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The Maple Hollow Garden Club Founded 1931 · A member of our state's Federation of Garden Clubs Welcome, friends and fellow gardeners. The Maple Hollow Garden Club has been meeting for sixty-eight years, through a Depression, a war, the blight that took the elms off Church Street, and at least one hailstorm that is still spoken of in hushed tones. We are forty-eight members at present, ranging in age from thirty-one to ninety-two, and in skill from "I killed a cactus" to Mrs. Dietz. Everyone is welcome. You need not own a garden. You only need to want one. This page is kept by our corresponding secretary, which is to say me, Evelyn Pritchard. My granddaughter set it up for me two springs ago, and I have been adding to it since, one careful step at a time.

"A Harvest of Color" Our 1999 Flower Show · Saturday, September 11, 1999 · Grange Hall What a day! We had 187 horticulture entries and 31 designs, the most since the club's sixtieth anniversary show, and just over three hundred visitors through the door. The dahlias were simply magnificent this year, thanks to all that August heat. Thank you to our three judges, who came from the other end of the district and were most gracious about the Grange Hall parking. And a very special thank you to the Grange ladies for the lemonade and the pie. Best in Show, Horticulture: Mrs. Harold Dietz, dahlia 'Kelvin Floodlight.' A great golden bloom easily ten inches across. This is her fourth Best in Show. We have stopped being surprised and started taking notes. Best in Show, Design: Carol Wentz, in the class "Harvest Moon," with wheat, bittersweet and dried hydrangea in a hollowed-out pumpkin. Very clever, and she says the pumpkin came from her neighbor's field with permission. Sweepstakes (most blue ribbons): Joyce Albrecht, with eleven blues, including her 'Peace' rose and a collection of five different zinnias. Other blue ribbons of note: Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff': Marion Tuttle Rose 'Mr. Lincoln': Dr. Walter Osgood (our only gentleman member, and proud of it) Hydrangea 'Annabelle,' cut stem: Ruth Ann Beiler Sedum 'Autumn Joy': Mrs. Harold Dietz (of course) Collection of culinary herbs: Paula Greenleaf Design class "Grandmother's Kitchen": Linda Marsh, in a blue enamel coffee pot Petite design "Back to School": Evelyn Pritchard (I was as astonished as anyone) Junior Gardeners: Seven entries from our young people this year. First place went to Hannah, age 9, for a mason jar of 'State Fair' zinnias she grew from seed herself. Well done, Hannah! Photographs of the show are coming soon. Marion took two rolls, and they are at the drugstore. My granddaughter says she can put them on here if I mail her the prints.

Meetings, Autumn 1999 We meet the first Wednesday of the month at 1:00 in the fellowship hall of the Methodist church, September through June, except January and February, when sensible people stay home and read seed catalogues. Hostesses bring refreshments. Guests are always welcome. Date Program Hostesses Wed., Oct. 6 "Putting the Garden to Bed," a talk by one of the county extension office's Master Gardeners. Bring your questions about mulch. J. Albrecht, P. Greenleaf Wed., Nov. 3 Holiday greens workshop. We will make wreaths and swags for our own homes and for the nursing home. Bring pruners, gloves, and any greens you can spare. L. Marsh, R. A. Beiler Wed., Dec. 1 Christmas luncheon at the Old Mill Inn, 12:30. Grab-bag gift, five dollars or under, garden-related. The Board

Fall Bulb Sale Our fall bulb sale supports the town planters and the Blue Star marker. Bags of ten, top-size bulbs: Daffodil 'King Alfred,' big and yellow and cheerful: $4.00 Tulip 'Apeldoorn,' a good strong red: $4.50 Tulip 'Queen of Night,' the near-black one everyone asks about: $5.50 Crocus, mixed colors, bag of twenty-five: $3.50 Grape hyacinth, bag of twenty-five: $3.50 Orders must reach me by Friday, October 1, and bulbs may be picked up at the October meeting. E-mail your order, or telephone me if you know my number, as most of you do.

Our Projects The Blue Star Memorial marker at the east edge of town, honoring the men and women of our armed forces. The club dedicated it in 1956, and members have kept the bed around it planted ever since. This summer it was red geraniums, white petunias and blue ageratum, and it looked very smart for the Fourth. The library window boxes and the four big planters on the green, which Dr. Osgood waters every morning on his walk, whether or not it has rained. Christmas greens for the nursing home, every December for thirty-some years. The Arbor Day tree. Each April we give a tree to the elementary school. This year it was a red maple, and the second graders named it Rudy.

Garden Notes for Late September This is the time to divide and move peonies. Set the eyes no more than two inches below the soil, or they will sulk and not bloom for you. Get your spring bulbs in once the soil cools, any time before the ground freezes. Plant them about three times as deep as the bulb is tall, pointy end up. Plant garlic in October for a crop next summer. Separate the cloves only when you are ready to plant. Bring your houseplants in before the first frost, and look them over well for passengers first. Keep watering the evergreens until the ground freezes. A dry evergreen going into winter is a brown one in March.

Join Us Dues are $12 a year, which includes the yearbook and the state Federation's magazine. Come to a meeting or two as a guest first, and if you like us, speak to our treasurer. Officers 1999-2000 President: Joyce Albrecht Vice President and Program Chairman: Linda Marsh Recording Secretary: Ruth Ann Beiler Corresponding Secretary: Evelyn Pritchard Treasurer: Paula Greenleaf Flower Show Chairman: Mrs. Harold Dietz

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Last updated Monday, September 20, 1999, by Evelyn Pritchard
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