On 9/8/2010 8:26 PM, ST wrote:
>
>> my 11 year old daughter and I were at the local grocery store the other day,
>> when she spotted a peach in the 'organic produce' section - she grabs it and
>> announces loudly " now THAT'S a PEACH!!!"
>>
>> it was softball sized. I'd never seen anything like it either! They were
>> $2.49 a pound.
>>
>> We bought it (one) anyway - (cost $1.81 !!!!!) it was delicious and it will
>> be the last time I buy one of those babies!!!
>>
>> Kathi
>
> Hm, now I'm wondering if that is something that will grow true from seed,
> or if you have to graft the thing, and wondering if I have a nursery catalog
> what I can get a tree from and if so if it will bear here, and if I'd need to
> cull fruits to a certain number of leaves per fruit to get that size.
> Sigh.

I've ordered fruit trees from Stark Brothers Nursery in Louisiana, MO.
They have an excellent catalog that describes the fruit in detail and
tells you the areas where they grow. They have a web site too. I called
them once about a tree that died in the first year and they replaced it
free.