{"id":2521,"date":"2019-07-26T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-312\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:04:05","slug":"on-growing-heirloom-fruit-varieties","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-growing-heirloom-fruit-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"on growing heirloom fruit varieties"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am interested in planting fruit trees on our treeless property. Can you recommend any sources of bare-root heirloom<\/em> fruit varieties grafted onto modern rootstocks? Or do people who grow heirloom fruits usually use the old rootstocks, too?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am also interested in finding a descriptive list of how different heirlooms taste, how difficult their pests are to control, and how they do in our region (Puget Sound).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Below are some suggestions:<\/p>\n

1. WSU’s fruit research station<\/a> in Mt. Vernon is the best place to learn about history, grafting rootstocks, varieties, etc. Here is an article from the spring 2013 issue of WSU’s Washington State Magazine on heirloom apples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. There is an event in early October at Cloud Mountain Farm<\/a> in Everson, Washington. They have a fruit festival where you can taste the fruits and talk with experts.<\/p>\n

3. An outstanding book you will probably want to buy (or come to the library to review it first) is Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory<\/i>, 4th edition, An Inventory of Nursery Catalogs Listing All Fruit, Berry and Nut Varieties Available by Mail Order in the United States. Edited by Ken Whealy, 2009.<\/p>\n

We also have many other excellent reference sources about growing tree fruit.<\/p>\n

4. You might consider joining the Western Cascade Fruit Society<\/a> or the Seattle Tree Fruit Society.<\/a> They offer courses and events, and are very knowledgeable.<\/p>\n

5. The staff at Raintree Nursery<\/a> near Morton, WA offer a wealth of information about what grows well in the Pacific Northwest, best rootstocks, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am interested in planting fruit trees on our treeless property. Can you recommend any sources of bare-root heirloom fruit varieties grafted onto modern rootstocks? Or do people who grow heirloom fruits usually use the old rootstocks, too? I am also interested in finding a descriptive list of how different heirlooms taste, how difficult their pests are to control, and how they do in our region (Puget Sound).   Below are some suggestions: 1. WSU’s fruit research station in Mt….<\/p>\n

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