AMERICAN FUCHSIA SOCIETY Jingle Bells

AMERICAN FUCHSIA SOCIETY
BULLETIN
Vol. 82 No 1
Founded 1929
January-March 2010
Jingle Bells
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Table of contents
ON THE COVER
My New 2010 F.G.M.
Perspective............................... 3
Oregon Fuchsia Society 2010
International Convention.........7
Our Fuchsia Friends....................8
Photo Contest Results................. 9
Can You Spare A Smile............. 10
Michael’s Fuchsia’s Galore........11
Annual Meeting Report............ 13
2009 Achievement Award......... 15
2009 Longevity Awards. ........... 16
Thank you ....................................16
List of Gall Mite
Resistant Fuchsias................. 18
Manure........................................20
AFS Statement of Ownership....21
Branch Directory....................... 22
Branch Programs
and Special Events.................23
The beautiful fuchsia photo of
‘Jingle Bells’ was taken by Gail
Sherman member of the Salem
Branch. Photo was entered in the
2009 AFS Photo Contest. Photo
was judged as people’s
choice award,
“Best in Show”
Deadline for the next
bulletin is 1 February 2010.
Send bulletin information to
Janis Bergquist, 819 Carolina
St., Vallejo, CA 94590 or e-mail
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My new 2010
F.G.M. Perspective
By Rodney Bergquist
When I was
AFS
President, I promoted throwing away all
fuchsias that
showed any
signs of fuchsia gall mite
(F.G.M.) plant damage, thinking it would help us to pull
the infected plants out of the
system. The reality was, at the
end of my three year term, the
fuchsias that were thrown away,
always seemed to be my favorites. The results of this method
of control was, my collection of
fuchsias always ended up being the plants left over from
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show, where you emphasize the
extremes. It’s not natural for
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gardeners to not perform plant
maintenance on a continuing
bers in California said, that
basis and I think we may have
they were not going to throw
forgotten that the ugly pictures
away their favorite fuchsias
represent the extreme and are
because of plant damage. That
not the norm. Mother Nature
one simple statement indicates
has certainly provided us with
to me that the majority of AFS
a significant pest that needs to
members feel we need to focus
be controlled, but so are spider
on a simple control method
mites, whitefly and rust which
that will allow everyone to
must be treatkeep and enjoy
“I always say that if you cut ed during the
their favorite
off the visual plant damage to- initial populafuchsias.
day, and I visit your home to- tion stages or
As a fuchmorrow, I will immediately be you will end
sia
enthusidrawn to your beautiful fuch- up with an inast in Califorsia flowers.”
festation that
nia we can no
will be very
longer allow
difficult
to
treat.
To control and
the fear of F.G.M. plant damminimize gall mite plant damage to be paralyzing. Our abilage you must cut it off during
ity to gain new members and
the initial stages of growth.
restore the popularity of fuchMicro pruning works in our
sias in the public’s eye is beyard.
Micro pruning is quick,
ing threatened. It’s interesting
easy and works well as a basic
how people stopped caring for
gall mite control method. I altheir fuchsias when we learned
ways say that if you cut off the
about the gall mites. We just
visual plant damage today, and
watched the plant damage
I visit your home tomorrow, I
multiply and get ugly. Then we
will immediately be drawn to
took lots of pictures of the ugly
your beautiful fuchsia flowand showed everybody in the
ers. Our landscape fuchsias,
world just how ugly it could
one of which is ‘Cardinal’, is at
get if you do nothing to control
least 10 feet tall and F. magalthem. Reminds me of a reality
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lencia is over six foot tall, both
have been a part of our landscape for over 40 years. Both
fuchsias have had gall mite
plant damage several times
during the last 10 years. However you will not normally see
the plant damage they caused
in our yard. Why is that? It’s
because we understand the
need to check our fuchsias often and snip off the bad areas, during the initial stage of
growth, maybe two or three
times a year, so it will not be a
distraction to anyone visiting
our yard.
Personally, I now realize and
accept the fact that the gall
mites are not going away, for a
lot of reasons, one being they
belong to Mother Nature and
Mother Nature normally has
a 10% survival rate built in to
most things. Another reason
would be we all seem to have
different degrees of concern or
interest in putting forth the effort required to control them.
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Last but not least, we have very
little control over hummingbirds, our neighbor’s fuchsias, and fuchsias grown in
the wild or our desire to bring
home new fuchsias. For some
people it’s much easier to just
grow fuchsias as annuals and
that’s fine. With all things being considered, I still want to
be a fuchsia grower and have
my favorite fuchsias as part of
my collection.
Gall mite resistant fuchsias
First off I want to explain what
a gall mite resistant fuchsia is
NOT. It’s not a perfect fuchsia that does not get any leaf
or bud damage. The key word
for gall mite resistant fuchsia is resistant. These fuchsias
will resist galling or blistering
into large closed fist type galls
or something really ugly. However the leaves will certainly
show some signs of leaf blemishes when bugs, insects or gall
mites are chewing on a leaf or
a bud. The gall mite resistant
fuchsia concept reminds us
that various degrees of plant
damage are inevitable and a
normal part of Nature. Gall
mite resistant fuchsias would
obviously be the best choice
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for use as landscape fuchsias
because they have somewhat
proven themselves durable
and resistant. If the amount of
plant damage becomes unacceptable or uncontrollable we
can always replace the plant,
just like we would any other
plant in our garden.
For the good of our society
and the future of our fuchsia’s
in America, we need to teach
our members and the general public how to aggressively
“In 2010 we need to focus
on Micro pruning off the
visual negative, turning it
into a visual positive.”
identify F.G.M. plant damage
in its early stages of growth. In
2010 we need to focus on micro
pruning off the visual negative and turning it into a visual
positive. Do not wait until the
baby gall mites which are feeding on the leaf or bud, mature
and move on to other branches causing more plant damage.
It really makes no sense to let
them multiply. We need to regain control over of our fuch
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sia hobby and get excited again
about sharing our fuchsias
with others. In today’s fuchsia culture, especially in California, it is unrealistic to believe, that you can be a fuchsia
grower and not perform the required plant maintenance.
List of Gall Mite Resistant
Fuchsias In order to validate
a fuchsia as a gall mite resistant fuchsia, gall mites must
be transferred from a plant
that has live gall mites, to a
plant that does not have gall
mites. Fuchsia gall mites cannot be seen with the human
eye without a 40+ magnification microscope. What we actually see, is some of our plants
have the plant damage caused
by gall mites eating on a leaf
or bud, while other plants in
the same area do not. I am not
aware of anyone in the American Fuchsia Society other
than maybe Peter Baye as having a 40+ magnification microscope who is verifying that
live gall mites actually exist on
a fuchsia. My point is realistically the American Fuchsia
Society cannot endorse this
list of fuchsias received from
various members as 100% gall
mite resistant. What we can
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say is, Peter Baye and Mary
Cooks have actually tested
their fuchsias. Other members
have reported that the fuchsias
on this list are still doing exceptionally well in their yard,
sometimes surrounded by
other fuchsias that have experienced F.G.M. plant blemishes. In our October-December
2009 issue of our bulletin, page
8, Kathy Lewark’s article titled, “Better Fewer But Better”,
also lists fuchsias that are doing well in their yard even after several years of experiencing various degrees of F.G.M.
outbreaks. The fuchsias on this
list are in the process of proving themselves to be somewhat
resistant to the gall mites, only
requiring minimum maintenance, yet still requiring some
maintenance like most other
plants. You may want to consider adding them to your 2010
shopping list.
List of gall mite resistant
fuchsias on page 18.
Oregon Fuchsia Societiy
2010 International
CONVENTION
Hello fellow fuchsia aficionados! Our plans for The Oregon Trail Fuchsia convention, September 30 through
October 3, 2010, in Portland,
Oregon, are proceeding well.
In a few weeks, we should
have descriptions of speakers, garden tours, schedules,
and associated costs of the
convention: registration, hotel rooms, meals, and garden tours. We hope you will
share this information with
your members at meetings
and newsletters. We will be
defining a web site with a
printable mail-in registration
form within the next month.
We offer tables for sales/
display items in our vendor
area. The fee is $20 for a six
foot table. Contact Sue Randall via e-mail birdland01@
msn.com or by telephone
(503) 246-7920. ■
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Our Fuchsia Friends
They will be missed
Virginia Feldmann
Virginia Feldmann’s long,
busy life ended
quietly on the
evening of October 31. For
thirty-five years,
her association with AFS, San Bruno and
the Sebastopol Branch brought
her much joy and many friends.
She served her Branch in various ways and was a member of
the AFS Board for ten years. Any
job she had she did well and
when she was responsible for
refreshments, they were homemade and often served with real
whipped cream!
Visiting other Branches, attending conventions and traveling to New Zealand and Great
Britain allowed Virginia to make
new friends, enjoy beautiful
gardens and collect wonderful
memories. Her daughter Deborah, writes, “She was a Fuchsia
Society member ‘til the end.
She told everyone at the nursing
home about her many years in
the society and how much it had
meant to her. My mother was
very proud to have been a long
time member of the Fuchsia
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Society and I wanted to be sure
to thank everyone for the many
years of joy and involvement she
had with her Fuchsia community
and to let all of you know she
was thinking about you right up
to the end of her life.”
—And we will certainly remember her with love. ■
Elsie Sydnor
CONTRIBUTIONS
AFS gratefully acknowledges the following gift in loving
memory of a valued friend.
$50 - Salem Branch, to the
Color Plate Fund in memory of
Roberta Stuhr.
$25 - Arlene Pomeroy to the
Color Plate Fund in memory of
Bella O’Neill.
$25 - Deborah Feldmann to
the Scholarship Fund in memory of Virginia Feldmann.
Donations may be sent to the
AFS Treasurer.
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Gail Sherman
Dolores Frow
Gail Sherman Duncan, January
3, 1950-October
26,
2009. Gail
was a member of AFS
for the past
13
years.
She was past President of the Salem Branch of AFS. Gail enjoyed
participating in the AFS Photo
contest. ■
Dolores
Frow entered
into
rest,
October 22,
2009. For 35
years Dolores
was an active
member of
AFS and held offices at the San
Bruno Branch and was past president of the Santa Rosa Branch. ■
American Fuchsia Society
2009 Photo Contest results
This year the participation in our AFS Photo Contest was down
but the quality of the photo’s entered for judging was excellent.
Photo contest entries were on display at this year’s AFS Annual
Meeting held in Crescent City. The contest was judged as “People’s Choice Award” by the attendees at the annual meeting.
Because only three members entered all the photo’s in this
year’s contest, individuals in some cases won 1st, 2nd and 3rd
so rather than repeat a person’s name three times we will simply list the winners once for each category. Gail Sherman, of the
Salem Branch won category A with a photo of Joy Patmore and
also won category B, with a photo of Jingle Bells. Dancing Star,
entered by Eileen Fahey of the Eureka Branch won category C.
People seem to really enjoy the fuchsia fantasy entries and had
a hard time picking a winner. This year, Al Sydnor won 1st, 2nd
and 3rd in category F. Gail Sherman’s photo of Jingle Bells was
judged as best photo entered in this year’s photo contest. ■
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CAN YOU SPARE A SMILE
A friendly smile costs nothing
But gives so very much
It’s as welcome as early flowers
Or a gentle loving touch.
It enriches those who receive it
Taking nothing from those who give
That smile is always remembered
For as long as we’re destined to live.
None are so rich and so mighty
That a smile won’t brighten their day
And none are so poor and deprived
They can’t afford to give one away.
A smile is a moment of pleasure
In the home or to those we meet
It’s a countersign of our friendship
As we stroll along the street.
It’s cheer to those discouraged
It is sunshine to those feeling lost
The best thing to be said about it
Is the fact that it has no cost.
It is something that can’t be purchased
Borrowed or stolen this day
For it’s something that has no value
Until it is given away.
Some are simply too weary
Just from the struggle to live
So give them a smile of yours
If they have no more to give.
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MICHAEL’S FUCHSIA’S GALORE
By Mary Cooke
Santa Clara Valley Branch of AFS
Many years ago I was lucky enough to discover Mike Breneman at
Antonelli Brothers Nursery in Capitola, CA. I met him while searching for ‘Fiery Spider’. He had received five plants of it only the day before from one of his friends. With typical generosity he promptly gave
me two of them.
Mike had begun to work at Antonelli’s immediately out of college.
He started at the bottom shoveling compost and eventually assumed
the management of the fuchsia department. Anyone who shopped
there will remember the friendly guy who found plants, gave advice,
and worked the cash register. Later, he organized an annual fuchsia
celebration at the nursery complete with a musical combo—a really
fun day.
He even found time for some hybridizing. His beautiful ‘Pinto
de Blue’ was featured on the dust jacket and color plate # 95 of Edwin Goulding’s “Fuchsias the Complete Guide New Edition”, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2002. A spectacular hanging basket
of this fuchsia won Best in Show some years ago at a San Francisco show. He also hybridized ‘Holy Mackerel’ and ‘Lavalou’. Mike describes this latter as a double that not always blooms profusely but
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produces enormous blooms. If anyone currently has ‘Lavalou’, could
you let Mike know? This fuchsia was lost in the midst of all the turmoil that Antonelli has endured in recent years. Antonelli’s was destroyed by fire a few years ago. By some miracle, many starter plants
were spared with only partly melted labels. They grew on to become
fine plants as if nothing had happened!
Antonelli begonia business and Michael’s Fuchsia’s Galore is now
located in Watsonville, CA at 407 Hecker Pass Road. At the Watsonville nursery, Mike has a collection of about 1,000 fuchsia varieties
plus other plants–a great sight! He also sells many varieties of fibrous
and rhizomatous begonias, Angel’s Trumpet and Congo impatiens.
He has plants of various sizes; the starter plants are particularly
choice. They are very well rooted and grow into good specimens in
only a few months. In the spring, March to mid June, Mike tries to
maintain about 600 fuchsia varieties of fuchsias at the Alladin Nursery, 2907 Freedom Blvd. in Watsonville, a retail outlet which is open 7
days a week. Their phone number is: (831) 724-7517.
Ordering information: In order to be efficient for all concerned,
Mikes suggests AFS members consider consolidating plant requirements to larger orders, instead of driving a long distance to pick up
only 2 or 3 small starter plants. Because he is working at the begonia
nursery, he asks everyone to call and make an appointment to visit
the fuchsia part of the nursery to pick up your orders. While at the
nursery you can of course shop for additional plants. When you call
(831) 535-2250, your call will most likely go to voice mail (a recording),
so be sure to leave your name, and a day or night time phone number
where you can be reached. Mike will return your call, usually within
24 hours or as soon as he can fit it into his work schedule. Also keep
in mind he can ship starter fuchsias from March to mid June. For a
list of available fuchsias, go to the AFS web site: http://www.americanfuchsiasociety.org and click on Fuchsia Nurseries, Fuchsia Galore then select upright or hanging. Note: also listed are Encliandra
and Special Collections.
I believe that this genial and ethical man is just about the last hope
we have because so many fuchsia specialists have gone out of business. For selfish reasons and because he is our friend, we wish him
continued success. ■
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2009 AFS Annual Meeting & Luncheon report
By: Gay McWhirter
This year’s American Fuchsia Society Annual Meeting & Luncheon was held October 10th at the Del
Norte Fairgrounds in Crescent City CA. Bev Overstreet, Crescent City’s Branch President and the Crescent City Branch hosted this year’s annual meeting.
Considerable effort was put into decorating the room
used to host the meeting. There were several plant
stands with fuchsias sitting on top of the stands. The
tables also had plants with special pot covers made
of fuchsia fabric that was shaped to fit the pots with
fabric stiffener. As members, guests and friends arrived they were given
a voting ballet so they could vote for “People’s Choice Award” judging
this year’s AFS Photo Contest entries. This year there were 28 photos entered in our photo contest. Lunch was served at 11:30 which included
sandwiches and numerous potluck dishes to choose from that were
brought by members of the Crescent City Branch. The center piece on
the food display table was an enormous container which was filled with
beautiful blooming fuchsias.
The formal meeting was conducted by past AFS President, Madalyn
Drago. Branch roll call was conducted. Forty four (44) members and
guests were in attendance. Crescent City obviously had the largest
group of attendees but there were also members present that traveled
a considerable distance to participate in what turned out to be a very
enjoyable annual meeting. Other branches represented at this meeting were San Bruno, Sebastopol, Eureka, Santa Clara Valley and Vallejo.
Also in attendance was Donna Fellows, past president of the Northwest
Fuchsia Society and Sali Dahl, the guest speaker. Nine AFS Board Members were present at this meeting. AFS Longevity awards, pins and certificates were presented to attendees with 25-45 years of membership.
Longevity pins and certificates for members with less than 25 years will
be forwarded to the member’s local branch for presentation.
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The guest speaker was Sali Dahl, member of the
Northwest Fuchsia Society and author of her book
titled “Wildly Seeking Fuchsias.” Using a slide show,
she talked about the history of fuchsias and how they
were brought into California by the early pioneers in
the mid 1800’s before the formation of the American
Fuchsia Society in 1929. She was a humorous and
enjoyable speaker. Because almost everyone in attendance was from California her talk was especially
informative and interesting.
Raffle prize tickets were sold by AFS for a beautiful redwood burl basket filled with numerous fuchsia lore items. The winning ticket holder
was Vickie Walworth. The money from the raffle was donated back to
the Crescent City Branch. AFS had a merchandise sales table which included the new AFS 80th anniversary T-shirt, New Zealand 2010 calendars and the 2010 AFS Calendar which was made up of the various photo’s submitted by individual branches. Each branch was given a month.
The Crescent City Branch also had fuchsias for sale.
The meeting ended with a lot of socializing between new and old
friends. Crescent City members, the Helsels, Potters, McWhirters and
Bev Overstreet offered maps to their gardens for people interested in
touring local gardens. Last but not least, for our Saturday evening enjoyment, the Crescent City branch coordinated a trip to Klamath, CA, Steelhead Lodge restaurant which specializes in large platters of steak or ribs.
Eighteen members car pooled to this enjoyable dining event. ■
2010 update your AFS Branch Information
If you have changed Branch President, meeting times or locations,
please send your updated information to Janis Bergquist’s e-mail
<JBERGQ@pacbell.net>. Please include address, phone number and
E-mail address if available.
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American Fuchsia Society
2009 Achievement Award
Medal of Achievement is awarded from time to time for outstanding
performance in the affairs of the Society. It was designed by Dr. Fred
Davis and the first one was awarded to Miss Alice Eastwood in 1948.
The last one was awarded in 2007 to Ed Salome. The medal is no longer
made. The current award is a beautiful plaque.
At this year’s 2009 AFS Annual Meeting, the American Fuchsia Society,
board of directors, recognized Dr. Peter Baye, Ph. D. who was a volunteer
at Strybing in 1993 when he initiated the breeding program for mite
resistant fuchsias. He has provided over 30 hybrids to the San Francisco Botanical Garden. He has written or provided information for many
magazine articles including Pacific Horticulture and our own American
Fuchsia Society Bulletin.
The American Fuchsia Society
2009 Achievement Award,
Presented to Peter Baye, Ph. D.
The achievement award reads as follows;
For your significant contribution to the genus fuchsia, by hybridizing,
testing and education, relating to “Mite Resistant Fuchsias.”
Peter says: Due to his workload and schedule he is not able to attend
this year’s meeting. He sends his regards and greeting. ■
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AFS LONGEVITY
CERTIFICATES 2009
This year’s AFS Longevity
awards are as follows: 45 years,
Lorine Gandolfi of the San Mateo Branch; 35 years, Virginia
Feldmann and Claire D’Urso
of the Sebastopol Branch; 30
years, Madalyn Drago and
Kent Walker of the San Bruno Branch, William Cordano,
Daragh and Neal Powers of
the San Francisco Branch; 25
years, Ed and Mali Trower of
the San Bruno Branch, Alfred
and Betty Winter of the Sebastopol Branch.
The foundation of the American Fuchsia Society is built on
long time memberships. The
society appreciates your continued participation and support. ■
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Thank you
by Ron & Debbie Monnier
Debbie and I have now closed
our nursery, “Monnier’s Country Gardens.” While the decision to close did not come
lightly, we had compelling reasons to do so. The biggest reason truly was to regain control of our lives and financial
future. We want to sincerely
thank all those who have supported our business venture
over the years. We are exceedingly grateful for the enduring
friendships that were forged
through our mutual love of
plants.
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There have been many questions as to where Debbie and I
go from here. We have acquired
property in Milton-Freewater,
Oregon, and are in the process
of moving our household, including our four legged friends
and a couple greenhouses. We
will also be taking many of
the new hybrid fuchsias that
we are still evaluating from
the previous hybridizing seasons. Ron plans to continue
his interest in plants including hybridizing. The geese and
chickens that were an interesting distraction when shopping
for fuchsias have found homes
and will remain as Willamette
Valley residents.
Many are concerned with
where they will satisfy their
next fuchsia fix. There will be
many places to do so. We were
impressed with how many
nurseries stepped up their collections to ensure the availability down the line. Fry Road
Nursery in Albany, Oregon, is
stepping up in a big way to offer fuchsias on a regional basis.
We are offering them and other nurseries whatever support
we possibly can. Their web site
is http://www.fryroadnursery.
com. Visit them at 34989 Fry
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Road S. E., Albany, OR 97322
(541) 928-7038.
It has amused me that there
is a perception that with the
close of the nursery that Debbie and I will vaporize and just
drift away. While we may not
have a destination nursery, we
will not be floating into oblivion. We intend to keep our web
site active. You will be able to
follow our move and activities in Milton-Freewater. We
will use the web site to post
our new releases, recommend
nurseries, and we’ll attempt to
make it even more educational
than it has been in the past.
The close of the nursery closes the current chapter of our
lives. We are excited about what
the next chapter offers. Thank
you all for all the kindness and
support you have shown. We
look forward to sharing our enduring passion for plants with
you all in our future chapters
as well.■
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List of Gall Mite
Resistant Fuchsias
‘Alta’
‘Angel’s Earrings’
‘Baby Chang’
‘Baby Tutu’
‘Baby Two Step’
‘Bergnimf’
‘Beth Robley’
‘Blush Fandent’
‘Campo Hatchback’
‘Campo Molilna’
‘Campo Spach’
‘Campo Thilco’
‘Campo Victor’
‘Campo Vitrix’
‘Cara Mia’
‘Carnival’
‘Change Encounter’
‘Chang’
‘Chickadee’
‘Cinnabarina’
‘Coral Baby’
‘Curly Q’
‘Curtain Call’
‘Dainty Angel’s Earrings’
‘Daisy Bell’
‘Dr. Mahoney’
‘Dr. Godronson’
F. affinis fischeri
F. alpestris
F. andrei
F. arborescens
F. ayavaceneses
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F. boliviana
F. boliviana alba
F. Bolivia var argentina
F. brevilobis
F. campos portoi
F. canascens
F. cinerea
F. colensoi
F. colinae
F. cordifolia
F. decussate
F. denticulate
F. dependens
F. encliandra
F. excorticate
F. exoniensis
F. fischeri
F. fulgens
F. gehrigeri
F. genrigen
F. glazioviana
F. hartwegii
F. hatschbachii
F. hirtella
F. jiminitzii
F. jumenezia, lyciodes
F. loxensis
F. mathewsiio
F. matthensii
F. membranacea
F. microphylla
F. minutaflora
F. paniculata
F. petiolaris
F. procumbens
F. radicans
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F. raveni
F. regia
F. regia alpestris
F. regia reitzii
F. regia serrae
F. rivularis
F. sancta-rosae
F. scabriuscula
F. serratifolie (denticulate)
F. simpliciauls
F. smithii
F. splendens
F. sylvatica
F. thymifolia
F. thymifolia varigata
F. tilletiana
F. tincta
F. venusta
F. vulcania
F. waythowski
F. x baccilaris
F. x colensoe
‘Fabian Franck’
‘Fanfare’
‘First Success’
‘Galfrey Blush’
‘Galfrey Lye’
‘Golden West’
‘Goodness Gracious’
‘Graf Witte’
‘Grand Campo Spach’
‘Grand Harfare’
‘Harfare Chinook’
‘Hidcote Beauty’
‘Isis’
‘Issac Rowan’
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‘Jamboree’
‘Kyle Peter’
‘Lechlade Chinaman’
‘Lechlade Gorgon’
‘Lena’
‘Leverkusen’
‘Little Ronnie’
‘Lottie Hobby’
‘Machu Picchu’
‘Mantilla’
‘Mary’
‘Mary Fairclo’
‘Mason’s Tiny Tots’
‘Meip Aaaluizen’
‘Mendocino Mini’
‘Miniature Jewels’
‘Miri’
‘Mood Indigo’
‘Netalla’
‘Non Pariel’
‘Ocean Mist’
‘Other Fellow’
‘Panylla Prince’
‘Pink Link’
‘Porphyrio’
‘President Walter Mario’
‘Prove Thyself’
‘Rading Karin’
‘Radings Majorie’
‘Red Fanling’
‘Reflexia’
‘San Francisco’
‘Scarlet Ribbons’
‘Shiller’
‘South Coast’
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‘Space Shuttle’
‘Strybing’s Peach’
‘Strbing’s Speciosa’
‘Ramarama’
‘Tangerine’
‘Tarra Valley’
‘Texas Longhorn’
‘Think Pink’
‘Trumpeter’
‘Turner Matthew’
‘Varigated Lottie Hobby’
‘Wee Rose’
‘Wee Success’. ■
“My Green Thumb came only
as a result of the mistakes
I made while learning to see
things from the plant’s
point of view.”
-H. Fred Ale
MANURE
An Interesting Fact
By Joan Hampton
From the February 2009 Geranium, Pelargonium & Fuchsia Society of Ontario.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
transported by ship and it
was also before commercial
fertilizer’s invention, so large
shipments of manure were
common.
It was shipped dry, because
in dry form it weighed a lot
less than when wet, but once
water (at sea) hit it, not only
became heavier, but the process of fermentation began
again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the
stuff was stored below decks
in bundles you can imagine
what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build
up below decks and the first
time someone came below at night with a lantern,
BOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just
what was happening.
After that, the bundles
of manure were always
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Branch Directory
Crescent City: 3rd Wednesday,
Potluck at 6:00 p.m. before every meeting, Del Norte County Fairgrounds
Dining Room, Hwy 1, Crescent City, CA
Mailing Address:
P.O Box 432, Crescent City, CA 95531
(707) 464-3827
<bevsgarden1@charter.net>
Eureka: 3rd week, locations, days & times
change, phone for information. (707)
442-1597 (Eileen or Ethel) @ 725-5393.
Mailing Address: P O Box 5462, Eureka,
CA 95502-5462
(707)443-2679 <sb2bills@msn.com>
Sacramento: 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330
McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 972-8606
<chefab@comcast.net>
Salem Area: 4th Monday, 7 p.m.
Center 50+
2615 Portland Rd. N.E. Salem, OR.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 13713,
Salem, OR 97309 (503) 623-4638
<knoxgl@msn.com>
San Bruno: Meets every other month,
starts Feb 2009, 2nd Friday, 7:30 p.m.
New Life Community Church of
Burlingame, corner of El Camino and
Palm Drive (650) 591-9752
<alsydnor@mac.com>
San Francisco: 2nd Monday, 8 p.m.
County Fair Building, 9th Ave. &
Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA (415)
564-3970 <msham57@yahoo.com>
San Jose: 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.
St Edwards Episcopal Church, 15040
Union Avenue, just south of Hwy 85,
San Jose, CA
(408) 257-0752 <alsydnor@mac.com>
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San Mateo: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside
Way, San Mateo, CA (650) 875-1938
<oscarcolin@sbcglobal.net>
Santa Clara Valley: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 p.m
Room 17, Hillview Community Center,
Hillview Ave., off San Antanio,
Los Altos, CA (408) 733-3469
<jndbligh@silcon.com>
Sebastopol: 4th Friday, 11:00 a.m.
(Potluck, Feb, Apr, Jun. & Oct.)
Sebastopol Senior Center 167 N. High
St., Sebastopol, CA (707) 546-1343
<wtempleman@sbcglobal.net>
Vallejo: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Church
of the Ascension, 2420 Tuolumne St.,
Vallejo, CA. Mailing address:
819 Carolina St., Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 643-7776
<jbergq@pacbell.net>
Affiliated Society
Eugene Fuchsia & Begonia Society
2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Eugene Garden Club, 645 High St., Eugene, OR
(541) 485-2992 <deltafarm@msn.com>
AFS INSURANCE
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Insurance directly
If there is a problem,
contact AFS President
January-March 2010
2010 Branch Programs
Feb.9 Vallejo, group discussion on Propagation including;
Semi-hardwood & tip cuttings with bottom heat.
Mar. 9 Vallejo, group discussion on potting mixes
Apr. 13 Vallejo, landscape fuchsias (planting & pruning)
Note: Your AFS Bulletin requires two month processing time, for
layout, commercial printing and postal delivery. When possible, plan
ahead. If you want your branch program or special event information
listed in the bulletin, you need to send the bulletin editors that information.
Mark your Calendar - Special Events
Feb 14, 6th Annual Fuchsia Collectibles Show
Sept. 30 thru Oct. 3, Oregon International Fuchsia Convention
Manure
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stamped with the term “Ship High in Transit” on them, which
meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks
so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this
volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term “S.H.I.T.” (Ship High in Transport)
which has come down through the centuries and is in use to
this very day. You probably did not know the true history of this
word. Neither did I. I had always thought it was a golf term.■
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