ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 



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 232 



Center Ossipee, NH 03814 



539-6030 



Bruce Holmes 



PO Box 75 



Center Tuftonboro, NH 03816 



569-2127 



Heiuy Huntington 



Pleasant View Gardens 



RFD#3, POBox3701 



Pittsfield, NH 03263 



435-8361 



Ben Shambaugh 



Wayside Farm 



North Sandwich, NH 03259 



284-6886 



Peter van Berkum 



4 James Road 



Deerfield,NH 03037 



463-7663 



Roger Warren 



Box 318 



Meriden, NH 03770 



469-3226 (H); 448-61 10 (W) 



Richard Zoerb 



Gloeckner & Company, Inc. 



72 Hawkstead Hollow 



Nashua, NH 03063 



886-8665 



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PPGA HIGHLIGHTS 



Since the Plant Growers' Association has become a member 

 of the PPGA, it has received a number of fact sheets and brochures. 



Some of these will be noted in The Plantsman. 



For information on others and how to take advantage of offers given, 



contact Chris Robarge at (603) 862-1074 or 



Henry Huntington at (603) 435-8361. 



Innovative Horticultural Ideas 

 Winner Announced 



Liskey Farms, Inc., of Kalamath Falls, Oregon, was judged 1992 winner 

 of the PPGA's annual 'Innovative Horticultural Ideas Contest.* This con- 

 test awards $100 to a unique invention, piece of equipment, or system 

 that makes a grower's job easier and more efficient — but that is not 

 available commercially. 



Liskey's entry featured rolling benches manufactured for their sales 

 greenhouse — a "glorified roadside stand that sits on the busiest street 

 corner in town," says Vickie Azcuenaga, the firm's greenhouse manager, 

 who submitted the entry. The only sign is their flowers, so these must 

 be visible from the street. To make them more visible, Liskey's built a 

 bench on a pivot, so it can slant down at a 45-degree angle, showing 

 masses of bedding plants to passers-by. It can also be adjusted to a 

 level position so that the plants can be watered evenly. 



They use six of these benches. When Liskey's closes for the night, 

 they are easily rolled into the greenhouse. Each bench holds 18 flats. 

 The benchtop is made from rolled steel mesh with angle irons run hori- 

 zontally across it to prevent the flats horn sliding if a customer chooses 

 a bottom flat when the bench is in the slanted position. 



The benches have lightened the workload; last year, plants were 

 hand-carried inside each night. Customers like the display and comment 

 on how attractive the plants look from the street. Designed and built by 

 Tracy Liskey, a member of the family corporation, employees voted this 

 to be easily the company's best improvement this year. >* 



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NH PLANT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 

 THE PLANTSMAN EDITOR 

 UNH RESEARCH GREENHOUSES ■ 

 DURHAM, NH 03824 



NON-PROFIT 



ORGANIZATION 



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