News Letter 2002
Calendar of Events 2003
January 11 Annual Dinner Heaves Hotel 7-30pm
February Lecture
March 29th Northern AGM and Dinner Scarborough
April Lecture
May 15 Lec Begonias
25
Plant Sale Hilltop Nursries 1pm
The Dates Will Be Added To The Second Half Of The Year
Aug 9th 10th 11th Ambleside Show
Sep 5th 6th 7th National
Show Northern Show 12th 13th 14th
14th NWDSoc Show
Oct Lecture
Nov Lecture
Dec AGM & Lec
Tuber sale Hilltop Nurseries
All lectures take place at the Club Inn Endmoor unless stated
Committee meetings will take place at the Club Inn Endmoor
Items For Sale
N W D S Ties
£7.50
N W D S Sweatshirts £13.00
N W D S Polo Shirts £10.00
Available in
White, Black, Royal, Red, Bottle Green, Burgundy, Yellow.
Boxes of Oasis £7.50
All orders to Sec email <john@exfus.fsnet>
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Secretaries Report
It does not seem like more than a few weeks ago that I wrote my last
report but when I look at what has happened in the society I realize just how
fast time goes when your getting
on.
The year opened with the annual dinner at Milnthorpe which seemed to go down
fairly well Frank Taylor won the biggest prize in the raffle and Wendy Kenyon
the coin roll.
The society honoured Jack Gott with the Affiliated Society Silver Medal it is
well deserved Jack we are all grateful for the huge amount of work you put in
on behalf of the Society.
February saw George Towler running an interesting quiz but numbers attending
were very poor.
March and members were at the Northern AGM at Sandbach and at to the
dinner afterwards the Society always has the largest number at the dinner and
Frank Taylor gave us another excellent lecture.
April Geoff Gardiner showed us how to propagate and take cutting high up in
the top stories of a large Victorian property in Darlington.
The following month we held our customary plant sale at the Hilltop Nursery
the number of members attending could be improved upon as their were only 12
of us turned up.
August the Society attended the Amblside Show and thanks to Jimmy Heginbottom,
Jack Gott George Towler and Fred Currie we were rewarded with a Gold Medal.
September we held our Annual show but we could certainly do with a few more
exhibitors list of winners further on, we also visited Leeds Trial Grounds but
only 5 members turned out for this excellent day.
October and Andy Jamieson gave us an excellent lecture (covered elsewhere).
November and Ron Rimmer showed us what he gets up to during the year.
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Grenadore
Red
Dark Leaf
The year was rounded off with the AGM in a new format followed by a visit by Don
Suttcliffe giving us a lecture on the new varieties.
The society has applied to the National Dahlia Society to sponsor a class in the
Northern Show with a trophy in memory of Ron Nelson.
As you will see later on in this newsletter the Annual dinner is to be held at
the Heaves Hotel on January 11th, so please try and get along to meet other
members and guests.
Congratulations to Ian Sutherland who passed the judging exam .
To all members who have shown, carried, judged, lectured, staged, and helped out
even in the smallest way congratulations and my thanks because you are the
people that make the society work.
And finally this newsletter has a few gaps so please send in items for the
newsletter anytime during the season. Im certain many of you have little
gems that would be of interest to members.
John Smith
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N W D
S Committee 2003
President Mr F T Currie
Chairman Mr G Towler
V Chairman Mr J R Gott
Treasurer Mr M Walsh
Secretary Mr J Smith
Committee members
Mr J Jones Mr W Gott Mr P Moreland
Mr H Nelson Mr M Topham
Mr B Warriner Mr J Heginbottom
Mr G McFarlane Mr I Sutherland
Mr G Fallows Mrs S Parry Mr A Western
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Trials Grounds Leeds
Five members met up at Endmoor to go to the Trials Grounds at Leeds on 27
Sept.
Having travelled approx 3 miles we were stopped and had to turn round as a car
accident had blocked the road.
led by Pathfinder Jimmy Jones and his sidekick Jimmy Heginbottom we soon got
back on the correct road.
Arrived at about 11:30am, we were greeted by Johnny Parkinson and his team and
treated to a first class tour unfortunately being a complete dunderhead with a
digital camera I wasted 3 hours of photographing.
Hopefully somebody else who attended will give some photos and a report at a
later date.
The journey home was easy except for Smiffy following Jim and Jimmy into
Skipton town centre and almost getting lost.
J Smith
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Around The Shows 2002
In The North
West We start the show season of at Storth best Dahlia Exhibit and best exhibit
in the show, to Jack Gott from Milnthorpe with 3,Jomanda.
We move on to the seaside Arnside show, the silver medal to J Gott with 3,Pink
Suffusion he also won the bronze medal with 3,Jomanda.
Next to Warton Show and J Gott won silver with 3,Ruskin Myra, 3,Pink Suffusion,
3,Fermain and he won the bronze with 3,Jomanda.
Move down to Chipping show the small village in the Trough of Bowland
Lancashire, most of the exhibiters call this show little Harrogate, as they get
a lot of the top growers entering there.
Ian Sutherland from Blackburn won the silver medal with, 3,Kenora Challenger,
3,Kiwi Gloria, 3,Primrose Diane, he also won the bronze with the best vase in
show to Primrose Diane.
Back up to Bolton-Le-Sands and Sue Parry from Carnforth won silver medal with
3,Jomanda.
Next we move across to Ingleton show silver medal won by David Woodhouse from
Roeburndale East, with, 3,Jomanda the bronze medal to George Towler from
Ingleton with
3,Ronda.
Back over to Silverdale show and Doug Fishwick from Silverdale won bronze medal
with 3,Carstone Suntan.
Next to Milnthorpe show and J Gott won silver medal with a basket of mixed
Dahlias with some new Waterlilly types from USA he also won the bronze medal
with, 3, Pink Suffusion.
Moving across to Furness show and silver medal won by Brian Warriner from Barrow
with 5,Kiwi Gloria, 5,Ruskin Diane He allso won the bronze with 3,Kenora
Challenger, 5,Primrose Diane, 5,Truwlan Kiwi.
Barrow show silver medal won by Allan Muncaster from Barrow with 3,Jomanda
bronze medal to Jimmy Heginbottom from Barrow with 3,Truwlan Kiwi.
Back across to Westmorland show and J Gott won silver medal with 5,Frank Holmes,
5,Willow's Violet.
Next we go up to Penrith show andthe best exhibet went to Jeff Atkinson from
Winskill with 3,Golden Impact and 6,Grenadier Pastelles.
Back down to Kendal and the North West Dahlia Society show, the silver medal won
by
I Sutherland with 3,Kenora Challenger, 3,Kiwi Gloria and 3,Amber Festival, He
also won the bronze medal With 3,Primrose Diane.
We finish the round up at Kerkham show the silver medal won by D Fishwick with
9,Jupiter's and the bronze to D Fishwick with 1, Pink Jupiter.
Jack Gott
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Part Of The Stand Amblside 2002
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Silver Medal
I would like to thank the North Western Dahlia Society Via this bulletin for
presenting me with the silver medal for services to the DAHLIA and also the
lovely bouquet of flowers presented to my wife Josephine. THANK YOU ALL
Jack Gott
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“The Good
Old Days”
1973 dahlia
trials of the horticultural trades associations held at Roath Park Cardiff and
Ward Jackson Park Hartlepool.
Winning three achievement awards was Mistill Delight raised by F T Currie and
introduced by Brantis Nurseries, purest white miniature decorative, in fact it
was second highest pointed variety in the trials, almost mathematically precise
in contour, stems wiry and 18 inches long perfect habit and correct ratio
between flower and foliage, first rate for exhibition and exceptional for garden
and cut flower
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1973
NWDS trial at Webbs Garden Centre
In the exhibition section
winners in order of points were DOWNHAM ROYAL, ROKESLEY MINI,
SYBOL, MONK MARK, FRANK HORNSEY, POP WILLO.
These trials were adjudged to be the best held by the society, all credit due to
the trials master Mr FT Currie and Webbs staff, the highlight was that BLUSH
LILAC ( waterlily ) and PORCELAIN ( small dec ) were given first class
certificates.
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North
West Prize Winners Harrogate 1973
S Rylands
2nd SF Barnes Trophy
2nd 2 Varieties 5 blooms each small cactus
3rd 2 Varieties 5 blooms each small decs
M Topham 2nd 2 varieties 5
blooms each small decs
3rd 5 blooms min cactus /semi
2nd 5 blooms min ball
F Currie 3rd 5 blooms min decs
R Nelson 2nd 2 varieties 3
blooms each med dec
J Goodman 3rd 1 variety 3 blooms giant
cactus/semi
J Jackson 1st 1 variety 3 blooms med
s/cactus
R Ireland 1st 1 bloom Giant /large Dec
1st 3 blooms 1cultivar small ball
F Taylor F Lancaster Trophy Rothesay
Robin, Monk Marc
Frank Hornsey, Rhonda
Richard Mark, Willo's Violet
2 Successful members passed judging exam FT Currie M Topham
George Towler
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Trip To Holland (or going Dutch)
We set of for Holland about lunch time 28th
February, arrived at the ferry Newcastle to board for 5:30pm on the dot.
Had a good crossing, arrived at Amsterdam port of Ijmuiden.
I tried to change my phone to Dutch phone and ring Rinus Van Nuland, he was
going to meet us and take us around Holland, we looked down on the dock side
and Rinus was just below us waving (he had spotted us).
It was time to set foot on Dutch ground, we got back to the car and left the
ferry 10:00am on the dot and we met up with Rinus on the car park, after the
welcome and introducing Bill to Rinus together
we set off on the wrong side of the road, this is going to be an experience
first time driving on the opposite side of the road for me.
We parked my car in a small car park and set of with Rinus in his peoples van,
he was going to take us to the biggest flower market in the world Allsmear
market, we parked on the biggest car park I have ever seen for the people that
have not been there they have small trains running all over the place all
carrying flowers from one auction room to another we were walking between then
it was fantastic to be among all the flowers and plants.
From there we moved on to a Dahlia grower he is breeding low growing type
Dahlias called Dahliarets his name, Rene Rotteveel we had a cup of tea
with him the looked around his breeding seedlings and tubers, we thanked him
then we set of for the trial grounds of CMD gardens but there was not much to
see.
So then we headed of to Mr Geerlings Dahlias we met him and his son he took us
round his greenhouses, the sheds were full of Dahlias all ready for packing
and sending out orders.
After leaving Mr Geerlings we set of back to my car then I had to follow Rinus
back to his home at Anna Paluana Province one and a half hour drive.
Arrived at Rinus's home and introduced to his wife Jose and his two children
Rene and Sylvia, we had a look round the barn this is were he grows the tubers
about 2000 to make the
thousands of cuttings he takes, I think he takes 30, 000 cuttings in a season
he said he would start to take cuttings the first week in March the month
before he had put a Polly tunnel up 20ft by 50ft, the week before we arrived
there they had force 8 gales and it flattened it and twisted the metal work.
Then it was time to take us to the Hotel to book in Rinus introduced us to
Fred the hotel manager, Rinus left to have a brake from talking English back
to his wife and children.
We were shown to the room we were staying in for the weekend.
Next morning we were picked up by Rinus and taken to a Joiners shop we were
shown around a big warehouse full of small bungalows all made from wood all
fitted out with bathroom, kitchen, furniture all ready to be live in it was a
site to see all under one roof.
Next we had to get back to Rinus house to meet up with Manfred v Velzen and
his son of 4 years old, Manfred is good friend of Rinus, he came over to
Milnthorpe last year to look at my plot, we were going to see a show in a
small town near by, this show was for the farmers in this area to show off
there flowers there as a lot of displays all merging together to make it look
like a big park the amount of flowers on show was out of this world
(unbelievable) the flowers were so perfect they looked like wax, Daffodils
Tulips, Alliums and many more could not remember all there names not
forgetting Dahlias.
This was a very nice show plus all of the trade stands From there we
moved on to the farm of Jan Nuland the older brother to Rinus he takes
2,000,000 cuttings and sells them all over the world, he also grows his tubers
in the barn he is taking cuttings every day up to the end of May if you had
not seen it you would not believe it all grown in the dark, (unbelievable).
From hear we dropped Manfred off to pick his car up and follow us to the next
farm of Peter Komer he lived near by we were shown around Peters farm he sets
up about a 1000 tubers in the dark he had cuttings ready to take he had some
new varieties for me to try in England for him and maybe next year try them in
the trials ground for him.
After a cup of tea with Peter and Mary his wife we returned to Rinus's home to
discuses the dahlia trade from there he took us back to the hotel we had a
sample of the Dutch large beers with some of the locals then it was 1:45am
time for bed.
Next morning we were of to Den Holder this is the town were the Dutch Navy is
based Rinus is a good guide we were shown around the town we walked under a
submarine had a good look round it then he took us to Napoleons Fortress this
has just been discovered in the last 20 years it was like a museum it is still
being developed it was all underground next to the sea.
From hear you could see the Island of Texal (from the name Texal Sheep).
Next we set of to see the last farmer Marco Wisse on the way we stopped at an
old windmill we went to the top of it to have a look inside all the gearing
and the rollers were all made of wood, Arrived at Marcos a young man about 28
to 30 years old, his Dahlias all grown in the dark in the barn, so we must be
learning something by know no lights until the cuttings are taken.
It was nearly time for us to head back to the ferry first back to Rinus home
to say goodbye to his family and thank them for the hospitality they had given
us both, Rinus was to take us back to the docks one and a half hour drive, got
back at the ferry said the goodbyes and thanked him for every thing once more
and he said he would see us both in the summer.
Look Forward To the Return to Holland Maybe Next Year.
Bill and Jack Gott
Dark Leaf Dahlias
growing in the fields at
Holland
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Lecture by Andy
Jamieson
Chairman Northern Dahlia Committee
In October, Andy
gave our society a lecture and slide show of tulips and around some of the major
dahlia shows, this was the first time Andy had given the society a lecture and
it was a very entertaining interesting and thoroughly enjoyable evening.
Unfortunately there some empty seats but we still had a good attendance.
Thanks must go to the members and guests that travelled from afar such as
Merseyside and Cheshire this support is very much appreciated, during the
evening a raffle was held and sandwiches were served.
So a first class evening Myself, I found the information given very useful as I
think did many others so may I thank all who attended and say to Andy thanks for
a very good evenings entertainment.
G Towler
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The Web
The Society has its own website thanks to the webmaster J R
G so why not log on and follow the exploits of the society,
Other web sites that may be of interest
<
www.anglo-dutch-dahlias.co.uk > a new site about dahlias around the world
<
www.jrg-dahlias.co.uk > a good site
< www.euro-dahlia.com
> full of good information
< www.dahlias.co.uk
> Scottish society site
< www.wgltd.co.uk
> National collection
<
http://community.webshots.com/user/bouman102 > Dutch site Lots of good
photographs
< http://members.lycos.nl/bouman102/index.html
>Take A Look At This Web Site In Holland
Also Run By Luuk Bouman
< www.dahlia-nds.co.uk >
National Dahlia society
<
http://www.aplacetoremember.com/MyDahlia/wwwlinks.htm >
A site from USA Canada and some from Europe
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AMBLESIDE 2002
Once again another first class display,winning a gold
medal and a few pennies for the society funds.
All credit to Jimmy Heginbottom for setting up the baskets single handed (one
day we will come unstuck when Jimmy's not there) as he also supplied over
half the blooms as well.
A lot of interest was shown again in the dahlias.
I think the Waterlilies seem to be the main attraction, as many visitors
admired them, in particular the Asian visitors to the show.
Thanks to all the members who gave up their time to assist and to man the
stand I do hope that J J's recording will turn out alright.
George Towler
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Prefix
Have you ever thought how some varieties have got their
name well here are a few that might interest you.
Varitey Raiser
Reason
Abridge J Kinns
Abridge Essex
Alltami H
Williams Alltami Wales
Barbarry B
Davies Barbara & Barry Davies
Cryfield F
Wilson Cryfield Farm
Hillcrest L
Jackson Allotment site
Jaldac D Hewlett
Family intials
Kiwi E Durrant
N Z relatives
Wandas L
Wright Les`s daughter
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Class |
First |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
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NWDS Championship |
I Sutherland |
G McFarlane |
B Warriner |
J Heginbottom |
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6 Giant Decs |
No Entries |
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3 Giant CactusOr Semi |
No Entries |
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2 Vases Med Dec |
I Sutherland |
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2 Vases Med
Cactus/Semi |
I Sutherland |
S Rylands |
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3 Vases Small Decs |
S Rylands |
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3 Vases Small
Cactus/Semi |
I Greenhalgh |
J Gott |
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3 Vases Pompon |
J Gott |
B Warriner |
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2 Vases Min Decs |
J Gott |
S Rylands |
M Walsh |
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2 Vases Min / Small
Ball |
D Woodhouse |
Gott |
D Houghton |
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1 Vase 5 Small Decs &
1 Vase of 5 Small Cac/Semi |
I Sutherland |
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3 Giant Decs |
No Entries |
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3 Giant Cac/Semi |
D Houghton |
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1 Giant Dec |
D Woodhouse |
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1 Giant Cac/Semi |
G McFarlane |
D Houghton |
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3 Large Dec |
No Entries |
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3 Large Cac/Semi |
I Sutherland |
G McFarlane |
D Houghton |
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3 Med Decs |
I Sutherland |
I Sutherland |
D Woodhouse |
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3 Med Cactus |
D Woodhouse |
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3 Med Semi Cac |
I Sutherland |
G McFarlane |
D Woodhouse |
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3 Small Decs |
B Warriner |
G McFarlane |
I Sutherland |
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3 Small Cactus |
B Warriner |
I Greenhalgh |
J Heginbottom |
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3 Small S/Cactus |
M Walsh |
J Heginbottom |
M Walsh |
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