EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION\nSeattle, Washington<\/p>\n
Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SHOWTIME!<\/p>\n<p>MEETING OF THE ECA \u2013 is scheduled for THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2014 at<br \/>\n7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila. This is an important meeting as we develop plans for our annual mum show and confirm plans for our award banquet.<\/p>\n<p>ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW The E.C.A. annual flower show will be held Friday October 31 and Saturday & Sunday, November 1 & 2 at Furney\u2019s Nursery , 21215 International Blvd. Pacific Highway (99). Wednesday, Oct 29th is set-up, Thursday for entries, show Friday through Sunday. Must be out of Furney\u2019s by 6 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Is anyone growing cultivar Jan Wardle? We had a web inquiry looking for this cultivar. Advise Steve B, if so.<\/p>\n<p>We have been working with a UW Grad Student on control and prevention of powdery mildew. Please contact Steve or Ronnie if you have any powdery mildew to donate for this project.<\/p>\n<p>ECA President John Harden is proposing we do a 1000 bloom mum which is quite an undertaking. Please watch this you Tube video @ <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Longwood Grows its Largest Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum Ever.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lXjqTFi5JVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and be prepared to discuss this at our October meeting<\/p>\n<p>At our October meeting we will discuss details for setting up our show, entering blooms\/plants and handling the mechanics of judging and staffing our event. We need all members to attend and volunteer to help with the Show even if you don\u2019t have any flowers to enter. We need Judge\u2019s Helpers and Hosting on Fri, Sat, and Sunday. The Show provides a great way to get to know Club members and learn more about Chrysanthemums.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the show, please contact Ron Elliott our Show Steward. We\u2019ll have copies of the show rules, entry form and name tags for the show at Furney\u2019s (and hopefully at our October meeting.)<\/p>\n<p>TROPHIES<br \/>\nLast year\u2019s Trophy winners please bring your clean trophies and give them to Ron Elliot who will prepare them for this year\u2019s Awards Banquet. If you have not given him your trophy yet, please contact Ron to make arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET “Our Annual Banquet is Thursday November 13 at Angelo’s in Burien, 601 SW 153rd, Burien, WA. Come at 6:00 PM for the Social Hour, Dinner at 7:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to enjoy an evening with good friends, good conversation and an excellent dinner.<br \/>\nPut it on your calendar \u2013 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13th 6-9 PM. Dinner choices this year are 6 oz. Sirloin Steak, Chicken Parmigiana, or a Vegetarian Lasagna. Dinner this year will cost $22.00\/person and includes salad, bread, coffee or tea and dessert. A sign-up sheet where you list your meal preference will be available at the October meeting as well as at Furney\u2019s Nursery during the Flower Show. Please pay the $22.00\/person dinner cost to Mark Ross at the October meeting (checks made out to ECA). All arrangements must be made by the end of the show (Nov. 4). No payments will be accepted at the banquet!!! If you have any questions regarding the Banquet, contact Steve. Also: BRING your late maturing blooms for display at the ECA awards dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Plant culture The October meeting will be devoted to the care and how to prepare your mums for the show. Cultural recommendations are attached. With possible rain or showers, consider your sheltering options for your plants. Ronnie Elliott will have 18\u201d long cedar stakes at the October meeting for those who need them.<\/p>\n<p>December Meeting – ELECTIONS OF NEXT YEAR\u2019S CLUB OFFICERS:<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re rapidly approaching the time once again to vote for the 2014 ECA Board of Directors\/Officers. Recent members are encouraged to fill positions and get involved; seasoned club members will provide assistance. Members will vote on new Officers during our Dec. 11th meeting.<\/p>\n<p>October ECA Newsletter Inputs, To-Dos and others<\/p>\n<p>Supplies:<br \/>\nWe will have available the usual assortments of ties, 4\u2019 6\u201d and 16\u201d ties, Fertilizer.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll need to continue supplementing you feed with sulphate of Potash.. It\u2019s available in many garden stores in 1-2 lb bags so you can obtain the potash that way.<\/p>\n<p>Show Materials:<\/p>\n<p>Show materials will be available at the October meeting and at the show site. You will need: -Entry forms where you list all the entries you make at the show, -Bloom tags, and a -Show Rules book which guides you as to how and where you can enter your blooms. You might want to start with appendix 2 of the show rules as it is an overview of where you may enter your various blooms. i.e. It starts With Large Exhibitions (Class#1) and shows the various places you can enter #1 blooms. Then it shows the same for #2s, #3s etc. After you understand all the places available for entering your blooms, then you return to the show Catalogue page 7 and start filling out your entry forms and tags.<br \/>\nWe will have several copies of the show rules book at the meeting. You should have received a copy of the show rule in the past couple of years, but in case you have misplaced it we will have replacements available.<br \/>\nShow vases are provided at the show site, but you must provide your own waterborne carrier system to get the blooms to the show.<br \/>\nA n updated copy of \u201cChrysanthemum Judging For the ECA Show-2013\u201d has been posted on the web site. You should study this to understand what the judges are looking for when they judge the blooms: hence for instance, if you have petal rot on a petal or two you should remove those petals.<br \/>\nReclassification of varieties for 2012-2913 per the Ncs:<\/p>\n<p>-Mt. Shasta has been Reclassified from section 1 to section 2–show this year as section 2.<br \/>\n-Keith Luxford has been reclassified from section 2 to section 1–Show this year as a section 1.<br \/>\n-All Fairweathers have been reclassified as section 5. \u2013Show this year as a section 5. However per<br \/>\n published NCS rules, some #5s can be shown as #3S, but will be judged on the standards for #3s<br \/>\n-Connie Mayhew has been reclassified from a #5 to a #2. Since our ECA list of exceptions allows showing<br \/>\n Connies as #2s or #5s nothing changes.<br \/>\n-Lilly Gallon has been reclassified from #5 to #2.\u2014Show this year as either a #5 or a #2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION Seattle, Washington Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association SHOWTIME! MEETING OF THE ECA \u2013 is scheduled for THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2014 at 7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila. … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/?p=593\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/100041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SHOWTIME!<\/p>\n<p>MEETING OF THE ECA \u2013 is scheduled for THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2014 at<br \/>\n7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila. This is an important meeting as we develop plans for our annual mum show and confirm plans for our award banquet.<\/p>\n<p>ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW The E.C.A. annual flower show will be held Friday October 31 and Saturday & Sunday, November 1 & 2 at Furney\u2019s Nursery , 21215 International Blvd. Pacific Highway (99). Wednesday, Oct 29th is set-up, Thursday for entries, show Friday through Sunday. Must be out of Furney\u2019s by 6 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Is anyone growing cultivar Jan Wardle? We had a web inquiry looking for this cultivar. Advise Steve B, if so.<\/p>\n<p>We have been working with a UW Grad Student on control and prevention of powdery mildew. Please contact Steve or Ronnie if you have any powdery mildew to donate for this project.<\/p>\n<p>ECA President John Harden is proposing we do a 1000 bloom mum which is quite an undertaking. Please watch this you Tube video @ <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Longwood Grows its Largest Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum Ever.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lXjqTFi5JVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and be prepared to discuss this at our October meeting<\/p>\n<p>At our October meeting we will discuss details for setting up our show, entering blooms\/plants and handling the mechanics of judging and staffing our event. We need all members to attend and volunteer to help with the Show even if you don\u2019t have any flowers to enter. We need Judge\u2019s Helpers and Hosting on Fri, Sat, and Sunday. The Show provides a great way to get to know Club members and learn more about Chrysanthemums.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the show, please contact Ron Elliott our Show Steward. We\u2019ll have copies of the show rules, entry form and name tags for the show at Furney\u2019s (and hopefully at our October meeting.)<\/p>\n<p>TROPHIES<br \/>\nLast year\u2019s Trophy winners please bring your clean trophies and give them to Ron Elliot who will prepare them for this year\u2019s Awards Banquet. If you have not given him your trophy yet, please contact Ron to make arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET “Our Annual Banquet is Thursday November 13 at Angelo’s in Burien, 601 SW 153rd, Burien, WA. Come at 6:00 PM for the Social Hour, Dinner at 7:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to enjoy an evening with good friends, good conversation and an excellent dinner.<br \/>\nPut it on your calendar \u2013 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13th 6-9 PM. Dinner choices this year are 6 oz. Sirloin Steak, Chicken Parmigiana, or a Vegetarian Lasagna. Dinner this year will cost $22.00\/person and includes salad, bread, coffee or tea and dessert. A sign-up sheet where you list your meal preference will be available at the October meeting as well as at Furney\u2019s Nursery during the Flower Show. Please pay the $22.00\/person dinner cost to Mark Ross at the October meeting (checks made out to ECA). All arrangements must be made by the end of the show (Nov. 4). No payments will be accepted at the banquet!!! If you have any questions regarding the Banquet, contact Steve. Also: BRING your late maturing blooms for display at the ECA awards dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Plant culture The October meeting will be devoted to the care and how to prepare your mums for the show. Cultural recommendations are attached. With possible rain or showers, consider your sheltering options for your plants. Ronnie Elliott will have 18\u201d long cedar stakes at the October meeting for those who need them.<\/p>\n<p>December Meeting – ELECTIONS OF NEXT YEAR\u2019S CLUB OFFICERS:<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re rapidly approaching the time once again to vote for the 2014 ECA Board of Directors\/Officers. Recent members are encouraged to fill positions and get involved; seasoned club members will provide assistance. Members will vote on new Officers during our Dec. 11th meeting.<\/p>\n<p>October ECA Newsletter Inputs, To-Dos and others<\/p>\n<p>Supplies:<br \/>\nWe will have available the usual assortments of ties, 4\u2019 6\u201d and 16\u201d ties, Fertilizer.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll need to continue supplementing you feed with sulphate of Potash.. It\u2019s available in many garden stores in 1-2 lb bags so you can obtain the potash that way.<\/p>\n<p>Show Materials:<\/p>\n<p>Show materials will be available at the October meeting and at the show site. You will need: -Entry forms where you list all the entries you make at the show, -Bloom tags, and a -Show Rules book which guides you as to how and where you can enter your blooms. You might want to start with appendix 2 of the show rules as it is an overview of where you may enter your various blooms. i.e. It starts With Large Exhibitions (Class#1) and shows the various places you can enter #1 blooms. Then it shows the same for #2s, #3s etc. After you understand all the places available for entering your blooms, then you return to the show Catalogue page 7 and start filling out your entry forms and tags.<br \/>\nWe will have several copies of the show rules book at the meeting. You should have received a copy of the show rule in the past couple of years, but in case you have misplaced it we will have replacements available.<br \/>\nShow vases are provided at the show site, but you must provide your own waterborne carrier system to get the blooms to the show.<br \/>\nA n updated copy of \u201cChrysanthemum Judging For the ECA Show-2013\u201d has been posted on the web site. You should study this to understand what the judges are looking for when they judge the blooms: hence for instance, if you have petal rot on a petal or two you should remove those petals.<br \/>\nReclassification of varieties for 2012-2913 per the Ncs:<\/p>\n<p>-Mt. Shasta has been Reclassified from section 1 to section 2–show this year as section 2.<br \/>\n-Keith Luxford has been reclassified from section 2 to section 1–Show this year as a section 1.<br \/>\n-All Fairweathers have been reclassified as section 5. \u2013Show this year as a section 5. However per<br \/>\n published NCS rules, some #5s can be shown as #3S, but will be judged on the standards for #3s<br \/>\n-Connie Mayhew has been reclassified from a #5 to a #2. Since our ECA list of exceptions allows showing<br \/>\n Connies as #2s or #5s nothing changes.<br \/>\n-Lilly Gallon has been reclassified from #5 to #2.\u2014Show this year as either a #5 or a #2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION Seattle, Washington Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association SHOWTIME! MEETING OF THE ECA \u2013 is scheduled for THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2014 at 7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila. … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/?p=593\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/100041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecamumclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}