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1 Alamance County 4-H 2016 Fall Plant Sale Help Support Alamance County 4-H Terms: All plants sold are to be free from disease, insects and injurious pests. Alamance County 4-H is not responsible for the survival of plants and will not be responsible for the results secured in transplanting. Please follow proper planting guidelines. If you have any questions concerning proper ground preparation or planting methods, please contact the Cooperative Extension Office prior to delivery date. Alamance County 4-H would like to ask for your support as we raise funds for our scholarship and programming efforts. Not only will you be supporting a great organization, but you ll be growing your own food! Plants & Trees for Sale: Apple Trees Pear Trees Fig Trees Muscadine Vines Blackberry Plants Alamance County 4-H Phone: Fax: taylor_jones@ncsu.edu Order Deadline: Oct. 21st, 2016 (order & payment due) Mail to: Alamance County 4-H Pick-Up Dates: November 3rd and 4th, 2016, 8:30 am 4:30 pm Pick-Up Location: Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office About 4-H 4-H is a youth development organization for boys and girls ages 5-19 where participants and families learn by doing. They participate in hands-on learning experiences, meanwhile developing important life skills such as leadership, caring for others, giving back to their community and much more. NC 4-H has been around for 100 years and is present in all 100 counties in the state. Proceeds benefit 4-Hers directly and indirectly. 4-Hers can earn scholarship money by participating in county events, and this money can help pay for 4-H Camp, Summer Fun, teen events, and more. Our fundraisers help build up our scholarship fund so we can continue to award scholarships. Fundraisers also help to fund programming efforts such as school enrichment, summer programs and other county events throughout the year. For more information, check out our website: alamance.ces.ncsu.edu.

2 Apple trees (1-gallon containers, $18 each) Two varieties needed for pollination. Arkansas Black. Originated in Arkansas around This apple is a good keeper and can best be described as "Hard as a brick". The tree is quite disease resistant. The fruit is a reddish-purple, almost black, with a hard, yellow, crisp flesh. The fruit begins ripening in late October and can be stored well into the winter months. Blacktwig. The muddy history of this apple places its origin in Virginia, Tennessee, or Arkansas during the 1800 s. This apple tends to be tart and of unparalleled fresh eating quality. It can also be used for cider or cooking, and is known to keep well. The tree is resistant to several apple diseases including fireblight and cedar apple rust. The tree tends to be productive, even on poor quality soils. The apple is above medium to large, skin green with a deep red and several red stripes. Its flesh is white, almost yellow, firm, juicy, and mildly subacid. Ripens late September through October. Gala. This "grocery store" apple is even better when homegrown. It is a light red - colored apple that is sweet and firm. The tree has good disease resistance and is precocious. The apples ripen in early September and will store for a few weeks. Granny Smith. Granny Smith apples were discovered in Australia in the 1860 s, as a chance seedling in the compost pile on the orchard of Maria Ann Smith. Granny Smith apples were first introduced commercially to the United Kingdom in the 1930 s and later to the United States in the 1970 s. They were one of the first varieties of apple widely available in supermarkets as their thick skin and excellent storing qualities made them suitable for shipping. Today Granny Smith apples grow in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, South America and the United States. They tend to ripen best in warmer climates where they get a significant amount of sunshine. Grimes Golden. A West Virginia apple originating around 1800, this apple was widely grown throughout the south and is known as the parent of the modern day Golden Delicious. It is a fine eating apple and makes excellent cider. It tends to bloom late, making heavy crops most years and light crops other years. Fruit is usually medium or larger. Its skin is yellow with some russet, flesh is yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic, sweet, and spicy. It ripens in September and stores fairly well. King David. Orginiated around 1893 in Washington County, Arkansas. It is thought to be a cross between a Jonathan and a Winesap. It is very disease resistant (fireblight, cedar apple rust, and scab) and it is a late bloomer. The fruit ripens in late August and is mostly tart. Red Astrachan. The Red Astrachan is an old Russian apple imported into England from Sweden in 1816, and was brought to America in Commonly grown by gardeners and backyard orchardists in the north. Red Astrachan is flavorful with strong acidity. Fruit medium size, skin yellow, flushed crimson. Flesh firm, coarse, greenish- white, quite tart. Makes flavorful dried apples; some old-timers rate this the best for pie.

3 Virginia Beauty. The original tree grew before 1820 in what is today Carroll County in southwestern Virginia. The name implies an attractive apple, but it is also an excellent eating and dessert apple. The tree is known for producing wide branching angles, a trait that aids in producing proper tree structure. Fruit is medium to large with a glossy red or purplish color. Its flesh is greenish-yellow, fine grained, tender, juicy, sweet, and mildly subacid. Ripens in October. Virginia Gold. This apple is a cross between Newtown Pippin and Golden Delicious and was created in 1976 at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Va.) It has rated highly at apple tasting events at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson s home. With such great parents, both of which can be detected when eating, it is easy to understand why this apple is so highly praised. It is a beautiful yellow with a reddish-pink blush. The flesh is firm and has both an acidic and mildly sweet flavor. It is good for eating as well as cooking. It is susceptible to cedar apple rust. It ripens in early October and will store well, becoming sweeter with age. Virginia Winesap. A redder sport of Winesap originating in Troutville, Va. in the 1920's. Fruit is medium or smaller, a dark red with red stripes and some yellow patches when shaded, and a flesh that is yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic, and subacid. It is a good keeper and ripens in October. Blackberry plants (thornless) (1-gallon containers, $8 each) Self-fertile Apache (US Plant Patent 11,865). Fruit are very large in size, with very good flavor, and an average sugar content of 10-11%. Fruit ripen over about a five-week period with very high yields. (2-year plant, bareroot) Navaho ( US Plant Patent 6679). Fruit are medium in size, excellent flavor, and an average sugar content of 11-12%. Fruit ripen mid-season over a five- to six-week period with good yields. Fruit are also very firm, making storage and handling potential exceptional. (2-year plant, bareroot) Ouachita (US Plant Patent #17162). Fruit are large in size, with very good flavor, and an average sugar content of 10-11%. Fruit ripen mid-season over about five weeks with consistently high yields. Ouachita is potentially the best variety for storage and handling. (2-year plant, bareroot)

4 Fig trees (1-gallon containers, $8 each) Self-fertile Brown Turkey. Fruit are medium to large in size, copper color skin, amber to pink color flesh, very good flavor, a closed eye, and very few seeds. Plants are very prolific, many times producing fruit twice a year. Brown Turkey is usually cold hardy as far north as climate zone 5 and they are self-pollinating. Recommended for fresh eating, drying, canning, and preserves. Celeste. Fruit are small to medium in size, light brown to violet-brown skin, whitish pink color flesh, a closed eye, and very few seed. Plants produce in early summer, are cold hardy through climate zone 6, and are self-pollinating. Recommended for fresh eating, preserves, drying, and canning.. Kadota. Fruit are medium in size, yellowish white skin, white to amber flesh, and a very good flavor. Plants are very vigorous and prolific, bearing twice in most years. Plants are also very hardy and adaptive in the South. Recommended for fresh eating, canning, and pre- Muscadine vines (1-gallon containers, $8 each) Self-fertile and female Cowart. Black; fruit are medium in size, ripen early- to mid-season, have very large clusters, excellent flavor, good quality, and a wet stem scar. Plants are very vigorous and disease resistant. (2-year plant, bareroot) Plants are very vigorous and disease resistant. Sugar Content 16%-17%. Uses: Wine, Commercial, Pick Your Own, and Home. SELF FERTILE. Jumbo. Black; fruit are very large in size, high yields, good flavor, dry stem scar, clusters, ripen late. Plants are very vigorous and have very good disease resistance. Jumbo is one of the largest black muscadine varieties. Sugar Content 15%-16%. Uses: Wine, Home, Fresh Market, Juice, and Jelly 2 year plant, bareroot) NOTE: This is a female plant. You must have self-fertile varieties planted intermittently to produce. Magnolia. Bronze (White); fruit are medium to large in size, cluster, good flavor, and excellent yields. Plants are very vigorous, cold hardy, and disease resistant. Sugar Content 16%-17%. Uses: Wine, Home, Commercial, Juice and Jelly. SELF FERTILE

5 Nesbitt. Black; fruit are very large in size, cluster, high yields, ripen mid- to late-season, and a dry stem scar. Plants are very vigorous, disease resistant, and cold hardy. (2-year plant, bareroot). Sugar Content 16.5%-17.5%. Uses: Fresh Market, Pick Your Own, and Home. SELF FERTILE Scuppernong. Bronze; fruit are medium in size, excellent flavor, wet stem scar, ripen mid- to late-season. Plants are vigorous, with fair to good disease resistance. Scuppernong is the oldest cultivated variety of muscadines, dating back to the 1500s. (2-year plant, bareroot) Sugar Content 17%-18%. Uses: Wine, Fresh Market, Juice, and Jelly. FEMALE PLANT. You must have self-fertile varieties planted intermittently to produce. Triumph. Bronze; fruit are very large in size, good flavor, large clusters, good yields, dry stem scar, and ripen early. Plants have good vigor and disease resistance. (2-year plant, bareroot) Sugar Content 17%-18%. Uses: Fresh Market, Pick Your Own, and Home Use. SELF FERTILE Pear trees (5-gallon containers, $18 each) Two varieties needed for pollination. Bartlett. Fruit are large in size, yellowish brown in color, white flesh, very sweet, juicy, and ripen mid-season. Trees are medium in size with upright growth. They are ideal for planting in smaller areas. Requires 800 hours chilling. Hardy in Zones 5-7. (2-year plant, approx. 3-5 feet) Kieffer. Fruit large in size, golden yellow in color, white flesh, crunchy, sweet, and ripen mid -season. Trees have vigorous growth, are very hardy, blight resistant, and prolific. Self-fruitful. Requires 350 hours of chilling. Hardy in Zones 4-9. (2-year plant, approx. 3-5 feet)

6 Customer Info Name: Address: Phone Number(s): Address: Apple trees: Arkansas Black Blacktwig Carolina Red June Gala Granny Smith Grimes Golden King David Red Astrachan Virginia Beauty Virginia Gold Virginia Winesap Blackberry plants: Apache Navaho Ouachita Fig trees: Brown Turkey Celeste Kadota Muscadine vines: Cowart Jumbo Magnolia Nesbitt Scuppernong Triumph Pear trees: Bartlett Kieffer Advance payment required! Make checks payable to Alamance County 4-H Total order: Amt. paid: Cash or Check # Thank you for your support!