Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District Plant Sale 2020 We are pleased to offer the best fruit trees, shrubs and nave plants selected by experts. Your purchase helps fund the District’s educaonal and conservaon programs. We are also excited to announce a special planng program that you can join to assist us as a cizen scienst. Midcoast residents and students can plant tree seedlings of species that have potenal to thrive here and help restore the forests of Maine, which are facing many challenges now. You can report how your trees are doing and provide valuable data. We are offering seedlings of these trees during our sale this year: see our Landscape Plants secon to learn more. Need help selecng plants? We have plant ecologists and expert horculturalists to help you select plants….just let us know what your needs are. These experts will also be available the day of our sale, April 25. Online ordering is available. See our website for more informaon, www.waldocountysoiland water.org.
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Waldo County Soil and Water
Conservation District
Plant Sale
2020
We are pleased to offer the best fruit trees, shrubs and native plants selected by experts. Your purchase helps fund the District’s educational and conservation programs. We are also excited to announce a special planting program that you can join to assist us as a citizen scientist. Midcoast residents and students can plant tree seedlings of species that have potential to thrive here and help restore the forests of Maine, which are facing many challenges now. You can report how your trees are doing and provide valuable data. We are offering seedlings of these trees during our sale this year: see our Landscape Plants section to learn more. Need help selecting plants? We have plant ecologists and expert horticulturalists to help you select plants….just let us know what your needs are. These experts will also be available the day of our sale, April 25. Online ordering is available. See our website for more information, www.waldocountysoiland water.org.
SEMI-DWARF APPLE
On MM11 rootstock – semi dwarf trees – grow 15-20’ but can be pruned to a shorter height. Hardy and
quicker to bear fruit than standard trees.
1. Empire - Fall: Crisp, Juicy, very flavorful and bears fruit at an early age
2. Haralson - Heirloom: Fall: Often bears the year after planting. Crisp,
great eating and baking, holding its shape, biennial but can be less so with
heavy, fruit thinning right after petal fall.
3. Jonagold - Fall: Rich, full flavor, one of the best for fresh eating and
cooking.
4. Original McIntosh - (Left) Heirloom: The best Mac! Will keep a few
weeks if stored in the fridge crisper bins.
5. Red Astrachan - Old Heirloom: Early ripening but lasts for several weeks: Bears young, very tasty on the
tart side, also great for cooking when still slightly green, thin right
after petal fall.
6. Ribston Pippin - Heirloom, about 1700: Parent of Cox Orange
Pippin, Crisp, rich flavor, popular for eating, cooking and Cider.
7. Shizuka - October ripening, from Japan, Large yellow apple with
orange blush, sweet, extremely flavorful, tasty apple and good
keeper.
8. Somerset of Maine - Rare Heirloom from Mercer Maine, 1849:
Late Summer: Excellent flavored, large, eating apple, also known as a great pie apple.
9. State Fair - (Right) Late Summer - One of the best eating, early apples, juicy, aromatic, on the sweet side
and a better keeper than most early varieties.
10. Sweet Bough - Heirloom, very early ripening: Pale, honey-sweet fruit, crisp, rich flavored and popular for
200 years as one of the best early apples.
SEMI-DWARF FLOWERING CRABAPPLE TREES
11. Brandywine Crabapple - (Left) Looks like a tree of dark, pink roses
when in bloom. Also very fragrant! Tart, little yellow apples can be used
for cider. Blossoms at a young age.
Fruit Trees and Berries
SEMI-LARGE SIZE PEARS: NOT SELF-FERTILE
12. Seckel - Called sugar pear. Small, ripens late summer.
Reliable, annual bearing. Ripe off tree or picked early and
ripened inside. Great flavor.
13. Summercrisp - August ripening: Texture similar to Asian
pears, but is richer and sweet and will keep if picked before fully
ripe.
14. Clairgeau - Heirloom, Fall: Rich, very tasty and flavorful,
juicy and sweet, attractive tree and fruit, at one time very
popular throughout the Northeast.
PLUMS
Hybrid Plums- cross of Japanese and Native American plums. Very hardy, tasty, resistant to Black Knot.
Need 2+ for pollination. (sold in pairs of different varieties) Very attractive trees. All hybrid plum trees are
very flavorful and great for eating, sauce and preserves. Supply is limited, order early.
15. Gracious -Late Summer ripening: Yellow-orange flesh and skin, very
tasty.
16. Grenville - Late Summer ripening: Personal favorite, red skin, yellow
flesh, extremely flavorful.
17. Hanska -Summer ripening: Red skin, yellow flesh, sweet with slight
apricot flavor.
18. Underwood: -Summer ripening: Red with Golden yellow flesh.
BERRIES
Elderberries- a quick way to make an edible hedge. Snowy white blossoms.
19. York Elderberries - Fast growing shrubs with nutritional, tart berries
generally used for jam, jelly, wine and pies. Produces more berries when
growing two or more varieties. All Zones
20. Adams Elderberries - Feed wildlife, birds and yourself with nutrient rich
fruit. All Zones
21. Latham Raspberry - (Left) an old time reliable, early raspberry. Good for
freezing and winter hardy.
Landscape Plants
22. Eastern Redbud - (Cercis canadensis) Seedling. 20’ - 30’ Many of you who have spent time in the
south or midwest are familiar with this beautiful small tree. It has
unique bright pink flowers that emerge before the leaves along the
trunk and twigs. This forest understory and pioneer species can be a
lovely yard edge or medium sized ornamental tree, with a graceful,
multi-trunk form and heart shaped leaves. It likes medium moisture
levels, and prefers a less acidic soil. You’ll see that the flowers are
classic pea family form, and so are the small seedpods, which birds
can feed upon. Plant your redbud in a sheltered location where it will
get some sun.
23. Pawpaw - (Asimina triloba) Seedling. 15’-20’ This is another lovely small tree,
with gracefully drooping, large leaves that look somewhat tropical. Pawpaw
grows in a forest understory, and its big claim to fame is a large tasty fruit it
produces that has been likened to a banana crossed with a kiwi (it must be very
ripe to be eaten), and has a rich, pudding like texture. It is made into ice cream in
some parts of the Midwest. The fruit is also eaten by wildlife. Plant in a sheltered
location with some sun and shade.
Small Trees
This year, we are excited to offer seedlings of trees that have been selected for their potential to
thrive and grow in Midcoast Maine in the future. These “adaptive” trees have the potential help
our forests remain diverse and healthy in the midst of losses and climate change. And, you can
help with forestry research by planting these seedlings and reporting to us about how they are
growing, as a part of our new citizen science initiative. See the Report a Tree information on our
website to learn more. Schools are welcome to plant plots of these seedlings for a class learning
project.
The adaptive trees are selected based on their wildlife habitat, economic and ecosystem value.
They may work as supplements or replacements for trees that may not be able to produce forest
products or wildlife food and habitat due to invasives, such as ash trees. The trees are also species
that have been shown to be highly adaptable to various soil moisture levels and temperature
regimes, and thus have potential for providing forest products in changing climate conditions. All
are beautiful and versatile trees for your landscape. Be sure to protect your seedlings from hungry
browsers such as deer. See pages 6 and 7 for full sized trees.
Shrubs are potted and 15” to 24” except for spicebush (seedling).
Symphyotrichum novae angliae New England Aster 3-6' x 2-3' Aug, Sep Royal Purple Full to Part Sun med
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain 3-6' x 1' Jul, Aug, Sep Purple Full Sun wet to med
Veronia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly' Ironweed cultivar 2.5 x 3' x 2.5 x 3' Aug, Sep
Dark pinkish purple Full Sun med to dry
Zizia aurea Golden Alexnders 1-3' x 1' Apr, May Yellow Full Sun to Part Shade moist to dry
Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District offers many landowner resources.
The District offers a free conservation assistance program where we can visit your property to help you plan for using healthy conservation practices to improve your landscape. Please
contact us to schedule a free “walk and talk” consultation. We can assist you in selecting and placing the plants we are offering here. This spring and summer we will also be offering
workshops related to healthy practices for your garden and property. See our online calendar for more information. Our website also offers many online resources in eco landscaping, land
management, environmental education, forestry, invasives and more.
This plant sale catalog and order form are available online at
www.waldocountysoilandwater.org. Printed copies available at our office.
Online ordering and payment will be available in early March.
Pick up day is Saturday, April 25. We will have gardening experts on hand, and special
offerings the day of the sale.
Volunteers needed! If you have some time to help out with our sale this year, we would very much appreciate
it! April 23rd through the day of the sale, we could use help preparing the orders and tagging the plants to get
them ready for pick up on Saturday. Please check the box on the order form or call Jenny Jurdak at 218-5311.
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