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Apr. 16, 2025
WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLANT SALE VOLUNTEERSWe could really use your help with checkout on Friday, May 2 at the Members Only Preview Sale. If you can volunteer, just click the link below and scroll down to Pre Checkout Preview, Friday, May 2 from 3:30 to 7:30 PM. Thanks in advance for your help! Want to get involved and learn more about the plants at this year's Plant Sale? Volunteer to help us set up prior to the sale April 28 - May 2, as well as during the sale May 3 - 4. See all the opportunities available and sign up here: 2025 Plant Sale Volunteers. Check back often as there may be cancellations. MEMBERS ONLY PLANT SALE PREVIEWFriday, May 2, 4:00 to 7:00 PM In the big tentIf you're a member, please join us for special early shopping and refreshments. Select from a huge variety of houseplants, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees; plant experts will be on hand to help you make your selections. If you are not currently a Member of the Friends, join here: https://www.arboretumfriends.org/benefitshowto/ - then you'll be able to register for the Members Only Plant Sale Preview and get a jump on your spring plant shopping! This program is FREE to Members, but registration is required. Click on the photo to register. PLANT SALE NEWS
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Seedlings at Grow It GreenMany thanks to Farmer Shaun from Grow It Green Morristown who is growing Rutgers tomato seedlings for our sale. The following tomatoes will be available: 'Rutgers 250' and 'Rutgers Scarlet Sunrise' as well as Basil Devotion which is downy mildew resistant. Here are some details. 
Rutgers ‘Scarlet Sunrise’ tomatoReleased in 2020 by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station from work done by Pete Nitzsche and Thomas Orton Bicolor grape tomato with intense sweet Flavor and moderate acidity. Indeterminate, late-season, high yielding. Red and yellow crack resistant skins. Open pollinated. 70 days to maturity  ‘Rutgers 250’ tomatoA reinvention of the tomato industry’s most significant variety, the ‘250 ‘was named in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers University. Improved version of the classic Rutgers tomato that defined the flavor of the ‘Jersey Tomato’.  ‘Rutgers Devotion DMR’ basilFrom the breeding program of Dr. James Simon, Rutgers Department of Plant Biology & Pathology, and Dr. Andy Wyenandt at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Downy mildew resistant Genovese type basil. Uniform, upright growth and dome or cup-shaped leaf.  This photo shows the many happy little tomato seedlings growing just for you! See You At The Plant Sale! RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER IPM TEAM REPORT #1The first IPM Team report for 2025 contains lots of general observation tips, information on Flea Beetles, Common Asparagus Beetles, and much more. Click the image at right to download it. The Team also issued the "IPM Team Observation Chart for 2019/2024" and the "Top Problems Report 2025." Click the links to download each of these ful reports. WATCH PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONSSeveral of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line. See our Prerecorded Events page for more information and to register.Retail PartnersWhen shopping at our fine Retail Partners, please remember to present your Membership card at the beginning of your check out transaction. Our Retail Partners need to enter the discount at the beginning of that process. If you have not yet used this wonderful Member Benefit, you can view our full list of Retail Partners by clicking here. You can register and pay on line on our Events page and Membership page and subscribe to this newsletter here: complete directions for subscribing. CONTACT US HERE
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Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Post Office Box 2267 Morristown, NJ 07962 Web: https://www.arboretumfriends.org PARK INFORMATION The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is a facility of the Morris County Park Commission
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