| Portland Dahlia Society Bulletin Meets second Tuesday of the month at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, 5830 N.E. Alameda Editor: Mike Riordan (503) 998-5184 Contacts: Teresa Bergman (360) 274-8292 Jeanette Benson (503) 649-4118 Next meeting Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 @ 6:30 PM ANNUAL HOLIDAY POT LUCK DINNER Our final meeting of 2010 will be our Pot Luck dinner. Please note that the starting time will be at 6:30 p.m. Please bring a SIDE DISH, SALAD, DESSERT or an APPETIZER (and include a serving spoon) All dishes and serving spoons should be marked with masking tape, so if you forget them, we will know where they belong. The Society will provide the meat and beverages. Monte Stowell has generously volunteered to provide the plates, cups, napkins and utensils. As usual after the meal, we’ll have the bingo game. You may contribute some new items for bingo prizes and/or door prizes if you would like. Please make sure your prize is one you would enjoy yourself. Family members of any age are welcome. This is always a fun event, don’t miss it! NEW MEMBERS – this is a great time to come and get acquainted with other members. 2011 DUES ARE SOON DUE. Why not take care of this now and get it out of the way and insure your ADS Bulletins and 2011 Classification Book will arrive on time? Judges please remember that you are required to carry membership in both the American Dahlia society and the PNDC (Pacific Northwest Dahlia conference). PDS dues, ADS dues and PNDC dues should be combined and paid to the Treasurer as noted below. Federation of Northwest Dahlia Growers dues are $10 and also payable through our Treasurer. PDS ADS PNDC Adults: $7.00 Couples: $10.00 Juniors: $1.00 Individual: $20.00 Family: $23.00 Ad $10Snowbirds Individual $10.00 Dual: $15.00 Mail to or pay at next meeting Larry Sawyer, 11015 S.W. Berkshire, Portland, OR 97225 DAHLIAS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY This is the slow time of year for us dahlia lovers to take a bit of a rest. Hopefully all your tubers are dug and stored away for the winter. Now is a great time to sit in front of the fireplace and peruse the catalogs and decide what we want to add and subtract. It is also a good time to plan next year’s garden and readjust and fine tune the layout. One other winter “to-do” is to check your tubers several times during storage to determine if any have gone bad and need to be removed. It may be possible to remove just the bad portion of a tuber; treat the cut surface with a fungicide, such as powdered sulfur, then return it to storage. Be careful as one bad tuber may spoil the rest of the tubers in that bag. If you store the tubers in plastic bags, check the tubers for moisture content. If there is too much moisture, indicated by condensation inside the bag, open the bags for a couple of days and let the moisture escape or add some perforations to the exterior of the bag. Or remove the too wet storage medium and mix with dry(er) fresh medium and re-pack the tubers. If the tubers appear to be drying (shriveling) add a bit of water to the bags. Be very careful not to add too much water because you increase the chances of rot if you do. ANNUAL BOARD MEETING Our annual board meeting will take place Saturday, January 15th, 2011 at 12 noon. We will meet in the community room at the Georgetown Realty Office located at 1000 NE 122nd Avenue in Portland. From I-205 North or South bound take exit 21A to Glisan Street. Take Glisan East (street numbers increase) to 122nd Avenue. Turn left from Glisan to 122nd. Georgetown is two blocks down 122nd on your right. Parking is behind the building. We will start the meeting with a potluck luncheon. Everyone is encouraged to bring a dish they believe others will find popular. All members are welcome at this meeting. You need not be a member of the board to participate. We will be discussing what went well and where and how we can improve. What do we want to change or revise in the show schedule to make it even better? How can we increase participation in our annual show? What plans need to be firmed up for our hosting of the 2012 National Show? What changes would you like to see in our monthly meeting programs? How can we go about attracting and retaining more new members? This is a planning and strategizing session, so please bring your ideas and enthusiasm. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL. We should all be thankful for the good blooms and learning experiences we had this year as we reach yet another milepost in our dahlia growing lives. REMEMBER – No meeting in January. |
| Best in Show at Portland Show Ryecroft Dave's Choice entered by Tiffany Boatwright |
December 2010
Teresa Bergman and grand son.
| Swan Island display of new varieties for 2011. Left to right: Enchantress, Azteca, and Groovy and below Blah Blah Blah |
