HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



nesses in Carroll County. 



Charlie Williams became the 

 state's Extension specialist in 

 ornamental horticulture at 

 UNH in 1969. He worked with 

 various trade groups and was 

 one of the original organizers 

 of the New England Green- 

 house Conference and the UNH 

 Greenhouse Open House.. Ac- 

 tivities included wildlife habitat 

 improvement and aspects of hor- 

 ticulture therapy. Since 1975, 

 he's planned the plantings at 

 Prescott Park in Portsmouth. 



Bill Zweigbaum, Extension 

 specialist, agriculture business 

 management, is not retiring, 

 but moving on, "to a great op- 

 portunity." He'll be a business 

 consultant for First Pioneer 

 Farm Credit. Based in their 

 Enfield, Connecticut, office, 

 he'll be on the road, covering 

 the territories of five offices: 

 "It's all one-on-one consulting, 

 the thing I love to do best." 

 He's moved to New York — to 

 Kinderhook, in the Hudson 

 River valley. There's an apple 

 orchard nearby. He can be 

 reached at 1-800-562-2235. 



All have had lasting impact on 

 the state's Green Industry. We 

 give them best wishes for contin- 

 ued active and interesting lives. 



A Gift to Horticulture 



Maggie Paine 



A man who made his living as a landscaper and horticulturist for 

 nearly fifty years has made a gift of $i million to the University 

 of New Hampshire's plant biology program to help growers through- 

 out the state. 



The gift from Raymond Tuttle of Wolfeboro will support teaching, re- 

 search, and outreach in the University's horticulture program. This will 

 include curriculum development, student internships, and support for fac- 

 ulty, as well as plant breeding, tissue culture, biotechnology, greenhouse 

 management, and design. Outreach efforts will raise public awareness of 

 horticulture and assist the region's growers. Where possible, research will 

 focus on environmentally friendly horticultural practices. 



Funds will also be used for collaborations with New Hampshire 

 Public Television, including internships, program acquisition, and lo- 

 cally produced programs for horticulturists and home gardeners. 



Tuttle joined his father's Lakes Region landscaping and caretaking 

 business in 1947 ^^^ ^^^ active in the horticulture business in New 

 Hampshire for nearly half a century. He retired in 1992. 



"I see UNH as a place where growers can not only find students to 

 hire but also learn about materials and methods that can help their 

 businesses," Tuttle says. "The University is doing more and more work 

 with New Hampshire plant growers, and I hope to encourage that." 



This year, interest earned on the Anna and Raymond Tuttle Environ- 

 mental Horticulture Fund will be used to hire a technician to work in 

 greenhouse production technology, especially management of pH and irri- 

 gation, and integrated pest management for the ornamental horticulture 

 industry. In addition, the fund will support two thirty-minute television 

 programs on the changing face of agriculture. One will focus on water 

 and agriculture, the other on ornamental horticulture. 



"Ray's tremendously generous gift has given us the resources to un- 

 dertake many initiatives to help growers and to promote horticulture to 

 the public," says Paul Fisher, assistant professor of plant biology. "This 

 gift will ensure horticulture will always have a central role at the Univer- 

 sity, and that's essential if we're to fulfill our land-grant mission." 



Maggie Paine writes for UNH publications. 



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