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Wreath Winner 2008Jim and Mary Ann Martin, Highland Trees, Wausau, took the Grand Champion ribbon for both decorated and undecorated wreath classes this past weekend at the annual wreath contest. The contest is sponsored by WCTPA and is held during the Winter Convention. This year it was held in Stevens Point. Here is a short article about the convention.
Clicking on one of these links... Decorated wreath or Undecorated wreath ...will download a large file suitable for printing. Central Wisconsin Christmas Tree Growers Tie for 2007 Grand Champion
Merrillan, WI - August 10, 2007 - for the second year in a row, trees grown by two Wisconsin Christmas tree growers tied for the honor of Wisconsin Grand Champion Christmas Tree. Members of the Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association (WCTPA) selected a concolor (white) fir Christmas tree grown by Tom and Sue Schroeder of Schroeder's Forevergreens of Neenah and a balsam fir grown by Russell and Luann Kook of Caledonia Tree Farm of Merrimac as the Co-Grand Champion Wisconsin Christmas Trees. Voting took place at the Association's Summer Convention held at Northern Christmas Trees and Nursery in Merrillan, WI. WCTPA members are able to enter one tree in any or all of the contest's five classes-Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, Other Fir, Pine, and Spruce. Members then vote for the top tree in each class and for an overall Grand Champion tree. The Kook's will be representing their farms and all the members of WCTPA when they present a tree to Governor Doyle this coming December. Wisconsin will be well represented at next summer's National Christmas Tree Association's contest which will be held next August in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition to the Schroeder's and Kook's, Jim and Diane Chapman of Silent Night Evergreens of Endeavor (one of last year's Co-Grand Champions) will be entering a tree in the national contest. The winner of the national contest has the honor of presenting a tree to the White House. The Schroeder's began growing trees on their farms located in central Wisconsin's Marquette and Waushara Counties in 1987. They currently grow several species of trees on approximately 160 acres of land. Since 1976 the Schroeder's have provided thousands of real Christmas trees to Fox Valley families from their retail lots. The Kook's have been growing Christmas trees for twenty years on one hundred, twenty-four acres in Columbia County. They also grow several species of trees including balsam fir, fraser, fir, and concolor fir. For several years they have operated retail lots in Madison.
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