Catscratch
5 year old buck +
I'm itchy to buy some crab and pear trees. Anyone recommend some disease resistance varieties and who is your favorite source?
Cat - For future fruit tree ordering, stay in touch with ANY nursery by e-mail. Usually by the fall, nurseries will have info on trees that will be available for the following spring's planting. For Cummins or Adams County Nursery ( ACN ), I usually place my order in October for spring delivery. Order early - best selection. Saint Lawrence Nursery is going to change hands. The current owners are retiring and I believe some of the staff may take over. Their catalog has always come out Jan. 2 each year. We'll watch for the transition at SLN.
As of last week, Cummins still had some Liberty and Enterprise left. Those are 2 of the best disease resistant apples out there. I haven't checked their lists this week. Just for info's sake - Cummins Nursery was founded by Dr. Jim Cummins, for years the head of Cornell's apple breeding program and is still in the family. ACN is on Penn State's list of best fruit tree nurseries in the country. It's not a very long list - FWIW. If you call any of those 3 nurseries and ask them to send you a catalog, you'll get a wealth of info in those catalogs even if they're sold out of some of the apples you want for THIS year. Free knowledge and tips in them. Good luck with the trees !!
The only negative is that it's an agonizingly long wait before your apple trees arrive!
Better get on the list for next year! He is growing some olympic pears. That's one I'm excited to add to my place!I talked with Turkey Creek a couple of times and would love to do some business with him. Unfortunately I was too late and he didn't have what I wanted at the moment.