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Begat by Frustration

Like some of our other projects, our apple book and nursery was begat by frustration.  We've grown apples in warm inland Southern California in the USA for years, but all the books and information we found were geared toward cold, damp climates and covered mostly things that were irrelevant to us. 

We could care less about hardiness and deer damage.  We have no disease and do not spray.  And we're fatigued with being told that apples need a certain minimum number of chilling hours to fruit and that warm climates are not suited for growing apples.

But as with Teardrop Trailers, we were in a position to do something about it.  First came the book Growing Apples In the City that tells how to easily grow apples in a warm climate.  It incorporates all the techniques that save time and labor in producing an apple tree (or whole orchard) suitable for the suburban back yard.  We researched over 100 apple varieties that have done well in warm winters and hot summers.  The book is intended for the novice, but veteran apple growers enjoy reading it as many of the methods are applicable in a cold climate.  We even tell you what to do with all those apples with our Cider Press Plans.

Next we got our nursery license to propagate and sell apple trees and scionwood.  We sell exclusively benchgrafts, the best and fastest way to have a healthy tree.  We also stock over 100 varieties of scionwood (and budwood in the summer) for those wanting to do their own grafting.  We ship benchgraft trees mostly to Southern California and other warm climates, as easterners have plenty of other sources for trees).  We ship scionwood and budwood everywhere at certain times of the year (click for our shipping schedule).

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Benchgraft trees

Scionwood

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Custom Grafting

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Wonderful in Complexity