CALENDAR 



October 



¥«*' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 

 NHPGA Pesticide Applicator Recertifica- 

 tion Meeting, UNH at Manchester, 400 

 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH; 

 information: Bob Demers, Jr., at 

 603-625-8298. 



OCTOBER 20 New Hampshire Camp- 

 ground Owner/Managers Conference, 

 Margate Resort, Laconia, NH; for 

 information: Mike Sciabarrasi at 

 603-862-1700. 



OCTOBER 25 Association of Cut Flower 

 Growers, Inc., Growers School (in con- 

 junction with the ASCFG National 

 Conference), Baltimore, MD; 216- 

 774-2887. 



OCTOBER 25-26 New England 

 Biotechnology Conference, Portsmouth 

 NH; information: Otho Wells at 

 603-862-3208. 



OCTOBER 28 UNH FFA Invitational 

 \nterscholastics, UNH Plant Biology 

 and Thompson School Greenhouses, 

 Mast Road Extension, Durham, NH; 

 for information: Dave Howell at 

 603-862-1760. 



November 



NOVEMBER 2-5 International Plant 

 Propagation Society (IPPS) Eastern 

 Region Annual Meeting, Hartford 

 Sheraton, Hartford, CT; 

 203-429-0533. 



NOVEMBER 7 Vermont Association of 

 Professional Horticulturists (VAPH) Fall 

 Meeting, Vermont Technical College, 

 Randolph, VT: information: )ane 

 Wilkening at 802-253-2350. 

 NOVEMBER 8 Turf & Grounds Man- 

 agement Seminar (jointly sponsored 

 by UNH Cooperative Extension and 

 Dartmouth College) Alumni Hall, 

 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, 

 Hanover, NH; information: Tom 

 Buob at 603-787-6944. 



NOVEMBER 7-8 Massachusetts Nursery 

 & Landscape Association Business Short 

 Course, Westboro Marriott, Westboro, 

 MA: Rena Sumner at 413-369-4731 



NOVEMBER 16 UNH Cooperative Ex- 

 tension Greenhouse Pest Control Seminar, 

 Old Mill Restaurant, Epsom, NH; for 



details: Stan Swier or Faye Cragin 

 at 603-862-1159. 



December 



DECEMBER 12-14 New England Veg- 

 etable & Berry Conference, Sturbridge, 

 MA; Otho Wells at 603-862-3208. 

 ]anuary 



lANUARY 4-6 C<iristmas Tree Pest Man- 

 agement Course, Keene State College, 

 Keene, NH; information:Marshall 

 Patmos at 603-352-4550 

 JANUARY 9-1 I ERNA's Best Trade 

 Show, Concord Hotel, Kiamesha 

 Lake, NY; 203-872-2095. 



JANUARY 10 Maine Landscape & Nurs- 

 ery Association (MeLNA) Annual Meet- 

 ing, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, 

 Me; Edith Ellis at 207-225-3998. 



lANUARY 16 MeLNA Annual Trade 

 Show, Holiday Inn by the Bay, Port- 

 land, Me; 207-225-3998. 

 JANUARY 16-17 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Annual Meet- 

 ing, Education Seminar, & Trade 

 Show, Aqua Turf, Southington, CT; 

 203-872-2095. 



««« WEDNESDAY, lANUARY 17 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers AssociflfioM/Neiv 

 Hampshire Landscape Association \oint 

 Wi«(er Meeting, Old Mill Restaurant, 

 Epsom; information: Peter van 

 Berkum at 603-463-7663. 

 JANUARY 21 FTDA Dislricf Meeting, 

 Elliott & Williams Roses. Dover, NH; 

 for details: Debra Defreze at 

 603-474-3020. 



JANUARY 23-24 Rhode \sland Nursery- 

 men's Association Education Day and 

 Trade Show, Doubletree Inn, New- 

 port, Rl; information: Ken 

 Lagerquist at 508-761-9260. 

 JANUARY 26-27 Farm & Forest Exposi- 

 tion, Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn & Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; information: Mary 

 Ellen Pitman on Wednesdays at 

 603-271-3788 



February 



FEBRUARY 1-3 New England Grows, 

 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 

 MA; 508-653-3009. 



COVER: Butternut on James Austin's Farm in Rochester, New Hampshire. The 

 photograph, by Mary Torcello, was taken on September 7, 1995. 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April. |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each 

 prior month. While camera-ready ads are pre- 

 ferred, set-up assistance Is available at a nomi- 

 nal fee. Free classified advertising Is offered 

 as a member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one or two 

 Issues of The Plantsman. 



For further information, please contact the 

 editor: Robert Parker at the UNH Research 

 Greenhouses, Durham. NH 03824. 603-862- 

 2061 . or PO Box 5. Newflelds. NH 03856. 603- 

 778-8353. 



October & November 1995 



