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MTDS News April 2007 Middle Tennessee Daffodil Society Established April 5, 1958
MTDS Officers: 2006-2007 ADS Officers who are members of MTDS: President: Ann McKinney Southeast Regional Director: Becky Matthews Vice President: Amanda McKinney Youth Committee Chairman: Becky Matthews Treasurer: Ann McKinney ADS Legal Counsel: Dick Frank Membership Chairman: Anne Owen
From the President: We had a terrific 2006-07! We welcomed 10 new members, who not only paid dues, but attended our spring meeting, helped with the show and exhibited! Please spread the word that we are a great deal…low dues, few meetings, 3 or 4 newsletters a year, a local show with great awards and lots to learn and free bulbs to new members each fall!
Thank you for your continued support and interest in daffodils,
Ann McKinney MTDS President
SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING We had a very successful spring meeting on March 11, 2007 at the home of Susan and Ray Basham. We had several first-timers: Jennifer and Jeff Harvey, Joy Biola, Kathy Crownover and Sandi Eichenberger. Thank you to the Bashams and to everyone who came!
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! MTDS is thrilled to welcome the following new members: Joy Biola Donna Brooks Lynne Casey Kathy Crownover Sandi Eichenberger Jeff and Jennifer Harvey Laua Smith Patti and Robert Waller
MTDS MEMBERSHIP… The expiration of your membership dues are indicated on your mailing label. Please mail dues, $10.00 for an individual, $15.00 for a family to MTDS: Anne Owen 1203 Natchez Road Franklin, TN 37069. For information or questions, please contact Anne at annieo1203@comcast.net or 794-0138. Please pay your dues so that you are not dropped from our mailing list! Also, please let us know if there is any change in your mailing or email address so that we can contact you with society news and happenings. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! Thank you so much to our many volunteers who helped make the show a great success. Set-Up Pam Braun, Mary Calhoun, Susan Basham, Ray Basham, Becky Matthews, Kathy Welsh and Marise Keathley Take-Down Pam Braun, Mary Calhoun, Susan Basham, Ray Basham, Becky Matthews, Marise Keathley, Nancy Keen Palmer, Chris Catanzaro, Benny Amos, Jeff Harvey and Jennifer Harvey Clerks Benny Amos, Chris Catanzaro, Sandi Eichenberger, Kathy Crownover, Pam Braun, Jeff Harvey, Jennifer Harvey, Joy Biola and Patti Waller Horticulture Judges Amanda McKinney, Sandra Frank, Kathy Welsh, Bonnie Campbell, Patrice Winters, Beverly Barbour, Dick Frank and Becky Matthews Design Judges Pam Braun, Kathy Crownover and Sandi Eichenberger
A SPECIAL THANK YOU The members of MTDS would like to extend a special thank you to Dick and Sandra Frank for donating 7 lovely pieces of silver that were awarded at this year’s show. They added a lot to the excitement and the winners are very grateful! Best in Show – large silver tray – Kathy Welsh Most Blue Ribbons – silver bowl – Susan and Ray Basham Best Vase of Three – small round tray – Becky Fox Matthews Best Miniature – small round tray – Susan and Ray Basham Small Grower Best Bloom – silver frame – Susan and Ray Basham Best Collection – oval silver tray - Becky Fox Matthews Best Poeticus – scalloped silver bowl – Ann McKinney
SHOW RECAP The 47th annual show as held at Cheekwood on March 31st and April 1st. Despite very difficult weather conditions, there were 277 exhibits by 20 exhibitors with 462 blooms. Additionally, there were 16 fabulous design entries by 10 exhibitors. A total of 110 blue ribbons were awarded.
Horticulture Exhibitors Blue Ribbons Design Exhibitors Susan and Ray Basham 21 Jennifer Harvey Ann and Amanda McKinney 16 Jeff Harvey Kathy Welsh 13 Denise Hussey Becky Fox Matthews 13 Benny Amos Patrice Winters 6 Kathy Crownover Bonnie Campbell 6 Donna Welke Beverly Barbour 6 Florence Ann Ketelsen Sandra and Dick Frank 6 Pat Darling Bowling Alice Mathews 5 Sandi Eichenberger Amelia Winters 5 Pam Braun Benny Amos 3 Alison McKinney 2 Mary Calhoun 2 Nancy Keen Palmer 2 Janet Loyd 1 Pam Braun 1 Abbie McKinney 1 Abby Winters 1 Jennifer Harvey Anna Coleman
MTDS Award Winners Best in Show: Kathy Welsh - Magic Lantern 1 Y-O Best in Section A: (Single Stems) Alice Mathews – American Classic 2Y-WYY Best in Small Grower Section: Susan and Ray Basham – Ringhaddy 3W-GYO Best Miniature: Becky Fox Matthews – Xit 3W-W Best Intermediate(Pat Bates Memorial Award): Kathy Welsh – Scarlet Tanager 2Y-R Best Intermediate Collection (Alice Wray Taylor Award): Kathy Welsh – Scarlet Tanager 2Y-R, Sulph 2 Y-Y, Forge Mill 2Y-GOO, Equation 11a Y-O, Skilliwidden 2Y-Y Best Historic Collection (Kitty Frank Memorial): Becky Fox Matthews – Gulliver - 1927- 3Y-YYO, Mary Copeland – 1913 – 4W-O, Cantabile – 1932 0 9W-GYR, Laurens Koster – 1906 – 8W-Y, Cheerfulness – 1937 – 4Y-Y Best Youth Standard: Alison McKinney – Highfield Beauty 8Y-YYO Best Youth Miniature: Amelia Winters – Pipit 7YYW-W Most Blue Ribbons, Youth Section: Amelia Winters – 5 Best Single Stem Garden Club Section: Mary Calhoun-Town & Country G.C. Elizabeth Ann 6 W-GWP Best Single Stem Master Gardener Section: Mary Calhoun – Lebanon M.G. Elizabeth Ann 6W-GWP Pink Collection (Sam Winters Memorial Award): Becky Fox Matthews Havens VH 20/12 a 2W-P, Jeanine 2W-P, Twin Towers 2W-P, Kaydee 6W-P Woods Pink 2W-GWP Red/Orange Cup (Amanda Spackman Gehret Memorial Award): Kathy Welsh Falstaff 2Y-O, Loch More 2Y-R, Aintree 3W-O, Hot Gossip 2Y-O, Glenfarclas 1 Y-O Novice Collection (Mrs. Robert Cartwright Award): Susan and Ray Basham Division 1 Collection – Pink Swan 1W-P, Goldfinger 1Y-Y, Ah Hee 1Y-Y, Bravoure 1W-Y, Arctic Gold 1Y-Y Parent-Child Duo (McKinney Family Award): Ann and Amanda McKinney Parent: Matador 8Y-GOO, Child: Castanets 8Y-O
DESIGN SECTION: Best In Show: Jennifer Harvey – Traditional Mass Design
Division 1 – Traditional Mass Division 2 – Oriental Design 1st – Jennifer Harvey 1st – Kathy Crownover 2nd – Jeff Harvey 2nd – Jeff Harvey 3rd – Denise Hussey 3rd – Jennifer Harvey
Division 3 – Line Mass Division 4 – Small Design 1st – Jennifer Harvey 1st – Sandi Eichenberger 2nd – Florence Ann Ketelsen 2nd – Pam Braun 3rd – Jeff Harvey 3rd – Jeff Harvey
PAST SHOW RECAPS: Just to give you a feel for the effects of the spring weather, I dug out the show reports for the last 5 years to compare the number of blooms and exhibits. I’m sure the loss of Sam Winters also had a big impact on the number of exhibits and blooms this year: March 30-31, 2007 Exhibits: 277 Blooms: 462 Exhibitors: 20 April 1-2, 2006 Exhibits: 352 Blooms: 583 Exhibitors: 24 April 2-3, 2005 Exhibits: 263 Blooms: 401 Exhibitors: 20 April 3-4, 2004 Exhibits: 626 Blooms: 938 Exhibitors: 18 April 5-6, 2003 Exhibits: 337 Blooms: 421 Exhibitors: 20 Average: Exhibits: 377 Blooms: 468 Exhibitors: 20
MTDS TREASURER’S REPORT February 1, 2007 – April 1, 2007 Beginning Balance: $3,464.40 Income: Expenses: Dues: $ 215.00 Newsletter: $ 47.53 Awards: $ 40.00 TN Fed Garden Club $ 34.84 Show Expenses: $ 553.43 Total Income $ 255.00 Total Expenses: $ 635.80 Ending Balance: $3,083.60 Checking Balance: $584.02 CD Balance: $2,500.00 IN MEMORIUM – Sam Winters MTDS members mourn the loss of one of our longest standing and active members, Sam Winters. Sam passed away February 15, 2007. Sam was a member of MTDS for more than 30 years. At the time of his death, Sam had been the longest standing member of ADS. Sam entered numerous blooms each year in the annual show. Additionally, Sam brought hundreds of his spectacular blooms that he shared with designers and visitors to Cheekwood. Sam loved working in his beds. He would spend the day in his garden with a wooden chair and his charts carefully cutting his best blooms. He stored them in refrigerators for which he had a remote thermostat display that he could monitor and misted his blooms frequently to keep them fresh for the show.
Sam loved all daffodils, but was particularly fond of pink daffodils, as the MTDS an award for the best pink collection in his memory. In the past few years, Sam had concentrated on his miniature collection, although he was also a big fan of tazettas and poets as well. Sam loved sharing his daffodils as much as he did growing and entering them into shows.
In the past ten years, Sam won the silver ribbon 4 times. He was always quick to offer a helping hand with both set-up and take-down. Sam conducted many lectures about daffodils to local garden clubs in the Clarksville area. He encouraged fellow exhibitors; particularly nurturing his daughter-in-law Patrice and her daughters, Amelia and Abby. Patrice is an accredited judge. Amelia and Abby have both won Youth Best Bloom awards. Sam has three great legacies to carry on his tradition in daffodils and the MTDS. Sam was a past MTDS president and a past ADS Southeast Regional Vice President.
Sam was born in Clarksville, TN February 9, 1926. He was in public education for 38 years, first as a teacher and then as the principal of a number of Montgomery County Elementary Schools. After retiring as principal of East Montgomery School, he worked as a supervisor of student teachers at Austin Peay State University. Sam was a veteran of the Army Air Corps and served during World War II. Sam and his wife, Mary Jo, were married in 1947. They had 14 children together. Sam is survived by 13 of his children, 38 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
We will all miss Sam greatly.
IMPORTANT DATES: OCTOBER 21, 2007 FALL MEETING AT ANN MCKINNEY’S FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008 SPRING MEETING MARCH 28-30, 2008 MIDDLE TENNESSEE DAFFODIL SHOW April 2008 ADS CONVENTION – RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SUMMER DAFFODIL CARE v Don’t remove, fold or cut foliage or stop watering daffodils until the foliage begins to die back (turn yellow) (early May) v Once foliage begins to die back it can be removed v If digging, wait until foliage begins to die so that bulbs get all nutrients necessary for next year’s blooms v After digging bulbs, check each bulb for virus, disease or insect damage. Throw away any soft or damaged bulbs v Keep bulbs dry throughout summer – hang in cool, dry place in mesh bags until time to plant (mid October to early November) v Don’t water daffodils in summer v Overplant daffodils with marigolds – this helps fight disease and requires little watering v Water daffodils again when weather cools off (October) v Fertilize with low nitrogen fertilizer in fall v Remember if you dig, update planting charts
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