Newsletter No.15, Spring 1991 What’s in this issue… Introduction………………… 1 Fall Fruit Swap……………….1 Calendar…………………… 1 Gleanings on Woody Ornamentals .2 Supplies…………………….2 Bored to Death………………. 3 Nut News………………….. 3 Literature of Note ………..4,5 & 6 Notable Nursery…………….. 6 Conservation Tree Sale………… 6 Business Cards We’d Like to See… 7 Fedco Trees…
Newsletter No. 14, Spring 1990 199O SCIONWOOD EXCHANGE NOON to 5 pm UITY COLLEGE GYM IN UNITY Hello Again, 1989 was a relatively inactive year for the Alliance. We held a Scionwood Exchange and that was about it! There were no newsletters produced and we skipped our usual booth at…
Newsletter No. 13, Fall 1988 Greetings This will be a late, abridged version of the newsletter. We need to notify you of the upcoming FRUIT SWAP and get you geared up for some late hour collecting for this event. It’s been a brief, brisk and busy summer for me, without…
Newsletter No. 12, Spring 1988 Greetings We’ve had several mud seasons already and the frost will soon be out of the ground. We hope that you’re anticipating a productive planting season. The upcoming SCIONWOOD EXCHANGE will be a chance to rekindle your enthusiasm and connect you with plant and human…
NEWSLETTER #11 — FALL 1987 Our mailing list includes people from all backgrounds who would like to learn more about what to plant in a full range of landscapes. These subscribers comprise, in effect, our ‘membership’. I’m going to single out one person here, in an attempt to illustrate how…
NEWSLETTER #6 WINTER/SPRING 1985 Based on last years experience, I’m going to recommend to anyone seeking an education to simply run a booth at the Common Ground Fair. What an eye opener, ear bender and throat rasper rolled into one. Special Thanks goes to Jonathan Fulford for conducting several well…
NEWSLETTER #4, SPRING 1984 Some people may view the idea of tree crops as nothing more than a fleeting trend. Perhaps an inherent stubbornness and impatience keeps them from seeing the forest of tree uses, their practicality, perseverance and grace. Thor Heyerdahl, in one of his first visits to a…
Newsletter No. 3, January 1984 Tree Notes For Tree Nuts BIRDS- OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS In the 1916 Maine Report of the Agricultural Commission—William E. Powers of Machias ends his article—BIRDS OF THE ORCHARD “Go home and kill your cat. Stop your boys from robbing nests. Study the part that birds…
Newsletter #2, Fall 1983 ~People Sharing What They Know and Grow~ AN ALLIANCE FOR ME.? The last newsletter ended with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, “The greatest contribution one can make to one’s country is to add a new plant to it’s culture.” Tree crops fit into this development strategy…
Newsletter No. 1, Spring 1983 The Maine Tree Crop Alliance was instigated as an effort to unite existing plant and people resources and to promote a sustainable agricultural forest economy. It is a network of people working with and sharing in the generosity of the earth. By recognizing the value…
