Master Gardeners Host Annual Spring Seedling and Berry Sale
With the cold and snow, it’s hard to think of munching berries or planting seedlings. However, as you know by the number of gardening catalogs you’ve received, this is the planning (not planting) season. Let Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Master Gardener Program be a part of your planning this year.
Does your garden have an area that would be beneficial to an evergreen tree? Or are you considering having a crop of strawberries, raspberries currants or blueberries? The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County will be holding their annual seedling and berry sale in April, 2008. Trees available this year are: Douglas, Concolor, Fraser and Canaan Firs, Colorado, Norway and Black Hills Spruces, and White, Austrian and Scotch Pines. The Black Hills Spruce will be our featured selection and hence the most economical of our evergreens. So, for all of you with deer problems, here is your chance. Note however, that while our other seedlings are 3 year olds, we could only get the Black Hills as a two-year-old bare root seedling. Spruces are more deer resistant than other varieties of evergreens. Tree seedlings are bundled in quantity of 10 plants, There is a reduced price when purchasing in quantities of 50 or 100 seedlings
Ready for something new…how about currants? We’re offering a black and a red (with a name like pink champagne, who could resist?). Of course, we’ll have our standards…blueberries, ever-bearing strawberries and red raspberries. Strawberries and raspberries are in bundles of 5, 10 or 15 plants respectively. Blueberries and currants are in bundles of 2, 4 or 6 plants. Two varieties of blueberries are needed for pollination. If you want to try them all, we have a special "berry bundle" which includes a pair of blueberries, a pair of currants, five red raspberries and ten strawberries all for $50!!!
The pick up dates for orders are: Wednesday, April 16 and Thursday, April, 17 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Ulster County Fair Grounds, New Paltz, and Friday, April 18 from 10:00am to 4:00pm and Saturday, April 19 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at Ulster County Highway Garage, 66 Hurley Ave, Kingston, NY Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County will not be responsible for seedlings after pick-up dates or after they are removed from pick-up station. All orders subject to availability or supply, otherwise money will be refunded. The seedlings are BAREROOT, not balled stock, of stated sizes.
NO ORDERS ACCEPTED AFTER Friday, March 7, 2008
For more information or an order form , please contact Dona Crawford, 845-340-3990
You could also email or phone us at (845-340-3478) and leave us your name and address. We'll be happy to mail you a form.