INSIDE: 



From the Board 3,4 



Chris Robarge discusses 



computerized labels 



Meeting minutes 



Summer Meeting highlights 



ln»heNew$ 5,6 



Professional Tips 6 



Money 10,1 1 



Plotting Your Tax Strategies 

 Should You Borrow FromRe- 

 latives? 

 New Crops 



Update 23-27 



All-America Rose Selections 



Winter Hardy Cactii 



Tine Nordmann Fir 



Put a Pond in Your Garden 



Greenhouse Appraisal: 

 How NH Does it. 18 



A Look at the 

 VillageGreen 16,17 



Recycling Gets the 

 Green Light. 27 



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September 



The Plantsman is published in early 

 February, April, June, September, 

 October ana December with copy 

 deadlines being the 5th of each 

 prior month. Whle camera- ready is 

 preferred, ad set-up assistance is 

 available at a nominal 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 Plants- 

 man. 



Ad Size 6x 1x 



33/8'Vx23/8"h $60 $10 



33/8"wx4 7/8"h $80 $15 



7"wx23/8"h $80 $15 



7"wx77/8"h $125 $25 



7"wxl0"h $200 $50 



For further information, please con- 

 tact the editor: 



Robert Parker, UNH Research 

 Greenhouses, Durham, NH 03824, 

 862-2061, PO Box 5, Newfields, 

 NH 03856, 778-8353. 



T-9 Hillsboro County Agricul- 

 tural Fair, Route 13, New Boston. 

 Admission Fee; Children under 12 

 free. 588-6500 



8- 12 Boston Gift Show, Bayside 

 Exposition Center, Boston, Mass. 



13-23 Rochester Fair, 72 



Lafayette Street, Rochester. Admission 

 Fee. 332-6585 



14 Standard Flower Show, Peter- 

 borough Garden Club, Peterborough, 

 NH; Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH 



15-16 Ninth Annual All Mini- 

 ature Rose Show, Fountain Square, 

 Citrus Heights, Calif.; Muriel E. 

 Humenick, (91 6) 969-6666 



24-27 Hydrocarbon-Contami- 

 nated Soils: Analysis, Fate, Environ- 

 mental & Public Health Effects, and 

 Remediation, University of Massa- 

 chusselts, Amherst, Mass.; Paul T. Kos- 

 tecki, (41 3) 545-2934 



27-30 Deerfield Fair, Route 

 107, Deerfield. Admission fee, chil- 

 dren free. 463-7421 



30 - 1 0/4 Professional Plant 

 Growers Association Annual Confer- 

 ence and Trade Show, Currigan Exhi- 

 bition Hall and Marriott City Center 

 Hotel, Denver, Colo.; Kathy Korchen- 

 dorfer, PPGA, (517) 694-7700 



October 



9-14 1990 Roses Inc. Annual 

 Meeting & Committee Forum, Shera- 

 ton Society Hill, Philadelphia, Penn.; 

 Roses Inc., (51 7) 339-9544 



22-24 New England Green- 

 house Conference, Sheraton Sturbr- 

 idge Inn, Sturbridge, Mass.; Richard 

 J. Shaw, (401 ) 792-5996 



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6-10 Granite State Garden and 

 Flower Show, National Guard Ar- 

 mory, Canal Street, Manchester, NH. 

 For general information contactGinny 

 Grand Pre' at (603) 446-7325 (work) 

 or (603) 446-7866 (home) 



15-17 Fifth Annual Sea- 

 coast Area Flower and Landscape 

 Show, National Guard Armory, 

 Portsmouth, NH. For further informa- 

 tion, call Brenda Schure, (603) 436- 

 0971 



Welcome 

 New Members: 



Gary Andrew 

 c/o George Barley 



80 S. State St. 

 Concord, NH 03301 



Blue Bell Greenhouses 



RFD#1 

 Newmarket, NH 03857 



Cousens Gardens 



66 Adams Pond Road 



Derry, NH 03038 



Gardenworks Marketing 



27 Lawnwood St. 



Agowam, MA 01001 



H.W. Parker 



578 Post Road 



Greenland, NH 03840 



Ledgewood Farm 



RFD#1 Box 375 



Moultonboro, NH 03254 



Varneys Garden Center 



64 Freetown Road 

 Raymond, NH 03077 



