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["John Barbowski" <jbarbowski@gmail.com>]

28 years ago when I bought my house, I transplanted about 30 white birch (Betula papyrifera) and 3 Yellow birch (Betula lutea) saplings to my new property. The trees were taken from land about 150 miles north of Toronto and planted in Thornhill, immediately north of Toronto.

 

The white birth, a delicate species that requires above normal care - especially in dry condidtions, did well. The yellow birch merely existed, growing no more than a few inches per year. The leaves were stunted and mal-formed. I attribute the poor growth to the species intolerance to pollutants in the urban air, something I was told to expect.

 

I would imagine similar problems exist on the east coast.

 

If you like the wintergreen flavor (as I do), have you considered Gaultheria?

 

jmb

 

On 6/8/06, Brungardt, Sam <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:

I've not done any business with Oikos Tree Crops, but have ordered from ForestFarm several times, and always been happy with the quality of the stock and as far as I know its trueness-to-name.  Shipping IS high, however. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mauch1@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:11 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] off topic: Yellow Birch Request

I would also vouch for Ken Asmus and Oikos Tree Crops (I'd list him first, but I didn't think to look at his

site/catalog).  Ken offers good quality stuff at good prices.  Realize, however that Ken's stuff (in general)

is seedling stock with the variation that it implies.

 

ForestFarm is a good company, but I need to note two strikes against it.  First, its shipping (particularly to the

East Cost) is very high.  Unless unavailable in any other fashion I will only order tubes from them as otherwise,

price plus shipping starts to be killer.  Second, I have had a percentage of plants from them mislabeled.  I think

this is a natural mistake because of their huge product variety.  I would order from them again.

 

 

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation

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