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We ship all heritage fruit trees with care to ensure they arrive healthy and ready to thrive in your garden.

When Free or Flat Rate Shipping are not offered during checkout, Standard Shipping Rates will apply.

Delivery Time: 3–7 business days after shipped depending on your location.

Local Pickup: Available by appointment only.

 

Trees will be 1st or 2nd year trees:

 

1st year trees 9-12 mths since grafted, 2'-4' tall when shipped.

 

2nd year trees 20-24 mths since grafted, cut to 4' tall when shipped.

  

Essential Ordering Info:

All orders must be placed and paid for online; prior to shipping, prior to a pick up at an event/farmers market, or to confirm a pickup time at our location.

Orders are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, and while we anticipate no issues fulfilling your order, we cannot guarantee its exact contents until packing is complete. Fulfillment depends on the availability of inventory following the tree harvest and grading process, which may be affected by wildlife or weather-related losses. We currently expect to ship your order during the next shipping season February - March, although this timeline may shift slightly due to unforeseen events, or delays. If you’ve provided an email address, you will receive a notification with the shipping method and tracking number once your order is ready to ship during shipping season.

Upon completing your order please review the invoice summary we provided to ensure all details are accurate, with particular attention to the shipping address, stock items, sizes, and quantities. If you notice any discrepancies or errors, please contact us right away so we can make the necessary corrections.

If you need to modify your order, please reach out to us via email.

For additions to an existing order, contact us directly to ensure proper handling. Please note that placing a second order through the website will result in two separate orders and two shipping charges, as the system does not automatically combine them.

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

 

Shipping Season:

Trees will be shipped barefoot during shipping season during the months of February - March. What week your trees will ship will depend on your location & finally the weather. Depending on the weather during the shipping season, you may expect orders going to Southern Gulf Coast and Lower Eastern Seaboard States to ship approximately between Feb 2 – March 2, All other locations between March 2 – March 30. You will be notified just prior to shipping.

If you happen to feel the need to try and reach out to us during shipping season… Please understand we are a small operation. During shipping season we are tending regular nursery chores as well as tending to the seasonal rush of order shipping… However, we will respond as quickly as we can… Our reply concerning your inquiry may take a day or two to get back to you. Thank you for understanding.

Shipping Season begins February 2  and ends March 30.

Orders may be cancelled no later than 7 days prior to shipping season beginning.

For previously placed orders, customers will be notified at least a week before trees are shipped. Customer is responsible for making the necessary arrangements to receive and care for trees upon arrival.

Trees are shipped “bare root” and dormant… Roots will be wrapped and kept moist during shipping… Trees will require planting or potting upon arrival. For further planting and potting details see the “About Trees” section below.

Trees are pruned to 4 feet before shipping.

 

Events & Farmers Markets:

For in person purchases, you may pick up and carry with you when purchased at events, or farmers market. To pay for trees in person at events or farmers markets, follow QR code link on tree tag or on our sign at the event, select trees, then when checking out “select pickup at event” and pay for online. Once payment is confirmed by email confirmation, please inform the attending nurseryman so he may confirm your order for pick up at the event or farmers market.

 

Tree Pickups At Our Location:

Pickup at our location is limited to appointment only. To confirm availability for pickup, please contact via website contact form in advance stating a 2 hour time frame you will like to pick-up between 10:00 am & 5:00 pm Tues.- Fri... Once availability is confirmed to you by reply email, then you must confirm appointment window by making purchase online and “select pickup by appointment” in the shipping section.

 

About Trees:

Fruit-Whips trees are all grafted trees. Attaching a small scion cutting of a 1 year old known variety to a rootstock with known characteristics to best fit your soil situation is referred to as grafting.

 

Trees will arrive bareroot and dormant. (Meaning there will be no dirt around roots or leaves on trees.)

 

The trees will require immediate planting or potting, be sure to plant or pot trees so graft union sits between 2”to 4” above ground level after soil settles, do not apply fertilizer at time of planting or potting. Allow roots to establish themselves for a minimum of a month prior to adding any balanced fertilizers. After planting or potting be sure to water daily for the first year. On every day of a good rain, you may take a break from watering for a few days then proceed again on the 4th day till you have rain again then follow the same previous break cycle. Once tree is established after a year, an inch of rainfall every 7-10 days should sustain a tree. If there are extended periods without rainfall you should supplement rainfall by watering the tree.

 

Be sure to add a layer of clean dry mulch around the tree for preventing weed growth near the tree. Be sure to leave approximately a 2” space between the tree truck and mulch to prevent the mulch from coming in contact with the tree.

 

Be sure to place a tree protector of some sort around the tree to protect it from pets, rodents, and/or lawn equipment.

 

For apple trees; we graft to G890 semi-dwarf, B118 semi-standard, and Domestica seedlings standard rootstocks.

 

For Pears we graft to Quince Province semi-dwarf, OHxF97 standard, and Callery standard. Note, Callery rootstock is not permitted in some states… Customer is responsible for verifying Callery rootstock is not banned in customers State prior to ordering any fruit trees on Callery rootstock. If Callery rootstock is ordered to be shipped to a state in which we realize later Callery is banned, Fruit Whips at its discretion will either supplement the chosen fruit variety with a different available rootstock, or refund and cancel the affected tree variety. Note if a tree cancellation causes an order for a 4 tree or more discount to fall below 3 trees the discount will no longer apply to the order.

 

Most, properly cared for fruit trees should begin producing fruit in about five years or less.

Questions:

Please send any question you may have to: “Contact Us Form Link”

We will try to respond to communications personally within 48hrs Monday – Friday.