Fruit trees

[TNlandowner]

I bought 14 fruit trees today for less than $8 each! I got 7 pear, 5 apple,and 2 cherry. I wanted more, but this was all he brought today. These are 5' - 7' trees in great shape (no broken limbs, dead spots, etc). I saw smaller trees at Wally-world today for $20 each.
The nursery owner comes to our local farmer's market (Carroll County) every Tuesday selling trees and shrubs. I'm meeting him again next week to buy more. I'll get his card if anyone else is looking for trees at great prices.

 

[blueridge]

Where's Carroll Co.

 

[richmanbarbeque]

Be carefull, It is addicting. ha!

 

[Football Hunter]

Be carefull, It is addicting. ha!

yep

 

[doubledownranch]

Is now the time to plant fruit trees?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

That is a good price assuming they are grafted onto a decent rootstock.

 

[Football Hunter]

Is now the time to plant fruit trees?

yes

 

[TNlandowner]

Blue Ridge, Carroll County is in NW TN, mapquest Huntingdon, TN for more info.

I am planting in USDA zone 7a, could anyone make recommendations for other fruit trees? I have plenty of space and will buy more pears, plums, and turkey brown-fig trees next Tuesday.

So far, the trees were: 7 Barlett pear, 2 Fuji, 1 McIntosh, & 2 Granny-Smith apples, 1 Bing Cherry and 1 Stella Cherry.

They are going in the ground today... I alreadly set out the Tylenol bottle for tonight ;o)

 

[Bayou Buck]

You can try Fuyu persimmon and some Arkansas black apple to cover you later in the deer season.

 

[Football Hunter]

Blue Ridge, Carroll County is in NW TN, mapquest Huntingdon, TN for more info.

I am planting in USDA zone 7a, could anyone make recommendations for other fruit trees? I have plenty of space and will buy more pears, plums, and turkey brown-fig trees next Tuesday.

So far, the trees were: 7 Barlett pear, 2 Fuji, 1 McIntosh, & 2 Granny-Smith apples, 1 Bing Cherry and 1 Stella Cherry.

They are going in the ground today... I alreadly set out the Tylenol bottle for tonight ;o)

Chestnuts

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Get some good disease resistant apples. Others things mentioned are great too.

 

[Football Hunter]

And something to polinate those apples,crab apples work well,like Transcendent,Doglo,etc.

 

[wtbh236]

watch out for c.a.r with them apple trees if you have cedar trees within a mile you can get ones that are resistan to car like freedon and liberty i wished i knew about it befor i planted my apple trees.

 

[vapor 1]

Would you give me his this guys contact info? Thanks

 

[ClubHead]

Would you give me his this guys contact info? Thanks

Jesse Roberts Nursery Farm
McMinnville,Tn
931-934-2191
I picked up some apple trees for the yard today.

 

[sango]

I bought 10 fruit trees from LOWE'S at the "end of season" sale last fall for $12.5 each and planted them at the farm and they survived the winter just fine.

 

[TNlandowner]

Thank you for the information Gentlemen. I'll look into the Fuyu Persimmon and rust resistant apples. I have cedar trees all over the yard, so I guess my apple trees are in trouble. Boooo, does the disease impact Bartlett or Moonglow pears?

F.H. How long for a Dunstan Chestnut to mature and produce nuts? 20 years?

 

[treefarmer]

I saw on the NRCS website regarding southern crabapple they say to keep 500-FT away from cedar trees to avoid the cedar apple rust. If you aren't too close to your property line you can take care of the cedar trees with a chain saw if you don't have too many.

 

[Football Hunter]

Thank you for the information Gentlemen. I'll look into the Fuyu Persimmon and rust resistant apples. I have cedar trees all over the yard, so I guess my apple trees are in trouble. Boooo, does the disease impact Bartlett or Moonglow pears?

F.H. How long for a Dunstan Chestnut to mature and produce nuts? 20 years?

Not according to their site,2 to 4 years,but I suspect more for "real" production

 

[PickettSFHunter]

No cedar apple rust will not get on pears. Biggest issue with pears tends to be fireblight, with fireblight being worse in Asian varieties typically. Its basically impossible to avoid CAR, the spores are carried by wind, so you would literally have to remove every cedar with the galls within miles. You can fight it with a rigorous spray schedule or just accept it. I caution any of these "how long to fruit/nut" claims by nurseries. They are just trying to sell you a tree and will count that time right when you get a fruit/nut or two or three. I think more in gallons and bushels not just a few fruit/nuts as actual production. Even then you will see variations between individuals of the same species.

 

[TNlandowner]

Thanks smstone for the good information. The guy from Jesse Robert's nursery said Granny Smith, Fuji,and McIntosh apples would be fine against CAR. Of course, these were the varieties he was selling. I sure hope he didn't pull one over on me. I am going to have to deal with CAR; too many cedars in my area. In fact, I just found an orange gall in a cedar tree in my front yard!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Some Mcintosh is Resistant. Fuji is highly susceptible. Granny Smith is moderate. My yard Granny Smith gets CAR bad without spraying but still produces bushels.

 

[7mm08]

Liberty, Enterprise and Wolf River apples is what I have and are doing well but only 2 years in the ground. My Fuya persimmons didn't make it from a local nursery but I got 12 persimmons from the Missouri DNR last year that made it. I did notice that the ones that made it where planted out of the afternoon sun, while about 10 more persimmons (same DNR stuff)that had full afternoon sun died....hope that helps in your planting site location.

PS..30 some American plums survived and seem to be doing great as well.

Now all I need is some time until the fruit appears!