Your Fruit Tree Broker Since 1990
One call reaches the country’s top nurseries, at no cost to you.
Free to Growers
Your price remains the same as ordering directly with the nursery.
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One account for all your orders
All your orders across nurseries and crop years are tracked in one place.
How it works
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Tell us what you need.
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We discuss questions you may have about varieties, rootstocks, and nurseries.
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We determine availability, provide pricing, and reserve the trees on your behalf.
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We manage the order through delivery.
What we offer
Finished Trees
Typically a 2 year tree, chip budded in late summer, grown for two years, and delivered in the spring.
Bench Grafts
There are numerous methods and timings for bench grafts. Let us help you find the right fit for you.
Spring Buds
Spring buds are typically grown at California nurseries and can increase the turnaround from ordering to delivery. Trees tend to be smaller.
Sleeping Eyes
Rootstock is chip budded in the fall and is delivered the following spring. These have little to know scion growth but cost much less.
Rootstock
Rootstock is offered in wholesale quantities to nurseries and growers who would like to grow their own trees.
Plastrip Budding Strips
An exceptional budding strip that improves bud/graft take.
Our Team
Dawn Melvin, President
Matthew Schuld, Vice President
Our Story
Founded by renowned horticulturalist Wallace “Wally” Heuser (1929-2019) in 1990, Summit Tree Sales, Inc. has been serving the fruit industry for many decades. Following Wally’s retirement, longtime employees Jan Melvin and Katherine Schuld operated Summit Tree Sales, Inc until their retirement in 2019. Today the company is owned and operated by Dawn Melvin and Matthew Schuld.
Summit Tree Sales, Inc. provides growers with easy access to the inventories of the finest fruit tree nurseries in the country and assists growers in managing orders from multiple nurseries and future crop years.
Summit Tree Sales, Inc. offers a wide range of nursery products including finished trees, bench grafts, sleeping eyes, spring buds, rootstock, and Plastrips budding strips. Services are free to growers and prices are the same as when ordering directly with the nursery.
