January 



JANUARY 4-6 MANTS VJinler Show. 

 Baltimore Convention Center, Balti- 

 more, MD: 410-882-5300 



lANUARY 5 "Green Scttool" begins; 

 Sturbridge Host Hotel & Confer- 

 ence Center, Sturbridge, MA; for 

 information: Kathleen Carroll at 

 413-545-0895 



lANUARY 9-12 ERNAs Best Trade 

 Show. The Concord Hotel, Kiamesha 

 Lake, NY; for information; 

 203-872-2095. 



lANUARY I 7 Maine Landscape & 

 Uursery Association (MLNAI Annual 

 Trade Show. Holiday Inn-by-the-Sea, 

 Portland, ME; for information: Edith 

 Ellis at 207-225-3998, 



«*« JANUARY 18 New Hampshire 

 Plant Growers' Association/New Hampshire 

 Landscape Association ]oint Winter Meet- 

 ing, Granite Street Bar & Grill, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: Pe- 

 ter van Berkum at 603-463-7663 



lANUARY 18-19 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Winter 

 Meeting. Aquaturf, Southington, 

 CT; information: 203-872-2095. 

 lANUARY 22 FTD New Hampshire 

 Cup Design Competition and Color 

 Workshop. Bay State Floral, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: 

 Debra Defreze at 603-474-3020. 

 lANUARY 26-28 New 

 England Crows. Hynes Convention 

 Center, Boston, MA; 508-534-1775. 

 February 



FEBRUARY 2-4 New Hampshire Farm 

 & Fores! Exposition. The Center of New 

 Hampshire/Holiday Inn, Manchester, 

 NH; information: Mary Ellen Pitman 

 at 603-271-3788. 



FEBRUARY 2-5 AAN Management 



Clinic. Gait House, Louisville, KY; 



202-789-2900. 



FEBRUARY 13-14 Rhode \sland 



Nurserymen's Association Education 

 Day & Trade Show. Doubletree Inn, 

 Newport, RI; 508-761-9260. 

 FEBRUARY 1 5 MLNA Recertifica- 

 tion Workshop, for information: 

 Edith Ellis at 207-225-3998. 



FEBRUARY 15 Massachusetts Cer- 

 tified Horticulturist (MCH) Exam. 

 Eastern Region Cooperative Extension 

 Center, Waltham, MA; for infor- 

 mation: 508-534-1775. 

 FEBRUARY 16 How to Plant the 

 Treea Workshop with Alex 

 Shigo, Manchester, NH; for in- 

 formation: Mary Reynolds at 

 603-271-2214. 



FEBRUARY 22 Vermont Association 

 of Professional Horticulluralisls Annual 

 Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 

 802-899-3361. 



March 



MARCH 5 Flore; Workshop, 

 Kojoian's Greenhouses, 

 Andover, MA: for information: 

 Peter Konjoian at 508-683-0692. 

 APRIL 7-8 25lh Annual University 

 of New Hampshire Greenhouse Open 

 House, Plant Biology and Thomp- 

 son School Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH; for information: 

 Otho Wells at 603-862-3208. 

 April 



APRIL 24-30 Fourth Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society Show, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: 

 loanna Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



About Our Cover 



Design for symbol of nursery/ 

 greenhouse business directional 

 sign: Ron Reedy, Reedysigns, 

 77 Kingston Road, Exeter, NH 

 03833; telephone: 603-772-8774. 



Woodcut on page 13 by Bob 

 Parker. 



'ONTENTS 



Some Changes in Arborculture 13 



]eff Garland 



AG Development Update 



Gail McWilliam 



New Symbol for Nursery/ 

 Greenhouse Signs 



David C. Seavey 



Factors in Farm Stand Success 23 



Paul Rees 



THE GRIFFIN GURU 



Z-NOTES 



]im Zablocki 



HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya \ack$on 



THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Cfterim 



The Plantsman is published in early February, 

 April, June, 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- 

 206 1 ; or PO Box 5, Newfields, NH 03856. (603) 

 778-8353. 



DECEMBER 1994 /JANUARY 1995 



