14 - Friday, October 4, 1996 — North Shore News

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More than 35 varieties of apples will

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3 be available for sale as well as 300 young
S iva S 0 C i Ss apple trees, many of which are suitable
for patio or container use.

For the cost of a ioonic, apple con-

Native ORGANIZERS of UBC and apples for the growing. interest in the apple festival. noisseurs will be able to sample more
Botanical Garden’s apple festi- The event takes place at the gardens, — than 50 varicties of apples.

| os les f A cold, rainy spring and an absence 6804 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, on For more information, phone the
val are promising apples for the — of bees has hampered this year’s apple Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20, — garden at 822-9666.
; r tasting, apples for the buying harvest but that shouldn’r diminish — between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. — Layne Christensen

DID you know that
skunk cabbage is.a mem-
ber of the calla lily family
.and its botanical name is
Lysichitum americansm
Or that cacti can grow
outdoors in many,areas of
the Pacific Northwest?
These and other bits. of
horticultural trivia can. be
found in Washington State

Gardening with
-’ Native Piants

OF ‘THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

2 An Mtusteated Guide

Kruckeberg’s | oft-cover
book," Gardening” with
Nativ Plants of the Pacific
“Northwest. University of
- Washington Press; $29.95).-

~~. An -indispensable tool _
for serious: green: thumbs,
it's also handy’ for -novice-
‘gardeners who” may. not.
know their salal from their :
sumiac.. Technical drawings:
and... color: photographs :
‘illustrate many oft the plant
descriptions. Layne:
Christensen

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