Well it made us laugh anyhow!

[Turkey Creek]

Guess maybe it is more funny if you are a nursery owner, but it does tie in with the "Buying fruit trees from Big Box Stores" threads that we see on here every once in awhile. Sandbur looks like you need to call the Home Depot in Florida they have apple trees cold hardy to -30! Has to be one of the most generic tree tags on the planet. No other tags on their nursery stock. For only $39.95 this tree can be yours! By the way, the lady who purchased this tree is looking for help in identifying which variety it is, if you can help her out let me know I will put you in touch!

 

[Tree Spud]

In order to pollinate, make sure you plant a 2nd variety that blooms at the same time

 

[Catscratch]

Lol!

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[Turkey Creek]

In order to pollinate, make sure you plant a 2nd variety that blooms at the same time

Yea I liked that line as well!

 

[Apple Junkie]

God... there is one born every day. No sense confusing the customer with too much information.

 

[Telemark]

Did she scan the QR code?

 

[Turkey Creek]

Did she scan the QR code?

Yea said it was a dead end.

 

[chaded]

That right there is one of those apple trees.

 

[j-bird]

This is EXACTLY why I send people to Turkey Creek... I made my mistakes with big box store trees...never again. But most people don't care to be honest...it's almost like an impulse buy and as such they have no idea what they want/need and well...a tree like this is PERFECT!

 

[Knehrke]

Friends don't let friends buy BBT.

I made the mistake once. The trees grew great, but they're fire blight magnets. Bye-bye.

 

[4wanderingeyes]

I had bought 4 from Menards, not really sure what I bought anymore, but the only one left alive is a bird crab, or a flowering crab with marble sized apples. All 4 survived 1 year and they were done.

 

[The Fishman]

I am still not sure how I wound up there, but I was looking at Anna Apple trees on Home Depot's web site. Here is some interesting text from the Anna Apple product description. "The tree has a moderate growth-rate and reaches a height and width of 20 ft. to 30 ft. The Anna Apple tree can be pollinated with the Dorsett Apple tree or with the Floribunda Crabapple tree. For planting, apples trees prefer full sun and slightly acidic soil. At maturity, the Anna apple can reach a height and width of 15 ft. to 20 ft." So how tall and wide will this tree be when it reaches maturity? Maybe with its moderate growth rate it is 20 foot tall and 30 foot wide when it is young, but shrinks to 15 foot tall and 20 foot wide at maturity. I am not an apple expert so I am confused.

 

[Lucky_P]

Years ago, Ed Laivo, who was at that time, with Dave Wilson Nurseries, wrote a good - and funny - treatise on dwarf/semi-dwarf/standard apple trees, pruning, etc. - mainly aimed at folks wanting to plant fruit trees on their suburban residential properties. It was titled something like, "Dwarf apple tree? But it's so BIG!"
He maintained that while people were familiar with Disney's the 7 Dwarfs, pygmies, miniature horses, teacup poodles, etc., that the whole dwarf/semi-dwarf/standard apple deal evaded most folks understanding. IIRC, he addressed things sorta like this:
Dwarf... will get 8-10 ft tall - can you reach your own ceiling?
Semi-dwarf... will be 14-18 ft tall - that's taller than your house
Standard... it's as big as an apartment complex - you need to purchase additional property.
In the end... YOU are responsible for how big your apple tree becomes. Prune, prune, prune.