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Twilight Meeting — 

 Kathan Gardens 



April 29 was one of those spring 

 days in which you're so busy wa- 

 tering that you don't have time to 

 think about just how perfect the 

 day really is. But twenty people 

 did think about it and took time to 

 enjoy the hospitality of Dennis and 

 Jill and Dennis's parents, Anne and 

 Ollie, at at a NHPGA twilight meet- 

 ing at Kathan Gardens in Newport. 

 Dennis guided his guests 

 through a series of meticulously 

 kept greenhouses filled with spring 

 plants and offered thoughts on 

 running a successful wholesale/re- 

 tail business and some of the 

 methods he uses to accomplish 

 this — hand seeding ("it's actually 

 cheaper for us to hand seed, then 

 transplant, than to buy in plugs"), 

 loam ("real soil is essential to the 

 health of the plant"), cold frames 

 ("I'm not sure there's a better 

 place to grow a pansy....") Dennis 

 sees himself as a niche whole- 

 saler — giving almost retail service 

 to small businesses that need only 

 small quantities of material. 



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And after the tour, there was 

 conversation and plenty of refresh- 

 ments. People lingered until eight. 



The NHPGA thanks Dennis for 

 his hospitality and his willingness 

 to share with NHPGA members 

 some of his time and ideas. It was 

 a fine evening. 



Newest Worker Protection 



Standards Take Effect 



April 21 for State's 



Agricultural Pesticide 



Users 



(from Tfie Weekly Market Bulletin, 



April, 1993) 



Murray L. McKay, Director 

 Division of Pesticide Control 



"As many in the agricultural com- 

 munity are aware, new worker pro- 

 tection standards have been 

 implemented that will affect pesti- 

 cide users in farms, forests, nurser- 

 ies, and greenhouses, and April 21 

 is the date when agricultural pesti- 

 cides bearing worker protection la- 

 beling may begin to show up in 

 the marketplace. A lot of produc- 

 ers will be wondering just what 

 they will have to do as of this 

 date. 



"It may turn out that many indi- 

 viduals will be using pesticides 

 that are still labeled under the old 

 standards, which may continue to 

 be manufactured and distributed 

 until April 1994. If so, simply follow 

 all use instructions and precaution- 

 ary statements on the labels of the 

 products being used. 



"If you happen to be using a 

 product that has been labeled un- 

 der the new standard, you will 

 likewise have to follow the specific 

 label instructions: the difference is 

 that the precautionary statements 

 and some of the use instructions, 

 particularly regarding personal pro- 

 tective equipment, reentry restric- 

 tions, and worker notification re- 

 quirements, will be more explicit. 

 Reentry restrictions, for example, 

 will be given in hours, rather than 

 "until dust had settled or spray 

 has dried." Protective clothing re- 

 quirements will also be laid out in 



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more specific terms. 



"Keep in mind that protective 

 clothing and personal protective 

 equipment specified on pesticide 

 labels are not optional, and failure 

 to use such items in accordance 

 with the label constitutes a misuse 

 of pesticide. 



"You will recognize products la- 

 beled under the new standard by 

 the presence of a reference state- 

 ment under the heading "Agricul- 

 tural Use Requirements," which will 

 state "Use this product only in ac- 

 cordance with its labeling and with 

 the Worker Protection Standard, 40 

 CFR part 170." You are only 

 bound by the standard if this ref- 

 erence point is present. 



"Most of the provisions of 40 

 CFR part 170, however, which in- 

 volve requirements for training, de- 

 contamination, notification, and 

 emergency assistance, will not be 

 enforced until April 15, 1994, to 

 give pesticide users time to be- 

 come familiar with the standard. 

 Certain provisions, however, such 

 as those that allow for exceptions 

 to some of the reentry restrictions 

 for early-entry workers and during 

 agricultural emergencies, will be in 

 effect this April, along with the 

 specific label instructions." 



For more information, contact 

 the Division of Pesticide Control at 

 603 272-2154. * 



June & July 1993 

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