This study assesses the legal aspects of the production and marketing of fruit saplings, and exploresthe main features and problems of nursery enterprises in Antalya. 32 certificated and 60 uncertificatednursery enterprises that produce fruit saplings in Antalya were visited to conduct face-to-facequestionnaire. The certificated nursery enterprises produce 1.2 million certificated fruit saplings. Theshare of the certificated fruit saplings they produce in their total fruit sapling production is 71.2%.The number of uncertificated fruit saplings produced is 476,491. 67% of the certificated fruit saplingsproduced in Antalya are apple saplings, 16% are pomegranate saplings, and 6% are orange saplings.Only 10% of the nursery enterprises producing fruit saplings procure rootstocks and scions fromgovernmental agencies, whereas 40% supply them from their own gardens and 50% from gardens ofother producers. Only 58% of the nursery enterprises producing fruit saplings have been able to set uprootstock and scion cultivation parcels. More than half of the nursery enterprises producing fruitsaplings (67%) state that certificated sapling production is more profitable.