Scion Exchange


Redwood Empire Scion Exchange 2024

Saturday, February 17, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Santa Rosa Veterans Building [Directions]
1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

  9:00 am – Members Only (Join/Renew before our Exchange)
10:00 am–2:00 pm – Open to the Public

$5.00 for Members and Non-Members

12:00 pm – Grafting Class with David Ulmer

Custom Tree Grafting Service: $5/graft
Expert grafters are available to graft a custom tree for you. Purchase your rootstock, choose your scion, and then buy a custom grafting ticket for $5.

Rootstock: $5–10 each

Apple:

M111 EMLA – 3/8″ Semi-Dwarf %80 vigorous Apple
Budagovski 9 – 3/8″ Full Dwarf %35 Winter Harty
Geneva 890 – 1/4″ Semi Dwarf %60
Malus domestica Seedling – 3/8″

Pear:
Old Home x Farmingdale 97 1/4″ Standard Size
Old Home x Farmingdale 87 3/8″ Semi Dwarf %75 Winter Hardy Fireblight resistant

Plum:
Prunus marianna 2624 – 1/4″ Large Semi-Dwarf
Prunus myrobalan 29C – 1/4″ Large 16-20 Feet Resistant to Root knot nematode and crown gall.
Prunus myrobalan seedling – 1/4″
Prunus persica peach ‘Lovell’ – 3/8′ and larger – Full-size tree
Prunus persica peach ‘Nemared’ – 1/4′ and larger- Standard tree height

Cherry:
‘Colt’ – Semi Dwarf %90

No price breaks for larger quanities.

Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale
Enjoy variety of delicious fresh citrus fruit grown by CRFG member Ray Sheehey.

Scion Collection Starter Kit: $2
Available at entry: includes plastic bag, sharpie and tape. Or you bring your own plastic bags, tape, sharpies etc.

Vendor Inquiries: Please contact Phil Pieri at Phil_p_2001@ yahoo.com

  • Select special cultivar cuttings for grafting – often over 500 varieties! 
  • Enjoy grafting and planting demonstrations for beginners
  • Rootable cuttings also available: grapes, figs, pomegranates and more may be planted directly in the ground
  • Fruit Experts available to answer questions
  • Download our flyer to share

Download Your Comprehensive Guide

              How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange (pdf)

 

WHAT TO BRING

  1. Scion wish list (based on fruit tastings, research, and experienced recommendations according to the chill-hours and micro-climate of where you live)
  2. Gallon zip-top plastic bag to put your scions in so they stay fresh, (include your name on it in case you lay it down and forget)
  3. Painters or masking tape to label your scions
  4. Permanent Marker to write on your tape
  5. Notebook & pen to take notes
  6. A handled-tote to carry them all in
  7. Scions to share from your trees. (See instructions below.)
  8. Cash for entry for all your purchases

 

What NOT to Bring

 

Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge

Join Now Don't wait until the Scion Exchange to fill in forms. Join or renew your membership to CRFG and to our Chapter for early member only access to the Exchange and exclusive members only opportunities:

 

  • Join CRFG to help us support our mission—including scion exchanges!
  • Subscribe to our Redwood Chapter for exclusive orchard tours, events, grafting classes, fruit tastings, and educational opportunities

 

 

Previous Scion Exchanges

We’re looking forward to getting together again in person in 2024. See below for photos and information from previous scion exchanges.

Our most popular event is the Scion Exchange we host every Febuary, open to the public.

This event is not to be missed for all fruit enthusiasts. We focus on sharing free scion wood from all sorts of fruit trees and vines — common favorites, heirlooms, rare and experimental varieties – usually 500+ varieties. We supply rootstocks to graft them onto at a nominal price, and expert grafters who can custom-graft fruit trees on the spot for a nominal fee.

In addition, multiple vendors supply a tremendous variety of fruiting plants you won’t find anywhere else for some incredible deals.

We offer free grafting demonstration classes for beginners, plus experts are available to answer your fruit-growing questions.

 


 

Collecting and Sharing Scions

Collecting Scions at the Exchange
Bring gallon ziplock baggies, tape and a sharpie marker to label your scions. Help yourself to no more than a scion or two of each variety you will really graft this year.

Download our Scion Exchange guide (pdf).

Preparing Scions for Contribution
Please take care in the labeling of any scions you’d like to bring to the Scion Exchange. Scions should be cut from clean, one-year-old wood, about 1/4 inch in diameter and generally no more than 6 inches long so that they fit in attendees’ gallon ziplock bags. Please bring then in clearly-labelled gallon ziplock bags.

Download the Scion Label Form

Patent and Quarantine Information
Only scions from non-patented non-quarantined trees may be brought to the exchange.

VIDEO: Getting Ready for the CRFG Scion Exchange

Additional Links

Additional scion exchanges are held at CRFG chapters throughout California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. Click here to find the closest chapter and whom to contact for dates of events.

 

Collecting and Sharing Scions

Collecting Scions at the Exchange
Bring gallon ziplock baggies, tape and a sharpie marker to label your scions. Help yourself to no more than a scion or two of each variety you will really graft this year.

Download our Scion Exchange guide (pdf).

Preparing Scions for Contribution
Please take care in the labeling of any scions you’d like to bring to the Scion Exchange. Scions should be cut from clean, one-year-old wood, about 1/4 inch in diameter and generally no more than 6 inches long so that they fit in attendees’ gallon ziplock bags. Please bring then in clearly-labelled gallon ziplock bags.

Download the Scion Label Form

Patent and Quarantine Information
Only scions from non-patented non-quarantined trees may be brought to the exchange.

VIDEO: Getting Ready for the CRFG Scion Exchange

Additional Links

Additional scion exchanges are held at CRFG chapters throughout California, Texas, Arizona and NevadaClick here to find the closest chapter and whom to contact for dates of events.