Fruits & Nuts

RED GARDEN CURRANT (Ribes sativum) "Rovada"

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Long pendant clusters of bright red currants (yummy in jams, jellies, and pies!) decorate this compact 3-5' tall shrub, making it a fine selection for a fruit orchard or as a small hedge. S/M 

THORNLESS BLACKBERRY

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Developed in Mississippi, this thornless blackberry has excellent heat tolerance and disease resistance. Its many berries are medium-large in size, juicy and at 10-12% sugar, these delicious berries are even sweeter than most...

WHITE BLACKBERRY Rubus (Snowbank)

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This incredible "blackberry" was introduced by Luther Burbank in 1916, and it is still hard to beat. With no loss of the amazing blackberry flavor, 'Snowbank' produces heavy crops of pearly white berries, which tend to stay whiter than other varieties as...

FROST PEACH (Prunus persica) "Frost"

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Luscious peaches can be grown in colder winter areas with this fabulous cold hardy peach. Delicious, freestone fruit is yellow-green with a soft red blush. Excellent quality fruit is borne abundantly and is good for eating fresh or...

BLACK CURRANT Ribes nigrum (Ben Nevis)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Heavy clusters of tart, juicy, black berries adorn this vigorous, upright and self-fertile shrub in mid-late summer. They are a favorite fruit for preserves, wines, baking, sauces, and eating fresh. Or leave them for the birds! This...

BLACK GARDEN CURRANT Ribes nigrum (Titania)

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Rich, pungently-flavored berries are offered by this productive, rust-resistant black currant; best pollinated by Consort or Crusader. S/M ...

HYBRID GOOSEBERRY Ribes (Jeanne)

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This upright American and European hybrid is noted for its superior disease resistance and high production rate of deliciously sweet, dark red, dessert berries, which is excellent for home and commercial plantings. They may begin fruiting their second...

BUSH CHERRY Prunus (Carmine Jewel)

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A wonderful addition to the hardy edible garden! Attractive 6-8' shrubs are extremely hardy and easy to grow; white spring flowers become dark-red cherries in summer (resist the urge to pick these when they are bright-red, they need to be very dark...

PLUM Prunus salicina (Santa Rosa)

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Perhaps the most loved plum, luscious large reddish-purple fruit with golden flesh are firm, juicy and slightly tart prefect for fresh eating, baking, or canning; this vigorous 15-20' tree is hardy, upright and productive with lovely white flowers in...

SWEET CHERRY Prunus avium (Bing)

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One of the very best cherries with consistently large deep-red, sweet and juicy mid-season fruit that is excellent for eating fresh, freezing or canning; very vigorous trees that bear heavy crops! Pollinizers: 'Black Tartarian','Sam', 'Van','Stella' and...

WESTERN SAND CHERRY (Prunus besseyi)

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Well worth cultivation for both ornamental value and fruit; this 3-5' central North American native is just covered with clusters of small, fragrant, bright-white flowers in late spring and by July, ®", sweet, black cherries call in the wildlife and...

RED-LEAVED CHOKECHERRY Prunus virginiana (Shubert)

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This colorful large shrub/small tree (15-30') has leaves which open lush-green and turn a color-fast, deep purple-red. Easily grown for screening or accent, it also provides a fine show of dazzling white spring flowers and long clusters of edible...

THORNLESS BLACKBERRY Rubus argutus (Navajo)

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This is one of the very best cultivars for the home gardener. Upright 4-5' thornless canes do not require trellising making it easier to maintain! Pure-white spring flowers bear high-yields of large,excellent quality, mid-to-late-summer blackberries...

SWEET CHERRY (Prunus avium 'Rainier')

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Such an outstanding cherry with its beautiful pale-yellow cherries blushed with red. Very firm flesh has great texture and quality with a sweet flavor which is considered to be superior to most varieties. The yellow color helps to outsmart birds since...

EVERBEARING MULBERRY (Morus illinois) "Illinois Everbearing"

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This handsome 20-35' tree produces large and delightfully flavorful deep-purple fruits in early summer and a smaller crop again in late summer. Considered a precocious fruiter, it begins to bear at only 2-3 years of age. The large...

SWEET POMEGRANATE Punica granatum

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This pomegranate was given its name for a reason! The fruits are deliciously sweet and the seeds are nice and soft. It is self-fertile, but it never hurts to have more than one, for cross-pollination and extra beauty. Their late spring flowers are showy...

SWEET MULBERRY (Morus alba) "Kokuso"

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Hardiness zones 5-9 The large 2 ¬Ω" seedless black fruits of this Korean selection taste like no other berry that you have ever eaten, they are wonderfully sweet; a precocious fruiter, this cultivar produces freely on a self-fertile,...

PEACH (Prunus persica) "Veteran"

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This 1928 Canadian cross with 'Early Alberta' is vigorous and self-fertile with a reliable abundance of medium-large yellow fleshed and lightly blushed freestone peaches. They are easy to peel and somewhat coarse, which lends them...

FRUITING OLIVE Olea europaea (Mission)

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A great choice for landscape use and fruit production, this lovely low-spreading picturesque tree is the perfect olive if you would like to grow-your-own; reaching 25-30' tall with pretty grey-green, willow-like foliage and small but fragrant creamy...

LONGLEAF OREGON GRAPE Mahonia nervosa

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The Cascade or Longleaf Oregon Grape is a handsome and striking species! This low slowly-spreading 2' shrub has long lustrous deep-green leaves with many holly-like leaflets. The foliage takes on a rich reddish-bronze in the winter months. In spring, 8"...

OLIVE OF SEVILLE Olea (Manzanillo)

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This small, spreading, self-fertile, 20-30 foot tree produces heavy crops of medium sized, one inch freestone fruit which have a high flesh to pit ratio making them excellent for pressing with their high oil content and also for curing. The fruit is very...

UME JAPANESE APRICOT (Prunus mume)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 Prunus mume is a lovely, small tree 15-30 feet tall, which blooms in late winter or early spring. Its single, almond scented blooms may vary in color from tree to tree, presenting white, deep pink/red or shades of pink between. Its...

EARLY-BEARING OLIVE Olea europaea (Arbequina)

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A delightful olive from the village of Arbeca in northern Spain; dainty, fragrant, creamy-white flowers in spring are followed by an abundant crop of small, succulent oil-rich olives that can be used for both oil production or curing; this handsome,...

PINK GLOW CRABAPPLE Malus (Dolgo)

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Perhaps the very best for crabapple jelly this pretty tree to 25' produces edible, oblong, pink-red fruit; it is a beautiful picture in spring with its pink-budded white flowers, attractive in summer with glossy-green disease resistant foliage and lovely...