Best place to buy a decent caliper size Niedzwetzkyana a.k.a. Redvein Crab

I have a Red Vein from TOA, and I have Niedzwetzkyana scion to graft as soon as my rootstock shows up this year. I know my Red Vein apples (and the blooms too) don’t match what I’ve heard about Niedzwetzkyana. Red Vein are moderately small, fairly red-fleshed (but not blood red), pretty sweet and not all that juicy for me. They are big enough and sweet enough to eat fresh and I think they’re pretty tasty right off the tree.

TOA is actually my local source, and they partner with the local cider house :yum: TOA isn’t exactly cheap, but every tree I’ve gotten from them has been excellent. All but one order from them over the years I picked up in person, but the shipped trees were great too. They did send me a lousy set of raspberries (40% DOA) once, but that was the only hiccup. If only they’d offer some different rootstocks, but they’re pretty exclusively MM111.

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Thank you, great information ! I have both grafted, but it’ll be at least a couple three more years before they produce fruit.