" C A L E 



August 



14 New Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Association Summer Meeting. 

 Pleasant Mew (ireenhouses. 

 Pittsfield. NH. For information: 

 Chris Robarge at (603) 862-1074. 

 1 6 Th e Se w Ha mpsli ire Landscape 

 Association Summer Picnic, Gill'ord. 

 XH. Call (207,) 439-5189. 

 16-18 Cornish Fair. Town Hall 

 Road. Cornish. NH. For informa- 

 tion: (603) 542-4622. 



17-18 Belknap Count} 4-H 

 Fair. Mile Hill Road, Belmont. 

 NH. For information: (603) 524- 

 1737. 



21-25 Plvmouth State Fair. 

 Exit 26 off Route 1-95. Plymouth. 

 NH. For information: (603) 53(> 

 2308. 



21 Vermont Plantsmen's Asso- 

 ciation Summer Meeting. The 

 Hildene House in Manchester. 

 \T. For inlormation: (802) 223- 

 2944. 



22 Griffin Greenhouse Supply Open 

 House. Tewksburv', Mass. For 

 information: (508) 851-4346. 



28 — 2 Lancaster Fair. Route 3. 

 I^ancaster, NH. For information: 

 (603) 837-2770. 

 29-2 Hopktnton State Fair 

 Contoocook Fair Ground, 

 Contoocook. NH. For information: 

 (603) 746-3238. 



September 



6-8 Hillsboro County Agricultural 

 Fair Route 13. New Boston, NH. 

 For information: (603) 588-6500. 

 11-22 Eastern States Exposition. 

 West Springfield, MA. For infor- 



lllustration 

 by John Weaver 



N DA R 



mation: Sue Lavoie: (413) 737- 

 2443. 



12-22 Rochester Fair. 72 Lafa\'- 

 ene Street, Rochester, NH. For 

 information: (603) 332-6585. 

 21 International Plant Propaga- 

 tors Society Area Meeting and 

 Tours. Mainstay Inn. Newport. RI. 

 F'or information, see "Elsewhere 

 in the News" or contact Kathleen 

 Carroll, UMass Cooperative Ex- 

 tension, .%nherst, MA; (413) 54,5- 

 0895. 



26-29 Deerfield Fair. Route 107, 

 Deerfield, NH. For information: 

 (603) 463-7421. 



29-3 23rd Agricultural Plastics 

 Congress of the .American Society for 

 Plastic ultu n . Stouffer Riverview 

 Plaza Hotel, Mobile, Alabama. For 

 information; James E. Brown, Depl. 

 of Horticulture, Auburn University; 

 (205) 844-4862. 



October 



12-14 Sandwich Fair. Center 

 Sandwich. NH. For information: 

 (603) 284-6865. 



25 International Plant Propaga- 

 tors Society Area Meeting and 

 Tours. Royal Plaza Trade Center. 

 Marlborough. MA For informa- 

 tion, see "Elsewhere in the .News" 

 or contact Kathleen Carroll, 

 UMass Cooperative Extension, 

 .Amherst, MA; (413) 545-0895. 



And Looking .Ahead... 

 Januarv' 7-10. 1992 ERNA 



Trade Show. Kiamesha Lake, N^. 

 April 1 -September 20 



Ameriflora '92: International Gar- 

 den Festival. Columbus. OH. 



Design: Joni Dohert>' Design Sr did 



Co\-ER ILLtSTR-^TION : M^^MJK CrISPI 



INSIDE 



3 

 FORl^I 



NL^V HAMPSHIRE NEWS 

 Classifieds, Minutes 



9 & 10 

 ELSEWHERE IN THE NE"\\S 



TVVIUGHT MEETING 

 .At \an Berkum .\urser> 



AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS 

 How Do We Dispose of Them? 



Bruce A. Marriott 



17 



DOGWOOD .ANTHRACNOSE 



-A New Disease 



in New Hampshire 



John Weaver & Cheryl Smith 



19 



BLACK FOREST NUT^SER'i .)^ 



G.ARDEN CENTER 



Building in Careful Stages 



23 



GY-PSY MOTH 



IN .NEW HA.MPSHIRE— 1991 



Dr. Siegfried E. Tliewke 



25 



.\L\N.AGING 



IN AN UP-CYCLE 



William J. Martin 



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PROSPECTOR ELM 



.A .New Elm for New Hampshire? 



The Plantsman is published in early Feb- 

 ruan-. .-Xpril. June. .■\ugusL October, and 

 December with copy deadlines being the 

 .5th ol each prior month. \\"hile camera- 

 ready is preferred, set-up assistance is 

 available at a nominal lee. Free classified 

 advertising is offered as a member ser- 

 vice. We will carr>' a short message (no 

 artwork or logos) lor one or two issues of 

 The Plantsman. 



AD SIZE 6x Ix 



3 3/8"w X 2 3/8"h S120 S3() 



3 3/8"w X 4 7/8"h Sl60 $40 



7" w X 2 3/8"h S160 $40 



7" w X 4 7/8T1 $250 $50 



7" w X 10 "h $400 $100 



For further information, please contact 

 the editor Robert Parker at the UNH Re 

 search Greenhouses. Durham. NH 08824. 

 (603)862-2061; or ?0 Box 5. Newfields. 

 NH 03a56. (603)778-8353. 



Ai gvst/Septe.mber 1991 1 



