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 grams in Plant Science, Agricultural 

 Business, Agricultural Equipment 

 Technology and Animal Science. 



These degree programs are de- 

 signed as upper division college train- 

 ing with a strong emphasis on technical 

 agriculture, horticulture, science and 

 business. 



They are technical programs with 

 an entrance requirement of a two-year 

 degree from an accredited institution 

 or an equivalent number of college 

 credits (60). An important feature of 

 these programs is that students have 

 direct contact with industry during a 

 fifteen-week off -cam pus internship 

 with a selected industry cooperator. 

 The locations for these intemships have 

 ranged from throughout New York 

 State to as far away as Arizona, Flor- 

 ida, and Oregon. 



The new Bachelor of Technology 

 program's first graduating class statis- 

 tics showed 100% placement. Starting 

 salaries averaged $2000 higher than 

 those of associate degree graduates at 

 Cobleskill. 



Cobleskill is the only college in 

 New York State selected to offer the 

 Bachelorof Technology in Agriculture 

 Degree. For further information, write: 

 Plant Science Department, State Uni- 

 versity of New York, Cobleskill, NY 

 12043. Or phone (518)234-5321 or 

 234-5246.1 



Sandoz and Scott to 

 Market Natural Garden 

 Pesticides 



Sandoz Crop Protec tion Corp. , Des 

 Plaines, Illinois, and the O.M. Scott & 

 Sons Company, Marysville, Ohio, will 

 develop and market a natural line of 

 products for home gardens and lawn 

 care in the United States and Canada. 

 The first products are expected to be 

 commercially introduced in 1991. 



Sandoz is a long-time producer of 

 biological insecticides for agricultural 

 uses and Scott & Sons is a leading mar- 

 keter of products for home lawns and 

 gardens. Tadd C. Seitz, Scott president 

 and CEO, says "Increasing public 



awareness about the environment has 

 created a demand for such a natural 1 ine 

 of products." 



Commentary: 



Patent Enforcement Vital 



-from the Southern Standard, 

 McMinnville. Tennessee. May 1990 



With the growing sophistication of 

 the nursery business in this area as well 

 as across the country, proper utilization 

 andenforcementofthe 1930 laws which 

 established patent and trademark status 

 for new and unusual plant material is a 

 must, according to Missouri nursery- 

 man H.R. (Bob) Denney. 



Patents granted for new and un- 

 usual material are of a 1 7-year duration 

 and are non-renewable, with the species 

 then becoming public property. Trade- 

 marks can be renewed into perpetuity. 

 "As a result of patents and Uadc- 

 marks, the nursery industry has been 

 able to create new and better mutations 

 of plant material because individual 

 nurserymen are able to get some renu- 

 meration for the time they have spent 

 locating, breeding, developing, testing, 

 and marketing these specific varieties," 

 Denney said. 



"The use of patents and trademarks 

 allow us, as nurserymen, to build cus- 

 tomer confidence by producing consis- 

 tent, quality products which have read- 

 ily recognizable idcnlincation." 



The Southern Standard elaborated 

 in an editorial: "The enforcement of 

 patent and trademark violations should 

 be of prime importance to the local 

 nursery industry as it seeks to ensure 

 further growth and success which will 

 allow this area to maintain its proud title 

 as "Nursery Capital of the World." 



"Such self-policing by the nursery 

 industry will ascertain that unscrupu- 

 lous nurserymen who strive for the quick 

 buck by substituting poorer quality, less 

 expensive nursery stock for the real, 

 patented item and dodging payment of 

 patent and u^demark royalties do not 

 do irrevocable damage to our industry ' s 

 reputation." 



McMinnville and the surrounding 

 Warren County and the area around 



Portland, Oregon, are seen as the coun- 

 try's two top nursery production areas. 

 Warren County could be said to have a 

 geographical edge— a very favorable 

 location in terms of lower freight costs 

 to the east, the established market for 

 this area. 



Among Warren County nursery- 

 men working to develop new species of 

 plant material is Harold Hillis of Hillis 

 Nurseries. He is currently developing a 

 new variegated species of Rose of 

 Sharon (Althca). "We are investigating 

 the patent and uademark process now," 

 Hillis said.^ 



(This material was sent to the Plants- 

 man by J. Frank Schmidt III, of J. Frank 

 Schmidt and Son Company, Boring, 

 Oregon.) 



New Boole... 



A new book from Rutgers Coop- 

 erative Extension in New Brunswick, 

 New Jersey, helps growers compare 

 various options for setting up and main- 

 taining a greenhouse. 



RobinBrumfield, specialist in farm 

 management at Rutgers University, is 

 the principal author of the book. Eco- 

 nomic Feasibility of Conventional and 

 Reject Water Greenhouses. 



"The book provides schedules for 

 all the major flowering polled plants 

 and vegetable bedding plants," 

 Brumfield said. "And the flowering 

 potted plants are scheduled according 

 to u-aditional sales j)eriods and holi- 

 days." 



The book costs SIO. To order, 

 contact Publications Distributions Cen- 

 ter, Cook College, Rutgers University, 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.^ 



COliEGE GRAD, 20 years 

 experience in both retail and 

 wholesale looking for growers 



position. Gory Andrew, c/o 



George Bailey, 80 S. State St., 



Concord, NH, 03301. 



