CALENDAR 



October 



19-21 New England Greenhouse 

 Conference, Centrum Centre, 

 Worcester, MA; Henry Hunting- 

 ton at 603-435-8361. 

 24 Fall UNH-FFA Interscholastic 

 Career Development Event, Univer- 

 sity of New Hampshire, Durham, 

 NH; David Howell at 603-862-1760. 



November 



4-6 ERNA's Expo Fall '98, Atlantic 

 City Convention Center, Atlantic 

 City, NJ; 1-800-376-2463. 



17 MNEA/UMass Business Short 

 Course, Holiday Inn, Boxboro, 

 MA; 413-369-4731. 



18 CGGA "Evening at the Green- 

 house," DeVylder Florist, 

 Cheshire, CT; 203-261-9067. 



January 



6-7 New England Tree Fruit Meet- 

 ing and Trade Show, Sturbridge 

 Host Hotel and Conference Cen- 

 ter, Sturbridge, MA; Bill Lord at 

 603-862-3203 



12-13 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Annual Meeting and 

 Trade Show, Radisson Hotel, 

 Cromwell, CT; 203-445-0110 



19 Maine Landscape and Nursery 

 Association (MeLNA) Trade Show; 

 Sheraton Tara, South Portland, 

 ME; Edith Ellis at 207-225-3998 

 19-20 Rhode Island Educational 

 Meeting, Annual Meeting, and 

 Trade Show, Doubletree Hotel, 

 Goat Island, Newport, RI; 1-800- 

 758-9260 



28-30 New England Growsl Hynes 

 Convention Center, Boston, MA; 

 508-653-3009 



February 



5 y[eLNA Recertification Workshop; 

 Falmouth Country Club, Falmouth, 

 ME; 207-225-3998 

 5-6 Farm and Forest Exposition 

 ("Celebrate a Century of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry Progress"), 

 Center of New Hampshire Holi- 

 day Inn and Conference Center; 

 Susan Rice at 603-271-3788 

 9 Second Annual Stockbridge School 

 Job Fair, Campus Center, UMass, 



Amherst, MA; 413-545-2222 



16 Symposium on Mycorrhizae, 

 Stockbridge Hall, UMass, 

 Amherst, MA; Kathleen Carroll at 

 413-545-0895 



16 Vermont Small Fruit and Veg- 

 etable Growers Meeting, Holiday 

 Inn, Rutland, VT; Scott Pfister or 

 Jon Turmel at 802-828-2431 



17 Semitiar: "Nutrient Management 

 in the Nursery and Landscape," con- 

 currently in Amherst and 

 Bridgewater, MA; Kathleen 

 Carroll at 413-545-0895 



17 Vermont Association of Profes- 

 sional Horticulturaiists Winter Meet- 

 ing, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 

 Scott Pfister at 802-828-2431 



18-21 Sixth Annual Rhode Island 

 Spring Flower and Garden Show 

 ("Gardens of the Future"), Rhode 

 Island Convention Center, Provi- 

 dence, RI; Nancy Syme at 1-800- 

 766-1670 



18-21 Eighteenth Annual Connecti- 

 cut Flower and Garden Show ("A 

 Garden to Celebrate"), Connecticut 

 Expo Center, Hartford, CT; 860- 

 529-2123 



26 Fifth Annual Ecological Land- 

 scaping Association (ELA) Winter 

 Conference ("Ecology and the Man- 

 aged landscape"), co-sponsored by 

 ELA, UMass Extension and the 

 New England Wild Flower Soci- 

 ety, Holiday Inn, Boxborough, 

 MA; Nancy Askin at 978-897-7490 



March 



2-4 Second Annual New England 

 Regional Turfgrass Conference and 

 Show (NERTCS), Rhode Island 

 Convention Center, Providence, 

 RI; 401-848-0004 



4 Thompson School Horticulture 

 Curriculum Green Job Fair, 

 Strafford Room, Memorial Union 

 Building, UNH, Durham, NH; 

 Rene Gingras at 603-862-1097 

 5-7 Vermont Flower Show, Sheraton 

 Hotel and Conference Center, 

 Burlington, VT; 802-244-5327 

 10-14 Portland Flower Show, Port- 

 land Company Complex, Portland, 

 ME; 207-225-3998 



Departments 



3 FORUM 



6 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



7 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 25 DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 

 27 HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya Jackson 

 Features 

 15 PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE 



Art Cady 



17 ROTH IRAS 

 Stephen Lawlor, CPA 



18 MEMBER PROFILE 

 Deerfield Gardens 



21 THE NATIVES ARE HERE 



TO STAY 



Bruce Behan 

 Columns 



4 Z NOTES 

 Jim Zablocki 



12 THE GREEN SPOT 

 Mike Cherim 



15 PIONEER POINTERS 



Cover 



Dusty miller, Deerfield Gardens, 

 photograph by Rick Raymond and 

 Rachel Raymond of Blue Heron 

 Images. 33mm camera, 24mm 

 lens, T-Max film 



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