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CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



October 



OCTOBER 19-20 Two-day Meeting on 

 Field Specialty Cut Flowers, the Health 

 & Human Services Auditorium, 

 Concord, NH; for information: 

 Charles Williams at (603) 862-3207. 



OCTOBER 20 NHPGA-sponsored Pes- 

 ticide Applicator Recerlification Program, 

 Granite Street Bar & Grill, Manches- 

 ter, NH; information: Chris Robarge 

 at (603) 862-1074. 



OCTOBER 30 UNH FFA Regional 

 Invitational ]udging Competition, UNH, 

 Durham; information:(603)862-l 760. 



November 



NOVEMBER 3; NOVEMBER 10 UNH 

 Cooperative Extension Mini Course on 

 Marketing and Merchandising, Raymond, 

 NH; for information: Nada Haddad 

 at (603) 679-5616. 



NOVEMBER 4-7 Association of Special- 

 ty Cut Flower Growers' 6th National Con- 

 ference, Doubletree Hotel, Overiand 

 Park, Kansas; information: Alan 

 Stevens at (913) 532-5173. 



NOVEMBER 7 loi'nf Meeting, FTD 

 Dfslricfs 1-C and 1-D, Sheraton North 

 Country Inn, West Lebanon, NH; 

 information: Ray Savage at (603) 

 352-1155. 



NOVEMBER 9-10 A Business Short 

 Course: Strategies for Tomorrow's Business 

 Climate, the Marriott, Worcester, MA; 

 for information: lohn Bragg at (508) 

 534-1775 or Kathleen Carroll at (413) 

 545-0895. 



NOVEMBER 13 Annual New Hamp- 

 shire Orchid Society Plant Auction, 

 Immanuel Lutheran Church, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: 

 Joanna Eckstrom at (603) 654-5070 



NOVEMBER 19 'VJhal's Wrong with 

 My Tree' "Workshop, Vermont Technical 

 College, Randolph, VT; for informa- 

 tion: Scott Pfister (The Vermont 



Plantsmen's Association) at (802) 

 244-7048. 



December 



DECEMBER 3-6 43rd Annual Meeting, 

 Eastern Region, International Plant 

 Propagators' Society, Amway Plaza 

 Hotel, Grand Rapids, Ml; for infor- 

 mation: (215) 388-6901. 



]anuar\f 



lANUARY 12 New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers' Association (NHPGA) and New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association 

 (NHLA) ]oint Winter Meeting, Granite 

 Street Bar & Grill, Manchester, NH; 

 information: Peter van Berkum at 

 (603) 463-7663. 



lANUARY 18-19 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Combined 

 Annual Meeting/ Educational Seminar, 

 Aquaturf Outing Club, Southington, 

 CT; for information: (203) 872-2095. 



lANUARY 27-29 New England Grows, 

 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 

 MA; for information: (617) 431-1622. 



February 



February 3-5, 1994 Farm & Forest 

 Exposition, Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn & Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: 

 Mary Ellen Pitman at (603) 271-3788. 



FEBRUARY 7-8 Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association Winter Meeting/ 

 Trade Show/ Educational Course, 

 Doubletree Inn, Newport, Rl; for 

 information: (508) 761-9260. 



FEBRUARY 23 Vermont Plantsmen's 

 Association Annual Meeting; for infor- 

 mation: (802) 244-7048. 



April 



APRIL 27-MAY 1 Third Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society Show 

 (AOS approved), location to be 

 announced; for information: 

 (603) 654-5070. 



This issue's cover is drawn by Tony Saravonc, Lee, New Hampshire. Tony was a 

 participant in Summer Learning, an educational program held at UNH, Durham, 

 this summer. Tony's drawing of Venus fly traps was done after a visit to the ResearcA 

 GreenAouses. Other sketches throughout this issue are by his classmates. 



FORDM 



From the Board 

 Classified Ads 



NHPGA SUMIVIER MEETING 



NH NEWS 



ELSEWHERE 

 IN THE NEWS 



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NURSERY STOCK 

 INSPECTION 

 Siegfried E. Thewke 



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MEMBER PROFILE 18 



LOW KEY ABUNDANCE- 

 WAYSIDE FARM 



A LOT MORE THAN 2$ 



PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, 

 AND THYME 

 Tanya M. \ackion 



BOARD HIGHLIGHTS 



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COMMUNITY TREES ARE 27 



ABOUT PEOPLE 

 Margaret Prall Hagen 



WORTH REPEATING 



REDUCING LOSSES OF 

 CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS 

 IN LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS 

 Gerald Smilfi, Henry Calay and 

 ]ohn Gibion 



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The Planlsman is published in early 

 February, April, |une, August, October, and 

 December with copy deadlines being the 

 5th of each prior month. While camera-ready 

 ads are preferred, set-up assistance is avail- 

 able at a nominal fee. Free classified adver- 

 tising is offered as a member service. We 

 will carry a short message (no artwork or 

 logos) foroneortwo issues ofThe Ptantsman. 



For further information, please contact 

 the editor: Robert Parker at the UNH 

 Research Greenhouses. Durham, NH 

 03824. (603)862-206 1 ; or PO Box 5, Newfields, 

 NH 03856, (603)778-8353. 



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