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cut. Fruit trees ought to be cleaned and pruned in late winter with dormant
spray applied there after. A sticky ring either painted or wrapped around tree
trunks will keep caterpillars from climbing up after their emergence in the
spring. Cut the lawn, seed, and keep moist. Apply lime later. The compost
pile should be arranged for winter - layer and sprinkle with lime.

Exhibits from Riverside included cosmos, love lies bleeding, zinnias, clematis
(bridal veil), cinnamon basil, nasturtiums, and baselia malabar.
From Lea House came cleome, globe amaranth, and white marigolds.
Offerings from Clifton were New England Aster, marigolds, orange cosmos,
butterfly bush, zinnias, lavender, and artemesia.
The Cedars brought a fine long season beet, sweet potatoes, and a "Sheer
Bliss" rose.
From the Earps came zinnias, marigolds, garlic chives, a purple pepper, and a
cubanelle pepper.
Helen Farquar brought marigolds, asters, zinnias, and cleoni in a beautiful
indian ceramic bowl.
Sylvia Woodward brought her last rose of summer - which was a fine pink
peace rose.

The bird report included Jim Bullard's sighting of 2 barred owls at Clifton.
Nancy Pruess brought an advertisement for winter roosting boxes. The need
for these boxes has developed because many natural shelters such as decrepit,
old buildings and shattered, decaying trees are being eliminated under the
pristine grind of suburbia's advance.

The Redundancy Committee reported great strides under the energies and
guidance of John Hartge. A computer program had been worked out that
enables the abstracter to digest the old minutes with considerable effect.
Over 3 years of old minutes have already been worked on. The project of
dissecting and organizing over a century's worth of horticultural knowledge,
hearsay, contradictions, ignorance, witchcraft, and supposition is an awesome
task. The first steps that have been taken are impressive indeed.

Questions;
Aduna Hanel asked what to do about teeny, weeny slugs. Beer doesn't work
because they're obviously underage - however, it was mentioned as a possible
emollient for the frustrated gardener. A suggestion was to leave a board on
the ground so the little darlings can seek shelter from danger. The gardener
can then come by on occasion and stomp on it.
John Hartge advises us to go on gypsy moth egg cluster hunts. Each cluster
can contain 1,000 eggs and if left unchecked, the eventual damage to
hardwoods is horrible to behold.
Peter Conlon has 2 semi-dwarf apple trees. The fruit grew and fell off
before maturing. Our bad year for rain is blamed. The same problem was
mentioned regarding seckle pears.
Sylvia Woodward inquired after the woolly bear consensus. The thickness of
the center color band indicates the severity of the winter ahead. Since the
one that was spotted was in her kitchen it was deduced that the winter in
front of us included bad weather indeed.
Ari Preuss mentioned that there have been no finches on his thistle seed
feeder. It was assumed that they can be found where the real food is and
will come to the feeder when natural sources become depleted.
Elizabeth Thornton wanted to know if anyone has extra tansy. She needs
some for dying fabrics. Some was located & offered.