My experience with Burntridge this year was horrible for me and 2 other friends that live within driving distance. I placed several orders beginning in July into early fall including plants and rootstock. I had indicated I would come and pick it up at their location. They told me pickup would be in January. Fast forward several months to January and I start to get different emails from them about items or size’s ordered not being available and asking me to pick different products and/or sizes (multiple items). I responded to the emails with all my updates and waited…and waited. Many emails to them asking if items were ready for pick up as previously indicated…in January…then February…and finally into March always being given an excuse why things weren’t ready. Finally I indicated I would just pick my orders up at the Olympia farmer’s market on 1 April and I show up and am told I owe more money because of additional tax for picking up in Olympia instead of their location. This experience combined with the expensive price and pitifully small size I paid last summer for 2 cosmic crisp apple trees (I got a tree 10 x’s the size from another nearby nursery - restoring eden for almost the same price) has permanently soured me on them. 3 orders in 9 months was enough of a sample size to come to this conclusion. All of my plants and root stock were labeled well and the sizes were appropriate with the exception of the cosmic crisp).
Another friend went and picked up his order from them only to find out the order was incomplete and he had to call and tell them and return the following day. Some of the rootstock had barely any roots on them and would not have been anything I would have let leave my nursery.
My 3rd friend was disappointed with the quality and size of the rootstock he got.
I ordered rootstock from multiple locations as well and fruitwoodnursery.com would be my strong recommendation and front runner I’d recommend. Raintree also sent good quality rootstock this year.
…my 2 cents
