A'virne placed first, Pembroke, 

 second; Manchester, third, 

 hidividual placing? were: Ben Na- 

 deau (Alvime), first; Gail Whitney 

 (Alvime), second; Kiley Thompson 

 (Pembroke), third. 

 (Congratulations to all. We look 

 forward to seeing you at the State 

 Floriculture and Nursery landscap- 

 ing contests at UNH on April 24- 



WINNERS— 



THE AMERICA'S CUP 



At the District Meeting ot the 

 State of New Hampshire FTD 

 Florists held in Keene on Novem- 

 ber fifth, Debra Defreze cif Jasmine's 

 Flower Shop (Seabrook) won the 

 New Hampshire FTD America's 

 Cup Design Competition tor the 

 second year in a row. 

 This year's design categories were 

 "A Bridal Bouquet," "Autumn in 

 New Hampshire," and "At Peace 

 with the Earth." Debra's inter- 

 pretation of "At Peace with the 

 E:4rth" started with a quotation 

 she'd remembered: "The best time 

 to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the 

 second best time is now." Using a 

 copper dry sink as a container, her 

 interpretation included cypripe- 

 dium orchids, gloriosa lilies, and a 

 small tree. There were mushrooms 

 and mosses and a brook — with 

 goldfish— running through it. 

 Debra will represent New 

 Hampshire at the FTD Regional 

 Competition in Newton, Mass- 

 achusetts, next March. 



Second place winner was Ray 

 Savage of Flowers by Ray Savage 

 (Keene); third place went to Meg 

 Ranta of Anderson the Florist, also 

 from Keene. Congratulatieins to all 

 ot you. 



Other business at the meeting 

 included showing the Mercury 

 3000 IBM 386 Computer. By 1996, 

 tlonsts must have this type of 

 machine in order to be on the FTD 

 network. Machines can be rented 

 from FTD for $110 a month, but 

 this may be an expensive 

 proposition for some of the smaller 

 shops. This meeting gave people 

 an .opportunity to begin thinking 

 about the future. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 PEOPLE: 



An Award- 

 Nancy Adams, Educator, Agricul- 

 ture Resources, Rockingham 

 County Extension, recently re- 

 ceived the Distinguished Service 

 Award trom the National Associa- 

 tion of County Agricultural 

 Agents. Nancy was elected to 

 receive this honor by her peers in 

 the national association; this is the 

 highest honor bestowed on Exten- 



sion agents by the NACXCAA. 

 Congratulations. 



...A Departure 



Tom Price (Meredith Gardens, 

 Center Harbor) has accepted a 

 position with Josh Chandler, a 

 landscape architect in St. Hellena, 

 in the Napa Valley of Calitornia. 

 He will be doing design work there 

 and also managing a crew. He left 

 New Hampshire at the end oi 

 November. His father, George 

 Price, will continue to run the 

 greenhouses m Center Harbor. 

 To the NHPGA he says, "I enjoyed 

 my short time being your President. 

 I'm sorry to leave. I've appointed 

 Bob Demers, Jr., to he Acting Presi- 

 dent and hope he will assume the 

 job next year." He wishes the Plant 

 Growers' Association success in its 

 ventures and we wish him the 

 same. 



...and a Marriage 



Margaret Pratt, Hillsborough 

 County Extension Educator, Agri- 

 culture Resources, was married to 

 Carl Hagen on October 1 2. Our 

 best wishes to both ot them. 



SHOW TIME 92 



The board members of The Granite 

 State Garden & Flower Show Cor- 

 poration have voted to cancel the 

 1992 version of the show. John 

 Jacobs (Mr Bee's, Concord) cited 

 lack support as the reason. As o( 

 November seventh, there were only 

 eight sure exhibitors. "We can't do 

 it if we can't get commitments," 



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