Thanks for the info! I think I'm going to buy some fruit trees soon. I'll probably just buy the whole tree to keep things easy.

the best way to go about it. but! my first purchase was from a big hw store and they mostly died. then i bought some from a big box gardening center and they mostly worked, but were 5x more expensive. then i tried a small nursery nearby who are mostly specialized in flowers and they also died. at last i found a university research facility that also sells to public and they were both cheap and had the most viable stock. or maybe i was just getting better at planting them :-)