Other Berries & Fruit

January 2, 2022 /

Varieties we carry……………

GOJI BERRY

Phoenix Tears

  • Self-fertile
  • Native to parts of Asia
  • High in nutrients, with carotene levels higher than found in carrots
  • Sweet, slight acidity jellybean-shaped fruit
  • Ripens over a long period in mid-summer, with up to four weeks of harvest
  • Cold and drought-tolerant (Goji is hardy to – 15° F. or below)
  • Train branches with a one-wire trellis to support the many pounds of fruits
  • Multi-stemmed shrub grows to 5 to 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide
  • Bearing age is 1-2 years after planting
  • Maturity size 5-6 ft. in height and 5 ft. wide
  • Plant in partial shade – full sun and well-drained soil
  • Ripening late summer through fall
  • Goji is not bothered by pests or diseases

ELDERBERRIES

Native

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase your crop
  • Cold-hardy
  • Large fruit clusters ripening for a 4-6 period in summer
  • Elderberries thrive in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, spacing 10′ apart
  • Tolerates a variety of soil types; they prefer a pH of between 5.5-and 6.5
  • Have a shallow root systems, water well for the first year until established
  • Cook elderberries before eating them!

Bob Gordon

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase your crop
  • Sweeter and bigger berries than other elderberries
  • Berries up to 1/4 inch in diameter
  • Leading juice variety
  • Dark purple
  • Elderberries thrive in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, spacing 10′ apart
  • Tolerant of a wide variety of soil types; they prefer a pH of between 5.5 and 6.5
  • Elderberries have shallow root systems; keep them well watered for the first year until they are established
  • Cook elderberries before eating them!

Adams

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase your crop
  • Cold-hardy
  • Very juicy, purple berries, large fruit clusters, sweet berries
  • Very large flower heads
  • Excellent for elixirs, pies, syrups, wine…
  • Late ripening / heavy producer
  • Fruit contains a high amount of vitamin C
  • Height 6′ to 12′.
  • Elderberries thrive in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, spacing 10′ apart
  • Tolerant of a wide variety of soil types; they prefer a pH of between 5.5 and 6.5
  • Elderberries have shallow root systems; keep them well watered for the first year until they are established
  • Cook elderberries before eating them!

Johns

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase of your crop
  • Cold-hardy
  • Produces more fruits and earlier than other varieties
  • Very large clusters of medium to large almost purple-black colored berries
  • Both the elderflowers and the ripe elderberries are edible
  • Especially good for jelly and elderberry elixir
  • Very large flower heads
  • Height 6′ to 12′
  • Elderberries thrive in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, spacing 10′ apart
  • Tolerant of a wide variety of soil types; they prefer a pH of between 5.5-and 6.5
  • Elderberries have shallow root systems; keep them well watered for the first year until they are established.
  • Cook elderberries before eating them!

York

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase your crop
  • Cold-hardy
  • Care free
  • Produces an exceptionally heavy set of superior blue-black colored fruit
  • Blooms on first year wood; older canes should be removed /cut down each spring.
  • Mature growth is around 6-8′ tall and wide
  • Full sun to partial shade
  • Elderberries thrive in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, spacing 10′ apart
  • Elderberries have shallow root systems; keep them well watered for the first year until they are established.
  • Cold-hardy
  • Cook elderberries before eating them!

VINES/CANES

Kiwi

 Issai (cold hearty)

  • Self-pollinating
  • Cold hardy 
  • Sweet, firm, juicy and healthy
  • Large grape size fuzzless kiwi
  • 20% natural sugar and eight times more vitamin C than oranges
  • Productive, bearing up to 100 pounds of fruit annually
  • Likes partial shade to full sun, loamy well drained soil with a PH of 5.5 – 7.0
  • A sturdy support system should be built before or soon after planting
  • Plants are very pretty when used to cover a wall or fence
  • Heat-tolerant
  • Ripens late August
  • 12 – 20 feet vine at maturity

Muscadine Grape

Black Ison

  • Self-fertile
  • Contains 19% sugar and has excellent size and production
  • Produces some of the best wine available because of its taste and flavor
  • Skin is edible and the most nutritious part of the grape
  • Produces beautiful black  large clusters and is great for all uses
  • Fruit yield 60+ lbs
  • Fruit size 1 1/8 “
  • Spread 15-20 ft      

Pam

  • Requires Pollination – Triumph and Black Ison are good pollinators
  • Pam must be planted within 50 ft. of a self-fertile variety to produce fruit
  • Bronze colored 1 ½” fruit containing 21% sugar
  • Heaviest producing muscadine
  • Produces the largest clusters of all female varieties, 12 to 15 grapes
  • Fruit is dry scar
  • The skin is edible
  • Very disease resistant

Triumph

  • Self-fertile
  • Medium size bronze 1″fruit 
  • Contains 18% sugar
  • Cold hardy, disease resistant
  • Fruit is dry scar

Concord Grape

Concord

  • Self-fertile
  • Exceptional hardy
  • Can Fruit the 1st year
  • Disease resistance
  • Heat-tolerant
  • It will be approximately 8 – 10′ tall x 10 – 12′ wide when mature
  • Space plants 10 – 12′ apart
  • One of the most popular grapes for jellies & jams  

BLACKBERRIES

Osage Thornless Blackberry

  • Self-fertile
  • This is the thirteenth release from the University of Arkansas
  • *Floricane-fruiting blackberry
  • Medium sized, very firm berries with exceptional flavor and sweetness
  • Excellent storage potential
  • Attracts pollinators
  • Tolerates clay soil
  • Attractive upright, clumping habit

*Floricane-fruiting berries produce a crop of summer fruit once per year, in its second year.

Ponca Thornless Blackberry

  • Self-fertile / but adding an additional variety will increase of your crop
  • The latest *floricane blackberry from University of Arkansas
  • Sweetest, most flavorful blackberry, developed from the Arkansas program
  • Many say “the pinnacle of flavor”
  • Growth is upright
  • Early Ripening Season
  • Grows thorn-less 4-6′ canes 
  • No trellis needed but can be used
  • Yield potential is high
  • Exceptional for local-markets and home gardens
  • Disease-free

*Floricane-fruiting berries produce a crop of summer fruit once per year, in its second year.

RASPBERRIES

Caroline

  • Self-pollinating
  • Produces heavy crops of large raspberries with a rich, full intense raspberry flavor
  • Vigorous canes
  • Huge crops of large, firm raspberries
  • Everbearing, producing one crop in early summer and one crop in the fall

*Everbearing raspberries will produce only fall fruit during their first year. In their second year, they will make fruit two times – both in the summer and the fall.

** “Primocane” means a new cane, or a cane in its first year.

Primocane-fruiting berries produce two crops a year, one in summer and one in fall.

Heritage

  • Self-pollinating
  • Cold-hardy
  • Everbearing red raspberry
  • Produces abundant crops of large, sweet, firm dark red berries
  • Perfect for eating fresh, canning, freezing, or making jams and jellies
  • Self-supporting, upright canes
  • Hearty enough to grow in poor soil, but requires a well-drained site
  • Can be mowed in the fall and will produce abundant berries in late summer the following year without staking.
  • Floricane berries ripen in July (moderate yield)
  • Primocane berries ripen in September through frost (heavy yield)

*Everbearing raspberries will produce only fall fruit during their first year. In their second year, they will make fruit two times – both in the summer and the fall.

Prelude

  • Earliest summer harvest for red raspberries
  • An everbearing red raspberry
  • Shorter stature, with sturdy canes that do not require support
  • Sugary sweet and bursting with juice, medium to large size fruit
  • Freezes well
  • Cold hardy
  • An everbearing red raspberry

*Everbearing raspberries will produce only fall fruit during their first year. In their second year, they will make fruit two times – both in the summer and the fall.