VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Volume 3, Issue 1
Winter 2013
Inside this Issue: VA Tree to Senator Warner − 3 Governor’s Mansion Tree − 3 Presidentially Speaking − 4 White House Tree − 6 National Marketing − 6 VCTGA Marking − 7, 23 2012 Season Sales Reports − 7 Growing Organically − 10 2013 National Meeting in Virginia − 13 VCTGA Grant Report − 14 National Tree Promotion Update − 19 Member Profile − Mountain View Farm − 20 Virginia Trees For Troops − 18, 23 Members in the Media – 23
Advertisers
94.9 Star Country radio station got a 25-30´ Norway spruce from Rodney Richardson, Mt. Rogers Christmas Tree Farm, and placed it in front of their station on Rt. 419 in Roanoke. They asked listeners to send them Christmas messages for the troops which were laminated and put on the tree. Their goal was to have the tree go from green to complete white.
Presentation of the official Governor’s Mansion Christmas tree by Rodney Richardson and family to First Lady Maureen McDonnell. See page 3 for details.
Alpha Nursery − 5 Bosch’s Countryview Nursery − 8 Cherokee Mfg −11 Tim Mitchell’s Yule Stand System − 13 Strathmeyer Forests − 15 Tree Teck − 17 Carroll Resource Mgt − 17 Kelco − 18 Riverside Enterprise − 18 Kubota − 23 Wagoner’s Fraser Knoll − 24 Winter view of Mountain View Farm, Edinburg, see profile of Steve and Sharon Rhoades and their farm on page 20.
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(Left) Ad in Virginia Living magazine for Virginia Christmas Tree Growers, circulation over 35,000 and 25,000 online readers. (Top) Senator Mark Warner with tree donated by Rodney Richardson and coordinated through Bette Brand with the Roanoke Farm Credit Office. A local elementary school class made the ornaments for the tree. (Below) Loraine and Ron Hoke with the VCTGA display at the Virginia Christmas Show in November that they setup and took down.
Your Choice Buy from a retail lot for convenience Choose and cut for outdoor adventure Varieties, shapes, sizes to suit every setting Locally grown by your farming neighbor All natural, sustainable resource
Go to our website to locate a local grower/retailer in your area!
www.VirginiaChristmasTrees.org
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10785 84th Avenue • Allendale, Michigan 49401 Phone: (616) 892-4090 • Fax: (616) 892-4290 Email: brian@boschsnursery.com www.boschsnursery.com
Fall2010 2012and andSpring Spring 2011 2013 Wholesale Wholesale Price Fall PriceList Listfor for
Quality Seedlings & Transplants Age
Size
Per 100 Rate
FRASER FIR (3-0) (2-2, PL+2) (3-2, PL+2) (P+3)
6-12” 8-15” 10-18” 12-22”
$45.00 $100.00 $110.00 $125.00
BALSAM FIR (2-0) (P+1) (P+2)
5-10” 8-14” 10-18”
CANAAN FIR (P+1) (P+2)
Per 1,000 Rate
Per 100 Rate
Per 1,000 Rate
$225.00 $725.00 $750.00 $850.00
WHITE SPRUCE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” $40.00 (2-1, 2-2) 15-20” $90.00 (2-2) 15-24” $110.00 (X-LG) 20-30” $250.00
$175.00 $595.00 $750.00 $1,600.00
$40.00 $86.00 $110.00
$195.00 $575.00 $750.00
NORWAY SPRUCE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” $40.00 (2-1, 2-2) 15-24” $90.00 (X-LG) 20-30” $250.00
$175.00 $650.00 $1,600.00
8-14” 10-18”
$90.00 $115.00
$595.00 $795.00
DOUGLAS FIR - Lincoln (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” (2-1) 12-18”
$40.00 $86.00
$175.00 $575.00
BLACKHILL SPRUCE (2-0) 5-12” (2-1) 8-14” (2-2) 8-15” (2-2) 12-18”
$40.00 $75.00 $95.00 $110.00
CONCOLOR FIR (2-0) 5-12” (2-1, P+1) 8-14” (2-2, P+2) 12-18”
$45.00 $90.00 $115.00
$225.00 $595.00 $795.00
SERBIAN SPRUCE (2-0) 8-14” (2-1, P+1) 8-14” (2-2, P+2) 12-18”
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE - San Juan & Kiabab (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” $40.00 $175.00 (2-1, 2-2) 10-16” $75.00 $495.00 (2-2, P+2) 10-18” $110.00 $750.00 (X-LG) 15-24” $250.00 $1,600.00
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Size
Age
Size
WHITE PINE - Lake States (2-0) 4-8” (2-0, 3-0) 5-12” (3-0) 8-15” (2-1) 8-14” (2-2) 12-18” (X-LG) 18-24”
Per 100 Rate
Per 1,000 Rate
$35.00 $40.00 $45.00 $82.00 $110.00 $250.00
$150.00 $175.00 $225.00 $550.00 $750.00 $1,600.00
SCOTCH PINE - Scothighland + French (2-0) 6-12” $35.00 9-15” $40.00 (2-0, 3-0)
$165.00 $175.00
$175.00 $495.00 $695.00 $750.00
WHITE CEDAR (2-0) (3-0) (2-1) (2-2, P+2)
$195.00 $225.00 $550.00 $750.00
$45.00 $90.00 $115.00
$225.00 $595.00 $795.00
AUSTRIAN PINE (2-0) 5-12” (1-2) 12-18”
ARBORVITAE - DARK GREEN, TECHNY, EMERALD & GREEN GIANT (RC+1) 6-12” $110.00 (RC+2) 12-18” $140.00
$40.00 $115.00
$175.00 $795.00
RED PINE - Lake States (2-0) 4-8” (2-0, 3-0) 5-12”
$35.00 $40.00
$150.00 $175.00
4-8” 8-15” 8-14” 12-18”
$40.00 $45.00 $82.00 $110.00
$750.00 $950.00
10-20% Discount on orders over 10,000 plants For complete list please write or call us. Brian Bosch / Owner
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Virginia Fall Specials
www.cherokeemfg.com
PRUNERS, LOPPERS, AND MORE
TWINES AND LENO
1250 Blue‐Red Christmas Twine $70.00 per case (27 cs per pallet $67.00 Per cs)
BAHCO P51H Hedge Shears $52.00
1500 Green Christmas Twine $67.00 per cs (27 cs per pallet $64.00 Per cs)
BAHCO P16‐70 Long Handle Loppers $52.00
LENO (White Burlap) 15x300 $175.00 per roll
BAHCO P16‐40 Short Handle Loppers $45.00
LENO (White Burlap) 12x300 $120.00 per roll
4’ Pole Pruner $65.00 each
LENO Tarps (24x50 w/2’ grommets) $68.00 each
6’ Pole Pruner $75.00 each
Shade Cloth Panels (24x100 w/4 grommets@73% shade) $188.00 each
7’ Heavy Pole Pruner $84.00 each
1 Ply Plain Sisal Twine $11.00 per 10 lb roll
130 DXR Hand Pruners $23.50 each
SHEARING KNIVES AND ASSC.
FELCO #2 Hand Pruners $48.00 each
(SHARP SHOP)
**SHEARING KNIVES, WREATH RINGS,
16” Plain Blade w/6” Wooden or Poly handle $38.00 each (12 or more $34.00 each)
(CLAMP & HANDTIE) WREATH WIRE,
16” Serrated Blade w/6”Wooden or Poly Handle $40.00 ea. (12 or more $35.00 each)
FLAGGING TAPE AND MANY OTHER
Rainsuits (yellow) $10.00 each
ITEMS AVAILABLE!
Thanks for the opportunity to quote you! CHEROKEE MFG
80 Ceramic Tile, Morganton NC 28655 828‐584‐3334 (Office) 828‐584‐7434 (fax) DUSTIN HAPRPER 828‐390‐7125
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Four Generations of Quality Evergreens and Nursery Stock Bareroot Seedlings, and Transplants Cut Christmas Trees Balled & Burlapped Trees 255 Zeigler Road PO Box 70 Dover, PA 17315 717-292-5683 800-345-3406 Fax 717-292-4129 www.strathmeyer.com VCTGA News Journal – Winter 2013
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Experience a Real Virginia-Grown Tree! A Real Tree Experience grown and sold by the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association makes Christmas come alive! A Real Virginia Christmas Tree connects grown-ups with cherished traditions of Christmas past and creates joy for children that lives on into Christmas future. Use the website to find your tree!
www.VirginiaChristmasTrees.org (Above) VCTGA Marketing Ad that was in the Newspaper ads in November/December 2012
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383 Coal Hollow Rd Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721 540-382-7310 www.Virginia ChristmasTrees.org
SAVE THE DATES!! VCTGA Regional 1-Day Winter Meetings Friday, February 22 Waynesboro Saturday February 23 Wytheville/Abingdon Area
VCTGA Annual Membership Meeting & Conference August 15-17 Blacksburg
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