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April 



APRIL 14 FTDA District Meeting, 

 Elliott & Williams Roses, Dover, NH 

 (a rescheduling of the January 21 

 meeting); Debra Defreze at 603-474- 

 3020. 



April 17 UNH Thompson School Centen- 

 nial Lecture. IVlark Zelonis on "Country 

 Villas and Seaside Resorts: A Glori- 

 ous Century of New England Public 

 Gardens," 7 pm. Cole Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH: information: Chris 

 Robarge at 603-862-1074. 



APRIL 26 Arbor Day 



APRIL 26 FFA HorficultHre Career De- 

 velopment Events, Thompson School, 

 UNH, Durham, NH; information: Dave 

 Howell at 603-862-1760. 



APRIL 26-28 Fifth Annual New Hamp- 

 shire Orchid Society Show, Nashua Ar- 

 mory, Daniel Webster Highway, 

 Nashua, NH; information: loanna 

 Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



««%■ TUESDAY, APRIL 30 NHPGA 

 Twilight Meeting, Chakarian Farm 

 Greenhouses, Derry, NH; information: 

 Ken Gosselin or Bill Chakarian at 

 603-432-9103. 



May 



MAY 1 Vermont Association of Profes- 

 sional Horticulturists (VAPH) Garden 

 Dealer Meeting, Vermont Technical Col- 

 lege, Randolph, VT; )ane Wilkening at 

 802-865-5072. 



iVIAY 5 Volunteer Pruning & Cleanup at 

 State House Rose Garden, Concord, NH; 

 Mike Lowe at 603-888-2214. 



MAY 20 Durham Garden Club Plant 

 Auction, Barton Hall, UNH, Durham, 

 NH; Alan Theall at 603-868-6666. 



]une 



JUNE 5 Turf Field Day & Trade Show, 

 South Deerfield, MA; Mary Owen, 

 UMass Extension at 508-892-0382. 



■««* TUESDAY, JUNE 18 NHPGA 

 Twilight Meeting (6pm), Lake Street 

 Garden Center, 37 Lake Street, Sa- 

 lem, NH; for information: Frank Wolfe 

 at 603-893-5858. 



lUNE 22 NH Rose Society Show, 1-4 pm. 

 Barton Hall, UNH, Durham, NH; Bill 

 Prince at 603-868-9610. 



JUNE 23 Open House (benefit: NH 

 Rose Society), Lowe's Roses, 6 

 Sheffield Road, Nashua, NH; Mike 

 Lowe at 603-888-2214. 



JUNE 23 Garden Party & Art Show, 

 The Fells, lohn Hay National Wildlife 

 Refuge, Newbury, NH; information: 

 603-763-4789. 



]uly 



JULY 10 Connecticut Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation Summer Meeting, Clinton Nurser- 

 ies, Clinton, CT; 860-872-2095. 



JULY 20 Tour of New London Gardens 

 (starting point: New London Histori- 

 cal Society), New London, NH; 603- 

 763-4789. 



)ULY 24 Massachusetts Nursery & Land- 

 scape Association Summer Meeting, Heri- 

 tage Plantation, Sandwich, MA; Rena 

 Sumner at 413-369-4731. 



August 



AUGUST 3-4 Mount Washington Valley 

 Garden Trail, Margo Ellis at 603-367- 

 8587. 



«•'* THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 New 

 England Nurserymen's Association/New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers' Association/New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association ]oint 

 Summer Meeting, Dell-Lea Country 

 Club, Chichester, NH; Bill Stockman 

 at 603-569-5056. 



AUGUST 13 Massachusetts Certified 

 Hort/cM/turist Exam, Eastern Agriculture 

 Center, Waltham, MA; Rena Sumner 

 at 413-369-4731. 



AUGUST 15 Rhode Island Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, Sakonnet 

 Vineyard, Little Compton, RI; Ken 

 Lagerquist at 508-761-9260. 



AUGUST 17 Fifth Annual Plant Sale & 

 Rare Plant Auction, The Fells, Newbury, 

 NH; 603-763-4789. 



AUGUST 21 VAPH Summer Meeting, 

 Claussen's Florist & Greenhouses, 

 Colchester, VT; Jane Wilkening at 

 802-865-5072. 



September 



**¥ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 I 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, Murray Farms 

 Greenhouse, Penacook, NH; informa- 

 tion: Dave Murray at 603-753-6781. 



Rhododendrons Are for 1 1 



New Hampshire 



]oe B. Parks 



Farm Safari 13 



An Agriculture-Tourism Event 



\ohn C. Porter 



1995 Nursery Inspection 

 Summary 



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The Planlsman is published In early February, 

 April, lune, 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 mem- 

 ber service. We will carry a short message (no 

 artwork or logos) for one or two Issues of The 

 Plantsman. 



Cover: Detail from anonymous botanical print 



For further Information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker atthe UNH Research Greenhouses, 

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

 Newfields, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



APRIL ■¥ IMAY I 996 



