It has been a very
good year for CRS. Starting out on a
challenging note with the early and severe winter, most plants survived, and
they eventually recovered, albeit 10 days later than usual for the first bloom
cycle. This allowed the Rose Show to
proceed in mid-June, but with fewer entries.
Quality of the Hybrid Teas remained high, but many Floribundas and other
roses were often too late to compete in CT.
Some
events of note from the past season:
Donna Fuss
was awarded the Society Bronze Medal for long and valuable service to the
organization.
A number
of CRS members completed the Consulting Rosarian course and test resulting in
certification.
Several
CRS members successfully completed the Horticultural Judging School and are now
working to complete their five-show judging apprenticeships:
Carol Ann
Rogers & Steve Rogers
Patsy
Cunningham (CRS and RIRS member)
David
Cannistraro (CRS and NERS member)
Craig
Dorschel (CRS and NERS member)
Looking to
the future, the programs continue to be both
informative
and interesting. We start the year with
our
Member’s
Holiday Luncheon complemented with a slide presentation by nationally renowned
rosarian Frank Benardella: “European
Rose Trials”. For the remainder of the
season we look forward to these programs: (all are in the Pond House, Elizabeth
Park, West Hartford, CT, and we meet at 2:30 PM)
Date-Presentation-Presenter Feb 2004
“Growing Roses in the Greenhouse” Tom Pinchbeck, Pinchbeck Nurseries, Guilford.
March “Landscaping with Roses” Oz
Osborn. March 19-21 District Convention: Hilton Garden Hotel, Windsor. See separate article for details. April 4 “Opening the Garden and Pruning
Demonstration” CRS Consulting Rosarians. June 6 “Exhibiting Roses- Principles
and Techniques” Tim Roy. June 20 CRS
Annual Rose Show
Website - www.ctrose.org,
Dave Candler, 860-889-0302 or DavCandler@aol.com
with any questions.
Information
about the Rose Show or Apprentice Judging, call: Steve Rogers, Show Chair:
860-563-1835,
Mike Fuss,
Show Chair of Judges: 860-243-1586
Program
recommendations: Dave Long: 860-434-5522
District Treasury Summary Report
1/1/03 to 12/31/03
Submitted by:
Steve Rogers, Treasurer
We had a
beginning balance of $5241.16. Income
during the period was $5488.52 (Spring Convention: $2571.38, Fall Convention:
$1630.00, CR and Judging Schools: $1263.50, Interest: $23.64). Expenses for the period were $4371.91
(Newsletter: $807.07, Spring Convention: $38.96, District Awards: $220.00, Web
Site: $136.25, Fall Convention: $1936.01, CR and Judging Schools: $1159.31,
District Committee expenses: $74.31). As
of 12/31/03 we had an ending balance of $6357.77. Additionally, we have $500.00 on deposit for
the 2004 Spring convention.
YANKEE DISTRICT ROSE SHOW
Submitted by Art Emmons
The Yankee
District will host its annual District Rose Show at the beautiful Harwich
Community Center on Cape Cod on Saturday September 11th.
Come join us
for what is always the best rose event of the year. The rose show will open for entries at
(?)and will be closed for judging at 10am.
During judging a special program will be conducted in the beautiful
community center garden, right outside the rose show. A lunch will be followed by a very special
program by Robbie and Marsha Tucker; owners of Rosemania and the great
miniature rose hybridizers.
And no one
wants to miss our very special
clam bake on the beach on Saturday evening in the stunning
September sunset. Be sure to mark your
calendar now!
FIFTY YEARS LATER
Many types of plants have been grown
in pots or containers of some type for many thousands of years. You see this in pictures from long ago. The general public seems to think that roses
are perennial shrubs that should be grown in the ground and would like for them
to live forever. Maybe that is true in
mild climates but in the Northern climates in the United States that is not
always true.
About a week after the Iraqui war
started I got so disgusted with all the Tokyo Rose (no pun) reports that I
turned off my TV and radio and started to read some books. One of the books I read was the 1953 ARS Rose
Annual. I found this article, THE
ROSE, LOVELIEST OF POT PLANTS, by
Mrs. Merrill A. Newman, San Mateo, California.
She states that you can grow any
type of rose in a pot and goes through a long list of varieties which will grow
in pots including climbers. She
describes various types and sizes of redwood containers she uses and the
preparation of the containers and the growing medium used. She goes on to describe her fertilizing and
watering techniques. She says very few of her potted roses have to
be repotted with a complete soil change.
She says that each year she uses a sharp trowel to remove a slice of
soil around the edge of the container.
This cuts off the ends of the roots and the void is filled with fresh
growing medium.
Mrs. Newman describes growing
climbers with the trellis being built outside of the container. She also describes some of the advantages and
things that you can experiment with. She says that in ten years more than five
hundred roses have found a happy home in containers in her garden.
I have used many of the same
techniques and experienced some of the same good results. There is an introductory paragraph at the
beginning of the article which says, “We hope now that someone will work out a
method for caring for potted roses during the winter so that this method of
culture will become more popular in cold climates.” Mrs. Newman, wherever you are, my method of
growing roses in containers with casters and keeping them in the garage seems
to fulfill your hope. They grow so well
I call them “My California roses”. I
only grow two hundred in containers.
Submitted to the Rose Window 2003 by
Clarence Rhodes, Portland, Maine.
THE ROSE WINDOW 