NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



Symbol Moves Toward 

 Approval 



The Boards of both the New Hamp- 

 shire Plant Growers' Association 

 and the New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association have seen and approved 

 the proposed symbol to be used on 

 an official state directional sign for 

 nurseries, greenhouses and garden 

 centers. 



Both organizations have sent let- 

 ters endorsing the symbol to Dave 

 Seavey, Extension Educator, 

 Merrimack County. Dave will for- 

 ward these letters, along with all 

 the necessary information, to the 

 State Department of Transportation. 



The symbol can be approved at 

 that level. There is no need for its 

 approval by the legislature. 



Changes.... 



More than rumor, but not yet fact, 

 rule changes may be coming to 

 New Hampshire's Pesticide Applica- 

 tor Recertification Program. Propos- 

 als currently being discussed by 

 the NH Pesticide Board include 

 eliminating credit classification: in 

 other words, there would be no 

 core credits and credits in any 

 area — small fruits, nursery, what- 

 ever — could be used toward recerti- 

 fication. But 15 credits— rather than 

 the current 12 — would be required. 

 Other changes include cutting ap- 

 proval time for recertification lec- 

 tures from the present 45 days to 

 30. Also, the Division of Pesticide 

 Control would keep track of credits 

 (you would send slips verifying at- 

 tendance to them once a year along 

 with your yearly renewal applica- 

 tion). 



There may be a public hearing 

 this May; any changes wouldn't 

 take place until 1994. 



New NHLA Officers 



The New Hampshire Landscape As- 

 sociation elected their 1993 officers 

 and board at their January 13 meet- 

 ing. These are: President: Chuck 

 Simpson (Simpson Landscaping 

 Co., Dublin, NH); Vice-President 

 Ed Hopkins (A Tree Health Co., 

 Inc., DBA Urban Tree Service, 

 Rochester, NH); Secretary /Trea- 



surer: Rick Martineau (Dover, NH); 

 Director/Past President: Dave 

 Alessandroni (Carroll County Land- 

 scape, Wolfboro, NH); and Direc- 

 tors: Elizabeth Boot (Londonderry, 

 NH); Herb Rice (Gilmanton Iron 

 Works, NH); and Chris Beasley 

 (Juckahoe Turf, Canton, MA). Guy 

 Hodgdon (Eliot, ME) and Carolyn 

 Meehan (Meehan Design, 

 Westmoreland, NH) continue as 

 Business Manager and Newsletter 

 Editor, respectively. 



The NHLA business office num- 

 ber is 1-800-639-5601. 



Farm & Forest— 

 A Successful Tenth 



In spite of the cold. The Tenth An- 

 nual Farm & Forest Exposition held 

 in Manchester on February 4-6 was 

 a success. Attendance in general 

 was down, but the meetings — of 

 Fruit Growers, Beef Producers, Deer 

 Farmers, Organic Farmers, Small 

 Fruits and Vegetable Growers, the 

 NH Horse Council — were all well at- 

 tended. Over 80 businesses and or- 

 ganizations exhibited. 

 And this year's auction was "a huge 

 success." 



Governor Merrill attended 

 Friday's Awards Breakfast, then 

 stayed afterwards to chat awhile 

 with the people there. 



Awards given at the breakfast in- 

 cluded the Andrew L Felker Award 

 (for promotion and development of 

 NH agriculture), given to David and 

 Edwina Morrill of Penacook; the 

 Fred E. Beane Award (for agricul- 

 tural reporting) , to Al Nettel of the 

 Union Leader, The New Hampshire 

 Master Shepherd Award, to Dick 

 and Betty Persons of Ramblin Vewe 

 Farm, Gilford, and their shepherd, 

 Jeff Keyser; the New Hampshire 

 Tree Farmer of the Year Award, to 

 Raymond Glinnes of Canterbury; and 

 the New Hampshire Wildlife Stew- 

 ardship Award, given to John Wolter 

 of East Haverill. 



Congratulations. Now — on to 

 Number Eleven. 



Fact Sheet Available 



Low Maintenance Turfgrass for 

 Landscapes and Commercial Agri- 

 culture, a five-page fact sheet writ- 

 ten by David Seavey, UNH, 

 Merrimack County Extension Edu- 

 cator, Agricultural Resources, and 

 John Roberts, UNH Extension Spe- 

 cialist, Turf, is now available. 



Feeling that, although 

 turfgrasses provide many economic 

 and environmental benefits, their 

 maintenance costs can be relatively 

 high, UNH Cooperative Extension 

 planted and evaluated several 

 turfgrass varieties in recreational, 

 landscape, and farm settings. They 

 chose types that perform well with 

 less water, fertilizer, mowing, and 

 pesticides. 



John and Dave wrote about their 

 research in progress in an article in 

 the December 1991/January 1992 

 The Plantsman. This new fact sheet 

 gives some of their conclusions in 

 the form of practical information for 

 people who want to grow these 

 grasses on parking lots, for ex- 

 ample, or as a way to control in- 

 sects near greenhouses. 



Those interested in obtaining a 

 copy should contact their county 

 Extension office. 



In the Legislature 



Two bills of interest are: 

 House Bill 119-FN-LOCAL, 



introduced by Rep. M. Campbell of 

 Rock 26. "This bill gives exclusive 

 authority over the use, regulation, 

 sale, or transportation of pesticides 

 to the Division of Pesticide Control, 

 Department of Agriculture." It has 

 been "re-referred to subcommittee." 

 House Bill No. 252-FN-LOCAL. 

 introduced by Rep. Teschner of 

 Graf 4; Rep Ham of Graf 4; Sen. 

 Cohen of Dist 24. "This bill aOows 

 the wetlands board to adopt rules 

 to expedite the permitting process 

 for minimum impact projects in for- 

 estry, agriculture, and recreation 

 and town road maintenance. An 

 expedited permit would not be 

 available for subdivisions, commer- 

 cial development, or new road con- 

 struction." This passed the house 

 on February 23. •'• 



The Flanisman 



