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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!

Quart pots $9, Gallon* pots $18

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Wild White Seedling Peach

 -Full Sun–  Full size on own roots, space 15′-20′ apart

From a small grove of wild peaches just down the road from us.  They are persisting and bearing fruit underneath of 60′ tall hickory and oak trees at the edge of a forest–quite a feat for any peach!  They ripen extremely late in the season–September through October depending on the year.  The fruits are small, a little larger than a golfball, but the pit is smaller than a regular peach too.  The flesh is white and fairly dry like an apricot, and totally freestone–the pit falls out on its own.  Could be a hit at farmers markets as a “two-bite” peach without any mess–a convenience food like cherry tomatoes or grapes.  There are anecdotal reports all over the US of small “native” white peaches that grew wild and folks used for rootstock in years past.  I believe these are what they were talking about.  No brown rot to speak of.  These peaches have great potential grown in more open conditions, but may also be valuable as an option for dappled light understory conditions in a forest garden.  Because these are seedlings, not grafted, there will be some variation, but all the trees in the grove seem to have the same size and quality of fruit so they are likely a stabilized “seedling variety”.

3″ pots $5, Quart pots $9, Gallon* pots $18

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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

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Blake’s Pride Pear

 -Full Sun–  Full Size on Seedling Root Stock, space 15′-20′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Harrow Delight semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid-August.  Beautifully colored and shaped early pear with buttery-smooth flesh.  The neck is a little more elongated and fat, the blush a bit more deeply red, and the fruit a little smaller than Bartlett.  Supposedly fireblight-resistant, but ours died over the course of 3 years after the severe fireblight breakout in 2012.  We are thus phasing it out in favor of Sunrise.

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Honeysweet Pear

 -Full Sun–  Full Size on Seedling Root Stock, space 15′-20′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Honeysweet semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Late September.  Many nurseries claim that ‘Seckel’ pear is very fireblight resistant; however we lost ours and two other friends in southern IN lost theirs to the 2012 fireblight epidemic.  One of these friends has a ‘Honeysweet’ pear right next to the spot where the ‘Seckel’ was and it went through that blight year just fine.  With that real-world experience, we are now offering ‘Honeysweet’ in place of ‘Seckel’.  It’s fruit is very similar to ‘Seckel’ with buttery-smooth, chewy flesh, tender skin and a lightly spicy, cinnamon flavor; but it is a little larger in size.  Supposedly self-fertile, though it will bear more with a second variety.

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Keiffer semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Late September.  Large golden-yellow fruit with slight russeting and sometimes an orange/red blush.  Incredibly juicy, very course-textured flesh which is where its nickname “sand pear” comes from.  For fresh eating, some folks adore them and others turn up their nose at the gritty flesh.  They have a deep flavor with a hint of astringency which I find refreshing in a world of very mild, sweet pears.  Exceptionally good as dried pears and make good preserves.  Probably the best thing about them is their long-known trait of being able to thrive in almost any conditions–they are pretty much immune to insect and disease troubles.  Some nurseries claim that Keiffer is self-fertile but we have not been able to substantiate that.

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Korean Giant semi-dwarf Asian Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid October.  Also known as ’Olympic’, this is the huge, russeted, olive-green skinned, softball-sized pear one finds in natural food stores and international grocery stores.  Very crispy and juicy, and long storing for a pear.  Requires a long season to ripen—fine in our area, but no guarantees for further north.  Slightly more insect and disease resistant than ’Shinseiki’.

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Magness semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator *Triploid variety will not pollinate others*

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Potomac Pear

 -Full Sun–  Full Size on Seedling Root Stock, space 15′-20′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Potomac semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Red Bartlett semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, 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. 

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Harrow Diamond Peach

 -Full Sun–  Full size on Krymsk 86, 12-16’ tall and wide, self-fertile

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!

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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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′.

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Red Clapps (Kalle) semi-dwarf Pear

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, 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. 

Gallon* pots $26, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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