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Small fruits
Raspberry Boyne The Boyne Raspberry, Rubus 'Boyne', is an attractive red raspberry with a delicious sweet flavor, making it an excellent choice for fresh eating, canning, freezing and desserts. Raspberries take little space, live for years and produce crops the second season after planting. Although a well-drained soil is essential for success, a sandy soil will need to have plenty of organic matter incorporated in preparation. Natural protection against strong winter winds are provided in some valleys, but in other areas it is necessary to provide artificial protection during winter months. It is an old favorite that is a good performer. The berries are versatile and can be used as fresh fruit, in preserves, or in pies and pastries. This raspberry is very productive, extremely hardy, and has a superior disease resistance.
Blackberry Chester Thornless This blackberry produces medium to large, round, deep black, very sweet berries. It is a fast grower and requires full sun. Chester is the most hardy thornless blackberry. 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.
Blueberry Northblue Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch. It offers striking multi-tone fall foliage colors - yellow through red. It doesn’t take up much space, so makes for a fine landscape plant for borders, as hedge or specimen. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop. A prolific bloomer, this blueberry produces huge midseason crop of blueberries starting in July.
Blueberry Northcountry It has a sweet wild blueberry flavor, and this fruit is small to medium 1/4" in diameter. One of the earliest producing blueberry cultivars, it displays a profusion of dainty white tinged pink bell-shaped flowers in spring. Its dwarf size would make it a nice ornamental plant. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch. 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.
Blueberry Northsky The flavor is similar to wild blueberries. Northsky needs another blueberry for pollination, so combine with Northland for maximum fruit production. It likes an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage. Prune early before spring growth. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop.
Raspberry Bristol Black The Bristol Raspberry, 'Rubus 'Bristol', is a fruit that is black and large with attractive, fairly glossy skin and firm flesh. 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. Natural protection against strong winter winds are provided in some valleys, but in other areas it is necessary to provide artificial protection during winter months. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season. Birds also love the fruit, so you may have to share the harvest.
Raspberry Royalty Royalty is hardy, has wide adaptation, and has good yield potential. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season.
Rhubarb Chipmans Canada Red This perennial should be mulched deeply with manure each fall. Slow growth of older plants is a signal that they need dividing. This attractive perennial plants will accent your landscape and remain productive for decades.
Blueberry Bluecrop This blueberry is considered the best for consistent yields, disease resistance and high quality. The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage. Prune as needed in late winter beginning in the third year after planting.
Blueberry Blueray It prefers an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prune as needed in late winter beginning in the third year after planting. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids.
Blueberry Jersey It is suitable for mechanical harvesting.
Blueberry Northland Reddish stems can be attractive in winter.
Blueberry Patriot The Patriot Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Patriot', has large blue fruit with excellent blueberry flavor, borne in tight clusters, and ripening in late July.
Grape Frontenac Gris™ Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where they provide good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, showy fruit, some fall color and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter.
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