I’ve seen comments about Stark Bros not disclosing the rootstock to customers. That practice has always been a little annoying, but sometimes they have certain trees that other companies do not. Before I ordered this tree I reached out to customer service ahead of time to ask them the rootstock and of course I was told they don’t disclose that. I found it very funny that the tree comes with a tag that shows its on OHxF 333.
Thought I’d share with you.
Olympic Asian Pear “Dwarf”
I get frustrated at SB as well that they do not tell us, the customer, what rootstock you are actually getting. I have written to them more than once. All they will tell me is what it MAY be not what it actually is. I do not think it would be that difficult to put the rootstock info on the tree, as they did with your pear tree.
Pretty sure they likely order surplus root stock on the cheap. They probably do not know until they place their order. Would not be surprised if they own a seedling grow out operation as well.
I could be wrong, but I thought Stark Bros gives commercial orders the choice of rootstocks and small orders get filled with whatever is left over. Basically, they give commercial customers the priority right up to the end.
I just did a search of my old bookmarks and found this old thread from the Gardenweb days. It’s old and incomplete, but shows how much of a game of chance it has always been. Stark’s misleading tree sizes & their rootstocks
You are correct. For some reason one time I asked Stark Bros about the rootstocks they use for their apple trees. They sent me a commercial growers list of all their tree stock with all their inventory and rootstocks. So it looks like the commercial end of their sales can pick the rootstocks they prefer.
