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JUNE 



14-16 VFF&FS^ rMzo/esa/e 

 Florists and Florist Suppliers of 

 America) Trade Show. Orange 

 County Convention/Civic Center, 

 Orlando, Florida; (703)241-1100 

 18-21 Grow America Trade Show 

 & Conference. Sponsored by 

 Greenhouse Product News maga- 

 zine. Nashville Convention Center, 

 Nashville, TN. For information: 

 Janet Curry at (708) 298-6622. 



19 Joint Maine/New Hampshire 

 FTD Clambake. Bar Harbor, ME. 

 For information: Paul Godbout; 

 (603) 62^5155. 

 23-24 New Hampshire FTD 

 Annual Meeting. (The program will 

 include a seminar entitled "Manag- 

 ing People for Improved Results.") 

 Site to be announced. For informa- 

 tion: Paul Godbout; (603) 625-5155. 



27 Turf Demonstration Day, 

 Memorial Field, Concord, NH. For 

 information: John Roberts at (603) 

 862-5202. 



July 



9 Connecticut Nurserymen 's Associ- 

 ation Summer Meeting. Hosted by 

 Kogut Nursery at Mountainside 

 Outing Club, Wallingford, (TT. For 

 information: (203) 872-2095. 

 12-15 American Association of 

 Nurserymen Convention. Orlando, 

 Florida. Call (202) 789-2900. 

 13-17 International Floriculture 

 Industry Short Course. Cincinnati 

 Convention Center, Cincinnati, 



Ohio. Sponsored by The Ohio State 

 University and Ohio Florists' Asso- 

 ciation. For information: the Ohio 

 Florists' Association; (614) 487-1117; 

 FAX 614-487-1216. 



23-25 PANTS '91 (Penn Allied 

 Nursery Trade Show), Valley Forge 

 Convention & Exhibition Center, 

 King of Prussia, PA. For informa- 

 tion: Pennsylvania Nurserymen's 

 Association; (717) 238-1673. 

 26-27 New Hampshire Farm Days, 

 The Knoxland Farm, Weare, NH. 

 For information: Lynne Blye; 

 (603) 271-3696. 



31 Massachusetts Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting. Gold 

 Star Sod Farms and Wliolesale 

 Nursery, Canterbury, NH. For 

 information: (617) 266-6800. 



August 



1 Minkowski Open House/Trade 

 Show, Stafford Springs, CT. For 

 information: Connecticut — (203) 684- 

 5811; out-of-state— 800-243-7170. 

 4-10 Perennial Plant Symposium, 

 Farmington CTand Long Island, NY. 

 For information: Dr. Steve Still, 

 Perennial Plant Association, 2282 

 Schirtzinger Road, Hilliard, OH 

 43026; (614) 771-8431. 



7 New England Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, The 

 Glen, Portsmouth RI. Hosted by the 

 Newport County Plant Growers. For 

 information: (617) 964-8637. 

 14 New Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Association Summer Meeting. 

 Pleasant View Greenhouses, 

 Piltsfield, NH. For information: 

 Chris Robarge at (603) 862-1074. 

 1 6 Tlie New Hampshire landscape 

 Association Summer Picnic, Gilford, 

 NH. Call (207) 439-5189. 

 22 Griffin Greenhouse Supply Open 

 House. Tewksbury, Mass. For 

 information: (508) 851-4346. 



September- October 



29-3 23rd Agricultural Plastics 

 Congress of the American Society for 

 Plasticulture, Stouffer Riverview 

 Plaza Hotel, Mobile, Alabama. For 

 information; James E. Brown, Dept. 

 of Horticulture, Auburn University; 

 (205) 844-4862. 



N S I D E 



Editor: Robert Parker * Design: JoniDoherty Design Studio 

 Cover illustration : Robert Parker 



From the Board 



A Tropical Vision 



Tom Price 



5 



Forum 



6&7 

 New Hampshire News 



9& 10 

 Elsewhere in the News 



13 



New Hampshire Horticulture 



An Overview 



Steve Taylor 



15, 16, & 17 

 3 for the Summer Meeting 



19 



DIP Makes a Difference 



North Countr>' Product 



Compost 



21 

 Gold Star Sod Farm 



23 

 Improving Customer Service 



Tina Sawtelle 



25 



Potted Delphiniums 



E. Jay Holcomb & David J. Beattie 



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