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Projects Funded 



Sixteen proposed funding projects 

 were presented to the 1993 New 

 England Greenhouse Conference 

 Committee. Of those, seven were 

 awarded full funding and four, 

 partial. A total of $15,391.10 was 

 given. 



Projects receiving money are: 

 "Biological Control of WF Thrips, 

 Using a Phytoseiid Mite and a 

 Predaceous Bug," proposed by P. 

 Stack and F. Drummond, Univer- 

 sity of Maine (full funding of 

 $2000); "High Tunnel Outdoor Cut 

 Flower Production," proposed by 

 C. Williams, University of New 

 Hampshire (full funding of 



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 Griffin Guru 



It*s Time to Blow 

 Your Horn 



Let's hear it for local growers! 

 And we have. On TV, in the pa- 

 per, in magazines. 



Just recently, an informative 

 article in Yankee Magazine talked 

 about trial gardens right here in 

 New England. A Boston newspa- 

 per published a story about the 

 product of a local grower being 

 named for the President's wife 

 and another about a local rose 

 grower being hurt by imports. 

 And on TV— the same story from 

 yet another rose grower and a 

 special from a noted host of a 

 cooking show who was shopping 

 at a local farm stand. 



Did you ever think that you 

 might have a story about your 

 crops or products that would in- 

 terest the local media? Call 'em 

 up, invite 'em down, show 'em 

 around, give 'em a plant — then 

 sit back and wait. 



$1891.10); The 1993 International 

 Conference on Thysanoptera, pro- 

 posed by B. Parker, University of 

 Vermont (partial funding of $500); 

 Career Brochure and Related Materi- 

 als, proposed by D. Pellet, Vermont 

 Plantsmen's Association (partial fund- 

 ing of $1000); "Herbaceous Perennial 

 Research," proposed by L. Perry, 

 UVM (partial funding of $1500); 

 "Professional Horticulture Garden 

 Center Training," L. Perry, at UVM, 

 UNH, U Maine (partial funding of 

 $1000); "Nutrition of Subirrigated 

 New Guinea Impatiens," proposed by 

 D. Cox, University of Massachusetts 

 (full funding of $1500); Computer 

 Hardware and Software, proposed by 

 P. Konjoian, Konjoian's Greenhouse, 

 MA (full funding of $2000); "Effects 

 of Nitrogen Source and pH on 

 Fusarium Wilt of Basil," proposed by 

 R. Wick, UMass (full funding of 

 $2000); "Cut Flower Production of 

 Field-Grown Herbaceous Perennials," 

 proposed by M. Bridgen, University 

 of Connecticut (full funding of 

 $2000); and "pH Adjustment in Soil- 

 less Media," proposed by G. Eliot, 

 UConn (full funding of $2000). 



Congratulations to the recipients 

 and thanks to the New England 

 Greenhouse Conference for its 

 generous support of the New 

 England greenhouse industry. 



Griffin Grows... 



On February 23, Griffin Greenhouse 

 and Nursery Supplies announced the 

 opening of two new locations in 

 Maine and Connecticut. 



"In Maine, a merger with the 

 greenhouse and nursery supply divi- 

 sion of DownEast Supplies created 

 the new facility in Portland. In Con- 

 necticut, the new warehouse and 

 office in Wallingford is at the previ- 

 ous site of Slater Supply Co., which 

 closed its doors in Connecticut ear- 

 lier this year." 



These additions will enable Grif- 

 fins to make weekly deliveries 

 throughout Maine and Connecticut; 

 "New staff members add their exper- 

 tise and help spread Griffin's full net- 

 work of educational information and 

 services further than they have ever 

 reached before." 



We wish Griffin success in their 



new and expanded enterprise. 



...and Griffin Parties 



Along with this. Griffin also 

 announces its Seventh Biennial 

 Open House, to be held on Thurs- 

 day, August 26, at 1619 Main 

 Street, Tewksbury, MA 



The over sixty-five exhibitors 

 will include representatives from 

 such firms as X.S. Smith, Nexus, 

 Acme, Dillen, and Grace/Sierra. 

 The program of speakers will be 

 designed to give pesticide credits 

 as well as plenty of useful infor- 

 mation. (Speakers have yet to be 

 announced.) Lunch and refresh- 

 ments are being provided by 

 Griffin. 



The event will be held nine to 

 four, rain or shine. For informa- 

 tion, call (508) 851-4346. 



More Mergers 



On February 1, 1993, Commerce 

 Distributors, Inc., Linthicum, MD, 

 and Darbco, Inc., Providence , RI, 

 announced their merger, "which 

 will enable us to better serve our 

 customers in the Mid-Atlantic and 

 Northeast" Darbco will continue 

 business operations under the 

 name Commerce Distributors, 

 Inc. t/a Darbco. All future ship- 

 ments to Darbco will be sent to 

 their new facility at 25 Almeida 

 Avenue, East Providence, RI 

 02914. 



All accounting functions will be 

 handled by Commerce Distribu- 

 tors, Inc., 700 Evelyn Avenue, 

 Linthicum, MD 21090. 



And on February 9, biosys, of 

 Palo Alto, California, announced 

 the signing of a letter of intent to 

 purchase Agrisense, based in 

 Fresno. Agrisense was formed in 

 1988 as a joint venture between 

 subsidiaries of Phillips Petroleum 

 (Provesta Corporation) and Dow 

 Corning to commercialize insect 

 detection, monitoring traps, and 

 other biological control technolo- 

 gies. These include Phillips' 

 pheromone synthesis technology, 

 which disrupts the mating behav- 

 ior of insect pests, and Dov/s mi- 



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