New Hampshire News 



A New President... 



New Glass 

 House in Loudon 



D.S . Cole Growers on North Village 

 Road in Loudon, is putting up a large 

 and — for this area — unusual house. The 

 house is glass. The four-bay, 17,000 

 square foot house with venlo-style roof 

 is manufactured by Verbakel-Bomkas, 

 a Dutch company with American repre- 

 sentatives in Atlanta. Because the gray 

 weather in Holland demands houses 

 that give the plant as much light as 

 possible, many new houses there are 

 glass. In New Hampshire, that's not a 

 requirement. 



"But glass seems a better total envi- 

 ronment," Doug Cole, owner, says. 

 "Lack of drip, better light, long-term 

 low maintenance — these things are im- 

 portant." We looked out at the line of 

 nine quonset houses going back from 

 the farmhouse. "For immediate finan- 

 cial return, quonsets are a smart way to 

 go. But with the new house, I feel I'm 

 building for the future." 



The new house — state-of-the-art in 

 many respects — is surprisingly simple. 

 The sides are a double layer of glass , the 

 roof, single. There are no fans. Air cir- 

 culation is suppUed by vents alone — 

 small ridge vents and huge end vents 

 that open up and allow benches of plants 

 to be moved outside on warm spring 

 days to give sunlight to other plants 

 being grown on the ground below them. 

 The boiler uses a duel oil/natural gas 

 system; there is overhead heating and 

 bottom heat for the benches. 



It's a year-round house — an over- 

 head shading system used for protec- 

 tion from the summer sun is also used as 

 a thermal screen on winter nights. The 

 house can be partitioned into specific 

 heating zones, or when the range of 

 temperature required is not too great, 

 kept as one unit in which the tempera- 

 ture in one area is modified slightly. 



Many aspects of the house's opera- 

 tion are computerized. Both the com- 

 puter and heating capacities are pur- 

 posely oversized— ready to accomodate 

 future expansion. 



"I ' m not quite sure how it will work," 

 Cole says. "I guess we'll find out." 

 Poinsettias are growing there this fall. 



At the August 1 5 Board Meeting of 

 Granite State Garden and Flower 

 Shows, Inc., John Jacobs was nomi- 

 nated and elected President for the 

 coming year. John owns Mr. Bee's in 

 Hooksett. 



Also at the meeting, Don Gagne 

 volunteered to handle the judges for the 

 1991 Manchester show. Possible ex- 

 hibits include a garden designed for the 

 handicapped, a tropical garden, and a 

 displayof Acacia trees. Many ideas for 

 an overall theme were discussed, but 

 none was chosen. 



Anyone interested in renting space 

 for a booth should contact John at Mr. 

 Bee's — (603) 627-7667; anyone inter- 

 ested in space foragarden exhibit should 

 contact Booth Hemingway in Kittery 

 Point, Maine. His number is (207) 439- 

 2241. 



A New Show... 



The New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association has announced the first 

 annual New England Landscape Expo- 

 sition to be held March 1 4 and 15,1 990, 

 at the Center of New Hampshire Holi- 

 day Inn and Convention Center in 

 Manchester. This is an industry-ori- 

 ented show for New Hampshire land- 

 scapers. 



Aspects of the show include a trade fair, 

 raffles, educational lectures, and pesti- 

 cide recertification credits. For more 

 information, contact Guy Hodgdon, 18 

 Debbie Lane, Eliot, Maine, 03903 . The 

 telephone number is (207) 439-5 1 89. 



And a New Choir of 

 Plant Biology at UNH 



On October first. Dr. Curtis V. Gi van 

 became the new Chair of Plant Biology 

 at the University of New Hampshire. 

 He also has the rank of Professor with 

 tenure. 



Dr. Givan was bom in Sacramento, 

 California, in 1939, studied at Stanford, 

 and received his doctorate from Har- 

 vard in 1968. The title of his thesis was 



"Regulation of Respiration and Glyco- 

 lysis in Cultured Cells of Ac^r Pseudo- 

 plananous L." 



He was most recently Program Di- 

 rector of the Cellular Biochemistry 

 Program of the Division of Cellular 

 Biosciences of the National Science 

 Foundation, Washington, DC, and — 

 concurrently — senior lecturer at the De- 

 partment of Biology at the University, 

 Newcastle upon Ty ne. United Kingdom . 



Although his appoinunent may have 

 no immediate effect upon the plant 

 growers of this state , his actions as Chair 

 of the Plant Biology Deparunent could 

 be of long-term importance to the indus- 

 try. We wish him success in his new 

 position. 



Workshop Offered 



A one-day workshop entitled 

 "Workplace Safety/Health: Planning, 

 Protection , and Compliance," sponsored 

 by the UNHCooperative Extension, the 

 New Hampshire Safety Council, the 

 Farm Family Insurance Companies, and 

 the NH Department of Labor, will be 

 held in three locations in the state this 

 fall. 



It will be held on Thursday, Ocober 

 25 , at the Lancaster To wn Hall on Route 

 3 in Lancaster; on Tuesday, October 30, 

 it will be held at the NH Technical 

 College on Route 120N in Claremont, 

 and on Thursday, November first, it 

 willl be held at theBelknap Mill-next to 

 City Hall-in Laconia. 



Topics include OS HA Compliance, 

 Personal Safety Equipment and Prac- 

 tices, Legal Liability, and Employee 

 Training Techniques. Three credits will 

 be granted to people attending for the 

 core category for 'Commercial Pesti- 

 cide Applicator for Hire' and "Commer- 

 cial Pesticide Applicator Not- for-Hire.' 



The cost is $25.00, which includes 

 lunch and breaks. Registration should 

 be sent to: NH Safety Council, 105 

 Loudon Road, Concord, NH 03301 , by 

 October 10. For further information, 

 call (603) 228-1401. 



