TWILIGHT MEETINGS 



AT LONGACRES'— 



JUNE 10 



The second in the NHPGA's series 

 of 1992 TwiUght Meetings will be 

 held at Longacres' Nursery Center, 

 220 Mechanic St., Lebanon, on 

 Wednesday, June tenth. 



It will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. 

 Food (Chinese!) will be served and 

 at some point between the egg rolls 

 and the sweet-and-sour shrimp, 

 there will be a tour given by Norm 

 Longacre, General Manager. 



Norm stresses that this is a full- 

 service nursery and garden center, 

 with well-organized nursery and 

 perennial areas, as well as separate 

 greenhouses for annuals, foliage 

 plants, herbs, and roses. 



What makes Longacres' 

 especially interesting is that, 

 although the business has been 

 around awhile, it moved across town 

 to this location only five years ago. 

 So it's a relatively new nursery that's 

 still evolving. Norm hopes to 

 discuss the whole process of building 

 the new center. What we did first; 

 what we still hope to do; what we 

 would do differently; what we 

 learned from doing it — these are 

 some areas to be touched upon. 



It's easy to find: take Exit 19 off 

 1-89; if you're coming from the 

 south, turn left; from the north, turn 

 right. Longacres' Nursery Center 

 (603-448-6110) is 1/8 of a mile on 

 the left. 



AT LAKE STREET GARDENS — 



A SUCCESS 



The NHPGA Twilight Meeting 



held March 5 at Lake Street Garder^s 

 consisted of a well-balanced mix of 

 plant material about to bloom and 

 useful information. 



Frank Wolfe, Lake Street's owner, 

 talked on "The Art of Forcing Plant 

 Material." 



Frank began forcing plants as a 

 way to keep greenhouses open and 

 good help employed year-round. He 

 rents bench space to organizations 

 wanting material forced for early- 

 spring flower shows and has become 

 somewhat of a specialist in this an. 

 Recently, he received the Thomas 

 Roland Medal from the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society in rec- 

 ognition of his "Exceptional Skill in 

 Forcing Plants." 



Frank spoke on plant selection, 

 watering, the importance of temper- 

 ature control... His talk included tips 

 ("grow trellised roses flat, with the 

 trellis horizontal, so that the lateral 

 buds will form throughout the plant, 

 not just at the top.") and techniques 

 and a tour of the houses themselves. 



The last house viewed, a 20x100 

 double-poly hoop house, was being 

 used to hold the forced plants. There 

 was a glade of staked digitalis on the 

 left, and beyond them, columbine, 

 bleeding heart, roses... The right side 

 of the aisle was banked with magno- 

 lias, rhododendrons, azaleas — every- 

 thing blooming. After viewing it all, 

 it seemed a little upside down to go 

 from this enclosed space kept at 40 

 degrees and lit with incandescent 

 lights into the warm, muddy — and 

 still bare — March night. 



1992 ASSOCIATION OFHCERS 



President 

 Bob Demers, Jr. 



Demers Nursery &. Garden Center 



656 South Mammoth Road 



Manchester, NH 03103 



625-8298 



Secretatry I Treasurer 



Christopher Robarge 



UNH/TSAS 



Horticultural Facilities Manager 



Durham, NH 03824 



862-1074 



Directors 



Andrea Capron 



Box 2217 



Wolfeboro, NH 03894 



569-5978 (H); 569-5056 (W) 



Peter Corey 



Village Green Florist &. Greenhouse 



17 Cottage Street 



Littleton. NH 03561 



444-2201 



Bruce Holmes 



PO Box 75 



Center Tuftonboro, NH 03816 



569-2127 



Henry Huntington 



Pleasant View Gardens 



RFD#3.PO Box 3701 



Pittsfield, NH 03263 



435-8361 



Peter Van Berkum 



4 James Road 



Deerfield, NH 03037 



463-7663 



Roger Warren 



Box 318 



Meriden.NH 03770 



469-3226 (H); 448-6110 (W) 



Richard Zoerb 



Gloeckner &. Company, Inc. 



72 Hawkstead Hollow 



Nashua, NH 03063 



886-8665 



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