Whitetail Early Season Orchard (4 Trees) | Spring 2027

Name: Whitetail Early Season Orchard (4 Trees) | Spring 2027
Brand: Montana Fruit Trees
Price: 239.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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Ripening

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Four full-size trees that put fruit on the ground for whitetail in late summer and early bow season. Two applecrabs (Centennial and Trailman) and two Russian pears (Krazulya and Larinskaya).

What you get	4 trees: 1 Centennial Applecrab (Dolgo full size, 3-5 ft.), 1 Trailman Applecrab (Dolgo full size, 5-7 ft., pruned to 5 ft. for shipping), 1 Krazulya Pear (Ussurian full size, 3-5 ft.), 1 Larinskaya Pear (Ussurian full size, 3-5 ft.). Bare root, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out.
Hardy to	Zone 2b (winters to about -45°F). Check your spot with our cold hardiness calculator.
Fruit timing	Centennial ripens mid to late Aug and Trailman late Aug to early Sept. The pears ripen in late summer, and pear fruit drops easily in wind (NDSU), which suits deer just fine.
Pollination	Centennial and Trailman pollenize each other. Krazulya and Larinskaya pollenize each other.
Rootstock	Full size only: Dolgo for the crabs and Ussurian pear for the pears.
Also feeds	Turkeys and songbirds.

Pair It With the Late Season Orchard

Add the whitetail late season orchard and you've got fruit from August into late fall, or get both together as the Whitetail Full Season Orchard.

Full-size trees usually take 5 to 6 years to bear. That's the trade for a tree that gets up out of browse reach and lasts for decades.

Protect Them

Deer, elk and moose browse young plants hard, and bucks rub trunks in fall. Cage each tree until it's out of reach: a welded-wire cage about 5 ft. tall and 3 ft. across works for deer. Where elk come through, MSU recommends an 8 ft. fence with a top rail. Trunk tubes alone won't stop rubs. Water with drip the first couple of summers.

Bear country: early fruit lands right when bears are bulking up for winter. Plant these well away from houses and outbuildings and use electric fence.

Is Planting This Baiting?

Growing plants is habitat work. Rules on fruit or nuts you pick, move or pile up vary by state, so check your state's hunting regs before you hunt over it.

For the full how-to (why these plants work, spacing, protection and timing), read our whitetail deer orchard guide.

See our other wildlife bundles on the wildlife orchard bundles page.

Photos: white-tailed deer by Luca Pfeiffer, National Park Service (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.