41st Annual Tree Seedling Sale
2018

NEW! - Tree orders are no longer being accepted. If you did not place an order, some extra trees will be available the first pick up day at the Conservation District office on a first come first serve basis.

We will be selling a limited amount of planting bars for $25 each.

Tree sale pick up dates for 2018:

Conservation District Office
Directions

Thank you.

TREE SEEDLING DESCRIPTIONS & INFORMATION

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE Should reach 6 feet in 8-9 years starting with three year seedling. Grows to 100 feet. One inch silvery blue to bluish green needles. Not all plants will have the bluish colored needles. Good for ornamental, colorful screen, windbreak or Christmas tree. Ordinary soil, average moisture. Full sun. Slow growing.

CANAAN FIR Similarities to both Fraser and Balsam Fir in growth and appearance. Attractive medium-sized tree generally reaching 40-55 feet in height and 20-25 feet in diameter. Ability to tolerate poorly drained, heavy soils.

WHITE PINE Should reach 6 feet in 6-7 years starting with three year seedling. Will grow to 100 feet. A five needle pine, soft,light green blue four inch needles. Good for windbreak or hedge. Dry or poorly drained soils. Full sun.

CONCOLOR FIR Also known as White Fir. Should reach 6 feet in 8-9 years with a three year seedling. Grows to 120 feet. Silver truck and soft silver foliage. One of the best Christmas trees. Holds needles best of any short needled tree. Needs good drainage.

SCARLET MAPLE Grows to 50-60 ft. developing a round head of green leaves with silver undercolor. Silver-gray bark with leaves turning brilliant crimson in fall. Grows well in all soil types.

WHITE OAK Grows 50 to 80 feet in height and as wide. Grows best in a deep, loamy, well drained soil. The most prolific lumber oak in the Northern Hemisphere. A good tolerance of highway salt. Wetland species. Broad, round, dense head, spreading branches and purple-red fall color.

RED OAK Fast-growing oak, maturing with a broad round head, leaves turn a red to reddish-brown in Autumn. Will tolerate a wide range of soil types from acid to alkaline. Mature height 75 to 80 feet.

PEAR TREE PACK Pack includes one each: Harrow Sweet: Ripens approximately three weeks after Bartlett. This variety has shown very good resistance to fire blight. The fruit size and appearance are similar to that of Bartlett. The fruit is both juicy and sweet. The tree should be trimmed to maintain fruit size and avoid biennial bearing. Shenandoah:Another release from USDA and OSU, Shenandoah harvests approximately three weeks after Bartlett. Fruit size is large with traditional sub-acid pear flavor. Blight resistance is good and similar to that of Seckel. Shenandoah stores very well for up to five months without breaking down. Note: To get proper pollination, varieties should be planted no farther than 50 ft. apart. Semi-dwarf

APPLE TREE PACK Pack includes one each: Enterprise: This is a late maturing, deep red apple with good keeping qualities. Disease resistant. Fruit is uniform-medium to large. Tree is spreading with good annual bearing habits. Golden Delicious:A russet-resistant selection of the original Golden Delicious. One of the most widely planted apple cultivars worldwide. Fruit is firm, medium to large with the classic Golden Delicious flavor. The tree is spreading, productive and easy to manage. Fruit thinning is required to maintain annual bearing. Initial: A scab resistant variety developed at INRA Angers, France. A Gala x Redfree cross. Matures in late August. Fruit has good size and is a red blush over a yellow background. Variety is prone to fruit drop making it an ideal selection for food plots. Tree is relatively non-vigorous and fruit is crisp with mild acidic flavor. Matures in late August. Note: In order to get proper pollination, varieties should be planted no farther than 50 ft. apart. Customers can expect trees to start producing a small number of apples in 3 to 4 years. Trees should be fully producing apples in the 5th year. All semi-dwarf and will grow 12-14 ft. in height.

RED HAVEN PEACH This variety is considered by many as the standard for the Northeast peach industry. Tree is vigorous, very bud-hardy and productive. Fruit is medium-sized and colors to a brilliant red. One of the best commercial varieties. Ripens around August 1 in south-central Pennsylvania.