Setting the Standard:
From our nursery to your orchard

Our Two-Year Finished Tree has been the premier choice of industry plantings for years. Strong roots and a One-Year top, these trees are ready to thrive when they reach your orchard. At Willow Drive we strive to produce trees that you will be excited to plant! We also can provide dormant & one-year bench grafts, Certified Virus-free Inspected budwood, and produce our own rootstock.

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Year 1

Rootstocks grown from previous year

Rootstocks graded

Dormant Grafts and One-Year Grafts made

Dormant Grafts shipped

Field Maps drawn up

Rootstocks and One-Year Grafts planted

Trickle irrigation installed

Cultivation to make bud union higher

Weeding

Spray applications

Rootstocks budded for Two-Year Trees

Sleeping Eyes budded

Topping newly budded rootstocks

Pre-emergent herbicide application

Year 2

Spring budding for late orders

Suckering and limbing

Spray applications weekly to bi-weekly for full growing season

Steel rods placed for every tree

First tie-up

Suckering, limbing, and weeding

Twin-Leader Tree training starts

Limbing

Second tie-up

Trellising for Geneva® 41

Weeding and limbing

Training

Third tie-up

Weeding and limbing

Fourth tie-up with strong tie

Weeding

Defoliant applications

Plastic ties removed

Steel rods and trellising removed

Irrigation removed and trickle tape disposed of

Topping if desired by customer

Mechanical defoliation assistance/leaf stripping by hand

Trees lifted mechanically and by hand

One-Year Grafts lifted

Sleeping Eyes lifted

Grading

Storage

Shipping

Year 1

Rootstocks grown from previous year

Rootstocks graded

Dormant Grafts and One-Year Grafts made

Dormant Grafts shipped

Field Maps drawn up

Rootstocks and One-Year Grafts planted

Trickle irrigation installed

Cultivation to make bud union higher

Weeding

Spray applications

Rootstocks budded for Two-Year Trees

Sleeping Eyes budded

Topping newly budded rootstocks

Pre-emergent herbicide application

Year 2

Spring budding for late orders

Suckering and limbing

Spray applications weekly to bi-weekly for full growing season

Steel rods placed for every tree

First tie-up

Suckering, limbing and weeding

Twin-Leader Tree training starts

Limbing

Second tie-up

Trellising for Geneva® 41

Weeding and limbing

Training

Third tie-up

Weeding and limbing

Fourth tie-up with strong tie

Weeding

Defoliant applications

Plastic ties removed

Steel rods and trellising removed

Irrigation removed and trickle tape disposed of

Topping if desired by customer

Mechanical defoliation assistance/leaf stripping by hand

Trees lifted mechanically and by hand

One-Year Grafts lifted

Sleeping Eyes lifted

Grading

Storage

Shipping

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