Re: quercis macrocarpa, Burr Oak
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- Subject: Re: quercis macrocarpa, Burr Oak
- From: M* C*
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:33:24 -0600
Dan,
Is the Swamp White Oak commonly available in your neck of the woods? In
our area this variety has been reported to be much easier to transplant.
Monty
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> From: Dan Nelson <sussextreeinc@ce.net>
> To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: quercis macrocarpa, Burr Oak
> Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:07 AM
>
> The Delaware Dept. of Agriculture offers many trees at great prices. I
think
> this is part of some federally funded program. Prices are great too but
you
> have to buy in lots of 100. We have 18 native oaks here in Delaware and
we
> also have many recognized hybrids that occur naturally. In our tree care
> business we do sometimes cut down good trees. I think it is a real shame.
I
> try to talk people into keeping there trees every chance I get. Once we
take
> a tree out there is not much chance of return business. If I can get
people
> to want their trees and to care for their trees then I have a client that
> will come back to us for tree care in the future.
>
> One day soon I would like to plant at least one tree for every tree we
> remove. One of our problems is getting good nursery stock at decent
prices.
> I hope to grow most of the trees we plant. At this point we probably
plant
> 500 trees per year for our clients.
>
> Dan
>
>
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