You mention "trees"...but the issue wasn't a tree, it was rootstocks. When it comes to buying fruit trees, there are a huge number of places to choose from. When buying rootstocks, there really aren't. You can buy small quantities of rootstocks from a decent number of places...but the origin of those rootstocks is largely the same....one of a handful of west coast nurseries. As I stated on another thread, I lost one of my OHF97's from Burnt Ridge this year. No life in the rootstock at all when I checked it after the scion didn't break bud. Is that BR's fault, the nursery they bought it from, or mine? Or some of each? I don't know. I do know it wasn't enough to stop me from ordering from BR again if they have a product I'd like. IMHO, its different when you buy a "tree" and there's no life. I'd be ticked off if I bought a grafted tree that showed zero signs of life, but when I lose a $3.50 rootstock I shrug it off as being attributable to a number of different reasons. That's just me though.