Experiment Station Recommends
Vegetable Varieties for Alaska, 1952
There's still snow on the
ground, but days are getting long
er and longer. This should be a
warning that Spring is on it':;
way and that local gardeners
should turn their thoughts to
seeds and things.
A recent news release by the
University of Alaska Extension
Service lists the vegetable varie- j
ties recommended by the Alaska
Experiment Station at Palmer
for 1952 planting.
Vegetables varieties are con
tinually changing as plant breed
ers introduce varieties better
adapted to certain localities. Sys
tematic vegetable variety testing
provides a means for determin
ing the adaptability of varieties.,
Although recent trials in Alaska
have been located only at Fair
banks and Matanuska .it is believ
ed that the list of varieties con
sidered standard for these re- i
gions may also be worthwhile in !
other areas of the Territory.
For Trial in 1952
Several of the varieties have
been listed “For Trial in 1952".
They have been chosen as super
ior to the standard varieties on
the basis of one season's trial but
eannoti be recommended for the
main crop because of the limited
amount of information at hand.
In this group the varieties !
Streamliner and Top Crop are re
commended for green beans. For
early broccoli- ‘Waltham No.11 :
is recommended; for main broc
coli, Waltham No 29; for Brus
sels sprouts. Catskill; for mid- ;
season cabbage, Bonanza; for,
late cabbage, Ferry’s Hollander;;
for topped carrots. Nantes Strong
Top and Table Gem; for green
celery, Emerson Pascal: fori
greenhouse pepper. Vinedale; for j
spinach. America; for outdoor
tomato. Early Chatham.
Sources of seed for these newer
varieties may be obtained from
the Alaska Experiment Station
at Palmer or the Extension Ser
vice, College. Alaska.
The standard varieties recom
mended for the main 1952 plant
ing are as follows:
Yellow podded bean. Golden or j
Cfrierokee; green podded bean.
Bountiful: beets. Early Wonder!
or Crosby Egypptian; Broccoli.
Morse Early; Brussels sprouts.
Long Island Improved; early cab
bage. Golden Acre: midseason
cabbage, Copenhagen Market;
late cabbage. Glory of Enkhuizen -
or Pennstate Ballhead
Carrots, Chantenav or Red Cur-.
ed: bunching carrots, Hutchinson;
or Nantes Strong Top; early,
cauliflower. Super Snowball; late]
cauliflower, Snowdrift; celery,
Utah (Salt City): chard- Ford
hook Giant or Lucullus; Chinese
cabbage. Chihli or Michihli; chi
ves. Chive: greenhouse cucumber]
Highmoor or Marketer; outdoor
cucumber. Earliest of all or Ex
tra Early Siberian.
Greenhouse eggplant. New
Hampshire or Black Beauty; en
dive, Deep or Full Heart Bata
vian; horsradish. Bohemian;
kale. Dwarf Green Curled; kohl
rabi. Early White Vienna; leaf
type lettuce, Grand Rapids or
Slobolt; early head lettuce, Cor
nell 456: late head lettuce, Pre
mier Great Lakes; bunching on-]
ion Long White Bunching; peren
nial onion .Perennial Tree (Egyp-i
tian).
Extra early pea. Alaska; early
to midseason pea, Freezonian;
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lati* pea. Lincoln; parsley. Dwaif
Curled; parsnips. Short-Thick or
Hollow Crown; greenhouse pcp
per. Pennwonder; early potato.
Ontario or Pawnee; late potato.
Kennebec or Arctic Seedling,
pumpkins- Cheyenne Bush; red
round radish. Crimson Giant or
Cherry Belle; white radish. Icicle.
Yellow-fleshed rutabaga, Gold- j
in Neckless or American Purple'
Top; spinach. New Zealand or
Perpetual (Beet Spinach;) sum
mer type squash. Caserta or Zuc
chini; winter type squash, Uconn
or Ankara; greenhouse tomato,
Northern Hybred or Burpee Hy
bril; outdoor tomato, Early Won
der or Bounty; early turnip. Pur-1
pie Top Strap Leaf or Early i
White Milan: late turnip. Petrow-!
ski: turnip greens. Shogon.
Local Couple Burned
In Explosion on
Chirikof Island
Mr. and Mrs. Len Allmon. Pal
mer residents, escaped serious in
juries Tuesday. February 19 in
a kerosene refrigerator explosion,
on Chirikof Island where they
are spending the winter months
as caretakers of the Chirikof
Beef Co. property.
In a telephone message to Har
ry Ryan, one of the company
owners, Allmon said that al
though they were not seriously
burned, they had been advised to
remain for a short time in Grif
fin Memorial Hospital where they
had been taken following their
evacuation from the island by
a R4D Navy passenger plane,
Thursday afternoon. They plan
ned to return to the island the
early part of this week.
Although the couple were both |
turned about the face and hands, ■
there was no damage to the j
house. The cause of the explosion !
has not been learned.
It is believed that this is the I
first time in* Navy history that
such a landing has been made
with a R4D. under such condi
ions. Lt. Max Roushman. USN
made the landing on 4000 feet of
beach without mishap. The All
mons had placed themselves at
each end of the beach directing
the Navy plane in for the landing.;
Gus and Billy Knutsen have;
taken up residence at the Martinj
Olson home in Wasilla, planning;
to finish out their school year at j
the Wasilla school.
Damaga Near $3,000
From Three-Car
Collision
A three-car collision near the
Eklutna Project site on the Pal
mer-Anchorage Highway shortly
after noon Sunday. February 1",
resulted in damages close to
$3,000. although no one suffered
serious injury i
According to local Highway Pa
trol investigating the accident J.
Dunhaver was going toward Pal
mer when he pulled his 1951
CMC truck across the highway to
enter the Eklutna Project con
struction camp where he lives at
Mile 34.5 Bruce E. Kenan, a Fort
Richardson civilian employee who
was headed toward Anchorage,
could not bring his 1951 Packard
sedan to a stop because of the
slippery pavement which was
covered with snow. He crashed 1
mto the truck and was immedi
ately hit from the rear by Roy
Mosher, another civilian em
ployee at Fort Richardson who
was driving a 1950 Chrysler.
Mosher's wife was suffering j
from shock following the acci-J
dent.
There was no damage to the
truck, but damage to the Packard
was estimated at $2-000. Damage
:o Mosher’s car was estimated at
$900.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE j
By Gene Kirsh
Germination Tests
It is time that everyone inter
ested in a good stand of grain
this year should be running a
seed germination test on material
intended for planting.
The foRowing method has been
suggested by the Agronomy De
partment of the Experiment Sta
tion: Take a paper towel and
place on it 100 seeds within an
inch or so of the edge of the pa
per. Then roll from one edge to
the other; fold in both ends to the
edge of the grain and secure by
using paper clips. Then set the
roll in a jar or can with an inch of
water in the bottom, placing the
jar in a warm room. Be sure the
water is kept at the one-inch le
vel as it evaporates quite rapidly.
Your sample is ready to make
the germination count in four
days.
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Homemakers' News
BY MARYLOU RIDEOUT
Remember the fish demonstra
tions! Ways to prepare fish and
the preservation of fish to b<
shown by Mrs. Ruby Browne.
Home demonstration agent from
Ketchikan and Norman Wigutoff.
Bureau of Fisheries, at the
Grange Hall. March 7 and 3 at 1
p. m. Everyone welcome. It’s free!
The annual Extension Service
ronferenccTis to be held in Palm
er next week. March 3-6. In addi
tion to the scheduled program,
various social treats are planned.
On Sunday evening a get together
lor those attending the conference
is to be held at the Matanuska
Lodge. Monday at 12 o’clock noon
a pot-luck luncheon will be given
by the homemakers’ clubs at the
United Protestant Chpreh. Each
club president is to notify club
members what food their club is
to bring. This luncheon was plan
ned by the Homemakers’ Council,
out this does not mean that only
Council members attend.
The Council just includes a re
presentativcvgroup from each club
and when it plans an event no
Homemakers is barred from at
tending that event.
On Tuesday evening the Cheo
rhako Cub is serving a supper
at the Charles Wilson home for
the women who are attending the
conference- On Wednsday evening
all conference members will have
dinner together at the United
Protestant Church. This is plan
ned and served by the Ladi ’s
Aid of that church.
CHEECHAKO PROFITS
FROM ACCA BOOTH
SWELL HOSPITAL FUND
Checks lotalmg SIM 0,i «ci"
received this week hv Hu..li
Johnson treasurer of the Valh .
Hospital fund raising committee,
from Mrs. Ida Stadler and Mrs.
Katherine Wilson of the Cheecha
ko Homemakers.
The checks represented th<
one-half share of profits from the
Alaska Crippled Childrens’ As
sociation booth at the Matanuska
Hotel for December and Jan
uary. The booth has been the pro
• ject of the Cheechakos. with Mrs.
John Sullivan and the hotel staff
generously helping with sales
during slack periods which do not
warrant full-time clerking by the
| Cheechakos. The hotel manage
ment also has kindly donated the
attractive booth in the lounge
for this charitable enterprise.
The other half share of the pro
fits goes to the Alaska Crippled
[Children’s Association, whose ac
, tivities the Cheechakos sponsor in
this area under the chairmanship
>f Mrs. Stadler.
The checks for $154.Oil received
this week bring to $288.06 the
total of Cheechako contributions
to the hospital fund from the
ACCA booth alone. Another $100
| contribution came from a sale of
food and gift items at the Farm
| ers’ Market and other club pro
j jects. Thus, the contributions of
; the Cheechako Homemakers *.o
the hospital fund total $388 08 »o
'date — and they are still coming
in.
Sheet Metal Work
Furnaces Stokers Pre-fob Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
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HUMMER CLAN
GATHERS AGAIN
It wan at least ten yi-a, ago
that the Pat and Joe llemmcrs
along with all their ehildn n were
together in the same plan at the
-ame time.
This leeord was broken Monday
night when they all gathered it
the Pat Hemmer home to bid
fanavell to the Walt Parci 11s who
are leaving next Sunday for th?
States. Mrs. Paroclls is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hemmer.
I Present besides guests of honor
Walt and Mrs. Parcells and sons
dike and Pat were host and host
ess Pat and Mrs. Hemmer; Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hemmer and son.
Jerry; John Hemmer, Tess Mc
Michael, Phil and Bobby Jo Mac
Rae. and John and Patty Weifen
! >erger with daughters Mary K,
and Carol Ann.
A buffet supper v.as served
and the guests of honor were pre
sented with a traveling case.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
i Dr. Foster Sims will leave
for Portland. Oregon this Satur
day where he will attend a den
tal convention.
During his absence his office
in the Ward building will be
closed, reopening March Id.
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Pastor
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(Meeting in Carpenters' Hall)
Sunday School, 10 A.M.
11 a. m. Hitchhiking to Heav
en
6:30 p. m. Training Union
7:30 p. m. “The Way That
Leads Home "
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