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Winter Field Day Schedule

Winter Field Day / Open House: March 6, 2010

Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation, in cooperation with WSU - Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center 16650 State Route 536, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.

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  8:30 -   9:00 AM RegistrationAll members & non-members must first register & pay
Admission Fee for WWFRF Members: Included in annual paid dues
Admission Fee for Non-Members: $15.00/ Individual; $30.00/ Family
  8:30 -   9:00 AM ROOTSTOCK AND SCIONWOOD SALES
  9:00 -   9:50 AM GRAFTING Bernie Hilgart
  9:55 - 10:25 AM VOLE CONTROL Dave Pehling
10:30 - 11:15 AM SLENDER SPINDLE Training method for apples Tom Thornton
11:20 - 11:50 AM SLENDER SPINDLE Tom Thornton demonstration in Fruit Garden
11:30 - 12:30 PM ROOTSTOCK AND SCIONWOOD SALES
12:00 - 12:30 PM GENERAL MEMBERTSHIP MEETING election of officers.
11:50 -   1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK (Please bring your own lunch and beverage)
  1:00 -   3:00 PM DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRUIT GARDEN hands on
Bill Davis - Grafting, top working older trees into new varieties
Dave Pehling - Vole control
De Arbogast - Pruning blueberries
Kees Calissendorff - Pruning espalier
Dr. Bob Norton - Pruning young trees and stone fruit
Jim Taylor - Pruning grapes

Pre-order Your Rootstocks!

Deadline February 15th, 2010
This year there will be a limit of 3 rootstocks of each variety per person UNLESS you pre-order. There is a limit of 10 each if you pre-order.
Please email your rootstock pre-orders to including how many of each rootstock you wish to purchase, along with your name.

Available Rootstocks:

Apple: (from smallest to largest) EMLA.27, BUD.9, EMLA.26, EMLA.7, MM.111, ANTANOVKA.
Plum: MARIANNA.2624, KRYMSK.1, LOVELL.
Pear: OhxF.513, Quince.BA29C (more dwarfing than OhxF.513, but you must graft an interstem).
Cherry: KRYMSK.5.