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H/10/1990-1-

October 2, 1990, Roslyn, page 1

We held our last meeting of the year at Roslyn, home of the
Hussmans. The warmth and familiarity of our surroundings
was intimately appreciated and in direct contrast to the
larger event of the moment which was the reunification of
East and West Germany. Missing from the gathering included
Jim Bullard, the Hanels, The Rogers, and the Ellers. Our
guest for the evening was Jane Riggs.

After a meal the likes of which we would sorely miss for the
next 5 months we began the meeting by reading the September
minutes, dispensing with Unfinished Business and moving on
to the Assigned Reader. Harold Earp had an article entitled
"Talking Tidewater" by Robert Day. Mr. Day is a Kansas
native who teaches at Washington College in Chestertown,
Maryland
. His wit, humor and landlocked heritage made for
an amusing perspective on the ideocyncrasies of Eastern
Shore lexicon.

Bettes Hartge followed with an article about foiling pests
without poison. Beth Bullard contributed a treatment for
black spot on roses, 1 tablespoon of baking soda per gallon
should be sprayed on the plants weekly.

There were no old minutes so we went on to Forethought which
gratefully included an implied respite during the cold
months ahead. In these waning gardening weeks we were
advised to check soil samples, start compost piles, plant
green manure, and harvest the last crops of the season that
could be damaged by cold weather. We were told it's a good
time to plant bulbs and remember that the bigger the bulb
the better the bloom. An aside included a query about which
end of an anemone is up, the Solomons amongst us advised to
plant those bulbs on their side. The final forethought
suggestion dealt with cleaning up the garden to prepare for
next year's effort as well as foiling pests from becoming
entrenched in the wreckage of late gardening efforts.

The Meteorological Report mentioned September being a dry
month with only 1/5 of the previous month's rainfall.
Riverside reported 1.7 inches and National Airport logged .9
which was 2.6 inches below average. Our temperatures ran
77.3 for average high and 53.6 for an average low. On the
7th our high for the month was 89 degrees and the low of 36
happened on the 18th.

EXHIBITS
A fine collection of late season harvests were admired.
Unfortunately, the list of the offerings was misplaced.
Following generations of SSHS members will have to suffer
this void of information. It's the Secretary's fault - his
name should live in infamy.

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