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  • From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Bearcreek closed - who else has scionwood?
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:56:26 -0500

Oops -that was meant to be scionwood, not linwood. spellcheckers, you
know.

Ginda Fisher wrote:
>
> Has anyone bought Linwood from the Christian Fellowship (or something
> like that) who advertise in Pomona? They offers a few hundred cultivars
> of apple, and since they sell it, you don't have to have scions of your
> own to exchange.
>
> Ginda Fisher
>
> "Lon J. Rombough" wrote:
> >
> > First, if you want a huge bunch of apple varieties to choose from, send a
> > SASE to Richard Fahey, the NAFEX apple interest group chairman. He has a
> > collection of over 1,000 varieties. Another is Nick Botner, here in
> > Oregon.
> > I don't have his address on hand, though. You have the Western Cascade
> > Fruit Growers in your area that has scions exchanges every year. And the
> > Home Orchard Society, here in Oregon, has a monster scion exchange every
> > March. And of course there is the Exchange Page in POMONA.
> > There's a link to the HOS on my web site and I know members of all the
> > groups are on this list and can fill you in.
> > -Lon Rombough
> > Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, consulting, more, at
> > http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: "Mark Lee" <piper3@uswest.net>
> > >To: nafex@egroups.com
> > >Subject: [nafex] Bearcreek closed - who else has scionwood?
> > >Date: Fri, Jan 19, 2001, 3:24 PM
> > >
> >
> > >Last year I bought a bunch of scionwood from Bearcreek. Little did I
> > >know that mine was one of the last orders they would ship. All of my
> > >grafts died last summer when I was out of town. A heat wave hit
> > >Seattle and the small trees were not protected or watered. Who would
> > >imagine that could happen in Seattle? This year I want to try again,
> > >but with no Bearcreek, where else can buy scionwood? Also, is there
> > >a system set up within NAFEX for exchanging scionwood among members?
> > >This is my first year with NAFEX?
> > >Thanks,
> > >Mark Lee
> > >Seattle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >







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