A3o*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25, 1995
Alfred State Flower,
Garden Show April 1-2
ALFRED, N.Y.—Dates for
Alfred State College’s flower and
garden show, which traditionally
marks winter’s end in western
New Yprk, are Saturday and Sun
day, April 1-2.
Students in the three horticul
ture curriculums are completing
work on exhibits for the floral
extravaganza that annually
attracts thousands of visitors to the
Anderson Horticulture Center.
Hours for the free public event
are 5-10 p.m. April 1, and 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. April 2, according to
Joan K. Wissert, assistant profes
sor in the Agriculture and Horti
culture Department and show
adviser.
"A Walk in the Park”
is the theme for the 199 S
show, which is under
the direction of seven
student coordinators.
Amy Pinker of West
Seneca is the coordina
tor for the floriculture
production curriculum.
Corey Taylor of Elmira
Heights and Michael
Enright of Rochester are
coordinators for the
landscape development
curriculum.
Coordinators for the
floriculture merchan
dising curriculum are
Michelle Foils, Law
tons; Heather Rea, Cus
ter City, Pa.; Stacey
Fenton, Ogdensburg;
and Christa O’Brien,
Greenwood.
Visitors will be
greeted by students in a
natural park setting
created by freshman
landscapers.
A stone walkway will
lead guests through an
assortment of plants
including heathers,
junipers, and spruces.
Featured plants in this
display will be Gold
Threaded Cypress and
Japanese Lace Maple.
Staying on the path,
the next park setting—
designed by senior
landscapers—will fea
ture a contemporary
assortment of trees and
shrubs accented by
perennials.
Then, it’s a stroll
through a period garden,
“taking visitors back to
the gentle days of the
Victorian period,” coor
dinators note.
At the next stop,
show attendees will be
“guests” at a park “wed
ding” and “reception.”
Floriculture merchan
dising students are
creating this display,
which will be compete
with “bridal party.”
The wedding cake
will be provided by stu
dents in Alfred State’s
Culinary Arts Depart
ment, with wedding
attire made available by
local merchants.
Students in the flori
culture production cur
riculum are transform
ing 18,000 square feet
of greenhouse space
into scenes reminiscent
of parks around the
world.
“Waterfalls, pools, picnic spots,
and park benches will give each
visitor that chance to revisit a park
from their past,” student planners
said.
The show also will offer three
types of gardens: Oriental, cot
tage, and woodland.
Special educational displays
will feature dried flowers, com
puterized greenhouse controls
systems, integrated pest manage
ment, and special plants for spe
cial uses (medicinals, aromatics,
and herbs).
Produce
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Within the next several weeks,
regional produce auctions will
open for the season, bringing with
them an array of special sales.
Many auctions will feature spe
cial bedding plant and flower sales
to start the auction season.
Lancaster Farming provides
die opening dates and times for
auctions throughout the region,
listed by alphabetical order:
• Buffalo Valley Produce, Mif-
Markets To Open
- flinburg, begins their auction May
9, each Tuesday and Thursday at
10 a.m.
• Cumberland Valley Produce,
three miles north of Shippensburg,
beginning at 10 a.m. on April 11.
Nursery stock will be on the auc
tion block.
• Kutztown Produce Auction,
Kutztown, begins Tuesday. April
4, at 11 a.m. with nursery stock and
bedding plants, and will continue
thereafter Tuesdays and Thurs
And Forage Quality:
Other Alfalfas Don’t
Stack Up To Sterling.
Outstanding yield or excellent quality. Most alfalfas will give you
one at the expense of the other. But Sterling delivers in both cate
gories. You get a 1-2 yield and quality punch that outstacks the
competition.
Forage yield and forage quality of selected varieties
Wisconsin and Minnesota
Variety
Sterling
LegenDairy 7.55
DK 133
Multi King 1 7.00
5262
Magnum 111 7.27
WL-322
Dominator
days. April 6,11, and 13 will fea
ture Easter flowers, also at 11 a.m.
and will return to nursery stock
April 25.
• Leola Produce Auction, Leo
la, will begin April 4 at 10 a.m.
with nursery stock and early bed
ding plants. Auction days will be
succeeding Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
• Shippensburg Produce Auc
tion, Shippensburg, is open Tues
days and Thursdays at 11 a.m.
Yield (T/A) RFV Lbs Milk/A
7.74
7.37
7.32
6.98
6.97
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145.7
20,699
140.6 19,737
138.7 19,116
143.4 18,503
137 5 18.861
136 3 18,239
140.2
18,166
136.6
17,913