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September 4, 1990, Quailhill, page 3

Elizabeth Thornton asked where scraping corn was available. Todd Greenstone
and the Stablers were two possible sources.
She also bemoaned a large harvest of Georgia Jet sweet potatoes that were
big and tasteless.

Susan Canby has powdery mildew on lilacs - should she prune them now? No,
the mildew won't kill - it just weakens. Prune later.

Sally Eller inquired about japanese lotus. It was said that if the Earps were
here they'd know.

John Hartge asked what favorite scents the group could come up with.
Honey suckle, bridal veil, lilac, Viburnum, basil, lemon balm, wild artemesia,
and mint were among those offered.

In the wake of Gordy Allen-Wardell's eloquent proponency of bee keeping,
Bettes Hartge offered that a Bee Report might make a good addition to our
meetings. There were nods of agreement but no movement was formally
addressed.

Sherry Fletcher is looking for a stand of milkweed. Behind soccer field at
SSFS suggested. She is interested in Monarch Butterfly eggs whose numbers
have suffered considerably because of gypsy moth spraying. The Ellers have
lots of milkweed but no monarch eggs. West Virginia Monarch count is way
down.

Ted Fletcher has an adult Japanese Maple that is doing poorly. Brookside
gardens
has the same problem and if the missing members of the society were
in attendance, they'd probably know what was wrong.
Also what would be the advantage to being polluted at night? Less
competition.

Ellis Manning watched a cicada killer in action. He made it sound like being
next to a military proving ground crossed with roller derby and professional
wrestling. Gordy Allen-Wardell related an instance when he was manning the
Extension Service telephone when a concerned individual asked how he could
keep his child from being attacked by a cicada killer. Gordy recommended
never, never dress the child up as a cicada. Christie added that his tenure
at the phones is not guaranteed.

We at some point appologized to our guests about the absence of our brain
trust and agreed that in the future those members should not be given
permission to slim our ranks so completely as they did that evening.

The hosts were grateful for those who did attend and congratulated
themselves for passing themselves off as grownups. We concluded the
meeting and agreed to next meet at Roslyn, home of the Hussmans when
Harold Earp would be the assigned reader.

Humbly,
Peter Austin
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