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Paul:
     I can recommend the following places for trees and benchgrafts or scion 
wood.  I've gotten Apple material from all of them; peaches from ACN, 
Cumberland, Valley, Hollydale and Amos Fisher; sour cherries from ACN and 
Stark Bros.  The places I've dealt with are:  

                  Fedco-John Bunker's operation-very nice informative 
catalog-I've gotten
                         scion wood for several antique Maine and other 
apples-good place;
                   Adams County Nursery (ACN)-(717)-677-8105-great to deal 
with, has a 
                         great selection of commercial and some antique 
apples, also has 
                         many orchard supplies;         
                   Greenmantle Nursery, Garbersville, Ca.(707)-986-7504-has 
many red  
                         fleshed varieties; I've gotten good benchgrafts from 
them;
                   Amos Fisher, White Oak Nursery, Strasburg, Pa-very 
reasonably priced
                         trees.  Amos is Amish so you must contact him by 
mail;
                   Manning Nursery, Lester, W. VA-(804)-934-6558-nice 
selection of       
                         modern and antique varieties. I've gotten very nice 
benchgrafts from 
                         Carlos;
                   Rocky Meadow Nursery-IN-Ed Fackler's place-was very good 
when Ed 
                         had it-I haven't ordered from it since he sold it;
                   Big Horse Creek Farm-Lansing, NC (336)-384-1134-listing of 
many old 
                         southern and Carolina varieties;
                   Hollydale Nursery, TN (8000-222-3026-many peaches and a 
few apples;
                   Cumberland Valley Nurseries, TN (931)-668-4153-another 
peach tree 
                         supplier-many varieties.
     I hope this helps.  You might also want to look at the Backyard Fruit 
Growers Site and the links from that.  
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/byfg.html 
Good luck!  Chris Patterson