CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



March 



March 1 S'*" "Annual Brillancc" Garden 

 Symposium sponsored by The Flower 

 Company, Kittery, Maine; Speakers 

 include Ed Bowen from Conway's Nurs- 

 ery, and Ellen Ealmage from Talmage 

 Farm, and Jacquelyn Nooncy from The 

 Flower Company; Cost S65.00 includes 

 lunch; Contact Karen at 207-439-4023 

 for registration information. 



15-23 New England Flower Show; 

 Bayside Expo & E^xccutivc Conference 

 Center, Boston, MA 617-933-4984 or 

 www.masshort.org 



18 UCONN Perennial Plant Confer- 

 ence, Lewis B. Rome Commons on 

 Storrs campus; Storrs, CT; pre-registra- 

 tion fee of $60 per person due by 

 March 1 r\ Make checks payable to 

 UCONN; Registration Includes informa- 

 tion packet, lunch, (pending state 

 approval) pesticide recertification credit; 

 Various speakers will have autographed 

 books available; Contact 860-486-2930 

 or mark.brand@uconn.edu or 

 www.hort.uconn.edu/ppc 



April 



7-17 California Pack Trials; Pan 

 American Seed, Santa Paula, CA 



8-10 Fourth National IPM Symposium 

 & Workshop; The Westin Indianapolis, 

 IN; contact 217-333-2881 or 

 www.conted.uiuc/edu/ipm 



20 Easter 



25 National Arbor Day 



May 



11 Mother's Day 



26 Memorial Day Observed Nationally 



July 



15 MNLA Summer Meeting & Trade 

 Show; Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, 

 MA;contact (41 3)-369-4731 or 

 www.mnla.com 



12-16 Ohio Florists Association Short 

 Course; Greater Columbus Convention 

 Center; Columbus, OH; contact: 



614-487-1117 



16-20 ANLA Convention & Executive 

 Learning Retreat; Boston, MA; 

 202-789-2900 or www.anla.org 



27-Aug. 3 Perennial Plant Symposium, 

 Sacramento and San Francisco, CA; 

 contact 614-771-8431 or 

 www.perennialplant.org 



August 



6 NENA Summer Expo; Pleasant View 

 Gardens, Loudon, NH; contact 508-653- 

 3112 or www.NensyAssn.org 



September 



24-27 Society of American Florists 

 Annual Convention; Boca Raton Resort 

 & Club, Boca Raton FL; contact 703- 

 836-8700 



30-Oct. 4 American Society for Horti- 

 cultural Science 100''' Anniversary; 

 Providence Rhode Island; contact ASHS 

 703-836-4606 or www.ashs.org 



October 



12-15 Association of Specialty Cut 

 Flowers Growers National Conference & 

 Trade Show; Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 

 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 

 contact 440-774-2887 



21-23 IPPS Eastern Region; Portland, 

 Maine; Contact Margot Bridgen; 

 860-429-6818 



Visit vwvw.nhplantgrowers.org for 

 additional calendar items. 



Departments 



3 From the Board 



7 Forum 



1 1 New Hampshire News 



14 Elsewhere in the News 



25 How About Herbs? 



26 Pioneer Pointers 



Features 



18 MEMBER PROFILE 



Ron Hill— 2003 Young 

 Nursery Professional 

 Melissa Moore 



19 A Letter from Peru 

 Paul Fisher 



20 Tools for Measuring Ethyl- 

 ene Gas in the Greenhouse 

 Susan S. Han 



On the cover: A hardy, deep- 

 yellow magnolia ivas planted 

 during a memorial ceremony on 

 September 11, 2002, at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's Wisley 

 Gardens. It usually takes years to 

 approve a site for a new selection 

 to he planted. It was a very 

 moving moment for all of us. 



Photos courtesy Rick Simpson. 



The Plantsman is published in early February, April, June, 

 August, October, and December with copy deadlines on 

 the first of each prior month. While camera-ready ads axe 

 preferred, set-up assistance is available at a nominal fee. 

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 We will carry a short message (no artwork or logos) for 

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For further information, please contact the 

 editor: Melissa Moore, 843 Loudon Ridge 

 Road, Loudon, N.H. 03307; phone 603-267- 

 8492; e-mail, Moore@worldpath.net 



WICTER 2003 



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