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Welcome, New Members! 



BROOKHILL L&L DESIGNS 



10 Brown Road 



Chesham, NH 03455 



MALTAIS FARM 



RD 1, Box 1475 



Gilmanton Ironworks, NH 03837 



ROUND TABLE FARM 

 GREENHOUSES 



PO Box 578 

 Milan, NH 03588 



Summer Meeting 



Glass Houses, Blue Sky, 

 and a Successful Take off... 



The offerings on July 30 included a 

 trade show of over 50 exhibitors, 

 tours of the D.S. Cole facility, the 

 kick-off of the fund-raising effort for 

 the New Hampshire Horticultural 

 Endowment, a barbecue lunch (once 

 again, Perillo's created the feast), a 

 discussion by Paul Fisher, Depart- 

 ment of Plant Biology, UNH, on on- 

 site soil testing as a way to im- 

 prove quality and profit; and the 

 scholarship fund auction All this on 

 a perfect summer day 



Many people are involved in cre- 

 ating these annual events This 

 year, thanks go to Doug Cole and 

 his crew for their excellent hospital- 

 ity; to Ann Hilton for handling reg- 

 istration, to Tim Wolfe and George, 

 Rennie, and Adam Timm for their 

 help at the registration table and 

 setting up for the auction; to Paul 

 Fisher for his presentation, to Peter 

 Callioras, auctioneer, for donating 

 his time and the use of his PA sys- 

 tem; to George Timm, who was in 

 charge of the prizes at the draw- 

 ing — the TV (won by IVlrs. Hardy of 

 Hardy's Greenhouses in Tiltonl and 

 the radio/cassette player (won by Tim 

 Wolfe). 



We thank the many exhibitors 

 These included: The Robert Baker 

 Co. /Melrose Nursery; Ball Seed Co.; 

 B.E. Supply; Ray and Mary Boule- 



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risse; Cavicchio Greenhouses; Char- 

 ter Oak Nursery Sales; Cherry Creek 

 Systems; Chestnut Hill Marketing; 

 The Conard-Pyle Co.; Conrad 

 Fafard; Davis Brook Farm; Earthgro, 

 Inc.; First Pioneer Farm Credit; 

 Fletcher Granite Co.; Florists' Mu- 

 tual Insurance Co.; F.C. Gloeckner 

 Co.; Gold Star Wholesale Nursery; 

 Greenleaf Nursery Co ; Griffin 

 Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies; 

 Hop River Nursery; Hove Interna- 

 tional, Inc ; lohnson and Dix Fuel 

 Corporation; |olly Farmer Products; 

 Paul R Larie; Laughton Nursery; 

 Liberty International Trucks; W.H 

 Minkowski, Inc.; Millane Nurseries; 

 Northeast Nursery; Northern Nurser- 

 ies; OESCO, Inc.; Pleasant View Gar- 

 dens; Pot Specialists, Inc.; Prides Cor- 

 ner Farms; Rough Brothers, Inc.; Les 

 Serres Rosaire Pion and Fils, Inc.; 

 Spence Farms; Harry Stoller and Co.; 

 Sunflower Industries; Sun Gro Horti- 

 culture, Inc.; Tuckahoe Turf Farms; 

 Western Maine Nurseries, Inc.; Wind- 

 ing Brook Turf Farm, Inc.; Yoder Bros. 

 The donated products auctioned 

 raised over $1,000 for our scholar- 

 ship fund. 



Thrips "Cocktail" 



Since many of you have trouble 

 controlling thrips, I obtained from 

 Dr. R.K. Lindquist of Ohio State a 

 recipe that works best for his grow- 

 ers. Here it is! Please follow label 

 directions. You assume all risk. 



1. Apply a tank mix of Avid (8 oz/ 

 100 gal) plus Azatin (10-16 oz/100 

 gal) or Neemazad (2.23-4.5 oz/100 

 gal) twice, five to seven days apart. 



2. Wait five to seven days, then ap- 

 ply a tank mix of Thiodan (label rate) 

 plus a pyrethroid (i.e., Decathlon, 

 Talstar, Tame, Topcide). Reapply this 

 tank mix after five to seven days 



3. Wait five to seven days, then ap- 

 ply Mesurol 75WP (8-16 oz/acre). 

 Repeat the application after five to 

 seven days. 



4 Repeat the cycle, beginning at 



Step One, after waiting five to 

 seven days. 



Other possibilities to add to the 

 rotation are Precision (Preclude) and 

 Naturalis-O. Good luck. Please follow 

 all directions. Contact me if you have 

 any questions (603-862-1733). 

 Sincerely, 

 Stanley R. Swier 

 Extension Specialist. Entomology 

 Department of Plant Biology, UNH, 

 Durham. NH 03824-3544 



CLASSIFIEDS 



KING FARM is expanding its staff. We 

 are lool<ing for an experienced grower 

 wlio is good with people and who would 

 like to help us to continue to grow top 

 quality material. Excellent salary for the 

 right person. Contact: Dana King, King 

 Farm, 15 Scales Lane, Townsend, MA 

 01469. Telephone: 508-597-2866; Fax: 

 508-597-0262. 



WANTEDl Horticultural )ack-of-all-Trades 

 and/or Full-time, Hands-on Landscape 

 Manager, Gardener, and Nursery Assis- 

 tant. BAVBERRY NURSERIES is a bou- 

 tique nursery specializing in unusual and 

 landscape-size shrubs and small trees. 

 Currently with 4-5 acres of field-grown 

 plants and 1-2 acres of display gardens, 

 we are pursuing an aggressive expan- 

 sion program which will give rise to ad- 

 ditional opportunities and earnings po- 

 tential. Duties will be extremely diversi- 

 fied. Please mail or fax your resume to 

 Kenneth Krause, Manager, Bayberry 

 Nurseries, 15 1 Kensington Road, Hamp- 

 ton Falls, NH 03844; the fax number is 

 603-929-1810. 



ASSISTANT MANAGER— Greenhouse. To 

 maintain and monitor the physical op- 

 eration of UNH greenhouses. Qualifica- 

 tions: AA degree in Plant Science and 4 

 years of experience or BA degree in 

 Plant Science and 2 years of experi- 

 ence. Salary normally not to exceed 

 $25,000. Send resume, college tran- 

 scripts, and three letters of reference to 

 Dr. Paul Fisher, Dept. of Plant Biology, 

 UNH, Spaulding Hall, Durham, NH 

 03824. Tel. (603)862-4525. Review of 

 applications will begin Oct 1, 1997. 

 UNH is an EEO, Affirmative Action Em- 

 ployer. 



