I can't figure out the point of this message. It was many years ago when snow collapsed their main storage building destroying much of that years tree harvest. It only affected that season and they still managed to fill most of my order by swinging deals with west coast nurseries.. Any extreme weather since has not affected their inventory as far as fulfilling orders I've made from them- scores of trees every year for the last 15 years or more since I stopped using Hilltop as my primary source. Commercially growing bare root fruit trees in the east is a 2 year process usually. The main problem with ACN is that they no longer keep surplus inventory so one needs to order early to get a real good selection.

13 of my 14 apple trees came from Burnt Ridge Nursery. They have a good selection and probably have the best prices when compared to other online nurseries. However, in order to avoid the tiny potted trees that they sometimes send, you must ask for bare root only. The five trees they sent last year were the best I've ever received. I have a small order pending with Cummins. A White Gold cherry and Grimes Golden apple tree. This is the first year I've ordered from them. The whole process has been a bit cumbersome as they don't have online ordering. Also, their prices seem reasonable at first, but once you add up all the fees, it really adds up - "premium" fees, broken bundle charges, royalties, ect. Hoping the trees are as good as everyone says.

Steve, I have bought some nice items from the Farmer's Daughter in Kingston (Rte. 138 just off Rte. 1) and also from Forest Hills Nursery in Cranston, right behind Spain restaurant on Reservoir Avenue. I've bought camellias, crape myrtle, Southern (evergreen) magnolia (Bracken's Brown Beauty), camellias and more. It can, of course, depend on when you go as the stock changes quite a bit. I have also always seen a nice selection of hardy cacti and succulents at Farmer's Daughter. Both places have friendly and helpful staff. They both have display gardens, although I think Farmers' Daughter has the better one. Good luck with your plant hunting!

Champa nursery in El Monte has a lot of tropical and sub tropical cultivars, very knowledgeable owner. And lots of variety. Hey are out of keitt for the season but I bought fruit punch and Mallika mango from them and they had coconut creme mango as well. h&h nursery in Lakewood is a larger nursery with broader variety of everything... but probably won't have the more rare plants (e.g., champa has miracle fruit and will be getting cacao later this year, h&h doesn't) but I love their overall selection, especially for stone fruit. They also carry a lot of items from Dave Wilson nursery. Upland nursery in orange has nice but small collection. I have been gotrying my there more recently. Hope this helps i also recently bought some Really nice plants from plantogram in Florida and toptropicals in Florida -- both have nice online store fronts, delivery a bit expensive but it seems a lot of the tropical sand subtropicals at local nurseries come from Florida anyways. Hope this helps