People to help you with Christmas trees:
1. Extension Personnel: Agriculture
In your county: check phone book white pages under county government
for phone number and address.
2. Kentucky Division of Forestry
Check for your county under regional district listings: (This appears
on pages 4 and 5)
3. Kentucky Christmas Tree Growers' Association
Chris Kring
Marketing Services Division
Frankfort, KY 40601
(Annual dues include subscription to "Christmas Trees" magazine)
4. National Christmas Tree Association
661 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3891
Phone: 414-276-6410
Annual dues depend on number of trees grown (includes subscription
to the "American Christmas Tree Journal").
Useful Publications:
1. Ohio Christmas Tree Producers Manual
Bulletin 670 Agdex 300/17
Cooperative Extension Service
Ohio State University 1981
Columbus, OH 43210
Cost: $10.00
2. Christmas Trees from Seed to Sale
Charles Wright
Christmas Trees Magazine
Box 107
Lecompton, KS 66050
Cost: $7.50
3. Christmas Tree Pest Manual
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
Stock number: 001-0001-00589-4
Cost: $14.00
4. Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Project.
Arthur G. Chapman and Robert D. Wray
Rutgers University Press
30 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
5. United States Standards for Grades of Christmas Trees (revised 1990)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Marketing Service Available through:
Standardization Section
P.O. Box 96456
Washington, DC 20090-6456
6. The Christmas Tree Taxation Manual
Bowlby Publishing Company, Inc.
310 N.W. 5th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 503-757-0233
Published and updated annually
7. Chemical Weed Control in Nurseries and Commercial Landscape Plantings
of Kentucky, ID-44
University of Kentucky
Agriculture Distribution Center
Lexington, KY 40546-02291
Seedling Sources:
1. State Nurseries
Order through county Extension offices, Kentucky Division of Forestry,
or Soil Conservation Service.
2. Commercial:
Indiana
*Hensler Nursery, Inc.
Route 2, Box 52
Hamlet, IN 46532
219-867-4192
Shamrock Nursery
502 Giesler Road
Jasper, IN 47546
Kentucky
James Merchant
Many Oaks Nursery
Baghdad, KY 40033
Ohio
Bakers Tree Nursery
13895 Garfield Road
Salem, OH 44460
216-866-5521
Pennsylvania
Berkey's Nursery
138 Jefferson St., Box 42
Spartanburg, PA 16434
814-654-7043
*Canale's Nursery
Shelocta, PA 15774
412-354-2801
*Carino Nurseries
Box 538
Indiana, PA 15701
412-463-3350
C & E Nursery.
P.O. Box 556
Indiana, PA 15701
412-354-2822
Eccles Nurseries
Dept. 25-1115
6909 Henley Lane
Rimersburg, PA 16248
814-473-6265
Flickinger's Nursery
Sagamore, PA 16250
412-783-6528
*Johnston Nurseries
RD #1, Box 100
Creekside, PA 15732
412-463-8456
*Suppliers of plant material for Scots pine cultivar trials.
Musser Forests
Box 98-A
Indiana, PA 15701
412-465-5686
Pine Grove Nursery
RD #3
Clearfield, PA 16830
Possum Hollow Nurseries
6909 Henley Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119
215-843-0332
Strathmeyer Forests, Inc.
RR #1, Box 247, Ziegler Road
Dover, PA 17315
717-292-6286
Seed Sources:
North Carolina
Land of the Sky Nurseries
108 Lakewood Drive
Asheville, NC 28803
Mr. Charles Speers
704-252-5962
Pennsylvania
Berkey's Nursery
138 Jefferson Street
Spartansburg, PA 16434
814-654-7043
Better Forest Tree Seeds
545 Orlando Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Mr. Ed Palpant
F.W. Schumacher Co.
Horticulturists
36 S. Priny Hill Road
Sandwich, PA 02563
617-888-0659
Note: This list is not exhaustive and does not presume to recommend any particular source. Only sources in contiguous states or Pennsylvania have been included because of possible provenance and lifting schedule problems.
Seedling Production:
Container Manufacturers
International Forest Seed Company (GENESYS)
P.O. Box 290
Odenville, AL 35120
Phone: (205) 629-5749
Sturer & Sons: Eric Sturer
2296 SE Kiger Island Drive
Corvallis, OR 97333
(503) 757-7795
Silvaseed Company (Styroblocks)
P.O. Box 118
Roy, WA 98580-0118
Phone: (206) 843-2246
Spencer-Lemaire Inds. Ltd. (Rootrainer, bookplanters)
11413 -- 120 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA
(403) 451-4318
Materials and Equipment:
Fertilizer Manufacturers
Jobe's Stakes (NPK formula 14-10-10)
International Spike, Inc.
817 E. Third Street
Lexington, KY 40505
Osmocote (NPK formulas 18-6-12, 24-5-7)
Sierra Chemical Company
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
SulfurKote (NPK formula 18-3-14)
National Fertilizer Development Center
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals, AL 35660
Woodace Briquettes (NPK formula 14-3-3)
Estech, Inc.
P.O. Box 1996
Winter Haven, FL 33880
Hydrogel Manufacturers
*Liqua-Gel
Miller Chemical Co.
Hanover, PA 17331
Aqua-Terre
Stout products
Waco, TX 76703
Aquastor
Absorbant Industries, Inc.
Morton, IL 61550
StaSorb
A.E. Stalex Manufacturing Co.
Decatur, IL 62525
*Viterra
Nepera Chemical Co.
Route 17
Harriman, NY 10926
*Terra-Sorb
Industrial Services International, Inc.
P.O. Box 10834
Bradenton, FL 34282-0834
Musser Water Gel
Box 340 Musser Forests
Indiana, PA 15701-0340
*Hydreserve
International Water Tech., Ltd.
Box 118, Star Route 2
LaHonda, CA 94020
Root Control Containers
Root Control, Inc.
2525 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: 405-848-2302
Mr. Ralph Reiger, The Tree Farm
Route 4, Box 477C
Guthrie, OK 73044
Irrigation Supplies
Leaky Pipe
Leaky Pipe Watering Systems, Inc.
9401 N. Galena Road
Peoria, IL 61615
Local Dealer
Modern Irrigation Systems, Inc.
4511 Illinois Avenue
Louisville, KY 40213
(502) 459-3326
Drip Irrigation Equipment
Toro
Mid-East Power Equipment
Lexington, KY 40586
Agrifim Irrigation, Inc.
3801 E. Hamilton
Fresno, CA 93721
Salco Products, Inc.
4463 West Rosecrans Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
(213) 973-2400
Aquatic Irrigation Systems, Inc.
619e E. Guttierrez
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Submatic Irrigation Systems
P.O. Box 246
Lubbock, TX 79408
(806) 747-9000
Chapin Watermatics, Inc.
740 Water Street-P.O. Box 490
Watertown, NY 13601-0490
(315) 782-1170
(twin and biwall drip lines)
Wreathmaking Equipment
Canadian Wreath Co., Ltd.
1141 Greenwood Lake Tpke.
Ringwood, NJ 07456
(201) 728-8071
National Christmas Tree Association
611 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tamuin Farms
Deerfield, VA 24432
(703) 939-4646 or (703) 886-7423
Kelco Industries
Box 160
Milbridge, ME 04658
Planting and Shearing Equipment (flags, planting bars, safety gear)
Van Pines, Inc.
West Olive, MI 49460
Musser Forests
Box 340
Indiana, PA 15701-0340
Ben Meadows Company
3589 Broad Street
P.O. Box 80549
Atlanta (Chamblee), GA 30366
Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
205 West Rankin Street
P.O. Box 8397
Jackson, MS 39284-8397
General Supply Corporation
P.O. Box 9347
303 Commerce Park Drive
Jackson, MS 39286-9347
Southern States Regional Office
640 South Broadway
Lexington, KY 40504
(606) 255-1448
Shearing Machines
Flying Zipper
Zum Zum Products, Inc.
Deerfield, VA 24432
Yule Trimmer
Yule Forest
1220 Millers Mill Road
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Pak-Trim
P.O. Box "G"
539 Baseline
Cornelius, OR 97113
Murphy-Matic, Inc.
Coolidge, GA 31738
(912) 346-3535
SAJE
1940 Hyacynth NE
Salem, OR 97303
Herbicide Equipment
Rope Wick
Mr. Mims Monroe
8 Pine Drive, P.O. Box 806
Statesboro, GA 30455
(912) 764-7357
Monsanto wick kit
* Being tested
Regional Districts of The Kentucky Division of Forestry:
Bluegrass District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 30
Stamping Ground, KY 40379
(502) 535-7741
Anderson Allen Floyd Butler Breathitt Bath Adair Bell Ballard
Boone
Bourbon
Bracken
Campbell
Carroll
Fayette
Franklin
Gallatin
Garrard
Grant
Harrison
Central District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 663
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(502) 769-1361
Barren
Bullitt
Edmonson
Grayson
Simpson
Hancock
Hardin
Eastern District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
431 South Lake Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
(606) 886-8652
Johnson
Lawrence
Green River District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 465
Madisonville, KY 42431
(502) 821-7434
Christian
Daviess
Henderson
Hopkins
Logan
Kentucky River District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 702
Hazard, KY 41701
(606) 439-1385
Estill
Knott
Wolfe
Letcher
North Easter District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
749 West First Street
Morehead, KY 40351
(606) 784-7504
Boyd
Carter
Clark
Elliott
Fleming
Greenup
Lewis
South Central District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box F
Campbellsville, KY 42718
(502) 465-5071
Boyle
Casey
Clinton
Russell
Green
Lincoln
Marion
Southeastern District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
P.O. Box 130
Pineville, KY 40977
(606) 337-3011
Clay
Harlan
Jackson
Knox
Western District
Kentucky Division of Forestry
304 W. Walnut Street
Mayfield, KY 42066
(502) 247-3913
Caldwell
Calloway
Carlisle
Graves
Fulton
Crittenden