I've also tried contacting Burchell and received no reply.

I was trying to find a local nursery that sells their trees. I'm only 20 miles away so you'd think somebody here would carry them.

I don't think they really care about the retail market. When you sell more than a million almond trees a year (Duarte sold 2 million in 2013, Dave Wilson expected to sell 5 million in 2014) home growers are small potatoes.

Those numbers are from an article in 2013. I don't how the drought is affecting sales, but growers are pulling out everything and replanting in almonds. All the way down to Bakersfield. There are much, much fewer fig orchards around Fresno, all gone to almonds.

But I digress...

I will occasionally see a Burchell tree in a local nursery, but very seldom.

I was going to say that I doubt that any mail order nursery carries Burchell trees but then I remembered that I (surprisingly) received a Shipley's Blenheim from Arboreum that had a Burchell tag on it.

gary

gary:

Tree sales have been so strong that many nurseries are sold out two yrs in advance. I guess I'll be happy with what I have which is a lot of superb fruits. I'm trying to cut back and be more free to travel. Maybe this will help.

Thank you for your input!!

Just out of curiosity, what were you looking for from Burchell?

gary

Clifton's carries some Burchell trees, pricey though
http://www.buyplantsonline.com/

$70 a pop, ouch!

Some of their new peaches sound interesting, but I think I'll pass at that price.

Scott

gary and steve:

Not looking for anything in particular. I haven't spent that much time looking at Burchell varieties because so far I haven't seen them for sale. The site that Steve linked is interesting but at $70 per tree my interest would only be in something I'm very keen about. Don't know how I could be sure of that unless Burchell would take time to recommend a top 10.

Gary, Steve and Fruit Nut,

Burchell Nursery product can be found under the Tommorows Harvest or Growers Pride label at select retail garden centers in Northern California. We currently do not have e commerce site available as of yet but will have one available very soon. If you are intrested in any of our product please email me directly and I would be happy to help you. You can contact me at Mannys@burchellnursery.com.

Thank you Manny. I sent you an email.