There is no minimum quantity required but shipping rate for an individual tree is expensive since UPS/Fed Ex charge a dimensional weight and an additional handling fee to ship a tree. Trees are shipped with your invoice and helpful planting directions. Shipping Note: Our fruit trees and berries are delivered to you bareroot during their winter dormancy from January through May depending on USDA zone. Fruiting wood is best on horizontal to 45 degree limbs. (apricots best after bud break) Remove most vertical branches and shorten side branches. Pruning tipīasic idea for Pruning: Most fruit trees should be pruned in frost-free periods mid to late winter. The trees diameter (caliper) is often 1/2 to 3/4 inch *As noted by University of California Scientists and other qualified professionals the most successful trees often have caliper from 1/2" to 5/8" and usually establish faster than smaller and larger planting stock. Our young two year trees are most often feathered (side limbs). Size of tree Our trees range in height from 4-8 ft. Water Requirements: 12-15 gallons per week May through Sept. ***If sold out, please see our smaller 1-year French Plum trees. Long-lived and self-fertile. For further information on the French prune plum see below for assistance selecting this bare root plum tree for sale. Delicious for eating fresh, baking, chutneys, and drying. Medium-sized prune plum of red to violet purple skin over amber flesh. The French prune is very sweet, rich flavor with tender, fine-textured flesh. Today the French prune plum tree are sought by connoisseurs around the world. The French Prune tree was introduced to the States by Pierre and Louis Pellier, brothers who went to California for the Gold Rush, started a nursery business near San Jose in 1856 with plum cuttings they brought from France. Prunes were almost as precious as salt and were used to bargain wages during the 15th century. Traditionally the French plum was dried and kept over a long period of time when refrigerators did not exist and winter meant months with few fruits or vegetables.
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