New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association September 2007 Fall Meeting Preview:Asack & Son Tree Farm Special points The fall meeting of the ent seed sources that they had of interest: NHVTCTA will take place brought in from all over the coun- Saturday, September 22, at Asack try and Canada. He explained it Winter Meeting: & Son Tree Farm in Barton, Vt. all to me, but that first day I The winter meeting of the NHVTCTA Bill Asack runs the farm— didn’t really understand the will be held in Barre,Vt., on January which is now primarily a nursery ‘improvement’ work they were 29, in conjunction with the Vermont operation offering seedlings and doing.” Farm Show. More details to come in tranplants, along with a choose- On the drive back, Hudson the next issue of Tree Line. and-cut component—with his son, brought Asack to John Young’s Andrew. tree farm. “John was an early Trees for Troops: He’s been at the Christmas member of the Association and he The NHVTCTA will once again be tree improvement game for more collaborated a lot with Max participating in the NCTA’s Trees for than 25 years now, but Asack still McCormack with different tree Troops programs.To pledge trees and recalls the day when he was first experiments, and he had a seed for further details, contact Nigel introduced to the business. “When orchard there–mountain trees, Manley, (603) 444-6228 or e-mail I first started farming in Cook strain, some hybrid trees,”
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