NEW HAMPSHIRE 



their longtime desire to purchase 

 New Hampshire products and their 

 unsureness of how to go about it 

 They thought this new guide would 

 be a great asset ' 



The wholesale guide has been 

 distributed to key grocery buyers 

 and to buyers across the country 

 who have requested information 

 about sources of New Hampshire 

 products for resale The Depart- 

 ment has received reports from 

 businesses that buyers have re- 

 ferred to the guide when calling. 



The Department of Agriculture 

 has also been working with the 

 UNH Office of Economic Initiatives 

 whose REAP-NH program produced 

 a companion directory of specialty 

 food and giftware producers The 

 wholesale guide and the specialty 

 products directory have been dis- 

 tributed simultaneously, whenever 

 appropriate to save costs The 

 wholesale guide is not intended for 

 the general public and every at- 

 tempt is being made to distribute 

 it to legitimate resale buyers. 



The New Hampshire Agricultural 

 Products Wholesale Guide will be up- 

 dated and published again in 1996. 

 For more information, contact Gal 

 McWilliam, Division of Agricultural 

 Development, NH Department of 

 Agriculture, at (6031 271-3788. 



Good Works 



(from New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association Newsletter. August. 19941 



The NHLA Board of Directors chose 

 two sites for this years NHLA land- 

 scape projects — the addition to the 

 Christa McAuliffe Museum and 

 Planetarium in Concord and the 

 Children's Museum in Londonderry 

 These sites were chosen from a 

 dozen or so applicants 



Susan Smith Meyer, a landscape 

 architect from Concord, will design 

 the Concord project in conjunction 

 with Rick Rideout, NHLA vice-presi- 

 dent. Doug Miller, landscape ar- 

 chitect and owner of Landesign in 

 Merrimack will design the 

 Londonderry project NHLA mem- 

 bers will donate the needed mate- 



rial Work will be completed the 

 first week of October 



The 1995 North Country 

 Garden Calendar 



The Cooperative Extensions of New 

 Hampshire. Maine, and Vermont 

 have joined forces to create and 

 offer a garden calendar for 1905 

 This coordinated effort by the 

 three northern New England Coop- 

 erative Extensions provides helpful 

 hints for each day. as well as 

 monthly topics of interest. 



Geared toward the home gar- 

 dening audience, "the calendar 

 makes an ideal gift for the garden- 

 ing enthusiast. Details concerning 

 wholesale and retail pricing are 

 still being finalized, but as a horti- 

 cultural business, you may wish to 

 carry supplies on hand for your 

 customers. Also consider using 

 them as your holiday gift to valued 

 customers and employees." 



The calendar can be ordered in- 

 dividually or in bulk (wholesale 



cost: 1-4 copies/$5 apiece. 4-24/$4.. 

 25 or more/$3 ) To order, contact 

 Shirley Durkiji. UNH Cooperative 

 Extension Publications Center, I2B 

 Forest Park, Durham. NH 03824 

 The phone number there is (603) 

 862-2346. 



A Gift to Future Growers 



The Governors Lilac Commission, 

 working through Rick Barker, coor- 

 dinator of the state's high school 

 vocational programs, is donating 

 microcuttings of lilacs to interested 

 schools throughout the state 



The 500 cuttings (from 

 Microplant Industries, Gervais, Or- 

 egon) will be of two types of sy- 

 ringa vulgaris — Sensation' (purple 

 flowers with a white edge) and 

 Maiden's Blush' (pink). 



The students will root them, 

 grow them to commercial size, then 

 plant them in public places 

 (around the school, the town) of 

 their own choice This will be an 

 opportunity for the students — both 



Plan for the Fall 



F'or perennial plant growers, overwintering can cause problems. 

 Nutrltlon-wlse, If you are using a controlled release fertilizer 

 like Osmocote, be sure to use only short-term material three to 

 four months before potting up plants In late summer and fall. 

 Unless you plan a strict watering regime, longer-term fertilizers 

 will continue to release, causing salt build-up and eventual root 

 Injury. If you need to keep feeding, It's safer to liquid feed In 

 winter months, then reapply Osmocote In l\iarch. 



It's not uncommon for certain varieties to have ten percent (or 

 higher) loss over the winter. Overwintering houses and microfoam 

 blankets create a perfect environment In which all sorts of dis- 

 eases can breed. Poor air circulation and excessively high hu- 

 midity are primary factors. A broad-based fungicide (e.g., Banrot) 

 prior to covering can greatly reduce the damage. 



A layer of plastic laid right on top of the plants Inside the 

 overwintering house will give additional protection against ex- 

 treme cold. 



\im Zablocki, Jerrilorii Manager. The Scotls Company. Northeast, is at (6031 

 224-5583 



OCTOBER /NOVEMBER 1994 



