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[Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>]

I purchase hundreds of trees from a lot of nurseries and have bought plants from most endorsed by people here.  The advantage of buying brambles from a certified nursery is a greatly reduced risk of virus infected stock.  I use Indiana Plant Co. and Nourse and have never had mislabled plants from either source in 20 years.

 

I love one of the nurseries mentioned here, which I will not name, but their trees do tend to run small and sometimes crooked- at least when you purchase in any kind of quantity.  Maybe they save the best stuff for small orders where they make more money per tree.  For a good selection of heirlooms I recommend Trees of Antiquity.

 

For mainstream varieties and a shortlist of heirlooms Adams County Nurserey will often give you  good sized trees and almost all are straight (hey, I'm in the nursery business, straight matters).

 

For anything she carries I love ordering from Lucille at Whitman's Farms.  She sell me larger IE mulberries than Burnt Ridge and gives me a quantity price even if I order 5.  I you're ordering 1 you still may get a larger tree (more roots and top so they do plug in quicker).  She's got every kind of ribes you're likely to be interested in.