California Rare Fruit Growers, Sacramento Chapter

January 20, 2008

The annual Scion exchange January 20th 2008 from 10 am to 1 pm: People are needed to stay from 1-2 to help clean up.!Clean up Only. Last year people thought it would be a good way to continue "shopping". If you are not helping you will be told to leave after 1PM. The only people who will be allowed in before 10 am are the CRFG OFFICERS who traditionally set up the Scion Exchange.

Where: Sacramento Cooperative Extension Center at the corner of Branch Center Rd and Kiefer . South of highway 50. One block west of Bradshaw.

4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento

Go south on Bradshaw off of highway 50 to Kiefer turn right and approx. 1 block turn right on Branch Center and, immediately turn left into parking lot

When: January 20th, 10-1, clean up 1- 2.

Remember to bring your plastic bags, a marking pen and a roll of masking tape and healthy, named scion wood if you did not get it to your local officer for the pre scion exchange with the 5 northern CA. chapters. There will be demonstrations of grafting techniques. Because of a few people taking advantage - we will charge for grafts. The first graft will be a dollar, the second $3, each one after that will be $5. Pay before you go in and get a receipt

There will be root stock for sale this year. We are ordering some for next year, so let us know if there is something you will want. Please remember: Demonstrators are volunteering their time. DO NOT take bags of scion wood-only one or two of each.

If you bring Scion Wood(and we hope you will) All scion wood should be taken from healthy trees. The wood should be about the size of a pencil in width and length. Scion should be bundled into Zip lock or other baggies, clearly marked what variety they are, such as: Apple-Golden delicious. Bundles of about 5-10 pieces of scion wood is appreciated. You can put 5,6,10 bundles in a bag together, rather than using a bag per bundle. The wood cannot be dried out it needs to be fresh. Do not come before 10 am. Please -we will not open the doors. The Scion exchange ENDS at 1PM! After 1PM there is clean up only.