CALENDAR 



October 



25 Fall UNH-FFA Interscfiolastic 

 Career Development Event, University 

 of New Hampsliire, Durham, NH; 

 Dave Howell at 603-862-1760. 

 25-26 Connecticut State Agricultural 

 Exposition. Hartford Armory, Hart- 

 ford, CT; 860-566-4845. 

 29 NHPGA Pesticide Applicator Recer- 

 tification Meeting, The Inn at 

 Amoskege Falls, 21 Front Street, 

 Manchester, NH; Robert Demers 

 at 603-625-82P8. 



November 



11-12 Massachusetts Nursery and 

 Landscape Association/University of 

 Massachusetts BMsi«ess Short Course, 

 Holiday Inn, Boxboro, MA; 

 413-545-0895 or 413-369-4731. 

 14 Lecture/slide presentation. "North 

 American Trilliums," co-sponsored 

 by the New England Wild Flower 

 Society, New Hampshire and 

 Maine Chapters, and the John Hay 

 Estate, lOam-noon, at the Urban 

 Forestry Center, Portsmouth, NH; 

 508-877-7630, Ext. 3301. 

 17 Seminar: "Focusing on Biological 

 Control for the Green \ndustry," Uni- 

 versity of Massachusetts Campus 

 Center, Amherst, MA; Kathleen 

 Carroll at 413-545-0895 



December 



1 Deadline for registration for 

 UMass Extension's 1998 Green School 

 and for application for Advanced 

 Green School, Kathleen Carroll at 

 413-545-0895. 



4 Vermont Association of Professional 

 Horticulturalists (VAPH) Vermont De- 

 partment of Urban Forestry \oint Meet- 

 ing, Vermont Technical College, 

 Randolph, VT; Connie Gardner at 

 802-253-8565. 



16-18 New England Vegetable and 

 Berry Conference, Sturbridge Host 

 Hotel and Conference Center, 

 Sturbridge, MA; Dominic Marini 

 at 508 378-2546. 



January 



8-9 New England Christmas Tree Pest 

 Management Conference, Keene State 

 College, Keene, NH; Marshall 

 Patmos at 603-352-4550. 

 9-11 ERNA Expo, Meadowlands 

 Exposition Center, Secaucus, Nj; 

 registration: 1-800-376-2463. 

 12-13 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association VJinter Meeting, Acqua 

 Turf, Southington, CT; 

 860-872-2095 



12-13 Rhode Island Nursery and 

 Landscape Association (RINLA) 

 Educational Day and Trade Show 

 (in conjunction with Rl Greenhouse 

 Growers!, Doubletree Inn, New- 

 port, Rl; Ken Lagerquist at 

 1-800-758-9260. 



13 Maine Landscape and Nursery 

 Association (MeLNA) Annual Trade 

 Show, Sheraton Tara Hotel, South 

 Portland, ME; Edith Ellis at 

 207-225-3998. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers' Association 

 (NHPGAI/New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association (NHLAI ]oint Winter Meet- 

 ing, Old Mill Restaurant, Epsom, 

 NH; Tim Wolfe at 603-893-5858. 

 21-22 New F.ngland Fruit Meeting 

 and Trade Show, Sturbridge Host 

 Hotel and Conference Center, 

 Sturbridge, MA; Bill Lord at 603- 

 863-3203. 



12-1A New England Grows!, Hynes 

 Convention Center, Boston, MA; 

 telephone: 508-653-3009; 

 fax: 508-653-4112 



February 



6-7 Farm and Forest Exposition, 

 Center of New Hampshire Holiday 

 Inn and Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; 603-271-3788. 

 18 Annual VAPH Annual Winter 

 Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 

 802-253-8565. 



CONTENTS 



Departments 



3 From the Board 

 Peter van Berkum 

 5 Forum 



7 New Hampshire News 

 9 Elsewhere In the News 

 14 Member Profile: The Green 

 Thumb of North Haverhill 



27 Diagnostic Update 

 Dr. Cheryl Smith 



28 How About Herbs 

 Tanya ]ackson 



Features 



14 The American Cranberry In 

 New Hampshire 



Wi7/iflw Lord 

 18 Sustainablllty: 



A Contemporary Approach 



lo^in Harl 

 22 Graphical Tracking 



Paul R. Fisher 



Columns 

 17 The Griffin Guru 



19 Z-notes 



Jim Zablocki 



20 The Green Spot 



Mike Cherim 



The mum crop at Churchhill's Garden 

 Center, Exeter, New Hampshire 

 Photograph by RJck Raymond. 



The PlMttsimui Is published In eaily rebniary, 

 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 cany a short message (no artwork 

 or logos) for one or two Issues of Tlie PUntsman. 



For further Informadon. please contact the edlton 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Green- 

 houses, Durtiam. NH 03824, 603-862-2061; or PO 

 Box 5. Newflelds, NH 03856. 603-778-8353. 



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