39th Parallel Nursery - Lawrence, Kansas
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I had never heard of them. I looked at their website and below are my initial thoughts:
- On their apples they tell you which rootstock you will be getting. They use no noxious weeds (M7) and everything is either on M111 or B118. This alone puts them way ahead of Stark Brothers.
- Prices look great.
- Selection is not bad. It would be plenty good to get several trees to start with, and they have some good DR varieties listed. They even have Yates, which is a proven apple in many locations. However, as when ordering for any location, it's always good to do a little research and get a feeling for how you would expect any cultivar to work in your area.
- They even have one old apple that they saved from an old homeplace and named themselves. I like this, because it tells me that at least one person there has a passion for old apples like many of us on this forum do. I've never seen anyone who had that kind of passion that was really a bad person. It enhances my feeling of initial trust.
- Their pear selection is small, but okay for a beginner. Unlike apples, they don't tell the exact rootstock, but I bet they would if you asked them. They do give an indication of the percentage of ultimate size compared to standard. This is somewhat common with pears and lots of nurseries may not list specifically their pear rootstocks. However, as previously stated - I bet that they would provide that information if you asked. My guess is that it will the OHxF series, which is extremely common.
- They are currently sold out of persimmons but have a good list of cultivars. I've never seen grafted persimmons priced this low.
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Rit
5 year old buck +
If you select the pear tree from the drop down it will populate the rootstock. I ordered pears from WG and they couldn’t tell me what the rootstock was. I am sure it was just her that didn’t know and if I pushed the issue I could have gotten an answer.
It might be on WGs website but I didn’t see it as I browsed.
It might be on WGs website but I didn’t see it as I browsed.
Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
Haven’t used them yet but considering an order some day. They have flat rate shipping at almost $40. So guy would need to place a larger order to make it worth it. They are real active on FB. Saw they having a sale on Ashmeads Kernel for $8/tree. That’s one I’d like to add.
Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
I turned a guy from work onto them an he placed a 12 tree order. 6 apples/6pears. Will let you guys know what they look like
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Emailed the owner several times and was great to work with. They come highly recommended from the people on the fruit growers forum. I don't have trees from them yet but from what I've heard I trust they are great.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
39th Parralel is form a great fruit forum, he knows what he's doing. https://growingfruit.org
scott44
5 year old buck +
I planted all my Turkey Creek trees and felt I didn't have enough so I ordered 8 more from 39th Parallel, 4 apple and 4 pear and they arrived yesterday. This is the first time I have odered from them and I think I'll look at them again because the trees look really good and are a good price.
