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October 



OCTOBER 19 FFA Horticulture Career 

 Day, Thompson School, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; Dave Howell at 

 603-862-1760 



OCTOBER 19-21 The 24th Annual 

 Conference of the American Horticultural 

 Therapy Association, Sturbrldge, MA; 

 information: Richard Shaw at 

 401-874-5996. 



OCTOBER 20 Agricultural Expo '96, 

 Hartford Armory, Hartford, CT; CT 

 Dept. of Agricultural Marketing at 

 860-566-4845. 



OCTOBER 21-23 New England 

 Greenhouse Conference, Sturbridge 

 Host Hotel & Conference Center, 

 Sturbridge, MA; information: Henry 

 Huntington at 603-435-8361. 



OCTOBER 27 FTDA District 1-C 

 Meeting, 5-8pm, Searles Castle, 

 Windham, NH; Betty Covey at 

 603-893-4578. 



November 



NOVEMBER 6-1 1 Association of Specialty 

 Cut Flower Growers National Trade Show 

 & Conference, Denver Marriott Tech 

 Center, Denver, CO; 216-774-2887 



NOVEMBER 7-8 "Innovative Plant 

 Management: Focus on Biological Control," 

 a national conference on biological 

 control at University of Maryland at 

 College Park, MD; information: 

 Maryland Cooperative Extension at 

 410-531-5567. 



NOVEMBER 10 Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association (RINA) Research 

 Fund Fund-raiser Surprise Roast, Viking 

 Hotel, Newport, RI: Ken Lagerquist 

 at 508-761-9260. 



NOVEMBER 12-13 MNLA Business 

 Short Course, co-sponsored by MNLA 

 & UMASS Extension; Westboro, MA; 

 Rena Sumner at 413-369-4731 or 

 Kathleen Carroll at 413-545-0895. 



]anuary 



lANUARY 8-10 Erna's Expo 97, 

 The Meadowlands Exposition 

 Center, Secaucus, N|; to register: 

 1-800-376-2463 



lANUARY 14-15 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Annual Meeting, 

 Trade Show, & Seminars, Aqua Turf, 

 Southington, CT; 860-872-2095. 



JANUARY 21 Maine Landscape and 

 Nursery Association (MeLNA) Annual 

 Trade Show, Sheraton Tara Hotel, 

 South Portland, Maine; Edith Ellis 

 at 207-225-3998. 



*•*■* TUESDAY, lANUARY 21 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers Association/New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association ]oint 

 Winter Meeting, Old Mill 

 Restaurant, Epsom; information 

 Peter van Berkum at 603-463-7663. 



lANUARY 21-22 RINA Education Day 

 and Trade Show, Doubletree Inn, 

 Newport, Rl: 508-761-9260. 



lANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 1 New 

 England Groifs, Hynes Convention 

 Center, Boston, MA; call 508-653-3009 

 or fax 508-653-4112. 



February 



FEBRUARY 7-8 New England Christmas 

 Tree Conference (sponsored by the NE 

 Christmas Tree Alliance), Sheraton 

 Tara, Nashua, NH; Frank Crandall at 

 401-364-3387. 



FEBRUARY 7-8 Fflrm and Forest 

 Exposition, Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn and Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH, 603-271-3788. 



FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 12 

 1997 Advanced Green School, Royal 

 Plaza, Marlboro, MA; information: 

 Kathleen Carroll (413-545-0895) or 

 Mary Owen (508-892-0382) at UMass 

 Extension. Application deadline: 

 December 1, 1996.) 



Family Business: 1 1 



Opportunities and Pitfalls 



Thomas D. Davidow & Richard L. Narva 



Ozone Damage: 15 



A consideration in selecting 

 crop and landscape plants 



Cretchen Smith, Florence Peterson 

 & Tom Luther 



So Where Is All This 

 Leading Us? 



David Brock 



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The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April, June, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, 

 set-up assistance Is available at a nominal fee. 

 Free classified advertising Is offered as a mem- 

 ber service. We will carry a short message (no 

 artwork or logos) for one or two Issues of The 

 Plantsman. 



About the cover. Sarracenia flavia in its natural habitat of North 

 Carolinia savanna. Photographed by David Lane 



For further Information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-206 1 ; or PC Box 5, 

 Newflelds, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



OCTOBER^NOVEMBER 1996 



