus, between the
two surveys, half of the shoppers
with a strong preference for bulk
selection either have switched to
a preference for packaged pro
duce or a “show me” attitude.
Those preferring packaged pro-
/BUG of the MONTH*'*
TERMITES
The reproductives are winged insects (2
pairs of wings of equal size) which
swarm in great numbers in early spring.
Immediately after swarming the insects
kick off their wings, mate and try to
get back into the soil.
It is cheaper to have the soil treated
against termites before the house is
built. If you missed out on this, it is
cheaper to have the house treated this
year than to wait until next year Ter
mites eat while you sleep and they
fancy the timbers of your house as
much as an old fence post, just as long
as it is good, tasty CELLULOSE.
Your property may be endangered .
by termites right now.
Our guaranteed termite protection sen ice is available
for all properties: old, new, or in construction.
For more information write or phone
J. C. EHRLICH CO.
736-38 E. Chestnut St.
LANCASTER, PA.
Phone EX 3-2210 or EX 3-2489
duce offered the following i can
ons more convenient, time saver
(56 per cent), cleaner, more sani
tary (54 per cent), keeps fresher
(22 per cent). Shoppeis prefer
ring the loose variety liked to>
make their own selection (60 per
cent), believed quality is better
this way (29 per cent), and found
quantity in packages unsatisfac
tory (26 per cent).
Consumers appreciate the con
venience of packaged produce m
the home as well as m the store.
Seventy-seven per cent of those
polled said they stored fresh,
fruits and vegetables in the pack
age because it keeps fresher.