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tension, and the Thompson School. 

 This could be in the form of helping 

 you with a question, supplying infor- 

 mation and fact sheets, touring with 

 a class, running a workshop, or 

 seeking your advice and aid in 

 teaching, research, and extension. 



So some excitement is in the air 

 these days about ornamentals at 

 UNH. While ornamental horticulture 

 is still woefully understaffed and un- 

 der-supported in all areas — teach- 

 ing, research, extension — and while 

 the disparity is increasing between 

 stagnant state support and the 

 growing importance of the Green In- 

 dustry in the region, I am hopeful 

 the increasing energy levels at the 

 university will help stimulate better 

 support. The acorn has been 

 planted — now we all need to tend 

 its growth. 



]ohn Hart is associate professor, TSAS. 

 This article is intended to relate some of 



the high points of the ornamental horticul- 

 ture review team report, and some of the 

 near-term results. Information on the full 

 report is available from Bruce Marriott, 

 Program Leader, Agricultural Resources, 

 Taylor Hall, UNH, Durham (603-862- 

 2033). 



Another First... 



On Sunday, August 18, 1996, Rock- 

 ingham County will be holding its 

 first annual Open Farm Day, with 17 

 farms opening their doors to offer 

 the public a chance to learn about 

 their operations. There will be dem- 

 onstrations, farm-raised pro-ducts for 

 sale, barn and field tours, animals, 

 and hayrides — all this along with re- 

 freshments and scenery. 



The event is being sponsored by 

 Rockingham County UNH Coopera- 

 tive Extension and supported by 

 Rockingham County Farm Bureau, 



NH Department of Agriculture, and 

 Granite State Diary Promotion. 



For a list of the farms hosting the 

 Open Farm Day event, contact Nada 

 Haddad at 603-679-5616. 



FFA Invitational 

 Horticulture Career 

 Development Event — 

 May 3, 1996 



Dave Howell 



There were two events. Nursery/ 

 Landscape Career Development 

 Event involved three high schools 

 and sixteen contestants. The event 

 included providing customer verbal 

 and written assistance, problem 

 solving, plant identification, land- 

 scape design interpretation, plant 

 propagation, and a general knowl- 

 edge exam. The top individual was 

 Aaron Armijo from Pinkerton Acad- 

 emy (Derry); the second and third 



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