CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



August 



15 Annual Open Farm Day — 

 Rockingham and Strafford Counties; 

 for participating farms, map, sched- 

 ule of events: UNH Cooperative 

 Extension Rockingham County 

 (603-679-5616) or Strafford County 

 (603-749-4445) 



18 Vermont Association of Pro- 

 fessional Horticulturists (VAPH) 

 Summer Meeting, Vergennes, VT; 

 802-865-5979 



20 Maine Landscape and Nursery 

 Association (MeLNA) fifth annual 

 Horticultural Field Day, Rogers 

 Farm, Orono, ME; 207-225-3998 



20-22 Cornish Fair; Robert Bladen 

 at 542-4622 



21-22 Belknap County 4-H Fair; 

 Sue Roberts at 267-8135; Conces- 

 sions: Ginny Clifford at 524-4398 



25 Open House, Griffin Green- 

 house and Nursery Supply, 1619 

 Main Street, Tewksbury, MA; 

 978-851-4346 



September 



1-6 Lancaster Fair; Paul Thurston 

 at 788-4531 



2-6 Hopkinton State Fair; Alan 

 Hardy at 746-4191 



10-12 HiLLSBORO County Agricul- 

 tural Fair (fairgrounds in New 

 Boston); John Robertson at 588- 

 6106 



W 15 Open House/NHPGA Twi- 

 light Meeting, Van Berkum Nurs- 

 ery, 4 James Road, Deerfield, NH; 

 603-463-7663. 



15-18 Forty-ninth Annual Meet- 

 ing OF the Eastern Region of the 

 International Plant Propagators' 

 Society, Minneapolis Airport 

 Marriott, Minneapolis, MN; Margot 

 Bridgen at 860-429-6818 



17-October 3 Eastern States Expo- 

 sition, 1305 Memorial Avenue, 

 West Springfield, MA; 413-737- 

 4716 



7-25 Rochester Fair; Jeffrey Taylor 

 at 332-6585 



17-October 3 Eastern States 

 Exposition, 1305 Memorial Avenue, 

 West Springfield, MA; 413-737-4716 



24 New Hampshire Day, Eastern 

 States Exposition 



•« 28-30 NHPGA/Cooperative 

 Extension-sponsored New York/ 

 New Jersey Garden Center Bus 

 Tour; Nancy Adams at 603-679- 

 5616 



30-October 3 Deerfield Fair; Jane 

 Boucher at 463-7421 



October 



1 Stockbridge School Field Day 

 (acquainting high school students 

 with Stockbridge programs), 

 Amherst, MA; 413-545-2222 



9-11 Sandwich Fair; Richard Papen 

 at 284-7062 



23 (tentative) Fall UNH-FFA In- 

 terscholastic Career Development 

 Event, University of New Hamp- 

 shire, Durham; Dave Howell at 

 603-862-1760 



November 



3-5 ERNA's Fall Expo '99, Atlantic 

 City, NJ; 1-800-376-2463 



January 



27-29 New England Grows! Hynes 

 Convention Center, Boston, MA; 

 508-653-3009 



February 



8 Third Annual Stockbridge 

 School Job Fair, Amherst, MA; 

 413-545-2222 



11-12 Farm and Forest Exposition, 

 Center of New Hampshire Holiday 

 Inn and Conference Center, 

 Manchester; 603-271-3788 



17-20 Rhode Island Spring Flower 

 and Garden Show, Rhode Island 

 Convention Center, Providence; 

 exhibitor information: Nancy Syme 

 at 1-800-766-1670 or 

 nsyme@flowershow.com 



March 



24-26 Breath of Spring Flower 

 Show, Cheshire Fairgrounds Arena, 

 Keene, NH; Steve Curtin at 603- 

 355-6335, extension 161 



24-26 Seacoast Flower, Home, and 

 Garden Show, Whittemore Center, 

 Durham, NH; 603-356-7750 



Departments 



3 FROM THE BOARD 



5 FORUM 



6 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



9 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 Features 



13 The Internet Four Years Later 

 David Brock 



15 Flowers in a Russian Garden 

 Michael Diev 



16 MEMBER PROFILE 

 Campbell's Country Gardens 



18 Overwintering Herbaceous 

 Perennials in Containers 

 Linda Bilodeau. Peter van 

 Berkum, and Paul Fisher 



Columns 



1 1 PIONEER POINTERS 



14 THE GREEN SPOT 

 Mike Cherim 



23 Diagnostic Update 

 Cheryl Smith 



26 Z NOTES 

 Jim Zablocki 



27 HOW ABOUT HERBS 

 Tanya Jackson 



Credits 



Cover: Planting (detail). Valley Inn, 

 Watervilie Valley; photograph: Rick 

 Raymond 



The Ptantsman is published in early February, 

 April, June, August, October, and December 

 witii copy deadlines being tbc first of each prior month. 

 While camera-ready ads are preferred, set-up assistance 

 is available at a nominal fee. Free classified advertising 

 is offered as a member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one or two issues of 

 The PLintsman. 



For further information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-2061; or PC Boa 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1999 



