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Spring Shipping & Planting! 30% Off Honeycrisp & Macoun Apples! Cider Apple & Peach Tree Bundles! Order Your Favorite Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks ASAP!Remember, we sell out completely every April!
Why is it best to order directly from our web site?
The web inventory is updated in real time, and online orders get priority over email and phone orders. See the FAQ >
Learn Trees
See checklists & tutorials and our fruit tree glossary, and find pollination partners for your trees.
Grafting & Budding Fruit Trees
Starter steps for grafting and budding your own fruit trees, including preparation of scionwood and rootstocks.
Cider Apple Classifications
Learn about the apple qualities and categories of most interest to cidermakers, very different than dessert apples.
Fruit Tree Pollination – A Primer
See our intro to pollination of apple, pear, and stone fruit trees, and use our "Pollenizer" to find partners for your trees.
Family Tree
Meet Dr. Jim Cummins, see our home farm in NY, and read Dad's old orchard stories.
About Cummins Nursery
We are a small fruit tree nursery in New York apple country. Since 1994, we have shipped to orchards of all sizes in the Lower 48.
Loading Reefers
It was never the simple job it looked to be – stacking would go well until we had 90% of the load aboard, then things got sticky.
Grandmother's Chickens
When a customer came calling, Grandmother would head for the special pen of young chickens. She had a special chicken-catcher.
News & Events
Catch seasonal updates and the latest sales.
Spring Shipping & Planting! 30% Off Honeycrisp & Macoun Apples! Cider Apple & Peach Tree Bundles! Order Your Favorite Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks ASAP!
March 17, 2025 | Remember, we sell out completely every April!
Spring Shipping Has Begun! 20% Off Cold-Hardy Honeycrisp! Cider Apple Tree Sale! Peach Tree Sale! Order Your Favorite Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks ASAP!
February 28, 2025 | Remember, we sell out completely every April!
Sudden Cider Tree Sale! All Fruit Trees Updated. Shipping Starts Next Month. Pruning & Grafting Classes on the Farm!
February 10, 2025 | Our whole inventory of trees, scionwood, and rootstocks is listed for shipping in March and April! Remember we sell out every year.
Featured Products
A few things we're loving right now...
Honeycrisp, Roseland Red™ Apple on G.935
Roseland Red Honeycrisp is a red sported Honeycrisp.
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Rousselet De Reims Pear on OHxF 87
An ancient pear once prized in France for its remarkable flavor.
Santa Rosa Plum on Myrobalan
A reliable, self-fertile plum that performs very well on the West Coast.
Fantasia Nectarine on BY520-9. Nematode Resistant Peach/nectarine
A widely-grown, large, yellow-fleshed nectarine.