NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



Thursday, August Eighth: 

 NENA\NHPGA Joint 

 Summer Meeting 



The New England Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation (NENA) and the New Hamp- 

 shire Plant Growers' Association 

 (NHPGA) will hold a joint summer 

 meeting on Thursday, August eighth; 

 several locations in central New 

 Hampshire are being discussed. 

 There will be no auction, but the day 

 will include an expanded trade show, 

 tours, and educational events. De- 

 tails will given as the day takes on a 

 clearer shape. Right now, it's impor- 

 tant to mark calendars and begin 

 looking forward to a lively and ex- 

 panded mix of people and events. 

 For details, contact Bill Stockman at 

 603-569-5056. 



NHPGA 1996 Twilight 

 Meetings Schedule 

 Announced 



The first of the three NHPGA Twi- 

 light Meetings scheduled for 1996 

 will be held at Chakarian Farm 

 Greenhouses on April 30. Highlights 

 of and directions to this relatively 

 new and increasingly important whole- 

 sale/retail greenhouse operation in 

 south-central New Hampshire are on 

 this issue's back cover. 



The second will be on September 

 1 1 at Murray Farms Greenhouse, 

 River Road, Penacook. Highlights in- 

 clude a chip gasification heating sys- 

 tem (they load it with wood chips 

 only once a week), trough watering 

 for 1020 trays, a Wadsworth Micro- 

 Step, and a new mum irrigation sys- 

 tem. Topics include the use of DIF 

 (the difference between night and 

 day temperatures) and methods of 

 poinsettia production. The meeting 

 begins around 5:30. Details and direc- 

 tions will be in the August/September 

 issue. 



A third is still to be announced. 



NHPGA Scholarship 

 Awarded 



This year, the New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers Association Scholarship was 

 awarded to Paula Korecses, a student 

 in the Horticulture curriculum at the 

 Thompson School of Applied Science 

 at UNH in Durham. Married, with two 

 children, and a resident of Weare, 

 Paula returned to school to explore 

 new career options — she wants to 

 open her own business. Although 

 very busy, she finds time to tutor 

 other students — in Woody Ornamen- 

 tals, Plant Structure & Function, and 

 Soils; She's also a member of the 

 Weare Garden Club, a Girl Scout 

 leader, and a serious archer. 



(In other education-related activi- 

 ties, the Board is working to accu- 

 rately and interestingly tell New Hamp- 

 shire school children about the Green 

 Industry and its place in the state's 

 agricultural spectrum. Recently, NHPGA 

 sponsored the purchase by Ag in the 

 Classroom of four GrowLab work- 

 books to be borrowed by any 

 teacher in the state interested in 

 new ideas for plant-related experi- 

 ments. For information, contact Laurie 

 Bryan at 603-224-1934.) 



New Scholarship Fund 



Mrs. Ruth E. Pearson of Hookset, NH, 

 has donated $15,000 to establish a 

 trust to be used for scholarships for 

 horticultural science students and 

 educational programs for younger 

 persons in the horticultural profes- 

 sions. The Ruth E. and Leon E. Scho- 

 larship Fund will primarily provide 

 scholarships to students at the Th- 

 ompson school at the University of 

 New Hampshire in Durham and the 

 Stockbridge School at the University 

 of Massachusetts in Amherst. The 

 trust can also confer grants for spe- 

 cial projects that promote the educa- 

 tional goals of the Trust. 



Trustees, appointed by the New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association 

 (NHLA), include Bob Bickford, |ohn 

 Bryant, Carolyn Meehan, Dana San- 



som (chairperson), and Leslie van 

 Berkum. Each year the NHLA Board 

 will chose a new five-year member. 



The first scholarship distribution is 

 planned for the fall of 1996. Recipi- 

 ents must, among other things, have 

 completed two semesters of full-time 

 college level study in horticulture 

 and be under the age of 28. Applica- 

 tions and information are available 

 from Dana Sansom, 180 Norris Road, 

 Pittsfield,NH 03263. The phone num- 

 ber is 603-435-7216. 



"The landscape profession is grate- 

 ful to Mrs. Pearson for her generosity 

 for providing for future generations of 

 landscapers." 



A Retirement Noted 



After 29 years of teaching, Dr. Owen 

 M. Rogers has formally retired from 

 the Plant Biology (formerly Plant Sci- 

 ence) Department in the College of 

 Life Sciences and Agriculture at UNH 

 in Durham. An ornamentals specialist 

 noted for his work with lilacs, Rogers 

 is well remembered by the many 

 students who took his courses in 

 plant ID, propagation, and Landscap- 

 ing the Home Grounds. 



But he hasn't completely disap- 

 peared. Although officially retired, 

 he'll still be here and there, maybe 

 teaching a course or two, but mostly 

 "doing the things 1 like best." 



We wish him the best of luck in 

 his new ventures. 



Legislative Update 



The days of January around the time 

 of the NHPGAXNHLA Winter Meeting 

 were busy ones in Concord as well. 

 Hearings were held on several bills 

 of interest to members. 



On lanuary 16, HB 1315 was heard 

 before the Resources, Recreation, 

 and Development Committee. This 

 bill would modify last year's shore- 

 line protection act (which prohibits 

 use of all fertilizer except lime or 

 wood ash on lawns or areas with 

 grass within 250 feet of the high wa- 

 ter level) to allow organic, slow-re- 



THE PLANTSMAN 



