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Spring 2025 Shipping Is Done: Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks Sold Out! You Can Now Shop for Fruit Trees That Will Ship in Spring 2026.THANK YOU for a great nursery season! Time to get a jump on your Spring 2026 orders...
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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 2025 Shipping Is Done: Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks Sold Out! You Can Now Shop for Fruit Trees That Will Ship in Spring 2026.
May 7, 2025 | THANK YOU for a great nursery season! Time to get a jump on your Spring 2026 orders...
Last Chance for Spring 2025 Shipping! Get 35% Off Trees & Rootstocks; Pay Only $10/Tree in Our Famous "Grab Bags"
April 29, 2025 | All orders must be placed by May 11, 2025! That's it for the season!
Our Big Spring Clearance Sale! 35% Off Fruit Trees, Rootstocks, and Scions Through April 28! We Will Sell Out Soon!
April 21, 2025 | Use code SALE35 through April 28, 2025. Everything ships now!
Featured Products
A few things we're loving right now...
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Ashmead's Kernel Apple on G.214
An intensely flavored heirloom apple prized by connoisseurs and cider makers.
Olympic Pear on OHxF 97
A huge, late-season nashi pear that stores well.
Bubblegum Plum on Myrobalan
An aromatic, delicious, disease-resistant plum.
Enterprise Apple on G.890
An attractive, highly disease-resistant apple, ideal for organic growers.