IS— Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 3. 1975
Mrs. Richard Cline, president of the Dauphin
:ounty Farm Women Societies and toastmistress for
he State Spring Rally discusses one of the many
irrangements prepared for the event with John
rieszaros, Director of the Hershey Rose Garden and
krboretum who offered welcoming remarks to the
r arm Women.
Farm Women Hold
Annual State Rally
by: Melissa Piper
Farm Women numbering
close to 1300 and
representing every County in
Pennsylvania gathered in
Hershey on Wednesday
afternoon (April 23) for the
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Tenth Annual Society of
Farm Women Spring Rally.
The Farm Women
Societies of Dauphin County
served as hostesses for the
event which followed the
theme “How Does Your
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A greeting ttUB brought by
Mr.s. Richard B. Cline,
president of the Dauphin
County Societies and
loastmlstrcss for the event.
The welcoming speech was
Niven by John P. Meszaros,
director of the Herahey Rose
Gardens and Arboretum.
Meszaros spoke to the
women about the facility and
gave a brief history of the
Hershey Estates -and
Mini - Gardens
If you’re among those still
looking for a place to grow
some fresh vegetables, but ;
think you have no space,
consider container gar
dening. This idea has again
been proposed by Dr.
Charles A. McClurg, Ex
tension vegetable specialist
at the University of
Maryland in College Park.
Container gardens can be
placed on balconies or
concrete decks. These types
of gardens are portable, and
they should be moved oc
casionally to take full ad
vantage of the sunlight.
Almost any type of con
tainer may be used in this
type of gardening. Dr.
McClurg suggests the use of
large clay pots, wooden
baskets, planters or
homemade boxes con
structed from boards.
The containers should be
filled with a bottom layer of
coarse gravel, with holes
provided for drainage if the
container is watertight.
Otherwise, containers can be
filled completely with
prepared soil mixes for best
results, according to Dr.
McClurg. Soil mixes can
usually be purchased at local
gardening centers.
Tomatoes, cabbage,
radishes, lettuce, onions,
snap beans, and peas can be
grown in containers.
Tomatoes are probably the
most popular vegetable
grown m containers. Dr.
McClurg recommends dwarf
tomato varieties for most
container gardeners.
In planting vegetables m
containers, the plants should
be spaced as far apart as
those'“grown in outdoor
gardens.
Like their larger outdoor
counterparts, container
gardens require care. Plants
should be watered regularly.
When watering, add enough
so that a little runs out the
bottom of the container each
time.'
As a general rule, each
plant needs one to two
teaspoons of 5-10-10 fertilizer
added to the soil mixture.
This should be mixed into
the upper soil surface.
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A period of devotions that
Included sacred song
861001100.1 and poems were
given by Mrs. Waller Sell
moltz, Mrs. Dclmnr Warfield
and Gary Kcpner.
Groups singing was led by
Mrs. Ralph Alicman with
Mrs. John McCorkcl as
pianist.
Following a noon luncheon
in the Chocolate Room of the
Hershey Convention Center,
Gardeners should also be
alert for possible insect and
disease damage as well, says
Dr. McClurg.
If you’re interested in
container gardening. Dr.
McClurg urges you to pur
chase supplies now, while
they are still available.
A folder listing *1975
recommended vegetable
varieties is available free of
charge from most county
Cooperative Extension
Service offices. Bookstores
and garden centers also have
books available on various
aspects of gardening.
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Uiv Group was entertained
by the Bell Ringers of the
Milton Hershey School
directed by Harold
Reichard; a ladies trio, and
the Penn Pipers, a Quartet
from the Harrisburg Chapter
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Door prizes which were
donated by several farm and
agribusiness firms
throughout the state wore
awarded at the end of the
event.
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