TENDER CORPORATION HAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE MAKER OF EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR NATURE'S PROBLEMS. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION HAS REINFORCED THAT POSITION IN RECENT YEARS. A BRIEF HISTORY FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COMPANY ILLUSTRATES HOW THE ROLE WAS ESTABLISHED RIGHT FROM THE START. THE EARLY 1970'S MARKED RETIREMENT FOR KENNETH GROUT. HE WAS HEADED FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WHITE MOUNTAINS, TO DISCOVER THE JOYS OF FRESH AIR, GOOD FISHING AND HARD-EARNED RELAXATION. BUT THERE WAS AN ELEMENT WHICH KEN'S CAREFULLY LAID PLANS HAD OVERLOOKED … AN IRREFUTABLE INGREDIENT DISTRACTING EVERY PART OF THE VISION. IT WAS IN THE GARDEN, IN THE WOODS, AROUND THE PONDS AND ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS. IT WAS THE MERCILESS BLACK FLY. YOU CANNOT QUITE IMAGINE HOW ANNOYING AND PAINFUL THIS