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[John Bunker <jbunker@gwi.net>]

Scionwood Exchange/ Seed Swap March 30, noon to 4:30 Unity Maine

The scionwood exchange/ seed swap is an annual event in Unity Maine. It's
put on by Mofga (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Asso),  The Maine Seed
Saving Network, The Maine Tree Crop Alliance and Fedco.  There is no
admission charge.  Attendees are encouraged to bring seeds, cuttings, roots
and scionwood to share. Typically there are 200+ varieties of apples and
other tree fruits. Long tables are set up and covered with all the plant
material.  Fedco donates tape, markers, tags, etc. We also sell rootstock
and grafting supplies.

There are concurrent workshops during the afternoon.  These always include
Grafting and Basic Seed Saving.  Other related workshops come and go from
year to year.  This year we're having a couple of ornamental tree workshops,
one on selecting the right tree for the right spot, and a second on pruning
ornamental trees.

The actual schedule gets created that morning. All are welcome.  Hope to see
you there!

John Bunker
Fedco
Palermo Maine Zone 4
Where is hasn't been above freezing yet in 2003...we're hoping today might
be the big day.



on 1/30/03 8:35 PM, Michael Glassford at glassfordm@hotmail.com wrote:

> I have the Fedco catalog and have read parts of it pretty thoroughly, but I
> must have missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Sunday afternoon isn't
> the most convenient time for me, but I'm very interested and will see if I
> can make it for at least the latter part. Will there be a more definite
> schedule available as March 30 draws nearer?
> 
> Mike
> Levant (near Bangor) ME, zone 4b/5a
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard J. Ossolinski" <osso@acadia.net>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Early apple
> 
> 
>> Mike (and others who might be close enough to attend),
>> 
>> The 2003 Fedco Trees catalog includes this invitation:
>> 
>> "Please join us Sunday, March 30, 2003 at the Maine Tree Crop Alliance
> annual
>> scionwood exchange and grafting workshop in the exhibition hall of the
> MOFGA
>> permanent site in Unity [ME]"
>> 
>> I can tell you without reservation that your interest and enthusiasm are
> much
>> more important to this event than any scionwood you might or might not
> bring;
>> and  the workshops and demos are truly 1st class.  No times are listed,
> but in
>> past years the event has run from 12-4 p.m.
> 
> <snip>
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