Summer Meeting 



THE WEATHER COOPERATED. The NHPGAs annual Summer Meet- 

 ing was held on a hazy warm August seventeenth in the Lakes re- 

 gion of New Hampshire This years hosts were Ed Person of 

 Ledgewood Farm, Moultonboro, and Bill Stockman, Spider Web 

 Gardens, Center Tuftonboro Tours (both full of solid doable ideasi 

 and trade show, an all-you-can-eat barbeque and the auction to aid 

 the scholarship fund were the events of an almost vacation-like day 

 at two exceptionally attractive operations 



As at any Plant Growers' event, there are plenty of people to 

 thank These include our hosts, Ed and Bill, and the folks at 

 Pleasant View Gardens. Pittsfield, who sponsored the bus that 

 brought visitors from one to the other. They include Roger Warren 

 who wrote and organized the questionnaire on the material to be 

 emphasized at next years Farm & Forest (if you haven't returned it 

 yet, don't forget to do so), our auctioneer, Peter Callioras (the auc- 

 tion raised over $1300 for our scholarship fund), and the people 

 fom Perillos who created lunch They also include all the board 

 members who who manned the registration table, helped with the 

 auction, took photographs, and who helped out in general 



lust before the auction got underway, the contributions of three 

 people who've given especially strong support to the NHPGA and 

 its programs were acknowledged Richard Emerson received a 

 plaque for his services as board member and representative on 

 the New England Greenhouse Conference Committee Dick Gagne, 

 for his services as president and board member, and Bob Demers, 

 Sr., for his many years of loyalty and support, were given plaques 

 and life memberships. 



The door prize this year was a weekend for two at the Christmas 

 Tree Inn in lackson — and the winner was Norma Stankevitz, 

 Pondside Nursery, 292 Center Road, Fairfield, Maine 



But you didn't have to win a weekend to have had a pleasant 

 and worthwhile day 



SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE— 

 THEY SUPPORT THE NHPGA. 



Micro. Bailey Nurseries, Baker \aHey Nurs- 

 ery. B.E. Supply. Blue Star Peat Moss. Bob- 

 cat Of New Hampshire. Bramett Company. 

 Brltton Greenhouses. Cavlcchlo Greenhouses. 

 Charter Oak Landscape & Nursery. Christmas 

 Farms. Conard-Pyle Company, D.A. Posocco, 

 Davis Brook Farm. D.S. Cole Growers, 

 Fafard-Conard. Inc.. Florist Insurance, IV 

 Seasons Marketing, Fred C. Gloekner Com- 

 pany, Gold Star Vlholesale Nursery, Green 

 Frog Garden. Greenhouse Supply. Inc., 

 Greenleaf Nursery, Griffin Greenhouse Sup- 

 plies, Harry StoUer & Company, Hop River 

 Nursery, \mperial Nursery, ]aderloon Green- 

 house & Supply, \olly Farmer Products, 

 Knoxland Equipment, LAN Nurseries, 

 Laughton's Garden Center, Mlllane Nurseries, 

 New England Nursery Sales, Northeast Nurs- 

 ery, Northern Nurseries, Orchard Equipment 

 & Supply, Pargro, Inc., Plerson Nurseries. 

 Plants International, Pleasant View Gardens, 

 Pot Specialists, Inc., Prides Corner Farms, 

 Quansett Nurseries, Roaring Brook Nurseries. 

 Robert W. Baker Company. Rough Brothers. 

 Sharon Sales. Southern New England Farm 

 Credit. Spence Farms, Syracuse Pottery, Tuc- 

 kahoe Turf Farms, van Berkum Nursery, Ver- 

 mont Natural Ag Products, V/ageman Insur- 

 ance, Western Maine Nurseries, W.H. 

 Minkowski, Winding Brook Nursery, \ankee 

 Gardener Greenhouses and Nursery. Zellnka 

 Nursery. 



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