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AMERICAN FUCHSIA SOCIETYBULLETINVol. 82 No 1

Founded 1929January-March 2010

Jingle Bells

� American Fuchsia Society Bulletin January-March 2010

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ON THE COVER

The beautiful fuchsia photo of ‘Jingle Bells’ was taken by Gail Sherman member of the Salem Branch. Photo was entered in the �009 AFS Photo Contest. Photo was judged as people’s choice award,

“Best in Show”

Table of contents

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My New 2010 F.G.M. Perspective .............................. 3Oregon Fuchsia Society 2010 International Convention ........7Our Fuchsia Friends ...................8Photo Contest Results ................ 9Can You Spare A Smile ............ 10Michael’s Fuchsia’s Galore .......11Annual Meeting Report ........... 132009 Achievement Award ........ 152009 Longevity Awards ............ 16Thank you ....................................16List of Gall Mite Resistant Fuchsias ................ 18Manure .......................................20AFS Statement of Ownership ...21Branch Directory ...................... 22Branch Programs and Special Events.................23

My new 2010F.G.M. Perspective

By Rodney Bergquist

When I was AFS Presi-dent, I pro-moted throw-ing away all fuchsias that showed any signs of fuch-sia gall mite

(F.G.M.) plant damage, think-ing 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 favor-ites. The results of this method of control was, my collection of fuchsias always ended up be-ing the plants left over from our previous plant sale. When asked, nine out of ten AFS mem-

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bers in California said, that they were not going to throw away their favorite fuchsias because of plant damage. That one simple statement indicates to me that the majority of AFS members feel we need to focus on a simple control method that will allow everyone to keep and enjoy their favorite fuchsias.

As a fuch-sia enthusi-ast in Califor-nia we can no longer allow the fear of F.G.M. plant dam-age to be paralyzing. Our abil-ity to gain new members and restore the popularity of fuch-sias in the public’s eye is be-ing threatened. It’s interesting how people stopped caring for their fuchsias when we learned about the gall mites. We just watched the plant damage multiply and get ugly. Then we took lots of pictures of the ugly and showed everybody in the world just how ugly it could get if you do nothing to control them. Reminds me of a reality

show, where you emphasize the extremes. It’s not natural for gardeners to not perform plant maintenance on a continuing basis and I think we may have forgotten that the ugly pictures represent the extreme and are not the norm. Mother Nature has certainly provided us with a significant pest that needs to be controlled, but so are spider mites, whitefly and rust which

must be treat-ed during the initial popula-tion stages or you will end up with an in-festation that will be very

difficult to treat. To control and minimize gall mite plant dam-age you must cut it off during the initial stages of growth.

Micro pruning works in our yard. Micro pruning is quick, easy and works well as a basic gall mite control method. I al-ways say that if you cut off the visual plant damage today, and I visit your home tomorrow, I will immediately be drawn to your beautiful fuchsia flow-ers. Our landscape fuchsias, one of which is ‘Cardinal’, is at least 10 feet tall and F. magal-

My new 2010 F.G.M. Perspective

“I always say that if you cut off the visual plant damage to-day, and I visit your home to-morrow, I will immediately be drawn to your beautiful fuch-sia flowers.”


lencia is over six foot tall, both have been a part of our land-scape for over 40 years. Both fuchsias have had gall mite plant damage several times during the last 10 years. How-ever 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 of-ten and snip off the bad ar-eas, 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 ef-fort required to control them.

Last but not least, we have very little control over humming-birds, our neighbor’s fuch-sias, 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 be-ing 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 fuch-sia that does not get any leaf or bud damage. The key word for gall mite resistant fuch-sia is resistant. These fuchsias will resist galling or blistering into large closed fist type galls or something really ugly. How-ever the leaves will certainly show some signs of leaf blem-ishes 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



for use as landscape fuchsias because they have somewhat proven themselves durable and resistant. If the amount of plant damage becomes unac-ceptable 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 gener-al public how to aggressively

identify F.G.M. plant damage in its early stages of growth. In 2010 we need to focus on micro pruning off the visual nega-tive and turning it into a visual positive. Do not wait until the baby gall mites which are feed-ing on the leaf or bud, mature and move on to other branch-es causing more plant damage. It really makes no sense to let them multiply. We need to re-gain control over of our fuch-

sia hobby and get excited again about sharing our fuchsias with others. In today’s fuch-sia culture, especially in Cal-ifornia, it is unrealistic to be-lieve, that you can be a fuchsia grower and not perform the re-quired plant maintenance.

List of Gall Mite Resistant Fuchsias In order to validate a fuchsia as a gall mite resis-tant 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 can-not be seen with the human eye without a 40+ magnifica-tion microscope. What we ac-tually 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 Amer-ican Fuchsia Society other than maybe Peter Baye as hav-ing a 40+ magnification mi-croscope who is verifying that live gall mites actually exist on a fuchsia. My point is realis-tically 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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“In 2010 we need to focus on Micro pruning off the visual negative, turning it

into a visual positive.”

My new 2010 F.G.M. Perspective


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 ex-ceptionally well in their yard, sometimes surrounded by other fuchsias that have expe-rienced F.G.M. plant blemish-es. In our October-December 2009 issue of our bulletin, page 8, Kathy Lewark’s article ti-tled, “Better Fewer But Better”, also lists fuchsias that are do-ing well in their yard even af-ter several years of experienc-ing various degrees of F.G.M. outbreaks. The fuchsias on this list are in the process of prov-ing themselves to be somewhat resistant to the gall mites, only requiring minimum mainte-nance, yet still requiring some maintenance like most other plants. You may want to con-sider adding them to your 2010 shopping list.

List of gall mite resistant fuchsias on page 18.

Oregon Fuchsia Societiy2010 International

CONVENTION

Hello fellow fuchsia aficio-nados! Our plans for The Or-egon Trail Fuchsia conven-tion, September 30 through October 3, 2010, in Portland, Oregon, are proceeding well. In a few weeks, we should have descriptions of speak-ers, garden tours, schedules, and associated costs of the convention: registration, ho-tel rooms, meals, and gar-den 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 Ran-dall via e-mail [email protected] or by telephone (503) 246-7920. ■



Virginia Feldmann

Virginia Feld-mann’s long, busy life ended quietly on the evening of Oc-tober 31. For thirty-five years, her associa-

tion with AFS, San Bruno and the Sebastopol Branch brought her much joy and many friends. She served her Branch in vari-ous 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 home-made and often served with real whipped cream!

Visiting other Branches, at-tending conventions and travel-ing to New Zealand and Great Britain allowed Virginia to make new friends, enjoy beautiful gardens and collect wonderful memories. Her daughter Debo-rah, 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

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 re-member her with love. ■

Elsie Sydnor

Our Fuchsia FriendsThey will be missed

CONTRIBUTIONS

AFS gratefully acknowledg-es the following gift in loving memory of a valued friend.

$50 - Salem Branch, to the Color Plate Fund in memory of Roberta Stuhr.

$�5 - Arlene Pomeroy to the Color Plate Fund in memory of Bella O’Neill.

$�5 - Deborah Feldmann to the Scholarship Fund in memo-ry of Virginia Feldmann.

Donations may be sent to the AFS Treasurer.


Dolores Frow

Dolores Frow entered into rest, October ��, �009. For 35 years Dolores was an active member of

AFS and held offices at the San Bruno Branch and was past pres-ident of the Santa Rosa Branch. ■

Gail Sherman

Gail Sher-man Dun-can, January 3, 1950-Oc-tober �6, �009. Gail was a mem-ber of AFS for the past 13 years.

She was past President of the Sa-lem Branch of AFS. Gail enjoyed participating in the AFS Photo contest. ■

American Fuchsia Society2009 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 “Peo-ple’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 sim-ply 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. ■


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.

Clayton Hobart Fox


MICHAEL’S FUCHSIA’S GALOREBy 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 search-ing for ‘Fiery Spider’. He had received five plants of it only the day be-fore 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 Ed-win Goulding’s “Fuchsias the Complete Guide New Edition”, Tim-ber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2002. A spectacular hanging basket of this fuchsia won Best in Show some years ago at a San Francis-co show. He also hybridized ‘Holy Mackerel’ and ‘Lavalou’. Mike de-scribes 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 tur-moil that Antonelli has endured in recent years. Antonelli’s was de-stroyed 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 Watson-ville 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 Nurs-ery, 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 require-ments 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.amer-icanfuchsiasociety.org and click on Fuchsia Nurseries, Fuchsia Ga-lore 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 busi-ness. For selfish reasons and because he is our friend, we wish him continued success. ■

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2009 AFS Annual Meeting & Luncheon reportBy: Gay McWhirter

This year’s American Fuchsia Society Annual Meet-ing & Luncheon was held October 10th at the Del Norte Fairgrounds in Crescent City CA. Bev Over-street, Crescent City’s Branch President and the Cres-cent 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 �8 photos en-tered 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 meet-ing 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 Mem-bers were present at this meeting. AFS Longevity awards, pins and cer-tificates were presented to attendees with �5-45 years of membership. Longevity pins and certificates for members with less than �5 years will be forwarded to the member’s local branch for presentation.



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 19�9. She was a humorous and enjoyable speaker. Because almost everyone in at-tendance was from California her talk was especially informative and interesting.

Raffle prize tickets were sold by AFS for a beautiful redwood burl bas-ket 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 in-cluded the new AFS 80th anniversary T-shirt, New Zealand �010 calen-dars and the �010 AFS Calendar which was made up of the various pho-to’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 enjoy-ment, the Crescent City branch coordinated a trip to Klamath, CA, Steel-head Lodge restaurant which specializes in large platters of steak or ribs. Eighteen members car pooled to this enjoyable dining event. ■

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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 <[email protected]>. Please include address, phone number and E-mail address if available.


American Fuchsia Society2009 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 �007 to Ed Salome. The medal is no longer made. The current award is a beautiful plaque.

At this year’s �009 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 Francis-co 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. ■


AFS LONGEVITY CERTIFICATES 2009

This year’s AFS Longevity awards are as follows: 45 years, Lorine Gandolfi of the San Ma-teo Branch; 35 years, Virginia Feldmann and Claire D’Urso of the Sebastopol Branch; 30 years, Madalyn Drago and Kent Walker of the San Bru-no 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 Sebas-topol Branch.

The foundation of the Ameri-can Fuchsia Society is built on long time memberships. The society appreciates your con-tinued participation and sup-port. ■

Thank you by Ron & Debbie Monnier

Debbie and I have now closed our nursery, “Monnier’s Coun-try Gardens.” While the de-cision to close did not come lightly, we had compelling rea-sons to do so. The biggest rea-son truly was to regain con-trol of our lives and financial future. We want to sincerely thank all those who have sup-ported our business venture over the years. We are exceed-ingly grateful for the enduring friendships that were forged through our mutual love of plants.

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There have been many ques-tions 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, in-cluding 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 sea-sons. Ron plans to continue his interest in plants includ-ing hybridizing. The geese and chickens that were an interest-ing 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 col-lections to ensure the avail-ability down the line. Fry Road Nursery in Albany, Oregon, is stepping up in a big way to of-fer fuchsias on a regional basis. We are offering them and oth-er nurseries whatever support we possibly can. Their web site is http://www.fryroadnursery.com. Visit them at 34989 Fry

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 Deb-bie and I will vaporize and just drift away. While we may not have a destination nursery, we will not be floating into oblivi-on. We intend to keep our web site active. You will be able to follow our move and activi-ties 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 clos-es 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 en-during passion for plants with you all in our future chapters as well.■



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 fischeriF. alpestrisF. andreiF. arborescensF. ayavaceneses

F. bolivianaF. boliviana albaF. Bolivia var argentinaF. brevilobisF. campos portoiF. canascensF. cinereaF. colensoiF. colinaeF. cordifoliaF. decussateF. denticulateF. dependensF. encliandraF. excorticateF. exoniensisF. fischeriF. fulgensF. gehrigeriF. genrigenF. glaziovianaF. hartwegiiF. hatschbachiiF. hirtellaF. jiminitziiF. jumenezia, lyciodesF. loxensisF. mathewsiioF. matthensiiF. membranaceaF. microphyllaF. minutafloraF. paniculataF. petiolarisF. procumbensF. radicans



F. raveniF. regiaF. regia alpestrisF. regia reitziiF. regia serraeF. rivularisF. sancta-rosaeF. scabriusculaF. serratifolie (denticulate)F. simpliciaulsF. smithiiF. splendensF. sylvaticaF. thymifoliaF. thymifolia varigataF. tilletianaF. tinctaF. venustaF. vulcaniaF. waythowskiF. x baccilarisF. 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’

‘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’. ■

MANURE An Interesting Fact

By Joan HamptonFrom the February 2009 Geranium, Pel-

argonium & Fuchsia Society of Ontario.

In the 16th and 17th cen-turies, 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 pro-cess of fermentation began again, of which a by-prod-uct is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can imagine what could (and did) hap-pen.

Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came be-low at night with a lantern, BOOOM!

Several ships were de-stroyed in this manner be-fore it was determined just what was happening.

After that, the bundles of manure were always

Mite Resistant Fuchsias

“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.”

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2010 Branch Programs

Mark your Calendar - Special Events

Feb 14, 6th Annual Fuchsia Collectibles ShowSept. 30 thru Oct. 3, Oregon International Fuchsia Convention

Feb. 9 Vallejo, group discussion on Propagation including; Semi-hardwood & tip cuttings with bottom heat.Mar. 9 Vallejo, group discussion on potting mixesApr. 13 Vallejo, landscape fuchsias (planting & pruning)

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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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