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SWODS News 1995 SHOW

April 15-16, 1995 Cincinnati Zoo

The 1995 SWODS show will be at the Cincinnati Zoo on April 15 and 16. A show schedule is enclosed that gives all the details about entering the show. Be-cause of the Easter theme (the show is on Easter weekend), a special section for daffodils named after Easter is included.

After the preliminary judging is completed, a seminar on 'Selection, Evaluation, and Exhibition of Miniature and Other Daffodils" will be conducted for the seven SWODS student judges(and others who might be interested). Helen Link has agreed to conduct this session and Tag Bourne has bi:.en in-vited to share the session with Helen.

Exhibitors may gain free admittance and park-ing at the Zoo by display-ing the show schedule in their windshield and showing daffodils in the car.

Help is of course needed for setup on Friday (plan to arrive between 7:30-9:00 AM) and dismantling on Sunday(when the show closes at 5:00 PM). The show schedule is again your admittance ticket. Enter at the employee gate.

JUDGING SCHOOL III

Judging School III will be held Sunday, April 9, at 9:00 at the Star Bank on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton. A fee of $5 00 is due for this school. Con-tact Mary Lou Gripshover (see resource list) for res-

ervations. This school covers judging ethics, ADS awards, selection of material for exhibiting, grooming, methods of advancing and retarding blooms, transpor-tation of blooms, and point scoring with emphasis on judging by placements and judging miniatures.

BRING US YOUR JARS Do you save or could you save your jars for us? Linda Wallpe plans to use flowers from the show, and any donated flowers from local gardens, to cheer up people convalescing in the VA hospital. From past experience Linda knows that this works best if we furnish our own containers, hence the jars. If you have some clean jars, labels removed, of a size appro-

priate for a bouquet of daffodils (e.g., mayonnaise jars), please bring them to the show on either Satur-day or Sunday. They will not be returned as the hospital staff will dispose of them after the blooms have perished. Please clean the jars and remove the labels. This little bit of effort will help bring some Easter Joy to shut-ins.

POST-SHOW DINNER

On Saturday, April 15, we will again have a ca-tered dinner at the Civic Garden Center. The menu is still tentative, but the cost will be $17.00 per person, which includes complimentary wine and snacks before dinner. No program is planned; instead, we will take the opportunity to enjoy being together and sharing our common interests. We expect to have as our guests Elise Havens (proprietor of Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils), Martha Anderson (an expert stager of daffodils) and Leslie Anderson(former Ex-ecutive Director of ADS). All three are tentatively

TIP InIn his 1994 catalog, David Karnstedt describes

a strategy for keeping Avalanche going in the cold Minnesota winters that would probably be effective here too. He suggests fooling Mother Nature by digging in July and replanting in late October each season to prevent leaf growth and winter kill-back. Plant in a sheltered location and mulch heavily be-fore the soil freezes. My Erlicheer always puts out foliage in the fall(I even had a blossom on Thanks-giving, 1993!) and would probably respond well to this treatment.

1995 SHOWApril 15-16, 1995Cincinn att Zoo

The 1995 SWODS show will be at the CincinnatiZoo on April 15 and 16. A show schedule is enclosedthat gives all the details about entering the show. Be-cause of the Easter theme (the show is on Easter

weekend), a special section for daffodils named afterEaster is included.

After the preliminary j,rdgng is completed, a

seminar on'selection, Evaluation, and Exhibition ofMiniature and Other Daffodils" will be conducted forthe seven SWODS student judges(and others whomight be interested).Helen Link has agreed toconduct this session and

Tag Bourne has been i!i-vited to share the session

with Helen.Exhibitors may gain

free admittance and park-ing at the Zoo by display-ing the show schedule intheir windshield and

showing daffodils in thecar.

Help is of courseneeded for setup on Friday(plan to arrive between7:30-9:00 AIvf) and dismantling on Sunday(when the

show closes at 5:00 PM). The show schedule is againyour admittance ticket. Enter at the employee gate.

JUDGING SCHOOL IIIJudging School III will be held Sunday, April 9,

at 9:00 at the Star Bank on Ludlow Avenue inClifton. A fee of $5.00 is due for this school. Con-tact Mary Lou Gripshover (see resource list) for res-

ervations. This school covers judging ethics, ADSawards, selection of rnaterial for exhibiting, grooming,methods of advancing and retarding blooms, transpor-tation of blooms, and point scoring with emphasis onjudgmg by placements and judging miniatures.

BRING US YOUR JARSDo you save or could you save your jars for us?

Linda Wallpe plans to use flowers from the show, andany donated flowers from local gardens, to cheer uppeople convalescing in the VA hospital. From past

experience Linda knows that this works best if wefurnish our own containers, hence the jars. If youhave some clean jars, labels removed, of a size appro-

priate for a bouquet ofdaffodils (e. g., mayonnaisejars), please bring them tothe show on either Satur-day or Sunday. They willnot be returned as thehospital staff will disposeof them after the bloomshave perished. Please

clean the jars and removethe labels. This little bit ofeffort will help bring some

Easter Joy to shut-ins.

POST.SHOWDINNER

On Saturday, April 15, we will again have a ca-tered dinner at the Civic Garden Center. The menu is

still tentative, but the cost will be $17.00 per person,

which includes complimentary wine and snacks beforedinner. No program is planned; instead, we will takethe oppornrnity to enjoy being together and sharingour common interests. We expect to have as ourguests Elise Havens (proprietor of Grant MitschNovelty Daffodils), Martha Anderson (an expertstager of daffodils) and Leslie Anderson(former Ex-ecutive Director of ADS). All three are tentatively

TIPIn his !994 catalog, David Karnstedt describes

a strategy for keeping Avalanche going in the coldMinnesota winters that would probably be ef[ectivehere too. He suggests fooling Mother Nature by

digging in July and replanting in late October each

season to prevent leaf growth and winter kill-back.Plant in a sheltered location and mulch heavily be-

fore the soil freezes My Erlicheer always puts outfoliage in the fall(I even had a blossom on Thanks-gving, 1993!) and would probably respond well tothis treatment.

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Rose Maclaren on why daffodils grow so well in Ireland: "It is all due to the fact that a leprechaun with a shillelagh in one hand and a glass of Guinness ale in the other will sit beneath a daffodil and talk to it. This must be true. All of us know how beauti-fully daffodils grow in Ireland!" (Portland, 1975 convention, reported in The Daffodil Journal, June, 1975.)

ODS \ FAN S planning to visit Cincinnati that weekend. Why not join them and the rest of us for dinner?

Reservations are required so that the catering firm can prepare the correct number of dinners. Re-serve with Linda Wallpe no later than April 9. You can call Linda (see resource list) or write to her at 1940 Gregory Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45206 Send her a check or pay her at the show on Saturday. Cock-tails will begin at 6:00, followed by dinner at ap-proximately 7:00.

BANNERS

Denny Huff has ac-quired two banners featur-ing daffodils for our use at shows and other functions. Come to the show and see them displayed. We hope to be able to arrange for some hardware outside the Peacock Pavilion at the Zoo so that our Daffodil Banners will help an-nounce that there are daffodils inside.

PEGGY MACNEALE HONORED

At the fall regional meeting of the ADS, SWODS chair Bill Lee presented Peggy Macneale with the first SWODS Distinguished Service Award. Peggy was one of the founding members of SWODS; however, she has continued to be extremely active on SWODS behalf in all the years since the founding. She pros-pects for new members, mentors new members, pres-ents lectures, programs, and slide shows, including one she created, and is always there whenever there is SWODS business to be done. Congratulations, Peggy!

DUES

Of course, no SWODS mailing would be com-plete without a plea to update your dues. Dues are always due at Showtime; therefore, 1995 dues are now due. Please note that the 2-digit number above your name on the mailing label shows the last year

you paid dues. A "P" indicates that you are a pro-spective member. Because the show schedule is in-cluded in this mailing, a few out-of-town exhibitors who receive this schedule will not have a code above their names. Dues are still only $5.00 per year. Send your payments to Liz Ragouzis, 425 Rawson Woods Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45220. If you think our records

are incorrect, call Liz at 221-1166.

TIPS

Nobody sent Bill Lee any tips. Again I appeal to you for tidbits to make this bulletin interesting.

How about a continuing feature on how different cul-tivars were named? Many of us know, for example, that Grant Mitsch named a number of daffodils after birds (and Peggy Macneale prepared a slide show comparing the actual birds with the flowers that bear their names). Murray Evans named many daffodils after geographic sites in the Pacific Northwest. An-other series is named after famous racehorses. Who has inside knowledge of some interesting daffodil no-menclature lore? Please Call Bill Lee(see Resource List).

IN MEMORIAM: FRAN ANEWALT

TOM DUNNE

We regret to announce the sad news that both Fran Anewalt, long-time Dayton member, and Tom Dunne, former member and constant supporter, have died in recent months. SWODS is making donations to ADS in each of their names. In addition, Liz Ra-gouzis is sponsoring a show trophy in Fran's name and SWODS is sponsoring an additional trophy in Tom's name. We will miss them both.

SPRLNG MEETING

We will have a meeting at a date to be announced after the show. Watch for details.

Why not

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planning to visit Cincinnati that weekend. Why notjoin them and the rest of us for dinner?

Reservations are required so that the catering

firm can prepare the correct number of dinners. Re-serve with Linda Wallpe no later than April 9. Youcan call Linda (see resource list) or write to her at

1940 Gregory Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45206. Send hera check or pay her at theshow on Saturday. Cock-tails will begin at 6.00,followed by dinner at ap-proximately 7:00.

BANNERS

Denny Huff has ac-quired two banners featur-ing daffodils for our use at

Rose Maclaren on why daffodils grow so well inIreland: "It is all due to the fact that a leprechaunwith a shillelagh in one hand and a glass of Guinness

ale in the other will sit beneath a daffodil and talk toit. This must be true. All of us know how beauti-fully daffodils grow in Ireland!" (Portland, 1975

convention, reported in The Daffodil Journal, Iune,

you paid dues. A ((P" indicates that you are a pro-

spective member. Because the show schedule is in-cluded in this mailing, a few out-of-town exhibitorswho receive this schedule will not have a code abovetheir names. Dues are still only $5.00 per year. Sendyour payments to Liz Ragouzis, 425 Rawson WoodsLane, Cincinnati, OH 45220. If you think our records

are incorrect, call Lizat22l-1166.

TIPS

Nobody sent BillLee any tips. Again Iappeal to you fortidbits to make thisbulletin interesting.

How about a continuing feature on how different cul-tivars were named? Many of us know, for example,

that Grant Mitsch named a number of daffodils afterbirds (and Peggy Macneale prepared a slide showcomparing the actual birds with the flowers that beartheir names). Murray Evans named many daffodilsafter geographic sites in the Pacific Northwest. An-other series is named after famous racehorses. Whohas inside knowledge of some interesting daffodil no-menclature lore? Please Call Bill Lee(see ResourceList).

Ilt{ MEMORIAM:FRAN AT{EWALT

TOM DT.INNE

We regret to announce the sad news that bothFran Anewalt, long-time Dayton member, and TomDunne, former member and constant supporter, have

died in recent months. SWODS is making donations

to ADS in each of their names. In addition, Liz Ra-gouzis is sponsoring a show trophy in Fran's name

and SWODS is sponsoring an additional trophy inTom's name. We will miss them both.

SPRING MEETING

We will have a meeting at a date to be announced

after the show. Watch for details.

1975

shows and other functions. Come to the show and

see them displayed. We hope to be able to arrange

for some hardware outside the Peacock Pavilion at

the Zoo so that our Daffodil Banners will help an-

nounce that there are daffodils inside.

PEGGY MACNEALE HONORED

At the fall regional meeting of the ADS, SWODS

chair Bill Lee presented Peggy Macneale with the firstSWODS Distinguished Service Award. Peggy was

one of the founding members of SWODS; however,

she has continued to be extremely active on SWODS

behalf in all the years since the founding. She pros-

pects for new members, mentors new members, pres-

ents lectures, programs, and slide shows, including

one she created, and is always there whenever there is

SWODS business to be done. Congratulations,Peggy!

DIIES

Of course, no SWODS mailing would be com-plete without a plea to update your dues. Dues are

always due at Showtime; therefore, 1995 dues are

now due. Please note that the 2-digit number above

your rurme on the mailing label shows the last year

SWODS NEWS

3 NEVER EXHIBITED BEFORE?

A lot of SWODS members enjoy exhibiting their daffodils at the annual show. Some never thought it was something they would like to do, until they did it the first time and got the 'bug." Why not give it a try? All you have to do is bring your best looking daffodils (flower and stem only--no foliage). If you know what cultivar it is, you can write that on the stem with a ballpoint pen. If you do not know what the cultivar is, our experts can help identify it. A lot of information needs to be written on the exhibitor's card for each flower entered, so be sure to leave plenty of time. The exhibit area will open at 7:30AM on Saturday and all flowers must be placed by 11:00AM, last call for entries, so plan your time carefully. If you have any questions about exhibit-ing, please call one of the people on the resource list. They'll all be happy to help with information. It's not hard to do and there are special divisions for people who have never entered before. Come win some blue ribbons.

Resources

Cincinnati: Bill Lee, 752-8104

Mary Lou Gripshover, 248-9137 Linda Wallpe, 221-4140 Liz Ragouzis, 221-1166

Peggy Macneale, 522-7025 Tom Stettner, 351-4268

Dayton: Peg Newill, 885-2971

Harold MacConnell, 426-9557 Christine Hanenkrat, 275-9919 Rebecca Koesters, 252-3028

NEVER EXHIBITED BEFORE?

A lot of SWODS members enjoy exhibiting theirdaffodils at the annual show. Some never thought itwas something they would like to do, until they did itthe first time and got the 'bug." Why not give it a

try? AII you have to do is bring your best lookingdaffodils (flower and stem only--no foliage). If youknow what cultivar it is, you can write that on thestem with a ballpoint pen. If you do not know whatthe cultivar is, our experts can help identify it. A lotof information needs to be written on the exhibitor'scard for each flower entered, so be sure to leaveplenty of time. The exhibit area will open at 7:30AMon Saturday and all flowers must be placed by1l:00AM, last call for entries, so plan your timecarefully. If you have any questions about exhibit-ing, please call one of the people on the resource list.They'll all be happy to help with informirtion. It's nothard to do and there are special divisions for peoplewho have never entered before. Come win some blueribbons.

Resources

Cincinnati.Bill Lee, 752-8104

Mary Lou Gripsh over, 248-9137Linda Wallpe, 221-4140Liz Ragouzis,22l-1166

Peggy Macneale, 522-7 025Tom Stettner,35l-4268

Dayton:Peg Newill,885-2971

Harold MacConnell, 426-9 5 57

Christine Hanenkrat, 27 5 -99 19

Rebecca Koesters, 252-3028