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A Show Revived 



For the first time in 25 years, 

 Rhode Island will have its own 

 flower show. The Rhode Island 

 State Flower Show (February 24-27) 

 will be one of the first events held 

 in the new convention center 

 opening in Providence in mid-De- 

 cember. 



Dave Jackson (who runs the very 

 successful Far West Show in Se- 

 attle) will be running the Rhode Is- 

 land show as well. There are three 

 levels of show space: the first will 

 contain over an acre of landscapes 

 and educational exhibits; the sec- 

 ond, sales areas and smaller exhib- 

 its (flower arrangements, etc.); the 

 top has places to eat. 



The Rhode Island Nurserymen's 

 Association is going to be deeply 

 involved. Along with members' in- 

 dividual exhibits, the association 

 itself will have a booth and garden 

 clinic (a trained horticulturist will 

 answer people's questions); it's 

 also planning some sort of hands- 

 on demonstration (grafting seems 

 the topic of choice). A great old 

 show in a brand new center. For 

 details: Ken Lagerquist at (508) 

 761-9260. 



A Fund Established 



(from New Horizons, the Horticultural 

 Research Institute, fall, 1993). 



"We extend our appreciation to 

 new HRI (Horticultural Research In- 

 stitute) member New England 

 Nurserymen's Association. NENA 

 is establishing the New England 

 Nurserymen's Association Research 

 Grant with a minimum of $20,000, 

 to be created with a percentage of 

 the proceeds received from their 

 annual trade show, "New England 

 Grows," next scheduled for lanuary 

 27-29, 1994. In addition, NENA 

 sponsored a 50/50 cash raffle at its 

 summer meeting August 12 in 

 Kennebunk, ME; the proceeds gen- 

 erated $550 toward the new HRI 

 fund. NENA was recognized at the 

 HRI reception, held at the AAN 

 Convention in Dallas, for its com- 

 mitment to raising its members' in- 

 terest in HRI's research grants." 



Can you identify this insecl? 

 Answers on page 2A. 



A Branch Announced 



Griffin Greenhouse Supplies of 

 Latham, New York, announced the 

 opening of their new branch in Au- 

 burn, New York, on September 20, 

 1993. This branch, located at One 

 Ellis Drive, will service customers 

 in western New York. This brings 

 the number of Griffin locations to 

 five: Latham and Auburn, branches 

 in Portland, Maine, and Walling- 

 ford, Connecticut, and the main of- 

 fice in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. 

 The phone number in Auburn is 

 (315) 255-1450. 



Three Winners... 



The All-America Rose Selections for 

 1994 include two tea roses and a 

 grandiflora. 



SECRET is a vigorous upright tea 

 rose with 4 1/2-inch blossoms of 

 softly blended pink with a strong 

 fragrance of spice and fruit. Intro- 

 duced by The Conard-Pyle Com- 

 pany, this rose was hybridized by 

 Daniel Tracy of E.G. Hill Company. 

 It is the offspring of Pristine and 



Friendship. 



CARIBBEAN is a grandiflora 

 growing to 4 1/2 feet and produc- 

 ing 4-inch warm orange blossoms 

 touched with yellow. Introduced 

 by Jackson & Perkins, Caribbean 

 was hybridized by Wilhelm Kordes, 

 using Mercedes and an unnamed 

 seedling. 



MIDAS TOUCH, a hybrid tea that 

 can grow up to five feet, has blos- 

 soms with "rich clear yellow petal 

 crowns." "Its splendidly long, 

 pointed buds spiral open to re- 

 lease the scent of musk." Jack 

 Christensen hybridized this rose 

 from Brandy and Friesensohne. It 

 is being introduced by Jackson and 

 Perkins. 



...and One That Went a 

 Little Too Far 



(from 'Weekly Market Bulletin, 

 October 20, 1993) 



Multiflora Rose was introduced in 

 the 1930s and '40s by federal and 

 state agricultural officials as a liv- 

 ing fence, wildlife habitat, food 

 source for wildlife, and an erosion 

 control agent. While it does per- 

 form those functions, it has be- 

 come a serious weed across the 

 Northeast. 



Now biological control is a pos- 

 sibility. Researchers at West Vir- 

 ginia University have identified a 

 mite and a virus that have proven 

 effective in controlling multiflora 

 rose. The virus causes the rose ro- 

 sette disease and is spread by the 

 eriophid mite. 



A five-year research project was 

 conducted to evaluate the effec- 

 tiveness of the controls. At the 

 beginning of the research, 30 per- 

 cent of the plants showed symp- 

 toms of the disease and one per- 

 cent of the plants had died. At 

 the end of five years, 94 percent of 

 the plants had been infected and 

 88 percent had died. 



"While biological control is not 

 fast, it does allow a landowner to 

 clean up his land without the use 

 of herbicides or costly mechanical 

 clearing operations." ¥ 



December 1993/ lanuary 1994 



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