|
ART DRYSDALE RETURNS TO THE 10TH GOULDING
MEMORIAL LECTURE On
Thursday, September 30th, at the The
Goulding Memorial Lectures, started in 1995, were generously funded by the
Goulding family to honour the memory of Dunlop (Dun) Goulding. Dun was a longstanding member and an active
exhibitor in the Canadian Rose Society.
Thanks to the Goulding family’s benevolence Canadian rosarians have
already heard from Wilhelm Kordes of Germany,
Peter Beales and Ken Grapes of England, Clair Martin from the US,
Jacques Mouchotte of France, Roger Phillips of England, Campbell Davidson of
Morden, Manitoba, and Rayford Reddell
of the US. Goulding Memorial Lectures
have been held in Art
began by reminiscing about Audrey and the trips they had taken together and how
often he had sought her advice right to the end of her days. He looked back at the early days when he
worked for Sheridan Nurseries and had met Sam McGredy and seen the new rose
‘Sexy Rexy’, then called just ‘Rexy’.
He recalled Fred Blakeney’s rose, ‘Miss In looking ahead, Art told
us of Ping Lim of Bailey Nurseries and his new line of roses which are both
hardy and on their own roots. The
first of which, ‘DayDream’, is to be an AARS selection in 2005. |
|
‘DayDream’s parents are
‘Lavender Dream’ x our own ‘Henry Kelsey’. Watch
for others coming to local nurseries, such as ‘Firecracker’, ‘Funny Face’ and
‘Yellow Submarine’. Art
talked about the unsuccessful quest for the blue rose, which goes back at
least to the 12th century when they tried using indigo bark. Lately, a scientist studying the liver
found a human protein that turns everything blue. Now that the DNA fingerprint of the rose is
known, will it be long before they discover how to splice in the blue gene or
maybe even the gene for fragrance? He
told us of Robin Dening’s, Brentwood Bay Nurseries in B.C., and his
successful efforts to grow roses without harmful chemicals. This is becoming a hot topic as more and
more pesticides are being removed from the market and more places are banning
the use of those we still have There
was a lively question and answer period afterwards covering everything from
tar spot on maples, how to get rid of rose midge to buffalo leaf hoppers
boring holes in corkscrew hazels. Art
commented on the current dormant oil that is so thin it no longer stays on
after the first rain. He warned that
only steaming compost piles will kill blackspot spores and wondered if SOD
(Sudden Oak Death) is a by product of a too acidic soil. He has heard that there is more danger in
one serving of broccoli than in most spray material. Videotapes
of this and prior Goulding Memorial Lectures are available from the CRS
Secretary for $20.00, plus $3.00 if it has to be shipped. See the web
site for the complete list of Lectures. ************* |