Early Italian

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Early Italian

This good commercial quality prune variety produces ten days to two weeks ahead of regular Italian. It is used as fresh, dried or canned prunes. Fruit is large and has a rich flavor and is very sweet when fully ripe. It separates freely from pit. The Early Italian prune has dark purple skin with yellow-greenish flesh that runs dark wine color when cooked. Early Italian prunes are vigorous and are a cold hardy tree. ... more info

 

Prairifire The firm fruits age to a cherry red. This red leafed tree has very attractive mahogany colored bark and persistent ornamental fruit. The Prairifire is highly resistant to fireblight, scab, cedar apple rust and powdery mildew. The Prairifire™Crimson Crabapple tree, 'Malus 'Prairiefire', produces gorgeous buds followed by long-lasting, single, hot pink blossoms. The new foliage is reddish-maroon, aging to reddish-green. The tree form is upright, spreading, and becoming eventually round at maturity. It is probably the most disease resistant of all crabapple selections. The purple-red fruits are first to be noticed in late June and hang through early December.

Early Italian