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Notice 



Dear NHPGA Member: 

 Your Association is currently explor- 

 ing the possibility of purchasing 

 electricity as a group, beginning in 

 January of 1998. At this time, there 

 is a pilot program allowing competi- 

 tion among different electric utility 

 companies in the state of New 

 Hampshire. This pilot program has 

 17,000 participants throughout the 

 state. If you are one of these par- 

 ticipants, please contact Bob Rimol 

 at 425-6563 to provide input on who 

 you are using as a provider, how 

 you chose your provider, and the 

 service given. This information will 



help us in our search for different 

 providers of low-cost energy for our 

 future. Thank you. — Bob Rimol 



The Fact Is... 



In 1994, lawn & garden retail 

 sales in New Hampshire totalled 

 $272,000,000. This was more than 

 Vermont ($151 million) and less 

 than Maine ($335 million). The New 

 England state with the most sales 

 was Massachusetts ($1,780,000,000). 

 The state nationwide with most 

 sales was California ($6,936,000,000); 

 the state with the least, Alaska 

 ($128 million), (from Nursery Retailer, 

 February/ March, 1996.) 



Fall Courses at the Thompson School 



This is a partial listing of horticulture courses offered this fall at the 

 Thompson School. Some courses may have prerequisites (courses or 

 experience). Additional courses of interest are offered at UNH in Plant Biol- 

 ogy The fall semester runs from September 3 to December 13, 1996. 



You may enroll in these courses by phoning the Division of Continuing 

 Education at 603-862-2015. Make sure you get on their catalog mailing list 

 too. For more information on course content, the part-time associates degree 

 program, or the diploma in landscape horticulture, call 603-862-1035. 



HT205 Introduction to Plant Materials, 2 cr. Lecture F 10-11, Lab M 1-3 or F 1-3 



HT207 Plant Structure and Function, 3 cr. Lecture MW 10-11, Lab T 10-12 or T 2-4 



HT215 Soils and Land Use, 2 cr. Lecture MWF 1 1-12, Lab Th 10-12 or Th 2-4, 

 (First 7 weeks only) 



HT217 Soils and Plant Nutrition, 2 cr. Lecture MWF 1 1-12, Lab Th 10-12 or Th 2-4, 

 (Second 7 weeks only) 



HT219 Computers in Horticulture, 2 cr. W 3-5 



HT237 Pest Management: Weeds, 1 cr. M 1-4, (First 7 weeks only) 



HT239 Pes! Management: Control Applications, 1 cr. M 1-4 (Second 7 weeks only) 



HT254 Water Management, 2 cr. F 10-1 



HT257 Woody Landscape Plants, 2 cr. W 8-1 1 



HT263 Landscape Construction and Maintenance, 4 cr Lecture MW 11-12, Lab W 1-5 



HT275 Floricultural Crop Production, 3 cr. TTh 8-10 



AM261 internal Comfeuslion Engines: Principles and Maintenance, 3 cr. Lecture F 9-10, 

 Lab M 8-11 



FT264 Arboriculture, 3 cr M 10-1 1 , F 8-12 



In Salem — in the Woods 

 Where the Birds Sing... 



Twilight meetings have always been 

 an opportunity for NHPGA members 

 to meet on a more personal basis — 

 to visit neighbors and tour busi- 

 nesses one might otherwise not get 

 to see. Numbers vary — sometimes 

 only a half dozen people attend; 

 sometimes, a lot more. What's im- 

 portant is the opportunity to meet 

 and learn. The Twilight Meeting at 

 Lake Street Garden Center on June 

 18 was especially instructive be- 

 cause the changes Frank and Mary 

 Wolfe and their staff have dealt 

 with — population growth, warehouse 

 chains — are ones that will affect ev- 

 eryone in the business eventually. 

 And Lake Street Garden Center has 

 dealt successfully. 



We thank Frank and Mary and 

 staff for their hospitality: the 

 tour offered plenty of insights, 

 the food was delicious, and the 

 ideas the visitors brought hom-e 

 with them will definitely be 

 useful in the future. 



CLASSIFIEDS 



We are a wholesale greenhouse look- 

 ing for an experienced grower Inter- 

 ested In producing both florist quality 

 potted crops for local sales and young 

 plants for national distribution. Our 

 growth has made It necessary to 

 search for someone with solid knowl- 

 edge in technical growing. The candi- 

 date must be able to understand lab 

 results and make recommendations 

 based on these. Our two acres of both 

 poly and Dutch glass houses are state- 

 of-the-art, along with our goal of qual- 

 ity production. Please send resume, 

 with references, to: Mr. Douglas S. 

 Cole, President, D.S. Cole Growers. 

 Inc., 251 North Village Road, Loudon, 

 New Hampshire 03301. 



FREE: hundreds of old clay pots, sizes 

 2 1/2-, 3-, 3 1/2-, and 4-Inch. Call 

 Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, 603- 

 594-3354, ask for Howard or Dave. 



AUGUST ♦ SEPTEMBER 1996 



