Fruitful Land

Just a little homework can avoid big problems four or five years ahead.

Site Selection, Variety Selection, Tree size, Spacing, Harvet Dates, Hardiness, and Your desires are all factors to consider in making your Home Orchard plan.

A few simple instructions help assure your success.

Receiving Your Trees - Easy care for your new trees. Bareroot Trees, or Container Trees

Digging the Hole

- it's not rocket science, but you can certainly do it right or wrong

It is important to know your Hardiness Zone so you can match the Cold Tolerance of your Apple Tree Variety to your location.

While apples can be grown in virtually all of our 50 states, not every variety will survive at every locatio. Hardiness zones are a measure of the coldest temperatures the your trees will have to survive. Hardiness zones are listed as numbers with the lowest numbered zones being the coldest. Varieties are rated according to how low a zone they will tolerate.

Check the map below or use the zip code lookup tool to find your zone.