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ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



can be freed up for production. 



For a copy of this report or for 

 information about the Bedding 

 Plant Foundation, call BPFI at (517) 

 694-8537. 



Scotts Acquires 

 Grace-Sierra 



(from Nursery Manager, Dec. 



1993) 



The Scotts Company in Marysville, 

 Ohio, agreed to acquire Grace-Si- 

 erra Horticulture Products Company 



from W. R. Grace and other inves- 

 tors. The acquisition is valued at 

 more than $100 million, according 

 to company officials. 



Grace-Sierra's businesses and 

 operations will be combined with 

 Scotts' to form the world's largest 

 turf and horticulture products 

 company, with fiscal year 1993 

 sales approaching $600 million, a 

 spokesperson reported. 



Based in Milpitas, California, 

 Grace-Sierra, an international mar- 



keter and manufacturer of fertiliz- 

 ers and related products, was 

 formed in 1989 with the merger of 

 Sierra Chemical Company, Inc., and 

 the Horticulture Products Division 

 of W. R. Grace, Inc. In addition to 

 gaining manufacturing facilities in 

 California, Pennsylvania, Arkansas 

 and South Carolina, the Scotts 

 Company now can manufacture 

 from Grace-Sierra's plant in the 

 Netherlands. ^*' 



HARRY STDLLER & CO., Inc. 



109-113 Essex St., Haverhill, Mass. 01830, (508) 373-6838, (800) 322-0332 

 We cater to the small and medium size nursery in any quantity desired: 



1. New heavy grade domestic burlap sqs. 

 untreated & no-rot-treated 



2. Open burlap bags 



3. New windbreak burlap 



4. Balling bags 



5. Wire baskets 



6. Flat-folded burlap basket liners 



7. Truck covers 



8. Sisal twine & poly twine 



9. Woven polypropylene sqs. 



MICHAUD 



Nurseries & Greenhouses, Inc, 



Route 85 — PO Box 334 — Exeter, NH 03833 

 (603) 772-3698 



Wholesale & Retail Nursery 



Annuals, Perennials, Nursery Stock, Landscape Supplies 



WE SUPPORT 



Fall 

 is 

 for 

 planting 



February &. March 1994 



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