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May 12, 2011

Your Opinion: May 12, 2011

The Cooperstown Crier Thu May 12, 2011, 04:45 PM EDT

COOPERSTOWN — Tree sale a success

The Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District would like to thank all county residents that participated in this year’s tree and shrub sale. Once again a variety of coniferous and deciduous trees were made available.

New this year we offered fruit trees (apple, pear, cherry), two varieties for each fruit tree. I will strive to accommodate people needs for different varieties of trees as demand dictates.

We sold more than 21,000 seedlings and ground cover with 236 preorders and a good supply of surplus trees for sale. Overall it was a successful program.

At this time I would also like to thank the Schenevus Go- Getters 4-H Club for coming out and helping out on wrappingtrees for a day. I would also like to thank two Otsego County inmates for contributing two half days worth of their time in wrapping and assembling tree orders. I would also like to thank Jared Pederson, Jordan & Loryne Knapp for volunteering to assist in wrapping tree orders and volunteering their time during the Friday customer pickup.

As a reminder to county residents look for our fall fish sale order forms this summeron our website (www.otsegosoilandwater. com). Once again a thank you goes out to all residents who participated this year and to our volunteers who helped out during our wrapping process.

Jordan Clements

Otsego County Soil and Water

Conservation District