My order from Orange Pippin arrived yesterday and was planted this morning. Enterprise on G-41, Liberty on G-16, and Zestar! on G-11
I did notice the address on the box said Cummins Nursery. I’m still waiting on my delivery from ACN.
My order just came last Friday. unfortunately I was out last weekend. I have someone took the package and check the condition. On Sunday I got the package and open it up. It packed very well with some gel inside to keep the roots moisturized. Each plant is labeled. I rated them overall excellent
Packing: 5
roots: 5
size 4
overall: 4.5
The only drawback is they short shipped me one plant and the blackberry was not in dormant.
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After Henry Fields sent me a Kolomitka male kiwi, I sent the following:
“Earlier today, I received a kiwi labeled “Actinidia Kolomikta”, which is actually an Arctic Kiwi, not a Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia Arguta). From everything I’ve been able to find online (I don’t have any Artics, just Hardy), the Kokomikta blooms earlier than Argutas (like Ken’s Red, the female you sell) and isn’t generally compatible. Can you please send me a compatible male hardy kiwi (Arguta)?”
They immediately responded by scheduling another shipment. It arrived today and of course it is another Kolomikta…Sigh.
Maybe I should just plant them and try to graft a kolomikta female onto one of them next year.
My first post here, but I just bought a house this winter and am starting out with some gooseberries and currants from Whitman Farms and strawberries from Nourse Farms. Most of these are based off of recommendations from here and the old gardenweb over the years, so thanks to all. Lucile was great to work with from Whitman Farms. The plants were all packaged well and all were extremely healthy and are all leafing out.
Gooseberries
Poorman
Black Velvet
Jeanne
Currants
D-8
Minaj Shmyrev
Belaruskaja
Crandall
Pink Champagne
Strawberries
Mara Des Bois
Earliglow
Welcome aboard Patrick! Good to have another Marylander here, we are giving the other states a run for their money. All those things look like good choices to me. I got D-8 several years ago but its taken the plants a long time to establish. I should finally get to taste the fruits this year.
Here are some pics of the opal plum and harglow apricot I received from cummings this spring. What a set of roots on the harglow!
opal plum
harglow apricot
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Drew,
I saw these at the organic market and had no idea what they were.
Now I suspect they are ground-cherries, yes? What do these things taste like?
Yes, they could be? Ground cherries taste more like tomatoes, than cherries. I grew them for a few years, but kinda got sick of them. Made pies, used in salads, only so many salads one can eat. Some people hate the taste. The plants are so prolific you get hundreds of them off of one plant.
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To me, ground cherries taste like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple. Reminds me of the tomato salsa that has pineapple in it, but not spicy. I like them fresh, but I don’t deny that they’re kinda weird. They’re also really good dried, a bit like a crunchy golden raisin. Not sure if the Colombian golden berries are exactly the same or just related. I took a year off from growing them last year but probably will plant one this year since I still have some seeds. They don’t grow tall, but spread out to quite a large radius for a garden plant. 4 to 5 ft.
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waiting, and hoping, for either a rootstock sale or another $5 sale at Starks like last year…
Bob I think you’ll be waiting a while for Starks prices to come down again like that. That sale is usually end of season clearance. Last year it was practically June.
yah, ciderworks rootstock sale was late April as well…debating white-knuckling it vs paying more now and knowing I am safe
I drove up to Adams County Nursery on this cold clear morning to pick up my first ever order from them. My four-year old son was not as excited as me. Upon arriving, I was quite underwhelmed by the pickup location. The place is kinda beat. The interior of their small office feels like a dentist’s waiting room. I was recieved by glum non-enthusiam if not outright skepticism as a backyard orchardist that is “new” to them.
Anyway, the stock is what counts, and it is excellent. The largest tree is an Arctic Glo nect which is 5.5 feet tall, not counting the truly massive roots. All of the trees - and more importantly, the roots - are huge, and well-packed. Only California produces bigger-caliper trees, but many of those nurseries do a hachet job on the roots to fit them in the shipping boxes. ACN rewarded me as a picker-upper by allowing me to retrieve trees as if they were just picked from the field. It’s hard not to recognize their product as being anything else than among the very best in the business.
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Was it worth it for you to go pick them up?
I talked to them on the phone a few days ago…i think my order comes early in April…should be about right this year.
Yeah, for me it’s worth it. I live an hour away.
Matt,. Once all your trees in full production, I think you would need to get a very large dehydrator.
Tony
Oh man. I wish I had that problem.
My goal is to have fresh peaches/nects for 4 months solid every year.
In your climate that should be very doable.
Yeah, I was able to put my nect from Bay Laurel into a pretty small pot with those short roots
I’ll also have to stake it substantially when it can finally go out in the ground - not much to hold it upright there