Tfiwfwmm

#

Cape’s Interest In Flower Is Far From Tulipomania

The idea for Cape May’s Tulip Festival originated with Harry Lozour, longtime leader in the local Chamber of Commerce, and has been enthusiastically supported by merchants and residents alike Under the co- ( hfiirmanship of Mr. Lozour and Carin Fodder mann, a native Hollander and ('ape May businesswoman, the project has evolved into an annual affair

On September 26, 1981 a Founder s Day program was presented on the Mall

This spring, townspeople that time the tulip had been and visitors find known for some 10 years in themselves amidst the England. As European —

“At the peak of this maniacal behavior,

a single bulb sold for $50,000..

99

with a full complement of city» officials, Dutch dignitaries, music, flags and the placing of a monument honoring Capt Mey. The ceremonial planting of the first of 10,000 tulip bulbs also took place last fall.

sparkling beauty and excitement of the first annual Tulip Festival. "TULIPA OR Dalmation Cup is a strange and forrein floure . and indeed it was when this Englishman wrote about it in 1597. At

Dori« Word THE TULIP FESTIVAL began last fall with the planting of thousands of bdlbs around town, continued earlier this month with a dinner, and will conclude this Saturday and nest With festivities on the Cape May Mall. Helping out during the dinner were, from left: Maria Steinmetz, Linda Mullock. Robin Feddermann and Lydia Inderwies. 'fttMcia iaclf son S Creative designs in gold & sterling silver precious & semi-precious stone. All fine ■jewelry repair done on premises. k 510 CARPENTER’S LANE, CAPE MAY l OPEN DAILY • 884-0323

KATIE KRAFT

INTRODUCES..

pe/iniwly A Uniqu'

Souvenir Ol ,

Cape May I

COMMEMORATE

CAPE MAY S TULIP FESTIVAL

And Dutch Heritage

j Visit Us Mon.-Weds.-Fri./Sat. & Sun. IQam-Spm |

STOP INTO OUR UNIQUE

Catalog Retail Shop Discontinued Catalog and Wholesale Items

Will Be Available At Terrific Prices! 1382 Lafayette St., Cape May (Just Over The Bridge In Cape May-Century 21 Bulldkng)

Kathleen McCormick Monichetti 0 _. _ Rosemary McCormick Drake oo4-f)151

Katie Kraf

Far Eastern trade and diplomatic relations expanded, new varieties and colors continued to appear both in England and on the Continent. The flower, an immediate success, was soon to be found in all manner of gardens — small cottage plantings as well as elaborate formal displays. Writing in 1629 an English botanist describes the tulip: "... besides this glory of variety of colours they carry so stately and delightful! a forme and do abide so long in their bravery that there is no Lady or Gentlewoman of any worth that is not .caught up with this delight." (That may be 1629 prose but somehow it sounds quite Victorian.) THE ORIGINS of the tulip are shrouded in myslery. The first recorded descriptions of the flower are found in 1556 in Turkey, where the flower grew prolifically. It is odd the early Greeks did not take note of this conspicuous plant as several species appear indigenous to that area. One art treasure, a black Minoan pottery jar, is decorated with silhouetted white tulips. Inasmuch as Minoan designates an advanced prehistoric culture that flourished on the Greek island of Crete in the eastern Mediterranean from about 3000 to 1100 B.C., the jar suggests truly ancient origins for the tulip. This Minoan artifact alone offers testimony that some one of long ago admired the flower sufficiently to use it on an art piece made with loving care. Why was such a handsome Rower ignored for some 3000 years? Was it perhaps the dandelion of its day? IF THE tulip was a common plant in the Eastern world, one would expect to find evidence of it in myths, legends, primitive magic and early medicine. Authorities have found nothing of this. The tulip does not even appear in early paintings; not until the middle of the 16th Century in Italian art nor any earlier in Persian art. It was a Renaissance gentleman- and scholar from Vienna who introduced the tulip to Europe. In the middle of the 16th Century. Emperor Ferdinand of the Holy Roman Empire dispatched one Ogier Ghislein de Busbecq as his ambassador to Constantinople (Turkey). While there, de Busbecq, apparently a most inquisitive man, was not only much taken with the tulips he found in profuse bloom, but stumbled across a rare 5th century Greek manuscript which contained plant drawings — including the tulip. He tried to purchase it, but found the cost too exhorbitant for his purse. However, he later persuaded the emperor to acquire it and this botanical treasure was placed in the Imperial Library of Vienna. (Page 17 Please)

to Satnirfc’s

Blinds, Shades & Draperies

“SPRUCE

UP” FOR Our regular prices ore lower than the "Sale" prices elsewhere I Top quality Items, expert

Imtalhr '

*flor> and personal

»

•WOVEN

W00NSI •MUKNIES!

DISCOUNTS!

•MINI NUNNS!

Check The Sales Then

i a lis •uwvta •)

t CALL US For The BEST Deal I SHOP AT HOME 884-2545 CALL TODAY FOB DfTAILS

W 9 * FIRST ANNUAL CAPTAIN MET TULIP FESTIVAL

Cl NTURY 21 K0PP ft CO. 884-1800 13L2 LAFAYETTE STREET, CAPE MAY

South Jersey Fishing Center

P.O. Box 641 Capo May, NJ. 08204 South Jersey's Most Complete Fishing Facility •1st Class Boating Accommodations •Largest Party A Charter Boat Fleet •All Fishing Service* •Restaurant on Premise*

MAB1NA OBf RATIONS PMONI (BOB) M4-0177

FI SHI HO INFO A BIS. PHON1 (BOB) BB4-2400

Dear Tulip: When can / meet you at Heralds? Charlie

Roseman's Boat Yard

COM! WMINI

1*1 III Hit III

CHARTERBOAT "TOP DRAWER II" Roseman's Lane Cape May, NJ. 08204 (609) 884-3370

DRUM PltHIMO

SKMn nfMMO CAPT. DONALD WBCOTT