--Multi Budded Apple-- Discontinued: We will no longer be carrying apple trees. Please visit Trees of Antiquity to buy apple trees. Possible Varieties: Fuji, Gala, Braeburn, Gravenstein, Honeycrisp. Send us an email if there is 1 particular variety you would like and we will do our best to accommodate you. Multiple-budded ("Multi-budded") fruit trees will give you 3 or more varieties of apples from the space of a single tree. Compared to single-variety fruit trees, multiple-budded apple trees require some special consideration, especially with regard to pruning. Always plant the smallest limb (the "weakest" bud) to the south/southwest to ensure that it gets plenty of sunlight. Cut back the strongest growing varieties by 2/3rds. Cut back the weakest variety by 1/2 — or not at all. Do not let one variety take over - or one or more of the others may fail. Prune back the more aggressive limbs. After the third season, maintain the multiple-budded apple tree so that each fruit type grows in balance with the others. USDA Zone 6-10, Requires 500-800 chill hours to set fruit. Protect when temperatures fall below -10°F. Grafted onto M106 rootstock Click here to view "Fruit Tree Rootstock Information" Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart" This fruit tree is shipped dormant and bare-rooted. (Photo is representational and not necessarily the actual varieties.) Please see our "Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee" below What is a Bare Root Fruit Tree? A Bare root fruit tree is a 2-3 year old fruit tree which has been dormant for the winter. It is delivered to you without soil. The best time to plant bare root fruit trees is the end of the winter season. This gives your tree time to acclimate to it's environment before the warmth of spring comes. Click here for our Bare Root Fruit Tree Growing Guide (pdf) Guia de cultivo para un arbol de raiz desnuda Optimize Shipping: Optimize your shipping by ordering multiple bare-root fruit trees. Shipping is calculated by box size. We can fit up to 8 bare-root fruit trees in a box. Multi-budded fruit trees and Jujube trees will count as 2 due to branching. END-ITEM --SHIPPING-- Optimize Shipping: Optimize your shipping by ordering multiple bare-root fruit trees. Shipping is calculated by box size. We can fit up to 8 bare-root fruit trees in a box. Multi-budded fruit trees and Jujube trees will count as 2 due to branching. No customer pick-up Bare root trees are pruned to 48" which facilitates stronger root growth. Our bare root trees ship in special boxes with their roots bagged in moist sawdust. We can ship our "Other Edibles" (non-citrus plants) and growing accessories to most states, including Alabama, Texas, Arizona, or Florida. Sorry, we do not ship any items to the US Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico or to API/APO addresses, or to other countries at this time. Click here for Shipping Information END-ITEM Potted: The trees are approximately 2 years old. Tree measures 3'-4' tall Our trees are measured by trunk caliper. Trunk size may vary slightly based on availability during the season. Average trunk size is 1/2"-5/8". --TREE SIZE-- Bare Root: The trees are approximately 2 years old. Our trees are measured by trunk caliper. Trunk size may vary slightly based on availability during the season. The average trunk size is 1/2"-5/8". All of our bare root fruit trees will come pruned so that the reduced root mass is balanced with the canopy to maximize grower success. Our bare root fruit trees are headed back to fit in the 60" tall box that they will ship in. Branches are seldom removed during this process unless dead or damaged and are only reduced to fit the tree in the box so that the grower can decide what branches to keep or remove. This is done in a way that will allow the home grower to continue to grow the tree as a central leader or prune the tree to an open center. The tree will be shipped dormant and bare-rooted. END-ITEM
