Atlantic Coast Camellias JOURNAL OF THE ATLANTIC COAST CAMELLIA SOCIETY JJ m c-l JJ Z o"'U (J) »-l G) m G) c » Gypsy Rose Var. Bloom grown by • JJ Joe Austin »z m-l m • o • Vol. XXXIV FALL,1987 No.3 ATLANTIC COAST CAMELLIA SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC OFFICERS COAST CAMELLIA SOCIETY PRESIDENT Richard L. Waltz 5405 Pioneer Drive Our annual meeting is scheduled Saturday, October 3rd Baltimore, Maryland 21214 again this year to abe held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on October 2-3. 10:00 AM Bloody Mary Party at (301 ) 254-3440 Much of the program has already been Myrtle Beach Elks Club, 1st VICE PRESIDENT Leslie P. Cawthon, Jr. planned while some of the "surprises" hosted by Mr. & Mrs. 2405 Howell Mill Road, NW are still on the drawing board. Mark Richard Waltz. Atlanta, Georgia 30318 your calendar now and join us for this (404) 355-4478 interesting and educational event. 11 :00 AM General Business Meeting Guest Speaker: 2nd VICE PRESIDENT Marion Edwards DATE: October 2-3, 1987 Dr. William Ackerman 5603 Darlow Avenue Jacksonville, Florida 32211 PLACE: Independent Holiday Inn 7:00 PM Open Bar at Myrtle Beach (904) 744-2690 1200 North Ocean Blvd. Elks Club furnished by SECRETARY & TREASURER J.L. McClintock, Jr. Myrtle Beach, S. C. 29577 ACCS followed by the Telephone: 1-803-448-1691 "Banquet of the Sea" sea­ 1325 E. Barden Street food dinner. Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 COST: Registration Fee $22.00 Guest Speaker: (704) 366-0207 per person Dr. Homeyer. ASSISTANT SECRETARY & TREASURER James McCoy Hotel Room: $32.00/night 521 Sandridge Road Double Occupancy After dinner activities will Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 include a raffle, a plant SCHEDULE OF EVENTS auction conducted by (704) 527-0260 "Robertson Mizzell and HISTORIANS Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shepherd Friday, October 2nd Friends" and a slide show 4724 Park Place E. by Marion Edwards North Charleston, South Carolina 29406 2:00-5:00 Registration (803) 744-4841 Last year over 100 members gathered 3:00 Meeting of ACCS Officers in Myrtle Beach for the annual EDITOR Jim Darden and Directors meeting. Make plans now to attend. A 1239 Sunset Avenue letter will be forthcoming from ACCS Clinton, North Carolina 28328 6:00 Country & Western Party by soon with more of the details. This (919) 592-3725 the pool - Wear your best year's meeting should be the best ever. western duds. Buffet food Let's all plan to be there October 2-3. furnished by our ladies. Drinks furnished by ACCS. COVER PHOTO Our cover camellia is Gypsy Rose Var. This magnificent bloom missed the head table only because it opened in Joe Austin's greenhouse on one of those rare January weekends when he was not attending a camellia show. GYPSY ROSE was introduced by E. R. Sebire of Wandin North, Victoria, Australia, in 1979. This is the variegated form, mixing white with a rich dark red. GYPSY ROSE VAR. is a formal double, with one of the most prominent and spectacular center buds in the entire camellia world. Photo by Jim Darden. AN INVITATION TO JOIN IN THIS ISSUE We hope that you will join the Atlantic Coast Camellia Society. Let's enjoy Page Camellias together. Message From The President 2 The Atlantic Coast Camellia Society was organized September 13, 1980 at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The purpose of our organization is to extend the apprecia­ The Mystery Kisser - Who Is This Man? 3 tion of Camellias and to promote the science of Camellia culture. Through our Camellia shows and programs, and by exchanging knowledge and ideas with the Camellias in the "North Country" 4 Camellia specialists within our membership, we feel that everyone in the ACCS by Jim Darden, Clinton, N. C. benefits from being a member of this organization. Whether you are a beginning Camellia fancier or a veteran Camellia competitor, the ACCS is dedicated to pro­ viding information, shows, and social events that you will find helpful, entertain­ The Camellias and and Gardens at Winterthur 8 ing, and enjoyable. by John Feliciani, Winterthur, Delaware Annual dues for membership in the ACCS are $10.00 for singles or couples. The 'Alba Plena' Story 10 The membership year runs from October to October. A membership entitles you by Bill Donnan, Pasadena, California to three issues of Atlantic Coast Camellias, the journal of the Atlantic Coast Camellia Society. These are issued March 1 (spring), June 1 (summer), and Calendar of Atlantic Coast Camellia Show Dates 11 September 1 (fall). In addition, your membership provides an invitation to our an­ nual meeting in October in Myrtle Beach, S. C. This event has been especially Cold Hardiness Studies With Camellias in the Northeast 12 successful in recent years, with over 100 participants in 1986, and with such by Dr. William Ackerman, Ashton, Maryland keynote speakers as Julius Nuccio and Sergio Bracchi. Editor's Column 16 A variety of Camellia topics are addressed in articles published in Atlantic Coast by Jim Darden Camellias. In addition to regular features concerning Camellia culture in the land­ scape and in the greenhouse, articles cover such topics as Camellia planting, graft­ Bulletin Board 17 ing, rooting, judging, pruning, gibbing, disease control, insect control, new and old varieties, show preparations and results, liming, fertilization, spraying, mulching, American Camellia Society's Fayetteville Meeting 18 disbudding, and nursery production. Numerous photographs and illustrations are provided. The 'Raspberry Ice' Story 20 by Jim McCoy, Charlotte, N. C. We invite you to join, and welcome you as a member. Please make your check payable to the Atlantic Coast Camellia Society. Fill out the convenient application Atlantic Coast Camellia Clubs, Societies, and Shows 22 blank below, and mail it to: Atlantic Coast Camellia Society 1325 East Barden Street Camellia Hybridisation, An On Going Study 24 Charlotte, N. C. 28226 by Dr. T. E. Pierson, Hurstville, Australia NAME _ ACCS Members 25 STREET ADDRESS In And Around The Greenhouse 26 by Jim McCoy, Charlotte, N. C. ___________ STATE ZIP _ CITY Outstanding Educational Panel Assembled for A.C.S. Meeting 27 PHONE ---'-__-'-- _ An Invitation to Join ACCS 28 o Check if you want a membership card. 28 heavy shade seemed to suit it well. He Purcel's 'X-11'. And of these three, A MESSAGE said that he took the hint, came home 'Suzanne Withers' is far and away his and moved his plant into heavy shade. first choice. Now for japonicas to use. The result was excellent, a greener I will have to give you my choices. My FROM OUR plant and a few of those superb number one would be 'Ville de flowers. Nantes'. All a bee has to do is to fly close to a 'Ville' bloom and it'll develop PRESIDENT Those of you who would like to get a seed. My number two would be 'Tif­ into hybridizing, or just controlled fany'. Besides being one of the seedling culture might like to know with loveliest camellias we have, it is the . which cultivars you should start, in pollen parent of 'Valentine Day'. Nuff order to have seeds develop or seed­ said! My third choice would be 'Mrs. RICHARD L. WALTZ lings result which are outstanding. One D. W. Davis'. Why? Because it is the of our most enthusiastic camellia pollen parent of some of our finest SALTIMORE, MARYLAND growers, one who tries everything, cultivars, including 'Dick Goodson', gave me his choices for best retics to 'Hulyn Smith', 'Janet Smith', use for hybridizing. They are 'Suzanne 'Cameron Cooper' and many, many, Withers,' 'Buddy Bills', and Frank more. Dear Fellow Camellia Growers: The hot summer has fallen on or other material for the auction to help Baltimore. The three H's (Hazy, Hot & support the Society. Humid) are really in charge of our weather. This time of the year it is dif­ If you have never attended the annual ficult to get things in gear to make sure meeting, you are missing a lot. Not on­ our plants are given the best care and ly will you be brought up to date on the Outstanding Educational Panel feeding to produce those large blooms latest happenings in the Camellia that we all remember from the show world, but you will also meet some of Assembled for A.C.S. Meeting last year. However, it is very important the people who are making things hap­ to prepare our plants for the fall shows pen. The people alone make the trip If you were a Camellia enthusiast, and someone asked you to provide an out­ - which are closer than you may an enjoyable one. realize. Please make every effort to at­ standing panel of three nationally reknowned Camellia authorities for an American tend as many shows as possible in During the time since our last meeting, Camellia Society meeting, who would you ask? Well, Annabelle decided to try for your area; they need your support. we have lost quite a few members of the very best. Dr. Clifford Parks, outstanding breeder and plant geneticist from our Society who will be deeply miss­ U.N.C. was asked. Dr. Luther Baxter, probably America's top Camellia pathologist, Big plans are being finalized for the ed. I will not attempt to eulogize any from Clemson University, was asked. And Dr. Walter Homeyer, certainly one of Eighth Annual Convention of the Atlan­ of these members, but I would like the top amateus breeders in the country, was sent an invitation. tic Coast Camellia Society in Myrtle each of you to help fill the vacancies Beach, S.