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Partial Credit 



System 



Approved 



On February 21, The 

 New Hampshire Pesti- 

 cide Control Board held 

 a public hearing on the 

 partial credit system for 

 recertification for pri- 

 vate pesticide applica- 

 tors. About a dozen 

 people— apple growers, 

 Christmas tree growers, 

 people from co-operati ve 

 extension— testified at 

 the hearing. 



Pesticide Control Board 

 member Jeff Hunting- 

 ton (Pleasant View Gar- 





fenmg 



The New Hampshire Plant Growers Association will 

 hold their annual Summer Meeting at Pleasant View 

 Gardens on August 14. Besides the facilities at Pleasant 

 View, members can tour Millican Nursery next door 

 and D.S. Cole Growers in Louden. 

 Along with the toui's, the Board is planning a bigger 

 trade show , a good meal, and talks that could give those 

 attending credit toward pesticide applicator's license 

 recertiTication. There will be an auction, door prizes, 

 horseshoes, volleyball. ...all on August 14 at Pleasant 

 View Gardens in Pittsfield. 



ness in November. 

 Doug, formerly in 

 power line construc- 

 tion, is fairly new at 

 this line of work, 

 but "a sister-in-law 

 had worked here a 

 couple years ago," so 

 she's familiar with 

 the operation. 



Windham will re- 

 main a full-service 

 retail garden center 

 and florist shop. 

 Doug is working to 

 attract "your aver- 

 age home-owner" 

 with reduced prices 

 and a 10" floor plant 

 sale that has been 

 goingon this winter. 



dens,Pittsrield)saidthatmostpeople package" (which gives each contest- New products available include 



were very positive about the new sys- 

 tem. The growers sti-essed that 

 changes in the industry— new prod- 

 ucts, newrules— happen sooften that 

 one meeting every five years "would- 

 n'tbe enough to keep us up to date." It 

 was felt that more frequent informa- 

 tional meetings could be better publi- 

 cized, to show the public concerned 

 about pesticides that "we know what 

 we're doing; we do care." 

 Concern wasexpressedaboutthelim- 

 ited number of opportunities to earn 

 credits in the greenhouse and nurs- 

 ery industries; for this system to work 

 well, it was felt that more workshops 

 and twilight meetings might be 

 needed. 



The changes were approved by the 

 Board. Although theimplementation 

 process isn't over, it's safe to say that 

 New Hampshire now has a partial 

 credit system for recertification. 



And the Winner Is.... 



Debrah Deft-eze of Jasmine's Flower 

 Shop in Seabrook won the New 

 Hampshire FTD America's Cup De- 

 sign Competition. This annual com- 

 petition, held thisyear in Portsmouth 

 on January 27, consisted of three 

 parts: designing a table setting for 

 Superbowl Sunday, designing a bri- 

 dal bouquet, and using a "surprise 



6 THE PLANTSMAN 



It a similar container and flower wider variety of plant material, along 

 materiaDtocreateanoriginal design, with items like fountains, refiecting 



pools, and statuary. He hopes to expand 

 Using such flowers as freesia, ranun- ^^^ wholesale aspect of the business as 

 cuius, roses, and lilac blossoms, ^^^^^ 

 Debrah created a bridal bouquet in 



tones of soft lavenders, creams, and We welcome Doug and Tracy to New 

 pjnl^^s Hampshire and wish them success. 



WindhamNurseriesislocatedoffRoute 

 Her Superbowl Sunday Table was gg ^^^^^ ^^-^ 3 ^^ ^^^^ m) {„ 

 another thing altogether. Usmg a Windham, 

 football for partofthecenterpiece and 

 a wrist band as a napkin holder, the 

 color scheme was red and royal blue, \ SuCCeSS... 

 Theplantmaterialincludeddelphini- „ r. . t:^ 



urns, anthurium, ginger, and tropical The NH Farm & Forest Exposition, 

 Cq^j ' held in Manchester in early February, 



is seen as a success. There was a good 

 And from her surprise package, she turnoutr-20,000 general admissions, 

 created a stylized arrangement of ^^^j attendance at the specific com- 

 iris, daisies, mini-dianthus, snaps.... modity meetings was high, with 

 "I had no idea what my end products standing room only in areas like 

 would be like when I went on stage," "^E Beef Production" and 'T)airy Goat 

 Debrah said. "I hate to kill the pro- Management." 

 cess with too much planning." ,,,ttt^ . .. r a ■ 1 



Zib (at the NH Departmentof Agncul- 

 Second prize winner was Ray Savage ^^^e) felt that the high attendance 

 of Flowers by Ray Savage of Keene, ^as due to the quality of the speakers, 

 and third prize went to Becky Ser- -pj^jg y^^^^^ ^he Farm & Forest Board 

 vant of Emerson Gardens in Leba- supported organizations sponsoring 

 non. speakers by giving matching grants to 



help with expenses. The results were 

 _ top-notch speakers and higher atten- 



Another New Owner dance 



Windham Nurseries, in Windham, After a final meeting "to wind things 

 NH, is under new ownership. Doug up," the Board won't meet again until 

 and Tracy Grattan, up from Billeri- August, when it starts planning for 

 ca Massachusetts, bought the busi- next year. 1992's a primary year in 



