The Indiana Ledger - DaffLibrary...March 19 IDS Mee ng @ HPNC 1‐4 p.m. April 15‐16 Midwest...
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The Indiana Ledger The Publication of the Indiana Daffodil Society
Ka Freeman, editor Vol. XXV March, 2016, Mary Milberger, president
2016 Officers
President .................................... Mary Milberger Vice President ................................ Dan Bellinger New Member Liaison .......................... Suzy Wert Secretary ......................................... Janet Wilson Treasurer ........................................Ruth Pelouch
Commi ees
Daffodil Bulb Sales .............................. Sara Kinne ........................................................Ruth Pelouch IDS Daffodil Show ................................ Sue Luken ................................................ Diane Cockerham IDS Show Program ............................... Suzy Wert ............................................................ Jim Wilson Hor culture .............................. Helen Trueblood Hospitality .................................... Rosie Springer Membership Directory ............... Mary Milberger Parliamentarian ......................... Francesca Levi Publicity .................................. Diane Cockerham Website ............................................... Suzy Wert ............................................................ Jim Wilson Newsle er ........................................ Ka Freeman Photographer .................................. Susan Lyons
Save these dates for 2016!!
March 19 IDS Mee ng @ HPNC 1‐4 p.m. April 15‐16 Midwest Regional Daffodil Show @ HPNC (set up April 14) August 27 IDS Mee ng @ Brown County Public Library Nov. 11‐12 ADS Fall Forum and Fall Blooming
Daffodil Show
from our president…
Close to 20 of our Indiana Daffodil Society (IDS)members are ge ng ready to pack our bags to a end the World Daffodil Conven on in St. Louis. I truly wish all of our members could a end. The educa onal opportuni es are going to be great. It will be interes ng to see which sessions our members choose to a end on Friday. Our upcoming mee ng on March 19 (Saturday) will also be a great learning opportunity for all members. It will be an American Daffodil Society (ADS) Judges Refresher session conducted by our Vice President, Dan Bellinger, on Top Tips for Exhibi ng Blue Ribbon Flowers. I believe to get credit, the folks who are par cipa ng in the judging curriculum need to have a check made out to ADS for $5.00. The rest of us will benefit from the talk and presenta on because we will learn how to choose the perfect bloom and how to “groom” it for a show. Dan has been preparing for this and plans to have some wonderful daffodil blooms for us to work with. IDS has a long and rich history. “Back in the day,” the ladies wore their finest with their gloves, hats, and heels. You were addressed by your surname. But the Indiana group, as well as the ADS, has steadily grown. With our 60th year star ng out with so much ac vity, we mustn’t forget that our whole year will con nue to be busy. We have our show at Holliday Park Nature Center, digs, cleaning/drying, picnic, bag and tags, sales, and hos ng the ADS Fall Forum with its first ever Fall Blooming Daffodil Show! In the midst of that list is the picnic. The date and place is TBA. (Hopefully, someone will say, “Hey, it’s my turn to host the picnic!”) With that, I’ll just say, “See you next Saturday” as we con nue enriching the history of the Indiana Daffodil Society.
Mary
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year.
Robert Frost
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The meeting was called to order at 3:55 p.m. by President Mary Milberger. Board members present: President: Mary Milberger Vice President: Sue Luken Secretary: Marilyn Ferguson New members were recognized: George & Carmon Hicks. The August meeting minutes were approved and accepted as written by the members present. I. Announcements The $250 donation to the scholarship fund was announced. An IDS $500 honorarium to the 2016 World Daffodil Convention was sent. IDS needs to complete the remaining 15 hours to fulfill our contract with the park. IDS will still owe $265 to Holliday Park for our usage of the facility. Jeanne Lager will host the 2016 August meeting at the Brown County Library. II. Financial information There will be four scholarships in 2016.
$500 to Hanover College in honor of Dr. Modisett
$1000 to Purdue via “Fastweb” $1000 to IU (Libby Frey Scholarship) $1000 via “Fastweb” (Helen Trueblood
Scholarship)
IDS would pay the early registration ($287) for IDS members who as of 9/15/2015 are currently active members. Members need to apply for the registration grant using the provided form. IDS will host the Fall Forum and Daffodil Show November 11-12, 2016. Committee sign up sheets were available for members to sign up to help with the Fall Forum. Jim & Janet Wilson will work the registration desk for the event. III. The slate of officers for 2016-2017 was presented and voted upon. The slate was approved as presented. President: Mary Milberger Vice President: Dan Bellinger Treasurer: Ruth Pelouch Secretary: Janet Wilson IV. Miscellaneous Award bulbs were handed out to the membership. A big thank you to all who helped this year to make our bulb sales a success. Meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.. Respectfully submitted: Ruth Pelouch Acting Secretary
Indiana Daffodil Society, Holliday Park, October 10, 2015
Fall Mee ng Minutes
Next Mee ng: Saturday, March 19, 1‐4 p.m. Holliday Park Nature Center
6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis
To jumpstart the Midwest Region daffodil season, Indiana Daffodil Society is hos ng a Judges Refresher at the March mee ng: Think like a judge (what judges look for) ‐‐ Top Tips for Selec ng, Grooming and Exhibi ng Blue Ribbon Daffodils, a hands‐on workshop presented by IDS Vice President, Daniel Bellinger. Dan is an American Daffodil Society Judge and Judge’s Instructor and also a hybridizer. Since this is a hands‐on course, IDS members should bring their gear for grooming flowers, such as scissors, co on balls, pen, etc., as part of the workshop.
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Upcoming Events for 2016
April 2 & 3, 2016 Kentucky Daffodil Show George Rogers Clark High School (cafeteria) 2745 Boonesboro Road Winchester, KY 40391 Contact Michael Kuduk, 1110 McCann Drive, Winchester, KY 40391, [email protected] 859‐556‐0897 or Jim Wilson, 2303 Stonybrook Ct, LaGrange, KY 40031, [email protected], 502‐222‐2210 April 16 & 17, 2016 Central Ohio Daffodil Society (CODS) Franklin Park Conservatory 1777 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43203 Contact: Phyllis Hess, 614‐882‐5720, [email protected]
April 16 & 17, 2016 Granville Garden Club (not an ADS show) Bryn Du Mansion 537 Jones Road Granville, OH 43023 Contact: Nancy Eucker, [email protected], or Mary K. Piras, [email protected]
April 23 & 24, 2016 Fellows Riverside Gardens Daffodil Show Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek Metroparks 123 McKinley Avenue Youngstown, Ohio 44509 Contact: Norma Roden, 330‐740‐7116 x 206, [email protected]
April 30 & May 1, 2016 Southwest Ohio Daffodil Society Venue to be determined Contact: Linda Wallpe, 513‐221‐4140, [email protected]
Just outside the Midwest Region, but close by: April 23, 2016 The Daffodil and Hosta Society of Western PA with the Allegheny County, Penn State Gardeners Garden Marketplace and Symposium Shadyside Academy Ice Rink 423 Fox Chapel Road Pi sburgh, PA 15238 Contact: Stephen Plato, 412‐478‐7865, [email protected] April 23 & 24, 2016 Western Pennsylvania Daffodil Growers South Joe Hamm's Barn 99 Maple Road, Buffalo Village Washington, PA 15301 Contact: Joe Hamm, 724‐345‐3762, [email protected]
2016 Judges Refreshers and Judging Schools: See ADS website www.daffodilusa.org for more informa on, schedules, and registra on forms Judges Refresher, March 19, 2016, Indianapolis, IN Join the Indiana Daffodil Society for an ADS Judges Refresher conducted by Dan Bellinger on “Top Tips for Exhibi ng Blue Ribbon Flowers.” This session will be part of the IDS mee ng on Saturday, March 19, 1‐4p.m., at Holliday Park Nature Center, 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN 46260. www.indianadaffodilsociety.org
Judges Refresher, April 2, 2016, Princess Anne, MD Join the Somerset County Garden Club for an ADS Judges Refresher on “Judging Historic Daffodils and Double Daffodils.” This session will be given by Do e Howa , in conjunc on with the Princess Anne, Maryland, Daffodil Show.
Judging School II, March 12, 2016, Dallas, TX Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218 Training sessions are from 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 12. Contact: Mary Ann Moreland, 214‐801‐6777, (Texas Daffodil Society Show, March 11, 2016) Judging School I, March 29, 2016, Hampton, VA Hampton Roads Conven on Center, 1610 Coliseum Dr, Hampton, VA 23666. Training sessions are from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29. Contact: Janet Hickman, 434‐384‐0314 (Garden Club of Virginia Flower Show, March 30‐31, 2016) Judging School I, April 6, 2016, St Louis, MO 2016 World Daffodil Conven on, Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63146. Please note, students should plan to arrive by 6:00p.m. on April 5 for Daffodil Bloom ID study, classroom training sessions start at 8:00 a.m. on April 6. Contact: Cathy Felton, 978‐729‐8990. Na onal events: April 6‐10, 2016 2016 World Daffodil Conven on, St. Louis, Missouri = Show Me Daffodils. Daffodil enthusiasts from around the world will see a fabulous daffodil show, par cipate in interac ve educa onal sessions, tour the world‐renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, and visit both commercial and private daffodil collec ons. November 11‐13, 2016 Fall Forum and Board Mee ng, Indianapolis, Indiana The Indiana Daffodil Society will be your host for the 2016 Fall Forum and Board Mee ng (FBM) in Indianapolis at the brand new Hilton Garden Inn Airport hotel. The Fall Forum is a new name for an all‐new, all‐ADS member event, and although it includes the ADS Fall Board Mee ng, it will engage all par cipants with a bulb auc on, a symposium, an experimental fall‐blooming daffodil show, and more surprises.
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I recently received emails from Laura Hintz‐Keller, our contact from the Indiana Astronomy Society. The Link Observatory Space Science Ins tute, LOSSI, has partnered with Indiana University to build a huge facility at the Link property, including classrooms and a planetarium. There will also be pathways through the gardens and trails built on the property for use by the public. This aspect of property development is in conjunc on with the Parks Department. On Saturday, May 28, at 7 p.m., Greg McCauley will give an update on the LOSSI plans to the Indiana Astronomy Society at the Link Observatory. The public is invited. Laura Hintz‐Keller is interested in coordina ng a group of Master Naturalists to survey the property iden fying wildflowers, bird popula ons, and nes ng sites. Her hope would be to share the results with the designers to preserve certain areas and also minimize
destruc on of the daffodils by moving those in the way of land development. IDS will be asking for volunteer members
to par cipate in this process.
Other Item to Note: Thanks to the Morgan County Master Gardeners, Link Gardens will be open for Easter Weekend, March 26‐27. More about the gardens, the observatory and direc ons can be found at: h p://www.indianadaffodilsociety.org/linkdirec ons.pdf .
Update on the Link Property by Sara Kinne
Hints from “Heloise” (aka Jason Delaney and Sara Van Beck)
Q. A volunteer cut foliage off down the neck of the bulb, instead of off at the top of the neck when processing bulbs. Would this allow the bulb to dry out and/or allow too much water and unpleasantness in a er plan ng (bacteria, fungus, etc.) because of not having the covering ght around the top of the bulb?
A. The chopped‐off neck‐less bulbs will be fine. Just don’t do it again! :)
Q. Bulb with black areas seem to be on the verge of going so , but aren’t really?
A. If the bulb is solid, it’s good. If the whole of the bulb is so , but not ro en‐like, it’s merely drying out and air layers are forming between the scale walls. Chocolatey tunics are common, and on some varie es, it’s intensely dark. King Alfred, Maximus, some Jackson 1W
‐Y, have really, really dark tunics naturally. Bacterial rot smells foul. Daffodils don’t usually get them when out of the ground. Fungal rot smells sweet and earthy with a touch of fermenta on—just don’t mistake the smell bulbs normally have for a fungal rot. Sweet and lightly fermen ng, with a so spot or completely so and ro ng basal plate, are key. And then there’s bulb fly—if the whole of the bulb is healthy looking, except for one small area around the lower hemisphere that is so , so enough for you to significantly push on it with your thumb and yet the scale wall does not rupture, and it’s only in one spot with absolutely no sign of rot on this otherwise healthy looking bulb—that’s your fly larvae all fat and happy Take a knife and skewer into it and rejoice as its leathery body smashes between your shoe and the pavement.
Celebrating
60 years
Indiana Daffodil Society
1956-2016
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E l Niño has done a number on us this year, but looking on the bright side, all IDS members should have flowers for the Na onal Show in St. Louis! The other bright news is that there is no more freezing weather forecasted for this spring; not one night is expected to go below 34 degrees! O en mes, during early springs like this, there will be some late freezes that catch lilies, peonies and magnolia blossoms – along with midseason daffodils. The downside to this early spring is that members a ending the World Conven on, especially members south of Indianapolis, will quite possibly come home from St. Louis to find their daffodil gardens totally bloomed out. To plan for both shows, I'd like to suggest picking for the conven on, and also picking for the Indiana show at the same me, and then holding the Indiana flowers in a refrigerator un l show me.
We have some informa on on our website about refrigera ng flowers:
h p://www.indianadaffodilsociety.org/Refrigera ng.pdf
For the purposes of 2016, plan on refrigera ng late Division 3 and poets, and pick them before conven on if they are in the cracked bud stage. The cracked bud stage is when the green bud has cracked enough that you can tell if the perianth of the flower is yellow or white. The ar cle on the website specifically men ons Division 6 doing par cularly well under refrigera on, but those will likely be bloomed out, and so Division 3 and Division 9 should also do very well.
Those not a ending the World Conven on should keep a close eye on their flowers and watch for burning. Get them picked at "peak
of perfec on", and know the refrigerator will probably come in handy for you, too.
Figure 1 shows a dorm refrigerator which isn't very expensive and will get the job done. You'll also need
a thermometer to calibrate the lower‐than‐normal temperature needed to hold daffodils in suspended anima on. A er hardening off the flowers, put the flowers in water in vases, change the water a couple of mes, and s ck them in the fridge. A depth of about 3 or 4 inches of water is good. Then start working on your flowers for St. Louis.
Another refrigera on method (Figure 2) relies on either newspaper bags or bread bags – long skinny plas c bags. For this method, you change out the water, but you dry the stems. Put three or four flowers in the bag, head first, and put three or four flowers in stem first, for a total of 6‐8 flowers per bag. “Blow up” the bag like a balloon and e it off. Lay it on a refrigerator shelf. You can stack these. The benefit is you can rearrange your household refrigerator and simply use the exis ng shelves.
One p: The Indiana show will likely be small, much smaller than last year, unless Northern flowers come from exhibitors in Chicago, Milwaukee, &/or Michigan. Nearly all the late flowers have a white perianth, so if you have any yellows, they will likely win a ribbon at our show.
How to Show Flowers in an Early Spring
by Suzy Wert
How to Harden‐Off Daffodils
Flowers jammed into a dorm refrigerator will do much be er if they are hardened off before refrigera ng. Simply pick, write the names on the stems, and clock the flowers. Put them in vases of water so they aren’t touching each other for about 20 minutes, change the water, and repeat once or twice. Then place in a cool and dark place for 8‐12 hours.
Figure 1 – Put fresh water in some large mouth vases and start inser ng the hardened flowers in the vase. They are pre y tough a er being hardened off. The flowers above are wrapped in cellophane so the refrigerator fan doesn’t dehydrate them. Wrapping can end up doing more harm than good, and a wet towel lying on the base of the fridge has the same effect.
Figure 2 – It doesn’t look too good, but it works. Once again, harden the flowers before pu ng them in the bags, or they will come out of the bags with creases. This bag hasn’t been filled with the second layer, and the bag hasn’t been “blown up” yet, but this gives you the idea of what it will look like.