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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

You might like to try your luck with 

apple-crop@virtualorchard.net

which is a mailing list for cmmercial apple growers.  Most of them sell to distributors, of course, but there are a lot of direct-to-customer growers on the list, and some may have useful info for you.

(The apple vendors I'm familiar with mostly offer both traditional and unusual cultivars, for what it's worth.)

Ginda

On May 9, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Ceely Will wrote:

 I live on the southern Oregon coast about 1/2 a mile inland.  I am USDA zone 9 and sunset zone 5.  I planted a small orchard this spring and would like advice on what grows well here.  The annual temperatures are normally between 30 F and 70F.  Northwest winds of 5-20 miles per hour are pretty much constant all spring and summer.  I am planting a windbreak for the orchard- does anyone know how to germinate filbert seeds?  
 
I planted Libery, Gravenstein, and King apples along with Seneca, Italian and Beauty plums, Lapins and Rainer cherries, Rescue and Blake's Pride pears, Starfire peach, and five differnt varities of blueberrys.  I also grafted 15 differnt heirloom apple varities on M27 rootstock and ordered a few more grafted onto MARK.  
 
I would like to find some way to develop a small commerial direct to consumer fruit orchard on my property and sell the produce at farmer's markets and the like.  I've been talking to the extension agents about commercial blueberry production and reading WSU Mt. Vernon's varitey trials.  I have tried talking to the nearest commerical fruit tree extension agent in the state and was basically told that my idea is impossible.  Is there any success to be had selling varities like Hudson's Golden Gem, Ashmead's Kernal, William's Pride, Wyoonce Early, Melrose, Spitzenburg, Libery and other either disease resistant or heirloom apples directly to consumers.
 
I'm sorry for how long winded this is but I have a TON of questions.
Thanks,
Ceely Will 

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