ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



New Introductions — 

 Massachusetts 



{GrowerTalks, October 1992). 



NorEast Miniature Roses in Row- 

 ley, MA, is introducing three new 

 varieties for 1993. "Child's Play" 

 won the 1993 All-America Rose 

 Selection and the American Rose 

 Society Award of Excellence. Its 

 white bloom has a delicate pink 

 edge. Easy to grow and resistant 

 to disease, "Child's Play" is a ro- 

 bust plant that blooms well into 

 the fall. "High Jinks" features 

 medium to dark pink blooms on 

 compact 16- to 20-inch tall 

 plants. "Gone Fishin'" is a pure 

 orange miniature garden rose av- 

 eraging 18 to 20 inches tall. 



Grant Monies Available 

 to Nursery Growers 



(University of Massachusetts 

 Extension System Hon Notes, 

 October 12, 1992). 



The Northeast Region of the Sus- 

 tainable Agriculture and Exten- 

 sion Program (SARE) will award 

 up to $100,000 in mini-grants in 

 1993 to growers who are shifting 

 to sustainable agricultural sys- 

 tems. This new program will pro- 

 vide 'seed' money to growers to 

 "implement, refine, and demon- 

 strate production techniques that 

 will reduce environmental and 

 health risks, conserve natural re- 

 sources, and maintain grower 

 profitability." 



The mini-grants will be award- 

 ed on a competitive basis to 

 f [rowers throughout the 12-state 

 the six New England states, New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Delaware, West Virginia, and the 

 District of Columbia) region. It's 

 expected that twenty min-grants, 

 ranging from $1,000 to $7,000, 

 will be funded. 



Projects may involve small 

 research trials, educational activi- 

 ties, and demonstrations. One po- 

 tential use of grant money would 

 be to help growers experiment 

 with innovative techniques. An- 

 other would be to allow people 

 already in sustainable agriculture 

 to help others adapt those tech- 

 niques to their own operations. 



SARE is a federal program that 

 receives funding through the US 

 Department of Agriculture. Grant 

 application forms are available 

 from the Sustainable Agriculture 

 Research and Education Program, 

 Hills Building, University of Ver- 

 mont, Burlington, VT 05405-0082. 

 The application deadline is Janu- 

 ary 29, 1993. Monies will be 

 awarded in March. For informa- 

 tion, contact Sue Harper, program 

 manager, at (802) 656-0478, 



FTD Buys Maine Card 

 Company 



[GrowerTalks, October, 1992) 



Florists' Transworld Delivery As- 

 sociation will buy the Renais- 

 sance Greeting Card Company, 

 a Sanford, Maine, card publishing 

 firm. Available to FTD member 

 owners at attractive prices, the 

 greeting cards plus flowers will 

 provide consumers with one-stop, 

 convenient shopping. 



Pests and Quarantines 



[A AN Update, October 12, 1992). 



As of mid-September, the Pine 

 Shoot Beetle [Tomicus piniper- 

 da] has been found in 35 coun- 

 ties in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl- 

 vania, New York, Illinois, and 

 Michigan. The US Department 

 of Agriculture Animal &. Plant 

 Health Inspection Service 



(APHIS) is considering establish- 

 ing a quarantine on all pine 

 nursery stock, Christmas trees, 

 logs, and related materials. 

 Pine Shoot Beetles, native to 

 Europe and Asia, feed (not sur- 

 prisingly) on current season 

 shoots of pine trees. AAN has 

 raised concerns over the possi- 

 bility of quarantine, mainly be- 

 cause of the lack of any inspec- 

 tion or treatment options. Fur- 

 thermore, scientists and regula- 

 tors don't agree on the actual 

 threat the beetle poses. 



Meanwhile, North Carolina 

 has established a quarantine on 

 all pine shipments from coun- 

 ties where the pest has been 

 found. 



Also, on October first, an- 

 other state — Minnesota — estab- 

 lished a quarantine to prevent 

 the entry and spread of the 

 Japanese Beetle. Regulated ar- 

 ticles include plants with roots 

 (except bareroot plants); 

 plantcrowns, bulbs, corms, tu- 

 bers or rhizomes of 

 ornamental plants (except when 

 free of soil); grass sod; and soil, 

 humus, compost, and manure 

 (except commercially packaged). 



Quarantine areas include all 

 states east of the Mississippi 

 (with the exception of Florida, 

 Georgia, Mississippi and most 

 of Wisconsin), as well as spe- 

 cific counties in Missouri, Ne- 

 braska, Quebec, and Ontario. 



If you plan to ship to Minne- 

 sota, you are advised to work 

 through your state plant regula- 

 tory officials. For more informa- 

 tion: Craig Regelbrugge at (202) 

 789-2900. >» 



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