Spring 2004

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Letter from the President
Bob Wollam
Wollam Gardens

Managing Weeds in Outdoor Cut Flowers
Tina M. Smith
Extension Floriculture Program
University of Massachusetts

Grower Profile Susan O’Connell, Fertile Crescent Farm Hardwick, Vermont
Will Fulton

Eye on the Industry Flower Sales – Do You Know What Drives Your Customer to Buy?
Gay Smith
Pokon & Chrysal

Research Update
Megan Bame
Optimal Storage Temperature and Duration of Edible Flowers
Methyl Bromide Alternatives
Prolonging Carnation Vase Life with Nitric Oxide

Integrated Pest Management Using Systemic Insecticides Wisely
Stanton Gill
University of Maryland

California Flower Growers Lament Withering Cut Flower Industry 

ASCFG News

Industry News

Regional Reports
Northeast
Ed Pincus
Mid-Atlantic
Dave Dowling
Southeast
Jon Landwer
South-Central
Dianne Cousins
Midwest
Mimo Davis
Northwest
Pat Zweifel
West
Brenda Smith

Culture Profile Papaver nudicaule  Iceland Poppy
Allan M. Armitage and Judy M. Laushman

Letter from Oberlin
Judy M. Laushman