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Real Estate Board Celebrates 25 Years LETS GET GROWINà with Harry VanBelle QUESTIONS ON GARDENING How can 1 force fuschias in bloom for the winter? Bring them indoors and check if there are any insects on them, or better still, spray them with an indoor.plant insecticide, to dlean Up any inseets that could be brought into the home this way. Then bring them into the basement for storage to ripen them Up, for the winter, then prune back the branches by a Ileast haîf of last years growth, and don't water them until the fîrst of January, and at this time they can be brought upstairs and forced into bloom again, at which time they will require as much light as possible, and you should start feeding them. How do we store dahlias? Dahlias can be storej in peatmoss, which must be on the dry side, or sand or even sawdust, but store them, with the tubers or the top of the stem facing downward. Con we still plant evergreens and shrubs? Yes, in fact thîs is probably one of the best times of the year to plant them, sînce they are going into their dormant stage, and will trans- plant very well. The roots will sill take a hold into the soil, and they will be ready to grow as soon as the spring opens up. When should my strawberries be covered? The best time is after we have had at least 3 to 4 good frosts. or when the temperaturedrops below the freezing mark for a least a week, this will probably be sometime in the month of November. Different types of mulch can be used, such as hay, straw, peatmoss and even cocoa bean husks, just make sure that there are no weed seeds in the mulch, since this will give you more work than it is worth next year. Spread the mulch about 3 to 4 inches thick, but doi down, since this wil the strawberry plan 110w long should we evergreens? This is Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, October 25. 1978 ,3 off andl then wework upth 'U *soul slightly around the ever- v and alilut W greens and plant our bulbs, ~ * thpp we cover the entire bed with a thin layer of cocoa bean shlswiéibuls p teCamp aign soil, retaînsth osuei )n't pack it, the soil and which gives it a il smother nice clean look for the winter ign H e e ts. months, plus the advantage E I li e that it keeps the first flush of Vandaîs did about $100' water Our weeds down to a minimum in damage to election signs last san excel- the sprin.g. wekacodietaasnks lent question, since watering in the faîl of evergreens is one of, the most important water- îngs you can give your plants. Watering should be done right up until the frost freezes over the soul, since evergreens will absorb this moisture during the winter months and no natural water will be avail- able due to the frost, until well into the spring season. Especially evergreens that are planted this faîl or which are planted close to the foundation of the house, they will dry out very rapidly unless you water them just before complete freeze-up. Mulching around the plants will also be helpful. In our garden we remove the annuals after the frost has killed them Can we pot a spruce tree in a pot and use it for Christmas indoors? Most of the time this does not work very well, first of althe Spruce tree will have a hard time to become acclimatized in the bouse due to lack of water and of course humidity, even if you could overcome this problemn, after Christmas it must be planted outside, but the soil may be frozen so bard that you will neyer get into the soil for planting and you will not be able to give it water in the winter since the soil will not absorb any water wben frozen. UNTIL NEXT WEEK, HAPPY GARDENING. wtcK acuringtu a 5jnKs man for Bobý Dykstra's campaign office. The spokesman said about 50 of their signs were tomn down or defaced by unknown, persons who scrawled foui,, letter words across them. The damage was evident on many of the large four-foot signà posted by the majoralty' èandi- date in Bowmanville. Signs for Councillor Dykstra, were erected Saturdayý, October 14, and the damage was reported on Wednesday, October 18. Councillo r Dykstra's campaign office announced that police had been called to investigate. S:T .EU:AN VISIT OUR NEW RECORD DEPARTMENT FOR BEST VALUES IN TOWN What's ail the smiling about? These members of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board have just celebrated their 25 years of service in Durham Region. Left to right: Dennis Chura, Gerry Van Schepen, Bud Virtue, Peter Kowal, Walter Frank, Gord Barnes, Banner Passant, George Van Dyk. Bottom row: Guy Leblanc and Mac Macdonald. The real estate board also reached another milestone recently when it introduced its first book giving MLS listings compiled by a computer. Local real estate agents are now using a computer to belp clients who are in the market for a home, a farm or a business. The new MLS -Computer Photo Book offers real estate agents in the Region a weekly update of ail MLS listings. The book contains a listing of homes complete with pictures and farms, industries, commercial property and vacant land in separate sections. A weekly computer print out on ail MLS sales is, provided and thanks to computerization, the book features the marketing time of properties listed througb MLS and even a percentage break- down of the sale price compared 10 the list price. The new book was officially unveiled recently at a press conference at the heritage House Restaurant in Bowmanville. From a humble beginning almost 25 years ago, the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board began its photo- co-op service using a hand- operated stencil machine to process MLS listings. 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NOW Thurs and Fr. 1279 Simube Belleville 479 Dundas W. 3HntS.FOR tilhawpam Blleville Bellevie Ajx CH RISTM ASi change considering the fact that Oshawa and District Real Estate Board's MLS depart- ment will process over 5,000 MLS listings this year and the sales volume will surpass $95 million in 1978. That's a big change from, the first year of MLS service in the Oshawa district wben a total of 54 listings were processed and sales numbered fine at a volume of $90,000. The average sale was $10.000. Gerry VanSchepen, the MLS Chairman for -the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board, said the book is of definite benefit to vendors since their listings with pictures will appear weekly for the duration of the listing contract and purchasers will find it easier to locate a home of their choice since the book records listings in sections namely by address, type of property and by ascending price. Mr. VanSchepen said that the computer systemn is a vast improvement over the metbod ,previously7 used 'in the processing of MWLSiszti-ngs. This was done at the Real Estate Board office on a tandem offset press. More than 700 members would file individual listings in a binder twice weekly - a real, time- consuming procedure. Mr. XanSchepen reported that although the inception of computer books in real estate is relatively new in Ontario, at least 20 boards across the province have changed to computerization of MLS listings. In addition to providing information on property, agents can find regional information such as area maps, lists of bospitals, day care centres, schools and churches in the new computer book. The board says its executive is extremely pleased that the broker members and sales agents have almost unanimously supported the acquisition of this new service and with their co-operation the transition to the new system could be achieved in a few short months. Adopt Policy On Replacing Mail ]Boxes If the Durbam Region should accidentally break a mailbox, it will replace it free of, charge anywhere in Durham. A new policy on mail box location and replacement adopted by Regional Council in Whitby last week noted that the boxes will be replaced free of charge if damaged by regional road equipment and provided that the box is erected according to regional guidelines. A report fromn the Durham public works committee noted that previously it had been regional policy to replace mailboxes but charge a five dollar fee in the former, Ontario County. Here in former Durham county, no fee had been charged. According 10 guidelines for installing mail boxes, each box must bc no dloser than the dit ch cdge of the shoulder of a road or ai lcast, onè foot away from the nearesi edge of the travelled roadway where there is no shoulder or ai Ieast one foot away from the nearest curb. 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