Sullivan County Plans
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Rose Bush Care
RUTGERS, N J. Late March
and early April is the time to prune
and fertilize bush roses to promote
attractive, vigorous plants and
flowers. First, remove dead wood,
diseased or broken branches, and
weak stems (thinner than the
thickness of a pencil). If you wait
to prune until leaf buds begin to
swell, there will be no question as
to what is dead or alive on the
plant All pruning cuts should be
made either to the ground or to a
strong, outward facing bud. Don’t
leave long stubs; they are prime
entry points for disease.
Hybrid lea varieties should then
be pruned to a height of 1 to 2 feet
Floribunda roses should be pruned
back only lightly after debris
removal, although overgrown
plants can be cut back drastically.
Climbing roses can be thinned
now by cutting some canes to the
base, but leave top pruning until
after flowering.
If recommendations based on
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soil tests are not available, apply a
5-10-10 or 5-10-5 fertilizer now.
Use 2 pounds for 100 square feet
of bed or a generous heaping
tablespoon per plant, spreading it
around the plants and lightly
scratching it into the soil surface.
A second application of half this
amount should be made in mid-
June.
This is probably also a good
time to be sure you have disease
and insect control products avail
able. Roses seem to host more
than their fair share of diseases
and pests and usually require
weekly treatments starting in mid-
May to produce high quality roses.
Black spot, a fungus disease, is
very common and because it
causes premature leaf drop,
weakens plants if not controlled.
A product combining insecticide,
miticide and fungicide is probably
the easiest approach to keeping
problems under control.
Wednesday, June 9 from 10a.m. to
noon OR 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Write to Lebanon Cooperative
Extension, 2120 Cornwall Rd.
Suite 1, Lebanon, PA 17042-9777.
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Twilight Gathering At Rouse Farms
Ticket,” will be promoted (luring
June Dairy Month in other activi
ties such as the annual Dushore
Fire Company parade on June 13,
in Dushore at 7 p.m.
Crowning of the new dairy prin
cess will take place during the big
June Dairy Month Parade on
Saturday, June 19, at 7 p.m. in
downtown Dushore.
In preparation for the corona
tion, the Sullivan County Dairy
Promotion Committee held a Milk
Tea recently for prospective con
teslants. Betty Rcibson explained
the purpose of the dairy princess
program and Dairy Princess Ray
lenc Rouse reported on her duties
during the past year.
Pet Therapy Promotes
Intergenerational Exchange
CLAIRE McCABE
NEWARK, Del. Cuddly kit
tens and playful pups aretwo
clearly irresistible creatures. A
collaborative project of the West
ville 4-H club and the American
Red Cross and SPCA of Kent
County draws on the special mag
ic of these animals to bring out the
best in young and old.
Every third Saturday during the
school year, club members round
up a group of puppies and kittens
at the SPCA. Armed with a clean
up kit for inevitable accidents, the
children and animals pile into a
Red Cross vehicle and head to the
Dover Nursing Center. There,
they make the rounds of the cen-
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Sullivan County dairy maid contestants, from left, Sylvls
Pardo and Carrie Hottensteln, discuss upcoming responsi
bilities with Sullivan County Dairy Princess Raylene Rouse
and Amy Warburton, Dairy Princess candidate.
ter, bringing the pleasure of pets,
people and conversation to the
residents.
The pet therapy project was ini
tiated last fall by 4-H club leader
Dana Sharpe. 4-H, the youth
education branch of Cooperative
Extension, encourages communi
ty service activities. With more
than 3S club members, the West
ville had plenty of young
volunteers.
“We always have more kids
volunteer than we can take,” says
Sharpe. “So many children
wanted to be involved in the pro
ject when it started that we had to
have a lottery. We drew the names
of two younger and two older kids
for each visit. We hope that by the
end of this school year every
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member will have had a chance to
visit the center.”
The pets stimulate residents to
talk about animals they used to
own, easing the way into conver
sation with the 4-H’ers. The child
ren and pets usually stay for about
an hour. But the smiles and atten
tion shared between residents and
4-H’ers impart a warmth that lasts
beyond the visit.
The 4-H’ers reap the benefits of
interaction with another genera
tion and the rewards of communi
ty service.
Lindsay Gooden sums up the
reason for her repeat visits to the
center, “I like going to see the
people smile. They like the
animals.”
No doubt they like the children,
too.
Friday, July 16 from 9 10 12 a.m.
Fee for class is S 2 to cover sup
plies. Register by sending a check
to the Extension Special Fund,
Lebanon Co. Cooperative Exten
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