INSIDE 



16 Pleasant View Gardens 'Spring 

 Fling.' Pleasant View Gardens, 

 Pittsfield, NH 03263. For informa- 

 tion: (603) 435-8361. 



26 National Arbor Day. 



June 



14-16 WF&FSA (Wholesale 

 Florists and Florist Suppliers of 

 America) Trade Show. Orange 

 County Convention/Civic Onter, 

 Orlando, Florida. For information: 

 (703)241-1100 



18-21 Grow America Trade Show 

 & Conference. Sponsored by 

 Greenhouse Product News maga- 

 zine. Nashville (Convention 

 Center, Nashville, TN. For 

 information: Janet Currv at (708) 

 298-6622. 



19 Joint Maine I New Hampshire 

 FTD Clambake. Bar Harbor, ME. 

 For information: Paul (]odbout; 

 (603)625-5155. 



23-24 New Hampshire FTD 

 Annual Meeting. (The program 

 will include a seminar entitled 

 "Managing People for Improved 

 Results.") Site to be announced. 

 For information: Paul (Sodbout; 

 (603)625-5155. 



July 



9 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting. 

 Hosted by Kogut Nurserj' at 

 Mountainside Outing Club, 



Wallingford, CT. For information: 



(203)872-2095. 



12-15 American Association of 

 Nurserymen Convention. Orlando, 

 Florida. For information: (202) 789- 

 2900. 



13-17 International Floriculture 

 Industry Short Course. Cincinnati 

 Convention (Center, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. Sponsored by The Ohio State 

 University and Ohio Florists' 

 Association. For information: (614) 

 487-1117. 



3 1 Massachusetts Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting. For 

 information: (617) 266-6800. 



August 



4-10 Perennial Plant Symposium, 

 Farmington CT and Long Island, 

 NTf. For information contact Dr. 

 Steve Still, Perennial Plant Associa- 

 tion, 2282 Schirtzinger Road, 

 Hilliard, OH 43026, (614) 771-8431. 



7 New England Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, in 

 conjunction with the Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association Summer 

 Meeting. Portsmouth, RI. For 

 information: (617) 964-8209. 



14 New Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Association Summer Meeting. 

 Pleasant View Greenhouses, 

 Pittsfield, KK. For information: 

 Chris Robarge at (603) 862-1074. 



22 Griffin Greenhouse Supply Open 

 House. Tewksbury, Mass. For 

 information: (508) 851-4346. 



FROM THE BOARD 



Sales — A Point of View 



Bruce Holmes 



3 



MINUTES 



6&7 



NT:W HAMPSHIRE NTWS 



10 & 11 



ELSE\\-HERE IN THE NTWS 



15 



'THE THREAT OF LYME DISEASE 

 in New Hampshire 

 Dr. Alan T. Eaton 



16 



THE AFRICANTZED HON-EYBEE 



IN THE UNTTED STATES 



What Does It Mean for Honeybees 



in New Hampshire? 



David Sorenson 



17 



NEW HAMPSHIRE S RESPONSE 



More on 



The Hemlock Wooly Adelgid 



21 



PROFILE 



Ledgewood Farms: 



Seedlings are Important 



25 



"Tanstaafl" 

 Carl Woodbury 



26 



BUSINESS ENTiriES 



Advantages & Disadvantages 



Elizabeth L. Bayne 



DESiaN": JoNi Doherti' Design Stl-dio 



The PLanlsinan is published in early 

 February, -April, June, September, Oc- 

 tober, and December with copy dead- 

 I lines being the 5th ofeach prior month. 

 While camera-ready is preferred, as 

 set-up assistance is available at a 

 nominal fee. Free dassifiesd advertis- 

 ing is offered as a member service We 

 «ill carry a short message (no artwork 

 or logos) for one or two issues of The 

 Plantsman. 



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For fiirther informatioii, please con- 

 tact the editor Robert Parker at the 

 UNH Research Greenhouses, Durham, 

 NH03S24,(603)S62-2061;orPO Box 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03S56, (603)778-€353. 



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