Every tree in our catalog is bare-root unless it says otherwise. We dig in late February when the wood is fully dormant, hold in a damp-sawdust cooler at 34°F, and ship in a seven-day window timed to your zone's last hard frost. The roots are wrapped in moist newspaper, the graft is sealed with horticultural wax, and a hand-written tag identifies the variety, rootstock, and the bed it was lifted from.

Plant within ten days of arrival. Soak the roots in cool water for four hours before going in the ground. Don't fertilize the first year — let the tree spend its energy putting down roots, not pushing leaves it can't yet support.

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A Note on Pollination

“Most fruit trees
are not single players.”

Roughly two-thirds of the catalog needs a second variety blooming within the same five-day window to set fruit. We tag every listing with its bloom period and a recommended partner from the same group. If you want one tree, plant a self-fertile.

If the goal is a productive small orchard, we'll do the variety-matching for you — send us your zone, your space, and your harvest preferences, and we'll send back a three-tree plan and the partner-pollination calendar.

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Fruit trees, berries &edible perennials —cold-climate, hard-grown,shipped at the right week.

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How we ship a fruit tree.

“Most fruit treesare not single players.”

Fruit trees, berries &
edible perennials —
cold-climate, hard-grown,
shipped at the right week.

“Most fruit trees
are not single players.”