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CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



December 



DECEMBER 14-16 Nw 

 England Small Fruit & 

 Vegetable Conference and 

 Trade Show. Sturbridge, 

 MA, (508) 347-7393 



DECEMBER 29 Con- 

 necticut Nurserymen's Association (CNA) 

 Annual Meeting & Exhibitors, Aquaturf 

 Outing Club, Southington, CN, for in- 

 formation (203) 872-2095. 



]anuary 



lANUARY 5-7 CNA Landscape Techni- 

 cians Program. (203) 872-2095 



JANUARY 6-7 UNH Cooperative Exten- 

 sion Christmas Tree Pes! Management 

 Course, Keene State College, Keene, 

 NH, for information Marsfiail Patmos 

 at (603) 352-4550 



lANUARY 11-13 ERNA Trade Show, 

 Kiamesfia Lake, NY, (203) 872-2095 



JANUARY 15-18 PPCA Technical Mini- 

 lour of Gardens and Greenhouses in South- 

 ern California, for information 1-800- 

 647-PPGA 



J^ JANUARY 12 New Hampshire 

 ^^ Plant Growers' Association 

 (NHPGA) and New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association (NHLA) |oi«( VJinter Meeting, 

 Granite Street Bar & Grill, Manches- 

 ter, NH, information Peter van 

 Berkum at (603) 463-7663 



JANUARY 18-19 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Combined 

 Annual Meeting/ Educational Seminar, 

 Aquaturf Outing Club, Southington, 

 CT, for information (203) 872-2095 



lANUARY 18-20 Congress '9A—the 

 Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trade 

 Association's annual trade show and con- 

 vention, Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, 

 Ontario, for information (905| 791- 

 2427 



lANUARY 22 Conference 'The Connecti- 

 cut River Valley Opening New Markets for 

 Agriculture." Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee, 

 VT. for information (603) 826-4800 



lANUARY 27-29 New England Crows. 

 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 

 MA; for information (617) 431-1622 



Can you identify this insect? 

 Answers on page 24. 



February 



FEBRUARY 3-5 Farm & 

 Forest Exposition. Center 

 of New Hampshire Holi- 

 day Inn & Convention 

 Center, Manchester, NH, 

 for information Mary 

 Ellen Pitman at (603) 271-3788 



FEBRUARY 7-8 Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association 'Winter Meeting/ 

 Trade Show/ Educational Course, 

 Doubletree Inn, Newport, Rl. for 

 information (508) 761-9260 



FEBRUARY 23 Vermont Plantsmen's 

 Association Annual Meeting. Holiday Inn, 

 Rutland, VT: for information (802) 

 244-7048 



FEBRUARY 24-27 The Rhode \sland 

 State Flower Show, Convention Center, 

 Providence Rl, for information Ken 

 Lagerquist at (508) 761-9260 



FEBRUARY 26-27 FTD Region One 

 Convention, Newton, MA, for informa- 

 tion Ray Savage at (603) 352-1155 



Marcfi 



MARCH 5-6 Vermont Plantsmen's Asso- 

 ciation Lawn & Garden Show, Sheraton, 

 South Burlington, VT, for information 

 (802) 244-7048 



MARCH 5-13 Boston Flower Show, 

 Bayside Exposition Center, Boston, 

 MA, for more Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society at (617) 536-9280 



MARCH 25-26 24m Annual University of 

 New Hampshire Greenhouse Open House, 

 Plant Biology and Thompson School 

 Greenhouses, Durham, NH, for infor- 

 mation Otho Wells at (603) 862-3208 



April 



APRIL 27-MAY 1 Third Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society Show 

 (AOS approved), Bedford Mall, 

 Bedford, NH, for information 

 (603) 654-5070 



June 



JUNE 9-11 International Lilac Society 

 Meeting, University of New Hampshire, 

 Durham, NH; for information Owen 

 Rogers at (603) 862-3222 



FORUM 



INNOVATION— SMALL 

 GROWERS CAN LEAD THE WAY 

 Steve Taylor 



CLASSIFIED ADS 



NH NEWS 



ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 13 



THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR 15 



A HOSTA 

 Owen M Rogers 



MEMBER PROFILE 17 



BLUE BELL- 

 OPEN TO THE NEW 



COMPOSTING 25 



A RECYCLING ALTERNATIVE 

 Nancy E. Adams 



HIGHLIGHTS 25 



OF THE 1993 TAX ACT 

 Patricia M. Murphy 



WORTH REPEATING 



There's Life after Wal-Mart 



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 April, |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, 

 set-up assistance is available at a nominal fee. 

 Free classified advertising is offered as a member 

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For further information, please contact the editor 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, (603) 862-2061 ; or PC Box 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03856, (603) 77*^8353. 



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