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Lakeview, June 6, 1989 ; page 1

The June meeting of the Sandy Spring Horticultural Society took place at
Lakeview, home of Mary Seiler. The grounds were lush and the house
welcomed us with its blend of modern lines and graceful comfort. Missing
were Lydia Haviland and Beth Bullard. We were pleased by the reappearance
of Sylvia Woodward and Bill and Bettes Hartge. Our guest were Ted and
Sherry Fletcher.

After a sumptuous meal the meeting was called to order in fits and starts
due to the loquaciousness of the group and the absence of an commandant-
sized gavel.

The Minutes from the May meeting were read and since there was no
unfinished business we proceeded to the Selected Article brought in by Tom
Canby
.

The article was from the August edition of Science News and concerned
research undertaken at Clemson University. It dealt with mulch and the
effect that the reflected color has on the plants around which it is applied.

There were a great many recommendations and suggestions about how certain
plants can benefit from specifically colored mulch. For instance tomatoes
like red mulch and bell peppers like white. The article's conclusion was that
each plant may prefer its own stripe of the spectrum and these colors can
affect taste, shelf life, or resistance to blights. Taken seriously a proper
garden would give the horticultural a tough ray to hue.

We followed the Selected Article with the minutes from 100 years ago. At
Falling Green on June 4, 1889 2 1/2 foot corn plants and peas having been
harvested for 2 weeks were brought in as exhibits. Once again, the 1989
meeting was impressed.

Ellen Hartge followed with a forethought distilled from the information
kettles of the extension service. We are advised to deal with bagworms and
aphids from mid-June to mid-July. Prune flowering shrubs and clip and dry
summer flowers worthy of preserving. Look out for squash bugs and control
(i.e. kill) with sabadilla dust [spelling ?]. During this wet weather we should
expect legions of slugs sliming through the garden. Their advance can be
quashed with traps and shallow pools of beer.

Fall crops such as broccoli and cabbage should be started as well as
successive plantings of snap beans and corn.

We were reminded that dill can be an effective trap plant for tomato worms.
Also mentioned was the value of nasturtiums as pest repellents.

John Hartge followed with the Meteorologist Report. May had been a wet
one with 12 days of rain - the first 17 days of May giving us 10 inches.

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