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I also like to plant early, but it's not always possible, depending on 
the location of the supplier.  If they are in a warm enough area that 
their trees have already broken dormancy by the time it's warm enough 
for you to put them in the ground, you can't plant safely until you are 
past the hard frosts.  Depending on the SUMMER hardiness of the plant, 
this may not be until near you last frost date.  Similarly, I like to 
plant in the fall, but nurseries with warmer weather can't ship for 
fall until their plants go dormant, which might be too late for it to 
"settle in" in my backyard.

This is one reason to prefer nurseries with a similar climate to yours, 
or a little bit colder.  It's just a lot easier to ship plants under 
optimal conditions.

For trees from NE and the midwest, I try to get shipping in March or 
September.  From the Pacific NW and the SE, I generally settle for 
mid-to-late April, and have even taken tender stuff in May.

Ginda Fisher
Eastern Mass., zone 6

On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 07:41  AM, Lee Elliott wrote:

> Trouble I had with Southmeadow, ignores the ship date I requested, 
> wants
> to ship way too late, ignores my calls to ship now, doesn;t keep an up
> to date inventory, will take your order and $$$ even if they don't have
> tree in inventory.  By the time you find out it's too late in the 
> season
> to get it somewhere else.  I allways have the goal of finishing my
> plantings by April 1.  This way seldom do I ever lose a tree or have to
> water much after planting. Beware of nurserys that have this attitude
> they know what's best for you.Lee Elliott APPLE HILL ORCHARD 
> WINCHESTER,
> IL
>
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