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wild Plum

(Prunus Americana)

Full Sun. Full size on own roots (not grafted), plant two for pollination. disease resistant

These seedling trees are extremely disease-resistant and set bumper crops of golf-ball sized fruit every two years.  In between years get a smaller crop.  The fruit is red-skinned and yellow fleshed and glows when the sunlight hits it!  It is delicious eaten straight off the tree with a slight astringency that comes through delightfully in wine made from these fruits.  The roots will sucker so if you do not mow around them, they will eventually form a clonal “grove” of plums for you! . North American native plant.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Sumadinka Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Semi-Dwarf on Mazzard, space 8′-12′ apart, self fertile

 mid-July.   Morello-type.  Very early bloomer.   Another natural dwarf, staying more compact than Montmorency but slightly larger than Northstar.   Supposedly more productive than North Star, with darker colored fruit especially good for eating fresh.   Space 8’-12’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Sam Sweet Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Semi-Dwarf on Krymsk 5, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

While sweet cherries are savored by everyone for their meaty, rich and juicy flesh, they are more difficult to grow without synthetic sprays than sour cherries. The fruit is prone to brown rot, often starting on split fruits. Insect pests (and birds) are also drawn to the fruitlets. Sweet cherries in southern IN sometimes miss a crop from blooming too early and having the blossoms killed by heavy frost. Still, they are somewhat easier than apples and plums, similar in ease of growing to peaches. We have sought varieties and rootstocks that will give you the best chance of success in our region. Grafted on Krymsk 5 which is a vigorous, early bearing, semi-dwarfing rootstock for cherries. It performs incredibly well in poor, heavy clay soils and can be kept at 12-15’ for easier picking! Space sweet cherries 15’ apart. gallon pot* $16 +tax

Early season (early July).   Very dark, almost black fruit with a deeper flavor than other sweet cherries.   Blooms late.   Resistant to cracking and bacterial canker.   Zone 5-9 . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Gold Sweet Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Semi-Dwarf on Krymsk 5, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid season (mid July).   It is believed that birds will not bother sweet cherries that are fully yellow when ripe, and ‘Gold’ is just that!   Apparently even the blushed varieties like Emperor Francis can be prone to bird predation.  This is an easy to grow large gold cherry that is cold hardy and a good pollinator for other varieties.  Supposedly resistant to brown rot and fruit cracking.  Zone 5-8  . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Sunrise semi-dwarf Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

All of our European pear varieties are said to be resistant to fireblight, though in Spring 2012 it plagued nearly all of our pears, even the supposedly resistant ones. Our Asian pears actually had less fireblight than the European ones. Pears are one of the easiest tree fruits to grow under organic conditions. Many insect pests which affect apples cannot propagate themselves in the very dense pear fruitlets—their larvae are actually crushed as the pear grows. Thus you may end up with some feeding scars and grit cells but have a perfectly fine fruit otherwise.  They do well in clay soils and can usually take wet soils better than apples or stonefruits.  Pears can take a little while to get established and get growing, and also are later in bearing their first fruit (4-6 yrs) than other fruit trees. All pears grafted on semi-dwarf Old Home x Farmingdale 333 rootstock, which can be maintained at 14’ tall. Space pears 14-16’ apart. gallon pot* $16 +tax

 Early August.  Earliest ripening pear we offer.  Bartlett-type fruit with slightly narrower neck and a pleasant orange-red blush on its cheek.  Fireblight resistant!  . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Montmorency Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Full Size on Mazzard, space 12′-16′ apart, self fertile

mid-July.   Amarelle-type (yellow flesh, clear juice).   A well-known and time-tested variety which is still grown commercially.  Very similar to ‘Northstar’, but tree grows larger (16’) and is more vigorous.   Space 12-16’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Northstar Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Dwarf on Mazzard, space 6′-10′ apart, self fertile

July. Morello-type (red flesh, red juice).   A natural dwarf, reaching only 8-10’ at maturity.   Cherries are large and bright red.   ‘Northstar’ is a perfect edible landscaping plant due to it’s small size, low care and beautiful blooms and fruit.   Space 8-10’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Carmine Jewel Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Bush form 6-8′ tall, space 5′-7′ apart, self fertile

August.  (dark red flesh and juice)  We are VERY excited about this newer offering.  It is a natural (non-GMO) hybrid cross between sour cherries and bush cherries, which gives it a very manageable size (6-8′ tall) and great disease and insect resistance. AND it is SWEET – great for fresh eating.  Very productive.  Fruit keeps well on the bush, provided you protect it from birds and neighborhood kids :).  Best flavor is reached a few weeks after the fruits turn red – they’re not really ripe until they are dark red-black.  Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Potomac semi-dwarf Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

. . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Red Bartlett semi-dwarf Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

 Late August.  Striking red-skinned sport of Bartlett, this is the red pear you see at the grocery store.  Actually a little sweeter, higher sugar content than regular Bartlett.  Slightly less vigorous growth.  Not fireblight resistant but we wanted to offer some all-red pears for trial.  . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Red Clapps (Kalle) semi-dwarf Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid-August.  Large all-red fruit with pure-white grit-free flesh.  A sport of the well-loved ‘Clapp’s Favorite’ pear.  Early-season ripening.  Not fireblight-resistant.  . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Seedling Pear (not grafted) Pear

Full Sun. Full size on own roots, space 15′-20′ apart, need 2 for pollination

Sourced from our Korean Giant fruits and local wild keiffer types.  NOT grafted so every one is a surprise 🙂 These will have a variety of different fruit shapes, sizes, and flavors.  Start your very own new variety!  These would also be great full-size rootstock to graft onto–they’ll get anywhere from 20′-40′ tall. . .

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Shenandoah semi-dwarf Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid-September.  One of the latest-ripening European varieties.  A large, all-green pear with smooth skin and flavor similar to Bartlett, but very resistant to fireblight.  Stores well, up to 5 months. . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Shinseiki semi-dwarf Asian Pear

Full Sun. Semi-Dwarf on OHXF, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Late August.  A very early and refined Asian pear with smooth, yellow skin and excellent flavor.  Crisp and juicy!  Asian pears are known to be very easy to care for and have a more spreading growth habit like an apple as compared to the more tall/slender pyramidal form of European pears.    . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Harrow Diamond Peach

Full Sun. Full size on Lovell, space 15′-20′ apart, self-fertile

I assumed that the soft, sugary, and fragile nature of peaches would make them a magnet for pests and diseases here in southern IN.   However, with planting resistant varieties and heavy pruning to keep an open tree, we have been successfully producing delicious ripe peaches with no sprays.   In 2010 I fulfilled my dream to literally gorge on tree-ripe organic peaches (wasn’t as good an idea 6 hours later!).   Peaches are quick growers and often bear fruit earlier in life (2-3 years) than most fruit trees.   They are also shorter lived—expect 15-25 years from a peach tree.   We have not noticed any Peach Leaf Curl disease on any of our peaches.   All on ‘Lovell’ seedling rootstock which makes a standard sized (14-16’) longer-lived tree. Space peaches 15-20’ apart.  An idea I have heard to dwarf peach trees is to plant 3-4 of them 4′ apart in a square or triangle and then prune them carefully around each other.  Supposedly the root competition acts to dwarf the trees, keeping them more easily managed at 8-12′.

Early-season.  Beautiful red striping over yellow background, resembles a flame.  Makes very sizable fruit if properly thinned.   Partially freestone, especially when fully ripe.  This variety is more resistant to bacterial spot and brown rot than other peaches.   A more blossom-hardy variety developed at the Harrow Research Station, so you’ll get crops in years that Red Haven will fail.   One more good thing about this peach is its 2” wide pink blossoms in the spring.  Breathtaking! . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.