NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



'NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 GOLD' 



The forsythia is the official flower 

 of Brooklyn and every spring, the 

 President of the borough issues a 

 proclamation declaring a certain 

 day to be "Forsythia Day." (This 

 year it was April 5.) As its part 

 in the day's festivities, The 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden gives 

 each of its members a small for- 

 sythia plant — each year, a differ- 

 ent type. (This is one of the 

 privileges of membership.) 



In 1993, the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden will be giving its members 

 'New Hampshire Gold,' the win- 

 ter-hardy forsythia developed by 

 Paul Joly at Windsor Road 

 Nursery, Cornish, NH, in 1966. 

 Twelve hundred have been 

 ordered. 



'New Hampshire Gold' is a 

 cross between F. Korean ovata and 

 F. Lynwood Gold. Growing to 5' 

 tall, 6' wide, hardy to -35 degrees, 

 it is considered one of the most 

 attractive and cold-tolerant of 

 forsythias. Specimen plants are 

 growing at the University of New 

 Hampshire, Durham, NH; the 

 University of Vermont, Burling- 



ton, VT; Arnold Arboretum, 

 Cambridge, MA, and the Na- 

 tional Arboretum, Washington, 

 DC. 



Edmond O. Moulin, The 

 Director of Horticulture at Brook- 

 lyn, said "Each year we look for a 

 plant that is special. "New Hamp- 

 shire Gold' is unique in that it is 

 still being grown at the place it 

 was bred. The Brooklyn Botanical 

 Garden is pleased to be offering 

 it to its members." 



For information: Ruth Joly, 

 Windsor Road Nursery, RED 2, 

 Box 884, Cornish, NH 03745; 

 phone (603) 543-3229. 



SOME GOOD NEWS 



A Promotion, 



The Greenery of Ossipee has 

 recently promoted Ewen Mac- 

 Kinnon to the position of 

 General Manager. 



Ewen joined The Greenery in 

 July, 1991, and assumed the man- 

 ager's responsibilities in Septem- 

 ber. He was formerly Manager of 

 Morin's Garden Center in HoUis. 

 Ewen and his wife Ottilie are 

 now living in Barnstead. 



Under Ewen's direction, the 



Greenery looks forward to 

 "expanding retail sales while 

 maintaining the high quality 

 of its plant material." 



An Honor, 



Henry Huntington (Pleasant View 

 Gardens, Pittsfield) recently be- 

 came a board member of the Pro- 

 fessional Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion (PPGA). His term runs for 

 three years (1992-94) and during 

 this time, Henry will inform us 

 occassionally of some of goals 

 and activities of this national 

 organization. 



A Success, 



and an Invitation 



TTiis year's Farm &. Forest Exhibi- 

 tion, held in Manchester on Feb- 

 ruary 6-8, was seen as a success, 

 with "as many people as past 

 years, in spite of the economy." 

 "A lot of families" attended Fri- 

 day night's hands-on demonstra- 

 tions; the auction went well. ..but, 

 according to Steve Taylor, Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, "we're 

 already thinking about next year's 

 event." 1993 will be the Tenth 

 Anniversary of the Farm &. Forest 

 Exhibition and Steve hopes to 



Featuring 'NH Gold' Forsythia 



the best o{ the new, hardy forsythias, developed 

 here by Paul Joly W several sizes available 



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