You can try RCW nursuries. http://www.rcwnurseries.com/ How big is your yard? How big of a tree do you want? I am guessing you are wanting something evergreen which will then shed leaves in the spring as new growth comes out but at least the trees won't be bare during the winter. Some options would include Mexican white oak or maybe Montezuma cypress for large shade trees.

If you see them around late Sept or Oct let me know. Otherwise I can try Schumachers. I just thought if someone had a tree close to them I could get 5 or 6 acorns. I only want 2 trees for my yard and out of 6 acorns that sink in a bucket and seem viable I can get 2 trees. If I order them I'll feel like I need to plant them all! I could give them away I guess.

I just received some cuttings from a tree growing in Abbeville, La. The Old Timer who grows it considers his fig a rare heirloom and calls it "Strawberry". He described it as a large green fig with red flesh ripening in August and September here in South Louisiana. "Verte" means green in French. I have the Adriatic cultivar from the FF member and I will make comparisons to it when they both fruit.

Thanks much for all your responses! How right, it's December, how can I expect an apple to taste as fresh as if it were just picked off a tree? Although it did have crispness, just that odd streaking (and me and dh thought that the apple might have been exposed to freezing temperatures, but then you'd think it's flesh around the exterior would be mushy?) I've had Gala, and enjoyed them without complaint, and will try some of the other suggestions. Must be location, but I've never seen a honeycrisp in local grocers, just as in the other thread LindaC began with the rd, the Northern Spy apple is not available here either. A girlfriend was giving me her apple crisp recipe (she was from Ontario) and insisted I use Northern Spy for it, until she lived here a while and noticed it was not available. I can be more adventurous, but like beantheredunthat pointed out, dh's (or mine anyway) are more picky. I'll let him tough it out - he can go to the store and pick out his own apples and then complain to himself that there's something wrong with them!