August 



AUGUST 16 First Annual 

 field Day, sponsored 

 by the UMO Horticul- 

 ture Department and 

 the Maine Landscape 

 & Nursery Association, 

 UIVIO Campus, Orono, 

 ME; information: Paul 

 Cappiello at 207-581- 

 2918 



AUGUST IQ Fourth 

 Annual Plant Sale & 

 Rare Plant Auction, Hay 

 Estate, Newbury, NH; 

 information: Ann 

 Loeffler at 603-526-4153 

 or Mary Williams at 

 603-526-471Q. 



AUGUST 23 Vermont Association of 

 Professional Horticulturists (VAPHI 

 Summer Meeting, Northern Nurseries, 

 White River junction; information: 

 802-253-2350 



AUGUST 24 Griffin Creentwuse & 

 Nursery Supplies 8th Biennial Open 

 House, 161Q Main Street, Tewksbury, 

 MA; information: 508-851-4346 

 AUGUST 31 Twrf Scouting and 1PM 

 "Workshop, Eastern Massachusetts 

 Extension Center, Waltham, MA; 

 for information: Mary Owen at 

 508-8Q2-0382. 



September 



SEPTEMBER 12 Maine Landscape & 

 Nursery Association (MeLNA) Charity 

 V\/ork Project; for information: Edith 

 Ellis at 207-225-3998 

 SEPTEMBER 13 van Berkum Nursery 

 Open House, 3-7pm, 4 James Road, 

 Deerfield, NH; information: 

 603-463-7663. 



SEPTEMBER 15-16 New England 

 Plastic Culture Seminar, Portsmouth/ 

 Durham, NH; Otho Wells at 603- 

 862-3208 



SEPTEMBER 16 florel "Workshop, 

 Konjoian's Greenhouses, Andover, 

 MA; for information: Peter Konjoian 

 at 508-683-0692 



««* THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, Rolling 

 Green Nursery, Greenland, NH; 



information: Rick & Beth 

 Simpson at 603-436-2732. 

 SEPTEMBER 30- 

 OCTOBER 5 PPGA Inter- 

 national Bedding Plant 

 Conference, San |ose, CA; 

 1-800-647-PPGA. 



OctoBer 



OCTOBER 12-13 Basic 

 Tree Science Seminar with 

 Dr. Alex Shiga, Yoken's 

 Conference Center, 

 Portsmouth, NH; for in- 

 formation: John Kirkland 

 at 503-254-0482 

 OCTOBER 12-13 

 Connecticut Greenhouse 

 Growers Association Short Course, 

 Waterbury Sheraton, Waterbury, CN; 

 203-261-9067. 



«•*■• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 

 NHPGA Pesticide Applicator Recertifica- 

 tion Meeting, UNH at Manchester, 400 

 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH; 

 information: Bob Demers, |r., at 

 603-625-8298. 



OCTOBER 19 MfLNA Bws Trip to Ar- 

 nold Arboretum; details: 207-225-3998 

 OCTOBER 20 New Hampshire Camp- 

 ground Owner/Managers Conference, 

 Margate Resort, Laconia, NH; for 

 information: Mike Sciabarrasi at 

 603-862-1700. 



OCTOBER 25 Association of Cut Flower 

 Growers, Inc., Groifers School (in con- 

 junction with the ASCFG National 

 Conference), Baltimore, MD; 216- 



774-2887. 



OCTOBER 25-26 New England 

 Biotechnology Conference, Portsmouth 

 NH; information: Otho Wells at 

 603-862-3208 



November 



NOVEMBER 7-8 Massachusetts Nursery 

 & Landscape Association Business Short 

 Course, Westboro Marriott, Westboro, 

 MA: 508-534-1775 



December 



DECEMBER 12-14 New England Veg- 

 etable & Berry Conference, Sturbridge, 

 MA; information: Otho Wells at 603- 

 862-3208. 



AC in the Classroom: 

 Helping Agriculture Come 

 Alive 



Laurie Bryan 



Fall Crops Offer Exciting 

 Possibilities 



Dr Peter Konjoian 



Where do the Numbers 

 Come From? 



Aubrey Davis 



Cover and above: From a drawing by Isaac Sprague for William Oakes' Scenery 

 of the White Mountains, Crosby, Nichols, and Company (Boston 1848). 



The Plantsman is published in early February, 

 April, |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each 

 prior month. While camera-ready ads are pre- 

 ferred, set-up assistance is available at a nomi- 

 nal fee. Free classified advertising is offered 

 as a member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one or two 

 issues of The Plantsman. 



For further information, please contact the 

 editor: Robert Parker at the UNH Research 

 Greenhouses, Durham, NH 03824, 603-862- 

 2061 ; or PC Box 5, Newfields. NH 03856, 603- 

 778-8353. 



August & September 1995 



