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PRESS RELEASE

Scion Exchange & Rootstock Sale

Release Date: February/March 2004

The Home Orchard Society (HOS) is holding its annual Scion Exchange and
Rootstock Sale at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, Oregon, March 6,
2004 from 9am-4pm. Admission is $5.

Hundreds of FREE scions of apple, pear, plum, peaches, persimmon and others,
for grafting to rootstock will be available. Several types of rootstock,
which determine potential size of your tree, will also be for sale. For
pollinating your plants, mason bees and supplies will be available.

Because you can select from rootstock that will enable you to grow an apple
tree from 4 to 32 feet tall, it is important to select the right rootstock
for the size that will fit into your landscape. HOS has the information you
need to make the right choice for your yard.

Participants get guided hands on grafting experience or can choose to have
custom grafting done by HOS experts.

About The Home Orchard Society :
Incorporated in 1976 as a nonprofit educational organization in Portland,
Oregon. HOS 650 members exist to assist both the new and experienced fruit
growers in the science, culture and pleasure of growing good fruit in the
home orchard.

More information about the scion exchange and HOS is available at
www.homeorchardsociety.org

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For More Information Contact:

Ted Swensen
503/293-1468
publicity@homeorchardsociety.org