AMPSHIRE NEWS 



Showtime '99 



New Hampshire hasn't one single 

 major show, but several smaller 

 ones. All preview spring; all are ac- 

 cessible — pleasant, instructive — with- 

 out overcrowding or lack of parking. 



A MONTH EARLIER than is 

 usual, 18-21 March, the New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society holds its 

 annual show — now in its eighth 

 year — at the Nashua National Guard 

 Armory on the Daniel Webster 

 Highway. Judging and a gala recep- 

 tion are on Thursday; hours are: 

 Friday, 9:30-8; Saturday, 9:30-6; 

 Sunday, 9:30-4. 



Although it's being held in the 

 same time period as the big show in 

 Boston, there's enough here to inter- 

 est both enthusiasts and the general 



public. Displays of live plant mate- 

 rial and — a renewed emphasis — cut 

 flower arrangements (with several 

 large florist shops — Bert Ford, 

 Chalifours — participating) are a ma- 

 jor part of what's offered. 



But vendors, demonstrations 

 (flower arranging), and speakers 

 are here as well. Leon Glicenstein 

 is returning on Saturday to speak 

 on orchids native to Maine; on 

 Sunday, the students from Lin- 

 wood High School in Lincoln, 

 New Hampshire, will be discussing 

 their work. With a grant from the 

 University of California, Davis, 

 and under the direction of Dr. Pe- 

 ter Faletra, head of the school's 

 science department, the students 

 are propagating lady slippers in 

 their lab. They've visited Kew and 

 made a presentation before the 



Royal Horticultural Society. In 

 this time of so much criticism of 

 public education, it might be 

 worthwhile to go simply to see 

 that remarkable educational experi- 

 ences can still be had there. 



For information, contact Joanna 

 Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



NOW IN ITS 29TH YEAR, the 

 Greenhouse Open House at the 

 University of New Hampshire in 

 Durham is the longest running of 

 the local shows. A joint venture of 

 the Plant Biology Department and 

 the Thompson School Horticulture 

 Curriculum, the format remains 

 unchanged — displays of research, 

 interior plantscapes, plants for sale, 

 food, and — the strong point — prac- 

 tical information: a series of talks 

 will be geared toward the home- 



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