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  • From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Reputations of Fruit Tree Suppliers
  • Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:53:57 -0500

I bought one bundle of cherry rootstock from Cummins a couple of years ago and they spent some time giving me a free grafting lesson along with it (I live close enough to go up there).
Good people.

For anyone far north, try St. Lawrence Nurseries; http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us
They carry stock hardy to zone 3. Orders for this spring have to be sent by May 1.

I may as well also join the chorus plugging Fedco. I haven't ordered nursery stock from them yet, but they're one of my main sources for seed.

-- Rivka
Finger Lakes NY, mostly zone 5

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 10:18 AM, John.Mosko@engelhard.com wrote:


I have had good service from Cummins in NY ---
http://www.cumminsnursery.com. They have a nice selection of rarer
varieties and they usually have them on dwarfing rootstocks (M-9, Bud-9)
which I prefer for hobby orchards.

John Mosko




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02/08/2003 08:20 AM
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Dear NAFEX:

I'm about to place orders with 4 or 5 different fruit tree retailers for
apple trees for my home orchard.  I'm pretty much a neophyte when it comes
to growing or buying fruit trees.  Not knowing much about the reputations
of the various growers, I did a search on the Net last night to see if I
could find any information about other people's experiences--good or bad.
I hesitate to bring up the topic of companies' reputations because it's so
subjective, but I'm about to sink a good chunk of money into buying from
tree nurseries about which I know very little.  I don't want to have any
regrets about not having done my research in advance.

I ran across a website last night called Plants By Mail (
http://plantsbymail.net/) that looks to be a clearinghouse of information
about companies that sell, not surprisingly, plants by mail.  I was a bit
concerned when I read the feedback posted about one the companies from whom
I'm looking to buy half of my trees--South Meadow Fruit Gardens.  SMFG
looks to have a very impressive collection of trees on their website.  I've
also had a couple of very helpful conversations with the folks at SMFG,
once I've been able to get them on the phone.  Yet the vast majority of
feedback people posted about this outfit was a bit alarming.  I have to
give them the benefit of the doubt and just assume that the disgruntled
people who decided to write about them were a very small minority of South
Meadow's happily satisfied customers.  Nevertheless, I would very much
appreciate any information people may be willing to share about their
experiences buying apple trees from this particular nursery and any others
whom you may feel need to be addressed.

Please e-mail me directly with your thoughts if you don't mind.  Thanks in
advance for your info.

Sincerely,

John A Gasbarre
Sgroppino Farms
Vinalhaven Island, Maine
sgroppino@sgroppino.com





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