Category Archives: Fruit
Currant Consort Black
Clusters of medium-sized black sweet-tart musky fruits ripen in late summer. Developed by Agriculture Canada Consort Black is an old variety with resistance to White Pine Blister Rust. Upright multi-stemmed shrubs bear fragrant flowers in spring and brilliant orange red
Strawberry Flavorfest
Flavorfest may well become the sweet new ruler of the strawberry patch. Mid-season variety stands out for large pleasantly plump bright-red fruits with first-rate flavor and awesome yields. Breakthrough berry was bred by the USDA and is one big juicy
Blueberry Bluecrop
Fruits ripen in mid season and the harvest goes on for weeks. (You need two kinds for cross-pollination three being even better.) The 5-6′ tall bushes become a blaze of crimson in the fall so they are ideal arranged as
Blueberry Southmoon PP# 9
Large berries with complex and robust flavor Southmoon is perfect for southern areas with little need of chill hours. It does especially well in lighter sandy soils with generous additions of organic matter. This variety was developed in Florida and
Strawberry Pineberry
An unusual hard-to-find strawberry. Plants are vigorous and send out numerous runners. Berries are white ornately speckled with red seeds and are a bit bigger than other pineberry varieties. Aroma is outstanding and the pineapple flavor is pleasant and mild.
Melon Honey Max
Honey Max has a smooth pale exterior juicy green interior and weighs 6-8 lbs. Sow in fertile warm soil in full sun after all danger of frost. Sow 4-6 seeds about 3″ apart in hills 4-6′ apart. Cover with 1/2″
Loganberry
Large dark wine red berries ripen from July to September. Widely grown in Oregon and Washington it is a vigorous trailing plant that is thornless and easy to grow. A favorite for making syrup preserves and desserts.
Kiwi Hardy Red Collection
Hardy Red Kiwi bears unusual attractive cranberry-red fruits with red flesh. Very flavorful fruits are a favorite ripening in early September to October on vigorous ornamental vines. Kiwis are excellent additions to the home garden offering delicious fruit on easy-to-grow
Strawberry Alpine Alexandria
One of the better known heirloom alpine strawberries Alexandria has thimble-sized luscious dark red berries. Top-rated for flavor vigor and yield these runnerless everbearing plants produce more fruit when allowed ample space. Grow in full sun to part shade. Plant
Raspberry Double Gold PPAF
These berries are a visual treat; deeply blushed golden champagne and distinctively cone shape. Plants are very productive and give two harvests in one season (hence the “double” in its name) with fruit produced the first fall and a second
Prunus maritima
In early summer along the Atlantic coast from Maine south to Maryland hardy gourmets head to the shore to collect the wild beach plums growing in the dunes. Eaten directly from the plant they are tart but ripen to a
Berry Pot Collection
Grow these compact potted berries on your deck or patio to have easy-reach berry pickings. Blueberry Top Hat and strawberry Fragola di Bosco make a beautiful pair for edible deck decor. The bite-sized berries have unusual wild berry flavors.
Kiwi Hardy Collection
Inside the unfuzzy skin the fruit is emerald green with small black seeds. Fruit ripens on the female vine: male vine is a lovely ornamental climbing vine. Hardy kiwi are actually sweeter than regular kiwi fruits. Ripens in fall. Zones:
Strawberry Alpine White Soul
Like Yellow Wonder White Soul does not suffer from the lack of typical strawberry red pigments. Birds leave fruits alone and plants do not need protective netting. The unusual flavor of White Soul blends well with mesclun mixes and baby
Aronia melanocarpa
This ravishing plant produces a show of elaborate white spring flowers with masses of delectable and nutritious black fruit arriving in fall. A delicious addition to a border aronia is a tough and durable plant that thrives in a wide
Raspberry Crimson Night PPAF
Expect bountiful harvests of dark shiny berries in the fall. Fruits are medium-large conical with excellent flavor. Plants tend to be compact with dark purple canes that are attractive in container and small garden plots. A new selection that deserves
Strawberry Sweet Charlie
Exceptionally sweet berries are medium-sized deep red and very flavorful. Plants are well-adapted to southern gardens vigorous and highly productive. Plants are also lovely grown in containers and edible landscapes.
Watermelon Bush Sugar Baby
A delicious sweet must for small sunny gardens. Each plant bears two 12 lb. melons. Burpee bred. After all danger of frost sow 5 or 6 seeds in groups 6-8′ apart .
Blueberry Northsky
Northsky is the most cold-hardy of all blueberries and can survive extreme winter conditions. The compact bushes that carry a snow load without damage to the branches.Lower growing plant habit is particularly well suited for container growing borders or group
Blueberry Pink Popcorn
Pink Popcorn?s compact plants produce a prodigal bounty of medium-sized pink-cream- to pink berries with darker pink blush bursting with true blueberry flavor and aroma. Hardy northern high-bush 4-5 plants with showy white flowers and crimson fall foliage bear oodles
