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Sometimes propagating your own fruit trees is the only option!

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On a trip visiting the nurseries I work with in Washington in Fall of 2012, I tried to focus on the new Geneva roots.  For the past several years, many researchers have been touting them as if they are \"the next best thi...

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/observations-and-opinions-about-the-geneva%C2%AE-rootstock-series","title":"Observations and Opinions about the Geneva® Rootstock Series","summary":"On a trip visiting the nurseries I work with in Washington in Fall of 2012, I tried to focus on the new Geneva roots.  For the past several years, many researchers have been touting them as if they are \"the next best thi...","date_modified":"2026-07-27T20:22:52Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/cherry-stone-fruit-rootstocks","html_content":"

Cherry Rootstocks now offer size control!

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The Old Home X Farmingdale rootstocks continue to be the mainstay.  Listed in approximate order of dwarfing / size control--- results can vary with your site and the vigor of grafted scion.

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/pear-rootstocks","title":"Pear Rootstocks","summary":"The Old Home X Farmingdale rootstocks continue to be the mainstay.  Listed in approximate order of dwarfing / size control--- results can vary with your site and the vigor of grafted scion.","date_modified":"2026-07-27T20:16:32Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/apple-rootstocks","html_content":"

Listed in approximate order of dwarfing / size control--- results can vary with your site and the vigor of grafted scion.  This is not an all inclusive list.  New ones are still being introduced, and there are many other...

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/apple-rootstocks","title":"Apple Rootstocks","summary":"Listed in approximate order of dwarfing / size control--- results can vary with your site and the vigor of grafted scion.  This is not an all inclusive list.  New ones are still being introduced, and there are many other...","date_modified":"2026-07-27T20:14:08Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/rootstock-basics","html_content":"

What is under the ground is just as important as what is above the ground!

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/rootstock-basics","title":"Rootstock Basics","summary":"What is under the ground is just as important as what is above the ground!","date_modified":"2026-07-27T20:07:27Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/pollination-basics","html_content":"

All tree fruit needs to be pollinated. The common honey bee is the primary pollinator. Mason bees and other pollinators are often important though.  If you plan to grow fruit, plan to deal with bees!  While we do not rec...

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/pollination-basics","title":"Pollination Basics","summary":"All tree fruit needs to be pollinated. The common honey bee is the primary pollinator. Mason bees and other pollinators are often important though.  If you plan to grow fruit, plan to deal with bees!  While we do not rec...","date_modified":"2026-07-27T20:01:56Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/variety-selection-is-a-serious-business-decision","html_content":"

Variety selection is often based chiefly on personal preference, which is unfortunate.  Variety selection should be driven by your marketing plans.  Research the market you are planning to sell into, and the data you col...

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Within each support system there can be many different trimming and training methods used to develop the orchard.  For new fruit growers it can be a very confusing thing to read about all the different systems, their plu...

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The Great Fruit Farming Divide: Choosing Your Path Forward

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Marketing is probably the single most important factor in almost every farm operation, and probably the one thing that is most terrifying to many operators. Marketing takes work, guts, determination, inventiveness, stre...

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/if-you-grow-it-you-must-sell-it","title":"If You Grow It, You Must Sell It!","summary":"Marketing is probably the single most important factor in almost every farm operation, and probably the one thing that is most terrifying to many operators. Marketing takes work, guts, determination, inventiveness, stre...","date_modified":"2026-07-27T19:34:11Z"},{"id":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/important-issues-for-a-new-fruit-grower","html_content":"

Here are some of the basic, important questions that you should ask yourself and answer as best you can, BEFORE you plant a tree.  We've tried to list them in order of importance as we see them.

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Start with a plan!

","url":"https://moserfruittreesales.com/matts-tree-blog/f/so-you-want-to-be-a-fruit-grower","title":"So You Want to Be a Fruit Grower?","summary":"Start with a plan!","date_modified":"2026-07-20T19:07:15Z"}]}