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THE NEWS 



Summer Events: 



A Silver Anniversary... 



"W.H. Minkowski, Inc., would like to 

 invite everyone to our 25th Anni- 

 versary Customer Appreciation Day 

 on |uly 24, 1997. Please stop by our 

 office/warehouse complex at iO 

 Middle River Drive in Stafford 

 Springs, Connecticut, anytime be- 

 tween 8:30 am and 4:30 pm (call 

 800-243-7170 for directions) Many 

 of our most popular vendors will be 

 on hand with product demonstra- 

 tions and special pricing. Of course, 

 food and refreshment will be avail- 

 able as well as all of our sales 

 staff — eager to meet our customers 

 "up front and personal." It will be a 

 great chance to greet old friends 

 and make some new ones. Hope to 

 see you!" 



and a Gold. 



Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Sup- 

 plies is also celebrating an anniver- 

 sary — its Golden — fifty years in 

 business — with a Gala Open House 

 at its 1619 Main Street, Tewksbury, 

 office/warehouse complex from 9 to 

 4 on August 21. Over 100 exhibitors, 

 a speakers program offering educa- 

 tional benefits and timely informa- 

 tion (and recertification credits), 

 lunch and refreshments, discounts 

 and prizes, and a white elephant 

 sale — Griffin organizers promise 

 that this biennial open house — the 

 ninth — will be "the Biggest and the 

 Best." They could be right — a flyer 

 is forthcoming. For more informa- 

 tion, call 508-851-4346. 



Awards — 

 New England 

 Greenhouse Conference 



The New England Greenhouse Con- 

 ference, held last October 21-23 in 

 Sturbridge, made the following 

 awards for 1997: 



• Ms. Nancy Adams, University of 



New Hampshire. Digital camera for 

 Extension's educational resources. 

 $1,348. 



• Dr. Carol Auer & Mr. Eric Mercure 

 University of Connecticut. Research 

 on "the effects of temperature, gib- 

 berellins, cytokinins, and seed coat 

 removal on helleborus seed germi- 

 nation." $2,000. 



• Dr. Douglas Cox. University of 

 Massachusetts. Research on "Phos- 

 phorus fertilization effects on poin- 

 settia growth and phosphorus 

 leaching." $2,000. 



• Dr. George Elliot & Dr. Wade 

 Elmer University ot Connecticut 

 and Connecticut Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Evaluation of biologi- 

 cal fungicides for the control of 

 soil-borne pathogens. $1,800. 



• Dr. Paul Fisher. University of New 

 Hampshire. Fertilizer injection sys- 

 tem for use in research on predict- 

 ing easter lily harvest dates. $1,768. 



• Dr. Susan Han. University of Mas- 

 sachusetts. Studies on the use of 

 commercially available growth regu- 

 lators to prevent leaf yellowing of 

 easter lilies during greenhouse pro- 

 duction. $1,800. 



• Dr. Richard McAvoy. University of 

 Connecticut. Studies on poinsettia 

 bract necrosis. $2,000. 



• Dr. Margaret Skinner & Dr. Bruce 

 Parker. University of Vermont. Re- 

 search into spray techniques for in- 

 sect-killing fungi in greenhouses. 

 $2,000. 



• Dr. Cheryl Smith. University of 

 New Hampshire. Professional im- 

 provement training at plant virus 

 inclusion workshop. $670. 



Congratulations. 



The list represents $1 5,386-worth 

 of grants — the contributions of 

 those attending the New England 

 Greenhouse Conference did far 

 more than pay for the excellent bi- 

 ennial meeting. Dr. Mark Bridgen, 



University of Connecticut, was chair- 

 man of the Awards Committee 



Awards — 



New England Grows 



On January 30, 1997, Randy Wright, 

 president of New England Grows, 

 made grant presentations of $4,000 

 each to representatives from the six 

 New England state Cooperative Ex- 

 tension systems. These 1997 grants 

 will be used as follows: 



Connecticut: to expand Connec- 

 ticut's impressive nursery and land- 

 scape Web site on the Internet. 



Maine: to support and expand 

 Maine's recycling program for recy- 

 cling pots and poly products 



Massachusetts: to continue the 

 Landscape Pest Message System, 

 an 800 number for Green Industry 

 professionals to access weekly pest 

 and disease information. 



New Hampshire: to develop per- 

 sonnel management and computer 

 workshops, expand the UNH plant 

 diagnostic clinic reference library, 

 and purchase computer software. 



Rhode Island: to enhance the 

 Rhode Island nursery industry's 

 Web site, support nursery career 

 publications, and expand extension 

 materials on sustainable plant ma- 

 terial. 



Vermont: to expand research in- 

 formation on UVM's web site, es- 

 tablish a shrub rose trial garden, 

 and help graduate students begin 

 research on perennial geraniums. 



The next New England Grows is 

 scheduled for lanuary 22-24, 1998. 

 For more information, contact Vir- 

 ginia Wood at 508-653-3009. 



More Choices for Fall 



Proven Winners® has introduced a 

 "Fall Magic" line of plant material 

 to be used along with the tradi- 

 tional pansies, mums, and asters in 

 fall gardens. 



There are twelve selections. All 



JUNE & JULY 



