Re: [nafex] Bearcreek closed - who else has scionwood?

[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

Thanks, Lon.  I was very excited to read his list.  He doesn't just have
a ton of obscure stuff, he also has pretty much everything I've yet
considered trying out.

Ginda

"Lon J. Rombough" wrote:
> 
> Richard Fahey IS the Christian Homestead Movement.  He is a back-to-the-land
> person in the ultimate sense - no electricity, no phone, living like a
> pioneer.  That's why you have to write - it's the only way to communicate
> with him.
> -Lon Rombough
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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, Jan 19, 2001, 6:43 PM
> >
> 
> >Has anyone bought scionwood 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
> >>
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> >> >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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