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PAM 4A,-GODDERIC I SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL .10, 197.5
What kind of roses are the shortcomings, i.e. poor
most suitable to plant? . blooming habits, etc.
In the 1800's an elderly Often there may be up to 18 or
German florist faced with this 20 persons reporting on one
most difficult question recited rose. If the rose is "cleared"
his tribulations by saying; "1 with a gpod report you can be
haf so mooch-drOuble with de reasonably confident that it is
ladies when dey come to buy truly a good rose.
chine, Rose. Dey all wants him Do not buy roses from pic-
hardy, dey wants him dooble, tures on general nursery
dey wants him nice gooier, dey • catalogues. Roses adorning so
wants him nice sl ape, dey many nursery catalogues are
wants him fragrant.., dey often far from the true color or
wants him to be' everydings- in form of the rose it is supposed
one Rose ...Now I„ haf to say to , to represent. In fact, some of
dem ladies I sees not dat the best-known nurseries have
lady dat is rich, dat is young, even been known to send out
dat is good damper, . dat is wrongly-named,'inferior roses.
beautiful, •dat is healdy,dat is Also beware of supermarket
smart, dat is everyditcgs,in ore bargains with their attractive
lady. I "sees . her not mooch.',' packages and heavily -waxed
(unquote) ' , 'thick canes. Waxed canes' will
Today with thousands more, not impair the shrub, and you
specimen roses from which to may be fortunate and obtain
choose this question is even some excellent roses, but you
more ., difficult to answer. The may more likely take home an
Canadian Rose Society deyote a expensive disappointment.
large section of their Rose , Packed in .moss the roots of
Annual in an attempt to assist these roses are often severely
rosarians in the selection of the damaged and dried out upon
best roses for their particular . arrival at your home.
area with a view to hardiness, A healthy root system is vital
beauty, performance, and to the life of your roses. A rose,,.
° other pertinent data. with sturdy canes and a sparse
This section, called "The root system is like an apart -
Clearing House" is a concise, ' . ment building without a good
informal report from rose foundation.
growers all across Canada and Do buy your rose stock from
some from the U.S.A. on roses a reliable Rose Nursery or
introduced over the previous better still, take time out to
five years, briefly stating hiasor visit the nursery. and choose
her own personal experience your own cultivars. Although,
• and evaluation of 'the per- you will have to pay a little
re. a. rose.,nuts.ery,...it.
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its merit or pointing our its` like most"things, Y g
ydu pay for. Good roses,
planted carefully and
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Goderich Parks chairman Elsa Haydon presented junior
° service certificates .to six members of the Green Thumbers
Garden Club at a meeting held Friday night at St. Marv's
School. Receiving certificates (from lett) are Mike Madden,
Owen Moriarty, Scott Wilson, Mike Moriarty, Sharon Moriarty
and Patrick Madden. (staff photo) •.
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If you do ,not have an
established rose garden, choose
an, open area that gets ap-
proxirhately six to . eight hours
of stmshine a day and is a safe
distance from shrubs or trees
whose roots could encroach -
upon those .of your roses. A
three -sided garden with beds
approximately six ft. wide with
an open area in the centre in
which you! can relax and enjoy
your roses from `all sides,
perhaps with an arbor for your
favourite climbers at one end,
an be a very pleasant lay -out.
If you like a combination of
Teas andGrandifloras this plan
will accommodate both,
allowing each rose bush a three
ft. square breathing space. The
taller grandifioras and tall teas
make a nice 'backdrop on the
outer side of your three -sided
garden, ,with the lower growing
teas in the foreground.
If you prefer floribundas, I
suggest you give thein anv ex-
' elusive setting of their own, as,
a border planting or individual
bed. If possible plan your rose
garden so it canoe viewed from
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One yearago this month the
Goderich Green Thumbers was
organized with a membership
of 30'children and their leader
MrS. lean Barnett.
Last. Friday evening, 46 of the
present 62 enrolled members of
this club, plus their leader, and
a committee of six young adults
met at St. 'Mary's school . for
"their second meeting of ' 75:`Ten
adults attended, including the
special guest of the evening,
Mrs. Elsa Haydon who was on
hand to present certificates for
outstanding achievementtli
Horticulture to s
Thumbers and crests and seeds
to other 1974 members.
Following' the presentations,
president Scott Wilson called on
Patrick Madden to thank Mrs.
Haydon.
Bruce Betties, Flower Beds'
Chairman, reported on current
plans for proposed flower beds
to be planted, by the Juniors
He' also "gave a
very interesting discourse On
tree demonstrating his topic:.
by Splaying ..a fine specimen
slab taken from a recently-
•. •
ix Green
arouna Lown.
Your favorite window in order. Dickson, pure yellow' delight,
that you may be able to enjoy fragrant.
your roses , in inclement ' Grandifloras: Red, ._ 'J. S.
weather. Roses bloom until Armstrong, White, Mt. Shasta;
quite late in the fall, so you may Golden Girl, Deep coral,
as well get as much enjoyment Camelot; Bronze Arizona
AS possible out of your labor of (AARS.'75), etc.
love. Floribundas: Coventry
Once you have your par- Cathedral, Gene Boener, Little
titular rose garden planned in Darling, Molly McGredy, etc.
your` mina transcribe it to Climbers : Handel a)nd
raper and figure out how many Galway Bay.
roses you will need, the types, For more names and further
to attend
,.colors etc., and place them by information plan now
name on your blueprint and our next Meeting -of the Garden
then start shopping: here are a Club to be held in Si. Mary's
few suggestions from the School , next Wednesday . at 8
®`Clearing House," with almost p.m. Rose Annuals for the past'
"everydings in one rose": six years will be , at your
White teas: White Master- disposal for browsing, as well
tete, an immense velvety as . nurser*y catalogues and
P other rose publications 'on
rose, up to 60 petals, beautiful planting, etc.'
form, disease -resistant; J. F.
Kennedy, a vigorous shrub Guest speaker,, Art Bour•
bearing perfectly formed .deau, will give a lecture on
bloonis of outstanding white Thome landscaping, followed by
with faint overtones of green. ' • a film on landscaping and
Red teas: Alec's Red, cherry- roses. See you then!
red exhibition blooms,
strongly -scented; Oklahoma,
very dark velvety red, perfect
form, strongly scented.
Pink teas: Electron,, cerise -
pink robust shrub with old':rose
• fragrance; First Prize,.. a
graceful i-o'se-pink, fragrant;
Royal Highness, a true Queen,
very large, pale pink blooms;
Sonia, (a 1975 introduction)
rich coral with long pointed
bud.
Yellow ° and orange teas:
Mabella, bright clear yellow,
fragrant; Lolita, fascinating
bronze, • fragrant; Grandpa
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A penalty of Ten Dollars (510.00) plus costs will be assessed
as per item 3 of partnof bylaw 10 of 1974.
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r Chairman
Animal Control
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felled tree and explaining how
age could be determined and
other interesting factors. He
further advised that he hoped
the cancelled visit'to the Maple
Sugar camp may be held at a
later date.
Mrs. Madden, Flower Show
Convener, who assisted with
the club last year, read the
Activity Report for '74. Mrs.
aro W.' Wilson, Social and
Membership Convener, gave
her reportand advised that six
children would be galled upon
to bring cookies to each
meeting on a rotation basis.
The children providing the
cookies would also be hosts and
hostesses for the evening and
would serve the members.
Miss Jean Senior, Program
Convener,, gave a ' very lively.
outline 'of the proposed year's
activities and projects.
Mrs. Barnett was then called
on to" demonstrate the planing
of an "Indian Wigwam" to be
entered by the' boys in the June" -
Flower • -Show. Mrs., Wilson
demonstrated the planting of
morning glories to depict 'Ring
around" the Maypole"' to be
entered by each girl in the June
Flower Show.
Seeds and instructions for
planting and preparing the
proposed exhibits were given to
each child. Stakes to complete
the project,'' donated by
Denomme's Garden , Centre,
will be given out at the next
meeting and further in-
structions for training the vines
to desired shapes. .
Michael Madden read a letter
-from Miss Mary Howell in -
viting 'the Juniors to visit her
lovely gardens sometime early,
this summer. Mrs. Barnett
read a letter from a member of
the Canadian Rose Society in
Ottawa offering a cash
donation towards .the purchase
of rose bushes for the Club. This
letter ' came as result of an
article written by Mrs. Barnett
to the editor of the CRS,
Rosarian, suggesting', the
feasibility of starting a Junior
Rose Society, and mentioning
her experience with the Green
Thumbers.
' The Green Thumbers were
happy to welcome a very
special representative from the
Senior Garden Club at this
meeting, Mrs: Frances Wor-
sell, membership convener for
the Garden Club.
Any •interested adults,
(parent or otherwise), are
cordially invited to attend any
of these Meetings. •It is im-
portant that Juniors know that
adults do care about, what they
are doing.
A delegation of five Juniors'
and their leader and two .or
three other members of the
Green. Thurnbers Horticultural
Society will be attending the
District 8 Annual Convention at
Teeswater on April 19. The
Juniors will present the • skit
"Fun for Sandwiches":
Mrs. Barnett.has been asked
• to speak on the°progress and
activities of the. Green
Thumbers. .
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