SBA— ROUND ONE 



By the July eighth deadline, thirty 

 New Hampshire communities (out 

 of 235) had called for information 

 about the National Small Business 

 Administration (SBA) Tree Plant- 

 ing Program. Thirteen applications 

 were actually completed and sent to 

 Washington. 



The $64,000 allocated to New 

 Hampshire was used in projects 

 ranging from $1000 to $44,000. 



Mary Reynolds, program coor- 

 dinator in New Hampshire, says 

 that as soon as she hears from the 

 SBA whether or not the projects 

 have been approved, she will noti- 

 fy the communities and oversee 

 implementation. 



There should be another round 

 of grants for the next fiscal year 

 (which began in October) and com- 

 munities that didn't apply the first 

 time might consider doing so the sec- 

 ond. For more information, Mary can 

 be reached at (603) 271-2214. 



Also, Mary is working with Sharon 

 Ossenbruggen in the compilation of a 

 planting guide — Planting Trees for 

 Communities . This will be available 

 this fall and is free to anyone who 

 asks for it. 



NHPGA members might make sure 

 their local communities know about 

 this program. And hopefully, if your 

 community's application is accepted 

 (there is quite a bit of paperwork in- 

 volved), you might sell some trees. 



THANKS! 



NEW HAMPSHIRE PLANT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION 

 SUMMER MEETING 



The New Hampshire Plant Growers' Summer Meeting was a huge suc- 

 cess. Held at Pleasant View Gardens in Pittsfield on August 14, and 

 co-hosted by MiUican Nursery of Chichester and D. S. Cole Growers of 

 Louden, over 400 people from all over New England attended the 

 event. (The people coming the furthest were probably Phil and Jackie 

 Doak from Phil's Florist and Greenhouses in Caribou, Maine — a seven 

 hour drive.) 



People toured the buildings and grounds of the three businesses and vis- 

 ited the displays of the seventy-three vendors exhibiting at the tail-gate 

 trade fair. 



Guest speaker Dan Gilrein of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Riv- 

 erhead. New York, gave two talks. In the morning, he discussed "Put- 

 ring IPM to Work for You," and in the afternoon, "Recognizing and 

 Managing Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus." Approximately fifty people at- 

 tended each talk and credit was given for pesticide re-certification. 

 (This was Dan's first visit to New Hampshire and he was impressed by 

 both the weather and all the hilly vistas.) 



Around eleven, the smell of peppers and onions cooking began to be- 

 come more noticeable. At eleven-thirty, lines began forming as an ex- 

 cellent all-you-can-eat barbecue (hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, com- 

 on-the-cob, watermelon, etc.) put on by Perillo's of Manchester, NH, 

 filled the mid-part of the day. 



The day ended with an auction, the proceeds of which go to the 

 NHPGA scholarship fund. Thanks go to auctioneer Darren Rushford of 

 Pleasant View Gardens and to all the vendors who contributed items 

 for it. (Two scholarships will be awarded at the Plant Growers' winter 

 meeting.) And finally — the door prize drawing: Clare Hardy of Hardy's 

 Greenhouses in Tilton, NH, won a weekend tor two at the Snowy Owl 

 Inn in WaterviUe Valley. 



The Association thanks all who planned and worked to make the event 

 so successful. Special thanks go to our hosts: Doug Cole, D. S. Cole 

 Growers; John Bryant, Millican Nursery; and Henry, Jeff, and Jon Hun- 

 tington, Pleasant View Gardens. 



See you all next year. 



The New Hampshire Plant Grow- 

 ers' Association would like to 

 thank the following vendors who 

 participated in the tail-gate trade 

 show: AMS Marketing; Atomizing 

 Systems, Inc.; Bailey Nurseries, 

 Inc.; Baker Valley Nursery; Ball 

 Seed Company; Benjamin 

 Bancroft; B. E. Supply; Blue Star 

 Peat Moss; Bobcat of New Hamp- 

 shire; Brennan Sales, Inc.; 

 Caldwell Nursery; Cavicchio 

 Greenhouses; Charter Oak Nurs- 

 ery Sales; Conrad-Pyle Co.; 

 Cobble Creek Nursery; D. A. 

 Posocco, Inc.; Darbco, Inc.; Day's 

 Greenhouse; Farm Family Insur- 

 ance Co.; IV Seasons Marketing; 

 Gardenworks Marketing; Gold Star 

 Sod; Griffin Greenhouse & Nurs- 

 ery Supply; Harnois Industries; 

 Harry Stoler & Co.; Hop River 

 Nursery; Imperial Nurseries; Jolly 

 Farmer Products; Kingston Nurs- 

 ery; Knoxland Equipment, Inc.; 

 Knuttle Nursery; Langeveld Bulb 

 Co.; Ledgewood Farm Greenhouse 

 Frames; Liberty International 

 Trucks; The Little Farm; Lofts 

 Seed Co.; Mahoney's Rocky 

 Ledge; Medford/Baker Nurseries; 

 Millane Nursery; Monrovia Nurs- 

 ery; Northeast Nursery, Inc.; 

 Northern New England Nursery 

 Sales; Northern Nurseries; Or- 

 chard Equipment & Supply Co; 

 Pargro Inc.; Pierson Nurseries, 

 Inc.; Prides Corner Farms; Quality 

 Plants, Inc.; Quansett Nurseries; 

 Resource Conservation Services, 

 Inc.; Richard D. Smith Co.; R. D. 

 MacMillan; Roaring Brook Nurser- 

 ies; Roseland Nursery; Rough 

 Brothers, Inc.; Sharon Sales, Inc.; 

 Skidelsky & Co.; Southern New 

 England Farm Credit, Inc.; Spence 

 Farm; Stanford Seed Co.; 

 Stewart's Nursery; Syracuse Pot- 

 tery; Tuckahoe Turf Farm; Van 

 Berkum Nursery; Verbakel- 

 Bomkas Co.; Verkade's Nursery; 

 The von Trapp Nursery; Wageman 

 Insurance Co.; Wales Nursery; 

 Western Maine Nurseries, Inc.; 

 W. H. Minkowski; Winding Brook 

 Turf Farm; and Young's American 

 Rose Nursery. 



We thank you for coming and for 

 your contributions to the scholar- 

 ship auction. We hope that the 

 day was as successful for you as it 

 was for us and that we'll see you 

 all again next year. 



SUPPORT THESE FINE FOLK— 

 THEY SUPPORT THE NHPGA. 



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