I bought two 5 in 1 apple tree from theusanursery.com which I now fear is just a relaunched summerstone nursery that had a horrible reputation. Seeing as how these trees are supposed to be 5 varieties from the same tree, I expected at least 5 branches grafted on to a trunk. Instead what I got was a 2.5' twig grafted on to some roots. Since it's one twig with no branches am I correct in thinking there's no way there is more than one variety of apple tree on this plant?
5 in 1 apple trees a scam?
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Doesn't sound quite right, have you asked them about it?
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I agree.Sounds like they shipped the wrong one. Welcome to the forums btw
they had a 5N1 tag on them... This is what they are supposed to be
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That says 3 to 5 feet tree.
Your best bet is to talk to them first,then go from there,
Your best bet is to talk to them first,then go from there,
In case anyone was wondering, Yes they were indeed a scam. a clone of the defunct Summerstone Nursery and The USA Nursery it's self now appears to be defunct. Thankfully my order was just on the edge of my credit card's dispute window and I was able to dispute the charges and get my money back. One tree lived but I'm not convinced it's even an apple tree. I bought another 5 in 1 apple tree from Fast-growing-trees.com This one was as advertized and I plan to buy another this spring.
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So glad you got your money back. So many scam sites out there, it's a wonder anyone gets what they order!
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This is why I use PayPal when ordering on line. They are great at settling disputes. It also keeps these fly by night crooks from having your credit card information.
I actually had the opposite experience with PayPal. After hounding them for a month to try and dispute a charge from a fly by night vendor who shipped me defective product and refused to remedy the situation, I gave up on PayPal and disputed the PayPal charge with my CC company. I avoid PayPal whenever possible. I should have just went to my CC company first.