The
April 2006
Meeting Date:
Time: Set-up at
Place: Pond House, Elizabeth Park,
Program: Annual Root Auction & Sales
It is that
time of year again to begin to get those roots out and check them over. Any excesses will be appreciated for
donation to our Auction. The
Root Auction Committee has made the following changes in the format of our
auction and sales for this year:
First, trays will be placed out for
receipt of the donations. These
trays will be labeled with the size, formation and ADS Class numbers. CDS members who bring in roots are to sort
them into the correct trays themselves. If
you are unsure of the classification number beforehand, look it up in the
Classification Book and write it on your roots to enable your sorting to go
faster.
*****Most Important******
Anyone donating roots
should have them clearly labeled and be certain that a “live
eye” is visable. Complying with these two things will mean
that we will not waste time by having to inspect all of the roots before they
go up for auction.
Second, a large number of roots will be
sold at fixed prices from “bins.”
These will be kept separate from those that will be auctioned. The prices for these will be one root for
$3.00, 2 roots for $5.00, and 10 roots for $20.00. To select these varieties,
buyers will form a line to proceed along the “bins.” After selecting them, they will immediately
proceed to the Treasurer to pay for them.
Cardboard boxes will be provided for the buyers.
Third, the Auction will begin as soon as
the majority of buyers have completed their purchases from the “bins
sales.” The auction format will be as
follows: The Auctioneer will announce
the variety and the number of roots available.
Bids will start at $2.00 and increase by $1.00 amounts, some varieties
may start at higher amounts at the discretion of the auctioneer if they are in
short supply. Bidders will hold up their bidding
number with one hand, and the number of fingers indicating the number or roots that
they are willing to purchase at that price if they would like more than one
root. When the number of roots matches
the number of bidders wishing to buy, the highest bidder will be allowed to
choose their roots from the collection. The remaining bidders will have their
roots handed to them, they will not being able to choose them, in order to
speed up the auction process. A team of recorders will tally up
individual buyer’s purchases from the auction as in past.
Marge Schnerr, President
2006 Meeting
Dates & Programs:
May 7 North Atlantic Dahlia Conference Spring
Luncheon and Meeting at the
Yankee
Silversmith Inn,
invited.
May 20th.
Garden,
Volunteers are needed to help with this.
June 10th.
Thomaston Bank,
with the June Newsletter and will be voted
upon at this meeting.
June 23-25 Rose Weekend at Elizabeth Park, we will again have an exhibit there.
Volunteers are needed to help staff our exhibit on June 24th.and 25th.
July 9th.
Annual Picnic, Wooten Residence,
August 26th. 48th. Annual Show of the CDS,
Elizabeth Park
Sept. 5th.
Judge’s Exam & Refresher Course, 7:00 p.m. Thomaston Bank.
Oct. 14th. Thomaston Savings Bank,
Nov. 11th. Annual Meeting & Election of
Officers, Thomaston Bank
Dec.
2nd. Christmas Party,
Jasonis Residence, Winsted
*Listings in bold are additions
since the March Newsletter
CDS
Judge’s Informtion
First,
congratulations to Ed Bonci, new member of the CDS for recently completing his
requirements to become an Accredited Judge.
At the March Meeting, CDS judges decided that their Judge’s Exam will be
given as part of the Judge’s Refresher Course on September 5th. All active judges are required to re-take
this exam every 5 years and it has now been five years since our last testing.
Becky Paul, Editor