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Greenmantle Nursery
3010 Ettersburg Road
Garberville CA 95542
(707) 986-7504
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How to Order Fruit Trees |
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WE ACCEPT ORDERS YEAR ROUND. We ship during our natural dormant season (January through April for most stock depending on kind of fruit). Many varieties are likely to sell out before our shipping season begins, so early orders are encouraged. To book an order for fruit trees, we ask for an initial deposit of 50% of the order. It is usually best, however, to write or call first to check on availability. We invoice our customers for the balance due before shipping time. Orders must be paid in full prior to shipment. Sorry: No Wholesale & No shipments outside U.S. PAYMENTS ARE MADE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER; If trees of the variety/rootstock combination you request are not available, it may be possible for us to fill your order with dormant Benchgrafts. These are substantially less expensive, easier and cheaper to ship, and may be better adapted for planting in colder zones. This option, however, will require some horticultural skill and attention on the part of the customer. We provide a detailed instruction sheet and - if needed - telephone or written consultation...
To place an order by mail , you may print out the ORDER FORM from this site, use the one included with our catalog, or adapt any ordinary piece of paper. Please remember to include both mailing and shipping addresses if they are different; also your home and work telephone numbers so we can call you should we need to discuss your order. Don't forget to indicate your rootstock preferences for each variety. Information regarding these choices may be obtained from this website as well as from the Greenmantle Catalog ($5.00 ppd.) You may contact us by phone: (707) 986-7504 if you have any questions or wish to consult. We also accept orders by telephone and can advise on availability, substitutions, etc. We appreciate phone calls at reasonable hours (Daily 9 AM to 6PM PACIFIC TIME). SORRY - we do not communicate with our customers by e-mail, web-mail, or FAX.
ABOUT OUR STOCKWhile our fruit tree inventory includes a diverse range of stock in various sizes, ages, and levels of branch development - both bareroot and in containers - most of the trees we ship are 1 year old whips (unbranched) or "feathered maidens" ( a few light branches). Typically, these are 42" to 50" tall; bigger trees are usually headed back to about 50" to fit our boxes and avoid UPS surcharges. Our trees are shipped "bareroot", we actually try to leave a fair amount of soil around the roots when phytosanitary regulations permit. We feel this helps our trees get a better start when re-planted. Otherwise, the roots will packed in a peatmoss/perlite mix that can be added to your planting medium. We also ship out some older, more heavily branched stock when available - and when the tree can be safely pruned back to fit our boxes. All our trees, regardless of age and size, are guaranteed to be healthy and ready for planting in your orchard. Over the years, we have come to regard the younger, less branched stock to be the best choice for most situations; they are easier to train to a strong healthy form and are usually less traumatized by the transplanting process. However, in situations where the newly planted trees will not receive an adequate level of protection and attention, bigger, older trees will have an obvious advantage. If this is the case, growers might do well to nurture the younger trees for a season before planting them out in their permanent site. The extra time could be spent on orchard preparation (building fence, developing irrigation systems, improving soil) so that the trees will have the best possible chance of getting established. Customers who prefer older, more branched trees might note: Most of those branches should be pruned off before planting, and the remaining 2 or 3 are then headed back. This heavy pruning promotes a strong scaffold and compensates for root damage sustained at digging. Greenmantle Nursery prunes all its trees before shipment so the stock is ready for planting.
ORGANICSGreenmantle Nursery adheres to the organic approach to plant production - we do not use chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides of any kind. While we are strictly organic, we do not presently participate in any official certification program. Customers purchasing benchgrafts please note: we purchase our rootstocks from specialist nurseries that use conventional (i.e. chemical) methods of production. These are the best available rootstocks and conform to the highest phytosanitary standards, but they are not organically grown. Most certification programs make alllowances for this reality of the nursery industry; trees become recognized as organically grown after a season's growth under compliance with acceptable practices....... OUR GUARANTEEGreenmantle Nursery guarantees its stock to be correctly identified and correctly labeled. The plants we ship are healthy and viable, and are carefully packaged by us personally to arrive in this condition: Please open your package immediately upon receipt and inspect your plants. If you detect any problem, inform us at once so that we may assist you in sorting it out. However, beyond that point - We cannot accept responsibility for the impact of factors outside our control (e.g. cultural practices, growing conditions, weather, and unruly animals - wild or domestic). We care very much about every plant that we propagate, nurture and
sell - and wish them to thrive in their new homes. If you have any questions
at all relating to plants purchased from Greenmantle, please feel free
to call and consult with us.
PRICE SCHEDULE (BAREROOT)We have NO MINIMUM ORDER......Our shipping rates, however may favor larger orders; this reflects UPS policy regarding "over-size" packages.
* FOR GREENMANTLE'S TRADEMARKED APPLE VARIETIES: Please add $2.00 royalty fee for each tree and/or graft. Customers will be required to sign a non-propagation agreement for our files. Quantities per order may limited.
WE DO NOT SELL SCIONWOOD OR BUDWOOD...... Variety collectors may wish to consider our Benchgraft Option. SHIPPINGWe normally ship our stock via UPS Ground or Three Day Select. Other options (eg. U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail) may be possible on an individual basis. Please note that UPS requires a Street Address; Post Office Box addresses are not usually deliverable... Local Deliveries: We can arrange to deliver bareroot and container nursery stock to our customers in many locations in Humboldt County. Please call for information..... Bareroot Fruit Trees - via UPS Ground to CA, OR,WA 1-5 Trees: $14.00 Bareroot Fruit Trees - via UPS Ground to other states West of the Rockies 1-5 Trees: $19.00 Bareroot Fruit Trees - via UPS Three Day Select 1-5 Trees: $55.00 Because UPS Ground shipments are not protected from freeze damage and since transcontinental delivery can take more than a week - we prefer not to ship trees by Ground to the Eastern half of the country. We do not use cold storage, so our trees must be shipped during their natural dormancy. This makes the logistics for shipment of many kinds of trees almost impossible for "BackEast" customers who need to plant in April or May; even apples and pears are tricky to coordinate. For these reasons, we recommend out Benchgraft Option for customers in less temperate zones. Apples and pears work best this way, but we can also furnish Asian pears, cherries, and plums by this method; peaches, however, are propagated by summer budding and cannot be supplied as grafts. Please check our Benchgraft Option section for complete information. The two most important advantages are these:
RATE SCHEDULE FOR BENCHGRAFTSNo extra shipping charges may be required when benchgrafts are included in an order with tree... Via UPS Ground - CA, OR, WA 1-10 Grafts: $10.00 Via U.S. Postal Service - Priority Mail (AIR) 1-10 Grafts: $12.00 |
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