The Connecticut Dahlia Society

August 2006 Newsletter

Meeting Date: Saturday, August 12, 2006

Time: 7:30 pm

Place: Thomaston Savings Bank

985 Watertown Avenue, Waterbury

Program: Planning for our show & Revised Peony Form Description

President’s Message:

We thank Barbara and Jon Wooten for again hosting our July Picnic on a most beautiful day. The tours that they gave of their gardens showed us their spectacular display of early dahlia blooms as well as an impressive display of perennials in their English Gardens.

Again we have had more than ample rain this season, possibly too much for some of you.

This is a dramatically different season from last year’s one of drought and hopefully it will yield an ample number of blooms for our early show. It was difficult to keep up with the spraying when it seemed to rain every other day, and now we have the heat to force us to do more watering.

The show is our biggest event of the year and volunteers are needed for many different jobs so please volunteer for at least one of them. Members are needed for set-up on Friday, clerking on Saturday, and especially for the breakdown on Saturday night.

Marge Schnerr, President

mrschnerr@sbcglobal.net

2006 CDS Meeting Dates & Programs:

Aug. 25, Friday Show set-up at the Pond House. Set up time is 1:00 pm and

volunteers are needed for a couple of hours. Entries may be

made from 6-9 pm.

Aug. 26, Saturday 48th. Annual Show. Entries from 7-11 AM, Judging starts at 11

AM. Clerks should be at the show by 10 AM for instructions. If

you would like to volunteer to clerk, please call or e-mail Andre

LaRochelle, Clerks Chairman, at: andrebarbara@comcast.net, or

(860) 673-2886. Show open to the public, 1:30 to 5:00 PM

Sept. 5 Judge’s Exam & Seedling Scoring, both for our Refresher Course

7:00 p.m. Thomaston Bank , All CDS Judges must attend this yearly

program to meet their ADS Judging Requirements.

Oct. 14 Thomaston Savings Bank, 7:30 p.m.,” Best October Bloom”

competition

Nov. 11 Annual Meeting & Election of Officers, Thomaston Bank 7:30 pm

Dec. 2 Christmas Party, Jasonis Residence, Winsted

NADC Show Schedules for 2006:

August 19 Washington County Fair, Richmond, RI sponsored by the RIDS, for

Information on this show, contact Marge

August 26 CDS, 48th. Annual Show, West Hartford, CT

Sept. 2 & 3 Long Island Dahlia Society, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, LI, NY

Sept. 9 & 10 Rhode Island Dahlia Society, Wickford, RI

Sept. 9 & 10 Southern Tier Dahlia Society, Chemung County Fairgrounds,

Horseheads, NY

Sept.14-17 ADS National Show, NADC Show, hosted by the Mid Island Dahlia

Society, Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, LI, NY

Sept. 30 2nd. Long Island Dahlia Society Show, Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Oct.. 7 2nd. Mid Island Dahlia Society Show, Planting Fields Arboretum

Revision of the “Peony” form by the ADS in the 2006 Handbook:

Marge will present a short display of the “Peony” form at this meeting. Many of the varieties listed as peonies in the 2006 Handbook have been submitted for

reclassification as they do not fit into the new description of the peony form.

CDS Bylaws Revision was passed at the June Meeting as provided to the membership in their June Newsletter

A copy of the Bylaws is available to e-mail members on-line and if our regular mail members would like one to be sent to them, please notify your Editor.

New ADS Book “Raising Beautiful Dahlias The Easy Way” Edited by Richard W.

Peters, M.D. This publication will be available for sale at our show.

New CDS Judge:

Jonas Karosas has recently completed his requirements as an Accredited Judge, congratulations to him.

2006 Membership List Included with this mailing:

Please check your listing, if anything is incorrect, notify your Editor, Marge Schnerr.