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Small fruits
Grape Brianna Berries are greenish gold to gold when fully ripe in early to mid September. This grape makes a very nice semi-sweet table wine with a honey-apricot-peach taste. Matures in Minnesota in the 1st week of September. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. 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. Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. Birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share.
Blackberry Chester Thornless This blackberry produces medium to large, round, deep black, very sweet berries. It is late in ripening, starting in July. Training canes to grow on a trellis, they can grow to 10' long. Fruit is borne on previous years growth, so cut canes to the ground after they are done bearing. 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.
Blueberry Northblue A prolific bloomer, this blueberry produces huge midseason crop of blueberries starting in July. It doesn’t take up much space, so makes for a fine landscape plant for borders, as hedge or specimen. It is completely self fruitful. 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. Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!.
Blueberry Northcountry It has a sweet wild blueberry flavor, and this fruit is small to medium 1/4" in diameter. It is a vigorous growing cultivar reaching bearing age in 2 years, and the fruits ripen in July. Its dwarf size would make it a nice ornamental plant. This small blueberry is very cold hardy, but protect from winter burn, wind and sun. Prune early before spring growth. Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!.
Blueberry Northsky The Northsky Blueberry, 'Vaccinium 'Northsky', is a variety that has small, sky blue berries that are firm and flavorful. It likes an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch. Prune early before spring growth. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids. Blueberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup.
Raspberry Bristol Black Bristol’s upright growth and cluster formation make its berries extremely easy to pick. It is very hardy, high producing, vigorous and ripens in mid-July. Bristol shows tolerance to powdery mildew. However, they may be grown in partial shade or under other environmental constraints. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season.
Raspberry Royalty Excellent for jam or jelly, and if it is picked at the red stage it has the sweet light flavor of red raspberries. The berries are versatile and can be used as fresh fruit, in preserves, or in pies and pastries. Although a well-drained soil is essential for success, a sandy soil will need to have plenty of organic matter incorporated in preparation.
Rhubarb Chipmans Canada Red The Chipmans Canada Red Rhubarb, Rheum 'Chipmans Canada Red', is one of the sweetest of the red rhubarbs with bright red stems that are delicious for sauces and pies. This perennial should be mulched deeply with manure each fall.
Blueberry Bluecrop Very effective when planted in shrub borders or as part of less formal shrub plantings because of its ornamental value. The most popular variety in North America, it prefers an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. The blueberry grows best on sites where most other crops fail.
Blueberry Blueray The Blueray Blueberry, 'Vaccinium 'Blueray', is a heavy producer of high quality large, powder-blue berries with outstanding dessert flavor. It is a midseason blueberry that ripens early August. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop.
Blueberry Jersey Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!.
Blueberry Northland The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage.
Blueberry Patriot This vigorous, upright and open shrub is an excellent landscape plant with its spring flowers and orange fall color.
Grape Frontenac Gris™ Frontenac Gris appears to be a multi-use wine grape that is an important addition to northern viniculture.
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