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Division of Statewide Services
The Sourdough Gardener’s
question box is loaded with
requests for information on
Alaska’s number one and two
greenhouse crops, tomatoes
and cucumbers.
Before we start on these, let
me keep my promise to the Ar -
ctic Circle gardeners at Vene
tie, Chalkyitsik and Ft. Yukon,
and say hello to everyone
down here in the “Banana
Belt”. The people up there
have the laugh on us. They
raise the same vegetables we
do down here, and do it in less
than 90 days. “We don’t fool
around up here”, they say.
“It gives us more time for fish
ing >>
Speaking of tomatoes in
greenhouses, I’ve seen some
mighty fine ones grown from
Venetie, North of the Circle,
down to Ketchikan in South
eastern Alaska. The secret of
course, is proper management.
Some people’s trouble starts
with variety selection. There
are two principal types called
Determinate and Indetermin
ate. The first stops growing,
tall of its own accord and is us
ually grown outside where'
space is not a problem. The
greenhouse type grows tall
and of course saves precious
bed space. Extension Bulletin
No. 7, “Vegetable Varieties
List” and Extension Circular
No. 455, “Greenhouse Toma
toes For Alaska”, will give you
some dependable varieties to
choose from.
The home greenhouse oper
ators should not expect a max
imum crop of either tomatoes
or cucumbers when these vege
tables are grown together, be
cause of slightly different re
quirements. Tomatoes do best
at temperatures between 70° -
75“ F., with night temperatures
about 10° cooler. Cucumbers,
on the other hand, like to have
the greenhouse 5° - 10° warm
er, and less change at night.
Both vegetables like an even
supply of water. Blossom-end
rot of tomatoes is caused by
uneven watering. Most every
one knows what it looks like,
but only a few realize how
easy it is to control. Good ven
tilation and temperature con
trol, combined with uniform
watering, will go a long way
toward elimination of Blos
som-end rot.
Leaf mold causes serious
loss of tomato production. Re
sistant varieties are the best
preventative, but our impor
tant friend—ventilation—also
helps to reduce the fungus ger
mination.
Tomatoes are perfectly flow
ered so it only takes a sharp
jar of the plant to loosen the
ripe pollen and insure fruit
Cucumbers are quite differ
ent, because they have both
male and female flowers. This
gives us the clue to many poor
crops. Each female blossom
must be fertilized by pollen
from a male blossom. This
may be done with a fine cam
els hair brush. Another way is
to pick the male blossom, re
move the petals and touch this
to the center of the female
bloom. The female is easy to
tell, because it has a tiny cu
cumber at its base. This little
“pickle” will not develop un
less fertilized.
Now we come to the catch
in the whole process. The male
blooms not only come first, but
few females will form if the
greenhouse is kept too cool.
It is not unusual to have a
very few female blooms until
late June or early July. By
that time there may be a short
age of male blossoms.
A good solution is to get the
greenhouse warmed up early,
and let the female blooms
form. Later in the season hold
the temperature a little lower,
which will allow the cucum
bers to grow and also favors
the tomato production.
It takes a lot of fertilizer to
grow a full crop of anything in
a greenhouse because the
amount of soil where plant
roots can forage is very limit
ed. Keep an eye out for any
signs of light colored leaves or
slow growth, and don’t forget
to review Alaska Cooperative
Extension Publication No. 10
on when and how much to fer
tilize.
We won’t have time to talk
about the other crops in the
greenhouse, such as pepper
and eggplant, except to warn
about trying to get conditions
right for everything. Decide on
o^e major crop (or at most,
two) and set up conditions for
this. Just consider anything
else you grow as a bonus.
Mews From
Sutton - Eska - Alpine
By Sally Norris
Alaska’s favorite game was
played July 5 at the Sutton
Community Hall. Mrs. John
Leppanen won the 25-cent
game and Iris Clements’ name
was called for the door prize.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Vert of
Washington and their grand
son, Dick Tucker of California,
ad Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Herrin
of Palmdale, Calif., are visit
ing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Tucker and family.
• * «
Mrs. Allen Richey of Anch
orage is spending a few days
at the Boyle home in Sutton.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. Colin McLaugh
lin and Andrea of Jonesville
left last week to make their
new home in Vancouver, B.C.
» * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ord of
Suntrana spent a few days in
Sutton last week.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mathe
son and family of Jonesville
moved to Anchorage last week
where they are making their
home.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Don Boulter
of Sutton spent a few days in
Homer last week.
* * *
Mrs. William Kudlacek and
son Ivan returned from their
trip to California last Monday.
* » *
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Graves of
Sutton returned Saturday from
their trip to the South Forty
eight.
* * ♦
Bob Bronson also returned
last week from his trip Out
side.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fisher and
family spent Sunday in An
chorage.
* * *
Marie James and Midge
Melendy of Palmer visited on
Friday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Fisher and family
» * *
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Clemenson
of Anchorage and Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Lohr of Anchorage visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Woody Ber
saw over the weekend.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith
and daughters visited Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Johnson of Sutton
on Friday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Edin and
sons of Grand Rapids, Minne
sota are new residents in the
Sutton area.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Yanke and
children and Dick Sumner of
Anchorage visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Norris
and family.
GOOD CROWDS
TURN OUT FOR
LITTLE LEAGUE
With good weather the past
week, good crowds have gath
ered to cheer the Palmer Lit
tle Leaguers. Although some
outstanding plays have been
made, Roy Brown of the Jones
ville team has the distinction
of hitting the only over-the
fence home run so far this sea
son.
In the last double header,
played on July 3, the tables
were turned on the leading
Moose team when the MTA
downed them with a score of
16 to 10. The Kiwanis won over
Jonesviile 19 to 7 in the first
game.
On July 8, the new schedule
began with one game a night
being played, starting at 6:30.
In a very close game, with the
Kiwanis leading most of the
way, the Moose brought ii two
runs in the sixth inning and
then held the Kiwanis to ro
runs, winning 13 to 12.
On July 9, Jonesviile and
MTA played a good game with
Jonesviile winning 10 to 6.
Team Standings
Team Won Lost
MOOSE _6 2
KIWANIS _4 4
JONESVILLE _3 5
MTA _3 5
From 1925 to 1932, Henry
Ford pioneered in aviation.
Among Mr. Ford’s contribu
tions were the first commer
cial airliner — which carried
mail between Dearborn, Chi
cago and Cleveland—and the
radio navigation beam.
WELL DRILLING
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COTTEN DRILLING OPERATIONS
REASONABLE RATES — FOR INFORMATION
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NOTICE
Taxpayers who have paid in
terest on property tax levied
under Chapter 10, SLA 1949
(Alaska Property Tax Act) may
be entitled to refund as provided
by Chapters 27 and 28, SLA
1982.
Further information may be
secured by writing to the Pro
perty Tax Division, Department
of Revenue, Thomas Building,
156 So. Franklin Street, Juneau,
Alaska.
Cuban Refugees
Attend U of A
Amado Izaquirre and Fran
cisco Ramos, the two young
Cuban refugees relocated here
under the auspices of the Un
ited Protestant Church, are
now enrolled in summer cour
ses at the University of Alaska,
a church representative said
this week.
Both are interested in con
tinuing their education, and
the possibility of federal aid
for refugees attending college
is being investigated.
Room and board at the Uni
versity is being provided for
the two by the University
Church. They write that they
are getting along well and are
busy.
Mrs. John DeVries of the lo
cal church this week received
a letter from the Rev. Arsenio
Fernandez, pastor of the Bap
tist Church in Victoria de Las
Tunas, Oriente. Cuba, thanking
the local group for the assis
tance they have given Amado.
The letter mentions that Ama
do’s mother is a member of the
church, and that Amado at
tended the church school and
was active in church affairs.
SOCIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE
TO VISIT PALMER FRIDAY, JULY 19
J m Mara, .social security re
(,ntatives, will v'isit Palmer
on Friday, July 19. If you have
a problem or a question about
the old-age, survivors or dis
ability program, you are invit
ed to see Mara. He will be in
Hazel Byhams’ office from 10
a.m. to 12 noon, on that date
Your social security provides
a basic protection against three
major lifetime “risks”: old-age,
disability, and death. Mara
said.
"It is important to remem
ber that the program provides
this lifetime protection—not
only retirement benefits in old
age, but also individual and
family payments if you be
come too disabled to work,
and payments for your family
if you should die,” he stated.
You may write to the near
est social security office for
two free publications that will
help you to understand the
types of protection you are
buying with the social secur
ity taxes you are paying;
Booklet 35—Your Social Se
curity—which explains in sim
ple language the main facts
of the program
Leaflet 855 — Social Secur
’ty Benefits — which tells
The Model T, the car that
helped Henry Ford put the
world on wheels, transformed
stubble fields into highways
and thereby brought about its
own demise Smoother roads
and straight highways called
for faster, more comfortable
cars—which resulted in the
production of the Ford Model
A in 1928.
GEORGE (Little Foot)
ROSETTA
INVITES ALL HIS
VALLEY FRIENDS
TO DROP IN TO THE
Blue Mirror
COCKTAIL LOUNGE
Mt. McKinley Apts.—BR 8-9566
Anchorage
how you earn social security
credits, how many credits or
units of coverage you need for
benefits to be payable, and
how to estimate the amount of
your benefits.
DANNY DAGGS DIES
IN CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moore
of Palmer were informed re
cently of the death of Danny
Daggs, former resident here.
Daggs died in Redding, Calif.,
shortly after his return from a
year’s construction work in
Greece Stricken with pneu
monia while working on a
Redding tunnel construction
job, he died three days later.
Funeral services were held
at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints in Red
ding, and interment was in a
j Hollyw'ood cemetery.
During his stay in this area.
Daggs was a construction fore
man on the Ekiutna tunnel,
and his wife operated the Yal
ey Beauty Shop in Palmer.
Appaloosa horses was a
breed developed by Nez Perce
Indians.
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MATANUSKA VALLEY CANCER CRUSADE BENEFIT
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• PENDLETON and GAME & LAKE Shirts
• GULFSTREAM slacks
• DOBBS & RESTIOL hats
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Horned toads don’t mind the heat. But you do!
As hard as you try, you can’t beat the heat with
fans ... or pitchers of cold drinks ... or shades
drawn tight against the sun.
Besides, this method of keeping coo! leaves
you listless all summer long. You know the feeling
—all your energy is sapped. You have no desire
to move even a muscle.
Electric air conditioning—the modem way of
JjdiL *t» It allows you to keep
keeping cool — gives
you refreshing spring
air all summer long.
windows closed against outside noise, dust, dirt
and pollen. Inside, you have clean, cool, filtered
air for your whole family to work, eat, sleep and
play by.
Choose from many compact room units, or
install a central system. Whichever you choose,
electric air conditioning is your best buy under
the summer sun.
Visit your electric appliance dealer, air con
ditioning contractor or
rural electric repre
sentative. Do it now
—before you sizzle.
ELECTRICITY—the heart of modern living
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