Our Mushroom Consulting in Connecticut, While Staying at the Spa at Norwich Inn

In my two previous posts, you can find links below this one, I've shown photos of both of us taken at The Spa of Norwich Inn where we resided while doing our consulting work.

This was in April of 1997, one of several times we came to Franklin for consulting work at Franklin Farms, Connecticut.

My sweatshirt shows their logo.

Yep, that's where we ended up several times with our rental car, arriving from Hartford, CT airport.

Franklin Organic Mushroom Farm, just off Route 32 in Franklin, CT.

Yes, this was a tray farm, using wooden trays that got stacked up.

Sadly they faced a fierce business competition against the newly built Mohegan Sun's Casino of the Earth.

Working there, in a more pleasant environment, drained most of their pool of employees...

So, sadly they had to close this farm and the property got sold.

Fond memories of that period.

We did enjoy dining with our boss and his wife at the Mohegan Sun's and other locations.

Also we both flew in on a Saturday, as the 'Saturday stay' made it a lot cheaper for the company, for two tickets at a discounted rate.

Sunday was for us to explore the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York.

Good for our readers to see a different mushroom growing system!

Thanks for your visit and comment.

Related link:
Pieter's Favorite Lambskin Leather Jacket Made New Again... | previous post with photo at the Spa
Sister Diny's Rabbit LOVED my Saddlebag from The Bridge Italy | previous post with photo at the Spa

Polish Mushroom Scientist Friend Tadeusz Bukowski & P.J.C. Vedder in Polish

Over the many years, husband Pieter has made many scientist friends all over the world.
One very special friend was Tadeusz Bukowski from Warsaw, Poland

Tadeusz Bukowski
PIECZARKI or MUSHROOMS

To my dear Friend P.J.C. Vedder with thanks for his help
T. Bukowski, January 7, 1967
This was still during Communism, with all its restrictions for such scientists!

He pointed to some pages and he also listed Vedder as one of his references on page 140

Underlined: Znany praktyk holenderski Vedder... The well-known practical Vedder...
For people, living under Socialism, the simplest form of book publishing/printing was at a very poor level...
Sad to see this, as the work by the writer is equally the same but he/she never could achieve the quality publications as we knew in the West.

Husband Pieter met him first at the ISMS VI Congress in 1965, in Wageningen and Amsterdam

Under POLAND T. Bukowski, is listed right at the top of page 572 in the above book from ISMS VI
The 3rd line is my husband P.J.C. Vedder listed, he then worked still at the Research Center.
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T. Bukowski did visit husband Pieter's Mushroom Training Center in Horst, The Netherlands.
During one of those visits, right in the corridor when viewing some growing rooms, he got unwell and Pieter could catch him before he passed out.
Pieter went with him to his then primary care doctor van Remundt in Horst.
Turned out he had some heart problems...

In the 1968-7 edition of the Dutch CHAMPIGNONCULTUUR is Polen mentioned.

Polen is Dutch for Poland. Already in the 12th Century, Polish noblemen got introduced to mushrooms, during their travels to France. They introduced the French cuisine to Poland and with that came the mushroom. In 1824 the first mushroom growing in Poland is being mentioned and also in 1841 in a horticulture book. The 1st book that totally got written about the mushroom growing arrived relatively late in 1926 by Felix Teodorowisz.

And of course from the Institute in Skierniewice hails also Magister Th. Bukowski who played such an important role in Poland in the growing of mushrooms. A lot of Dutch mushroom growers will have met him at the International Congres in 1965 in Amsterdam during the connecting excursion. He wrote a cultivation manual "Pieczarki" (Mushrooms) which has already had some reprints.

The Dutch Champignoncultuur 1970-10 published the above about Mushroom Growing in Poland.

After the war, three books on mushroom culture were published in Poland, written by N. Krusze, K. Siekierzynski and T. Bukowski respectively. Poland had at the time in 1970, 660 mushroom growers, united in the organization of horticultural cooperatives. 

Remember, this still was during Communism!

In August 1977, Fred C. Atkins writes about: Bukowski in Poland; a Darmycel Guide; and an International Journal? You can click for Pdf from ISMS

One of the world's dedicated Mushroom Men!

Both of us met Tadeusz Bukowski at the CVV–Cooperative Venlo Auction (Now ZON the Royal Cooperative Growers Association Southeast Netherlands UA), in Grubbenvorst on the Dutch Mushroom Days, May 29, 1986.

 Again at the ISMS XII in Braunschweig, Germany in 1987, where he gave a lecture in German, with M. Gapinski, K. Sobieralski and M. Siwulski.

A Christmas Card from 1985...

With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year
T Bukowski
Tadeusz-Leonarda & son Karol

Our last one from 1989...

With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Tadeusz & Leonarda Bukowski
We both don't know what happened after that...
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Maybe the Polish mushroom person Krystian Szudyga from Warsaw would know more...?
We last ran into Krystian, in May of 2000, in the train on our way to the XIIth ISMS Congres in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Krystian Szudyga happened to ride the very same train as we did, and we did chat a little.
Pieter wanted to attend this Congres for seeing one more time many of his scientist friends, before it would be too late...

At least, in 1980, Poland also got its own language book about Modern Mushroom Growing by husband P.J.C. Vedder

Related link:

My Most Awkward Moments as Last Minute Substitute Interpreter at ISMS Congress | previous post by me

Pieter Carrying Wreath with G.J.A. Van Soest at Memorial of Friends Pierre Heynen, Gérard Kinet etc., Belgium

December 27, was a rainy and miserable day for attending the funeral and memorial for the 1958 Tragedy in Zichen-Zussen-Bolder in Belgium...

Meanwhile I've come across more photos via the ISMS's (International Society for Mushroom Science) from their RESOURCES - PUBLICATIONS - CHAMPIGNONCULTUUR (the Dutch Mushroom Culture/Growing magazine that Pieter wrote big parts for, at the time). You can enter the actual magazine via link below, within blog post - but it is in Dutch...

Husband Pieter is 2nd from Left, carrying the Memorial Wreath together with his colleague G.J.A. Van Soest... (Photo Steegs)
Those were Pieter's first students as he conducted courses in Maastricht for them, at a Grandcafé, see more in the post via link before. Those were the years that Pieter did ride his motor bike...

Hoping that Gérard Kinet's two children, and Pierre Heynen's family might find this info and some final photos of their Dad.

Click link below for going to my then not complete post, with added photos and info:

1958 Tragedy for Pieter's Mushroom Friends in Zichen-Zussen-Bolder in Belgium

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