Tree Informationtion:  These plants are bare rooted specimens.  They have been carefully selected and inspected; however, there is no guarantee on livability.  If they are planted according to instructions and are not allowed to dry out, you should have few problems.  It is most important to get the trees planted soon after they arrive.  Listed below is a brief description of the trees available and prices.  All trees are 4 to 5 ft. tall except the Pecan (3-4 ft.), dogwood (2-3 ft.), and crepe myrtle & fig (18-24 inches). Trees can be picked up in Beaufort, Hilton Head Island or Bluffton on January 29, 2008.  If you are unavailable on this date, please arrange to have someone pick them up for you or contact our office at 470-3655 ext 114. Deadline  for orders: 01/19/07.

 

Plants available and Descriptions:

Apples:                                    $ 8.00 Each

 

Anna - A hybrid cross with Golden Delicious, the same sweet flavor.  Fruit is large, green with blushed red color.  Ripens late June/July.  Needs a pollinator such as Ein Shemer or Dorset Golden.

Ein Shemer - A sweeter apple than Anna, yellow fruit, excellent for eating fresh, making pies, sauce or cider.  Ripens late June/July.  Needs a pollinator such as Anna or Dorset Golden.

Dorset Golden - Resembles Yellow Delicious and is similar in flavor but is often seedless.   Ripens in the Fall.

 

Blueberries:                            $ 8.00 Each

 

(Plant two or more varieties for better pollination.)

Tifblue - The standard among rabbiteye blueberries.  Plants are upright and vigorous.  Has good quality, appearance, and high yield. Medium, light-blue berries maintain quality on bush.  Excellent choice for landscape plantings due to attractive fall color.  Ripens mid June.

Woodard - Medium-sized plants.  Are early in ripening.  Have large, light blue, high quality fruit with small soft seeds.  Woodard fruit has been rated high for dessert quality. dark blue fruit.  Good pollinator.  Beautiful fall color. Harvest begins in late May through early June.

 

 

Figs:                                        $ 8.00 Each

 

Brown Turkey - Bell-shaped fig, excellent flavor.  Tree bears two crops each season.  If injured by freezing may still produce on sucker wood next season.  Self pollinator.

Celeste - An exceptionally sweet-flavored fig, superior fresh-fruit quality.  More cold tolerant than other varieties.  Self pollinator.

 

Pears:                                      $8.00 Each

 

Kieffer - Large, greenish-yellow fruit, firm, juicy, moderately gritty flesh.  Cooks well.  Tree is disease resistant and a consistent bearer.  Ripens late September/October.  Requires Orient for cross-pollination.

Orient - firm, juicy, sweet, nearly round yellow fruit.  Tree is upright and attractive in the landscape, is fire blight resistant, and ripens early September, no pollinator needed.

Moon Glow - Fruit is large, attractive, with soft juicy flesh, few grit cells.  Flavor is mild, sub-acid, rated good.  Has good dessert qualities but best for processing.  Tree is vigorous, upright in growth habit, heavily spurred.  Fruits at an early age and appears to be tolerant to fire blight.  Ripens early August.

 

Text Box: Persimmon -                           $18.00 Fuyu Japanese medium-sized, non-astringent persimmon.  The fruit is red, rather flattened, square-shaped and can be eaten green. It is sweet and  delicious when it has become orange to orange-red and is still firm. Fuyu is self-pollinated and will pollinate all other varieties  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Pecans:                                    $18.00 Each

 

Cape Fear - Early bearing tree, fairly large nuts with good flavor.  Tree fairly disease resistant, good pattern of limb distribution. Needs Mohawk for cross pollinator.

Mohawk - Early bearing tree, large nut size.  Tree somewhat susceptible to scab.  Ripens midfall.  Self pollinating


 

 

Plums:                         $9.00 Each

 

Bruce - Produces large wine-red fruit, rich flavor, red flesh.  Good for canning.  Fruits at early age, early summer.  Needs pollinator.

Burbank - Heavy producer, large purple-red fruit with sweet, yellow flesh.  Good for eating fresh.  Harvest midsummer.  Needs pollinator.

Methany - Medium fruit, red-purple skin, amber flesh.  Vigorous grower, sweet flavor.  Good for eating fresh.  Ripens early summer.  Self pollinator.  Will cross pollinate with Bruce or Burbank.

 

FLOWERING TREES

 

Dogwood:                               $ 8.00 Each

White, loveliest of all native American trees.

Bradford Pear:                       $13.50 Each

White,  excellent substitute for dogwood when a flowering tree is needed for a sunny spot.  Early spring bloomer.  Profusion of pure-white blooms, glossy green foliage turns a brilliant crimson in fall.  Ultimate size is 20-25 feet.

Crepe Myrtle:                         $ 6.00  Each

White, Red, Purple, Pink.   Profuse summer flowering shrub, blooms June to frost.  Needs a sunny location.  At maturity will reach 10-30 feet.

Flowering Crab Apple:          $ 12.00            Each

White, pink or red.  Substitute for dogwood in sunny locations. Flowers in April.  Moderate growth rate.  Mature size is 15-25 feet with 10-20 feet spread.

 

 

 

HOW TO PLANT YOUR TREES….

 

Select your planting site carefully.  Keep in mind that as your tree grows the roots and branches will spread; so allow adequate space for future growth.

 

Dig a hole twice the size of the root system.  Use a good, rich soil mixture to fill in the planting hole around the roots.  Protect your tree's roots by mulching the soil beneath its branches with a three-inch layer of pine bark and dead leaves.  Fertilizer is not usually needed in the first year.

 

Newly planted trees need regular watering during the first year - spring, summer, and fall.  Evergreens, because they retain their leaves, need to be watered regularly in the winter too.  Do not water every day.  Instead give your trees a good soaking once a week.

 

 

 

For more information on caring for your trees and garden contact the Home & Garden Information Center http://hgic.clemson.edu or calling toll free from within

SC 1-888-656-9988.