CALENDAR 



June 



« Thursday, |une 18 New 



Hampshire Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion Twilight Meeting, Churchill's 

 Garden Center, 12 Hampton Road, 

 Exeter, NH; Jim Moser at 603-772- 

 2685. 



19-20 (Friday, 5-9pm; Saturday 

 9am-2pm) Tenth Atmiial "Pocket 

 Gardens of Portsmouth" Tour, 

 sponsored by South Church, 

 Portsmouth, NH; 603-436-4762. 



July 



7-9 Perennial Plant Symposium, 

 Westin Hotel, Copley Place, 

 Boston, MA; 614-771-8431. 



1 1 New Hampshire Orchid Society 

 Meeting; speaker: Carson Whitlaw, 

 Adel, Iowa ("Native Terrestrial 

 Orchids"), Bedford Public Library, 

 Bedford, NH; 603-654-5070. 



15 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, 

 Imperial Nursery, Granby, CT; 

 860-204-9162. 



18 Tour of the Gardens of Lake 

 Sunapee, Newbury, NH; informa- 

 tion: Friends of John Hay National 

 Wildlife Refuge at 603-763-4789. 

 22 "A Cruise into Lake Sunapee's 

 Past" to benefit The Fells, 

 Newbury, NH; 603-763-4789. 



25-26 Mount Washington Valley 

 Garden Trail (awards ceremony: 

 July 19); information and map 

 locations: Joan Sherman at 

 603-367-4764. 



26 Ninth Annual State of Maine 

 Open Farm Day; Jane Aiudi at 

 207-287-3891. 



August 



¥ Wednesday, August 5 New 



Hampshire Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion Summer Meeting, UNH 

 Research Greenhouses, University 

 of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; 

 Paul Fisher at 603-862-4525. 

 5 Rhode Island Nursery and Land- 

 scape Association Summer Meeting, 

 Roger Williams Park, Providence, 

 RI; 508-761-9260. 



5 Woodman Horticultural Farm Open 

 House, UNH, Durham, NH; John 

 McLean at 603-868-2345. 



6 Massachusetts Certified Horti- 

 culturalist (MCH) Exam, Waltham, 

 MA; Rena Sumner at 413-369-4731. 



7-9 24 Northeast Organic Farming 

 Association (NOFA) Summer 

 Conference, Hampshire College, 

 Amherst, MA: 978-355-2853. 

 12 Ne2v England Nursenjmen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, Prides 

 Comer Farm, Lebanon, CT; 

 508-653-3009. 



12 Athletic Turf Field Day, in coop- 

 eration with NESTMA; Mary Owen 

 at 508-892-0382. 



14 Benefit Auction, The Fells, 

 Newbury, NH; 603-763-4789. 



15 Seventh Annual Plant Sale, The 

 Fells, Newbury, NH; 603-763-4789. 



16 Third Annual Rockingham County 

 Open Farm Day; information and 

 itinerary: 603-679-5616. 



September 



9 Connecticut Greenhouse Growers 

 Association (CGGA) "Evening at the 

 Greenhouse," Grower Direct, Somers, 

 CT; 203-261-9067. 



October 



3 Hay Day: A Family Open House, 

 The Fells, John Hay National 

 Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH; 

 603-763-4789. 



7-9 National Lawn and Garden Trade 



Show, Fort Washington Expo Center, 



Fort Washington, PA; 



203-847-9599. 



7-10 International Plant Propagators 



Society Eastern Regional Meeting, 



Toronto, ON, Canada; Margot 



Brigden at 860-429-6818. 



8-10 International Plug Conference; 



Kissimmee, FL; 630-208-9080. 



19-21 Neiv England 



Greenhouse Conference, Worcester, 



MA; Henry Huntington at 



603-435-8361. 



28-31 Association of Specialty Cut 



Flower Growers National Conference 



and Trade Show, Raleigh, NC; 



216-774-2887. 



November 



18 CGGA "Evening at the Green- 

 house," DeVylder Florist, Cheshire, 

 CT; 203-261-9067. 



Departments 



4 FORUM 



6 FROM THE BOARD 

 Robert Demers 



7 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 

 12 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 25 DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 

 27 HOW ABOUT HERBS 

 Tanya Jackson 



Features 



3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 



HORTICULTURAL ENDOWMENfT 

 10 SUMMER MEETING 



18 CULVER'S ROOT 

 Nancy Surette 



19 CONTROL OF BLACK VINE 

 WEEVIL IN POTTED NURSERY 

 PLANTS 



Dr. Stanley R. Swier, Alan 

 RoHins, Rachel Lamarche, and 

 Meggan Hodgson 



20 MEMBER PROFILE: 

 Stratham Circle Nursery 



22 MY l.F.Y.E. EXPERIENCE IN 

 BOTSWANA 

 Jennifer Barton 



Columns 



10 KIWI CORNER 



Paul R. Fisher 

 17 THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Cherim 



23 PIONEER POINTERS 



24 Z NOTES 

 Jim Zablocki 



Cover: Floriculture and technol- 

 ogy — two aspects of the UNH 

 research greenhouses; 

 photographs by Rick Raymond. 



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