CALENDAR 



APRIL 



April 16 FFA Nurs- 

 ery/Landscape and 

 Floriculture Contest, 

 Plant Biology and 

 Thompson School 

 Greenhouses, 

 UNH, Durham, NH; 

 for information: 

 Dave Howell at 

 (603) 862-1760. 

 April 29 NHPGA Twi- 

 light Meeting, 5:30 pm at 

 Kathan Gardens, Newport, NH; for 

 information: Dennis Kathan at (603 



April 30 Arbor Day! 



JUNE 



June 10 Landscape and Turf 

 Field Day, UMass, Amherst; for 

 information: Kathleen Carroll at 

 (413) 545-0895. 



June 16 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, 

 Michaud's Nurseries & Greenhouses, 

 Exeter, NH; for infonnation: (603) 

 772-3698. 



JULY 



July 14 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting hosted 

 by Baker Nm-seiy Companies, Brass 

 Rail, Lake Congamond, MA; for 

 information: (203) 872-2095. 



AUGUST 



August 3 Massachusetts Nursery- 

 men's Association Summer Meeting: 

 (508) 534-1775. 



August 5-8 American Association 

 of Nurserymen Convention, Dallas, 

 Texas; for infonnation: (202) 

 789-2900. 



August 12 New England Nursery- 

 man's Association Summer Meeting, 

 for information: Virginia Wood at 

 (617) 431-1625. 



August 18 New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers' Association Summer Meet- 

 ing, Elliott & Williams Roses, Dover, 



NH; for infonnation: 

 Bob Demers, Jr., at 

 (603) 625-8298. 

 August 18-19 

 Pennsylvania 

 Landscape and 

 Nursery Trade 

 Show & Confer- 

 ence, ExpoMart, 

 MonroeviUe, PA; 

 for infonnation: 

 (717) 238-1673. 

 August 26 Eighth Bien- 

 nial Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery 

 Supplies Open House, Tewksbury, 

 MA; for information: (508) 851-4346. 



SEPTEMBER 



September 22 NHPGA Twilight 

 Meeting, 5:30 pm at Cai-penter's Olde 

 English Greenhouse & Florist, 

 Nevmiarket, NH; for infonnation: 

 Rob Carpenter at (603) 659-3391. 



September 28-30 International 

 Conference on Thysanoptera, Univer- 

 sity of Vermont, Burlington, VT; for 

 information: Bruce Parker at (802) 

 658-4453. 



OCTOBER 



October 20 NHPGA-sponsored 



Pesticide Applicator Recertification 



Program, place to be announced; for 



information: Chiis Robarge at (603) 



862-1074. 



NOVEMBER 



November 5-8 Association of 



Specialty Cut Flower Growers' Sixth 



National Conference, Doubletree 



Hotel, Overland Park, Kansas; for 



infonnation: Alan Stevens at (913) 



532-5173. 



AND LOOKING AHEAD.... 



January 27-29, 1994 New 



England Grows, Hynes Convention 

 Center, Boston, MA; for information: 

 (617) 431-1622. 



Drawing of Chilocorus kuwanae by Dr. John Weaver. 

 See page 23 



BOARD MEETING 

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 and December with copy deadlines be- 

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