Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1972 (Horticultural Society)

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Ulric Hutton recommending Scottish black currant jam as a delicious treat and explaining why black currants are not grown in this country. It seems it is illegal in some states because of a disease having them as one of its 3 hosts; the others being juniper and wheat. The omission of one breaks the cycle and controls the disease.

Sylvia's FORETHOUGHT reminded us to mark daffodils for division and replanting, feed bulbs, remove 1/3 of oldest canes on forsythia, plant hardy annuals, sew everlasting, set the lawn mower at 2 1/2, pick pansies.

The report of the Metereologist or weather man, whose title has been corrected to CLIMATOLOGIST, follows: May's high was 84°; low - 24°; Average mean temperature - 51°; with 8.1" of rainfall and 1" of snow. 100 years ago the high was 89° and the mean was 53°. Is the world getting colder?.

The list of exhibits is attached.

Comment on birds: An oriole is enjoying fresh apples on B Hutton's feeder. He preceded his mate by several days. A towhee is there too. Mary Moore sang ( whistled ) the Oriole's tune and it was agreed to be quite accurate.

Bill Canby has a Red - headed Woodpecker, thought to be almost extinct in these parts.

Allen Thomas has a Carolina Wren nesting in a basket on his back porch.

B Hutton protects her wrens by locking them in the garage to keep out the neighbour's cats!

Animal tales: Allen Thomas saw a rabbit pursued by a red fox the other day. The rabbit got away.

The MEMBERSHIP committee dubiously identified itself as Betty Ligon, Alan Thomas and Mary Reading Miller. There are 16 members now with one vacancy.

QUESTIONS: Lucy Manning desired information on tomatoes in a wire cage for a friend who had heard of such a phenomena in California. Betty Ligon, Ulrich Hutton, Ellis Manning, and Allan Thomas all contributed advice on raising them this way from experience. The cage should be about 2 feet across, staked firmly down and it was felt that the yield is very good.

Bill Canby asked the Horticultural Society a question his farmers' club couldn't answer and received advice to use potatoes as bait for wireworms on root vegetables. Or else to use 10-6-4 instead of 10-10-10.

Helen Farquhar is worried about a very old rose with a lovely bloom which has bloomed ever since she has been at the Cedars. It is dead. She was advised to prune it to the ground. It may return. This has been a bad winter for roses with no snow and quick variations in temperature.

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John Weske was advised not to use Atrazine on his beans despite his friend's success with it on corn.

Ulrich Hutton commented on Canadian thistle which is increasing in this area and is a noxious weed, Ignored by cattle in pasture. Bill Canby voluntered that the cattle will eat from the bottom up for the thorns do not annoy them that way. But Ulrich is still wondering how to get the cows upside down. Another solution for the control of the thistle offered was broadleaf weed killer or perhaps salt.

M M Miller was advised to use Dalapar ( a Dow product ) to control the Star of Bethlehem which is killing a good bit of her yard.

Bea Wilson and Sylvia Woodward are particularly discouraged by weeds. Bea used 2-4D in a watering can on the yard and will report what happens.

Elizabeth Ligon brought a plant to identified. Bea Wilson recognized it as Epiculum medium, which she had gotten from Elizabeth!

A most enjoyable and entertaining meeting was adjourned at 9.00, with compliments to the host and hostess, to meet in June with Rose and Ulrich Hutton with Betty Ligon reading.

Caroline Hussman acting Secretary

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