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March 2009
This is America’s favorite snacking apple.The Red Delicious is the most widely grown variety of apple in the world. Red Delicious apples have firm, white or cream white flesh that is juicy, aromatic, sweet tasting. They are best eaten raw because of their thick skin. The heart shaped fruit is bright red and sometimes exhibits some red striping. It is crunchy with a mildly sweet flavor.
This semi dwarf apple will grow 12 – 14 feet and requires full sun.
The Golden Delicious apple is an excellent all purpose cooking apple. This apple has firm, white flesh that retains its shape when baked or cooked. Its rich mellow flavor, sweet and crisp, is an asset to any recipe.You can cut down the sugar in pies and sauces made from Golden Delicious apples.
This semi dwarf apple will grow 12 – 14 feet and requires full sun.
Jonagold was raised in 1943 at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, New York, USA from a Golden Delicious and Jonathan. Introduced in 1968. Received RHS Award of Merit in 1987.
A medium/large apple. Round shape with a trace of ribbing and slightly five-crowned. One-third to one-half flushed orange red with short, broad, broken stripes and many russet dots on bright yellow backgoround skin colour. Nearly yellow flesh, fine-textured, juicy and sweet with a good rich flavour.
Granny Smith
The Granny Smith apples have been cultivated for at least 140 years. If you enjoy a juicy burst of tartness, this apple is for you. This glorious tree has handsome apples.
Plant these in the yard and you'll be pickin' sweet and hearty apples when the snow flies, because they ripen in early November! That tart flavor really lasts, and stays fresh all winter and spring. It is known for keeping its zesty flavor even when it is used for cooking or sautéed.
This semi dwarf apple will grow 12 – 14 feet and requires full sun.
Peach Trees
Bonanza Patio Peach
Bonanza peaches are medium to large
in size. The skin is yellow with a red blush. The flesh is yellow, freestone. This peach tree is a profuse grower.
The mature size is 5 to 6 feet in height and spread, making it an ideal tree for patio containers! Peach trees require full sun.
The Bonfire is a dwarf, ornamental peach tree that is ideal for maller yards, containers and accent plants.
In springtime, they have showy pink flowers that give way to showy dark red leaves throughout the spring and summer.
The bonfire will grow to a matures size of 4 to 6 feet tall and a spread of 4 to 5 feet. (The tree will set fruit, but they are not desirable for eating.)
The Contender Peach Tree produces top-quality peaches! Yellow-fleshed freestone matches Reliance in cold-hardiness and tolerance to spring frosts. Sweet, extra-juicy fruit is an absolute delight for fresh eating, canning, baking, and freezing! Self-pollinating. The Contender ripens mid-August.
Peach trees begin bearing at an early age and are covered with light pink blooms by year three! Plant semi-dwarf trees 14 ft. apart, standard trees 20 ft. apart. All of our varieties are self-pollinating.
This semi dwarf peach tree grows 10 - 12 feet tall and spread 12 - 15 feet.
Blackberries
The Arapaho Blackberry is thornless and erect in habit. It produces medium to large size berries , that are very firm, with excellent sweet flavor. An important characteristic is its small seed size.
The berries are a favorite of songbirds and butterflies. The Arapaho Blackberry Plant is a self-supporting blackberry plant (does not need a trellis) and ripens earlier than any other thornless variety. The large berry of the Arapaho Blackberry Plant is a colorful berry with reds and blacks. Arapaho Blackberry produces sucker plants which allows it to quickly establish a solid hedge row of plants.
This blackberry will grow to a mature height of 4 to 5 feet and spread 4 to 7 feet in full sun.
Navaho is a thornless, erect blackberry that produces medium, firm sweet berries. It is rated highest of the Arkansas varieties. The Navaho will begin to ripen in June and fruiting extends for about five to six weeks. The Navaho shows resistance to double blossom/rosette and no anthracnose observed.
The Quachita produces extra sweet, medium sized firm blackberries! The canes are thornless and erect so picking is easy. The Ouachtia ripens in June and continues through July. This is a hardy, disease-resistant and reliable and good eating variety!
Quichita will grow to a mature heigh of 4 - 6 feet and spread 4 - 5 feet.
Blueberries
The Bluejay produces medium to large berries with a high sugar content. This blueberry is a midseason producer. This extremely vigorous variety will grow almost twice as fast as most other blueberries. The mild flavored fruits growing in open, loose, easy to pick clusters that stay on the stem without loss. Bluejay is a large shrub, growing 6-7 feet tall with light green summer foliage, yellow-orange leaves in fall, and bright yellow winter wood color. Very hardy and drought resistant.
(Two or three Blueberries should be planted together for cross-pollination.)
The Elliott's blueberry is described as a Perennial Shrub that is native to the United States. The Elliott's Blueberry has Green foliage and white flowers. The fruit production starts in the Spring. At maturity, the typical Elliott's Blueberry will reach up to 10 feet in 20 years.
This upright, compact bush has easy-picking bountiful crops of sky blue, very sweet berries. Jubilee berries are medium sized and especially tasty, growing in large clusters that ripen over a two week period. Fall foliage is yellow orange.
Jubilee Blueberry will grow only 4 to 5 feet tall.
Northland produces a midseason crop of delicious blueberries that follow a profusion of showy pink-tinged white flowers. Northland is more productive than others due to larger size. This shrub has yellow, bronze, orange and red fall color. An excellent hedge or specimen.
Northland will grow to a mature size of 6 feet tall and spread to 5 feet.
Grapes
The Catawba Grate is a deciduous vine that produces fruit, wine and shade. A single grapevine produces enough new growth every year to roof an arbor, arch a walkway, or shade over a terrace or deck. Grapevines require full sun, medium water, and good drainage. Well cared for, they can remain productive for 50 years or longer. The vines should only be pruned in the winter.
Strawberries
This cultivar is an excellent dual-purpose edible and ornamental selection noted for its wild berry taste and glossy foliage. Normally the plants will not runner so each plant diverts its energy into berry production. Flowers are produced above the foliage. Medium-sized strawberries ripen in early summer and a second smaller crop produced in the fall. Productivity increases with the age of the plant.
A great tasting, heavy everbearing strawberry developed by Washington State University. It is well on its way to being the greatest performer ever. Quinault Strawberries have been tested in 13 states and Canada and have an excellent performance record for size, taste and plant growth. It was found to be the most disease free everbearer we have ever tested. Quinault Strawberries appear to have all the properties to make it a very popular – if not the most popular variety of everbearing strawberries.
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