WHY PLANT BLUE HILL’S GRAFTED FRUIT TREES FOR DEER

This grafted pear tree will grow very tall with long weeping branches hanging very full of very large sweet European style pears. They begin dropping in very late October and continue in through November into early December. The Sweet Advent™ pear tree produces heavily and annually with a strong resistance to fireblight and many pear diseases.  This tree has extreme vigor and is very precocious producing a lot of fruit at an early age, Sweet Advent is tip bearing as well as spur bearing (this tree is over bearing of fruit please remove fruit from young trees and keep the central leader free of fruit). Sweet Advent™ pear is the best pear tree I have ever grown for wildlife. The fruit of this pear tree is also is very edible to humans as well as deer. The Sweet Advent pear™ taste great when picked off the tree in early November, as colder weather moves in the sugar content in this pear goes extremely high (sugar content is to high for human consumption as freezing and thawing takes place). This process that takes place in early to mid-November and will make this tree irresistible to all wildlife and be a favorite to the local deer. Sweet Advent™ pear will reach a mature height of 20'+. For a video of Sweet Advent pear™ click here.

The wild crabapple trees are grown from seed derived from Dolgo crabapples. These are not grafted trees. Therefore, each tree will be unique and one-of-a-kind new crabapple variety. If you click on the pictures, you will see many variations of fruit coming from dolgo seedlings. These trees will produce crabapples edible to grouse, turkeys, and, most importantly, the white-tailed deer. You will see many variations amongst each tree, such as fruit size, drop times, taste, disease resistance. Trees grown from malus dolgo will typically improve the disease resistance and produce a great abundance of crab apples. For a short video on our Wild Crabapples, Click Here.   These will grow a 20'+ tall tree and do well in just about any soil type and condition. Planting wild crabapple trees is an excellent choice for feathered field edges or if you have a vacant field and looking to provide a food source falling from above. Create a crabapple thicket when spacing them 10' to 15'. These are great for many habitat improvements in creating a food source for all wildlife. When grafting trees planted for wildlife, Malus Dolgo also makes an excellent rootstock, possibly the best rootstock. The Wild crabapples for sale are above the grade for rootstock. They are of bigger diameter and better rooted. These are not conservation-grade trees. These are pruned to 2'-3' with 3/8''+ in diameter and very well-rooted, or you can select 3' - 4' with the terminal bud attached. Suitable for plant hardiness zones 3 - 8.   Note: These Are Dolgo X Dolgo. You will see variations from the original Dolgo but variations that make significant habitat improvements! You can see in the pictures the different variations of fruit grown from Dolgo. These can be grown in tree tubes and when a tree of this vigor is to be magnified in mass plantings allows for something exceptional if you're looking for that crabapple thicket with fruit constantly dropping. Spring Shipping Only/ Select Your Shipping Date at Checkout For 2-3' only Bulk Discount 20 trees $3.75 each  50+ trees $3.25 each.