of packaging. Cost is $6 a montii. For 

 more: USDA Market News Branch, 

 536 S. Clark Street, Room 942, Chi- 

 cago. Illinois 60605; (312) 35J0111. 



Size Isn't Eveo'thing, But.... 



Reprinted from Nursen' Business 

 Gro^-er, April 1991. 

 WTiat is billed as the world's largest 

 mounted tree spade transplanter was 



recently unveUed by Trans-Tree Cor- 

 poration. The 102-inch, 10 spade tree 

 spade will dig and transplant trees up 

 to an 18-inch caliper and 44'feet tall. 

 An interchangeable optional S5-inch, 

 8-spade digger head is also available 

 with this unit A special seasonal road 

 permit is required for the 1 02-inch u nit. 



The first unit in operation has trans- 

 planted up to three large trees per day 

 at an average charge of $5000 per 



transplant, including the cost of the 

 tree. The 102-inch soil ball is 60 inches 

 deep and contains 4.6 cubic yards of 

 soil. 



For road transport, trees are tilted 

 rearward to prevent wind damage to 

 limbs. The unit has fore and aft tilt, 

 plus sidetiltthroughuse of outriggers. 

 The machine requires a heavy duty, 

 tandem axle truck equipped with at 

 least a 400-hp engine. ^ 



Minutes 



April 5, 1991 



The meeting was at PleasantView Gardens. Tom Price, Chris Robarge, Bob Demers, Bruce Holmes, and John, Jeff, and Henry 



Huntington were there. 



Minutes and financial report were read and approved. A letter from Kirk Wyant was read. In it , he introduced Mary Reynolds, 



the director of the America the Beautiful tree-planting campaign in New Hampshire. She has asked the NHPGA for its help in 



setting up a directory of sources for plant material. Both Kirk and Mary felt that this was an opportunity for the NHPGA to be 



of real service to its members. 



The Board felt that questionnaires sent rareh' got much response, so it was decided that Chris would send a membership list 



to Mary and that she would be invited to ejcplain the program and the NHPGA's possible part in it at the June meeting. 



Tom Price reported on the NHPGA Booth at the New Hampshire Landscape Exposition. He and Bob Demers passed out 



information and membership forms during the two days of the exposition. Bob mentioned that the booth looked good and that 



a lot of people stopped by. 



ThePlantsman was reported upon. The issues will come out on time, but there may be difficulty in retaining advertisers because 



of the increase in rates. We v^ill have another issue in the present format — which will be sent to potential members as part of 



a membership campaign, but after that, there may be some cost cutting here as well 



The next topic was the summer meeting. It was decided to rent a smaller 26-passenger bus rather than a large 40-passenger one 



for the trip to Doug Cole's. This would be driven on a continual circuit for the main part of the day. 



It was decided that Perillo's in Manchester would cater the luncheon. It would be an all-you can-eat barbecue for $10.50. 



There will be a speaker — Dan Gilrange form the Cornell Cooperative Extension. He will speak in the morning and in the 



afternoon — probably in IPM in the greenhouse and those attending both sessions receive credit toward pesticide license 



recertification. 



There will also be an auction and the money will go to the scholarship fund. There will be a door prize of a weekend for two at 



WatervilleValley. 



For those preregistering, the cost wUl be $20. For those who drop in the cost is $25. The meal is included for both. Vendor 



registration is $20. 



The only new business was that Channel 1 1 had given Chris information on the cost of underwriting a TV show or sponsoring 



a board at the auction . It was decided that now was not the time to do this, but that the information would be kept for future 



reference. 



There was no meeting in May. the next meeting will be June 5. 



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