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in New Hampshire. We spoke with 

 a number of professors and re- 

 searchers and they felt this was a 

 very possible scenario and that it 

 wasn't that expensive for them to 

 set up themselves or their graduate 

 students to do specific projects. We 

 also feel that this is timely in light 

 of the new upgrading that is taking 

 place at the UNH greenhouse. 



The Endowment Committee is 

 made up of five people: Nancy 

 Carlisle (Nancy Carlisle Interior Plant- 

 ings), Doug Cole (D.S. Cole Growers), 

 Kirk Wyant (Gateway Gardens), Henry 

 Huntington (Pleasant View Gardens), 

 and Peter van Berkum (van Berkum 

 Nursery). We've been meeting for 

 nearly a year to set this up, writing 

 mission statements, deciding how 

 grants will be awarded, and figuring 

 how the money will be raised. 



Here's the important part. As a 

 start, we'll be raising $100,000 for 

 the Endowment. We hope to con- 

 tinue after we reach this goal and 

 that the Endowment will be a con- 

 tinually growing fund. We've hired 

 Sandi Mitchell as our fund-raising 

 advisor. Under her guidance, we'll 

 be asking for contributions from all 

 plant growers in the state, as well 

 as from all allied industries, includ- 

 ing out-of-state vendors that sell 

 widely within New Hampshire. The 

 money will be held by the New 

 Hampshire Charitable Foundation, 

 which is the largest manager of 

 charitable funds in the state, man- 



1997 New Hampshire Fairs 



]uly 24-27 North Haverhill Fair, Fred C. Lee Memorial Field, North 



Haverhill; David Keith at 787-6696. 



]uly 25-27 Stratham Fair, Route 33, Stratham; Stanley Walker at 772-2990. 



]uly 29-August 3 Cheshire Fair, Route 12, North Swanzey; Sandra Amadon 



at 357-4740. 



August 15-17 Cornish Fair, Town House Road, Comlsh; Robert Bladen at 



542-4622. 



August 16-17 Belknap County Fair, Mile Hill Road, Belmont; Sue Roberts 



at 267-8135. 



August 20-24 Plymouth State Fair, Exit 26 off 1-93; Russell Merrill at 536- 



1690. 



August 27-September 1 Lancaster Fair, Route US 3, Lancaster; Paul 



Thurston at 788-4531. 



August 2S-SeptemBer I Hopklnton State Fair, Contoocook Fair Grounds, 



Contoocook; Alan Hardy at 746-4191. 



September 5-7 Hlllsboro County Agricultural Fair, Route 13, New Boston; 



|ohn Robertson at 588-6106. 



September 11-21 Rochester Fair, 72 Lafayette Street, Rochester; Jeffrey 



Taylor at 332-6585. 



September 25-28 Deerfleld Fair, Route 43, Deerfleld Fair; Jane Boucher at 



463-7421. 



October 11-13 Sandwich Fair, Center Sandwich; tarle Peaslee at 284-7062. 



Telephone »re» codes are 603. 



aging over 13 billion dollars worth 

 of endowments. We will set it up a 

 designated fund — meaning that we 

 will have control over the award of 

 the grants. 



We'll be kicking off the fund-rais- 

 ing campaign at this year's NHPGA 

 Summer Meeting at D.S. Cole Grow- 

 ers on |uly 30. Please come and 

 hear more about this project. And 

 also be thinking about the donation 



you would be willing to make. Do- 

 nations can be made over a three- 

 year period and are tax-deductible. 

 This very important project will be 

 successful with everyone's enthusias- 

 tic support. We believe it is a worth- 

 while cause and we will be working 

 hard to make it happen. Watch for 

 more on the New Hampshire Horti- 

 cultural Endowment; we hope to see 

 you at the Summer Meeting. 



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WHOLESALE GROWERS and SUPPLIERS 

 of QUALITY PLANTS 



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 Perennials and Foliage Plants 3" to 10" 



P.O. Box 360 • Alton NH 03809 • Tel: 603-875-4444 

 Located on Route 28, 1 V^ mile south of the Alton Traffic Circle 



Oicners Bnice and Linda Holmes 



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