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Apple Trees
These will all be semi dwarf Varieties which mean they will be 12-15’ tall at maturity and 14’ wide. They will start producing 4-5 years after planting. They must be pollinated with another apple tree that blooms and produces fruit around the same time. This pollinator needs to be planted no farther than one acre away as a rule. These are the varieties we will carry
'Cortland' |
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An older, well-known variety. Medium-sized and bright red with a sprightly tropical flavor. White flesh holds its color well after being cut. Excellent for eating and cooking.
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Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Mid-Late Season |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
Late Sept. |
4-7 |
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'McIntosh' |
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| A well-known older apple that has a sprightly flavor and a medium storage life. Nearly solid, bright red skin. Heavy bearer. Good for eating and baking. Fruit tends to drop when ripe |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Mid-Season |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
Late Sept. |
4-7 |
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'Honeycrisp' |
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| An exciting apple that is exceptionally crisp and juicy. Flavor is sweet but well-balanced. Excellent storage life, up to 7 months. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Mid-Season |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
Late Sept. |
4-7 |
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'Zestar' |
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| A wonderful new apple cultivar. At last an early apple that is crisp and juicy. Best known for its excellent sweet tart flavor. Has a much longer storage life than other early apples. Excellent for fresh eating and cooking. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early Season |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
Late August |
4-7 |
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Asparagus
Purple Passion |
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Tender spears are a beautiful deep burgundy in color. More tender, mild and sweet than standard varieties. Vigorous and productive, producing spears ready for harvesting a year earlier than most varieties. (Zone 3-7).
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Sweet Purple |
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Deep burgundy spears, larger and more tender than the green varieties, have amild, nutty flavor when cooked. 'Sweet Purple' has a higher sugar content making the spears sweeter and can also be enjoyed eaten raw. (Zone 3-7)
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Jersey Giant |
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A marked improvement over Mary Washington, with a much higher percent of male plants which produce larger spears. (Zone 3-7).
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Blackberry
Chester Thornless |
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Chester is a thornless and semi-erect variety of blackberry. Medium to large berries are deep black, round and very sweet. This is a high quality and high yielding variety and will not soften or lose its color in hot weather. Reputedly an excellent variety for making blackberry wine. Late ripening. Blooms May. Ripens July. Self fertile. Full Sun. Zone 5-8
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Darrow |
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Darrow has proven to be the most reliable producer of large crops of top quality fruit. Berries measure 1" long and 3/4" wide, are attractive, firm, juicy, and have honey sweet, true blackberry flavor. Excellent for all purposes. Plants are hardy, rust resistant, and produce well at an early age. Canes are sturdy and upright growing. Fruit ripens in July and continues for 2-3 weeks. Blooms May. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 5-8
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Blueberry
Northblue |
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Plants are short stature, growing to 20-30" in height. Fruit is dark blue, large and attractive with a good blueberry flavor and a pleasing sugar to acid ratio. Glossy, dark green leaves turning to a deep bright red in fall. A good plant for the home gardener with winter climates. Blooms May. Ripens July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Bluecrop |
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A midseason blueberry. Considered by many to be the best all around variety for consistent yields, disease resistance, and high quality. It has an upright, open growing habit. One of the best garden blueberry varieties on the market today. Height 4-6’. Blooms May. Ripens July-mid season. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-7
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Northsky |
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One of the shortest of the half-high blueberries, attaining a mature height of only 12-18" and a mature spread of 24-30". The fruit is medium sized and sky blue. Northsky will ripen the same time as Northblue. An abundant producer, one bush of Northsky can produce from one to three pounds of luscious fruit at maturity. The glossy green foliage turns a bright red in autumn. Blooms May. Ripens July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Partriot |
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Fruit is very large, firm and has small, dry recessed scars. The berry is formed on tight clusters and it tends to be flatter than the other cultivars. Ripens early. Excellent flavor. Bush is upright, open and vigorous. Excellent landscape variety with showy white blooms in the spring, dark green foliage in the summer, and fiery orange fall colors. Height 4-6’. Blooms May. Ripens July-early season. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Northcountry |
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A sibling of 'Northsky' introduced in 1988 - plants larger and more productive than 'Northsky'. Recommended for commercial plantings and home gardens. Fruit 1/2" in diameter with an attractive sky blue color. Flavor sweet and mild. Mature plants 18-24" high, 30-40" in diameter. Fruits approximately 5 days earlier than 'Northblue' and extends for 2-3 weeks. Partially self- fruitful. MNRC (Zone 3-8) Shown to be a reliable choice for home use in zone 3, but will produce larger yields in higher zones
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Cherry Trees
These will all be dwarf or semi dwarf varieties.
'Montmorency' |
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Info |
Large, tart red fruit for pie or preserves. Fruit firm and juicy. Vigorous and highly productive. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
Height |
Zone |
12-18' |
5-9 |
Ripening Date |
Late June |
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'North Star' |
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Info |
Red fruit with a small stone. Very productive. A sour pie cherry. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
Height |
Zone |
8-10' |
4-8 |
Ripening Date |
Late June |
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'Mesabi' |
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Info |
Long-stemmed, red fleshed fruits with sugar content halfway between pie cherries and Bing cherries. Pyramidal tree grows to a height of 12'. Fruit pit smaller than some cherries |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
Height |
Zone |
10-14' |
4-8 |
Ripening Date |
Early July |
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Currant
Red Lake |
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Clusters of large bright red berries borne on 2-3 year old wood. Semi-erect and vigorous. Very productive. Fruits are good for jams and jellies. Zones 3-7. Full Sun. Blooms Early Season. Self fruitful. Ripens July-August
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Consort Black |
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Ripens late in the season, black fruits with strong flavor, medium in size and borne in clusters. The plants are very productive, immune to white pine blister rust, and only moderately susceptible to powdery mildew. Zones 3-7. Full Sun. Blooms Early Season. Self fruitful. Ripens July-August
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Gooseberry
Pixwell |
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Very productive. Pale green fruit becoming pink when ripe. Few thorns. Produces fruit on 2-3 year old wood. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 3-6. Early Season Blooming.
Ripens July - August
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Hinnomaki Red |
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Large red fruit with an outstanding flavor. Favorite of the home gardener.
Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-6. Early Season Blooming.
Ripens July - August
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Grape
Beta |
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Blue-black, excellent for juice or jelly. Vigorous. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 3-8
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Bluebell |
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Resembles Concord in size and color but with more tender skin and greater hardiness. Very good table quality. Should be used in northern areas as a substitute for Concord. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Concord |
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Blue-black, excellent for eating. Medium to large clusters. Berry size is medium to large. Vigorous. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun.
Zones 5-8
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Concord Seedless |
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Fruit resembles Concord in color and flavor but the clusters and berries are smaller. Berries are seedless. Highly regarded as a pie grape and excellent for jam and jelly. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 5-8
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Edelweiss |
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This is the most disease resistant grape we carry. Vigorous. Green-white with high sugar content, good 'grapy' taste. Dessert and wine grape. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Frontenac |
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A red wine grape. Hardy to -30°F and produces a very good quality juice for wine making. A vigorous grower with good disease resistance to downy and powdery mildew. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Kay Gray |
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A fine hardy white grape suited for table use and wine making. Medium to large berries are produced in small clusters on very productive vines. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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St. Croix |
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A sweet grape suitable for wine making. Medium to large dark blue berries are produced in medium sized bunches on highly productive vines. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 4-8
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Reliance |
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A red, seedless table grape having high dessert quality. Like all grapes, Reliance requires annual pruning, adequate fertility and maximum sunlight. Well suited for fresh eating and juice. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 5-8
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Valiant |
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Matures earlier and has an improved quality over Beta. A blue grape, attractive, well filled, clusters average 4" in length. Vine productive, annual bearer. Berries are round, up to 1/2" in diameter. Free of astringency, skin does not adhere to flesh. Blooms June. Ripens September. Self fruitful. Full Sun. Zones 3-8
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St. Thereas Seedless |
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Vigorous woody vine produces clusters of purple grapes which are mostly seedless. St Theresa is an early season table grape with excellent flavor that will tolerate alkaline soils and can be used for juice or jellies. Wonderfully graces an arbor to add ornamental value along with its fruit. Bred by Elmer Swenson of Wisconsin. (Zone 4-9)
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Horseradish
Horseradish |
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Horseradish is a perennial vegetable/herb grown for its pungent roots, which are used to spice up a variety of dishes from roast beef to cocktail sauce to a Passover Seder Plate. The leaves can also be eaten, when young and tender, but should not be eaten by animals. Horseradish is grown from root divisions and can be extremely aggressive. Many gardeners prefer to grow it either in a container or within barriers placed in the soil.
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Honeyberry
Borealis |
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Honeyberry's taste has been compared to blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and black currants. You can eat them fresh, bake into pies or make into jams or jellies. Borealis an excellent source of antioxidants and Vitamin C.
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Hardy Kiwi
Female |
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Self-pollinating, sweet, early bearing plant. Without a male, the fruit is seedless; with a male the plant will produce larger and more fruit. Less susceptible to spring frost damage than regular arctic kiwi. Best with limited space in colder climates. Full sun to part shade
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Male |
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A deciduous twining vine with purple foliage at a young age. A male selection with attractive coloration, particularly striking with its pink and white variegated leaves. The leaves are 5" long. Hardiest kiwi known. Prefers full sun
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Nut
Butternut is native to moist bottomlands, lowland forests in eastern and midwestern North America.
'Butternut' |
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Female flwoers give way to clusters of edible oval nuts. Nuts mature in fall; the kernels are sweet, oily and tasty, having a buttery flavor |
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Height |
Attracts Butterflies |
40-60' |
Zone |
Space |
2-6' |
40-60' |
Foliage-Fall Foliage |
Dark Green-Yellow |
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Peach Trees
These will all be dwarf self-fertile varieties. These are sometimes not as hardy as other fruit trees but we get our stock from Minnesota and Michigan so we feel it’s the hardiest we can find. These are self pollinators.
'Redhaven' |
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| One of the finest early peaches. Colors a beautiful red and golden yellow. Flesh is firm, smooth textured and fine flavored. Fruit is medium size, round, uniform and appealing. Good for freezing, canning, and shipping. Disease resistant. One of the hardier peaches. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
Height |
Zone |
15-20' |
5-8 |
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| July- Early August |
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'Reliance' |
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| The hardiest yellow-fleshed freetone peach available. Medium-sized, roundish, yellow-fleshed peach that ripens with Redhaven. Has a rather dull blush over green-yellow color. Flesh is bright yellow, rather soft and juicy. Flavor is fair. Good for fresh market in cold regions. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
Height |
Zone |
18-20' |
5-8 |
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| July- Early August |
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Pear Trees
These will all be semi-dwarf . They require same time bloomers for a pollinator.
'Barlett' |
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Large size, golden yellow. Wonderful quality. Buttery, juicy, highly flavored fruit. Excellent for eating fresh or canned. Vigorous grower and bears young. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
September |
5-8 |
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'Parker' |
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Info |
Large, yellow-bronze fruit. Fine grained, tender and juicy. Upright and vigorous grower.
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Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Requires Pollinator |
Ripening Date |
Zone |
August |
4-8 |
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Plum Trees
We will carry American plums. These will be dwarf or semi dwarf varieties. All plums produce more when pollinated. This must be done with a variety that is in the same species like American and American, Japanese and Japanese, and cherry plum to cherry plum.
'Blues Jam' |
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This European plum is purplish blue and slightly larger than Damson. A freestone plum with greenish yelloe flesh and sweet flavor. Excellent for sauce and jam. A self fruitful variety that ripens in mid September.
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Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Self-fruitful |
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Zone |
15-20' |
5-8 |
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| mid September |
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'Black Ice' |
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| It is a cross between a cherry plum and a coventional Japanese dessert plum resulting in large fruit with superior winter hardiness and an early ripening date. Fruit size and yield is comparable to popular covential cultivars, however, the ripening date is 2-4 weeks earlier. Has been shown to be hardy and produce fruit in USDA zone 3b. Natuarlly compact growth habit makes it easy to manage. |
Bloom Date |
Pollination |
Early May |
Needs |
Height |
Zone |
18-12' |
4-8 |
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| July- Early August |
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Raspberry
Heritage |
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| The medium sized red fruit has very good flavor and quality. First crop mid-July, second crop September 1. Blooms May. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-8 |
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Latham |
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Red, ripening over a long period. Sure cropper for home and commercial use. Blooms May. Ripens Late June/Early July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-7
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Anne Yellow |
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Anne is a fall bearing, golden raspberry. Light yellow fruit is born on the top of sparsely thorned canes. Large, firm symmetrical berries have a mild-sweet flavor with an aromatic banana flavor developing in cooler climates. Blooms May.Ripens August- Late September. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-10
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Autumn Britten |
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Fall bearing raspberry. A sister seedling of Autumn Bliss that is not only a better producer it also has much better fruit firmness. Berries are long and conical with a bright red color and a very good flavor. Ships well. Good upright growth and quite vigorous. Ripens 3 weeks before Heritage. Blooms May. Ripens Early September. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-7
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Boyne |
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Red, medium acid with aromatic flavor. Vigorous, erect and sturdy. Excellent for canning, freezing, and dessert. Very productive and extremely hardy. Blooms May. Ripens Mid/Late July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 3-8
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Caroline |
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It is considered to be the new standard for fall bearing varieties. Fruit is larger than Heritage, more productive and the taste is very flavorful. Caroline is vigorous and more tolerant of root rot and yellow rust than Heritage. Fruits earlier than Heritage. Leaf coverage reduces sunscald on berry. Blooms May.Ripens Late August/Early September. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-7
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Bristol Black |
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Fruit is black and large with attractive, fairly glossy skin. Flesh is firm. Berries have excellent quality, good flavor and ripen in mid-season. Good for canning and freezing. Canes hardy and vigorous.Blooms May. Ripens Late July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-8
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Souris |
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An introduction from the Morden Research Station in Canada. 'Souris' is an improved red, summer-bearing raspberry. Compared to the old standard 'Boyne', 'Souris' is slightly sweeter, more productive and has better spider mite resistance
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Royalty |
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A cross between a purple raspberry and a red raspberryCombines the desirable features of both, coupling the large fruit size and plant vigor of a purple hybrid with the high fruit quality of a red raspberry. Fruit picked at the full red stage has the sweet light flavor of red raspberries. Produces outstanding jelly or jam. Insect resistant. Suckers sparingly. Has considerable hardiness and is a superior substitute for Black Raspberry. Blooms May.Ripens Late July. Self-fruitful. Full Sun. Zone 4-7
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Rhubarb
Chipmans Canadian Red |
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Bright red stems are delicious for sauces and pies. One of the sweetest of the red rhubarb. Perennial. (Zone 3-8). Full Sun. Ripens May-June
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Strawberry
