"TyTy's site is so absurd that it can be entertaining." It's like it should be an "herb" nursery, if you catch my drift. Before Garden Watchdog dropped them altogether, undoubtedly over threat of lawsuit as was said above, that watchdog site sent you to a statement if you clicked on TyTy's name. The statement said that certain sites were not listed but that you should contact the state's consumer affairs agency to inquire before ordering. I don't live extremely far away and someday when in the vicinity am going to drop by to see it with my own eyes.

two thumbs up for Schlabach's Nursery in New York! They are Amish so no ordering on the internet nor credit cards taken. They accept orders by mail only. They do use a phone for business purposes and are happy to answer any questions over the phone. Really great selection and pricing. I have purchased from them for my own use and for commercial purposes many times. David and his family do a fantastic job. They offer their apple trees on numerous rootstocks. Their catalog only lists the choices as "dwarf" or 'Semi-dwarf" but if you call and ask they will tell you what rootstocks the apple variety is available on. I always write on the order what rootstock I want and they honor my request. Located in Medina, NY.

"Olpea- great advice.. I think i remember you from a couple years back on this forum.. Do you have acres, or a nice size orchard? If so, i second iltilton, a newcomer definitely wants a lot more guidance! Any tips at all would be helpful. Im trying to be as succesful as I could.." Yeah I've been on the forum for a few years. It's a recreational thing for me - more or less. I don't do Facebook, so this is sort of like a Facebook account for me. What I mean is that I post/read the forum like most folks post/read Facebook. I've got a yard orchard and a very small (emphasize "very small") commercial orchard we started a couple years ago on a separate piece of property. I've been selling fruit from by backyard for about 5 years, as a part-time thing. Drew's given you some solid advice. I would just really emphasize if your ground is clay and poorly drained, you need some sort of raised planting for your peaches. I lost lots of peach trees early on to drowning/phytophthora/crown rot, or whatever you want to call it. Any of the seedling peach rootstocks (Lovell, Halford, Bailey, Tenn. Nat., Guardian, Red Leaf) are going to perform the same on poor drained clay - crappy. Citation is a clonal plum rootstock and may perform a tad better on water-logged clay, but I prefer the seedling peach rootstocks if you can get your clay to drain (which is what you need to do). I've tried a couple different methods to improve drainage. I installed field tile first (in my backyard). This drained a lot of sub-surface water away and peach trees quit dying, but still didn't really thrive. I next started converting my backyard planting to mounds. This can be done by cutting and filling in your own yard (no need to haul in dirt, unless you really want a pristine looking yard). Some of the first mounds I built with just a wheel barrel and shovel. I decided I wanted bigger mounds (plus digging by hand is too hard on my back) so I rented equipment like a Dingo mini track loader (walk behind). I also built some with a skid steer. When I started my new planting at the farm, I didn't even try to plant the peaches without making a raised planting first. I bought a blade (i.e. motor grader) to build terraces to plant on top of. This should give you an idea how strongly I feel about planting peaches in a raised planting in this area. Here's a pic (in the background) of the terraces and me standing on the road blade (I've since sold it.) The pic is a little deceiving because the terraces are bigger than they look. They are 11' wide by about 3.5' tall. Your raised planting doesn't need to be near that big. Any size raised planting is bound to help some. This post was edited by olpea on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 16:35

Depending on where you are will play a part in this as well. For a good tree, i would avoid the big box stores (the trees from here, in my experience, which is three plum trees, they need a lot more care and take longer to establish. I also see things here like Granny Smith which is from Sydney Australia and there is no way this will survive our bad winters (wind chill can reach -25F)). Local nurseries are good as most will only carry ones that they know will survive, and most offer better warranties. My local nursery gives us a 2 year warranty on fruit trees, but the selection is limited. From mail order, I like Willis Orchards because you can buy larger caliper trees. I have had good results with their trees, and they have replaced the two that died on me. I was able to buy a cherry tree from them that was over 1.5" thick trunk! The other nursery that i have had good luck with is Stark Bros. I have had no trees from them die yet (and i have ordered about 20 trees from them). I decided to try them as they are only a 5.5 hour drive away from where i live and are going to have been raised in a similar climate. The prices here are usually about 1/4 of the price from a local nursery, but the size of the trees are smaller. Fast-Growing-Trees is another option, but their selection is limited. One advantage they have (for mail order) is that they ship you a potted tree, never bareroot, which often helps the tree minimize transplant shock.