I purchased an 8' tall Stanley Plum tree from a company in Georgia that was delivered bare root this past week. More to the point of my question here, is that it was delivered "no root" at all. This was the largest sized caliper tree they sold and the base of the trunk near the graft was about 1 1/2 " . The three main roots were each about 3/4" each where they attached to the base of the tree. Problem was, they were cut off entirely to about 5" so were only stubs of the root structure. All of the nutrients, sugars, and water transfer ability of the tree remains down in Georgia. I only received the trunk and a bit of the main transfer roots. I sent them photo's of the tree and only was told that I have a one year warranty and they will replace it if it doesn't survive. That's fair, but I'm behind a year now if it dies. My question to you is whether such drastic pruning can allow the tree to survive at all, much less produce leaves and fruit. I have provided photo's below if you would like to see them. Thank you! Ted Johnson