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CALENDAR 



April 



^ APRIL 28 New Hampshire Plant 

 ^ Growers' Association (NHPGA) 

 Twilight Meeting, 5:30-7:30, Northern 

 Nurseries, Barrington, NH; for 

 information: Bob Averell at 

 (603) 868-7172. 



APRIL 28-MAY ! Third Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society Show, (AOS 

 approved), Bedford Mall, Bedford, 

 NH; for information: (603) 654-5070. 



May 



MAY 1 3 New Hampshire State FFA 

 Competitions, University of New 

 Hampshire, Durham, NH; for 

 information: Dave Howell at 

 (603) 862-1760. 



]une 



JUNE 9-1! International Lilac Society 

 Meeting, University of New Hamp- 

 shire, Durham, NH; for information: 

 Owen Rogers at (603) 862-3222. 



C^ JUNE 16 NHPGA Twi/i^/if 

 ^ Meeting, D. S. Cole Growers, 

 Loudon, NH; 6-8 PM; for informa- 

 tion: Doug Cole at (603) 783-9561. 



JUNE 17 Maine Landscape & Nursery 

 Association Twilight Meeting {South), 

 4 pm, at Tidebrook in Freeport; 

 for information: (207) 225-3998. 



JUNE 19 New England Rose Society 

 Lecture and Tour, Lowe's Own Root 

 Roses, Nashua, NH; for information: 

 Mike Lowe at (603) 888-2214. 



JUNE 21 Maine Landscape & Nursery 

 Association Twilight Meeting (North), 

 The Growing Concern, Orono; for 

 information: Claire Ackroyd at (207) 

 866-3448. 



JUNE 25 New Hampshire Rose Society 

 Annual Show, Barton Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; for information: Bill 

 Prince at (603) 868-9610. 



]uly 



JULY 9-13 International Floriculture 

 Industry Short Course, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio; for more: (614) 487-1117. 



JULY 12-15 AAN Convention, 

 Baltimore, MD; (202) 789-2900. 



JULY 14-16 MANTS, Baltimore, MD; 

 (301) 256-6474. 



JULY 26-28 PANTS, King of 

 Prussia, PA; (717) 238-1673. 



JULY 13-14 New England Ag 

 Expo, Tunbridge Fairgrounds, 

 Tunbridge VT; for information: 

 1-800-653-2700. 



JULY 20 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, co- 

 sponsored by Young's Nursery and 

 Planter's Choice Nursery, Newtown, 

 CN; for information: (203) 872-2095. 



August ' 



AUGUST 10 NENA Summer Meeting. 

 Aqua Turf, Southington, CT; for 

 information: (617) 431-1595. 



r^ AUGUST 17 NHPGA Summer 

 ^ Meeting, Ledgewood Farm, 

 Moulton-boro, NH; co-hosted by 

 Spider Web Gardens, Center 

 Tuftonboro; for information: Chris 

 Robarge at (603) 862-1074. 



AUGUST 17 Rhode Island Nursery- 

 men's Association Summer Meeting, 

 Blithewood, Bristol, Rl; for 

 information: (508) 761-9260. 



AUGUST 26-SEPTEMBER 3 

 Profession^/ Plant Growers Association 

 (PPGA) Technical Tour of Denmark; 

 for information: 1-800-647-PPGA. 



September 



r^ SEPTEMBER 14 NHPGA 

 * Twilight Meeting, 5:30-7:30, 

 Gateway Gardens, 430 Loudon 

 Road, Concord, NH; for information: 

 Kirk Weyant and Sue Englund at 

 (603) 229-0655. 



SEPTEMBER 22-27 27th International 

 PPGA Conference and Trade Show, Buf- 

 falo, NY; for more: 1-800-647-PPGA. 



October 



OCTOBER 17-19 New England Green- 

 house Conference, Sheraton Sturbridge 

 Inn, Sturbridge, MA; for informa- 

 tion: Henry Huntington at (603) 

 435-8361. 



November 



NOVEMBER 12 Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association 15th birthday 

 Celebration, Doubletree Inn, 

 Newport, RI; for information: 

 (508) 761-9260. 



Winter outline of a properly pruned lilac. 

 FORDM 3 



FROM THE BOARD 5 



ARE WE KILLING OUR OWN 



BUSINESS? 



Robert E. Demers, Jr. 



NH NEWS 



ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 1 1 



A LILAC? 



WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 



Dr. Owen M. Rogers 



COVER: "Mme. Florent Stepman' [Horlicullure, 1940). from the Edward A. Upton 

 Scrapbooks of Lilac Informalion. Collection of the International Lilac Society. 

 All lilac illustrations in this issue are from the Upton scrapbooks. 



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MEMBER PROFILE 



APPLE RIDGE 



18 



LAND APPLICATION OF 



BIOSOLIDS 



Tom Buob 



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APPLE PITH MOTH: A NEW 25 



APPLE PEST IN NEW ENGLAND 

 \ohn S. "leaver & Alan T. Eaton 



WORTH REPEATING 28 



WPS FOR AGRICULTURAL 

 PESTICIDES: IMPACT ON ALL 

 NH CERTIFIED APPLICATORS 

 Margaret Hagen 



T/ie Plantsman 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 

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