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 Malus Dolgo crabapples. Therefore, each tree will be its own unique and one of a kind new crabapple variety. If you click on the pictures you will see many variations fruit coming from dolgo seedlings. These trees will all produce crabapples that are edible to grouse, turkeys and deer. There will be many variations amongst each individual tree such as fruit size, drop times, taste, disease resistance. Trees grown from malus dolgo will typically run a little better on the disease resistance and will produce a lot of crabapples. These will grow a 20+ tall tree and do well in just about any soil type and conditions. Planting Wild Crabapple Trees are a good choice for feathered field edges. These are great for habitat improvements in creating a food source for all wildlife. Malus Dolgo also makes an excellent rootstock, quite Possibly the best rootstock, when grafting trees that will be planted for wildlife. These are not conservation grade trees, these will be 2'-3' with 3/8''+ in diameter and well rooted. 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 great 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 very special if you're looking for that crabapple thicket with fruit always 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.