Bart,
It was bought and shipped from vermont to me in Virginia. It had only buds on it when it arrived, but they were opening. Now, some 4 days later, many (most) are opened. Again, I really apologoze for the poor quality picture, but I'll have to borrow a digital camera from my friend before I can post a good one up here.
Buyer said expose it to a few frosts to get it dormant in the winter, but that's all he said. Thanks for replying! I think that more people probably would if they had a better picture of the tree.
my fault!