Subject: [NAFEX] favorite nurseries for a northeast grower (NY 6)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:08:41 -0400
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.
[NAFEX] favorite nurseries for a northeast grower (NY 6),
Alan Haigh, 09/02/2009