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Bigger and Better — 



The 1998 New England Green- 

 house Conference will be held 

 October 19-21 at the new Cen- 

 trum Centre in Worcester, Massa- 

 chusetts. The larger space encour- 

 ages a larger trade show — as of 

 late June, over 130 vendors had 

 signed up. 



The program looks equally 

 prom-ising. There are three days 

 of four concurrent sessions on 

 such topics as production, propa- 

 gation, marketing, pest manage- 

 ment, greenhouse engineering, 

 and niche crops. 



Speakers from the area are 

 Paul Fisher ("Tools for Fine-Tun- 

 ing Lily Production: Height Con- 

 trol, Timing, Nutrition") and 

 Henry Huntington (Proven Win- 

 ners); Doug Cole will talk about 



some of the new material he's 

 found on his travels. Doug also 

 joins Chris Beytes to discuss 

 "Greenhouse Automation: the Real- 

 ity and the Dream" (Doug presents 

 Reality); Tom McElroy and Barbara 

 Pierson discuss snapdragon pro- 

 duction; Cheryl Smith and Leanne 

 Pundt, IPM for perennials. 



Monday's speakers include 

 Gary Grueber ("Perennials for 

 Fall Sales"), Kurt Fromherz 

 ("Marketing Trends for the Re- 

 tailer"), and Chris Beytes ("How 

 to Track Hot! New! Trends"). 

 Tuesday's program includes Allan 

 Armitage ("Specialty Annuals — 

 Not All Annuals are Bedding 

 Plants"), Royal Heins ("Perennial 

 Production: Cold Requirement, Ju- 

 venility, Photoperiod, Height 

 Control"), and John Bartok and 

 Rich McAvoy ("What's New with 



Subirrigation"). In the evening, 

 Alan Stevens speaks on "Labor: 

 Working Smarter, Not Harder" 

 and Gary Grueber on "Mixed 

 Container Gardening." 



Wednesday's speakers include 

 Terri Starman ("Hanging Baskets: 

 Combinations that Work and How 

 to Do It!") and Vincent Naab 

 ("Marketing to Mass Markets"). 



These are a few: "Bigger and 

 Better" is used a lot, but in this 

 case, it may actually be accurate. 

 You may have already received a 

 brochure giving details and direc- 

 tions. For more, call Larry Car- 

 ville at 860-872-2095 or Henry 

 Huntington at 603-435-8361. 



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