CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



January 



8-9 New England Ckhstmas Tree Pest 

 Management Conference, Keene State 

 College, Keene, NH; Marshall 

 Patmos at 603-352-4550. 

 9-11 ERNA Expo, Meadowlands 

 Exposition Center, Secaucus, Nj; 

 registration: i -800-376-2463. 

 12-13 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association VJinter Meeting, Acqua Turf, 

 Southington, CT; 860-872-2095. 

 12-13 Rhode Island Nursery and 

 Landscape Association (RINLA) Educa- 

 tional Day and Trade Show, Doubletree 

 Inn, Newport, Rl; Ken Lagerquist at 

 1 -800-758-9260. 



13 Maine Landscape and Nursery 

 Association (MeLNA) Annual Trade 

 Show, Sheraton Tara Hotel, South 

 Portland, ME; Edith Ellis at 

 207-225-3998. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 

 New Hampshire Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion |NHPGA|/New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association (NHLA) ]oint VJinter Meeting, 

 Old Mill Restaurant, Epsom, NH; 

 Tim Wolfe at 603-893-5858. 

 18 FTDA Two-part Meeting-. "Competi- 

 tive Pricing" with Gaylon Pyle/Design 

 Competition; Comfort Inn, Manchester, 

 NH; Betty Covey at 603-893-4578. 

 21-22 New England Fruit Meeting 

 and Trade Show, Sturbridge Host 

 Hotel and Conference Center, Stur- 

 bridge, MA; Bill Lord at 603-863-3203. 

 22-24 New England Grows!, Hynes 

 Convention Center, Boston, MA; 

 508-653-3009. 



February 



5 Lawn Care Seminar, Auburn, MA; 

 Mary Owen at 508-892-0382. 



6 Maine Landscape and Nursery Associa- 

 tion (MeLNA) Recertification "Workshop, 

 Falmouth Country Club, Falmouth, 

 ME; 207-225-3998. 



6-7 Farm and Forest Exposition, 

 Center of New Hampshire Holiday 

 Inn and Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; 603-271-3788. 

 10 Agricultural \ndustry ]ob Fair, 

 Student Union Ballroom, University 

 of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; 

 Elizabeth Wiernasz at 413-545-2222. 



18 VAPH Annual V/inter 



Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 



Connie Gardner at 802-253-8565. 



19-22 The Rhode \sland Spring Flower 



and Garden Show ("Century in 



Bloom"), Rhode Island Convention 



Center, Providence, Rl; Nancy Syme 



at 1-800-766-1670. 



19-22 The Seventeenth Annual Connecticut 



Flower and Garden Show ("Watch Us 



Grow"), Connecticut Expo Center, 



Hartford, CT; 860-529-2123. 



27 Ecological Landscaping Association's 



Widlpr Conference, Holiday Inn, 



Boxborough, MA; Nancy Askin at 



978-897-7490. 



March 



3-5 New England Regional Turf 

 Conference, Providence, Rl; Contact 

 NERTCS at 401-848-0004. 

 7-15 New England Flower Show ("Gar- 

 dening Lifestyles"), Bayside Exposi- 

 tion Center, Boston, MA; 617-536-9280. 

 11-15 Portland Flower Show ("Poetry 

 in the Garden"), Portland Company 

 Complex, Portland, ME; 207-225-3998. 

 13-15 Verwonf Flower Show, Sheraton 

 Burlington Conference Center, 

 Burlington, VT; 802-253-8565. 



16 Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firms", 

 (sponsored by UNH Cooperative 

 Extension), Cole Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; Nancy Adams at 603- 

 679-5616. 



17 "Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firms," 

 College of Lifelong Learning, 

 Lebanon, NH; 603-679-5616. 

 20-23 "The breath of Spring" Flower 

 Show ("Flowers in Wonderland"), 

 Cheshire Ice Arena, Keene, NH; 

 Steve Curtin at 603-355-6335, ext. 161. 



22 FTDA "Wedding Design Show and 

 Hands-on "Workshop with Ned Davis, 

 Carbones, Bedford, NH; Betty 

 Covey at 603-893-4578. 



23 "Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firws," 

 Plymouth State College, Plymouth, 

 NH; 603-679-5616. 



25 UNH Greenhouse Facility Tour, 

 Durham, NH, sponsored by NH 

 Chapter, New England Wild Flower 

 Society; Anne Moore at 603-964-1982. 



Departments 



3 From the Board 



Tim Wo/fe 

 5 Forum 



8 New Hampshire News 

 13 Elsewhere In the News 

 23 Member Profile: 

 The or Speedway 



31 Diagnostic Update 

 Dr. Cheryl Smith 



32 How About Herbs 

 Tanya ]ackson 



Features 



15 Golden Gardeners 



Margaret Hagen 

 17 New England's Oldest 

 Living Tree 



David VanLuven 



19 Diagnosing Plant Problems 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 

 27 Greenhouse Integrated Pest 

 Management 



]ames Boone, Michael Brow«- 

 bridge, ]ames F Dill, Alan T 

 Eaton, Bruce L. Parker and 

 Margaret Skinner 



Columns 



10 Kiwi Corner 



Paul R. Fisher 



16 Z-Notes 

 |i»! Zablocki 



20 The Griffin Guru 

 22 The Green Spot 



Mike Cherim 



26 Pioneer Pointers 



Winter: Greal Bay, photograph by 

 Rick Raymond 



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