Looking to get quince,jujube and harrow delight this coming year

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@resonanteye

what places sell good quality trees that ship to WA?

Jujube Trees for Sale | Buy Jujube Tree | Grow Organic

I’d suggest GrowOrganic for a Honey Jar. I’ve bought from them 3 times and each order was quality trees. I’ve bought from OGW as well and there is no comparison. The only way I buy stuff from OGW is if the variety is only sold there (like their new Confetti and Empress Gee). The OGW trees have been in 1 gal pots and about 18" tall, while the GO trees have been in the 5/8" - 3/4" range and ~3’ tall (they’s be much taller, but have to be cut to fit in the box).

Here’s a pic of one of my orders:

Spring signs!

They could have fit longer trees in the box. They ranged from 29"-35" from graft union to top. But they were large caliper and had good sized roots. [GrowOrganic_trees_02-21-2018_] Here’s the Carnival peach. I hadn’t planned to add any more peaches on Citation, but I made an exception: 1.) The Carnival which fruited for me for the first time this past year was just that good (15-23 brix fruit). 2.) Citation often runts out for me, but I’ve tried planting this one in an area which stays …

I’m not sure if OGW’s bare root trees are any bigger than their potted ones (all I’ve gotten), but I’d go with GO instead.

I agree that Cummins is good for Harrow Delight. Grandpa’s Orchard and ACN would also be good choices, Though I would go with Harrow Sweet instead of Harrow Delight.

And I’d skip the Quince entirely - one of my quince rootstocks grew very large and I was left looking at 2" long needles…And quince isn’t even good for fresh eating. A 2nd jujube would do nicely. From what Grow Organic has, I’d suggest a Sugar Cane. As crisp as Honey Jar and larger fruit.

Honey Jar is a bit more precocious, but Sugar Cane can really produce when it gets going. Here are Sugar Canes from 2 different properties that I took pics of today.

The above pic is a graft on a rather large So (planted 2019)

Here’s a Sugar Cane at a different rental:

Most of this tree is Sugar Cane (with a few grafts, such as Dae Sol Jo and Texas Tart). It’s the one on the right. This one was planted in spring 2017 from Trees of Antiquity (they are good as well, but don’t sell Honey Jar).

Note the haw on the left in the pic above- the thorny rootstock had grown almost as large as the tree. I guess the thorns are a good way to make me notice…

@resonanteye

high desert so very hot, very cold, dry in summer wet in winter.

You may want to water a bit, at least to get it/them established the first few years. And it would be a good idea to mulch it well (and incorporate some organic matter into the soil if you are feeling ambitious).