I ordered a pomegranate and jujube last year from them. Both are leafing out now, although the pom looked bad when it arrived. That pom may just have been going into dormancy as it was an earlier fruiting variety...

They're great, have used them quite a bit. Their cutoff is early because they're in California, and for us, things "wake up" a bit earlier. Very reputable company and a pleasure to work with.

Patty S.

I ordered from them for the first time this year. As you say, they ship in March which was way too early for me. The trees had to be potted but I couldn't even do that when they arrived because of a blizzard. What I received was labeled as either L.E.Cooke or Dave Wilson.

I was not happy with the bare root berries, but I did not read that they were bare root, which was clearly stated on their website. I got potted blueberries from Wilson so the bare root berries from Cooke did not look to be nearly the quality. I guess only time will tell.

I will, from now on, as much as possible, order from nurseries that are closer to my zone. It's just not possible to plant once they arrive if they ship before April.

I asked that the trees not be topped and they did not top them. They put them in quite a large box for me.

I have had overly pruned roots from them, as in 3" stubs only. Now I usually order my Dave Wilson trees through Sanhedrin. Sanhedrin is smaller but I have been happier. Planting in March is usually fine in Maryland.

Scott

Scott,

Come to think of it I believe it was you who suggested I ask them not to trim the roots or top them. They told me sometimes they come that way from the grower so they couldn't guarantee that they would not be trimmed but none of them looked to have been trimmed.

I've ordered from them twice and way happy both times. Nice trees at reasonable prices packaged well and shipped on time. Who could ask for more.

I like them as well. Sometimes the trees have been bigger than I like. This results in fruiting wood starting higher than I like but not really that high. As my back gets older I'll probably like the higher fruit. Otherwise no complaints after about 10 years. The only tree I lost was one I cut back too low. I got a new tree and still have the rootstock to bud to soon.