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Small fruits
Blackberry Darrow Hardy and rust resistant, it produces well at an early age and ripens in July. They grow 4-5 ft. tall, producing a larger crop than most blackberries. This blackberry is cold-hardy, super-vigorous and self-pollinating. To maintain plants, be sure to water in dry weather and use mulch to conserve soil moisture and control weeds. Pruning on a regular schedule is also beneficial to the growth and health of the plant. Blackberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup.
Blackberry Chester Thornless It is a fast grower and requires full sun. Chester is the most hardy thornless blackberry. Training canes to grow on a trellis, they can grow to 10' long. Pruning on a regular schedule is also beneficial to the growth and health of the plant. Blackberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup.
Blueberry Northblue The blooms have attractive showy white flowers tinged pink. It doesn’t take up much space, so makes for a fine landscape plant for borders, as hedge or specimen. It is completely self fruitful. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop. This blueberry prefers an acid soil for best plant health and fruit production. Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!.
Blueberry Northcountry The Northcountry Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Northcountry', has an attractive, sky blue colored fruit that is produced abundantly on this low, spreading shrub. It has a sweet wild blueberry flavor, and this fruit is small to medium 1/4" in diameter. Northcountry has bright red fall colors. This small blueberry is very cold hardy, but protect from winter burn, wind and sun. Prune early before spring growth. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids.
Blueberry Northsky The Northsky Blueberry, 'Vaccinium 'Northsky', is a variety that has small, sky blue berries that are firm and flavorful. It is the most cold hardy of all the blueberries and will be most productive with winter snow cover. It grows into a compact mound, and Northsky begins spring completely covered in snow white blooms. The beautiful densely foliaged plant turns brilliant red in the fall. Prune early before spring growth. Blueberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup.
Raspberry Bristol Black It is very hardy, high producing, vigorous and ripens in mid-July. Bristol shows tolerance to powdery mildew. The berries are versatile and can be used as fresh fruit, in preserves, or in pies and pastries. Raspberries may be grown successfully at an elevation as high as 7,000 feet. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season. Raspberries take little space, live for years and produce crops the second season after planting.
Raspberry Royalty It has a large fruit size and plant vigor of a purple hybrid with the high quality of a red. They do best in full sun on non-alkaline, fertile loam soil. Birds also love the fruit, so you may have to share the harvest.
Rhubarb Chipmans Canada Red The Chipmans Canada Red Rhubarb, Rheum 'Chipmans Canada Red', is one of the sweetest of the red rhubarbs with bright red stems that are delicious for sauces and pies. This rhubarb does harvest well in fall and seldom goes to seed.
Blueberry Bluecrop The Bluecrop Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Bluecrop', has a firm light blue medium-sized fruit. The blueberry grows best on sites where most other crops fail. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids.
Blueberry Blueray The foliage turns a burgundy color in the fall. This deciduous shrub is dense with an upright, multiple-branched growth habit. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch.
Blueberry Jersey The Jersey Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Jersey', has a dark blue fruit that is small to medium in size and very sweet in flavor.
Blueberry Northland Blueberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup.
Blueberry Patriot It is low growing and spreading with arcing branches.
Grape Frontenac Gris™ It is a reliable, outstandingly cold hardy, vigorous, heavy bearing grape.
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