I don't know about a wide selection, but I do know that Buck Jones Nursery in Woodstock/Canton does sell apple, peach, plum and paw paw trees.

You certainly would want to call them for more details and seasonal availability.

Also, your local retail nursery may be able to order what you want. Many trees sold in Georgia are grown in Tennessee.

Here is a link that might be useful: Buck Jones

Avoid TyTy. Search for TyTy on this forum (and several others) to find out why.

Thanks both.

I'll check out Buck Jones when I'm next in that area.

I do know about Tyty. They do have a few unusual things I would like to try though, but only when I can physically pick them out myself right there. I'm curious to see the place anyway.

Hastings on Atlanta used to be a good source, but their new suburban operation seems more geared to the neighborhood yard, just ornamentals, so far as I can see on the Net.

I haven't had much luck with ordering through local retail outlets, including very good ones. They just can't get what I want.

A nursery doesn't have to BE from a hot southern climate to have plants that are adapted to here. For zone 7/8, I would recommend (always named cultivars) pawpaws, seedless American persimmons, non-astringent Oriental persimmons, Asian pears, blueberries, pomegranate, caparthian (English) walnut, pineapple guava, kiwi, muscadine, and I am probably leaving out a few. I would not plant red or yellow delicious apples, bartlett pear, or concord grapes. I would search the internet and purchase my plants from any nursery that has them available except of course,TyTy and remember, TyTy operates under a dozen or more names (why would a legitimate nursery do that?)

Why would you avoid Concord grapes? My concords did great in Sugar Hill.

Some of the other nurseries associated with TyTy are included in this thread, worthy of republishing any time that TyTy's name is mentioned.

Here is a link that might be useful: Click here.

What are some fruiters you're looking for? I might be able to tell you if I've seen them. My memory is good like that.

I'd like to find such a retail nursery, if such exists, as I more likely can find plants in the 3-5 gallon pot range, and mailorder nursery stock is often (but by no means always) smaller than that (though often bare root). And some things I have not readily found by mail order.

I'd also like some plants not too easy to find by mailorder: for instance, Welder, Golden Isles, and Nevermiss muscadines; Waite and Potomac pears (just found a mail order source for the latter); and possibly a lot of things I don't even know about. Such nurseries seem to exist elsewhere in the nation, and still exist for citrus in Florida, and muscadines and blueberries in Georgia and North Carolina. But except for a nursery for fruits for the cooler elevations in the SEUS mountains I know of no other nurseries specializing in fruits in Georgia and the Carolinas. Another limited exception is the non-muscadine fruits carried by Isons. Such a nursery used to exist in the lower more typical part of the SEUS (Hastings in Atlanta) but to my knowledge no more.

baluscreek, The reason I say I will not grow concord grapes is that they ripen individually in the cluster which makes it hard to pick the whole cluster at once. If you have a different experience we would all be glad to hear about it but I am just going on the advice of all the county agents in the state plus all the garden writers that write about fruit. I haven't personally grown them but I have witnessed their random ripening. Then again there are exceptions to every rule.

You might try to find out what grapes they are growing at the Chateau Elan resort & winery in Braselton (google it). They've got acres upon acres of grapes used for wine so I don't know if these varieties are the same as one would want to eat but worth a phone call.

The best selection of small container fruiters has been at Northside gardens. I've seen pears and persimmon if that interests you. I think I also saw pomegranite there also. I'm a little confused about what you're looking for whether it's specific varieties or what. I don't think you'll have any luck with citrus growing outdoors here.

Eddie,

I have seen some green Concord grapes in a bunch, but 90% of them ripen at the same time. I grow concord, niagra, and catawba. Those were the only types available at Lowes. The Concords were the best this year, both by taste and volume.

My uncle grows scuppernongs and muscadines in the Buford area very successfully.

on PIB.

They have varieties of apple trees, pear, persimmon, fig, blackberries, and blueberries.

No plums or peaches.