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nick72126 Perryville, AR Sep 18, 2006

I live in central Arkansas and would like to plant some apple, apricot,pear and fig trees. Should these be fall planted or spring? Anyone know a good source?

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) Sep 18, 2006

Nick,
Most of the major orchard tree suppliers only have bareroot stock available in late winter/early spring, so in most cases, that's what you're limited to. If it's a nursery growing containerized plants, then you could do it any time - and fall would be great for you.
Check out the list of Nurseries/Suppliers at the NAFEX website - http://www.nafex.org .

If you're going to plant an apricot, I'll recommend that you try Tomcot - and even then, don't set your hopes too high - the likelihood that you'll ever get any fruit is pretty slim - our up & down winter temperaturess(and yours, as well) will, in most years, induce your apricot to come out of dormancy and bloom in Feb or March - and its blooms will get nuked by frost.

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mrs_colla Marin, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 15, 2007

I get my information on this website; http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/BOC_what-is.html

Watch out; you'll get lost for days! :-)

Christie
http://mrschristiecolla.spaces.live.com

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