—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 1961 16 EXAMINING ONE OF THE related species used in breeding work to develop disease resistance in domesticated tobacco is H B Engle, research agronomist at the South eastern Fie’d Research Laboratory near Landisville. This wild speces in the tobacco family is one of the seven spec ies grown for exhibition and research purposes at the re search farm. Many of these species are resistant to tobacco disease and are used m crossbreeding work to incorporate the disease resistance into domestic varieties. —L F. Photo FREE CORN ROWS... For ihe Entire Growing Season? LOOK HERE... ATRAZINE 8 G INCREASES CORN YIELD PER ACRE and the NOBLE Granular HERBICIDE APPLICATOR fits all Planters Join the Big Switch to Granular Atrazine ■ Insecticides and Herbicides Senders 2 (2-row, 3 row, 4-row, 6-row) r * Powr-Feed Controls and Shut-Off assure precise granular ■■ chemical flow . . . without leaking or waste. And, Noble’s 2 exclusive Perfect-Pattern Spreader spreads a recommended m 14" band of weed killers .. . assures the exact placement of ■ granules which is absolutely necessaiy for control of weeds. J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc. 736 E. Chestnut St, Lancaster EX 7-3721 OR SEE YOUR DEALER ; L. H. BRUBAKER ■ 350 STRASBURG PIKE LANCASTER. PA. s FARMERSVILLE EQUIP. CO. ■ «. D. =2, EPHRATA, PA. 3 N. G. HERSHEY & SON • R. D. -1 MANHEIM. PA. /»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!■■■■■■■■■■■■« • Tobacco <From page 1) root rot. It is not resistant to mosaic (calico, foxy). “The seedlings are a little slow to .start, Engle said, but the plants grow well in the field and are able to make up for lost time. It produces excellent yields (in the ab sence of mosaic) of a medium - bodied, somewhat dark chestnut leaf In growth hab it and general appearance it resembles Swarr - Hibshman, but holds its leaves off the ground better than that var iety. It is also resistant to lodging. Pennbel 69~formerly known as Bel 2-69, is highly resist ant to wildfire and mosaic, and is the first cigar filler to bacco released with resist ance to both diseases. It has consistently outyielded the #■■■■■ mi ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 3 * Pullet Growers ★ Egg Producers 5 FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR \\\ili/// ,;& O ,&y x j p S - li ■ H ' ■ APtil S I ■ -,'V ■ I S»r Service Representative or write or call us direct. Miller & Bushong, Inc. ROHRERSTOWN, PA. check variety, and has a medium bodied, reddish chestnut to chestnut leaf. Penbel 69 is later- matur ing than Swarr-Hibshman, with leaves c oser on the stalk, and because of its growth habit it has a low percentage of filler or ground leaves. It has excellent seed ling vigor. No wildire control meas ures are necessary in the seedbed for either of these varieties, Engle reported. Growers may secure seed by coming in person or by mailing their requests to: Southeastern Field Research Laboratory, Box 308, Landis vil’e, Penna., There is a limit of one half ounce of each variety to anyone grower Cost to coun ty growers is set at $l.OO per quarter ounce of seed. It, is suggested that a grow * Breeders Available now . . . new edition of our REPLACEMENT PULLETS LTRY SERVIC Manufacturer Get a copy from your Miller & Bushong "Finest Service Anywhere" Ait? C3fi zi# /Jfy sy W W rt E OF MILLER s of fine feeds sii Phone Lancaster EX 2-2145 er try both varieties, so as t compare their perform at J under his particular sot conditions. Growers are strongly vised not to grow their seed from these new van, ties. IE this is done, the van, ty will “run out,” and grower will find It has u. the disease resistance a . other characteristics whi c j have been bred into it a „ preserved by years of sel ( , tion Engle said. Requests from farmers h been relatively heavy sum the new varieties were ’eased earlier in the week,} R. Terrill, Superintendent, the Southeastern Field 5, search Laboratory, said k this week. “But I behove have enough for every f Jnj ' er who is interested to hn, a_half oimce of seed ” 1 said. BUSHONG, ice 1875 i NC
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