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| Rating | Author | Content |
| Positive | livefreeordie
(4 reviews) | On June 08, 2009, livefreeordie Yeagertown, PA wrote: My top pick for Brambles and Ribes, they are the fastest to ship, best quality I have ever seen, great prices, better order early, word is out on how good they are, you can expect them to be sold out early every year. Great communication, wish every company were like them. | | Positive | doctrtim
(14 reviews) | On June 07, 2009, doctrtim Salisbury, VT wrote: Shipping was very fast and packing good for the best quality and sized gooseberries (Tixia™) I have received mail order. They began growing as soon as they were placed in the ground. | | Positive | nygardener2
(12 reviews) | On May 19, 2009, nygardener2 New Hyde Park, NY wrote: Another good review here :) The items were huge and packaged well. The service is great and shipping only 1 day++++ The prices are also great. They offer new varieties every year. | | Positive | plays_in_dirt36
(1 review) | On May 13, 2009, plays_in_dirt36 Union, WV wrote: Placed two orders this year. Both filled promptly and packed very well. Plants in excellent shape upon arrival and have responded better than expected when planted. I will continue to utilize this company for my gardening needs and have recommended my grown children to do likewise.
| | Positive | wulfpak
(3 reviews) | On May 13, 2009, wulfpak Nebraska City, NE wrote: I ordered 50 asparagus roots. They arrived when promised, in great shape and were HUGE. ALL of them grew. Also, their planting guide is helpful and informative for many varieties of plants. I wished I would have ordered strawberries from them before they sold out of most varieties. | | Positive | Express128
(6 reviews) | On May 11, 2009, Express128 Arlington, TX wrote: This company will go over and beyond to help their customers. Recently called to order some raspberry plants and they were friendly advising me which one tasted better and would do great in my zone. Decided to go ahead and order some carolines. Can't wait till they arrive. Its not often you find a company like this. | | Positive | Leslie500
(1 review) | On May 04, 2009, Leslie500 Woodland Park, CO wrote: I got FANTASTIC berry plants from Nourse Farms! This was the first time I've ordered from this company, but won't be the last.
They have a great website... lots of information there and it was a breeze to order online. (They also have a nice printed version of their catalog) Very fast shipping... they delivered exactly when I asked them to. Actually, the plants came one day early, so be ready. I was super thrilled! These were the healthiest plants I've ever seen; I ordered strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Plants arrived dormant, with gobs and gobs of roots; I was able to put them in the ground right away. The strawberry plants are waking up already; and they are absolutely gorgeous! Very strong, happy plants... a deep, rich, lush-green color, and growing amazingly fast. I can't wait to place another order with them next spring...
Leslie in CO | | Positive | KYGardenGirl
(12 reviews) | On April 30, 2009, KYGardenGirl Georgetown, KY wrote: I have ordered strawberries, blueberries, and asparagus plants from Nourse. All have been good sized, healthy plants that perform well. Their planting guide is an excellent help, especially when growing plants that are new to you. | | Positive | NtheWoods
(4 reviews) | On April 29, 2009, NtheWoods Stafford Springs, CT wrote: I ordered from Nourse for the first time last season. I wanted to wait a full year before rating them. Ordered Rhubarb, Strawberries, and Blueberries. The order process was easy on line. The plants arrived at the requested time and looked fantastic. They are now one year old and look great. The blueberries are bigger and more vigorous than plants we ordered from another nursery a whole year before. Would order from them again. | | Positive | artemiss
(11 reviews) | On April 27, 2009, artemiss Toledo, OH
(Zone 5b) wrote:I ordered a couple of currants and a gooseberry -all were dormant bare-root plants and already are leafing out within days of planting. | | Positive | LovesCheese
(1 review) | On April 21, 2009, LovesCheese Clearfield, UT wrote: I did a group order with my mom, together we ordered 20 raspberries, 5 blackberries, 2 rhubarb, 2 currant, and 25 strawberries.
The plants were all in great shape. I have ordered bare root berry plants before and I just got a little stick with maybe 4 roots. These were beautiful, obviously well established plants. They had larger roots and the strawberries all have signs of life. I am very impressed with the condition of these plants and I will update when more of them come out of dormancy. | | Positive | gfm
(6 reviews) | On April 14, 2009, gfm Melrose, MA wrote: I just wish I had a bigger yard so I could order more from Nourse. I ordered 8 blueberry bushes and they all arrived in amazing condition. These were some of the healthiest bare root plants I have ever seen. Communication from the company was excellent and they responded quickly on the 2 occasions when I needed to contact them. I would highly recommend them as the first place to go for berries. | | Positive | jensing528
(1 review) | On April 07, 2009, jensing528 Belen, NM
(Zone 7a) wrote:This is the first time I have ordered from Nourse and it won't be the last. Great customer service and some of the healthiest bare roots I have seen. I placed a group order that consisted of almost 700 raspberries, 100 horseradish, 50 asparagus, and three current bushes. There were plenty of extras. Everyone that went in on the order has been very pleased. | | Positive | gardenkeeper1
(6 reviews) | On March 30, 2009, gardenkeeper1 Palatine Bridge, NY wrote: I have purchased from Nourse Farms for the last three years. I have been extremely pleased with everything I've ordered. I ordered 3 blueberry bushes, 10 raspberries, and 2 varieties of strawberries. Everything is thriving in my garden. Customer Service is A++. I'll be ordering Asparagus next year. Just a word of caution, if you want to order something, don't wait. They often sell out of their popular varieties. Order early to get the selection you want. | | Positive | kxa132
(1 review) | On March 16, 2009, kxa132 Madison Heights, VA wrote: I ordered the strawberry collection and those were the most amazing and vigourous plants. They had very thick roots and green plants. I planted according to the directions and in the first season, the plants were HUGE with runners everywhere and even produced a few berries. Unfortunately, we moved unexpectedly before the 2nd season when they would have produced for us. But I would still reccommend this company for the quality stock.
I had also ordered 5 Black raspberry plants - they had very large root balls and all showed growth. Unfortunately, when we were preparing to move, a friend was helping us tidy the lawn and weed whacked my plants to nothing! I don't know if they came up again for the new owners.
I plan on ordering the same exact thing this year for our new house. I was very impressed with my first order. | | Positive | Zeppy
(8 reviews) | On March 01, 2009, Zeppy Shenandoah Valley, VA
(Zone 6b) wrote:I ordered 25 asparagus for our home garden. I have NO experience with asparagus, but followed their instructions. Every single one survived, and they look about ten times thicker and hardier than asparagus I see in other gardens. Very pleased! | | Positive | MarkP
(9 reviews) | On February 03, 2009, MarkP Missoula, MT
(Zone 4a) wrote:Have always had quick, accurate orders and, plants are thriving!!! | | Positive | birchoil
(3 reviews) | On June 26, 2008, birchoil Ashburnham, MA wrote: I ordered 5 varieties raspberries, 2 varieties blackberries, 4 varieties strawberries, 3 rhubarb, 4 blueberry. I later changed the shipping date.
Both on-line and on phone this company gave great customer service. The order arrived on the date they predicted. Two sets of raspberries were not tagged. They offered to send me another raspberry shipment! By phone we worked out the variety of these raspberries so I declined the new shipment. All plants except two individual Anne raspberries were/are healthy and Nourse Farms Inc. immediately sent replacements for the two dead plants.
Excellent company. Next year I will order asparagus from them.
On October 22nd, 2008, birchoil changed the rating from positive to neutral and added the following:
Since my last post I have had poor service from Nourse Farms. I had a number of raspberries with what I believed was anthracnose disease. On Sept 15 I emailed them photos of the plants as well as mentioning that one on the Anne raspberry plants they sent me did not ever show signs of life. Now over one month later (Oct. 22) and 4 or 5 emails and one phone call later I stilll have not gotten a response as to the problem with the raspberries. I will order from them again yet I\'m very unhappy with their poor customer service in this case.
On November 4th, 2008, birchoil changed the rating from neutral to positive and added the following:
Nourse Farms cleared up the problem we were having in communication. Apparently, they had not received any of my emails after the first one (possibly too many photos attached). They phoned me and were very helpful in diagnosing the raspberry problem (the raspberries do not have anthracnose). | | Positive | Imred
(3 reviews) | On June 16, 2008, Imred Anna, IL wrote: I have ordered berry plants many times in the past. After reading Nourse's reviews here at Dave's Garden I decided to order from them. I ordered strawberries, blackberries, red, black & purple raspberries. They were the finest, most vigorous plants with the best root system I have ever received. Thus far all have lived and are growing strongly. I will never order any plant Nourse carries from anyone else. They are the best. | | Positive | violapetes
(1 review) | On June 14, 2008, violapetes Sutton, MA wrote: What a great transaction. I ordered rhubarb. The plants arrived remarkably fast and packaged with care. I planted the rhubarb immediately and to my surprise,I had shoots coming up within a week. Happy to have found this company and will certainly be a repeat customer!
thanks Nourse Farms! | | Positive | Catssdawg2
(5 reviews) | On June 14, 2008, Catssdawg2 Whitesboro, TX wrote: This is a remarkable company to order from! Great selction,great shipping,excellent plants. Ordered 25 Jewel strawberries they arrived with nice long roots & cool packet of gel for rooting them in & the best hand guide I've seen for planting & caring for them. All plants have rooted & even tried producing berries within 3 weeks of planting (killed me to pinch them off but better for next year's crop). Would not hestiate to recommend this company to everyone for their berry needs. Like them so much I'm planning on getting more strawberries,blackberries & may even try the blueberries(those are kinda tricky here in Texas)from them next year. Oh & check out the comparsion chart in each section - you'll find what you want & can grow. Wish all gardening sites where set up & run like this one! | | Positive | Doug9345
(1 review) | On May 23, 2008, Doug9345 Durhamville, NY
(Zone 5b) wrote: I give this company the highest marks for customer service. I ordered 50 Sparkle strawberries, 50 Earliglow and 5 horseradish roots for shipment on 5/12. I received the order on 5/13. All the crowns looked good but it became obvious after a week that 8 of the Earliglow weren't going to break dormancy as all the others had done. I emailed the company on 5/20 stating,
"I wanted to contact you to either determine if I should wait for them to show signs of life or if you want to replace them or what your recommendation is."
I wasn't sure if Earliglow was a type that was slow to break dormancy or not. The company replied in 9 minutes with the information that they had set up a replacement order for that week. I expected that I'd get them late this week or early next week. I didn't, I received them the next day.
While many companies are good to deal with when nothing out of the ordinary happen, it's the great companies that take care of a less than Ideal experience. Nourse Farms is one of the great ones. | | Positive | HeritageFarm
(3 reviews) | On May 21, 2008, HeritageFarm B, CO
(Zone 5a) wrote:WONDERFUL!
Will Not Hesitate To Buy From Them Again!
Order arrived the week of April 7th as schedueled. Rose & her supervisor in customer serviced rapidly addressed a concern over the shipping rate being higher then what was indicated (my state is split between ship-times) & even removed all shipping charges from my order due to the confussion. Was very pleased & happy! The communication & efforts to please the customer were GREAT!
100 Raspberry plants arrived & all looked good. Due to snowy weather we weren't ready for them & they sat in the root cellar for 2+weeks before they were planted out. With the warming temps we are seeing more & more plants coming to life - presently about 70 of 100 plants have green shoots poking thru the dirts around the roots! Better then we hoped for!
Will definately be a returning customer!
On June 1st, 2008, HeritageFarm added the following:
Quick Update: We now have 92 of the 100 raspberry plants growing! | | Positive | gertieshmirtz
(1 review) | On May 19, 2008, gertieshmirtz Rochester, MN wrote: I made an error on the mailing address for my shipment (confusion and death in the family on my end.) Rose and Annette in customer service bent over backwards to help reroute the package and send it on the correct way. OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE when I needed it most. Thank you! | | Positive | Colquhoun
(3 reviews) | On May 15, 2008, Colquhoun Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b) wrote:Yet, again Nourse farm delivered wonderfull health plants, on time, and included their planting guide, "read it, and you can grow it." I can't say enough how wonder it is to have a go to place for small fruits and berries, I can count on to have hard to find new releases (Like Illini Hardy, and newest Univ. Arkansas Blackberries) as virus free indexed stock at good prices. | | Positive | Kate_C
(6 reviews) | On May 09, 2008, Kate_C Woburn, MA wrote: I am very pleased!
My plants arrived in excellent condition with a very thorough planting guide and absorbent polymer crystals to help prevent transplant shock. I will definitely order from this company again if I want to plant more berries. | | Positive | zeb5
(2 reviews) | On April 30, 2008, zeb5 ack, MA
(Zone 7a) wrote:on a scale of 1-10 this buisness is definately a 20,, very helpful people in the office ,either on the phone or by email. plants arrive when they say they will ,root system is very well established and they arrive with wet root systems. | | Positive | DigMontana
(4 reviews) | On April 29, 2008, DigMontana Libby, MT
(Zone 4b) wrote:I recieved my order yesterday and was very impressed. I ordered raspberries and strawberries. The raspberry roots were so long and full and had shoots on some of them. My strawberry plants (honeyoye and cabot) both had nice roots and looked healthy.
I will definately order from this company again. | | Positive | xenacrocker
(4 reviews) | On April 28, 2008, xenacrocker Silver Spring, MD wrote: Overall a wonderful experience. I am a very new gardener. Recently, I made 2 orders of blueberries, gooseberries, and currants from this company. I found their website to be well organized and informative. I had some email correspondence with the company about their plants and found the replies to be prompt, polite and very helpful. The plants were well packaged, large, healthy and at an incredible price! I was also thrilled to find a small complimentary packet of agrigel to use with my plants. The plants have been in the ground for around 6 weeks and are growing beautifully. This company came highly recommended and exceeded my expectations.
| | Positive | kailas
(3 reviews) | On April 28, 2008, kailas San Francisco, CA wrote: I bought gooseberry plants from Nourse about a month ago, and am very happy with the quality, price and service. The guy who took the order was courteous, helpful and answered all my questions. These bushes are much cheaper, and larger (2-3 branches). I purchased a gooseberry plant several months earlier from another mail order nursery and received a barely 6 inch single twig. The Nourse gooseberries are vigorous and doing extremely well. I would definitely order from here again. | | Positive | CMoxon
(7 reviews) | On April 26, 2008, CMoxon Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a) wrote:I have just received my third order from Nourse in as many years and am once again very pleased with the quality. I have ordered various raspberries, black currants, red currants, white currants, and gooseberries from Nourse. Always the plants have been in very good condition upon arrival. Sometimes the currants are not as tall as plants from other nurseries but the stems at the base are very sturdy, and in any case one should prune black currants when first planting. It's more important in the first year to get good roots going. I am consistently impressed with Nourse Farms plants and their shipping and packaging is well done. I will continue to order from them when I need berry plants in future. | | Positive | stewartvh
(5 reviews) | On April 04, 2008, stewartvh Loretto, PA wrote: nice strawberry plants and asparagus. appreciate the detailed planting guide that came with plants. arrived exactly when scheduled. thanks
On November 29th, 2008, stewartvh added the following:
some of the strawberries did not survive the initial planting. nourse replaced them without delay. i already have my order in for next spring. thanks
On May 18th, 2009, stewartvh added the following:
ordered a bunch of raspberries this spring. another excellent order. | | Positive | katiebear
(3 reviews) | On April 01, 2008, katiebear mulege, Mexico wrote: Got raspberries and blackberries from Nourse. It was my first time ordering from them and I'm delighted with the plants. The roots on the raspberry plants were as much as three feet long! I had to keep them in water for a couple of weeks. I added a little EM1 to the soaking water and hoped for the best. Most of the plants started growing. I've planted them now and all are looking good. Many of the raspberries are already sending up new shoots.
These are some of the nicest plants I've ever gotten from a mail order source. | | Positive | DrCochran
(4 reviews) | On March 24, 2008, DrCochran Mammoth Spring, AR wrote: I ordered a bevy of strawberry plants. They arrived in great condition and I have had one hundred percent survival so far. I will use them again. | | Positive | stevegallagher
(2 reviews) | On February 15, 2008, stevegallagher Calais, VT wrote: I ordered 150 raspberry plants last year. Six different varieties. Every single one survived and thrived. I am ordering more this year. Highly recommend. | | Positive | manuretea
(8 reviews) | On January 01, 2008, manuretea Medina, OH
(Zone 5b) wrote:Norse Farms is a dream come true! Fantastic service, prices and the healthiest fruiting plants I have ever purchased! I intend to place my order early to improve my plant selection choices. I was still eating strawberries and raspberries at the end of November in zone 5 with little protection! | | Positive | scottfsmith
(13 reviews) | On August 06, 2007, scottfsmith Baltimore, MD wrote: Quality in berries is a big issue because healthier plants will give you a much faster start. Nourse has the healthiest plants I have found from any source. So after trying several other nurseries, I now always order berries from Nourse if they have the varieties I want. The variety selection is very good, and they have always been right on time with orders. Strongly recommended!
| | Positive | MoonGardening
(3 reviews) | On July 14, 2007, MoonGardening Coraopolis, PA wrote: In early May, we received a gift of 24 Jersey Knight asparagus crowns, 6 Lauren bare-root raspberries and 6 Prelude bare-root raspberries from Nourse. The raspberry roots arrived moist, 1-3 feet long and well-developed. A few of the asparagus crowns were quite small but most had an impressive number of roots. Detailed planting instructions and crystals to attract water to the roots were included. Now, about half the asparagus have 4 foot high ferns, 1/4 have 3 foot ferns and 1/4 have 2 foot ferns. All of the raspberry plants have leafed out and half already sent up some new growth further out along the roots. Five plants even produced some berries, to my surprise. This order was a gift, but I would definitely buy from this company myself. | | Positive | SHEBERT
(1 review) | On May 16, 2007, SHEBERT Holden, MA wrote: I've tried many mail-order companies over the past decade and I've yet to find the quality anywhere that you'll find with Nourse plants! In 2006 I started with 25 Caroline Raspberry plants and 2 Chandler Blueberry plants. I followed the directions and what a patch we have now. Berries gallore. I was so happy with Nourses', this spring In planted 25 Jersey Knight Asparagus plants. They were poking through in 6 days. I'd recomend Nourse to anyone who's looking for top quality plants and the staff is also very helpful with any questions. | | Positive | baeger
(3 reviews) | On May 16, 2007, baeger Rumford, RI wrote: We ordered several raspberries from Nourse, which arrived extremely well packed - they also provided a tracking number so that I didn't have to email or call to see whether the package was sent. The dormant bare root plants looked quite dormant, but I planted according to instructions. Of the two varietiess I ordered, it is clear one was more vigorous - by now they are all growing fine. The smaller, more dormant variety is a slower grower, but 3 of 5 have begun sprouting. The root quality and generally healthy appearance show that this company takes care and pride in their plants.
On August 19th, 2008, baeger added the following:
I ordered the strawberry sampler this year. The plants arrived before I was ready, but they all survived in the shipping materials as I built the strawberry beds for a week. No loss of plants at all. Now we are overrun. I also ordered blueberries this year - they were huge plants! Wonderfully packed, lovely plants. I plan on continuing ordering from Nourse until I fill my back yard. |
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