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TWILIGHT MEETINGS 



Northern Nurseries 

 Harrington 



April 28 



meat-and-potatoes nursery" is how Bob 

 Averell describes Northern Nursery in 

 Barrington, host of the NHPCAs first 1994 Twilight 

 Meeting, on April 28 between 5:30-7:30 pm. 



Bob (general manager) will give a tour showing 

 "what we are, what we're about." He describes 

 Northern (part of a larger organization) as a seven- 

 acre re-wholesale nursery that caters to landscap- 

 ers, retail garden centers, and municipalities. 

 There are "no real specialties:" material ranges 

 from ground covers to five- and six-inch caliper 

 trees. This year, emphasis will be put on land- 

 scape-size perennials in one- and two-gallon pots. 



Visitors will see how the seven acres are orga- 

 nized, how material is handled, an irrigation system 

 using both a well and a pond. 



"Meat-and-potatoes" is okay — that's what most 

 of New Hampshire is about and this is a chance to 

 preview the staples before spring planting begins. 



Directions: go north on 123 for a quarter mile 

 beyond Lee Traffic Circle; go left on Pinkham Road 

 (you'll see the sign) 



For information, contact Bob at (603) 868-7172. 



D.S. Cole Growers 

 Loudon 



June 16 



n |une 16, Doug Cole will host a Twilight 

 Meeting at D.S. Cole Growers, Loudon; time: 

 6-8 pm. 



Summer (umbo Annuals and the first of the fall 

 cyclamen crop will be growing in an eight-bay 

 33,000-square foot glass house with venlo-style roof 

 made by Verbakel-Bomkas, of DeLier, Holland. The 

 house has computerized environmental and irrigation 

 controls; aspects of the operation include roll-out 

 ebb-and-flo benches, an Echo revolving hanging bas- 

 ket system, and a )avo potting machine with auto- 

 matic fertilizer and label dispensers. 



This is an excellent opportunity to spend time 

 touring one of New Hampshire's more state-of-the- 

 art operations and visit with friends and NHPGA 

 members. 



Directions: from 93, take 393 East onto 106 N, 

 then left onto Village Road. D.S. Cole is two miles 

 on the left, (from the east, take Route 4 to 106 N, 

 etc.) 



For information, contact Doug at (603) 783-9561. 



NH PLANT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 

 The Plantsman Editor 

 UNH Research Greenhouses 

 Durham, NH 03824 



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