man this is some great discussion.....please keep it up.. If I live in Ohio, where would you think I should purchase from? a nursery from the south of me? or to the north? I know the nurserys have zone requirements for each fruit tree but I am kind of thinking it still might be a little adapted to where its been "grafted" and grown until shipped for sale.....maybe I am over thinking it to much....
I like Gurneys but they only have the standard variety of all fruit trees, which is only 2-4 feet tall, bare rootball................whereas some other nurseries I have found have fruit trees that are 6-7 foot tall and already fruiting....I am sure the fruit is minimal but still further advanced in years...more money, but older tree.
If Gurneys would sell those older trees I would be all over them.....
does anyone have a specific site that they order from?
Great ideas from everyone. Just another topic I intend to research till I am blue so I can get one step further to self sustainable living. thanks for everyones input.
Im in michigan.... I have a bunch of trees on order from a number of sources this year....
and also bought a bunch last year...
In total maybe 15 types of apples.... 15 plums.... 7 cherries...6 pears... its a bit too chilly for peaches here but a few of those too....
3 Grapes... 8 blueberries... 1 raspberries....
I only bought a couple trees of each type.... did some grafting last season mostly with honeycrisp apples.... pretty easy.....
This year Im putting in a small root stock bed with apple, cherry and pear root stocks.....
Then I can make my own trees..... using the scion treess I have bought and the root stocks Im growing.....
I can make some recommendations on where to get trees....
drop me a pm or post.....either way.....
gurneys is not the way.......
By the way in general the fruits that self pollinate will be most likely to get fruit from seeds.....
peaches are known for being the best for this.....
apples maybe the worst......
The bad thing about apples....is many are pollinated using crab apple trees......
knowing who both mom and dad are is important.....