Fruit Trees - Apple
Freedom
Honeycrisp
Freedom
Bloom Date: Mid-late Season Ripening Date: Late September
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 4-7
(‘Macoun’ x Antonovka) 1985
Red fruit is large and good for eating, sauces and juice. Crisp flesh is, juicy with a slight tartness. The fruit will keep until January in cold storage. Very vigorous and productive tree. Developed for disease resistance. Immune to apple scab and to mildew, cedar-apple rust and fire blight. Does not require fungicide sprays.
Liberty
Honeycrisp
Freedom
Bloom Date: Early-mid Season
Ripening Date: Mid-September
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 4-7
Fruit is large and good for eating, sauces and juice. Fruit has a yellow background with red overtones, a crisp white flesh. Crisp flesh is, juicy with a slight tartness. Immune to apple scab and to mildew, cedar-apple rust and fire blight.
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp
Bloom Date: Mid-Season
Ripening Date: Late September
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 4-7
1991. An exciting apple that is exceptionally crisp and juicy.
Flavor is sweet but well-balanced. Excellent storage life, up to 7 months, ripens in late September in MN and stores like a late season variety. Has become an outstanding commercial and home orchard variety because of its explosive crispness, flavor and storage life
Honeygold
Snow Sweet
Honeycrisp
Bloom Date: Mid Season
Ripening Date: Early October
Pollination: Requires pollinator
Zone: 3-7
The Honeygold Apple tree produces gorgeous blossoms that are pinkish-white in color. This apple tree is well anchored, drought-tolerant, and grows vigorously. Honeygold apples are medium to large in size and have a round conical shape. Trees bear fruit between 2-3 years after planting. Your yearly harvest will be between 40-50 pounds. The skin surface is golden-yellow and smooth, with russet dots. These apples sometimes go to green with a red-bronze blush. The flesh of this tasty apple is yellowish-white.
Snow Sweet
Snow Sweet
Snow Sweet
Bloom Date: Mid Season
Ripening Date: Mid-September
Pollination: Honeycrisp is a good pollinator
Zone: 4-7
Snow Sweet has a deliciously sweet, slightly tart taste. Slow to oxidize when exposed to air. Above average resistance to scab and fire blight. Appetizing appearance! Fruit has a white, crisp flesh and perfect for fresh eating. Disease-resistant to scab and fire blight. Fruit stores up to 2 months on average, introduced in 2006, Cold - hardy.
Fruit Trees - Cherry
Mesabi
Black Tartarian
Black Tartarian
Height: 12', Spread: 10', Full Sun, Hardiness Zone: 4 -8
Mesabi is a semi-dwarf tree. Beautiful bright red, long-stemmed fruits have a slightly higher sugar content than most other pie cherries. This results in fruits that are slightly sweet, but still retain plenty of their tartness. Fruits are ready for harvest by mid-July. . Grows very well in the upper mid-west where tart cherries do best. Tree does not need a pollinator.
Black Tartarian
Black Tartarian
Black Tartarian
Height 30’, Width 30’, Full Sun, Hardiness Zone 5-8
It produces large, purplish black
fruit with a sweet, rich, full-bodied flavor that is great for fresh eating and preserves.
This cultivar is also a pollinator for Rainier Cherry. The tree prefers light, sandy soil but grows in moist, well-drained soil. It is not drought-tolerant.
North Star
Rainier Sweet
Rainier Sweet
Height: 8-10', Spread: 6-8', Full Sun, Blooms: Late spring, Hardiness Zone 4-8
Tree produces a heavy crop of large, light red fruits in early to mid summer. They resist cracking. Cherries are excellent for pies and sauces. Leaves turn to an orange shade in the fall. They are self-fertile so do not require a pollinator but for better cross-pollination, planting several trees is recommended, Disease resistant to brown rot and lea spot. Enjoys full sun, moist, relatively fertile, well drained soil.
Rainier Sweet
Rainier Sweet
Rainier Sweet
Height: 30-35', Spread: 20-30'', Full Sun, Blooms: Late spring, Hardiness Zone 4-9
Cherries are sweet with a thin skin and thick creamy-yellow flesh. Cherries are both bud hardy and crack resistant. The cherries are susceptible to temperature, wind, and rain, and the flesh is generally more watery than other sweet cherries. Harvest between late June through early July. Rainiers require a pollinator.
Fruit Trees - Peach
Contender
Contender
Contender
Height: 12-15'
Bloom Date: Early May
Fruit Type: Freestone
Ripening Date: Mid / Late Aug.
Pollination: Self-fruitful
Zone: 4-8
A freestone peach with bright yellow flesh. Matches ‘Reliance’ in cold-hardiness and tolerance of spring frosts. Sweet, extra-juicy fruits is an absolute delight for fresh eating, canning, baking, and freezing.
Elberta
Contender
Contender
Height: 15’- 25’
Spread: 8’-15’
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 5
A freestone, large peach with juicy yellow flesh beneath a golden skin that has a red blush when ripe. It produces its delicious fruit right in the middle of the peach season. Self-pollinating. One of the most popular peach.
Reliance
Contender
Reliance
Height: 18-20'
Bloom Date: Early May
Fruit Type: Freestone
Ripening Date: July-Early Aug.
Pollination: Self-fruitful
Zone: 5-8
The hardiest yellow-fleshed freestone peach available. Medium sized, roundish, yellow fleshed peach that ripens with ‘Redhaven’. Has a rather dull blush over green-yellow color. Flesh is bright yellow, rather soft and juicy.
Fruit Trees - Pear
Luscious
Summercrisp
Luscious
Height: 15-20'
Bloom Date: Early May
Ripening Date: Mid-September
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 4-8
Juicy, sweet, medium bright yellow fruit. Tree is globe shaped with. glossy green foliage, and red fall color. Excellent dessert pear for northern Great Plains. Fire blight resistant. 'Parker' is a good pollinator
Parker
Summercrisp
Luscious
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 15'
Bloom Date: Early May
Ripening Date: August
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 5-8
1934 University of MN introduction. Large, yellow-bronze fruit. Fine grained, tender and juicy. Upright and vigorous grower. Pollinator for 'Luscious'. They are excellent fresh, in baked goods, or canned. The tree is a semi-dwarf that may grow 15 to 20 feet tall. It is quite showy for several seasons. In spring, the vase-shaped tree produces copious white blooms. The late summer fruit develops a rusty red tone as they become ready. The glossy green leaves become a handsome purplish bronze in fall. Even the bark is attractive with deep furrows as the tree ages.
Summercrisp
Summercrisp
Summercrisp
Height: 15-20'
Bloom Date: Early May
Ripening Date: Mid-August
Pollination: Requires Pollinator
Zone: 3-8
Recognized for many years as the hardiest pear from the University of MN, released in 1985. Free of fire blight. An annual bearer. Fruit is pyriform in shape, 2.5-3" in diameter and 3-3.5" long. Harvest when crisp and still green with a red blush. Fruit harvested at that time is sweet and crisp, and may be stored up to 2 months. Use either 'Parker' or 'Patten' as pollinator.
Fruit Trees - Plum
Mount Royal
Height: 8-12'
Bloom Date: Early May
Fruit Type: Freestone
Ripening Date: Late August
Pollination: Self-fruitful
Zone: 4-8
Blue-European Plum. Good eaten off tree. Excellent for dessert, jam and preserves. Tender, juicy flesh. Considered the best blue cultivar in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Blueberry
Bluecrop
Height: 4-6'
Width: 4-6’
Zone: 4
A midseason blueberry. Considered to be the best variety for consistent yields, and disease resistance and high quality. It has an upright, open growing habit. Full Sun.
Blackberry
Chester Thornless
Height: 3-5'
Width: 3-5'
Exposure: Full Sun - Part Shade
Zone: 5-8
Chester is a semi-erect, self-fruitful, thornless shrub with clusters of pinkish-white, rose-like flowers which give way to a heavy crop of very large, jet black, round and very sweet blackberries in mid-late summer. The berries are firm and excellent for fresh eating, jams, jellies, and pies. Plant in sheltered, sunny position. Spring is the best time to plant. Fruit is produced on 2 year old canes - previous season's growth. In summer, pinch out tips of new canes as they reach 3' to promote growth of side branches. Prune again in late winter, removing any canes that fruited the previous season and remove any young canes that are crowded, spindly or diseased.
Grapes
Concord Seedless
Reliance Red Seedless
Concord Seedless
Height: 8-10'
Spread: 10-12'
Exposure: Full Sun
Self Pollinating
Zone: 5-9
Fruit resembles 'Concord' in color and flavor but the
clusters and berries are smaller. Berries are seedless.
Highly regarded as a pie grape and excellent for jam
& jelly grape. This medium-sized, blue and black fleshed grape is ideal for juicing being both seedless and a slip skin grape. From juice to jelly, from pies to wine, this hardy grape is prized by its growers.
Concord seedless grape vines are an easy choice for growers with their exceptional vigor, disease resistance characteristics, abundant production, and heat tolerance. Plant in well-drained, loamy soil, with full sun.
Himrod White
Reliance Red Seedless
Concord Seedless
Height: 12-18'
Spread: 10-12'
Exposure: Full Sun
Self Pollinating
Zone: 5-8
A yellow-gold fruited variety, having long loose
clusters of nice sized berries. Ripens a month earlier
than 'Concord'. This is a high quality seedless white
variety. It is excellent for home garden and table use.
One of the hardiest white seedless grapes. The foliage is large, shallowly-three-lobed, and green. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage.
Reliance Red Seedless
Reliance Red Seedless
Reliance Red Seedless
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 10-12'
Exposure: Full Sun
Self Pollinating
Zone: 5-8
A juicy, deep-red grape that is flavor-packed. This variety is perfect for eating fresh or putting in fruit salads. Also makes an irresistible, healthy snack for kids. Vigorous vines produce generous clusters. Blooms late to avoid spring frosts. Seedless. Disease-resistant to anthracnose and mildew. Ripens in August.
Raspberry
Heritage
Heritage
Heritage
Height: 5-6'
Width: 3-4’
Exposure: Full Sun to light shade
Zone: 4-8
Everbearing
Upright, self-fruitful, thorny shrub with produces 2 crops on each cane; a moderate crop in early summer followed by a heavy crop in the fall. Best grown in organically rich, slightly acidic, moist but well-drained soils. Fall is the best time to plant raspberries. Prune in summer after fruiting and again in late winter. Fruit is extra-sweet, juicy, dark red and are great for canning, freezing or fresh eating.
Jewel
Heritage
Heritage
Height: 2-3'
Width: 2-3’
Exposure: Full Sun to light shade
Zone: 5-8
Everbearing
Firm, large black fruit full of rich flavor on vigorous, cold-hardy plants. Prolific white spring flowers herald delicious summer fruit. An ideal choice for canning and baking. Produces fruit on second-year wood. The medium sized red fruit has a very good flavor and quality. First crop mid-July, second crop September 1. Best grown in organically rich, slightly acidic, moist but well-drained soils. Fall is the best time to plant raspberries. Prune in summer after fruiting and again in late winter
Rhubarb
Canada Red
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3’
Exposure: Full Sun to light shade
Zone: 3-8
Plant produces striking red stalks that contain more sugar than other varieties. Rhubarb is a classic spring vegetable, but one that is treated more like a fruit in the kitchen. The leaves are not edible and are, in fact, toxic, but the stalks can be used in sauces, jams, pies, cakes, and other baked goods. Canada Red rhubarb will grow as a perennial and produce stalks you can harvest for about five years. It will produce 4 to 12 pounds of stalks for each crown you plant.
Strawberry -
Allstar
Allstar
Allstar
Height: 6-8"
Width: 1-2’
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
Junebearing - producing over 2-3 weeks
High yields of very large, sweet, extra juicy berries in late mid-season. Vigorous plants are highly resistant to red stele, with intermediate resistance to Verticillium wilt. Tolerates deer. Plant in fertile, moist, well drained, slightly acidic soil.
Honeoye
Allstar
Allstar
Height: 3-6'
Width: 6" to 1’
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
Junebearing - producing over 2-3 weeks
This variety has unusual winter hardiness and can thrive even in very low-temperature areas. Honeoye it an early season heavily-cropping cultivar with good flavor and texture. This variety is susceptible to red stele and verticillium wilt, but has good general disease resistance. Excellent for Pie, fresh eating and jams. Plant in fertile, moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soils.
Ozark Beauty
Ozark Beauty
Ozark Beauty
Height: 8-12"
Width: 1’
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
Everbearing
Ozark Beauty strawberries are considered to be one of the best everbearing varieties. They are vigorous and extremely prolific producers. They produce fairly large berries for an everbearing that are deep red in color and honey-sweet, excellent for use in the making of preserves. While they are resistant to both leaf spot and leaf scorch, they do not have any resistance to common strawberry pests such as spider mites or nematodes. They are also susceptible to red stele and verticillium as well as anthracnose. Prefer slightly acidic soil and 1" of water weekly.
Quinault
Ozark Beauty
Ozark Beauty
Height: 8-10"
Width: 18-24"
Exposure: Full Sun
Everbearing
Zone: 4-8
The sweet, red berry is a favorite of just about everyone, which is why home gardeners love everbearing varieties like the Quinault. By growing Quinaults, you can get two strawberry harvests per year, spring and early fall (and possibly another in summer depending on weather). Plant in fertile, well drained soil and they like plenty of water. Kleep them moist for best results. Be prepared to eat, preserve and store strawberries because each Quinault you plant could give you up to 200 delicious berries each year. Pick your ripe berries in the morning, when they are still cool, and only choose those that are ripe. They will not ripen off the plant.
Asparagus -
Jersey Giant
Height : 4-5'
Width: 1.5-2'
Exposure: Full Sun
Everbearing
Zone: 3-10
Gardeners like Jersey Giant for its high yield of male-only plants and tender, flavorful spears. This variety also resists asparagus rust and fusarium rot, and is one of the most winter hardy varieties. Its foliage grows in shades of green, up to 5 feet high. With its large, tasty spears, you can serve Jersey Giant asparagus alone as a green vegetable with little or no adornments, or as part of a more complex dish. , thick spears in May and early June. Suitable for freezing. Very tolerant of rust and foliar diseases. Tolerant of most soils, even clay.