< Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 4,2003 -7 Orono horticultural society society held their spring flower show on May 15. Before the meeting a very successful plant sale took place, with a good selection of perennials, herbs and even small trees. Guest speaker for the evening was Peter Keeping of Bowmanville, who gave an interesting, and informative informative presentation on the cultivation cultivation of clematis, illustrating illustrating his talk with slides of many different types ranging from low growing herbaceous herbaceous perennials to large climbing varieties reaching over ten metres high. Owing to a power failure, judge Dorothy Morrison had an extremely difficult job, which she performed valiantly with the aid of flashlight and candles. Minnie Zegers enjoyed great success in the show, and was awarded the judges' choice for her African violet, violet, most points in design classes and most points in the show. Show Results Section A-Specimen cut flowers flowers 1 Tulip-red. 1 Mary Hardy, 2 Lorna A^kins,3iMjhnie Zeners, 4 Pat Bales 2 Tulip-vellow 1 Jackie Kirtley, 2 Pat Bales, 3 Isabelle Challice, 4 June Heard 3 Tulip-pink 1 Lorna Atkins, 2 Jackie Kirtley, 4 Tulip-white 1 Mary Hardy, 2 Jackie Kirtley, 5 Tulip-anv other colour 1 Isabelle Challice, 2 Lorna Atkins, 3 June Heard, 4 Pat Bales 7 Tulip-parrot or fringed 1 Lorna Atkins 8 Tulip-double 1 Lorna Atkins, 2 Pat Bales, 3 Isabelle Challice 9 Tulip-three stems mixed 1 Lorna Atkins, 2 June Heard, 3 Jackie Kirtley, 4 Pat Bales 10 Narcissus-long or short Zegers, 2 Lorna Jackie Kirtley, 4 trumpet I Minnie Atkins, 3 Ann Dilks II Narcissus-anv other 1 Jackie Kirtley, 2 Minnie Zegers, 3 Pat Bales, 4 Mary Hardy 13 Anv other bulb 1 Pat Bales, 2 June Heard, 3 Minnie Zegers 14 Anv other spring flower 1 Ann Dilks, 2 Mary Hardy, 3 Minnie Zegers 15 Bleeding heart 1 Inez Harris, i 16 Branch of flowering shrub or tree 1 Jackie Kirtley, 2 Minnie Zegers, 3 Ann Dilks Section B-Potted plants 17 Seedlings ready for plant ing 1 Gord Atkins, 2 Lorna Atkins, 3 Minnie Zegers 18 African violet 1 Minnie Zegers, 2 Pat Bales, 3 Jackie Kirtley 19 Cactus or succulent 1 Minnie Zegers, 2 Pat Bales 20 Anv other - flowering houseplant 1 Minnie Zegers 21 Anv other foliage house- plant 1 Lorna Atkins, 2 Inez Harris, 3 Minnie Zegers, 4 Pat Bales SectionC-Design Classes "May's Finest" 22 "Love to Mom" 1 Isabelle Challice, 2 Pat Bales, 3 Mary Hardy 23 "Spring-4-All" 1 Minnie Zegers, 2 Pat Bales, 3 Isabelle Challice, 4 June Heard 24 "Singing in the Rain" 1 Minnie Zegers, 2 Jackie Kirtley, 3 Loma Atkins 25 "Take a Break" 1 Minnie Zegers, 2 Pat Bales ,3 Inez Harris, 4 Isabelle Challice 26 "Woodland Discoveries" 1 Pat Bales, 2 Jackie Kirtley, 3 June Heard. Submitted by: Ann Dilks In his first ever tractor competition, Ray Taylor won the 3500 cjass with Andy Dumouchel Cockshutt 35 antique tractor. tractor. The tractor games were part of the Antique Car and Tractor Show organized by Ron Cowan, held at Doc Ville, Newcastle, last Saturday and Sunday. 12 th Gathering of Cornish Cousins Hosted by The Toronto Cornish Association Bowmanville - July 23-27,2003 Workshops include: Cornish history, heritage, culture Speakers from: Cornwall, Canada and USA Cornish Entertainment ♦Children's Program ♦Bardic Ceremony Genealogy ♦Cornish Pasties ♦Cream Teas & Banquets and a Cornish Male Voice Choir from Cornwall England For information and/or registration forms, please contact us: e-mail us at: <bowmanvillegathering@yahoo.ca> or visit our website: http://members.rogers.com/tca or phone Sher Leetooze: (905) 623-9147 Father's day gift? A day at the races ! is; JUNE . 'A MOSPrHT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Featuring the CASCAR Super Series Also included, championship rounds for: •Ontario Street Stock Challenge • Ontario Touring Car Challenge • Skip Barber National Championship COME FOR THE RACES... until June 11th ($40 after) $30 includes: parking, paddock access and PartSource presents MR.SUB Saturday Night Stock Car races. STAY FOR THE CAMPING ONTARIO / /yv>\£(rMyax>tt For tickets or information Call:(905) 983-9141 or visit www.mosport.com