NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW 



For a Positive Start to 

 the New Year.... 



For the third year in a row, a sue 

 cessful, intensive two-day Christma; 

 tree pest managennent course wi 

 again be offered at Keene State Col- 

 lege in Keene, New Hampshire. The 

 dates are January fourth and fifth. 

 This course is of value to anyone — 

 beginner to experienced grower — in- 

 volved in the Christmas tree indus- 

 try. Scheduled instructors include: 

 Dr. )ohn Ahrens, Connecticut Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station; Ms. Bar- 

 bara Burns, Vermont Dept. of Forests 

 & Parks; Tom Durkis, NH Dept of 

 Agriculture; Ron Kelley, Vermont 

 Dept. of Forests & Parks; Dr. William 

 IVlerrill, Pennsylvania State Univer- 

 sity; Dr. Cheryl Smith, UNH Coopera- 

 tive Extension; Dr. Stanley Swier, 

 UNH Cooperative Extension; |ohn 

 Turmel, Vermont Dept. of Agricul- 

 ture; Ms. Nancy Wenner, Pennsylva- 

 nia State University 



Appropriate pesticide recertifica- 

 tion credits are awarded from NH, 

 VT, MA, CT, and RI, with special ar- 

 rangements for other states. 



Course cost of $105 includes park- 

 ing, breaks, reference materials, and 

 lunches for both days. Pre-registra- 

 tion is required. To reserve a space, 

 send a $25 (US funds) deposit made 

 out to "UNH Cooperative Extension" 

 to 33 West Street, Keene, NH 03431 

 Enrollment is limited. 



For more information, contact 

 Marshall Patmos at 603-352-4550. 



New Product 



(from GMPro, )une, 1995) 



David Murray, founder and owner of 

 TAK Equipment, Inc., and vice-presi- 

 dent of Murray Farms Greenhouse, 

 Inc., in Penacook, NH, has designed 

 an aluminum trough subirrigation 

 system that accommodates 1020 

 flats. He trialed his system at ten 

 growing operations in the Northeast 

 this spring, furnishing the participat- 

 ing growers with equipment and 

 guidelines. The trials appear to have 

 worked out very successfully; official 

 results are being released. 



October & November 1995 



Lath House — Pleasant View Gardens, 

 site of this year's Summer Meeting, 

 {photo: Tammy Hathaway) 



TAK already produces aluminum 

 trough systems for 3-to-8 1/2-inch pot- 

 ted crops. 



Dave says he turned to subir- 

 rigation for three reasons: saving 

 time, protection the environment, 

 and creating a lasting impression 

 ("Customers — whether wholesale or 

 retail — are impressed when you stay 

 one step ahead or on the cutting 

 edge of technology"). 



For information: Dave Murray's at 

 TAK Equipment, Inc., I 1 1 River Road, 

 Penacook, NH 03303; the phone there 

 is 603-753-8250; the FAX, 603-753-1156. 



Liaison Announced 



Nancy Adams, Agricultural Educator, 

 Rockingham County, has been asked 

 to be an official liaison between the 

 New Hampshire Plant Growers Asso- 

 ciation and the Cooperative Exten- 

 sion. 



It's felt that separate unrelated 

 programs were counterproductive 

 and that, in this period of both ex- 

 panded access to information and 

 diminishing resources, a more coor- 

 dinated focus would be a more effi- 

 cient use of both organizations' re- 

 sources and a better service to the 

 Green Industry in New Hampshire. 



Immediate goals include coordi- 

 nating events sponsored by both or- 

 ganizations and publicizing these in 

 the newsletters of both as well. 



We look forward to working with 

 Nancy. Members with ideas and 

 suggestions can contact any board 

 members (phone numbers on page 

 seven) or Nancy at 603-679-5616. 



New Service 



Atlantic Greenhouse Systems (AGS), 

 a full-service greenhouse construc- 

 tion company based in Searsmont 

 (mid-coast), Maine, is beginning to 

 extend its sevice area into New 

 Hampshire and other parts of New 

 England. 



Owner Will Walton began his craft 

 as a carpenter while in college, then 

 developed a career in the field, es- 

 tablishing himself as a builder. His 

 introduction to greenhouses came in 

 the early 1980s when he worked with 

 Vanderhoeven, Inc., a Dutch com- 

 pany, as a project supervisor. When 

 he returned to Maine, he incorpo- 

 rated greenhouses into his construc- 

 tion business. After a four-year hia- 

 tus, during which he was coordinator 

 for an agriculltural development 

 project, he returned to private enter- 

 prise and began AGM in 1992. 



Small (owner Walton and two full- 

 time employees), but growing. AMS 

 offers "construction, renovation, and 

 repair capability, and work with any 

 and all types of structures, glazing 

 systems, and equipment. Our 

 projects range in size from small re- 

 pairs or modifications to turnkey fa- 

 cilities, with most falling somewhere 

 in between." Something for every- 

 one. 



For more, 207-342-5351. 



Showtime '96 



The theme of the 1996 Farm & For- 

 est Exposition, to be held at the 

 Center of New Hampshire Holiday 

 Inn & Convention Center in Man- 

 chester on lanuary 26-27, is "Regard- 

 ing Sustainable Agriculture: Preserv- 

 ing our Farms and Forests for Future 

 Generations." 



It's earlier and a day shorter this 

 year (because of the primary, the 

 hotel is "booked for media"), but 

 the same variety of displays, meet- 

 ings, and talks is being organized. 

 For information, contact Mary Ellen 

 Pitman on Wednesdays at 603-271- 

 3788. 



