Received first tree order with great disappointment
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WTNUT
5 year old buck +
Ashmeads Kernell, Blue Permain, King David, Belle De Boskoop, Caville Blanc, Canadian Strawberry, and Cox Orange Pippin.
Here are my trees that came from Grandpas Orchard on Tuesday and went in the ground Wednesday. Do you see a little difference? And, they were far less expensive.
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trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
They look a little more spry
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Dude all I can say is never go away from Cummins or Adams County nurseries price is way better and they have the best trees. I have been ordering from them for 8 years now and never had trees look like that. I would ask for some money back on those trees
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
I can 2nd what @WTNUT posted, grandpas has very nice stock, their shipping is usually quite high however even to me & i'm in the same state.
I agree wholeheartedly with @aerospacefarmer about Cummins there stuff is amazing, I have no personal experience with ACN. I bet SLN has quite nice of stock also.
What rootstock did you get @WTNUT ?
I agree wholeheartedly with @aerospacefarmer about Cummins there stuff is amazing, I have no personal experience with ACN. I bet SLN has quite nice of stock also.
What rootstock did you get @WTNUT ?
WTNUT
5 year old buck +
All but one of those trees were peaches, prunes and cherries. What is most amazing is all but two of those trees were what they called “ugly trees” or something like that. They were about $12 a tree.
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WTNUT
5 year old buck +
Oh I will never be back to Fedco. I have bought many from ACN, none from Cummings. As noted above the “ugly trees” I got from Grandpas orchard were about $12 per tree for me, give or take. As for ACN, I always had good service but did have a larger percentage of their trees that did not make it a year. They always replaced without question, but when I had greater success with Grandpas Orchard and the trees were larger diameter (generally) I just went to them.
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Apple Junkie
5 year old buck +
Just as a point of reference WTNUT, I picked up these apples at Cummins yesterday. Price per tree ranged from $19 for least expensive, to $28 something for most expensive. Nice root balls on each. I think our shared experiences help identity the good nurseries, from the not so good. I'm glad you started this thread.
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
I got 4 leftovers Northern Spy from the local county conservation district for 14 bucks from Boyer nursery in Pa and the trees look great on m111. If you are in PA check out your local county conservation districts who run these sales annually and you can get some great trees. Varieties are limited but you can usually pick one you might like to try. They also have peach and pear trees as well. Give Boyer a look as I have many great trees producing every year now from them through the tree sale program
WTNUT
5 year old buck +
Yes those are nice! I started to order some from them this year. It seems as though they have a large percentage of trees that sell out quick. But, that is probably a sign of a good nursery.
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chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Most things I've bought from Cummins have been great but a few have been disappointing. In my first order, there was a cherry I paid top price for but it was not quite 36" tall and had 1 root on it. It started to leaf out late but was dead by August even with some watering. And a couple rootstocks last year had no roots either. When they are only picking a few rootstocks, you know they saw they grabbed one with no roots on it and still went ahead and shipped it anyway.
Knehrke
5 year old buck +
I will echo that Cummins runs a tight ship. I guess everywhere slips once in awhile, but I've only had a single tree, a Franklin, that didn't make it from there. And the tree looked to be okay when it arrived, it just never leafed out. Full disclosure though, I've only been doing this for a few years. I have a friend who raves about Waflers on the L. Ontario shoreline. Their prices are less than Cummins but their selection isn't generally as diverse.
chummer
5 year old buck +
I just received my order from SNL. I received 11 trees in what looks like a package one tree would come in. They are smaller than a pencil, nothing like what I have received from them in the past. It might actually work out for the best because I still have 2' of snow and I am going to FL in 8 days. I am going to put them in root trapper bags and transplant in the fall or next spring. These are replacement trees for ones that have died over the years. I am done ordering trees, grafting going forward but disappointing to get small trees on my last order.
Diesel5610
5 year old buck +
I am still waiting on my order from SLN. I am a little surprised I haven't heard anything from them yet, I was going to call them next week. This is my first order from them, you have me a little worried.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
I haven't heard anything from SLN either. I already have my trees from Grandpa's. I made both orders on the same day.
I suspect SLN is having a hard time because of the cold weather. They got a new owner a couple years ago, and he may have bitten off a bit more than he can chew this season.
I just hope I get my trees before I leave for Canada.
I suspect SLN is having a hard time because of the cold weather. They got a new owner a couple years ago, and he may have bitten off a bit more than he can chew this season.
I just hope I get my trees before I leave for Canada.
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
My post #57 on this thread was SLN trees. I didn't want to mention the name because I feel I don't have the experience to critique much yet. And for all I know the tiny tree still might grow like gangbusters. I didn't measure it, but it's probably 14" tall... the pic with my dad in the background. It's a Kerr. The nice tree in the other pic is a Chestnut crab. Otherwise everything else about my small order from him has been nice. Trees weren't boxed but arrived well.
