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re- which has stood in the Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 14th, 1979-3 BiU Boi sounds tile Last Post at the dedication of the Cenotaph community for the past ears. Plant propagation Propagation of plants is done in many different ways, some are started from grafts, some from cuttings and many more ways. This article will mainly deal with the cutting propagation, which many,of you have asked for me to write an article on this subject, especially since this is a good time of the year when you have time to spend indoors, and can enjoy this favourite pastime with the whole family. Taking a cutting is a very simple and uncomplicated job, as long as you have the Pre-Season Snowthrowei 4 Sale Toro 2Vi H.P.20 $329.95 Toro5 H.P. 24" » $699.95 Bofens5 H.P. 24" $699.95 Bolens6 H.P. 24" $729.95 Bo errs H.P. 26 $799.95 TORO 524 5 hp, 24 in. clearing width. For snow up to 12 inches deep. Clears up to 1200 lbs. of snow a minute. Spring- action scraper blade. Drum auger.' ROLPH DOMINION HARDWARE plant where you can take cuttings from. Simply snip off a short, young branch that is growing very vigorously. The best tool to use is a very sharp knife or a razor blade. Depending on the size of the plant, a 3 to 6 inch cutting will be fine, as long as the cutting is soft and growing rapidly. There are several rooting mediums. Some people will start them in a glass of water, and others will place them directly in a pot filled with soil.. When using water as a medium, place a piece of charcoal in the water, which will keep the water, fresh. The best medium which the grower grower normally uses is perlite, which I would recommend, since it does not get hard, it doës not get water logged, and you can transplant the plant very easily since some of the perlite will stick to the roots. You can leave perlite on the roots, and just plant them into the soil. By the way perlite is réadily available from your local florist or garden centre, and can be bought in small quantities. With many plants the root system will develop rapidly, so you don't have to use a rooting hormone although it will help to speed up the rooting process. With some of the hard to root cuttings, you must definitely use a rooting hormone which is a fine powder. This has a fungicide to keep the base of the cutting from rotting, and it also contains an acid which will speed up root formation. Leaf cuttings is another method of propagation that will work better with some plants. Take a large leaf, which ig healthy and plean, and cut thin slits across the veins in several places with a sharp knife or a razor blade. Then place the leaf flat * against the rooting medium, ■ Mr. Sterling Mather reads a vërse at the Remembrance Day Service held at the Orono Public School last Friday morning. He also told the Students that he will always remember the War because he lost two of six brothers. such as soil, perlite and even moist sand will do. Then weigh the leaf down with pebbles or sand, so that it will stay flat and the areas whére the cuts where made are in Contact with the rooting medium. Keep the medium moist but not soggy and eventually small plantlets will start from the cuts in the ■leaves. When they are several inches tall, carefully remove them from the leaf and plant them into a good planting soil mix. Ttie planting mix for small cuttings should be moist but not soggy, and it should have the ability to drain the excessive water so that the water does not stay in the soil mix. If the soil mix is too tacky then mix some sand or perlite through the mix, until the soil becomes nice and friable, so that when you take •a handfull and squeeze the soil, no water will drop out, or it does not stay together in ( Continued page 4) Red and White food stores Beef Bonanza Another great reason to Shop Red and Whrte winners of free groceries First winner -- Pam Duvall Second Winner -- John Taylor Third Winner -- Joyce Flett Fourth Winner--Irene Maher Fifth winner - Mar g Powell Final Weeks Grocery Draw Winner -- D. Fagan Cut from Canada Grade "A$ beef, wing or T-Bone Steaks Cut from Canada Grade "A" beef, boneless Rump Roasts Cut from Canada Grade "A" beef, full slice Round Steak Cut from Canada Grade "A" beef Stewing Beef Cut from Canada Grade "A" beet Sirloin Steaks BICKS Assorted Dill Pickles Frozen Valley Farm, straight cut French Fries 2.68 2.18 I» 2,08 boneless cube style lb. *1 ,88 __ ,b 2.48 32 fl, oz. jar , 99 '2 lb. pkg. ,28 Home of Si I VerWOOd All Canadian Fresh Dairy Products 1 CORNISH'S J