Archive for the ‘ small fruits ’ Category

Strawberry - Sparkle

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Sparkle Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa ‘Sparkle’, is a sweet, June bearing strawberry with glossy, crimson red fruit. This strawberry shows good resistance to disease and is great for fresh eating, freezing and preserves. Sparkle is a vigorous plan

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Strawberry - Honeoye

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Honeoye Strawberry, ‘Fragaria x ananassa ‘Honeoye’, produces large, bright, attractive shiny fruit with a firm flesh. It is good for fresh use and freezing. It is a high productive cultivar and tolerant of leaf powdery mildew and botrytis gray mold.

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Strawberry - Ft. Laramie

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Ft. Laramie Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa ‘Ft. Laramie’, has large berries with good flavor and texture, excellent yields, and very winter hardy. Its dense leathery foilage is resistant to leaf spot. Ft. Laramie is an everbearing cultivar that pro

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Strawberry - All Star

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The All Star Strawberry, ‘Fragaria x ananassa ‘All Star’, has excellent flavor and the plant is resistant to verticillium wilt disease. The entire crop ripens in June, mid to late season. This plant reduces large, firm berries with a high sugar content

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Rhubarb - Chipmans Canada Red

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


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. Be sure to pull the stems loose, don’t cut them off. This perennial should be mulched deeply with manure each fall. Rhubarb thrives in cool locations and full sun, but in warmer climates, plants benefit from light shade but form longer, thinner stems. Rhubarb needs deep, moist but well-drained soil, and is generally trouble-free. Slow growth of older plants is a signal that they need dividing. This rhubarb does harvest well in fall and seldom goes to seed. This attractive perennial plants will accent your landscape and remain productive for decades.

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Raspberry - Souris

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Souris Raspberry, Rubus idaeus ‘Souris’, is a deliciously sweet, red raspberry. This improved variety from Canada is more productive and shows better disease resistance than some of the old standards. It is a summer-bearing raspberry, and is perfect

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Raspberry - Royalty

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Royalty Raspberry, ‘Rubus ‘Royalty’, is cross between a purple and a red raspberry. It has a large fruit size and plant vigor of a purple hybrid with the high quality of a red. Excellent for jam or jelly, and if it is picked at the red stage it has

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Raspberry - Latham

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Latham Raspberry, ‘Rubus ‘Latham’, is a popular red raspberry that produces large crops of big juicy berries. It makes a delicious jam or a dessert as well as for fresh eating. A sure cropper for home use, this variety starts ripening in July and co

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Raspberry - Kiwigold

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Kiwigold Raspberry, ‘Rubus ‘Kiwigold’ (PP11,313), is a sport of Heritage that was found in New Zealand. The beautiful yellow fruit is of good size, quality and color. All reports indicate that Kiwigold is a much better performer than Fallgold. Clus

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Raspberry - Killarney

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008


The Killarney Raspberry, ‘Rubus ‘Killarney’, is an attractive red berry with great aroma and flavor. This raspberry is excellent for freezing, canning and, of course, pies. One of the most disease resistant varieties, making it very easy to maintain.

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