I've purchased a number of apple trees from Woodstock Nursery 5 or 6 years ago. I would guess that I planted about 15 fruit trees from them. I planted them on my property in Rusk County Wisconsin and I bought them before I knew anything about rootstocks. I believe the majority of the rootstocks were described as semi-dwarf, but there were also were a couple described as standard. These trees were bare root and they received no supplemental watering and they soil there is a sandy loam/loamy sand with OM around 2.5%. The trees are doing pretty well and I believe the survival rate was somewhere around 90%. A few trees produced apples for the first time for me last year and they seem to be doing pretty well until bears tore off the branches with apples. I have had a higher survival rate on standard trees from St. Lawrence Nursery in NY, but I think generally standard trees do better with minimal care than semi-dwarf trees.
I can't say anything bad about the trees I purchased from them, but for my situation with a relatively sandy soil and no watering, I tend to prefer standard sized trees from St. Lawrence Nursery. I'm glad I purchased the semi-dwarf style trees from Woodstock though so I can get some apples sooner while the larger standard trees mature more slowly.
I can't say anything bad about the trees I purchased from them, but for my situation with a relatively sandy soil and no watering, I tend to prefer standard sized trees from St. Lawrence Nursery. I'm glad I purchased the semi-dwarf style trees from Woodstock though so I can get some apples sooner while the larger standard trees mature more slowly.
