RAINTREE

NURSERY
The finest fruit cultivars
from around the world
2 017 1
Celebrating 44 years
Grow Your Own Food more. Visit RaintreeNursery.com to
order these premium size trees.
we have many customers in every
state.
Thank you to our wonderful custom-
ers. Many of you now have children
and grandchildren who are now Flavorful, Disease Looking Towards
customers and they are also plant- Resistant Varieties the Future
ing trees. Together we have planted
more than a million edible plants for Home Gardens The plants, information and ser-
and helped to make our own yards, Our Specialty vice Raintree has provided our
neighborhoods and the planet more customers for 44 years becomes
For those of you who are new to even more important in these times.
sustainable. We are all proud of this Raintree Nursery, we select fruit va-
wonderful legacy. If you don’t have Raintree is looking for an investor
rieties for flavor and ease of grow- who wants to help sustain Rain-
your own land to grow food on, con- ing, with you the backyard gardener
sider contacting your county about tree far into the future! This is an
in mind. We have chosen many of excellent opportunity for a person
a community pea patch in your area. our varieties because they are also
Raintree has for years supported interested in playing an import-
rated among the highest tested for ant role in the sustainability of the
these community growing areas. their nutritional content. We work environment. We are looking for
with important fruit research or- either a person who wants to make
Potted Trees Available ganizations to search the world to only a financial investment or who
Year Round collect the best backyard fruit va- also wants to live in a beautiful, rural
rieties, as you will see as you enjoy environment while carrying Raintree
Our bareroot season is from Feb- our catalog.Raintree customers love forward into the future. To learn
ruary through May, but we can ship our larger, well-rooted fruit trees more, please email to sjwinberry@
potted fruit trees all year long now! and superior dwarfing rootstocks. msn.com.
Among them are apples, perim- Raintree now offers you about 800
mons, olives, citrus, and many cultivars from around the world, and

Customer Satisfaction USDA Zones

Guarantee
We supply quality plants. Our
plants are guaranteed to arrive
alive and well and be true to
name as labeled. When given
proper care, they will leaf out
and grow. We are proud of our
99% success rate.
Claims for unsatisfatory plants
or shortages must be made
within seven days of receipt of
the order to get a full refund.
Call us immediately, and we
will work with you to correct
any problem. If any plant fails
to leaf out and grow, and you
believe the plant was defective,
notify us during the first year,
and we will place a credit for
the cost of the item in our sys- This is the Arbor Day Foundation map. It
tem towards future purchases. uses the information used to compile the
USDA hardiness zones map. These are the
Or we will replace your plant — zones listed for each variety throughout the
one time free — provided you catalog. The average minimum yearly low
pay the shipping. temperatures are listed, not the the coldest
temperatures ever recorded. A plant not fully
Sale items are guaranteed at dormant can be damaged at much warmer
the sale price. Bonus items are temperatures.
not guaranteed. Other factors, including chilling requirements
and heat units, are critical to plant perfor-
mance. Our website also has useful North-
2 west Zone Maps.
Non Plant Blueberries.........................4-7 Honeyberries.................. 20-21 Pears (Asian).................. 38-40

Index ............................
Bushel and Berry...... 4, 10 & 12 Honeysuckle........................ 71 Pears (European)............ 35-38
Order Form.......................... 95
Butternut............................. 81 Hops................................... 71 Peony................................. 78
Gardeners Supplies......... 88-91
Horseradish......................... 68 Perry Pears.......................... 35
Books-DVDs................... 91-92
Cactus................................ 67 Ho Shou Wu Vine................. 71 Persimmons................... 62-63
USDA Zone Map.................... 2 Cherries......................... 42-45 Huckleberry........................4-5 Plums............................. 50-56
Visit Raintree....................... 93 Cherry Plum........................ 55 Hydrangea.......................... 78 Plum Crosses................. 49-50
Classes............................... 94 Chestnuts....................... 82-83 Plums, Flowering.................. 79
Landscape Designers........... 92 Chilean Guava..................... 67 Jasmine.............................. 71 Pomegranates..................... 64
Landscape Guide/Regional Chocolate Berry................... 21 Jostaberry...................... 19-20 Prunus Mume...................... 56
Info On Website Cider Apples........................ 34 Jujubes............................... 63
Cinnamon Vine.................... 71 Quinces......................... 40-41
Plants Citrus............................. 86-87
Crabapples.......................... 33
Kiwis.............................. 76-77
Kinnickinick......................... 69
BERRIES..........................4-23 Raspberries.................... 10-12
Cranberries......................... 10 Rhubarb.............................. 68
FRUIT TREES.................. 23-58
Currants......................... 18-20 Lavender............................. 69 Rootstocks..................... 58-60
ROOTSTOCKS................ 58-60 Currant Flowering................ 77 Lemongrass........................ 68
UNUSUAL FRUITS........... 60-67 Roses................................. 79
Lemon Guava...................... 67
HERBS........................... 67-70 Rosemary............................ 69
Daylily................................. 79 Lilac............................... 77-78
VINES............................ 71-77 Dogwoods.............. 65, 66 & 78 Lingonberry......................... 15
ORNAMENTALS.............. 77-80 Saffron Crocus..................... 68
Locust............................ 80-81
NUT TREES.................... 81-85 Salal................................... 22
Elderberries.................... 15-16 Loquat................................ 66
BAMBOO, CITRUS, AVOCADOS, Salmonberry........................ 12
Empress Tree....................... 79 Luma.................................. 67
ETC................................ 85-88 Seaberries.......................... 22
Espaliers............................. 30
Serviceberry........................ 22
Eucalyptus.......................... 80 Maples................................ 80
Akebias............................... 72 Magnolia Vine...................... 71 Sichuan Pepper................... 68
All Field Berry...................... 12 Figs............................... 60-61 Mashua............................... 67 Strawberries..................... 8-10
Almonds......................... 83-84 Filberts........................... 84-85 Medlar................................ 56 Strawberry Tree................... 80
Apples........................... 23-35 Flax..................................... 68 Mock Orange....................... 77
Apricots......................... 48-49 Fragrant Spring Tree............. 57 Monkey Puzzle..................... 81 Tea..................................... 64
Aronia................................. 21 Mt. Ash Hybrids................... 63 Thimbleberry....................... 12
Asparagus...................... 68-69 Ginger................................. 69 Mulberries...................... 57-58
Autumn Olive....................... 21 Ginkgo................................ 81 Mushrooms.................... 69-70 Urban Apples....................... 29
Avocados............................ 88 Goji Berry............................ 23
Gooseberries.................. 16-17 Nectarines..................... 46-47 Walnuts.......................... 81-82
Bamboos....................... 85-86 Goumi................................. 20 Oca..................................... 67 Wasabi................................ 68
Banana............................... 66 Grapes........................... 72-75 Olives.................................... 3 Willows................................ 80
Bay..................................... 80 Wintergreen.................... 22-23
Beech................................. 84 Hawthorn............................ 63 Passifloras........................... 72 Woolly Thyme....................... 69
Belgian Fence...................... 30 Herbs............................. 67-70 Paw Paws............................ 65
Blackberries................... 12-14 Highbush Cranberry............. 21 Peaches......................... 45-47 Yacon.................................. 67

visit us online at
raintreenursery.com
Olives
Since the beginning of civiliza-
for even more plant tion, a branch of the olive tree
has been an emblem of peace
varieties! and its oil, a symbol of abun-
dance.
A mature olive tree of these hardiest
1-800-391-8892 cultivars is hardy outdoors to 14°F.
Olive trees ripen best in relatively
dry climates with hot summers and
produces a world renowned high
Mix or match any moderate winters. However, an
olive tree also grows easily indoors quality, aromatic fruity oil. Its oil
18 4-inch pots in a pot, maintained at 6’ in height content is high, 20-22%. Arbequina
is also an excellent greenish brown
or less. Full sun, well-drained soil,
and save $18! and a warm spot in the garden will table olive bursting with a nutty,
increase the chances of ripening buttery flavor. It thrives in areas
Flats of 18 are less expensive a crop in marginal areas. Enjoy the where winter temperatures don’t fall
to ship, and we pass that creamy white flowers in May and much below freezing and tolerates
savings on to you! When the long graceful evergreen leaves. a variety of soils. The tree can be
ordering online, please note The elliptical leaves are green on top maintained at 10’ tall, is of medium
the 18-pack savings in the and grey below. An Olive tree is slow vigor with a weeping shape. It
Order Comments box. The growing and can live for a thousand often starts bearing the year after
discount will NOT automatically years. 1 gallon pot. Zones 8-10. planting. D
 805: $24.50 each
show on your order! We will
deduct your discount when ARBEQUINA A  rbequina is a self
we confirm your order by fertile small round olive from the
email. Catalan area in Northeast Spain. It 3
Bushel and Berry ™ Huckleberries
These new dwarf raspberry, blackberry and blueberry plants make it (Vaccinium species) Delicious and
possible for American gardeners to grow delicious, full-size berries rarely available in nurseries, huck-
on sturdy dwarf plants in pots on the patio or deck. Each of these win- leberries are so highly prized that
ter hardy varieties provides gardeners in most of the nation with delicious people have their own secret wild
fruit and the blueberries also provide year round ornamental beauty. All patches. The wild Pacific Northwest
plants are in one quart pots. species generally are called “huck-
RASPBERRY SHORTCAKE™ For those of you with limited space, this dwarf leberries,” and the eastern species
raspberry plant is ideal for container growing. It are called “blueberries.” Huckleber-
grows only 2-3’ tall with a compact growth habit. It ries come in one-gallon pots.
is thornless and produces an abundance of full-size EVERGREEN
sweet, flavorful red raspberries each summer. Your HUCKLEBERRY
family will love harvesting healthful fruit right from (Vaccinium
your patio and no trellising or staking is needed. It ovatum) The
will spread to fill any pot no matter the shape. Like cultivar is
other floricane summer raspberries, once fruiting “Northern Star”
is finished, prune out canes at the base that have and is the best
fruited leaving new canes to fruit the next season. fruiting plant
USDA Zones 5-9. E  360: $19.95 each, 3+: $17.50 for the shade.
each; 6+: $15 each A native of the
BABY CAKES™ THORNLESS BLACKBERRY N  EW! Pacific Northwest, this evergreen
Finally you can grow flavorful thornless blackberries in bush is beautiful throughout the
a pot without a trellis. Baby Cakes, a new introduction, year. In the spring and fall, the
is a dwarf, thornless blackberry perfect for container foliage turns from green to a striking
gardening. It ™grows to only 3-4’ tall with a pleasing bronze color. The late summer-
rounded compact habit. In summer, large, sweet ripening berries are dark blue, tart,
blackberries ripen on the tips of the canes. In regions flavorful and a little smaller than a
without very high prolonged summer heat, this blueberry. The shrub grows best in
blackberry will also produce a flavorful fall primocane the shade where it can reach 6-8’
crop. USDA Zones 4-8. E512: $19.95 each, 3+: $16.50 without pruning. In the sun, it only
each grows to 3’ tall. It has a compact,
full growth habit, and spaced
PINK ICING™ BLUEBERRY NEW! Pink Icing is ideal about 3’ apart makes a beautiful
to grow in a pot on the patio or as a year-round edible evergreen hedge. USDA Zones 7-10.
landscape stunner. Grow it for abundant crops of large E180: $19.95 each, 3+: $17.50
sweet blueberries and intense pink spring and iridescent each
blue fall foliage. It grows only 3-4’ tall, and fruit ripens in
mid season. USDA Zones 5-10. E271: $19.95 each, 3+: TALL MT. HUCKLEBERRY(V.
$16.50 each ovalifolium) This rarely offered
Pacific NW native sub alpine bush
BLUEBERRY GLAZE™ This plant grows 2-3’ tall as a bushy grows 4-6’ tall with oval leaves and
mound and is perfect on the patio in a decorative container. an abundance of tasty black fruit.
With its small stature and glossy, dark green leaves, USDA Zones 4-8. E185: $19.95
Blueberry Glaze™ is reminiscent of a boxwood and can each, 3+: $17.50 each
easily be sheared. Enjoy the white and pink spring flowers
followed by lots of small, dark blue berries with intense wild THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY (V.
blueberry flavor, which are rich in antioxidants. USDA Zones membranaceum) Its fruit is amongst
5-8. E202: $19.95 each, 3+: $17.50 each the largest and best flavored of all
the wild blueberries. Plants can
grow to 5’ tall and produce pink
flowers and dark purple berries up
Blueberry Supplies and Books to ½ inch in diameter. Declared the
BLUEBERRY RAKES These blueberry rakes are handmade in Maine and state fruit of Idaho, these plants
designed for the most efficient harvesting of a specific size of berry. Each grow throughout the Northwestern
is extremely strong, made of sturdy lightweight aluminum with spring states at elevations above 2,000
steel teeth. See Supplies section. feet. They are adapted to cool,
ORGANIC BLUEBERRY FERTILIZER B  lueberries, huckleberries,
lingonberries, tea, wintergreen and other acid loving plants will love this
natural fertilizer. Instructions included. 5 lb. bag. T
 143: $15 each; Any 4
bags of fertilizer $11.50 each.
A GARDENER’S GUIDE TO BLUEBERRIES Pocket size, 32 pages. A
great blueberry growers guide. Includes soil prep, planting, pollination,
mulching, watering, pruning, fertilizing, pests, varieties and growing in
containers. All the know how you need to be successful. S  103: $4.99

4
short seasons. They are grown
from seed, so plant at least two
color is red as is the fall foliage. Unique
Ripens mid-July and bears for a
for pollination. Plants require a month. Bluecrop is widely adaptable Evergreen
well-drained soil, preferably one and a success in the Midwest and Edibles
that is rich in peat. Plants are best much of the nation. USDA Zones
grown in pots until being planted SUNSHINE BLUE A
4-8. E  200 (18-30” size): $17.50 unique evergreen
out carefully with the soil around each, 3+: $14.50 each; E200M
the roots. We guarantee these selection with
(3’+ size): $27.50 each attractive year
plants to arrive in good condition,
but because of their unique habitat JERSEY A round foliage and
requirements, cannot guarantee consistent and hot pink spring
them to grow. USDA Zones 6-8. heavy producer flowers! The bush
E188: $19.95 each, 3+: $17.50 of spicy berries grows 4’ tall and
each with a distinctive produces up to
RED HUCKLEBERRY ( Vaccinium old-time blueberry 10 pounds of delicious, light blue,
parvifolium) A deciduous flavor. The fruit medium-sized berries. They ripen
huckleberry native to the Pacific ripens from mid- over a very long season from early
Northwest. The bush is attractive August until the August through early September.
throughout the year. It grows 3-5’ first frost. Bright Hardiness to 0°F, a very low chilling
tall and produces pea size pinkish yellow fall leaf requirement of only 150 hours and a
red berries that seem to light up the color and yellow tolerance for higher pH soils makes
bush. The fruit is tangy and great for winter wood on this a perfect choice for the Pacific
making a pie or jelly. USDA Zones this vigorous NW, the South or California. USDA
6-9. E190: $19.95 each, 3+: Zones 7-10.E285 (18-30” size):
$17.50 each upright, 5-6’ tall $17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each
bush, makes it a

Blueberries unique landscape MISTY A  perfect compliment to

and hedge plant. Sunshine Blue. This southern
USDA Zones 4-8. highbush variety thrives as a
E240 (18-30” size): $18.50 each; beautiful, 5’ tall evergreen bush, not
(Vaccinium species) Blueberry only in the South but along the west
bushes are easy to grow and E240M (3’+ size): $27.50 each
coast to the Canadian border. The
provide home gardeners with HARDIBLUE Select Hardiblue for its bright blue-green foliage provides
delicious fruit and year-round sweet, excellent flavor. Heavy crops a perfect contrast to the hot pink
beauty. Raintree provides of medium size dark blue fruit ripen
you with large 18-30” plants spring flowers and the sky blue,
in mid season. This old New Jersey very flavorful fruit. It yields best
unless otherwise noted. cultivar is a vigorous upright bush, when planted with another variety.
adaptable to heavier clay soils. The Hardiness to 0°F, Misty has a very
Olde Time Favorites dark red wood is striking in a winter low chilling requirement of only 150
BLUECROP The berries are light landscape. It is also a favorite in the hours and a tolerance for higher
blue, very large and flavorful. The Pacific Northwest. USDA Zones 4-8. pH soils. USDA Zones 7-10. E  250
plant is extremely productive with E226 (18-30” size): $17.50 each, (18-30” size): $17.50 each, 3+:
an upright habit to 4-6’ tall. Wood 3+: $14.50 each  $14.50 each

Using Blueberries Glaze for gardeners with limited

space or a landscape niche.
How To Grow If you keep them well watered,
the blueberries fiberous roots
& Huckleberries SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Acid will grow in your amended area.
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Plants Useful Facts soil, pH of 4 to 5.5, well drained, Mulch of more than 2-4” thick
but can tolerate wet feet in can suffocate the roots.
are particularly well suited to ORIGIN: Blueberries have been winter. If pH is high, water with 2 PRUNING: Renew older
edible landscaping because of part of the American culinary tbls. vinegar to 1 gallon of water. branches to new shoots. See
their varied and beautiful ap- tradition long before the white CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: owner’s manual that comes with
pearance. Bronze new growth man came to these shores. Blueberries are shallow rooted. your order or find it at Rain-
in spring is followed by pink- POLLINATION: Two varieties Do not cultivate deeply around treeNursery.com.
white bell-shaped flowers. are best, however blueberry the plants. Peat is an excellent
In summer, the green leaves
contrast with the blue berries,
farmers get large crops in a
single variety block.
addition to the soil. They need to For Your Health
be well watered the first summer
and in the fall, the leaves turn red HARDINESS: Depends on vari- There is evidence that eating lots
and thereafter will need some
or yellow.When the leaves drop, ety, USDA Zones 3-10. of blueberries can reduce mem-
moisture in arid summers. A light
yellow or red branches appear. SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. ory loss and possibly reduce the
surface application of organic
Bushes can be used for hedges, LIFE EXPECTANCY: 80+ years risk of cardiovascular disease.
fertilizer or ammonium sulfate in
screens, foundation plantings, PLANT SPACING: Spacing, Cooked blueberries have even
the spring is beneficial. If you live
accent shrubs, and espaliers. same distance as the height of greater levels of antioxidants
in areas with alkaline or neutral
Any blueberries will thrive in a the plant. than fresh berries. Among
soils; besides adding peat in the
container. Try an 80% bark, 10% METHOD OF PROPAGATION: varieties testing very high in anti-
hole when you plant try adding
pumice, 10% peat mix. Softwood cuttings (hard to root) oxidants are Bluegold, Chandler,
a foot deep of pine shavings
Note: We offer dwarf selec- YIELD: 5 to 15 pounds per plant Darrow, Rubel, Elliott and Maine
about three feet across and
tions Top Hat, Northblue, Chip- depending on variety. Wild Blueberries.
planting your blueberries higher.
pawa, Pink Icing and Blueberry

5
REVEILLE NEW! Reveille has types. This plant has spectacular Choose early through
great flavor and a wonderfully burgundy color in the fall. USDA late ripeners and harvest
pleasing unique crisp, almost Zones 4-8. E275 (18-30” size): for up to 90 days!
crunchy texture. It seems to have $17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each 
a thicker skin than other cultivars BLUEGOLD Early Season Ripeners
and anecdotal information from This blueberry Earliblue Top Hat Misty
gardeners points to it being less produces very Bluecrop Sharpblue Polaris
susceptible to the spotted winged heavy crops of Bluegold Spartan Reka
drosophila fruit fly which lays eggs sweet, flavorful Brunswick Patriot
in even firm fruit. More tests are fruit from early
needed. However its heavy pink to mid-season. Mid-Season Ripeners
spring blooms yield great crops of The beautiful, Reveille Chippewa Hardiblue
medium sized light blue colored compact, Emerald Blueray Blueberry
berries on an upright 5’ tall bush rounded bush Olympia Toro
Glaze
also making it a great hedge plant. grows only 4’ tall but bears large Rubel Chandler
Northblue
It needs 600 chill hours and thrives clusters of easy-to-pick berries.
in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Unusual yellow fall foliage and
Zones 7-9. E 279 (12-18” size): Late Season Ripeners
yellow winter wood followed by Pink Legacy Aurora
$16.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each bright white spring flowers make Lemonade
Sunshine Elliott
Bluegold a year-round beauty. It Darrow Blue
Cultivar for the South is among the more winter hardy Jersey Liberty

& Pacific Northwest varieties. USDA Zones 4-8. E203

(18-30” size): $17.50 each, 3+:
EMERALD™ E  merald™ is an $14.50 each 
excellent choice for warmer areas, Extend Your Harvest
BLUERAY Select Blueray for its very
because the Southern Highbush large blueberries of superior flavor. by at Least a Month
plants require only 250 chilling Blueray performs well in many
hours to produce record-setting AURORASelected for its late
quantities of very large blueberries. climates. It works in cold winters ripening, Aurora extends the
Attractive bushes need little as well as areas with hot summers. blueberry harvest into early autumn.
pruning to maintain good form and This upright open bush grows to Three to four pickings produce an
moderate size (4-5’ tall and wide). 4-6’ tall with bright red and yellow extremely high yield of flavorful fruit.
fall color. USDA Zones 3-8. E211 Aurora grows to 6’ tall and develops
Berries with excellent flavor ripen (18-30” size): $17.50 each, 3+:
early (May or June) in the South and deep red fall color. USDA Zones
$14.50 each  201 (18-30” size): $17.50
4-8. E
California, later (mid-July to early
September) in the Northwest. USDA each, 3+: $14.50 each
Zones 8-10.E224 (18-30” size): Put Your Yard in LIBERTY H  eavy production of big
$17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each Mid-Season Form berries with a nicely balanced,
robust-juicy flavor make Liberty the
TOROA perfect
Start Your Blueberry all-purpose plant
most popular new blueberry. Fruit
ripens late season, and the upright
Season Early for the backyard bushes, which grow to 8’ tall, make
grower, this a stunning hedge in fall when the
EARLIBLUE E arliblue is ripe a stocky, strong
couple of weeks before any other foliage turns bright red/orange.
bush grows 4-6’ USDA Zones 4-8. E246 (18-30”
variety. Enjoy the sweet juicy large tall and is covered
berries. The bush has an upright in pink flowers size): $17.50 each, 3+: $14.50
habit and grows to 4-6’ with bright that turn white, contrasting nicely each
red fall color. USDA Zones 5-8. with bronze-colored spring foliage. ELLIOTT E  lliott can extend your
E220: $17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 The leaves are large, wide and blueberry season into September.
each attractive. Toro sets heavy crops Pick it for 5 weeks. The berries
REKA E njoy bountiful crops of early even in bad spring weather. The are medium size and flavorful
season, medium-size, flavor-packed berries ripen in late July and are and particularly healthful. Elliott
blueberries on this vigorous, fast large, firm and powder blue with is very productive and is rated
growing variety. Developed in New an outstanding, spritely flavor. The among the highest of all varieties
Zealand, it adapts well to a wide fall foliage and winter wood are an in antioxidants. The 4-6’ bush has
range of northern climates and soil attractive red. It grows well in USDA burgundy colored leaves and wood.
Zones 4-8. E295 (18-30” size): USDA Zones 4-8. E221 (18-30”
$17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each size): $17.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each
Some blueberries have proven OLYMPIA Rarely available at
themselves in the Midwest and nurseries, when others are less World’s Largest
East. Bluecrop leads the way successful this berry thrives. The Blueberries & Tasty, Too!
and Bluegold, Blueray, Chandler, fruit is large with a superb flavor. It
Jersey, Patriot, Hardiblue, Elliott, ripens in late July. The vigorous and CHANDLER Introducing one of
Draper, Aurora and Liberty have highly productive bush is spreading, the world’s largest blueberries.
also shown adaptability.
4-6’ tall and has light red wood Chandler has a very long ripening
and red leaves in fall. Developed season providing more than a
in Olympia, WA. USDA Zones 6-8. month of sweet, firm, delicious,
E270 (18-30” size): $19.50 each; quarter-size fruit. These vigorous,
6 E270M (3’+ size): $29.50 each upright bushes grow 5-6’ tall and
 CHIPPEWAThis blueberry makes a
great compact edible ornamental.
This release from the U of Minnesota
grows to 3-4 feet tall and wide. A
mature plant produces 4-7 pounds
of large, light blue, excellent flavored
berries. The foliage turns a fiery red
each fall. USDA Zones 3-8. E255
(18-30” size): $17.50 each, 3+:
$14.50 each
provide consistently high yields. A (Vaccinium angustifolium) Often
TOP HAT The most called Maine Wild Blueberries,
high chill (700 hours) variety from dwarfing blueberry
the New Jersey testing program, the deciduous bushes have waxy
plant, it grows up to foliage that turns fiery orange each
named for Jim Chandler, a Corvallis, 18” wide and high
OR, grower. USDA Zones 6-9. E209 fall. It is the copious amounts of
with many branches. delicious wild-flavored blueberries
(18-30” size): $19.50 each, 3+: The berries are
$15 each that make this the lobster of the wild
medium size with plant world. They thrive in USDA
DARROW Produces huge berries, excellent flavor. It is Zones 3-8 in both maritime and
the size of a quarter. The bush great as a border, colder climates and do well in sandy
grows 5-6’ tall, vigorous and rock garden or or clayey soils. Plants spread out via
upright. A consistent heavy container plant for underground runners to become an
producer of firm, light blue, tart those with limited edible mat. Each is self fertile with
flavorful berries. A good choice in space. Its small leaves, gnarly trunk deliciously tart, light blue fruit.
the Pacific NW. Ripens throughout and slow growth make it the best
the month of August. USDA Zones edible bonsai plant. It needs sun to BRUNSWICK MAINEPictured at top.
5-8. E
 210 (18-30” size): $17.50 ripen the fruit. USDA Zones 3-8. In 1 From Nova Scotia, it grows only 1’
each, 3+: $14.50 each gallon pot.E290: $17.50 each tall and has glossy green foliage
and delicious, pea-size blueberries.
Great for Northern
Gardens
Wild E205 (4” pot): $11.50 each, 6+:
$8.50 each

PATRIOT If you require

a cold hardy variety
Blueberries In the
that bears consistent Full of Antioxidents Pink
crops of large fruit, you PINK
will want this University RUBEL Twice
as high in LEMONADE
of Maine selection. This new
The dark blue berries antioxidants as
other blueberries, blueberry
are highly flavored and isn’t
the 4-5’ tall bush spreads to 4’. It and a great
selection for the blue when ripe but instead a
performs well in many soil types beautiful reddish pink. The
including wet soils. Its showy health conscious.
It was the first berries are medium size, sweet
white spring blossoms, dark green and productive. The 4-5’ tall
summer and fiery orange fall colors ever selected
from the wild as bushes ripen fruit in mid to
make it a winner in the northern late season followed by leaves
landscape. USDA Zones 3-8. E  278 a commercial variety. It was found
in the Pinelands of New Jersey in turning a pretty yellow/orange
(18-30” size): $17.50 each, 3+: in fall. Spring blooms are
$14.50 each 1912. While it has long since been
surpassed for size and ease of pinkish and winter twig color
machine picking by new varieties, is red, providing color in your
Hardy Dwarf Blueberries its flavor and health qualities are edible landscape in all seasons.
unequalled. It produces thousands USDA Zones 5-9. E  272 (18-
Our winter-hardy dwarf blueberries 30” size): $18.50 each, 3+:
grow great in a pot or planted in the of small-size dark fruit of intense
flavor, ideal for baking. It is a strong $15.00 each
ground. Also see our hardy dwarf
Bushel and Berry™ blueberries on upright grower to 6’ tall and is
page 4. a consistent mid to late season
producer and easy to hand pick. We offer 2-to-3-year-old,
NORTHBLUE Northblue is a great E282: (18-24” size): $17.50
landscape plant and proven well-rooted, bushy plants
each, 3+: $14.50 each; E282M
producer of quality fruit in cold (2-3’ size): $27.50 each 18- to 30-inches tall.
climates. The fruit has a “wild” taste Raintree provides you with large 18-30”
that is excellent for baking or fresh plants unless otherwise noted. These larger,
eating. Northblue has survived
winter temperatures to -35°F, Try a Blueberry Hedge! better-shaped plants will provide a usable
blueberry crop one year or more sooner. They
although production is maximized Liberty grows to 8 feet are ready to dig in and thrive for you. We have
when snow protection is adequate. tall and makes a beautiful the Bluecrop, Jersey, Rubel and Olympia
Northblue is recommended for varieties in an even-larger 2’-3’+ size. At our
those desiring a higher yielding, edible hedge. For a hedge, garden center we offer mature bearing plants
cold-hardy variety. USDA Zones space the plants 3 to 4 feet too big to ship.
3-8. E
 262 (18-30” size): $17.50 apart. Our other varieties
each, 3+: $14.50 each can make a shorter hedge. 7
Strawberries
cial varieties here. Instead, choose among luscious
June-bearing types and incredibly productive “day
neutral” varieties that begin bearing in June and bear
heavily from July until fall frosts. We also offer Musk,
(Fragaria species) Raintree offers the most flavorful Lipstick and Alpine strawberries that make great ground
strawberries that are also easy to grow and disease covers. All the varieties we offer are proven in the Pacific
resistant. Don’t expect to find the flavorless commer- Northwest and most of the nation.

The Best Day Neutrals raving about its excellent flavor,

large size and disease resistance.
the nation. Plants bear large crops
of medium to large, firm, dark red
Everbearing Strawberries are also Plants don’t need much chill to berries in late June every year. A
called “day neutral” varieties be- set fruit, so berries ripen early delicious choice for award-winning
cause they do not depend on day and continue to appear non-stop strawberry shortcake. USDA Zones
length to initiate flowering. They over a long season, from June 6-10. E410: Each bundle of 25:
produce fruit non-stop from June, to October. Proven successful $12.50; 3+ bundles: $10.00 each
through summer and fall, all the in California and the Pacific
way up until frost. These incredible BENTON S  uper easy to grow, this
Northwest, it is sure to entice variety tolerates wetter conditions
producers will reward you with high gardeners in other parts of the
yields of beautiful, scrumptious nation too. USDA Zones 7-10. and scoffs at disease problems. In
strawberries longer than any other E 415: Bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+ late June, large, flavorful, bright red
types. bundles: $10.00 strawberries offer both wonderful
each fresh eating and good results for
TRI STAR T  his delicious, heavily freezing. USDA Zones 6-10. E400:
productive berry is favored as the ALBION A  lbion Each bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+
top variety through much of the has large, firm bundles: $10.00 each
nation both for fresh eating and conical fruit with
for freezing. Tri Star bears fruit the a sweet delicious PUGET CRIMSON T  his late season
first season and produces excellent flavor. Enjoy cultivar has outstanding flavor, is
crops from June until frost. It is so large harvests of productive and maintains large
popular that we sell more Tri-Stars these delectible berries. Puget Crimson is a proven
than any other berry plants in the strawberries for winner for Northwest backyard and
catalog. USDA Zones 4-10. E420: many months in the summer and market gardeners. USDA Zones
Each bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+ fall. Albion also resists verticillium 6-10. E
 406: Each bundle of 25:
bundles: $10.00 each wilt, phytophthora crown rot $12.50; 3+ bundles: $10.00 each
SEASCAPE E ach cluster of this and has some resistance to
highly productive, anthracnose crown rot. It is Best for East and Midwest
day neutral variety versatile, doing well in dry and hot EARLIGLO E
 njoy success with this
produces an or cooler summer areas. USDA
Zones 4-9. E  401: Bundle of 25: highly flavorful, disease resistant,
impressive center $12.50; 3+ bundles: $10.00 early season strawberry that is
berry that is ideal for each particularly useful in the Northeast
dipping in chocolate. and upper Midwest where red stele
All up and down EVERSWEET W  ith outstanding flavor root rot can be a problem. Deep
the West Coast, and adaptability, this new cultivar red berries are medium size and
backyard strawberry is unique in its ability to produce very sweet, either eaten fresh or
aficionados are prolific crops of large, intensely frozen. USDA Zones 5-9.E402:
delicious berries, even when others Each bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+
fail because of high humidity and bundles: $10 each
scorching temperatures. An ideal
DAY NEUTRAL selection for the South or for JEWEL F  ollow up an early season
harvest from Earliglo with this
REQUIREMENTS growing in a greenhouse. Drawing
highly productive, mid-late season
rave reviews, Eversweet will defy
Plant by April 15 to get a good crop the expectations with non-stop crops of strawberry that succeeds reliably in
first year. Keep mulched with compost
sweet, luscious berries from spring the Northeast and upper Midwest.
or manure. Plant one foot apart. One Plants are hardy and drought
method is by poking plants through through fall. Perfect choice for
the All Season Strawberry Planter tolerant with large, glossy, red
black plastic. Remove the first blossoms berries that boast both fine flavor
from the day neutrals. Remove the run- listed on page 10. Zone 6-10.
E417: Bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+ and firmness. From Geneva N.Y.
ners during the first season. Pruning off
runners will give you larger berries. Keep bundles: $10.00 each PP5897. USDA Zones 5-9. E404:
plants well watered if the summer is dry.
Each bundle of 25: $12.50; 3+
bundles: $10 each
Add soil amendments before planting. If
the foliage turns light green in late July
The Best Backyard
and August, this probably means your June Bearers Musk Strawberries
day neutral plants need a small addition SHUKSAN Tops for both freezing
of nitrogen to support their continu- Astonishingly delicious and highly
and fresh eating, this flavorful fragrant, these heirloom strawber-
ous-bearing habit. The June crop from variety performs
the day neutrals will be light with small ries from Italy have fantastic flavor
fruit. Expect heavy production from July
consistently in the with hints of raspberry and pineap-
through the summer and early fall. Northwest, and its ple. The sweet, soft fruits are round-
winter hardiness er and smaller than more familiar
makes it a good strawberries, but they send out
8 choice for most of runners and make a very effective
 We’ve Brought Back These Delicious Old Timers elongated, red berries with sweet
flavor. First cultivated 250 years
MARSHALL NEW! Famous food connoisseur ago in France, these Alpine natives
James Beard called the June-bearing Marshall thrive in either sun or shade. Space
the most delicious strawberry ever grown. one foot apart. 4” pots. E440:
Discovered in Massachusetts before 1900, it was $5.50 each, 6+: $4.75 each
grown commercially in the Pacific Northwest until
the 1960’s when after being infected with viruses MIGNONETTE T  hese exceptionally
it was replaced by modern varieties. Our plants productive plants bear intensely
are grown from virus-free stock from the USDA sweet fruit that is large for an alpine
germplasm repository in Corvallis, OR. USDA type, up to an inch long. You will get
Zones 5-9. 4-inch Pot. E  470: $7.50 each plenty for fresh eating, for making
HOLIDAY NEW! Long-time gardeners have asked us to bring back delicious pastries as they do in
Holiday for its firmness and outstanding flavor. It was popular after France, or for dropping into glasses
its introduction in 1972 and is a parent of Honeoye. Holiday is an of champagne. 4”pots.E445:
early season vigorous grower that ripens in June and has large fruit, $5.50 each, 6+: $4.75 each
bright red skin and light red flesh and was rot resistant and prized for YELLOW ALPINE The fruity
freezing and fresh eating. 4 inch pot. USDA Zones 5-9. E  475: $7.50 fragrance and sweet flavor of
each these delicious berries is a
scrumptious mixture of strawberry
and pineapple. Similar in size and
groundcov- RUSSIAN MALE MUSK 4” pot. growth habit to red Alpine varieties,
er. Plants E433: $5.50 each these beauties are yellow with
produce MUSK STRAWBERRY PACKAGE brownish seeds when ripe. 4” pots.
lightly for Two each Profumata Di Tortona E450: $5.50 each, 6+: $4.75
the first and Capron and one each of the each
2-3 years, Male Musk and Russian Male Musk. WHITE ALPINE (Fragaria vesca var.
then be- EMUSK: $30.00
come very albocarpa) Unlike other Alpines,
productive, this variety produces runners and
cropping Alpine Strawberries makes an excellent groundcover or
heavily, (Fragaria container plant in sun or dappled
though vesca) shade. The 8” tall plants bear a light
briefly, in June. Raintree offers Exception- crop of small, sweet, creamy-white
American gardeners male musk ally win- berries from spring till frost. Native
strawberries that should increase ter hardy to mountainous regions, it is not
production of Profumata and plants bear the best choice for areas with hot,
Capron, which generate mostly fe- heavily humid summers. USDA Zones 5-10.
male flowers. Plant 18” apart. Zones from June 4” pots.E444: $5.50 each, 6+:
5-10. 4” pots. through $4.75 each
PROFUMATA DI TORTONA Berries October. GOLDEN ALEXANDRIA NEW!
are slightly larger than those of Although A beautiful compact edible
Capron. 4” pots. E  430: $5.50 they pro- groundcover with lime green and
each, 6+: $4.75 each duce no gold foliage. Enjoy its bright red,
runners, plants will reseed to form flavorful fruits from summer through
CAPRON Plants are slightly more a dense, edible groundcover. USDA fall. The round fruit is sweeter than
productive than Profumata plants, Zones 3-9 unless otherwise noted. most alpine strawberries. The
and they also produce a small fall RUGEN ALPINEBeautiful, upright plants are great grown in pots or
crop. 4” pots. E  435: $5.50 each, plants, about 8” tall, are exceptional in the ground as a groundcover or
6+: $4.75 each additions to the edible landscape, edging plant. USDA Zones 3-9. 4
MALE MUSK Planting one male in rockeries, border plantings and inch pot.E458: $5.50 each, 6+:
plant for up to five females will other sites where they will fill in $4.75 each
increase fruit harvest substantially. and cover an area quickly. The
4” pot. E  432: $5.50 each everbearing plants produce ¾”, ALPINE STRAWBERRY PACKAGE
Two Rugen, one Yellow, one Golden
Alexandria, one Mignonette and
How To Use Strawberries RIPENING: “June” bearers in June one White. EALPINE: $27.00
through July; day neutrals from June
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use in planters, though early fall.
hanging baskets, borders, ground covers,
raised beds. Easy to grow for the beginner.
PROPAGATION: Seeds or runners. PLANT A BIG STRAWBERRY
FRUITING LIFE OF THE PLANT: 2-3
PATCH & SAVE!
Useful Facts years (Best to replant day neutrals after
2 years.) Alpines, musks and Lipstick last Tri-Star, Seascape, Eversweet, Jewel, Earli-
POLLINATION: Self-fertile unless noted. many years. glo, Shuksan, P. Crimson, Albion or Benton.
HARDINESS: Our June bearers are hardy Mix & match 5 or more bundles of 25: $9.50
to -15°F. Tri Star, Lipstick and Alpine straw-
berries are hardy to at least -30°F.
How To Grow each; 10 or more bundles of 25: $8.50 each;
25 or more bundles: $7.50 each.
SUN OR SHADE: Full sun unless noted. SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Rich, well
YIELD: ½-1lb. per plant. drained, high in organic matter, pH of 5-6.
SPACING: 12” apart; in rows 18” apart. If drainage is poor, plant on mounds.
9
Strawberries for strawberries to thrive. Apply 1/2
pound per ten feet of row or ten
Grow Dwarf
Your Landscape square feet of bed. Instructions Raspberries in a Pot
PINK PANDA NEW!Makes a thick, included. 5 lb. Bag. T140: $15 RASPBERRY SHORTCAKE™ For
attractive ornamental spreading each; Any 4 bags of fertilizer those of you with limited space,
groundcover strawberry with $11.50 each this dwarf raspberry plant is ideal
lush green foliage and bright pink for container growing. It grows
repeating flowers throughout the
spring and summer. Plants produce
a few small tasty red strawberries. It
Cranberries only 2-3’ tall with a compact
growth habit. It is thornless and
produces an abundance of full-size
is also beautiful in pots and window (Vaccinium sweet, flavorful red raspberries
boxes. From England, a Potentilla macrocarpon) each summer. Your family will love
palustris, strawberry cross. USDA You don’t need harvesting healthful fruit right
Zones 4-8. 4” pots. E465: $5.00 a bog to grow from your patio and no trellising or
each American cran- staking is needed. It will spread to
LIPSTICK Similar berries. Just fill any pot no matter the shape. Like
to Pink Panda, this make a well other floricane summer raspberries,
beautiful edible drained bed. If once fruiting is finished, prune out
ornamental has lovely you don’t have canes at the base that have fruited
bright pink flowers good drainage you can add peat or leaving new canes to fruit the next
from spring through sand. Cranberries need a very acid- season. USDA Zones 5-9. One-
fall. Hardy to USDA ic soil and need to be well watered, quart pot. E  360: $19.95 each, 3+:
Zones 4-10, Lipstick like their relatives the blueberries. If $17.50 each; 6+: $15 each
thrives in sun or temperatures dip below 10°F, plants
shade, spreading rapidly by runners. need a heavy mulch to protect next July Bearers With Great
Space 1’ to 1 �’ apart. 4” pots. E  463: years fruiting wood. Plant one foot
$5.00 each, 6+: $4.50 each apart in rows two feet apart. The Flavor
WILD STRAWBERRY (Fragaria
evergreen foliage has a reddish TULAMEEN T  his
chiloensis) Our Northwest native cast. The small profuse flowers are extraordinary
groundcover makes a lush compact reddish pink. A beautiful, self-fertile introduction from
mat with white flowers but not many ground cover. USDA Zones 3-9. British Columbia
berries. Foliage is green, tinged with STEVENS CRANBERRY A productive produces
red in the fall. Full sun or partial shade. self-fertile cultivar, selected for its enormous, light red,
USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pots. E443: large deep red berries, and light aromatic fruit with
$5.00 each, 6+: $4.50 each green foliage. Cranberries are very a wonderful flavor. Besides berries
high in antioxidants. It is a great that are 25% bigger than Meeker,
edible ornamental groundcover. Tulameen uniquely extends the
Strawberry Supplies Plant it in the ground; or in hanging summer raspberry season through
ALL SEASON baskets or planters for a delicate July and August, producing for
STRAWBERRY cascading effect. 4” pot. G040: up to 50 days. It is a great find for
PLANTER Grow lots $9.50 each, 6+: $7.50 each backyard growers who can provide
of the best tasting well drained soil. USDA Zones 6-9.
strawberries in a
small space. The
late Tom Wood
Raspberries E391: $5.50 each; Pkg of 5: $20;
3+ pkgs of 5: $16.50 each pkg
MEEKER For many years, this very
designed each (Rubus idaeus) The best way to productive, easy-to-grow, late
planter with a full have an abundance of raspberries is season variety has set the standard
length drip tube to grow them yourself. Raspberries in our region for raspberry flavor
inside. Fill a planter are easy to grow, and the rewards that is equally good for fresh eating,
with potting soil. of growing them at home range freezing and juice. Plants produce
Then hook one or from enormous cost savings to im- manageable canes and a bountiful
a series of planters proved health. Freshly picked, ripe harvest each July. Eat plenty for
to each other and to a garden hose. raspberries are among the most high quantities of cancer-fighting
Instructions included. T295 (3’ delicious culinary treats available. Ellagitannin. Botrytis resistant.
planter, holds up to 50 plants): USDA Zones 5-9 unless noted. We USDA Zones 6-9. E381: $5.50
$39.95, 4 for $120; T297 (4½’ offer stocky, well-rooted, virus-free each; Pkg of 5: $20; 3+ pkgs of
planter, holds up to 75 plants): plants. 5: $16.50 each pkg
$65, 4 for $170
GROW THE BEST STRAWBERRIES
 y Louise Riotte, 31 pages. Learn
B
when, how and where to plant and
care for your strawberry plants from
Mix or match any 18 4-inch pots and save $18!
this Garden Way booklet. S200:
$3.95 Flats of 18 are less expensive to ship, and we pass that savings on to
ORGANIC CANEBERRY & you! When ordering online, please note the 18-pack savings in the
STRAWBERRY FERTILIZERHelp Order Comments box. The discount will NOT automatically show on
your raspberries, blackberries and your order! We will deduct your discount when we confirm your
order by email.
10
 AUTUMN BRITTEN A
 very flavorful Golden Raspberry
and particularly early everbearing
red raspberry, Autumn Britten ANNE GOLDEN
thrives in the Pacific Northwest NEW! A
 New
and is rated as the best raspberry Golden Prize! The
for the upper Midwest. Plants bear exquisite flavor
large crops of big, exceptionally of this beautiful,
flavorful, firm, red berries that golden fruit has
start ripening before Caroline hints of apricot,
and a month before Heritage and making this first
continue through fall. It is both year/primocane raspberry a special
Northern cold hardy and tolerant treat. Fruit ripens from August
of heat in the South. E335: $5.50 through frost. USDA Zones 5-9.
each; Pkg of 5: $20; 3+ pkgs of E355: $5.50 each plant, Pkg of 5
5: $16.50 each pkg plants: $20; 3+ pkgs of 5 plants:
$16.50 each
CAROLINE V  igorous and full of
healthful nutrients and antioxidants,
this heavy yielding, red raspberry Rooting for the
produces loads of delicious fruit on Purple and Black
primocanes from late August until JEWEL BLACK L
 arge, glossy black
fall. Proven successful from coast raspberries boast a flavor that
to coast, Caroline responds well is richer than that of the red and
to warm summer temperatures by yellow types, so they are delicious
April Doolittle smiles at the perfect- ripening earlier. The delicious fruit eaten out
is large, red and firm. (PP# 10412) of hand and Black raspberries
ly aligned everbearing raspberries E320: $5.50 each; Pkg of 5: $20;
(she got plants from Raintree) on they make are rated 11% higher
3+ pkgs of 5: $16.50 each pkg outstanding in antioxidants than
her son Peter’s wedding cake. POLKA This everbearing red preserves blueberries. They rate
raspberry from Poland is famous and pies. very high in anthocy-
CASCADE DELIGHTBecause for its excellent sweet flavor, heavy Bushes are anin and vitamins A, C,
Cascade Delight shows outstanding yields, firmness, disease resistance larger than
resistance to root rot, it will thrive E and folic acid.
and vigorous, and upright growing other types
in wetter gardens where other habit, which makes it successful too, as well
varieties have failed. Similar over a wide range of climates in as vigorous and highly productive.
in season and productivity to Europe and the U.S. Its fall crop Each will grow to 7’ tall and will
Tulameen, this variety boasts big, ripens early, substantially extending bend over and root at the tips. To
firm, delicious berries. Expect the harvest season. Favored for prevent this, pinch or prune the
a heavy yield of berries with an fresh eating and freezing. It is one tips each summer when they reach
intense, traditional raspberry flavor, of the best raspberry introductions
beginning in July and continuing for 5’ tall. Although many blacks are
a month or more. USDA Zones 6-9. in recent years!  considered more disease prone
E325: $5.50 each; Pkg of 5: $20; E367: $5.50 each; Pkg of 5: $20; than reds, Jewel is quite disease
3+ pkgs of 5: $16.50 each pkg 3+ pkgs of 5: $16.50 each plug. resistant. Space plants about 3’
ROSANNA U  navailable elsewhere, apart. USDA Zones 4-8. E364R:
$7.50 each; Pkg of 5: $30
Everbearing Raspberries the sweet, superb flavor of this
raspberry from Italy has been PROHIBITED TO CA
Need No Trellis compared to candy and has ROYALTY PURPLE The large fruit
Everbearing raspberries, also called generated tremendous excitement. of this highly vigorous, productive
primocanes, produce fruit on one Expect an abundant harvest of big, purple raspberry from New York
and two year old canes, so instead bright red berries ripens on 5’ tall state offers a unique, delicious,
of trellising, cut canes a few inch- canes in July. In warm climates, sweet flavor and aroma. When
es above the ground each winter. prune plants as everbearers, ripe, berries turn from red to
Starting the following August and cutting canes a few inches above purple. USDA Zones 4-8. E397:
continuing until frost, plants will pro- ground in late fall and primocanes $5.50 each; Pkg of 5: $20;
duce crops of delicious fruit each set a fall crop. USDA Zones 5-9. 4” E3974 (4-inch pot): $5.50 each
year, even the first season. pots. E 3614: $8.50 each PROHIBITED TO OR & CA.

Caroline, Meeker Raspberries Rated Highest for Health

Raspberries (as well as blueberries and black currants) contain especially high levels of antioxidants, which
are known cancer-fighting agents. Caroline contains about 50% more antioxidants than other raspberry vari-
eties, Caroline was also found to be 20-44% higher in beta-carotene, 27-43% higher in vitamin A, 16-77%
higher in vitamin E and 25-48% higher in vitamin C according to Ohio State University studies. Recent clinical
tests conducted at Medical University of South Carolina and dozens of other prestigious research centers,
have shown that ellagitannin, a phytochemical found naturally in high quantities in raspberries, can help pre-
vent cancer and inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Meeker was found to be the best source of this element.

11
Groundcover Raspberries A Rare Himalayan Native
for Northern Growers
ALL FIELD
RUBUS LINEATUS NEW!An
attractive Himalayan native, these
Blackberries
BERRY rare, 5’ tall bushes have beautiful (Rubus species) Why grow black-
(Rubus glossy leaves and produce small berries when they grow wild along
articus x tasty red fruit. USDA Zones 8-10. 4” roadways and paths? The cultivated
stellarticus) pot. E315: $8.50 each varieties we offer are easy to grow,
Rarely they produce reliably huge loads of
seen in Native Berry Bushes fruit and they have delicious differ-
ences in flavor. Not only that, but we
the United
States, these super hardy THIMBLEBERRY have many varieties without thorns!
groundcover raspberries were (Rubus parviflorus) Raintree offers one-year, well-root-
developed in Sweden. Thick This Northwest ed vines that will grow rapidly. Un-
raspberry foliage grows only one native, related less stated, they may be bare root
foot tall each spring and dies to the raspberry, or potted plants. BLACKBERRIES
completely back to the ground each produces small, ARE PROHIBITED TO HI.
winter, only to resprout vigorously bright red fruit
from the roots the next spring. shaped like the top of a thimble. In
Therefore, the potted plants which spring, white, 1” fragrant flowers Grow Dwarf
we offer may be without top foliage appear on the erect, thornless 4-6’ Blackberries in a Pot
if purchased in winter. The pink bush, and in summer the harvest of BABY CAKES™ THORNLESS
fragrant flowers and juicy, delicious rich, tangy fruit arrives. Plants thrive BLACKBERRY NEW! Finally you
bright aromatic berries add to its in full or partial shade. USDA Zones can grow flavorful thornless
landscape attraction. The fruit 4-9. E 305: $13.50 each, 3+: blackberries in a pot without
ripens over about 6 weeks starting $10.50 each
in July and looks ripe before it is a trellis. Baby Cakes, a new
ready to pick! Wait until it separates SALMONBERRY (Rubus spectabilis) introduction, is a dwarf, thornless
easily from the plant to harvest. The Loads of beautiful pink flowers ripen blackberry perfect for container
plants are fully hardy since they are into golden fruit earlier than any gardening. It grows to only 3-4’ tall
a hybrid of Alaskan and Swedish other berries in Pacific Northwest with a pleasing rounded compact
arctic raspberries. They appreciate forests. The fruit, which resembles habit. In summer, large, sweet
a well drained soil and full sun. Plant raspberries, is very mild, but blackberries ripen on top of the
at 1-2’ spacing and weed and water passing hikers and birds enjoy it. plant. In regions without very high
well to get the plants established. Grow the 6’ tall and wide bushes prolonged summer heat, this
It will take 3 years to start fruiting. (not canes) in partial shade or full blackberry will also produce a
Plant at least two varieties for sun. Watch out for prickly stems. flavorful fall primocane crop. USDA
pollination. All varieties are very Hardy to USDA Zones 4-9. E310: Zones 4-8. E  512: $19.95 each, 3+:
similar. 4” pots.G220S Sophia: $13.50 each, 3+: $10.50 each $16.50 each
$7.50 each; G220V Valentina
$7.50 each; G220A Anna: $7.50
each; G220B Beta: $7.50 each;
G220K All Field Berry Six Pack How To Use Raspberries How To Grow
(includes all four varieties): $36 IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use for hedges or SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Lots of organic
fence rows. The colorful berries beautify matter and good drainage. They cannot
NAGOON BERRY your landscape and fruit salads. Try three take wet feet. If you have wet ground,
T
 hese plants were everbearing plants in a large pot on your plant them on a mound, 18” above the
collected near Juneau, deck or plant a pot with the dwarf Bush- water table. Cascade Delight, Anne and
Alaska. Because of el and Berry™ Raspberry Shortcake™ Autumn Britten do better than the others
their excellent flavor, variety. on wetter sites.
Nagoon berries are CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant with
a favorite for eating Useful Facts well rotted manure and fertilize the fol-
fresh, making jelly or POLLINATION: Self-pollinating. lowing spring with more manure. Provide
wine. They are closely SIZE AT MATURITY: 4-6 ft. Bushel and adequate moisture during the growing
related to R. articus and considered Berry™ Raspberry Shortcake™ 2-3 ft. season.
to be a form of that species. The HARDINESS: Hardy to at least -20°F, de- PRUNING JULY BEARERS: Prune out
spineless groundcover grows to 6” pending on variety. Everbearers are hardy second-year canes in the fall after they
tall. The plant has attractive pink in most of the nation if cut to the ground are through fruiting. Don’t prune out new
flowers and produces small, very each fall and mulched. USDA Zones 5-9 shoots since they will produce fruit the fol-
flavorful, red, raspberry like fruit ripe unless otherwise noted.
lowing year. Raspberries make excellent
in August. The flowers are either male SUN: Full sun.
hedges or fence rows and benefit from
or female with both sexes eventually SPACING: 20” between plants in rows 5
feet apart. trellising.
present in the same plant. Grow in a PRUNING EVERBEARERS: Caroline,
PROPAGATION: Cutting or digging up
good well-drained loamy soil in sun plants that come up from the roots out- Autumn Britten, Anne, Polka and Rosanna
or semi-shade. This plant is smaller side of the established rows. bear on one and two year old wood. Prune
than R. articus and has smaller fruits. FRUITFUL LIFE: Replace every 10-15 or mow the canes each winter to get a free
4” pots. G 223: $9.50 each, 6+: $8 years as they decline in productivity. standing fall crop without using a trellis.
each YIELD: Up to 2 lbs. per foot of row. Or prune like a July bearer and get both a
BEARING AGE: 1-2 years. July and a fall crop.
12
Support Needed Enjoy Delicious
to Eat Them All Marion Flavor
TRIPLE CROWN THORNLESS BLACK DIAMOND THORNLESS
T his cultivar can produce 30 (NZ9128-R) This thornless selection
lbs. of large, very sweet, shiny was bred in New Zealand and
blackberries per plant, making introduced by Oregon State
it, with Chester, by far the most University in 2005. It is disease
productive. Fruit has superb resistant, easy to grow, very
flavor both eaten fresh and productive and firm and is prized for
used to make jelly, toppings or making jams. It has Marionberry-
juice. Vigorous canes, up to 2” like flavor but with larger, firmer and
in diameter and 15’ long, thrive of course thornless berries. Harvest
in areas of the country too for up to a month each July. USDA
cold for other blackberries and Harvest the First Year! Zones 6-9. 4”pot. E  573: $8.50
produce huge crops in July and each, 6+: $6.50 each
early August. Grow it as a vining PRIME ARK® FREEDOM
blackberry. Cut new canes the THORNLESSUnlike other MARIONBERRY A  lthough thorny,
first summer when they reach blackberries, this unique upright, Marionberry has such an incredible,
6’ tall and snip the laterals back free standing “primocane” rich flavor that many people prefer
to 2’ long in winter. With this blackberry bears ON FIRST it to any other berry for eating out of
method, use a 3’ spacing and a YEAR CANES, like everbearing hand and for making superb pies,
top wire to tie the upright canes. raspberries do. Allow the jellies or juices. Plants consistently
USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pot. E 588: blackberries to grow for a season. produce heavy crops of high quality
$8.50 each, 6+: $6.50 each; Then each winter, cut the canes just fruit starting in July and continuing
E588R (bareroot): $8.50 each above the ground and allow them to for several weeks. USDA Zones 7-9.
grow back. In September through Bareroot E572R: $8.50 each
CHESTER THORNLESS To extend the
harvest, plant Chester, which starts the fall, simply harvest the fruit or,
its huge production right when Triple if you wish, like with raspberries, Wild Berries Tamed
Crown leaves off. Very large, flavorful you can allow the canes to grow for WILD TREASURE THORNLESS An
berries start ripening in August and a second incredible find from Oregon State
an extremely heavy production year University researchers: the wild
continues all the way until frost. Very and they meets the thornless. This cross
similar to Triple Crown, fruit is borne will also between the wild Cascade trailing
on vigorous, thornless canes that produce blackberry and the thornless
resist cane blight. Plants fruit well in a crop Waldo blackberry combines the
warm weather but don’t fully ripen in in July. best qualities of both. Berries,
cold maritime autumns. USDA Zones Prime which are smaller than Waldos
5-9. 4” pot. E525: $8.50 each, 6+: Ark® but bigger than Cascades, are so
$6.50 each thrives in the Pacific NW and as far sweet, delicious and numerous
north as central Minnesota and that they have amazed and won
Freestanding! No New York. It is a low chill selection, every tasting panel. The self-fertile,
however it doesn’t produce well early ripening plants are vigorous,
Support Needed in places like the deep South, disease tolerant and thornless.
Now grow loads of delicious, where summer temperatures are Wild Treasure will make a winning
thornless blackberries easily ei- consistently above 90°F. Plants are addition to the garden, its fruit
ther with or without a trellis. These hardy in the winter to 10°F or below prized for fresh eating and baking.
large, round berries are scrumptious, zero if cut back to the ground and Wild Treasure retains excellent
juicy and abundant. Plant them 2-3’ heavily mulched. The large, very flavor of the wild berry and has the
apart for an edible hedge. To grow sweet berries ripen in June or July highest nutritional content of all the
them as freestanding plants, allow and again in September. Plant in a blackberries we offer. USDA Zones
the erect thornless cane to reach 4’ row 2-3’ apart. USDA Zones 6-9. 4” 7-9. 4” pot. E545: $9.50 each, 6+:
tall in the summer, then tip it back to pot. E574: $9.50 each, 6+: $7.50 $7.50 each
encourage fruiting laterals. The fol- each
lowing spring, tip the laterals back at
2’ lengths and watch the luscious fruit Early Season Mid Season
form. In winter, simply cut out canes Super Flavor Later Obsidian Boysenberry
that have finished fruiting, and get in the Season Loganberry Marionberry
ready for your next crop. Fruit grows
on canes that grew the previous ONYX TRAILING O  nyx is a trailing Apache Triple Crown
season. USDA Zones 6-9. Apache blackberry from the OSU breeding Wild Treasure Black Diamond
Thornless and Prime Ark® Freedom program in Corvallis, Oregon. It was
Thornless are patented from the Uni- selected for its superior flavor in Tayberry
versity of Arkansas. the late season. Onyx is a vigorous, Late Season Cascade Trailing
APACHE THORNLESS Pictured at
somewhat erect, thorny, trailing Loch Ness Cascade
top, this upright, thornless selection blackberry that produces moderate Chester
produces a heavy load of large, yields of uniform, firm, sweet and
very high-quality fruit. 4-inch pot. Prime Ark® Freedom
flavorful fruit that ripens in late June.
4” pot. E505: $8.50 each, 6+: E557: $11.50 each, 6+: $8.50
$6.50 each each 13
CASCADE TRAILING (Rubus ursinus) Great Scots!
Every summer from Alaska to
Some of the most productive and
How To Use
Northern California, fruit lovers in
the know pick and trip over these delicious blackberries were de- Blackberries
sweet, especially tasty, native trailing veloped in the cool climate of the IN THE KITCHEN: Make cobblers,
blackberries. We offer a selection Scottish Crops Research Institute pancakes, pies, mousses, sauces and of
found by Mike Maki that is among in Invergowrie. They have proven course, jams, jellies and wine.
the biggest and sweetest ever found, widely adaptable in the U.S. IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a barrier
although still small. Grow them on a hedge or trellised on a fence. Grow the
trellis, so they won’t be underfoot and LOCH NESS Try this new, richly tart, dwarf Babycakes™ or other freestanding
so you can pick lots of fruit which is thornless Scottish blackberry for cultivars in a pot.
otherwise only available in the wild its monstrously large, shiny black
and fetches a very high price! We fruit. Semi-erect canes are highly Useful Facts
offer female plants that need to be productive and can be grown like POLLINATION: Self-pollinating, except
pollinized. Unless you have a wild raspberries, with little support. for Cascade Trailing.
trailing male in the neighborhood, HARDINESS: (See varietal descriptions)
Space canes 6’ apart. Expect a In very cold winter areas, a way to make
also plant Tayberry or Cascade. big crop of fruit that ripens late
USDA Zones 7-9. 4” pot. E  520: all varieties much hardier is to lay the
for a blackberry, in August and canes on the ground and cover them in
$8.50 each, 6+: $6.50 each September complementing the late fall with soil, snow or a thick mulch.
CASCADE Thought to be a cross earlier varieties. USDA Zones 5-9. Uncover them in the early spring.
between Loganberry and wild E550R (Bareroot 2 year canes): HARVEST TIME: August through Sep-
Cascade trailing blackberry (which $8.50 each tember, Chester through October.
it will pollinate), this berry was a PROPAGATION: Cuttings, tip layering.
very popular backyard crop 40 TAYBERRY LIFE EXPECTANCY: 6 to 25 years
years ago, but it has long since This heavy- BEARING AGE: 2 years; Prime Ark 1
been unavailable. Many still ask for bearing year.
it, because of an unmatched wild PLANT SPACING: Each variety differs in
backyard vigor. Plant 6-8’ apart unless otherwise
trailing blackberry flavor, higher winner, noted. Boysenberry 5’; Tayberry 4’. All
productivity. and much larger size. a cross vines can be tied to a trellis. All except
Fruit ripens in July. USDA Zones between Tayberry can also be wrapped around a
7-9. 4” pot. E  515: $8.50 each, 6+: blackberry wire.
$6.50 each EXPOSURE: Sun or partial shade.
and
YIELD: 10-30 pounds per plant.
raspberry,
Delicious Raspberry/ was
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Wide range of
soils. Will tolerate some poor drainage.
Blackberry Crosses developed PESTS AND DISEASES: Few.
BOYSENBERRY A  distinctly tart, in Scotland. Vigorous, arching, CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Prune
juicy cross between blackberry thorny canes produce large, out all canes in the autumn after they
flavorful berries that are very long, bear fruit. Blackberries, except Prime
and red raspberry, these large, Ark bears only on last year’s growth.
red-black berries mature at up to narrow and reddish black when Train on wires or fences, except the free
2” long. The harvest of delicious, ripe. Tayberry can be grown in standing cultivars.
aromatic fruit continues to ripen for a sprawling clump, like a black TRAINING: Keep the canes off the
up to two months. Try eating them raspberry. USDA Zones 5-9. E585R ground to make care easier. Keep the
fresh with cream or baking into a (Bareroot): $8.50 each new vines and the two year old bearing
spectacular pie—exceptional. Trellis vines separate so you can prune off and
the trailing, vigorous canes. USDA remove them after they bear. See own-
Zones 6-10. 4” pot.E510: $8.50 Caneberry Supplies er’s manual that comes with each order.
each, 6+: $6.50 each; E510R (1-
2’ bareroot plant): $8.50 each BERRY WIREWe offer 14 For Your Health
gauge soft galvanized wire
THORNLESS to trellis your kiwis, grapes, Many varieties of blackberries have
LOGANBERRY espaliers or berries. Minimum more anthocyanins than blueberries.
The thornless They are also high in fiber. Wild Treasure,
order 200 feet. T070: 15 Chester, Logan, Boysenberries and
Logan is thought cents a foot. T070R (2,900’
to be a wild Marionberries are among those rated
roll): $160 highest in nutritive values.
cross between a
blackberry and BERRIES, RASP & BLACK 3 1
a red raspberry. pages. Learn how to grow and

Mix or match
Plants are only prune them. S  040: $3.95
about half as ORGANIC CANEBERRY &
productive as STRAWBERRY FERTILIZER

any 18 4-inch
either Marionberry or Tayberry. Help your raspberries,
The large, flavorful fruit has a blackberries and strawberries
unique quality that is highly prized. to thrive. Apply 1/2 pound per
ten feet of row or ten square
pots and
Many people prefer the flavor to all
others. USDA Zones 6-10. E560R feet of bed. Instructions
(Bareroot 2 year canes): $8.50 included. 5 lb. Bag. T140:
each $15 each; Any 4 bags of

14
fertilizer $11.50 each
save $18!
 Lingonberry Facts
Lingonberries POLLINATION: Partially self-fertile. Two
varieties improve pollination.
(Vaccinium vitis-idaea) We have the SIZE & PLANT SPACING: Average one
best European cultivars! Scandi- foot height and spacing.
navians love these fantastic edible HARDINESS: Lingonberries can with-
stand arctic temperatures. In very severe
evergreen ground covers that pro- climates they can be covered with peat or
duce delicious cranberry-like berries sawdust in the winter.
great for sauces, jellies and cooking. USDA Zones 3-8.
They are attractive, easy-to-grow HARVEST TIME: Late fall.
plants with bright red fruits the size of SUN OR SHADE: Semi-shade, full sun in
a blueberry. cool summer areas.
RED PEARL Red Pearl is productive FIRST FRUIT: 2 years.
and the easiest to grow! This variety with lush foliage, a small crop of pea YIELD: 1/2 to 1 pound per plant.
is selected in Holland for its tasty size fruit and bright pink blooms. 4”
fruit, vigorous growth and brilliant pots.G1404: $12.50 each How To Grow
green foliage. It is a great pollenizer. SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH below 5.8.
Grows to 16” tall. 4” pots.G130: Lingonberry Supplies Needs good drainage.
$10.50 each, 6+: $9.00 each, 18+ SWEDISH LINGONBERRY RAKE
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant in
$8.00 each  very well made red plastic rake
A
soil well mixed with peat. Mulch with 3 to 4
inches of sawdust. Don’t over water. Don’t
IDA Ida sports large flavorful berries that makes picking lingonberries, cultivate as the roots are just below the
and produces two crops a year, one huckleberries, currants and other surface.
in mid summer and again in late fall. small fruit easy. Rake it over the
It is a vigorous growing compact branch and the berries fall into the
bush that grows to only 8” tall. 4” container. It will
pots.G136: $12.50 each, 6+: save you hours of in large, flat-topped clusters in June
$10.00 each picking. Imported and are used in cooking and cos-
BALSGARD This heavy bearing from Sweden. metics. Each is in a 1 gallon pot.
commercial variety from the T300: $24.50
Swedish University of Agriculture each
has large fruit which is very flavorful CHILDREN’S
Cultivars for Fruit
and easy to grow! Grows to 8” tall. BERRY PICKER Production
4” pots.G135: $12.50 each, 6+: RAKEJust like HASCHBERG(Sambucus nigra) We
$10.00 each the Swedish found this heavy bearing Austrian
REGAL NEW! A vigorous ornamental Lingonberry rake variety in Switzerland. The black
upright plant that grows up to 15 but about half size. berries form in very large clusters
inches tall with a two foot spread. It will enable a half on long stems. The bush is vigorous
It produces both an abundant pint to pick a half pint or more. T307: and spreading, growing to about
summer and a late fall crop of bright $14.50 each 10’ tall. It combines the flavor and
red fruit that gets quite sweet when LEAF & STEM SHAKING TRAY P  lace medicinal qualities of the wild
fully ripe. Developed by the U. of lingon, blue or other berries in this European black elder with heavy
Wisconsin from open pollinated sturdy plastic 13” round, 2” high production and larger fruit.E053:
seed from Finland. USDA Zones red sieve with slotted bottom. Then $18.50 each, 3+ $15 each
3-8. 4” pots.G137: $12.50 each, shake. Most of the leaves and stems
6+: $10.00 each shake out the bottom. Imported KORSOR
from Sweden. T305: $9.50 each (Sambucus
KORALLE NEW! Most popular and nigra) Top rated
productive lingonberry in Europe. It
produces pea sized fruit along the
length of the stem and even fruits
the first year. Its growth habit is
Elderberries commercial variety
in Europe prized
for its nutraceutical
(Sambucus species) Elderberries (medicinal)
upright and bushy and it is slower qualities.
to spread by rhizomes than other are the easiest to grow and care
for of all the fruits and probably the Very similar to
selections. USDA Zones 3-8. 4” Haschberg and
pots.G150: $12.50 each, 6+: most consistently productive.
Allesso. Korsor will
$10.00 each grow to about 8’ tall and produces
SCARLET NEW! S  carlet is a Edible European Elders masses of dark blue berries. E033:
beautiful edible and ornamental (Sambucus nigra) Each S. Nigra $18.50 each, 3+: $15 each
groundcover that grows to only 4-8 variety listed will pollinate and must SAMPO ( Sambucus nigra) This lush
inches tall Scarlet produces large be pollinated by another S. nig- Danish variety is being planted
quantities of medium size, tasty red ra cultivar to produce fruit. These commercially in Sweden and
berries on its branch tips and is also sprawling bushes have been used Germany. It bears large crops of
a great pollinizer for other cultivars. in Europe, western Asia, and North flavorful, healthful fruit among the
USDA Zones 3-8. 4” pots.G138: Africa for millenia. They can grow to dark green foliage. Grows to about
$12.50 each, 6+: $10.00 each 15’ or more but are easily pruned 10’ in sun or partial shade. E 023:
DWARF LINGONBERRY (V. vitis- and kept at about 8’ tall. They are $18.50 each, 3+: $15 each
idaea minus) It grows only about 6” beautiful in all seasons. Creamy,
tall but densely covers the ground usually white, scented flowers grow 15
SAMDAL ( Sambucas nigra) beautiful coppery-red turning bright and mouth puckering. But sweet
This Danish cultivar produces yellow. As the season progresses, varieties are wonderful for fresh
large clusters of flavorful, black leaves take on shades of limey eating, and Raintree offers out-
elderberries that ripen in August green. Its dynamic presence standing Canadian and European
and make luscious jam or wine. brightens a shady corner. Not a cultivars not usually available in the
Each year, long shoots sprout from pollinizer. It produces red berries U.S. Gooseberries generally ripen in
the ground; the following season, which should not be eaten raw. July. They grow slowly at the nurs-
they bear fruit high in antioxidants. E054: $18.50 each, 3+: $15 each ery. We offer well-rooted, one-year
USDA Zones 5-8. E020: $18.50 bushes. USDA Zones 3-8 unless
each, 3+: $15 each Eastern Elders Bred otherwise noted.
ALESSO (Sambucus nigra) This
lush Danish variety is being planted
for Fruit Quality JEANNE Jeanne
is a sweet full
commercially in Europe. It bears (Sambucus canadensis) These flavored, very
large crops of flavorful, healthful similar varieties are hybrids of the productive new
fruit among the dark green foliage. eastern North American Elderberry dark red dessert
Grows to about 10’ in sun or partial selected for sweeter, larger, tastier gooseberry with
shade. USDA Zones 5-9. E052: berries. These ornamental compact multiple disease
$18.50 each, 3+: $15 each shrubs grow 6-10’ tall and need 8’ resistance.
spacing. The large clusters of fruit It is the most
ripen in August and make great resistant to powdery mildew of any
Beautiful Edible pies, wine and jam. We offer well cultivar and is also very resistant
Ornamentals rooted plants. Zones 4-9. Select to White Pine Blister Rust. It shows
two varieties for pollination. PRO- less defoliation from sawflies than
BLACK LACE(Sambucus nigra) HIBITED TO CA.
Black Lace has beautiful dark red/ do other gooseberry cultivars.
purple foliage that is finely cut like ADAMS P  roduces the largest fruit. Jeanne ripens and blooms late,
a Japanese maple. Enjoy the pink Sweet, purple and productive. a week or two after Invicta. The
blooms and edible black fruit. Plant it E030: $11.50 each, 3+: $9.00 bush is upright and grows to about
as a dramatic accent.E067: $22.50 each, 10+: $6.50 each 3’ tall. It is a cross of American
each JOHNS V  ery productive. Large
and European gooseberries and
sweet berries. E035: $11.50 each, expected to be excellent for both
VARIEGATED ( Sambucus nigra) home and commercial plantings.
This bush grows to 8’ tall with an 3+: $9.00 each, 10+: $6.50 each It was introduced in 2006 by the
equal spread. Leaf variegation is a NOVA A vigorous grower with huge USDA Germplasm Repository in
cream color against a dark green clusters of large sweet purple Corvallis, OR. E646: $17.50 each
background. Enjoy black fruit in berries. E032: $11.50 each, 3+:
September.E051: $18.50 each, $9.00 each, 10+: $6.50 each COLOSSAL T  he egg-shaped fruit
3+: $15 each up to 1 ½ inches in diameter with
RANCH NEW! The productive Ranch translucent green skin. The flesh is
BLUE ELDER variety was selected from the wild sweet and mild. It ripens in mid July
(Sambucus in the mid west where it is grown and is a reliable bearer. Originated
caerulea) This NW commercially. It is drought tolerant in Mankato Minn. by Frank Schwab
native is beautiful and a compact plant. One gallon and introduced in 1974, it is very
in all seasons. In size. E036: $18.50 each vigorous and hardy. E  620: $14.50
the spring enjoy the each; 3+: $11.50 each; 10+: $10
many white flower
clusters. In the fall the 15-20’ tall
bush is covered with large clusters
Gooseberries each

New From England

of small powder-blue berries that (Ribes hirtellum) Gooseberries,
are prized for cooking, jelly and highly prized in Europe as an im- BLACK VELVET T  his new
wine. Self fertile. USDA Zones 5-9. portant part of a well-rounded gooseberry cultivar produces large
E015: $15 each, 3+: $12 each, garden, have been sadly neglected crops of sweet dark red fruit with an
10+: $10 each in America, perhaps because peo- interesting hint of blueberry flavor.
ple remember gooseberries as tart The hardy, disease resistant bushes
Lace-leafed Beauty
SUTHERLAND (Sambucus
racemosa) Lovely yellow foliage and Using Elderberries are used in ointments to ease swelling.
Elderberry pulp is a natural food coloring.
a graceful habit set this elderberry HOW TO GROW: Shrubs prefer full sun or The fruit is an anti-oxidant and anti-car-
apart. Each golden leaf is finely partial shade and soil with good organic cinogen because of its high content of
incised, which content and drainage. They are prolific, polyphenols and flavonoids.
makes the heavy bearing and easy to grow. HARDINESS: USDA Zones 4-9 unless
plant seem like IN THE LANDSCAPE: They make great otherwise noted.
a giant, to 12’, hedges or accent plants. The hollow
glowing fern, stems have many uses including making For Your Health
especially when flutes, popguns and fences. The berries Used for centuries in folk medicines,
grown in bright are used in dyes. Birds love them. Two Elderberries — both the most tested Sam-
shade or partial plants provide lots of fruit for a family. bucus nigra and the Sambucus canaden-
sun. New spring IN THE KITCHEN: The fruit is higher in vi- sis varieties — are high in anthrocyanins
growth is a tamin C than oranges. Do not eat raw, but and Vitamin A and C. Elderberry syrup is
it is prized for pies, jellies, tea, soft drinks, used to treat colds and flu and to boost the
16 champagne and of course wine. Leaves immune system.
are very easy to grow HINNOMAKI RED O
 f Finnish origin, Old-Time English Cultivars
and tremendously it has outstanding flavor. The skin
productive in even the is tangy while the flesh is very WHITESMITH Introduced in England
coldest parts of the sweet. Plants are productive with about 1824, this is a vigorous,
nation. E  605: $14.50 dark red medium sized fruit on an tremendously productive upright
each; 3+: $11.50 upright plant. It begins fruiting in the bush. The green oval fruit ripens
planting year and has good mildew mid-July and is sweet with a hint
each; 10+: $10 each of grape flavor. It is delicious eaten
resistance. A favorite with home
INVICTA A gardeners.E639: $14.50 each, fresh or cooked. E634: $14.50
new mildew 3+: $11.50 each each, 3+: $11.50 each
resistant LEVELLER A large oval, yellow
selection
from the Mildew-Resistant Cultivars dessert-quality berry that ripens
in mid season. Developed in
East Malling GLENNDALE NEW! B
 red by the England in 1851 and still a favorite
Research USDA in 1932 for growers at the for delicious flavor and heavy
Station. An Southern limit of gooseberry production. The bush has a
easy to grow culture. An American x European, drooping habit and needs good soil
winner for the organic garden. It it is mildew resistant and tolerates for high production. E667: $14.50
produces heavy yields early in its heat and humidity better than other each, 3+: $11.50 each
life of flavorful large green fruit that cultivars. A vigorous upright bush
hang in heavy clusters down the produces quantities of small tasty
length of the branch. A well-shaped dark red berries. USDA Zones 4-9.
bush. Excellent for pies, jam or E643: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 How to Use Gooseberries
freezing.E650: $14.50 each; 3+: each IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use in foundation
$11.50 each; 10+: $10 each JAHN’S PRARIE An easy to grow, plantings, under spreading trees, borders
mildew resistant, highly productive or short barrier hedges. (Gooseberries have
Top Americans bush with large red berries. Tasty thorns!)
sweet/tart flavor. Selected in
POORMAN T
 his is a highly flavored, Canada from the wild.E665: Useful Facts
sweet table variety which can be $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each POLLINATION: Self-pollinating.
eaten out of hand. The berries are CAPTIVATOR Enjoy large teardrop- SIZE & SPACING: 3-4 ft.
green but turn red when ripe. One shaped fruit, that is pink and sweet HARDINESS: USDA Zones 3-8.
of the best American gooseberries. when ripe. Foliage turns yellow in SUN: Full sun or semi-shade.
E670: $14.50 each; 3+: $11.50 the fall. Mildew resistant and very PROPAGATION: Cuttings taken in the fall.
each; 10+: $9.50each hardy. A cross of European and LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15-30 years
American species that is nearly YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2 years
AMISH RED A  vigorous growing YIELD: Up to 8 to 10 pounds per bush.
large sweet red gooseberry with thornless and easy to pick and
grow. Bred in Ottawa in 1935. E  610:
delicious flavor. From an Amish
$13.50 each, 3+: $10 each How To Grow
farmer in Pennsylvania! E600:
$13.50 each SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Good loam, can
CANADA 0273 T  his medium size red tolerate sandy or heavy soils, but must be
skinned pear shaped gooseberry well drained.
First Place Finnish has very good flavor. The bush is
less thorny than others and mildew
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant
with peat, mulch well and water during arid
HINNOMAKI YELLOWOutstanding resistant. It is from Ottawa, Canada. summers. Mildew can be a problem on
aromatic flavor distinguishes this E607: $13.50 each, 3+: $10 each susceptible varieties. Sulfur can defoliate
variety. The medium size, sweet the plants. Baking soda mixed with spray oil
PIXWELL Unlike most gooseberries,
yellow-green berry has a luscious Pixwell has very few thorns, making sprayed every two weeks can work. Currant
aftertaste reminiscent of apricot. The the harvest of its tart, abundant worms can defoliate bushes. Use BT or
bush is low growing with a spreading pink berries less of an adventure Safer soap. Gooseberries grow best in cool
habit. Fruit ripens in mid-July. It is and more of a pleasure. It is mildew summer areas.
somewhat mildew resistant. E640: resistant and has purple fall leaf PRUNING: Prune annually to maintain large
$14.50 each, 3+: berry size. Cut out wood more than 3 years
color. The tart berries are great old; leave 6-8 canes. You can also train any
$11.50 each for pies and jams! E675: $10.50 currants or gooseberries to an attractive fan
LEEPARED each, 3+: $8.00 each, 10+: shape or cordon.
This very heavy $6.50 each
bearing Finnish
variety is very
mildew resistant Currant & Gooseberry Restrictions
and therefore
makes an easy State laws prohibit our shipping red and white Currants or Goose-
to grow, carefree berries to DE, ME, NC, NH, NJ, RI, WV and MA., except by permit in
attractive plant. certain towns. Black Currants may not be sent to the states men-
The medium size tioned above, as well as Rhode Island. Only-rust resistant varieties
berries have a may go to OH &, MI. If you live in one of these states and believe
rich tart flavor. It your area may be exempt, please send us documentation from
is favored for pies your state Dept. of Agriculture with your order.
and jams.E660:
$13.50 each,
3+: $11.50 each 17
Currants
JONKHEER VAN TETS T
 his red
currant selection from Holland
is a heavy producer of large
dark red, fine flavored fruit. It
(Ribes species) Although not well is mildew and aphid resistant.
known to American gardeners, the Considered by many to be the
pleasant, sweet-tart taste of cur- best flavored red currant variety
rants has been cherished for many in the world, it is not at its best in
years in Europe, often used for jam, a cool maritime climate. E760:
strudel and syrup. Deciduous currant $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each,
bushes add upright structure (4-5’ 10+: $10 each
tall) with fine texture to naturalistic
plantings or mixed hedges, and they REDSTART New from the England
blend nicely with evergreen shrubs. East Malling Station. Redstart
The dense plants attract nesting produces heavy consistent yields and twice the antioxidants of blue-
birds, the flowers are favored by hum- on long strings of medium size berries. The antioxidants, essential
mingbirds, and the fruit draws robins bright red fruit of excellent flavor. fatty acids and potassium in black
and thrushes. We offer well-rooted This sturdy upright bush extends currants have anti-inflammatory
bushes. USDA Zones 3-8. the season, ripening in August. impact, reducing the effects of
E756: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 arthritis. Its antioxidant action has
each, 10+: $10 each been shown to help prevent cancer.
RED CURRANTS The strong flavor of Black Currants
ROSETTAJhonkeer is a parent
Red currants are among the of this extremely productive new is highly prized in Europe, even
most beautiful of edible orna- Dutch variety. Fruit is excellent for fresh, but most Americans prefer
mentals. Attractive fruit and foliage cooking. The large fruit covers the them made into jam, syrup or dried
and resistance to mildew and leaf bush, hanging in huge, glowing red as raisins. Partially self fertile plants
spot make our red currant selec- clusters.E765: $14.50 each, 3+: produce best with another variety
tions favorites for the edible land- $11.50 each, 10+: $10 each for cross-pollinization. Bushes will
scape. Bright, shiny, red clusters grow to 4-5’ tall. We offer well root-
of fruit are striking in the garden CASCADE A consistent, easy ed 1-year bushes. USDA Zones 3-8.
and they enhance any dish to which to grow, proven winner in the
they are added. High quality fruit is Northwest. Because of its bumper Rust-Resistant Favorites
excellent for jams, jellies and sauc- crops of large sweet, beautiful red
es, and it has considerable health fruit, it may need to be staked. MINAJ SMYRIOUA very cold hardy
benefits, including high quantities E785: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 highly productive early season
of vitamin C and potassium. Red each, 10+: $10 each mildew and white pine blister rust
currants are self-fertile. resistant cultivar. It grows quickly
ROVADA This Dutch red currant bears to 5’ tall and produces bountiful
HEROS A  heavy yielding cultivar loads of large, attractive dark fruit clusters of large black currants
from the Netherlands that ripens that is excellent quality and ripens good dried or for cooking. E  725:
in mid season. E  757: $14.50, 3+: 3 to 4 weeks later than Jonkheer. $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 each
$11.50 each Resistance to mildew and leaf spot
make this and other red currant TITANIA A  highly productive,
ROLAM Enjoy large red berries on mildew and white pine blister rust
long trusses. Rolam’s excellent fruit selections favorites for the edible
landscape. E764: $14.50 each, 3+: resistant cultivar. It grows quickly
quality is highly prized by home garden to 6’ tall and produces bountiful
and commercial growers. It is very $11.50 each, 10+: $10 each
clusters of large black currants.
heavy yielding and mildew and leaf TATRAN A  very productive late PP11439 (unauthorized propagation
spot resistant. It ripens in mid-season, season red currant from the former prohibited). E735: $14.50 each,
beginning in the middle of July. A cross Czechoslovakia. Fruit grows in large 3+: $11.50 each
of Jhonkeer Van Tets and Rosetta from clusters and is excellent for cooking.
the Netherlands. E  769: $14.50, 3+: E761: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 KIROVCHANKA  A compact
$11.50 each each, 10+: $10 each moderately productive rust
resistant bush from Russia, noted
RED LAKE An excellent choice for its excellent rich flavor. We got it
for both commercial and home from noted horticulturist and author
production, this fruit is large, juicy, Lee Reich who loves its flavor. 
flavorful and ripens during the mid- to E721: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50
late season. Canes are vigorous and each
resistant to powdery mildew.E762:
$14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each, RISAGER A  very promising flavorful,
10+: $10 each high yielding rust, mildew and leaf
spot resistant cultivar from the
Netherlands. E  736: $14.50 each,
BLACK CURRANTS 3+: $11.50 each
Raintree offers the best selec- PRINCE CONSORT S  pace these
tion of black current cultivars easy-to-grow rust resistant plants
for American gardeners. Black 3’ apart to create a bushy, 5’ tall
currants have outstanding health hedge, and be ready to harvest
benefits, including high Vitamin loads of large fruit. Consort has a
C content, up to 5 times that of very strong flavor. It was developed
oranges by weight. They have in Ottawa, Canada about 1950.
18 twice the potassium of bananas E730: $12.50 each, 3+: $10 each
Outstanding Cultivars English Winners from More European Favorites
From Eastern Europe Across the Pond SWEDISH BLACK A
 fruitful mildew
HILL’S KIEV SELECT A
 seedling HILLTOP BALDWIN R
 ated the resistant, hardy cultivar with a
selection of the Ukrainian cultivar best variety for making jelly from vigorous, spreading habit and
“Cheryeshnava”. A heavily 70 varieties tested at the WSU flavorful medium size fruit. E734:
productive bush with large berries experiment station in Puyallup, $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each
of excellent flavor. It is a cross WA, Hilltop Baldwin is a legendary MOPSYA large productive black
of several currant species and English favorite. It bears a heavy currant with good flavor that ripens
produces the best tasting juice and crop of fruit with a sweet, black early in the season and is grown
jelly. Raintree brought seeds from currant flavor and has the highest commercially in Oregon. E  726:
Kiev. We sent seedlings to the late vitamin C content. E750: $16.50 $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each
famed horticulturist and garden each, 3+: $13.50 each, 10+: INVIGO A high yielding vigorous
writer Lewis Hill in Vermont who $11.50 each bush from Germany that produces
selected this plant as his favorite. CHAMPION A vigorous upright, medium size, easy to pick, flavorful
E717: $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 mildew resistant, very productive berries. E 728: $14.50 each, 3+:
each bush with late season ripening, very $11.50 each
BELARUSKAJA An exciting cultivar good quality fruit. Brought from STRATA A  mildew resistant, early
from Belarus recommended by England to the U.S. in 1897. E703: season variety from Germany.
horticulturist Lee Reich from New $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each E722: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50
York. It’s a cross of R. nigrum x GREEN’S BLACKThis productive each
ridikuscha. It’s productive and easy English cultivar fruits on long
to grow, with sweet flavorful fruit. MAGNUS A productive black currant
clusters that ripen mid-season. It’s that grows to 5’ tall. The berries
E720: $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 balance of sweet/tart flavors rank it
each are firm and easily picked.E724:
at the top. E712: $14.50 each, 3+: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each
OTELO From Slovakia. A leading $11.50 each
European cultivar that is a heavy
midseason bearer with a rich flavor.
BLACKDOWN (Baldwin x Broadtorp) Yellow Flowered
A taste British favorite and easy to
E727: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 pick. It is a large spreading mildew Clove Currant
each resistant bush with large firm CRANDALL ( Ribes odoratum)
berries.E710: $14.50 each, 3+: The most ornamental and the
Grower Friendly $11.50 each sweetest in flavor of all the black
currants. It has deliciously clove
Scottish Varieties WELLINGTON XXX E  njoy large
scented yellow flowers early in
hanging clusters of black currants.
BEN SAREK T  he Scottish Crop Upright, vigorous bushes grow 3 to Spring on a spreading 3-4’ bush.
Research Institute has created this 4 feet tall. A strong producer and It makes a beautiful edible hedge.
compact, frost resistant cultivar for very hardy. E719: $14.50 each, The gooseberry shaped leaves
the backyard grower. The highly 3+: $11.50 each turn brilliant red and yellow in the
mildew and somewhat rust resistant late summer and fall. The fruit is
bush is easily maintained at 3’ tall MENDIP CROSS A  British 1920 large for a currant and round. It
with 3’ spacing. It is consistently hybrid, Baldwin X Boskoop. has a nice sweet flavor without the
so loaded with large, flavorful Vigorous bushes bear large sweet black currant aftertaste. It makes
shiny fruit that branches may need fruit prolifically for many weeks a milder jam, syrup or raisin than
support and can be shaken to starting in early season. E723: other black currants. The plant is
harvest the crop. Self fertile. E716: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each rust resistant and easy to grow.
$14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each, WESTWICK E  njoy large sweet firm E 700: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50
10+: $10 each fruit on a vigorous, compact bush, each, 10+: $10 each
BEN MORE Strong upright branches from this late ripening superior
support the very large crops. English cultivar. E751: $14.50 Currants Cross
Large fruit of excellent flavor, each, 3+: $11.50 each Gooseberries
ripens evenly. It’s late flowering
JOSTABERRY A  thornless cross
often avoids spring frosts. Mildew Dutch Horticulturists between a black currant and a
resistant. E715: $14.50 each, 3+:
$11.50 each, 10+: $10 each Fancy These gooseberry. Jostaberries have the
BOSKOOP GIANTOriginating in vigorous growth habit, the high
BEN LOMONDThe most popular vitamin C content and the disease
commercial variety in Scotland. It Holland before 1885, the very
large, sweet fruits are first to ripen. resistance of the black currant.
is a very heavy producer with the The leaves are gooseberry-like and
traditional strong pungent flavor. Vigorous bushes are moderate
croppers, resist mildew but aren’t the fruit, until it is ripe, looks like
The “Ben” series, named after the a gooseberry. As it ripens in late
mountains of Scotland are among frost resistant in some areas. E705:
$14.50 each, 3+ $11.50 each June, the elongated berries turn
the easiest to grow and highest almost black. The flavor is sweet
quality black currants in the world. BLACK REWARD F  rom the like a ripe gooseberry with just a
This bush is compact, upright to Netherlands and among the best pleasing hint of the stronger currant
5’ tall and easy to grow and prune. flavored, Large bushes produce flavor. Jostaberries are ornamental,
Rated very high in both vitamin C heavy crops of large berries. It thornless and easy to grow. They
and anthocyanins. Ripens mid-July. flowers late and is a consistent are resistant to both powdery
E714: $14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 producer. E711: $14.50 each, 3+:
each, 10+: $10 each $11.50 each 19
 How To Use Currants
Goumis
mildew and white pine blister rust.
Bushes should be pruned like a
gooseberry. Jostaberries make a IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a founda-
great tasting jam. E770: $14.50 tion planting, in containers, espaliers, in
(Eleagnus mul- the perennial borders or in hedges.
each, 3+: $11.50 each, 10+ $10 IN THE KITCHEN: Red and white
each tiflora) A Goumi
bush grows to currants are prized in jams, jellies and
ORUS 8 A  nother cross between a about 6-8’ tall streudels. Black currants, in juices,
black currant and a gooseberry. and is an ideal syrups, jellies and liqueurs. Currants are
Mildew and aphid resistant bushes not usually eaten fresh!
edible shrub
are very productive, upright for a backyard
with some thorns. Fruit is round, edible land- Useful Facts
medium size, dark pruple and very scape. Goumis POLLINATION: Red and white currants
flavorful. Great eaten fresh, or have attractive are self-fertile, black currants partially
used to make jelly or wine.E775: leaves with sil- self-fertile.
$14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each, very undersides. PLANT SPACING: 4 feet apart.
10+ $10 each Each August they SIZE AT MATURITY: 3-5 feet tall.
bear thousands HARDINESS: USDA Zones 3-8
EXPOSURE: Sun or partial shade.
WHITE AND PINK of pretty, red,
ORIGIN: Europe.
juicy, pleasingly
CURRANTS tart fruits, each YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: Two.
RIPENING: Late June, early July.
White and pink with a small pit. LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15 to 30 years.
currants are Good for eating out of hand, they
rarely avail- are more typically made into sauc- How To Grow
able. Their es, pies, and jellies. Goumi’s toler-
hardiness and ate a wide range of soils, fix nitrogen SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH of 5 to 7,
and begin producing fruit in a year prefers good garden loam but will toler-
growth habit ate heavy or sandy soils.
is like their red or two. They are self fertile but may
produce more with a pollinizer. Plant CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Mulch
cousins. They with manure or compost, apply nitrogen
are very pro- in full sun, 7’ apart or 4’ for a hedge.
sparingly. Requires annual pruning of
ductive and USDA Zones 6-9. old canes. Fruit is born on new wood.
high in Vitamin SWEET SCARLET GOUMI™ This 
Currants grow best in cool summer
C. Bushes outstanding Ukrainian Goumi areas.
grow to 5’ tall. variety was selected for sweetness PRUNING: When planting black
USDA Zones and fruit production by the Kiev currants, cut each shoot back to three
3-8. Botanic Garden.D561: $28.50 buds. Each winter, prune out old shoots.
PRIMUS each See the “Plant Owners Manual” that
comes with your order. Prune red and
WHITE This GOUMI SEEDLING A  producer of white currants like gooseberries.
cultivar from tasty goumis and a pollinizer for the
Slovakia is Sweet Scarlet GoumiTM. One gallon
grown for its pot. D562: $19.95 each weak branches. Space about 6’ apart
sweeter flavor
Honeyberries
or 3-4’ for a hedge. Select two variet-
and frost and mildew resistance. ies for pollination. USDA Zones 2-8.
This compact bush produces large
strings of fruit in midseason, used
for cooking, wine and juice.E795: (Lonicera caeru- For Maritime and
$14.50 each, 3+: $11.50 each lea edulis) This Cold Climates
BLANCA WHITE B  lanca is very attractive, arch- BLUE PACIFIC™ A late blooming
productive and is used for ing bush grows cultivar from the east coast of
winemaking, juice, and for fresh quickly to about 4’ Russia with a compact spreading
eating. It has a vigorous, spreading tall. Small, white, form, that produces flavorful light
growth habit and produces fruit at funnel shaped blue fruit. D730: $19.95 each
midseason.E792: $14.50 each, flowers appear in
February or March BLUE VELVET™ A  late blooming
3+: $11.50 each cultivar that grows to 4’ tall and 6’
and develop into
PINK CHAMPAGNE A cross of red delicious, tear- wide. It has unusual greyish green,
and white currants. Clusters of drop-shaped, velvety leaves. The fruit is flavorful
beautiful translucent pink berries light blue fruit that ripens in May and comparatively large. D  729:
make delicious jellies, syrups and with high amounts of ascorbic acid $19.95 each
juices. E787: $14.50 each, 3+: and bioactive flavonoides. New to BLUE MOON™A very attractive
$11.50 each America, but widely grown in Rus- spreading shrub, Blue Moon has
GLOIRE DE SABLONSLong clusters sia, China and Northern Japan, the soft, velvety, bright-green foliage.
of pink, sweet fruit adorn this blueberry-like fruit may become a It bears abundant crops of large,
compact 4’ tall bush. A productive, valuable new fruit for Northern grow- light-blue, tasty fruit. D727: $19.95
disease resistant, upright grower ers. Raintree offers late blooming each
with heavy crops in July. Use like a cultivars that perform well in both
cold climates and in the moder- KAMCHATKA NEW! A late blooming
red currant. E788: $14.50 each, variety from eastern Russia,
3+: $11.50 each ate Pacific NW. Plants prefer sun
and well drained soil. Little pruning is Kamchatka blooms late and bears
good crops in the Pacific Northwest.
20 required: just remove overlapping and
An attractive, semi-upright, small HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE Aronia is native to
shrub, it bears abundant, large, ( Leycestria formosa) The same as the eastern U.S,
dark blue, sweet and tasty fruit. the Golden Lanterns listed above the best variet-
D731: $19.95 each but with green instead of golden ies were bred in
leaves. 1-quart pot. D605: $24.50 Europe. Plants are
For Cold Climates each self-fertile and can
be spaced 4-6’
BERRY BLUE™ A productive tasty
variety with an abundance of light
blue fruit. It blooms early and is best
Highbush apart, or 3’ for a
hedge. It’s not an
“aronia’s con-
suited to cold climates with late
springs. D 726: $19.95 each
BLUE BELLE™Blue Belle™ bears
Cranberry clusion” that this, Goumi and Sea
Buckthorn are the most productive
fruiting bushes available. USDA
good crops of large, round deep Beautiful in All Seasons Zones 3-8.
blue and tasty berries on a 5’ bush HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY VIKING B  red in Scandinavia. Very
with a spreading habit. Pollinize with (Viburnum trilobum) A beautiful flavorful, incredibly productive.
Berry Blue. D  724: $19.95 each 10’ tall, shade D703 (1 gallon): $24.50 each,
tolerant 3+: $19.50 each; D703S (1
Autumn ornamental with
showy white
spring blos­soms.
quart): $18.50 each; 3+: $16.50
each

Olive The bitter red

fruit is attractive
to birds and can
NERO B  red in the Soviet Union.
Almost identical to Viking. Both
are loaded with flavorful fruit each
PORTUGUESE SUPERHERO be processed year. D 705 (1 gallon): $24.50
( Elaeagnus umbellata) An Autumn to make pre­ each, 3+: $19.50 each; D705S (1
Olive from British Columbia serves, syrup or wine. The fruit is so quart): $18.50 each; 3+: $16.50
selected for it’s abundant abundant and brightly colored that each
production of flavorful fruit. Autumn it looks almost like the lights on a RAINTREE SELECT W  e started
Olives are vigorous nitrogen fixing Christmas tree. The fall foliage turns about 25 seeds from productive
bushes to 15’ tall that are loaded a brilliant red. Self-fertile. Full sun or Russian Aronia plants and all of
in the spring with sweetly fragrant partial shade. A great hedge plant. them produced huge amounts of
yellow/white flowers. Super Hero Space 8’, 4-5’ for a hedge. Zones fruit. We selected this one as a
produces lots of tasty fruit very 3-9. We offer 3-4’ plants. D  760: winner among the resulting plants
high in lycopene. 1 quart pot. USDA $11.50 each; 5+ $9.50 each for its slightly more compact, bushy
Zones 3-8. D566: $24.50 each UKRAINE NEW! (Viburnum opulus) habit and good flavor. D706 (1
PROHIBITED TO MA, LIMIT ONE We selected this seedling because gallon): $24.50 each, 3+: $19.50
it has a similar beautiful habit, each; D706S (1 quart): $18.50

Chocolate fall color and massive red berry

production as the usual high
each; 3+: $16.50 each
MCKENZIE ARONIA A  recent

Berry bush cranberry but with better,

somewhat less astringent fruit
quality. USDA Zone 5-9. One quart
release from North Dakota. These
seedlings are each very productive
with heavy clusters of easy to pick
pot. D  762: $24.50 each berries used to make tasty juices
GOLDEN LANTERNS
and jellies very high in anti-oxidants.
HONEYSUCKLE
(Leycestria formosa)
This amazing
edible ornamental
Aronia This plant grows taller than many
aronia bushes, sometimes reaching
ten feet tall. They are used as a
shrub, native to Move Over Cranberry wildbreak or wildlife habitat. 1-2’
size. D702: $9.50 each, 3+:
lower altitudes in ... Here Comes Aronia $7.50 each, 10+: $6 each
Tibet, is also called
Chocolate berry. (Aronia melanocarpa) Beauti-
Golden Lanterns® ful, very productive and easy
is an outstanding selection with to grow, this shrub is bound to
bright golden, heart-shaped leaves, become a staple in American
reddish new growth and pendulous
white and burgundy flowers that
backyards, as it has in Eastern
Europe, where it is widely used in
Save Shipping on
attract butterflies and bees. In late
summer and early fall, the plant
delicious juices, soft drinks, jams
and wine. The handsome, disease
Smaller Plants
produces lots of small, round, resistant bushes have dark green, If your entire order consists of
green berries that turn dark purple oval foliage and grow about 5’-6’ currants, gooseberries, bun-
when ripe and have a flavor akin to tall with an equal spread. Charming dles of strawberries, mushroom
bitter chocolate. In the South, the white spring flowers develop into dowels, or asparagus, we may
6’, upright shrub stays beautiful clusters of glossy, round, vio- be able to save you money on
year round, but in the North, it dies let-black berries with a strong, tart shipping since they are smaller
back to the ground each winter flavor that comes from high flavo- items. Call us at 1-800-391-8892
and resprouts the following spring. noid/anti-oxidant content. Fruit is for a shipping quote.
Hardy to Zone 6 if mulched, it likes naturally high in vital vitamins and
well-drained soil. Zones 6-10. 1 minerals, and in fall, the foliage
quart pot. D604: $24.50 each changes to striking red. Although 21
Serviceberries Seaberries
excellent juice or preserves. This
productive bush, from Belarus, grows
to 10’ with darker green foliage.
D743: $26.50 each
These very winter (Hippophae rham-
hardy plants noides) Always RUSSIAN ORANGE FEMALEAn
— also known loaded with fruit, attractive, vigorous and productive
as Saskatoons seaberries are medium-sized shrub. Russian
— make attrac- widely used for Orange bears abundant crops of
tive ornamental healing in Asia very large, flavorful, deep orange
shrubs or hedg- and Europe, berries. Russian Orange also features
es and produce where they are unusually lush grayish-green foliage.
delicious edible fruit. Developed in valued as a D750: $26.50 each
Alberta and grown commercially in potent anti-ox- ORANGE ENERGY® FEMALE NEW!
Canada, this tasty blueberry-size idant, a source O
 range Energy® is a German cultivar
fruit is high in Vitamin C and great for for vitamins C prized for its prolific crops of flavorful
eating fresh or making pies. Plants and E and a heal- large bright orange vitamin rich berries.
are pretty in all seasons, with attrac- ing oil. The attractive small tree or The heavy crops turn the whole plant
tive white flowers in spring and bright shrub -- also called Sea Buckthorn -- a bright orange when they are ripe in
yellow foliage in fall. Train them as is likely the most widely grown, north- September. D  755: $26.50 each
single-stemmed trees or let them ern hardy, fruiting plant in the world, SIROLA FEMALE N  EW! This new
sucker and become multi-stemmed but most Americans have never heard hybrid of Siberian and German
bushes or edible hedges. Plants of it! In Europe, the sour, flavorful parents is a great variety for the home
tolerate a variety of soils, but prefer fruit is sweetened and its orange- garden. Early ripening and attractive,
a neutral or slightly acid pH. They passion-fruit-like flavor makes fine Sirola bears abundant crops of bright
are self fertile and long-lived. USDA sauces, jellies and a base for liqueurs. reddish-orange, large and unusually
Zones 3-9 unless otherwise noted. Blended with other fruits, it makes a sweet fruit. Sirola is good for fresh
We offer healthy, well-rooted bushes. delicious juice. The plants, native to
the Russian Far East, are incredibly eating and makes a tasty juice,
THIESSEN(Amelanchier alnifolia) especially when mixed with Leikora,
The largest fruiting cultivar available, productive and a great choice for
backyard fruit production! Narrow Orange Energy or another more
with excellent flavor and productivity. acidic variety. D  757: $28.50 each
It’s a consistent producer and great silver leaves and plentiful round, yel-
low-orange fruit cover the 6-10’ tall, MALE T  he male does not produce
commercial choice. Grows to 10 to fruit. It is an attractive ornamental.
12’ tall. D
 474: $12.50 each, 3+: narrow, upright female forms. Give
$9.50 each plants full sun and good drainage, One male will pollinate up to eight
and space them about 7’ apart or females. D746: $24.50 each
NORTHLINE ( Amelanchier alnifolia) 3-5’ for a hedge. They are extremely
This variety grows only 5-7’ tall
and suckers profusely making a
great winter hardy fruiting hedge.
hardy, to -50°F, disease resistant and
easy to grow. Branches are used in
floral displays, and commercial crops
Edible
It produces loads of large, flavorful
fruit at an early age. It was selected
in 1960 at Beaverlodge, Alberta.
are harvested by cutting off entire
fruit-laden branches. Female plants
need a male pollinizer, with one male
Groundcovers
D472: $12.50 each, 3+: $9.50 for up to 8 females. USDA Zones 3-9. SALAL ( Gaultheria
each shallon) Salal was
GOLDEN SWEET FEMALE™(Byantes used widely by all of
SMOKEY ( Amelanchier alnifolia) The cv.) One of the sweetest cultivars, it
3/4 inch blue black fruit is sweet the Pacific NW coastal
produces yellow-orange berries. The Indians as a staple in
and considered the most highly 12’ tall shrub is tolerant of most soils, their diet. It was eaten
flavored serviceberry. The very even maritime conditions. Fruit has a both dried in cakes
productive plant can be trained as unique sweet-acid taste, sometimes and fresh from the
a multi-stemmed bush or small 12’ made into the after-dinner drink, bush. Fully ripe salal
tree. Plant it 10’ apart, or 4’ apart in Schnapps.D745: $28.50 each
a hedge. D  470: $12.50 each, 3+: berries from robust healthy bushes
$9.50 each LEIKORA FEMALE Bright, tart orange are flavorful and juicy. If planted
berries cover the branches. This in the sun, the beautiful, upright,
APPLE SERVICEBERRY  German variety grows to 10’ tall. Fruit leathery leaved bush will grow only
(Amelanchier x Grandiflora) Grow ripens in September and remains about 2’ tall. In the shade it can
this all season’s beauty as a single on the plant until heavy frosts. The reach 5-10’. Berries are the size of
or multi stemmed 15-30’ tree. In gorgeous fruit laden branches blueberries and are blue-black in
spring pink buds open to a mass of are used for juice and in floral color. Space plants 2’ apart in full
large white flowers. Young purple arrangements. D742: $24.50 each sun, 4’ apart in shade. USDA Zones
spring leaves turn to green as they 6-9. 4” pot. G  340: $6.50 each,
ASKOLA FEMALE S  elected in
produce an abundance of small 6+: $5.50 each
edible round fruit favored by birds the former East Germany for an
and people. In the autumn the exceptionally high content of Vitamin
leaves turn a bright array of yellow- C and E, Askola fruit ripens in late WINTERGREEN 
orange and red. USDA Zones 4-8. August and makes delicious and very (Gaultheria procumbens) Winter-
2-3’ size. D455: $12.50 each, 3+: nutritious juice.D738: $26.50 each green berries ripen from late August
$9.50 each TITAN™ FEMALE Named for its large, until winter and are bright red. They
bright orange berries, which are tart, can be made into tea, eaten raw, or
22 flavorful and aromatic and make mixed into fruit salad. Both leaves and
fruit taste berries of `Berry Cascade’ grow the followed by
like win- entire length of the stem, forming orange-red ber-
tergreen a charming, cascade effect. The ries. The plant
lifesavers. berries ripen starting in late August is self-fertile,
They are a until late winter and the fall and drought resis-
native of winter foliage is a beautiful orange tant, and likes
the east- and red, brighter than regular 1 a half to full
ern United quart Pot. G 375: $11.50 each day of sun and
States well-drained
and hardy
to USDA
Zones
Goji Berries soil. It prefers
warm summer
days and cool
3-9. This (Lycium barbarum) Also known as nights, and pre-
plant is a Wolfberry, these sweet and nutri- fers neutral or
creeper and will spread outward 12 tious berries are eaten fresh, juiced somewhat alkaline soil. Our plants
inches or more. Plant 12 inches apart, or dried like raisins. The berries are are grown from cuttings from supe-
in partial or full shade. Wintergreen a popular medicinal herb. Among rior cultivars. USDA Zones 5-9.
grows about 6 inches tall and makes the highest in protein and anti-ox-
a great edible red and evergreen PHOENIX TEARS A superior
idants, they have more carotene hardy variety selected for its fruit
ground-cover. than carrots and contain all the es-
sential amino acids and many min- production and nutritive value.
CHERRY BERRY™ NEW!This new Enjoy its flavorful red berries. 4” pot
cultivar is distinguished by its erals. Grow this attractive Chinese
native on a trellis to more than 10’ H2024: $16.50 each, 6+: $13.50
abundant crops of larger, nickel each
size, showy red tasty berries. 1 tall or trim it as a bush and keep at
quart Pot. G  370: $11.50 each 4-6’ tall. Light purple, bell-shaped CRIMSON STAR T  his productive
flowers bloom in May and continue Northern Chinese cultivar has large,
BERRY CASCADE™ NEW! U  nlike throughout the summer. The third tasty bright red berries. 1-gallon
most Gaultheria cultivars, the year and thereafter, flowers are pot. H203: $26.50 each

Apples
(Malus pumila) Raintree Nursery specializes in offering superior, dis-
ease-resistant apples for the backyard grower. We select varieties from
around the world for their exceptional flavor and ease of growing, each with
unique qualities to recommend it. Gardeners can have apples off their trees RED BELLE DE BOSKOOP T  his
from August through November, and they can enjoy the harvest until March heirloom keeper apple originated
or April, since many apple varieties keep for long periods without refrigera- in Boskoop, Holland, in 1856, and
tion. is still prized in Europe where it
is a popular commercial variety.
Ever since early American settlers took their favorite varieties of apples to Trees produce heavy crops of very
their new homesteads, apples have been important in family meals. The large apples that are superior for
harvest from apple trees provides fresh and hard cider, classic American cooking and baking into pies, with a
apple pies, stores of sauces, butters and other delicacies. rich combination of sweet and tart
We indicate, with this apple carrying a shield symbol, those vari- flavors. The apples, russetted over
eties that are disease resistant and easiest to grow organically. a red base, ripen in late October
Even if varieties are not completely scab resistant, many are still accept- and store well all winter with flavors
able for the organic grower who doesn’t demand picture perfect fruit for improving in storage. Trees have
cider or other uses. Also, even though some great selections might require some resistance to scab. Boskoop
more care, the result is worth the effort. We offer sturdy, well-rooted, is rated among the highest in
3-5’ grafted trees on the best dwarfing root stocks. Responding to phytonutrients. A161D (EMLA
requests, we also offer mini-dwarfs (2-3’ trees) and full size apple trees. dwarf 26): $26.50 each; A161T
USDA Zones 4-9 unless noted. (EMLA 27): $28.50 each; A161F
(Antanovka): $26.50 each
Our Russets Have Incredible Flavor ASHMEAD’S KERNEL The
incredible sweet-tart flavor of
Russetting develops naturally on the skin of some apple va- this superb heirloom apple has
rieties. Many of the russets possess incredible combinations made it a connoisseur’s favorite.
of flavors that make them among the finest flavored apples in Discovered in Gloucester about
the world. Try these classic apple trees in your yard. 1750, scab resistant trees are easy
HUDSON’S GOLDEN GEMDiscovered as a fence row to grow and are grown commercially
seedling in Tangent, OR, about 1931, this tasty, russetted in England today. The medium size
apple was originally marketed as a pear because of its fruit with brown russetting keeps
brownish hue and elongated shape. The delicious flesh is crisp and sweet; extremely well. A090D (EMLA 26)
the flavor is nutty and refreshing. It is productive, bears annually and $26.50 each; A090T (On EMLA
resists scab and mildew quite well. The large fruit ripens in late October 27 mini-dwarf) $26.50 each;
and will hang on the tree well into winter. It’s a good keeper. A400D A090F (Antanovka): $28.50 each
(EMLA 26 rootstock): $26.50 each; A400T (EMLA 27 mini-dwarf):
$28.50 each 23
 Resistant Cultivars
Presented with [PRI]de
For years, researchers at the
Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois fruit
breeding program (PRI) have been
developing delicious tasting dis-
ease resistant apples. Notice that
they put the letters “pri” in many
of their patented selections. Try
these wonderful new disease-re-
sistant selections in your yard.
They have been proven to thrive in
produces heavy crops of crisp, backyards throughout the nation.
EGREMONT RUSSET NEW! T
 he juicy, delicious apples in September
deep green disease resistant after a long, mid-season bloom. Best Early Ripeners
foliage makes an enchanting sight A compact spur habit adds to its
in English gardens speckled with winning nature. A385D (ELMA WILLIAM’S
thousands of round golden brown 26 dwarf rootstock): $26.50 PRIDE
orbs. The delicious fruit ripens in each; A385T (EMLA 27 mini- Highly rated for
early October with a delicious nutty dwarf rootstock): $28.50 each; its sweet, rich,
flavor. Eat it with a chunk of cheddar A385TB (Mini Belgian Fence): spicy flavor,
cheese. A250D (EMLA dwarf 26): $39.95 each the large, red
$26.50 each fruit ripens in
WYNOOCHE EARLY A  flavorful large early August
ROXBURY RUSSET A fine cider or red and yellow apple that ripens and is the best
dessert apple with great flavor. in mid August and is highly scab of the early
Roxbury is surmised to be the first resistant. It has proven to thrive in apples. Trees are very productive
American variety, originating near maritime and even coastal areas. with strong, well-angled branches.
Boston in the early 17th century. Despite ripening early it keeps for An early season bloomer with
Enjoy the beautiful large golden months. A sweet and tart mixture unusually long lasting blossoms, the
brown, orange blushed fruit each of flavors makes it good for fresh tree is immune to scab and resistant
October. A628D (EMLA 26 eating, pies, or sauce. The tree is to cedar rust and fireblight. A700D
dwarf): $26.50 each spreading and a vigorous grower. (EMLA 26 dwarf): $26.50 each;
BROWN RUSSET T  his heritage It blooms in early season. It was a A700F (Antanovka): $28.50
variety is scab and mildew numbered selection from New York each; A700T (EMLA 27 mini
resistant and a great choice for the that was named in Southwest WA dwarf): $26.50 each
organic grower. The fruit, which state. A745D: $26.50 each PRISTINE®
ripens in October, is a pleasing This PRI
brown color and has an excellent, Rezista® Apples selection
sweet flavor. Enjoy it fresh, made Enjoy these outstanding resistant produces large
into a wonderful cider, or kept in a crops of beautiful
box until spring. A110D: $28.50 cultivars from Eastern Europe.
yellow apples
each GOLD STARTMDr. Jaroslav that are crisp
Tupy of the Botany Institute and tasty. Fruit
Disease Resistant in Stricovice, Czech Republic ripens in August.
developed this outstanding scab, Mildly tart, they are excellent for
Yellow Cultivars mildew and fireblight resistant eating fresh, for baking and for
CHEHALIS An excellent choice for cultivar. Large, juicy, yellow apples cooking into applesauce. Trees are
organic growers who like a very have a smooth finish, fine texture highly resistant to scab and cedar
large, sweet yellow apple. This and spicy flavor. Trees bloom mid- apple rust and partly resistant to
old favorite was discovered north season; fruit ripens late October; powdery mildew and fireblight.
of Chehalis, WA, in 1937. Fruit and keeps very well in storage. On A570D (EMLA 26 dwarf): $26.50
resembles Golden Delicious in EMLA 26 dwarf. A  265D: $26.50 each; A570F (Antanovka):
looks and flavor, but it is larger and each $26.50 each; A570T (EMLA 27
crisper. Reliable, highly productive mini dwarf): $28.50 each; A570E
BELLATM T  his crisp large, (3-tiered espalier): $69.95 each;
trees are very resistant to scab elongated bright red apple has
and partly resistant to mildew. Fruit A570DB (Belgian Fence): $39.95
a pleasing combination of sweet each; A570TB (Mini Belgian):
ripens late in September. A  200D and tart flavors. It ripens in late
(EMLA 26 dwarf): $26.50 each; $39.95 each
September and is resistant to scab,
A200T (EMLA 27 mini-dwarf): mildew, fireblight, cedar apple rust,
$28.50 each and red mite. It was developed In Mid-Season Form
GREENSLEEVES O  rganic growers by the German Dresden-Pillnitz DAYTON The large, beautiful,
in England rave about this large, program that has combined disease brilliant red fruit is crisp and
beautiful, yellow apple. Bred at resistance with the flavor of Cox’s juicy with a great sweet-tart flavor.
East Malling for its scab and mildew Orange and other highly flavored Very productive trees have an
resistance, the cross between apples. It has a medium sized upright form and strong branch
Golden Delicious and James Grieve growth habit and blooms early to angles, and they are immune to
mid season. (PPAF) On EMLA 26 scab and resistant to both mildew
24 rootstock. A605D: $26.50 each and cedar rust. Fruit on this
superior PRI selection ripens in QUEEN COX
late September. A 240D (EMLA 26 (SELF-FERTILE)
dwarf): $26.50 each; A240TB This patented
(Mini Belgian): $39.95 each; self fertile
A240F (Antanovka): $26.50 clone has the
each; A240T (EMLA 27 mini- flavor, mellow
dwarf): $28.50 each aftertaste and
aroma of the
Disease Resistant Keeper famed Cox’s Orange Pippin. Queen
Cox sets bumper crops of delicious
ENTERPRISE Glossy red apples fruit each year, without a pollinizer, Raintree Owner Sam Benowitz gets bonked
with an excellent sprightly flavor even when fruit set is poor on other on the head by a Flower of Kent apple at
ripen in late October and keep well, apples, including other Cox type Woolthorpe in England. He discovered it
with flavor improving in storage. The apples. The fruit of Queen Cox is hurt!
productive, vigorous, spreading larger and the tree more disease
tree is immune to scab and resistant resistant than Cox’s Orange Pippin.
to fire blight, cedar apple rust and The tree is 15% less vigorous than
mildew. Proven in much of the other Cox varieties. Fruit ripens in
nation. A 300D (EMLA 26 dwarf): early September. The only reliably
$26.50 each; A300T (EMLA 27 self-fertile apple. A
 581D (EMLA 26
mini-dwarf): $28.50 each dwarf): $26.50; A581T (EMLA 27
mini dwarf $28.50 each; A581F
Cox’s Corner (Antanovka): $28.50 each
Some of the world’s finest tasting ELLISON’S
apples have the English legend ORANGEA
Cox’s Orange Pippin as a parent. favorite of English
organic growers
CHERRY COX A  medium-size, since 1904, this Cox’s
round, deep-red apple that is Orange x Calville
consistently productive and has Blanc cross, bred
excellent Cox’s Orange-like flavor. in Lincolnshire, England, combines
It is a sport of Cox’s Orange Pippen an outstanding aromatic flavor with
from Denmark. It is easy to grow heavy cropping and resistance to
and somewhat disease resistant. scab. The complex flavor is at once JOHNNY
Cherry Cox ripens in early October sweet and tart with a hint of anise, APPLESEED In the
and has a compact spreading and the flesh is crisp and juicy. A 1830’s, thousands
growth habit. It blooms in mid wonderful choice for the organic of apple trees were
season. It is a reliable favorite orchard, but these apples do not planted in Ohio by
here at Raintree. A  185D (EMLA keep well. Ripens mid-September. one John Chapman,
26 dwarf): $26.50 each; A185T USDA Zones 4-9. EMLA 26 dwarf. who earned the
(EMLA 27 mini dwarf): $28.50 A252D: $26.50 each nickname Johnny
each Appleseed for his
RUBINETTE
KARMIJN DE Rubinette is loved work. Nearly two centuries later,
SONNAVILLEThis for its delicious it is extremely rare to find a tree
intensely flavored, sweet/tart flavor. documented to be a graft from
red russetted apple Loads of incredibly one of Johnny’s trees, but Raintree
from Holland claims delicious, small- acquired one. It was tracked down
both high sugar and medium, attractive by Scott Scogerboe, who found
high acid content, orange colored apples ripen an old newspaper article that
making it a fresh- in early October. It is Golden told of an Ohio homestead where
picked favorite. A triploid cross Delicious X Cox’s Orange Pippin Johnny Appleseed had planted a
between Cox’s Orange Pippen and from Switzerland and a favorite tree. Early in the 20th century, a
Jonathan, it inherited great qualities of European growers. EMLA 26 student who visited the homestead
from both parents, but good looks rootstock. A625D: $26.50 each took a cutting, grafted a new tree
is not one of them. You will only be and planted it in his family’s yard.
able to benefit from the impressive The child who planted the grafted
flavor and aroma by growing your Historic Apple Trees tree, now elderly, retired from the
own. Some people prefer the flavor FLOWER OF KENTAs the story same school where Scott found the
a month or so after harvest, when goes, Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of ancient tree.This tree is productive
the complexity has mellowed. When gravity were inspired by an apple with medium to large red apples
apples ripen in mid-October, store that fell from the Flower of Kent over yellow background. The flesh
them in a box in anticipation of even tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in is sweet and the texture is a little
finer flavors all winter. This vigorous Lincolnshire, England. The original mealy. However, it is surprisingly
tree, with some resistance to scab, tree, now long gone, lives on from good for a seedling and was
thrives in the Pacific Northwest. grafts taken in the 1800’s. The tree probably kept all these years for its
A420D (On EMLA 26 dwarf): produces green, oval, mealy, sub flavor and ease of growing. A  465SA
$26.50 each; A420T (EMLA 27 acid apples used for cooking. They (MM106 semi dwarf rootstock):
mini dwarf rootstock): $28.50 flower and ripen late. On EMLA 7 $28.50 each
each; A420S (EMLA 7): $28.50 semi-dwarf rootstock. A249S:
each $26.50 each 25
 FORT VANCOUVER Located at Old ARKANSAS BLACK N
 amed for
Apple Tree Park in Vancouver, WA, its purple-red fruit, this popular
this living tree, planted between heritage apple turns almost black
1826 and 1830, is believed to when fully ripe. It is a favorite in the
be the oldest apple tree in the Midwest and upper South. It is an
Pacific Northwest. The small green excellent keeping apple with firm,
apples ripen in September and crisp flesh and a tart, aromatic
are used for pie or cider. The old flavor that mellows in storage.
apple tree was planted from seeds Apples ripen late in the season on
brought from England. Plant a bit trees that are somewhat resistant
of history in your yard, too. The to cedar-apple rust and fireblight.
community celebrates the Old A088S (MM106 semi-dwarf
Apple Tree Festival each year on rootstock): $26.50 each
the first Saturday in October to FAMEUSE C  alled the snow apple
commemorate this historic tree. for its bright white flesh that is
A470S (EMLA 7 semi-dwarf): sometimes streaked red, this small
$26.50 each orange-red apple has been an
BARDSEY This amazing unique
apple comes from the windswept American favorite for more than
Bardsey Island off the coast of More Flavor-Packed 250 years. Tender, juicy apples that
ripen in September have a great
Wales and is available for the first Heritage Apples sweet/tart flavor that is prized for
time to American gardeners. The fresh eating, cooking and making
fruit is pink striped over a yellow For hundreds of years, Americans
base and is picked in Wales in have enjoyed these great old culti- an aromatic bitter/sweet cider.
late September and stores until vars! MM106 semi dwarf. A658S:
November. The tree flowers TOMPKINS KING Known as King, $26.50 each
early in the season. The fruit also the large yellow-green apples with
appears to be scab free. It grows red stripes are excellent for eating Gravenstein Strains
and produces well here at Raintree fresh, for cooking and for cider The old-fashioned Gravenstein,
Nursery and should do well in making. They also keep well. This known for its wonderful, tangy flavor,
other maritime climates. Bardsey highly prized apple is a tip bearer. is the ideal sauce, pie and cider ap-
Island has long been associated (Tip bearer pruning note: Wait ple. Allow the vigorous tree some ex-
with religious activity. Pre-Roman to prune until two inches of new tra room. Fruit ripens in early Septem-
Celts visited the Island to pray and growth has begun in spring. Then ber, but is biennial, bearing a heavy
often to die on this most western prune back to 6-8” of last years crop every other year. There are many
isle. During early Christian times growth!) A480D (EMLA 26 dwarf): old time “strains”. Each tastes the
Bardsey was a place of pilgrimage. $26.50 each same but looks different. Some have
Three trips to Bardsey Island were NORTHERN SPY A  mong the best skin that is solid red, some are mainly
said to equal a pilgrimage to Rome. keepers, Northern Spy has thin skin green and others striped.
Anybody buried on Bardsey was and very crisp, delicious flesh with
said to be guaranteed eternal SHEETS GRAVENSTEIN T  he
salvation. Raintree has worked with a sweet/tart flavor that is prized for striped “Sheets” strain. A381T
permacultural landscaper Bruce cooking and eating fresh. Although (EMLA 27 mini dwarf): $26.50
Weiskotten to introduce this apple very hardy, trees bloom late in each; A381D (M26 dwarf):
to American gardeners. A royalty on spring and fruit ripens in November, $26.50 each
each apple sold will be returned to making full ripening in cooler
parts of the Pacific Northwest a WORTHEN GRAVENSTEINWe offer
the apple’s developers on Bardsey the red “Worthen Strain.” A  380D
Island.A105D (EMLA 26 dwarf): challenge. The outstanding fruit
convinces many people throughout (EMLA 26 dwarf) $26.50 each
$28.50 each; A105T (EMLA 27
mini-dwarf): $28.50 each: A105F the U.S. to grow it, even though it FRED GRAVENSTEIN NEW! T  his
(Antanovka) $28.50 each is biennial and takes a few years to strain of Gravenstein, has the
come into production. Rated very wonderful complex flavor and all
NEWTOWN PIPPIN Newtown Pippin high in phytonutrients.A277D the other traits of the Gravenstein
was the workhorse of Washington, (EMLA 26 dwarf): $26.50 each apple. We selected it in a trial
Jefferson and other colonial of more than a dozen strains of
American’s orchards. Also known WOLF RIVER
T
 his beautiful, Gravenstein at the WSU Mt. Vernon
as Albemarle Pippin and Yellow trials for its large size, productivity
Newtown, it is a large yellow green red apple from
Wisconsin, with and beautiful red and yellow color.
deliciously sweet/tart aromatic A383D (EMLA 26 dwarf): $26.50
apple with white dots on the skin. a mild pleasant
flavor, gets each
A large crop of fruit ripens in mid
October but keeps for many months bigger than
and tastes best after a month or any others
more of storage. It blooms mid we offer. Just
season with Rubinette and Spartan. one is enough
It originated in Newtown on Long to make
Island New York in 1759. A475D almost a whole pie. Wear a hard
(EMLA 26 semi dwarf rootstock): hat while picking or it may make
$28.50 each; A475DB (Belgian a big impression on you! Trees
fence): $39.95 each are resistant to scab and mildew
and very winter hardy. MM106
26 rootstock.A720S: $26.50 each
The McIntosh Clan SPARTAN A
 beautiful dark red World’s Best
medium size McIntosh type dessert
Northeastern growers have long quality apple. Spartan is scab and Cooking Apples
loved the unique sweet/tart flavors mildew resistant and is rated among
of the MacIntosh apple. Now most BRAMLEY The English are particular
the highest in antioxidents. Trees about their cooking apples, and this
of the nation can enjoy that flavor. bear early and regularly Fruit ripens
We offer a number of delicious dis- large, round, green-yellow apple
in mid-October and is excellent with red stripes is the most widely
ease resistant off-spring of MacIn- for keeping. A660D (EMLA 26
tosh. dwarf): $26.50 each used. Apples are firm and juicy
and they
NY 75414-1This beautiful dark red cook to
apple has an excellent combination perfection.
of sweet and tart flavors and is When
resistant to apple scab, mildew
and fireblight. Bred at the New ripe, they
York Fruit Testing program, it has are good
been extremely productive and of for fresh
superior flavor at fruit tasting trials eating, too.
at Mt. Vernon, Washington. It ripens Spreading
in early October. A 555D (EMLA 26 trees bear heavily and regularly
dwarf): $26.50 each and resist scab and mildew. Enjoy
SHAYThe scab immune and mildew ripe fruit in early October Bramley
resistant apple provides a heavy is rated among the highest in
BELMACTM A
 new, productive, crop each year at Raintree in late phytonutrients. MM106 semi-dwarf
all-purpose Canadian cultivar September on a sturdy, well- stock. A 140S: $26.50 each
that combines flavor and keeping branched tree. The red, elongated
ability with cold and disease KING EDWARD VIIThis large,
fruit is crisp, sweet and great for yellow-green apple, named in
resistance. The sweet, medium fresh eating. Developed by the
to large, deep red apples ripen in late Dr. Ralph Shay at Oregon 1902, has been popular in English
late September or early October State University from a planting at gardens as an outstanding fresh
and keep three months or more. Purdue.A650D (EMLA 26 dwarf): eating and cooking apple. The scab
A delicious, sweet/tart MacIntosh $26.50 each resistant tree flowers very late and
flavor suggests parent Spartan. misses early frosts. Fruit ripens
Belmac resists scab, mildew, and in early October and cooks to a
cedar apple rust, thrives in eastern Surprise your Friends with firm, flavorful, translucent puree.
Canada, and has proven a winner Red-Fleshed Apples
in western Washington. It was bred EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. A  485D:
by Dr. Shahrokh Khanizadeh in Apples with red flesh are very high in $26.50 each
Quebec and introduced in 1996. phytonutrients.
Offered under agreement with Ag. MOTT PINK This
Canada, Quebec. Includes $1.20
royalty per tree. (Ask us for a quote.
crisp, juicy variety Bramley
We can custom grow commercial
makes a delicious
pink applesauce
Apple Pie
quantities!) A 100D (EMLA 26 from loads of Recipe
rootstock): $26.50 each; medium-size,
A100T (EMLA 27 mini dwarf yellow fruit with pink This is the
rootstock): $26.50 each; A100F flesh. Fruit ripens best we’ve
(Antanovka): $26.50 each tasted! En-
on the productive tree in early to
LIBERTY Dark, polished red skin mid-September. EMLA 26 dwarf joy Raintree
and intense, sprightly flavor make rootstock. A553D: $26.50 each horticulturist Theresa Knutsen’s
this medium size, elongated recipe: The Filling: 6 cups Bram-
apple a long-standing favorite. ALMATA F  or beautiful apple sauce ley apples, peeled and sliced. ½
Trees that were bred in New York and jelly, few compare with this cup sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch, 1
for high scab, cedar apple rust, flavorful, large red apple with bright tsp cinnamon, 2/3 tsp allspice.
fireblight and mildew resistance pink flesh. Red leaves and bright Mix dry ingredients, blend with
thrive in the Pacific NW and pink spring blossoms make it a apples, let stand 10 minutes and
throughout most of the nation. great edible ornamental. It is very then put in pie crust. Dot with 1
Among the highest cultivars in winter hardy, with fruit ripening in tbsp butter or margarine. Top with
antioxidants. Every year, a large October. On EMLA 7 semi dwarf lattice pie crust. Bake at 450F
crop ripens on this spreading tree rootstock. A085S (MM106 semi- for 10 minutes, then 350F for 45
in early October. A520D (EMLA dwarf): $26.50 each minutes. The Crust: 2 cups flour,
26 dwarf rootstock): $26.50 ½ tsp salt, 3/4 cup shortening, 5
HANSEN’S RED FLESHA beautiful tbsp water: Sift flour and salt. Cut
each; A520T (EMLA 27 mini tree with copper colored leaves and
dwarf rootstock): $28.50 each; shortening into flour until thor-
red flowers. The elongated, deep red, oughly blended, gently cut in wa-
A520F (Antanovka): $28.50 flavorful, September apples are 2”
each; A520SA (EMLA 7 semi ter until dough clumps together.
long. The pink flesh makes a clear, Makes one 8- to 10-inch pie with
dwarf): $26.50 each; A520TB delicious red jelly. A great landscape
(mini Belgian fence): $39.95 top and bottom crust.
tree, Hansen’s is beautiful in all
each; A520DB (EMLA 26 dwarf seasons.A600S (MM106 semi-
Belgian Fence): $39.95 each dwarf): $26.50 each 27
Enjoy the Best Japan spring pollinating weather. The scab
and mildew resistant apple from
Top Rated in Most
Has to Offer Japan is an excellent variety for the of the Nation
The Japanese, in general, love their organic grower. It ripens in early MELROSE T
 his flavorful red apple
apples large, sweet and juicy! September. A  020S (MM106 semi is top rated for reliability & keeping.
dwarf): $26.50 each; A020T Properly stored in the garage, it
SANSA Extra early, ripening in late (EMLA 27): $28.50 each
August, this juicy, crisp, sweet fruit can keep until May. A heavy crop
from Japan has the best qualities of tart apples, great for cooking or
of both parents, Akane and Gala. A A Wonder from eating fresh, ripens in late October.
pretty red blush covers the yellow, Down Under Melrose is the official Ohio state
medium-large, conical fruit. Sansa apple. A540D (EMLA 26): $26.50
has resistance to both fireblight PINK LADY®This beautiful new each; A540T (EMLA 27 mini
and scab and also keeps well for apple from Western Australia has dwarf): $26.50 each
an early apple. EMLA 26 dwarf. a pink blush on its yellow skin. The
medium-size, conical fruit has JONAGOLDFirm, crisp, and highly
A635D: $26.50 each flavored, this sweet, large, red and
fine-grained flesh that is at once
BENI tangy and sweet, crisp and crunchy. yellow apple scores on top in taste
SHOGUN FUJI Apples are great for eating out of tests. A generous load of apples ripen
Many fruit hand and are prized for fruit salads, early to mid-October and keep well.
connoisseurs since they do not brown easily after Many orchards in the Northwest are
love the crisp, being cut. Pink Lady (G. Delicious x grow Jonagold commercially. A460D
juicy, very Lady Williams) ripens in late October (EMLA 26): $26.50 each; A460DB
sweet flavor of and needs a hot summer climate to (Belgian fence): $39.95 each
the Japanese ripen. A580D (EMLA 26 dwarf):
apple Fuji, EMPIRE(Macintosh x Red Delicious)
$26.50 each If you like McIntosh, you will love the
however
the regular tart, crisp, aromatic and tasty Empire.
Fuji requires Minnesota Marvels The apple ripens in September with
a long ripening season, making Very Versatile dark red skin and cream-colored
flesh. It is excellent for fresh eating
it hard to grow in the Pacific ZESTAR This patented, superior
Northwest and other areas with and salads and good for sauce,
winter hardy, early season apple baking, pies and freezing. Kids love
relatively cool summers. After thrives in the Northern half of the
testing many types of Fuji apples in Empire’s sweet-tart taste and super
nation! Zestar ripens in late August crunchy texture. Planted widely in
the Pacific Northwest, researchers and has a delicious crunchy flavor.
recommend Beni Shogun, which New York since 1966, it is the most
It will keep nicely for a month and a successful apple introduction from
has excellent flavor and ripens half. The tree is a reliable producer
almost a month earlier than the Cornell. Empire has low susceptibility
of large red apples. USDA Zones to fireblight, and it has outstanding
standard Fuji. This selection blooms 3-8. A 740D (EMLA 26 dwarf):
in mid-season and will thrive in $26.50 each fruit quality, firmness and storage. 
much of USDA Zones 5-9. Patent A257S (EMLA 7): $26.50 each;
7997. A120D (EMLA 26 dwarf): HONEYCRISP A257DB (M26 Belgian Fence):
$26.50 each (Macoun x $49.95 each
Honeygold)
SHIZUKA From Pick this Apples for the South
Japan comes superior red
this Golden apple with a 3x1 LOW CHILL COMBO APPLE
Delicious x crunchy crisp I n Southern California, Arizona,
Indo cross, texture and Hawaii, Florida and other warm
leaving smiles juicy sweet- winter areas where winters
in its wake. The tart flavors in provide little chill, (100 to 200
beautiful, very September hours is sufficient) this
large, firm, yellow with pink blushed or let it combination grafted
fruit is very sweet with low acidity, develop its apple on M111 rootstock
and will ripen about mid October. It full aromatic will produce sweet,
is also an excellent keeper. A 655D flavor by leaving it on the tree crisp apples. You will
(EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock): until mid-October. From the U of receive a tree with 3 of
$26.50 each Minnesota, it is among the most the following 4 cultivars: Anna
AKANE winter hardy of apple trees, showing Gordon, Fuji, Anna
Pronounced little damage at -40°F. It resists and Dorset Golden. Anna is a red
“ah-kah-nay,” scab and has shown no problems blushed apple from Israel, good
this firm, with fireblight. Enjoy it great fresh fresh or cooked, early in the season.
crisp and fully or in pies, crisps and apple sauce. Dorsett Golden, from the Bahamas
flavored red Honeycrisp is among the most ripens in mid season. It is much like
eating apple nutrient-rich of supermarket- Golden Delicious, firm and flavorful.
produces available varieties. USDA Zones Gordon is a flavorful red apple good
good crops 3-8. A  410D (EMLA 26 dwarf for cooking or fresh eating that
every year, rootstock): $26.50 each; A410T ripens later in the season. This very
no matter (EMLA 27 mini-dwarf): $28.50 productive tree will grow to about
how bad the each; A410F (Antonovka): 15-20’, but can be kept shorter with
$26.50 each; A410TB (Mini pruning. Self-fertile. Blooms early
28 Belgian): $39.95 each season. A803LC: $48.50 each
 Urban Apples®
Urban Apples® are NEW columnar trees that produce their fruit on spurs
along the main stem. Each combines disease resistance, flavor and ease
of growing in small spaces. Each has a narrow upright habit, ideally suited
to grow in a container on a patio or as a small tree in the ground. Like other
apples you need two cultivars for pollination and each blooms mid season
and is a good pollinizer for the others and for other mid season blooming
Combo Apples apples. They are each highly scab and mildew resistant selections from Dr.
Jaroslav Tupy of the Czech Republic. USDA Zones 4-9. Trees grow about 8’
Enjoy apples for months on one tall on MM106 rootstock.
amazing self-fertile semi-dwarf
tree. Pick apples from August BLUSHING DELIGHT™ Blushing Delight ™ has sweet flavor and a pretty red
through October. On MM106 root- blush over a green background. It ripens mid-September. A  750S: $32.50
stock, it will grow to 15’ tall. each
4x1 Combo A8504S: $46.50 TANGY GREEN™ T  angy Green™ has a crisp texture, lime green color and a
each sweet/tart flavor. It ripens mid-September. A  755S: $32.50 each
Four or five of the following: Spar- TASTY RED™ T  asty Red™ is a bright red, firm sweet juicy apple that ripens
tan, Honeycrisp, Chehalis, Akane, in mid-September. A  760S: $32.50 each
Liberty. GOLDEN TREAT™ N  EW! Golden Treat™ is a beautiful golden apple with a
Sorry! Because of difficulty track- sweet delicious flavor. It ripens in mid-September. A  765S: $32.50 each
ing the possible combinations, we
cannot tell you ahead which variety is
missing on the combos. They are la-
beled from bottom to top, and you will
know when the labeled tree arrives.

Columnar Trees
Look mom,
no branch-
es! Perfect
for patios,
decks or
other small
areas,
these trees Blushing Delight™ Tangy Green™ Tasty Red™
grow in a
columnar
form to 7-9’
tall. They are
loaded with
fruit which
all forms
along the
main trunk Spreading the branch-
or on short, es is important when
spur-like growing a “Combo” fruit
branches. tree.
Trees can be
planted in a
whiskey barrel or planted two feet
apart in the ground. Each will cross
pollinate with mid-season polliniz-
ers. On EMLA 7 rootstock. Patents
pending. Hints on Growing Your Combo Tree
NORTH POLETMThis crisp, juicy, red
McIntosh-type apple ripens in late To keep the varieties in balance grow your “combo” tree
September. A  275: $29.50 each as an “open center” taking out secondary branches that
GOLDEN SENTINELTM A  large grow into the middle. If one variety starts overgrowing the
flavorful yellow fruit that ripens in others it can be slowed down by spreading the branch or
early October. A272: $29.50 each tying it down.
SCARLET SENTINELTM F  or excellent Through proper pruning your varieties will stay balanced.
production and disease resistance The tree owners manual that comes with each order tells
on a narrow tree, try Scarlet you how!
Sentinel. Large, greenish yellow
apples blushed with red follow a On the label, the varieties are identified from the bottom
rich display of white spring flowers. of the tree up.
A273: $29.50 each 29
 Espalier Choices
Espaliers Pear Espaliers
“Espalier” refers to special practic- B8403E — 3x1 3-tier Euro — Res-
es for training trees onto trellises. cue, Highland, Orcas — $75 each
There are many ways to make your B903E — 3x1 3-tier Asian — Yongi,
trees into works of art, and the trees Chojuro, Shinseiki — $75 each
we offer have already been trained
along the same plane in a 3-tier, B180E — 3-tier — Orcas — $75
T-shape, horizontal cordon. each
As you continue the training, you B1802E — 2-tier — Orcas — $55
can shape trees into any of the each
designs seen in the drawings be-
low. They are beautiful when grown B200E — 3-tier — Rescue — $75
against a wall, a building or on Note: Shipped espalier branch- each
existing fence or wires. Trees should es may each be cut back to fit in
be spaced an average of 8-10’ boxes. Come to the nursery and
apart. Branches are at about 1-1/2’, get full-length branches. Be- Apple Espaliers
2-1/2’ and 3-1/2’. cause of the expense of shipping A8403E — 3x1 3-tier — Ashmead’s
Trees are shipped in special protec- espaliers, our at-nursery prices
Kernel, Liberty, William’s Pride — $75
tive boxes.Apples are on EMLA 26 are $15 per tree less plus you
save shipping. Because of their each
rootstock. The 3-TIERED espalier
combos have a different variety on size, we can not ship espaliers to A570E — 3-tier Pristine — $75
each tier. AK, HI, or PR. each

Three Traditional
Espalier Patterns Your espalier may
not look as good as
the one to the left,
but you’ll be in a lot
less trouble than
Napoleon’s gardener
if you mess up!

Belgian Fences
Grow a beautiful diamond shaped fruiting wall. We offer
apple trees on EMLA 26 and mini-dwarf 27 rootstock that
are already shaped in a Y. Each tree has two branches. Each
branch comes off at an angle only about eight inches above
the roots.
To make a Belgian fence, allow the branches to continue to
grow at about 45 degree angles until they reach the desired
height. If you plant the trees about 2 feet apart they will
grow up into a beautiful diamond shape. Instructions are
included with the trees.
Here is an easy way to get started: Build a fence with wires
starting at about 18 inches high and going up one foot
apart until you get to between six and eight feet tall. Then
get bamboo or other stakes and tie them diagonally to the
wires. On M26 Dwarf Root- M27 Mini-Dwarf
stock Rootstock
The stakes will make a diamond pattern and show you
where to tie your branches as you build your Belgian Fence. A257DB: Empire A240TB: Dayton
Where the stakes cross at the bottom will show you where A460DB: Jonagold A385TB: Greensleeves
to plant each tree. A475DB: Newtown A410TB: Honeycrisp
We offer the following large 1-year-old cultivars as Belgian Pippin A520TB: Liberty
fence starts. Also find them listed with the apple cultivars. A520DB: Liberty A570TB: Pristine
Price each: $39.95 A570DB: Pristine
30
 Apple Accessories
APPLE MAGGOT CONTROL BAGS
Protect your Apples and Pears
from Apple Maggot infestations.
While thinning to one per cluster,
usually in May or early June, slip
the opening of the nylon bag,
with your two index fingers, just
MINI-DWARFS enough to completely cover the
new, ideally nickel size fruitlet. The bag will fill with the
We offer ‘mini-dwarf’ apple trees grown on special growing fruit and protect it. This product has been used
EMLA 27 rootstock. They are easily maintained at only succesfully here at Raintree and by many fruit hobbyists.
four to six feet tall. These highly productive, compact They are quick and easy to use! Includes Instructions!
trees are perfect to grow in a small backyard. You can These new heavier weave bags provide extra codling
space them as close as 4’ apart. Or place the tree in moth protection. (Money from the sale of each box goes
a fifteen gallon pot on the patio. You can train them to to support the fruit garden at the WSU Mt. Vernon station.)
branch low (at 1’-2’) to maximize fruit production. Re- Contains 144 bags. T  167: $12.50 each
move fruit for a year or two because once the tree starts
bearing heavily, it stops growing. They begin bearing in FRUIT PICKING BAG The Deluxe Smith Bag
the second year and each tree can produce a half box holds a bushel of fruit. The handsome bag is
of fruit a season. The tree is not a gimmick. It is used 30” long and is made of Rip-Stop polyester
extensively in Europe in commercial apple orchards and material which has a water resistant coating
the per acre yields exceed American yields. Caring for on the inside. It is Ultra Violet and mildew
the mini-dwarfs is a great project for kids. We offer 2’-4’ resistant, lightweight, durable, and easy to
grafted mini-dwarf trees. See each variety for price. clean. The bottom conveniently folds up and
releases to gently drop the picked fruit into a
PERFECT FOR A SMALL YARD box. This leaves both hands free to pick. It will
Ashmead’s Evereste Karmijn last a lifetime. The bag has a steel hoop and is completely
Akane Greensleeves Liberty leather bound to protect all the areas of heaviest wear,
Belmac Enterprise Melrose and the shoulder straps are a heavy 1-3/4 inch webbing.
Boskoop Hudson’s Pristine T025: $45 each
Chehalis Gravenstein Queen Cox
Cherry Cox Honeycrisp William’s Pride Apple Pest Control
CODLING MOTH TRAPS C
 ontains two sticky traps with
lures which draw codling moths to their doom. Hang these
Guide to Apples by Flavor 6-inch-long, non-toxic tents in your apples trees when
It is difficult to describe “flavor” in a catalog de- they begin to bloom. Use two traps per mature tree. T161:
scription. We try here to rate many of the apples we $11.95 each
offer by the level of their acidity or tartness. APPLE MAGGOT TRAPS Each kit is designed to protect
Note: Apples called “tart” or “tangy” can have one mature fruit tree. Kit includes three red spheres and
as much sugar content as sweet apples. They have hangers, three pheromone lures, instructions and a large
added acids which compliment their flavor. tube of glue. Set traps out in mid-April. Non-toxic. T
 163:
Sweet mostly (low in acids and moderate to
high in sugars): Sansa, Beni Shogun Fuji, Chehalis,
$19.95 each kit
Greensleeves, Centennial. APPLE MAGGOT LURES The three lures, offered in a kit
Sweet/tart balanced (moderate in acid, moder- above, are each in a tiny plastic container. You can twist
ate to high sugars): Akane, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, tie them to red spheres like the ones we sell to further trap
Melrose, Shizuka, Pristine, Dayton, William’s Pride, apple maggot males. T164: $7.99 for three lures
Ashmeads, Hudson’s. Among the sweet/tart apples
are also those in the Cox’s family. These include
Ellison’s Orange, Rubinette and the McIntosh clan Apple Books and DVDs
including Liberty, Spartan, Shay and Belmac. THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD BOOKS145: $39.95
Sweet with extra tartness (moderate to high in
acid & moderate to high in sugars): Karmijn, Bram- THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD DVDS145D: $49.95
ley, Red Boskoop, Gravenstein. THE APPLE GROWER by Michael Phillips, 242 pages.
Subtitled “A guide for the Organic Orchardist,” Phillips
speaks to the larger backyard grower and commercial
Apple Varieties Scab CAR Fireblight Mildew orchardist with years of knowledge and a reverence
Dayton VR MR R M for nature. From planning the orchard and choosing
Enterprise VR R R M cultivars and rootstocks to siting, planting, soils, mulches,
Liberty VR VR R R pollination, pest control, harvesting and marketing, this
Pristine VR R M R book is full of valuable information. S005: $39.95
William’s Pride VR R R M CONTROL OF APPLE ANTHRACNOSE DVDfeaturing plant
Belmac VR R R R pathologist Ralph Byther. This instructive video shows
Akane VR UK R R how to control cankers by cutting, torching, pruning and
Centennial R R R R
VR = Very Resistant; M = Moderate Resistance; UK =
fungicides. Proceeds to the Western Washington Fruit
unknown. CAR is Cedar Apple Rust: Other CAR-re-
Research Foundation. S  522: $14.50 each
sistant apples include Rebella, Arkansas Black.
Fireblight resistant are Akane, Centennial, Rebella,
Empire. 31
To Grow Apples You Need Proper Pollination
• For pollination you need to have two different apple variet- EARLY SEASON MID SEASON MID-LATE
ies! Apples with the exception of the Queen Cox self fertile Gravenstein Enterprise SEASON
don’t pollinize themselves. Apples also don’t pollinize other Zestar Jonagold Honeycrisp
fruits! Brown Russet Almata Shay
• Please note that there are some cultivars that are new to us
William’s Pride Golden Sentinel Pink Lady
and we don’t know their relative bloom time. To be safe
choose a mid season pollinizer for those varieties.
Pink Pearl Belmac Foxwhelp
• All the apples listed in red are triploids. These will not pol- Wynooche North Pole Melrose
linate other varieties or themselves. However they are Blushing Delight Harrison
pollinized by other apple varieties. So Gravenstein which is Sweet Sixteen Frequin Rouge
a triploid won’t pollinize any other variety. However it can be EARLY-MID Tasty Red Queen Cox
pollinized by another non-triploid variety that blooms near SEASON Golden Treat Goldstar
the same time. Granniwinkle Bella Wolf River
• How to read the lists! We have listed the apple varieties we Pink Cloud Spartan Ellison’s Orange
offer from the earliest bloomer which is Gravenstein, to the NY 75414-1 Empire Dabinet
latest bloomer which is Bramley. Chehalis Red Boskoop King Edward VII
• The EARLY SEASON bloomers and the LATE SEASON bloom- Mott Pink Shizuka Michelin
ers won’t cross pollinate because their bloom time is too far Pristine Greensleeves Kingston Black
apart and the early varieties will be done blooming before Scarlet Sentinel Fameuse Arkansas Black
the late ones start. Egremont Russet Beni Shogun
• It is best to pick a pollinizer in the same half of the total list. Bardsey
The closer the two varieties are in bloom time, the more Dayton
Dolgo Ashmead’s
their bloom will overlap and the more likely you will get LATE SEASON
pollination and therefore fruit set.
Holstein Hudson’s
Liberty Northern Spy
• What is important is to choose a pollinizer that is not too far in Newtown Pippin
Silken Flower of Kent
bloom time from your variety. For instance Liberty and Day- Evereste
Centennial King
ton are close enough to count on for pollination whereas Rubinette
Sansa Bramley
Liberty and Melrose are far enough away to often work but Karmijn
not always. Zestar and Bramley would rarely if ever overlap Akane Hansen’s Red Flesh
in bloom. While the bloom order stays generally similiar Puget Spice Campfield Not a pollinizer
in different parts of the nation and in different years, the Hewes Roxbury Russett
actual bloom dates change year to year depending on the Cherry Cox Johnny Appleseed Self fertile
weather.
Fort Vancouver
APPLE RIPENING ORDER
AUGUST Silken North Pole Puget Spice EARLY-MID Fort Vancouver Cherry Cox Melrose
Dolgo Crab Ellison’s Or- Wolf River Scarlet Sen- OCTOBER NY 75414-1 Roxbury
Centennial ange Beni Shogun tinel Bramley Egremont MID-LATE Newtown
Williams Pride Gravenstein Pink Pearl Pink Lady Hansen’s Red Rubinette OCTOBER Pippin
Zestar Queen Cox Bardsey Shay Flesh Spartan Kingston Enterprise
Wynooche Mott Pink Bella J. Appleseed Belmac Jonagold Goldstar Boskoop
Pristine Tasty Red Fameuse G. Sentinel Karmijn Foxwelp Hudson’s
Sansa MID-LATE Blushing De- Hewes Honeycrisp Sweet Sixteen Flower of Kent B & G Russett
SEPTEMBER light Greens- Frequin Rouge King Edward Ashmead’s Arkansas B N. Spy
EARLY SEPT. Chehalis leeves Liberty Shizuka Evereste Campfield
Akane Dayton Empire King Almata Holstein

About Rootstock & Tree Spacing greater spacing. Our rootstocks are winter hardy to USDA Zone 4
and tolerate a wide variety of soils. They induce heavy early fruit pro-
Most of our apple trees are grafted on the dwarfing EMLA 26 root- duction and make a well anchored tree. Chart includes varieties for
stock. (Check the rootstock available after each varietal description.)
It is a superior choice for backyard growers and produces a tree that
will grow to 8’-14’ tall. As you can see from the chart below, some
varieties on the same rootstock grow bigger than others and need Melrose
Gold Star
Belmac Rubinette
King Bella Chehalis Jonagold
APPLE TREE APPROXIMATE Pristine Wms Pride
Liberty Karmijn Boskoop N. Spy
Ark. Black Ashmead’s
HEIGHT & SPACING CHART Greensleeves Evereste F. of Kent Wolf River Pink Lady
Gravenstein Harrison
Beni ShogunHoney Crisp E. Russett Ellison’s Shizuka
Enterprise Roxbury
Dayton Dolgo Crab Mott Pink Hudson’s Silken
Foxwhelp
Queen Cox Puget Spice Red Flesh Pink Pearl Zestar
Centennial Sansa Kingston
Akane Black
Bramley Fameuse
Resi
Red Flesh

EMLA 27 4 feet 5 feet 6 feet 8 feet

Bud 9, 6 feet 7 feet 9 feet 11 feet
EMLA 26
8 feet 10 feet 12 feet 14 feet
EMLA 7
11 feet 14 feet 16 feet 18 feet
MM 106
Antanovka Full Size 18 feet 24 feet 27 feet 32 feet

32
Crabapples
it produces an abundance of red
flower buds that open to a showy
white. The tree is highly scab
resistant. Its mid-season bloom
The crabapple is a wonderful makes it an excellent pollinizer. A
multi-purpose tree. Lovely in the natural dwarf, it grows to only 8’ tall
landscape, most of our varieties on semi dwarf and 15’ on standard
provide tasty tart apples that are rootstock. USDA Zones 3-9. MM106
prized for making jelly. Dolgo and semi dwarf. A180S: $26.50 each
Evereste will enhance cider with their
bittersharp and Hews with bittersweet HEWES
qualities. Commercial orchardists VIRGINIA G
 eorge
often use crabapple trees for polliniz- Washington’s
ers because of their compact size and Thomas PRAIRIE FIRE A scab resistant
and profuse blossoming. Research- Jefferson’s upright tree to 20’ tall with reddish
ers have found that white flowered favorite cider bronze leaves and pink flowers and
varieties are most attractive to bees. apple. Also called small bright red fruit, loved by birds.
Dolgo is used as a great early season Virginia Crab, it is Beautiful in all seasons and a vivid
pollinizer. Evereste is an excellent a small, flattened, accent in your landscape. On full
mid season pollinizer. We offer 3-5’ bittersweet, dull size Antonovka rootstock. M906:
crabapple trees, unless noted. What red apple ripe in $26.50 each
makes an apple a crab is not its per- September that makes a clear dry
sonality but its smaller size. cinnamon flavored cider. It has a long Beautiful in All
bloom period and is a good pollinizer. Seasons & Edible
The Best Edible Crabs A186S (MM106 semi-dwarf):
$32.50 each EVERESTE™ E  njoy this fantastic
WSU PUGET new edible ornamental throughout
SPICE™ This MALUS FUSCA SEEDLING T  his the year. Each spring, this highly
cross between crabapple is native from coastal disease resistant tree from France
Prima and southern Alaska to northern is covered from base to summit with
Alkmene is California. It is most found on fragrant, beautiful long lasting white
scab immune, moist soils where it grows as a tall flowers. Every summer the tree is
has a beautiful shrub. It can be used as a rootstock a spectacle in red, covered with
upright shape for apples on very wet sites. The thousands of round tart 1” diameter
and is covered disease resistant tree produces fruit. Use the fruit to make jelly,
with fragrant white flowers. In the white flowers and small green/ pickled apples, cider or gorgeous
fall it is loaded with tart small fruit yellow tinged red fruit very high in branch wreaths. The tree grows to
great for making jelly, pickled fruit phytonutrients. 2-3’ size. M909: $5 10’ tall with branches arched out
or blending in cider. It is a great mid each; 10+: $4.50 each from the weight of the fruit. The
season pollinizer. A725S (MM106 fruit hangs until mid winter, so birds
semi-dwarf): $26.50 each Gorgeous Ornamentals can eat what you don’t. Of dozens
of varieties in the disease resistant
DOLGO O  ne of the best all purpose PINK CLOUD Having Pink Cloud crab apple trials, Evereste was the
crab apples. Its large 1-1/2 inch tart is like having a tree covered with most resistant, easiest to care for
crimson fruit make a rich, ruby red roses. Discovered by Ed Lewis of and most beautiful. A280D (EMLA
jelly. The leaves are green and scab Bellevue WA, Pink Cloud’s buds are 26 dwarf): $26.50 each; A280T
and mildew resistant. The profuse very large, rounded, magenta pink, (mini-dwarf): $28.50 each
flowers are white. The name means on long stems. Fragrant, profuse
‘long’ in Russian, and refers to the fully double flowers open to light
shape of the fruit. The fruit is so bright pink, like miniature roses. Pink
in color and abundant that the tree Cloud has a vase like shape and
looks like a decorated Christmas tree bronze-green leaves and is loaded
when viewed from a distance. Dolgo with one inch red crab apples that
adds a bittersharp flavor to ciders. persist into winter. They can be
The fruit ripens in early September. used to make a tart jelly, if you get
The tree will grow to about 15’ tall. them before the birds. EMLA 26.
USDA Zones 3-9. A260D (M26 A532D: $26.50 each
dwarf): $26.50 each
CENTENNIAL Be prepared for
heavy crops of 1-1/2 inch oval fruit
with a sweet flavor.
Use the crisp, juicy
white fleshed fruit
for canning, making
jelly or just popping
in your mouth.
The fruit is a bright
orange-red. It ripens
in mid-August.
Compact and great
as a child’s tree, 33
Cider Apples
MEDAILLIE D’OR A classic
European cider apple. It is a
bittersweet apple, very high
in both sugars and tannin. It
The cider apple and perry pear vari- makes a sweet cider with a high
eties we offer are prized for making alcohol content and a delicious,
hard, alcoholic cider. These variet- fruity flavor. It is somewhat scab
ies, when blended with both sweet resistant. The fruit is oblate in
and tart varieties, also brighten the shape and yellow with russeting. It
flavor of sweet cider or apple juice. blooms very late in the season and
A quality hard cider is often made ripes in late October. Named for
using about 60% sweet, 20% tart the Gold Medal it won in France
and 20% bitter apples. Many of the in 1873. A435S (MM106 semi-
apples we offer can be the sweet dwarf): $32.50 each
component of a quality cider. We
can custom graft cider apples in MICHELIN NEW! A  favorite
commercial quantities upon re- “bittersweet” French cider apple,
quest. from the 1880s. Mix it with other
varieties to make a great hard or
fresh cider. The sturdy upright tree
European Cider Apples
KINGSTON
will grow to 15 feet. Fruit is small to
medium sized, green with a bit of
Correll Cider Presses
BLACK T
 he russeting and blush. It is a reliable, • Can be picked up or shipped directly
flavor of heavy cropper that ripens in mid- from Correll including UPS
Kingston October. Needs a pollenizer. A550S • Several sizes and models
Black is (MM106 semi-dwarf): $32.50
such a fine, • Handmade since 1973, no assembly
each
complex line
combination DABINETT NEW! An annual, heavy • The best, pure and simple
of sweet, bearer of medium to large size,
round red apples. Harvest this Write or call for price list, info:
sharp and Cider Press LLC; Correll Cider Presses
bitter qualities that it makes a traditional “bittersweet” cider
wonderful hard cider even without variety in late October. Makes a PO Box 400; Elmira OR 97437
blending with other varieties. beautiful 15-20’ spreading tree. Shop address: 25865 Hwy 126 #A109;
Classified a “bittersharp” apple, A243S (MM106 semi-dwarf Veneta OR 97487
the English consider it to be the rootstock): $32.50 each Phone: (541) 935 3500
standard cultivar for making a high Website: correllciderpresses.com
quality, single variety cider. A very Old American Cultivars
large harvest of medium-size, red
CAMPFIELD A medium size cider
apples ripens mid-October. Don’t
eat it; cider it! Trees will grow 15’ apple, greenish yellow with a red Cider-Making Books
tall. MM106 semi dwarf.A430SA: blush. The flesh is white, firm, CIDER BOOK
$32.50 each  sweet and rich. Makes a great  y Proulx
b
cider mixed with the variety & Nichols,
FREQUIN ROUGE A bittersweet Harrison. The tree is vigorous and 188 pages.
cider apple from Normandy. The productive. Origin: New Jersey It covers all
tree is precocious and productive 1817. On MM106 semi-dwarf. aspects of
and moderately vigorous. Fruit A165S: $32.50 each making cider.
matures in mid season. It is favored Ciders are
for making a high quality cider GRANNIWINKLE An old American
sharp cider apple high in sugar and as diverse
despite being scab and fire blight as wines and
susceptible. MM106 semi dwarf. acids and low in tannin. Named for this book
A325S: $32.50 the grower who first cultivated it explains how
each in New Jersey in the early 1800’s to make many
it is green/yellow with red stripes. of the different types. These include
FOXWHELP It is a vigorous upright tree and
Although the ‘English farmhouse ciders’, ‘French
a prolific cropper that ripens in sparkling ciders’ and ‘American
original Foxwhelp September. It’s often mixed with
is described as a style ciders’. The instructions and
Harrison. Prized for fresh eating or charts are clear and easy to use.
small yellow apple cider. MM106 semi dwarf. A379S:
with red stripes, For inspiration, there are interviews
$32.50 each with master cider makers the world
ours from the Mt.
Vernon, WA, Station HARRISON O  riginated in Essex over. A good book or a neighbor
is a larger red apple. Classified as a County New Jersey before the with a full cellar are key to learning
“bittersharp” it makes a full bodied, American revolution and highly the hobby. S340: $14.95 each
aromatic, prized cider. It stores well prized. The apple is yellow and HARD CIDER IN THE PACIFIC NW b  y
for holiday cider making parties! It elongated with rich yellow flesh. It Moulton, King, Miles & Zimmerman,
blooms mid season and ripens in mid produces a superior sweet cider. 48 pages. WSU. For commercial or
October. Tree habit is upright. MM106 Fruits are often picked when they home growers. Learn about best
rootstock. A  320S: $28.50 each fall in November. Trees are strong varieities, blends and all growing &
and vigorous. MM106 semi dwarf. processing techniques. Most info is
34 A387S: $32.50 each useful nationwide. S343: $11 each
Perry Pears
HENDRE USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise
HUFFCAPPIt noted. We offer sturdy, well-root-
has a balance ed, 4-5’ pear trees.
of tannin and RESCUE This pear is a show
We offer these traditional pear cider acidity that
making cultivars. Most are from stopper. Everyone who sees and
makes it an ideal tastes this huge beautiful fruit
Gloucestershire England. They pear from which insists on buying a tree. The fruit
make delicious “perry” which is to make a single-varietal “perry” is yellow with a bright red-orange
the word for pear cider, or you pear cider. Tree habit is extremely blush and the flesh is sweet, smooth
can mix them with apples or other upright. It ripens in October. B  115: and juicy. The scab-resistant tree is
fruits to make a variety of delicious $28.50 each upright and vigorous and each year
brews. Grafted on OHxF 87 semi- YELLOW HUFFCAPP Yellow Huffcap loaded with fruit. The fruit matures
dwarf rootstock. They are mid- to is a traditional old English “Perry” in September and keeps until
late-season bloomers and good pear used to make an excellent pear December. A small core makes it
pollinizers. cider. It ripens in mid season and is easy to can. B  200: $26.50 each
BARNET A small, mid-season high in acids and low in tannins. The ORCAS TM H
 orticulturist
russetted scab-resistant pear with fruit is small and yellow/green and Joe Long discovered
low acids and tannins. Trees have ripens in mid to late September. The this tree growing on
an upright habit with compact fruit should be shaken from the tree his property on Orcas
growth. Mix with others in ‘perry’. just before it is ripe or it could rot on Island, Washington
Biennial bearing; precocious and the tree. Trees are vigorous with a and it has become a
late flowering. B  037: $28.50 each spreading habit and very productive regional favorite. The
but biennial and slow to come into fruit is large, flavorful
THEILERSBIRNE A  great cider bearing. Fruit is high in Vitamin C. and loaded each year
making pear very high in tannic B116: $28.50 each with yellow fruit with a
acid. The small fruit is green and the carmine blush. The tree has a vigor-
flesh is brown with a sweet musty
flavor. It originated in Switzerland in European ous, spreading habit. The pears are
great for canning, drying or eating

Pears
1848 and is a European hard cider fresh. The fruit matures in early
favorite. B 265: $32.50 each September. B  180: $26.50 each
BUTTAn October ripening
pear with moderate acids (Pyrus communis) We chose this Organic Growers Go
and tannins that produces
a fruity, slightly astringent
interesting collection of pears Onward
for their wonderful fruit quality ONWARD O
 rganic
vintage of good quality. and because they are among the
Fruit is small, yellow, English gardeners
easiest for backyard garden- love Onward for its
slightly russetted with ers to grow. We use the superior
excellent keeping quality ease of growing
winter hardy, semi-dwarf Old Home and reliability of
prior to milling. A vigorous tree with x Farmingdale OHxF87 rootstock production even in years with
narrow-angled crotches. Biennial unless otherwise noted. Comice, untimely spring frosts. The medium
bearing and a heavy producer. B  065: Ubileen, and Conference are on size fruit is yellow when ripe in
$28.50 each OHxF333 semi-dwarf rootstock. early September and sometimes
russetted. It’s a heavy, precocious
cropper with a rich sweet juicy flavor.
It blooms mid season with Comice,
How To Use Apples How To Grow but it will not pollinize or be pollinized
by Comice. B17A5: $26.50 each
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Apple trees come SOIL REQUIREMENTS: A well drained
in all sizes, depending on the variety and
the rootstock they are grafted upon. On
soil in an area with good air drainage.
Likes a slightly acidic soil.
Heritage Pears:
dwarf rootstock, they are wonderful grown
on a trellis or in one of a number of fan, CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: The mini- Flavors for the Ages
cordon or espalier patterns. Crabapple dwarf fruit trees should be staked. Bal- WHITE DOYENNE This
trees provide an attractive shape and anced fertilizer, compost or manure can very old French cultivar
color. Trees on very dwarfing EMLA 27, or be used in the spring for the first years. is highly prized for its
the columnar trees, produce fruit in a pot PRUNING: See “Tree Owners Manual” melt-in-your-mouth
on the patio! online. texture and superb
flavor, both fresh and
Useful Facts For Your Health cooked. The taste has
WHEN TO HARVEST: Consult catalog evoked poetic descriptions: “like
ripening order. Sample fruit; cut in half to Many of the apples we offer have tested a buttery chardonnay, sweet yet
check if seeds are brown. among the highest in polyphenols. An tart, with musky undertones and
HARDINESS: USDA Zones 4-9, or as unpeeled apple can give you 50% more a strong perfume.” The favorite
noted. phyto nutrients than one that is peeled. pear of famous chef Alice Waters,
SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. Among our old time varieties Belle de
it blooms early and ripens in late
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 60-140 years. September. It is susceptible to
Boskoop, Northen Spy, Bramley Seedling scab and not at its best in maritime
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 yrs.
FOR THE BEGINNER: Choose disease and the Golden Russet and the newer Lib- climates. B130: $28.50 each
resistant varieties. erty and Spartan have topped the charts
YIELD: Dwarfs 30-60 pounds a season! for phytonutrients. 35
DUCHESS D’ANGOULEME Dating to blush. It ripens in late September. It ARGANCHE A  mong
1808, this russetted French heritage is winter hardy and has performed the most flavorful
pear is prized for large fruit and rich, well in much of the nation. It is early ripening pears
juicy flavor. The upright, vigorous, also known as Fondante de Bois at the national
hardy tree blooms with Conference (sweetmeat of the woods). B107: Pear repository in
and ripens in early October. B100A: $26.50 each Corvallis OR. This
$26.50 each round yellow pear
ATLANTIC QUEEN A Brown Pear from Yugoslavia
 his old time pear
T ripens in mid July.
BOSC A  firm B030: $26.50 each
cultivar earns its royal fleshed flavorful
appellation for the huge, pear with BELLA DI GUIGNO W  hile others wait
up to 1-1/2 lb. each, a beautiful until August for a ripe pear, you can
yellow-green fruit it brownish enjoy this rich, buttery Italian delight
produces in abundance. russetted skin in late June or July. Red blushed
Enjoy the melting, and a crunchy texture. Some prefer three inch long fruit cover this sturdy,
juicy, aromatic flesh it to the smooth texture of Comice. easy to care for tree. B045A:
even when grown under adverse Very sweet and juicy. Outstanding in $26.50 each
conditions. Shows resistance to the Pacific Northwest. Tastes best RED CLAPPS
fireblight. Ripens in September. after storing a month or two. B060: FAVORITE A lso
B035A: $28.50 each $26.50 each called “Red
ABBE FETEL N  amed for the French Kalle”. This
Abbot who developed the cultivar Combination large pear
in 1866, it is today the leading pear from Michigan
variety in Italy. Italians and tourists European Pears is beautiful
rave about its wonderful flavor. It COMBO with amazing
ripens mid season and is large and EUROPEAN reddish purple fruit hanging like
elongated with yellow skin and a red PEAR Multiple jewels from the tree. The fruit is
blush. The flesh is white, melting, pear cultivars sweet and flavorful. It thrives in
juicy, sugary and aromatic and it on one beautiful the Pacific Northwest and in much
is fabulous eaten with a low salt tree. You will have of the nation. It ripens in early
cheese. It can be fireblight and scab the greatest pear varieties ripening September. B  205: $26.50 each
susceptible. B025: $28.50 each for months! Trees can be easily
BARTLETT The maintained at 12’ tall. Self pollinizing. Fireblight Resistant Pears
most popular pear On OHxF87 rootstock. B4004 4x1
Combo: Highland, Harrow Delight, BLAKE’S PRIDE 
in the U.S. and also A reliable harvest
in Europe where it Rescue, Orcas and Ubileen:
$46.50 each; B4004A 4x1 of aromatic, juicy
is called Williams. fruit that melts
Fruit ripens in Combo: Bosc, Bartlett, Moonglow
and Highland: $46.50 each in your mouth
early September. and excellent
The large pears resistance to
turn yellow with a Start Pear Season fireblight give this
pink blush as they
ripen. A favorite for eating fresh and Two Months Early recent selection
plenty to be proud of. The fruit
canning. B038: $26.50 each UBILEEN A
 large, is yellow-to-golden skinned with
COMICE A  large yellow pear with sweet, aromatic, some light russetting, The pears
sweet juicy melting flesh. It provides pear from Bulgaria. are ready to harvest in September.
the flavor standard by which to The skin is yellow B042A: $26.50 each
measure all others. Harvest early with a pretty
red blush. The WARREN A  dapted throughout
October. Tastes best after storing the nation and among the best
a month and then ripening at room flavorful flesh
is fine textured backyard choices. The fruit is juicy
temperature. B  080: $26.50 each and sweet with buttery texture
and buttery. It is
SUMMER BLOOD BIRNE NEW! A red harvested in early and very good keeping abilities.
flesh or “blood” pear that is scab August and top rated among Warren is resistant to fireblight,
resistant and produces fruit with a thousands of pears from around and quite cold hardy (to -20°F).
pleasing cinnamon like flavor. It is the world at the Germplasm It was discovered in Hattiesburg,
an ancient cultivar thought to have Repository. B260: $26.50 each MS, by noted horticulturist T. O.
originated in Germany. A favorite in Warren. The fruits are medium to
the National Pear collection. B128: DOYENNE DE large and have a teardrop shape
$26.50 each JUILLET B
 e among and green skin. B240A: $26.50
the few Americans each
FLEMISH BEAUTY NEW! F  lemish privileged to enjoy
Beauty originated in Belgium in the this rarely seen, HARROW DELIGHT A heavy setting,
early 19th century. It is rated a top sweet, early highly medium size pear with very good
garden pear for its productivity and productive summer flavor and smooth texture. It is from
its rich, buttery, juicy, aromatic, pear from Belgium. Ontario, Canada, and resistant to
complex flavor. It is medium to large Small, round fruit, fireblight and scab. Fruit ripens in
in size with yellow skin and a red about 2” in diameter, boasts a rich, early September. A proven winner at
juicy, buttery flavor and ripens in the WSU Mt. Vernon station. B110:
mid-July. B 132: $26.50 each $26.50 each
36
AYER’S This old HIGHLAND
variety is favored Highland
in the South thrives
as the “sugar” throughout
pear because the nation.
the pulp tastes This large
like candy. The attractive
tree is fire blight dessert pear
resistant and the is yellow with
medium size fruit some russetting. The flesh is
is yellow with very smooth in texture and rich STUTTGARTER GEISHIRTLE
a red blush. It blooms early and in flavor. Trees are very hardy, R
 ecommended by a Raintree
ripens in September. It has a high of moderate vigor and very customer who loved it in her
chill requirement and has proven productive. The fruit matures hometown in Germany. This sweet
to do well in many areas including in early October and develops two-inch diameter russeted pear
the Pacific Northwest. Zones 5-8. its best quality if stored about a will hang on the tree, ready to eat
B075: $26.50 each month. Ripen the fruit on your during August. It’s a very heavy
SPALDING  If you counter through Christmas. It was annual bearer of delicious lunch
like the crunchy, developed at the Geneva station in size fruit. The name means “little
juicy, sweetness of New York.B120: $26.50 each goat herder.” B 232A: $26.50
an Asian pear and SUIJPronounced “sigh,” this is a each
the mellow complex pear you pick while it’s rock hard in
flavor of a European October or November and store it HONEY
pear, you’ll love in a root cellar to eat fresh in March. SWEET Y ou
Spalding. A healthy, Suij is one of the best keeper pears. will love the
vigorous tree It makes a delicious and beautiful rich, firm and
produces loads of pink pear sauce. This type of pear sweet flesh of
medium size, round, was popular for hundreds of years Honey Sweet.
light green fruit in early September. in Europe where people used it as a A smooth,
Originally from the South, it thrives staple food through the winter but buttery pear,
in the Pacific Northwest. This has gone out of fashion in the last similar to the
European pear is partially self fertile 70 years. It is a cross of Comice and well-known Seckel pear but larger,
and fireblight resistant. B230: the winter keeper St. Remi. We got it ripens to a golden russet late
$26.50 each it from the Bullock family who got it in the season. Trees will set fruit
GEM G  em has proven itself in from Ed Suij. B231: $28.50 each without a pollinizer, but fruit will be
extensive testing around the nation JOHANTORP bigger if pollinated. Honey Sweet
and is newly released by the USDA A very late is resistant to fireblight and to leaf
and bred by Dr. Richard Bell. It is ripening and spotting diseases. It’s great for
highly fire blight resistant and is cold hardy home gardens and local markets.
very productive at an early age. The pear widely B125: $28.50 each
large, beautifully red blushed fruit grown in
is juicy and sweet with a delicious Sweden Delicious Mt. Ash
mild pear flavor. It ripens mid to for winter
late season and is a good keeper. storage. & Pear Hybrid
It can be eaten from the tree while Johantorp will SHIPOVA 
it is crisp and sweet or stored and hang on the (Pyrus x
allowed to soften. Limit one. B119: tree late into the winter. They can Sorbus) A
$28.50 each be picked in very late fall and stored rare and
or in areas with mild winters, eaten unique
Outstanding Keeper Pears directly off the tree at Christmas Pear and
time. USDA Zones 4-8.B126: Mountain
Pick these pears while they are rock $28.50 each
hard in late October and November Ash cross from Yu­go­sla­v ia. It
and store them cool but unfrozen. will grow to be a 15-20’ tree and
Place them on your counter at room Small Pears with Big Flavor produces a crop of apricot size
temperature when it says in the de- SECKEL (sometimes much larger) yellow,
scriptions below and they will soften This famous round very delicious “pears”.
and be ready to eat or cook with. small, but The leaves are silver grey and
CONFERENCE Named for the very sweet, resemble a pear leaf in shape.
British national pear conference heavy setting The hardy and scab resistant tree,
in 1885, Europeans still gather variety is on OHxF pear rootstock, blooms
to praise it. This leading French known as the in mid-April and ripens fruit in
commercial variety is very juicy, sugar pear. August. Trees are slow to come
sweet and buttery. It is the most It has yellow into production. They are partially
productive pear, hanging from the russetted self-fertile but choose a Mt. Ash or
branch in huge banana like clusters. skin and very late blooming European Pear
Attractive, large yellow fruit matures extraordinary for pollination. USDA Zones 3-9.
in October with Highland. It keeps flavor. It ripens in late September D170: $26.50 each
through January. B090: $26.50 and is fire-blight resistant. B220:
each $26.50 each 37
 Using European Pears range of soils.
PRUNING: See Tree Owners Manual that
European Pear Ripening Order
IN THE KITCHEN: Great for fresh eat- comes with each order. JULY White Doyenne
ing. Dried, they taste like candy. Use for POLLINATION: Each variety needs a Bella de Guigno Onward
canning, jams or preserves. As desserts, pollinizer unless otherwise noted. Because Doyenne Bartlett
they can be poached and served with pear blossoms are relatively unattractive de Juillet
flavorful sauces. Great sliced with chees- to bees, plant pears next to each other and Araganche OCTOBER
es. In France it is the king of fruits, prized keep weeds down at blossom time. Euro- Angouleme
pean pears start blooming in late March. AUGUST Yellow Huffcap
by chefs.
Oriental pears start blooming before Eu- Ubileen Hendre Huffcap
IN THE LANDSCAPE: The shape of a
ropeans; but late blooming Asians overlap Morettini Warren
pear tree is strongly vertical. They can be
with and will cross pollinate early blooming Stuttgarter Honeysweet
trained as espaliers.
Europeans. Gem
SEPTEMBER Comice
Useful Facts CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Pear
branches grow upright and need spread- Red Clapps Russett Comice
HARDINESS: On our OHxF rootstocks, ing. Most Pears should be picked before H. Delight Conference
USDA Zones 4-9. they are fully ripe and ripened off the tree. Spalding Highland
SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. Using the maturity dates offered with each Bartlett Abbe Fetel
PLANT SPACING: 15’ on OHxF. variety as an estimate, cup your hand Rescue Bosc
HARVEST TIME: July-October. under the pear and lift up. If the pear stem Orcas Butt
ORIGIN: Caucasus mountains. breaks, the pear is ready to pick. The Ayers Barnet
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 60 to 150 years. earlier pears only need a few days on the Blake’s Pride Suij
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 3 counter to ripen. The later pears need to Gem Johanthorp
YIELD: 50 to 100 pounds per tree. be stored in a dark cool place for a month Flemish Beauty Vermont Beauty
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: A well drained, or more then put on the counter to fully Seckel Pound
slightly acidic loam soil but tolerates a wide ripen. Atlantic Queen

European Pear Pollination and Bloom Order

Choose two pear varieties in the EARLY MID-SEASON LATE
same or adjacent columns for Spaulding Flemish Beauty Ayers
pollination. While most pears polli-
nate each other a few don’t. Among Bella de Giugno Summer Blood Birne Blake’s Pride
them are Bartlett with Seckel and B. Precoce Morettini Warren Red Clapp’s
Flemish Beauty with Comice or
Bosc. Pound pear doesn’t pollinize Conference PSF Abbe Fetel Highland
other pears. Shipova blooms very Doyenne de Juilett Pound Onward
late and is only pollinized by Bosc or
a Mountain Ash tree. White Doyenne Honeysweet PSF Harrow Delight
Those in bold with PSF are partially Bartlett Atlantic Queen Seckel
self-fertile. Ubileen Hendre Huffcapp Orcas
Gem Yellow Huffcapp Comice
Stuttgarter Johantorp Bosc
Duchess d Angouleme Rescue Shipova

Asian Pear Pollination Asian Pear

and Bloom Order EARLY LATE Approximate
Select two varieties for pollination. The first Seuri Mishirasu Ripening Order
four varieties bloom particularly early and Tsu Li Ichiban
likely will be best pollinized by one of the Shinsui Notice: We do
other first four on the list. Varieties from Korean Giant Hamese Hamese not know the
Yoinashi to the end of the list will usually Ichiban bloom times or
Yoinashi Yongi Shinseiki ripening times
pollinize each other. Hosui Kikisui Kikisui of some of the
Kosui new cultivars
Shinseiki Chojuro Chojuro we are offer-
Shinsui Kosui Ooharabeni ing. If you don’t
Hosui find a variety
Yoinashi on the charts it
• Fireblight Resistant: Spaulding, • Somewhat Resistant: Comice, Mishirasu is wise to have
Morretini, Blake’s Pride, Potomac, Dabney, Seckel, Atlantic Queen, Atago several other
Ayers, Spaulding, Warren, Tsu Li, Conference, Harrow Delight, Honey- Seuri pears to insure
Seuri, Gem sweet, Chojuro, Kikisui, Kosui. Korean Giant coverage of
Tsu Li its pollination
requirements.
38
Asian Pears
SHINSUI ATAGO U  nlike
Among the some Asian
sweetest of pears that like
(Pyrus serotina) Asian pears are the Asian it hot, Atago
very sweet and so juicy that the pears and the develops
juice will run down your chin when first to ripen. sweet, juicy
you crunch into one. Here is an The upright flavor even
exotic fruit that thrives in our vigorous tree in cooler
maritime climate and throughout is a heavy summer
most of the nation. Each variety producer of weather. A substantial crop of high
has a different mixture of subtle medium sized orange russetted quality, delicious fruit ripens in late
flavors and its effect on the palate fruit. One of the best at Raintree. September. Atago has been a star
is unique and quite special. Unlike B663: $26.50 each in the Mt. Vernon trials. B 510A:
most European pears, the fruit $26.50 each
ripens on the tree. Our trees are Chinese Pears
on OHxF97 semi-dwarf rootstock KOSUI This russeted selection
unless otherwise noted. Hamese, TSU LI is one of the best tasting. It is
Shinseiki, Kosui, and Mishirasu are T
 he fruit a reliable bearer of medium to
on OHxF87 semi-dwarf rootstock. is very large delicious fruit. However, in
USDA Zones 5-9. We offer well large and the wettest climates like Western
rooted 4-5’ trees. elongated Washington, it and Hosui are
like a susceptible to Pseudomonas. A
European great choice in much of the nation.
Cultivars With Yellow Fruit pear. The B535: $26.50 each
flavor is KOREAN GIANT
sweet and ( Dan Bae or
aromatic, Olympic) The
among vigorous winter
the best hardy tree
tasting of the Asian pears. The produces at a
tree is upright and vigorous. Tsu Li young age and
thrives in the Willamette Valley of bears a heavy
Oregon and in other areas with long crop of large,
hot summers, but may not ripen round olive
consistently in areas with short green fruit that
or cool summers. It is fireblight can weigh up to a pound each. The
resistant. 300 chill hours. B740A: fruit can be kept in unrefrigerated
HAMESE T
 his very sweet, crisp pear $26.50 each storage until March. This highly
is the first to ripen each summer in touted pear blooms early season
mid-August. Productive trees give SEURI The
delicious and ripens in mid-October. It is crisp
large crops of medium sized, yellow and juicy with high sugar content.
skinned fruits of superior flavor. round large
fruit has a It does well in most of the nation
B545: $26.50 each but can ripen too late in maritime
beautiful
SHINSEIKI S  hinseiki has yellow bright summer climates. B540 (OHxF87):
skin with sweet white flesh. The orange color. $26.50 each; B540A (OHxF97):
fine quality and medium to large The very $26.50 each; B450B (OHxF333):
size fruit is similar to, though we attractive tree $26.50 each
think better than Nijiseiki, (the originates MISHIRASU
variety commonly found in grocery in China. It is very vigorous and Enjoy big crops
stores). It is a heavy, regular bearer. productive. The aromatic fruit of huge brown
Fruit ripens in late August.B720: ripens in early October. It is skinned oval
$26.50 each fireblight resistant. B650B: $26.50 shaped fruit
KIKISUI E  ven each with beautiful
when trees orange dots.
are young, Cultivars With Russeted This unique fruit
is very crisp and
Kikisui Fruit
reliably crunchy, with
bears an YOINASHI excellent flavor.
ample This round It ripens in late
harvest of brown September. B  570: $26.50 each
large, crisp, skinned fruit CHOJURO W  e love the rich
delicious is crisp and distinctive aromatic flavor of this
fruit at juicy with an prolific traditional Japanese favorite.
Raintree outstanding Sometimes called “Old World”, the
starting butterscotch fruit is of good size and has brown
in early flavor. It sets russetted skin. Fruit ripens in mid
September. The round, yellow pears a heavy crop of medium to large September and keeps until March.
are sweet and juicy, and the trees size crisp sweet fruit on a vigorous, B520: $26.50 each
resist fireblight. B530: $26.50 pseudomonas resistant tree. B  780:
each $28.50 each 39
 Quinces
COMBO ASIAN HAVRAN A
 traditional
PEARAmong Turkish variety from
our most popular Izmir research station.
trees are these It has very large, pear
combinations with both yellow and
Fruiting Quinces shaped fruit. The
brown russeted Asian pears. The (Cydonia oblonga) At the turn of white flesh is sweeter
hardy trees are self-pollinating and the 20th century almost every ru- than American
ral family had a fruiting quince tree. cultivars. Fruit ripens
produce delicious fruit all season. late September.
It is on OHXF97 rootstock. It can The varieties we offer have delightful
pineapple like flavors. They are prized Introduced to the U.S. by Dr. Elwood
easily be maintained at 12 feet tall. Fisher.D087: $28.50 each
for cooking, jelly making, and adding
B9004 4x1 Combo- Yoinashi/ to apple cider. Quince trees are self PORTUGAL
Yongi/Hamese/Chojuro/ fertile, have big white blossoms in late A large pear
Shinseiki: $44.50 each; B9004A spring and very large bright yellow shaped old
4x1 Combo- Shinseiki, Yoinashi, fruit that ripens in October and hangs European
Hamese, Mishirasu $44.50 each like lanterns in the autumn. USDA variety that
Zones 5-9 unless otherwise not- is largest in
Asian x European Pear ed. Fruiting quinces are self-fertile. the middle
and tapers
Grafted on BA29C Provence root-
OOHARABENI NEW!An interesting stock. We offer 4-5’ grafted trees. at both ends.
cross of Red Bartlett and an Asian It stews well
pear made by the Japanese National American Gardener’s and becomes a deep crimson
Fruit Institute. We found it at the when cooked. Mix one Portugal
USDA Germplasm repository in Best Quince Collection with a dozen apples and you can
Corvallis Oregon. The tree has a make a pink sauce with a delicious
compact habit and has red leaves in pineapple like quince flavor. D070:
spring turning green in the summer. $28.50 each
The fruit is medium size, round and CLARIBEL A  n open pollinated seed
red when ripe in late August or early from the Russian quince cultivar
September. The fruit combines the Maslenka Rannaya received by
flavor and textures of it European and the USDA germplasm Repository
from the Vavilov Research Institute
Asian parents. B573: $26.50 each in Volgograd, Russia in 1990. This
variety is superior, with larger fruit,
greater production, good resistance
Using Asian Pears to fungal diseases, and resistance
to cracking following autumn rains.
IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh eating, salads, AROMATNAYANorth American  074: $32.50 each
Self fertile. D
superior for drying or pickling. gardeners can now enjoy a quince
IN THE LANDSCAPE: It is an excellent with a pineapple-like flavor that KARP’S SWEET
ornamental, espalier or shade tree. The is sweet enough to eat fresh. The Finally available
tree is covered with early white blossoms medium size “aromatic” fruit is to American
and the glossy attractive leaves are tinged
among the best of thousands of gardeners,
with purple in the spring, late summer and this Quince is
autumn. varieties from the Black Sea region uniquely sweet,
of Russia and Turkey. The disease juicy and non-
Useful Facts resistant tree produces round,
yellow fruit, which ripens in October
astringent,
HARDINESS: On our OHxF rootstocks, especially
and needs to be stored on the when grown
Zones 5-9.
EXPOSURE: Full sun.
window until it starts to soften. Like in warm climates. Obtained via
TREE SIZE & SPACING: 15 feet
other quinces, the uncooked texture fruit connoisseur and writer David
HARVEST TIME: August-October. Pick is dense, but it’s nice when thinly Karp, it comes to us through Edgar
ripe from the tree. sliced and it is excellent for cooking. Valdivia whose family grew it at
ORIGIN: China, Korea and Japan. D085: $28.50 lower elevations in Peru. We tasted
LIFE: 50+ years. each uncooked fruit Valdivia had grown
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 SEKER GEVREK in California, and it was sweeter
YIELD: 40-60 pounds and less woody than other quinces.
 sweet quince
A
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Loam is pre- Grown in the Pacific NW, though, it
ferred. Trees can tolerate wet soils.
from Turkey
which in Turkish was less sweet and soft. It is unique
PRUNING: Train like a European pear or and worth trying in your climate.
an apple, with modifications. See “Tree means sweet and
Owners Manual” that comes with order. crispy. The large USDA Zones 6-10.D084: $28.50
Thinning the fruit to one for every 6 inches bright yellow fruit each
is essential to avoid having huge numbers matures in early SMYRNA This reliably productive,
of golf ball-sized fruit. October and keeps self-fertile tree was brought from
PESTS: In the NW where the disease until February. The flesh is lemon Turkey over a century ago. Its
“Pseudomonas” is a problem, prune only colored and sweeter than most large, yellow, pear-shaped fruit is
from May-September to avoid infections. quinces. A great new quince for great for cooking, with a delicious
the American fruit grower from the mild flavor that is favored for
USDA germplasm repository in desserts, preserves and jellies.
40 Corvallis, Ore. D081: $28.50 each D080: $26.50 each
VAN DEMAN
 ery large,
V
oblong fruit
with bright
yellow skin.
Its spicy
flavor is great
for cooking
and jelly. A
heavy bearing
Burbank
selection which
does well in cool summers. D090:
$26.50 each
PINEAPPLE Heavy crops of
large, tart fruit are used in baking KRYMSKAYA NEW!A sweet fruiting
and jellies. Enjoy the profuse, quince from the former Soviet
ornamental bloom. It is cold hardy, Union. Krymskaya is productive TOYO NISHIKI Grow this beautiful
yet has a low chilling requirement and ripen early to mid season and Japanese quince both for the lovely
of 300 hours. A Luther Burbank is resistant to leaf spot. The fruit is early spring flowers of white, pink and
selection. D086: $26.50 each sweeter than many quince cultivars. red (often all on the same branch)
ORANGE NEW! D083: $26.50 each and for the deliciously fragrant
 njoy large,
E fruits that ripen in late summer. The
round fruit with Unusual Chinese Quince flowering branches make great cut
bright yellow flowers and the large sometimes
skin and orange PSEUDOCYDONIA SINENSIS Pretty apple-sized fruits may be used for
tinted tender exfoliating bark on this 20’ tall jelly or just enjoyed for their aroma.
and flavorful vase shaped tree reveals brown,
green and orange patches. This Easy to grow in sun or partial shade,
flesh that turns it can reach 7’ in height and width.
red when its quince tree has single pink spring
flowers followed by large oval tasty D050: $19.95 each
cooked. Orange
is an old time aromatic yellow fruit. In the fall enjoy VICTORY
fruiting quince tree cultivar. D082: rich red-orange foliage. It is hardy Victory
$26.50 each to USDA Zone 5. From the USDA produces
Repository in Corvallis OR.D092: large
LIMON A lemon- $28.50 each
shaped cultivar aromatic
with lemon yellow
fragrance prized Flowering Quinces fruit each
in the markets of (Chaenomeles speciosa) Flowering fall that is
Turkey. Also from quinces are a group of very winter used to
the germplasm hardy, disease resistant, deciduous make jelly
repository in shrubs covered with an abundance or syrup. It
Corvallis. The of beautiful flowers early each is a great
medium size tart fruit ripens early spring. The varieties we offer each edible
for a quince, in late September and follow up with a crop of nutritious ornamental, with scarlet flowers
keeps until December. Resistant to fruit with a pineapple and citrus fla- in March. It often blooms again
Quince Leaf Spot. D057: $28.50 vor that can be used to make jellies in summer. Grows to 8 ft. as a
each or syrups. This is a great group of vigorous bush. One gallon size.
EKMEK A great choice for culinary edible ornamentals. For fruit, plant D065: $19.95 each
uses, medium-size Ekmek is the two varieties. They make great CONTORTED G  orgeous pink flowers
most popular quince in Western hedge plants spaced about 4’ apart. cover this unusually contorted
Turkey and new to American USDA Zones 5-9. shrub in the very early spring. Cut
gardeners. It has regularly SUPER FUSION(C. x superba)
produced large crops of juicy, branches can be brought indoors
An arching 4’ tall shrub with in January to bloom. The twisted
yellow, pear-shaped fruit with bowl shaped scarlet red, flowers
creamy, yellow flesh at Raintree. form is striking in the winter. D091:
It ripens in September. D 088: appearing in April to May. The $22.50 each
$28.50 each roundish yellow fruit is especially
prolific and especially rich in vitamin CAMEO I t is grown for its lovely soft
C. One quart pot.D047: $22.50 apricot and pink colored double
each flowers that cover the bush in early
spring. It produces an abundance of
small quinces prized for jelly when
pollinized by another flowering
quince. It is thornless and compact,
reaching a height and spread
of about 4 feet. One gallon size.
D040: $19.95 each
41
 Extend Your Season
Cherries EARLY BURLATWhy wait for the
cherry season to start? Why not
Fresh cherries are so expensive eat large, sweet, dark red flavorful
to buy. Yet, with our new, ear- cherries from the tree a week or two
ly-bearing dwarf Gisela® 3 and before everyone else? Early Burlat is
Gisela® 5 rootstocks, they are very productive and bears every year.
easy to grow and pick! Many peo- It is resistant to bacterial canker and
ple have told us, “Full size, sweet to cracking. The tree is moderately
cherry trees that grow to 40 feet tall vigorous and spreading. It is fast
are for the birds.” We agree! Now becoming a backyard favorite. Needs
it is no longer necessary to risk life a pollinizer.C721G3 (Gisela® 3):
or limb to pick a bowl of cherries. $29.50 each; C721G (Gisela® 5):
We offer dwarf cherry trees of many $29.50 each
varieties that thrive in our maritime HUDSON This very firm, sweet dark
climate and in most of the nation. red, crack and rot resistant cherry
All our cherries, unless noted, are on lengthens the cherry harvest for
the very dwarfing Gisela® rootstock two weeks or more. Introduced in
and the price includes the expensive 1935 by the NY Experiment Station,
rootstock royalty. We offer sturdy 4’ to we have reintroduced it for its
5’ Gisela® 5 and 3’ to 4’ of the more outstanding flavor, productivity
dwarfing Gisela® 3 grafted trees that and late season. On Gisela® 3
will dig in and grow for you. They are rootstock. Needs a pollinizer.
often unbranched “whips” that will C765G3: $29.95 each
branch well upon planting! Sweet
cherries are USDA Zones 5-9, and
tart cherries are USDA Zones 4-9
An Old Favorite
Early Burlat
unless noted. Sweet cherries need BING T
 he delicious large, firm black
a pollinizer unless otherwise noted. cherry Eastern Washington made
famous. It grows in dry climates The dark red to nearly black fruit
but the fruit may crack west of the has a wonderful spicy flavor, firm
Sweet Light Red and Cascades. It’s crispness and flavor texture and medium-to-large size.
Yellow Cherries are unmatched. It is one of the Needs 800 chill hours. (Zaiger).
most nutritious, rich in anthocynins. Patent #7320. USDA Zones 4-8.
NUGENT B  irds eat cherries when C710G3 (Gisela® 3): $29.95 each;
they start to turn red and even C725: $29.95 each
C710G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
the “so called yellow cherries”
like Rainier have at least a blush
Unique Low Chill Cherries Hardy Wonders
of red. However this variety is KRISTIN T  he world’s hardiest sweet
all yellow. It ripens in mid to Are Headed South cherry, Kristin has survived winters
late season, is productive and from windswept Norway to Montana.
has an excellent flavor. This all Now growers in Southern lower chill
areas can successfully grow cher- These big, dark red cherries are
yellow cherry from New York crack and bacterial canker resistant
is producing well in Western ries. These delicious sweet cher-
ries are newly introduced by Floyd and proven in much of the nation.
Washington. Plant it and the birds Zaiger and require only 400 hours of Ripens mid-July.C780G3 (Gisela®
will cry fowl! Needs a pollinizer. chilling. USDA Zones 7-10. On Colt 3): $29.95 each; C780G (Gisela®
(Recently known as NY 518.) semi-dwarf rootstock. 5): $29.95 each
C 755G3 (Gisela® 3): $32.50
each; C755G (Gisela® 5): ROYAL LEE R  oyal Lee is a very HARTLANDTM A  large, heavy
$32.50 each productive, medium-large red bearing, attractive, dark red cherry.
cherry; heart shaped, very firm with Rated among the most flavorful, it
EMPEROR FRANCIS The most excellent flavor. It ripens 11-14 days is also resistant to cracking and rot.
reliable and productive cherry in our ahead of Bing. Pollinized by Minnie It ripens and blooms in mid season.
region. A regular bearer of medium Royal. C 826: $29.95 each It’s from the NY Experiment Station.
size, light colored sweet cherries of A proven winner also at the WSU Mt.
excellent flavor. It is loaded with fruit MINNIE ROYAL Minnie Royal is
a productive medium-sized red Vernon station. Hartland™ is rated
each year. C740G (Gisela® 5): highest in antioxidents of the sweet
$29.95 each cherry; firm with good flavor, mainly
used as a pollinizer for Royal Lee. cherries in a recent survey. Patent
RAINIER Prized for its outstanding, It ripens 11-14 days ahead of Bing. #11034. C762G3 (Gisela® 3):
zesty flavor, Rainier is a highly C825: $29.95 each $29.95 each; C762G (Gisela® 5):
productive yellow sweet cherry $29.95 each
with a red blush. The fruit is firm
and large and the tree is vigorous. Self-Fertile Dwarf
It does well in drier climates but CRAIG’S CRIMSON Our most
often cracks in Western WA. dwarfed cherry tree is perfect for
C 850G3 (Gisela® 3): $32.50 the small garden. This naturally
each; C850G (Gisela® 5): semi-dwarf cultivar is self-fertile
$29.95 each and grown on the New Root 1
Zaiger dwarf cherry rootstock, so
42 it can be maintained easily at 6-8’.
Self-Fertile Sweet Cherries TEHRANIVEE A new mahogany
colored self-fertile sweet cherry
DANUBETM A new selection from
Hungary, where delicious cherries
All the self-fertile varieties are also with black-red juice. Tehranivee have been grown for centuries. It
good pollinizers for the other sweet has excellent flavor as well as is also called Erdi Botermo. The
cherries! size, sweetness and firmness. dark red fruit has a flavor that is a
LAPINSA self-fertile variety of It ripens at the end of July in cross of the sweet and tart cherry.
sweet cherry with large dark red Western Washington so it avoids It is delicious eaten fresh or used
fruit of excellent flavor. Lapins cracking. Bred by famed Canadian in baked goods. It is productive
trees are bacterial canker and researcher Gus Tehrani, it was and ripens in early July. C720G3
crack resistant. This tree is a very released in 1996, from the Vineland (Gisela® 3): $29.95 each; C720G
consistent and heavy bearer. It Ontario Station and is a cross of (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
has wide adaptability through the Van and Stella. This beauty will
be a winner for American home MONTMORENCY T  he classic pie
nation. Lapins needs only 500 cherry tree. The beautiful upright
chill hours! C821G3 (Gisela® 3): orchardists. C895G3 (Gisela® 3):
$29.95 each tree thrives in our area. It produces
$29.95 each; C821G (Gisela® 5): an abundance of bright red cherries.
$29.95 each VANDALAY A  delicious, large black C830G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
STELLA Ideal for a backyard cherry that resists cracking and
bacterial canker. It is an excellent ENGLISH MORELLO M  orello cherries
grower without space for two have a deep crimson flesh and rich
sweet cherry trees, this self-fertile pollinizer for other varieties. Raintree
offers Vandalay to American wine red juice. English Morello is
selection is from Canada. Juicy, an old variety, grown for centuries,
heart-shaped, black cherries boast gardeners after it has proven to be
among the most flavorful and reliable with tart aromatic flesh. The juice
firm texture and excellent quality. is abundant and unparalleled
The productive tree has moderate in the midwest, northeast, and at the
WSU Mt. Vernon WA research station. for cooking and pie making. The
resistance to bacterial canker. large heart shaped dark red fruit is
Needs 800 chill hours. USDA Zones It ripens with Bing and blooms with
Sweetheart. From the Vineland freestone and ripens in August, at
4-8.C871G3 (Gisela® 3): $29.95 the end of the cherry season. The
each; G871G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 Research Station in Ontario, Canada.
Plant patent applied for. Self-fertile. tree habit is small, easily maintained
each at 8’ or less. C835G3 (Gisela® 3):
C890G3 (Gisela® 3): $32.50
WHITE GOLDTM(PPAF each; C890G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 $29.95 each; C835G (Gisela® 5):
Cultivar New Fane) each $29.95 each
An outstanding new ALMADEN DUKE The delicious
red and yellow, mid-
season cherry with Tart Cherries combination of sweet and tart
flavors makes this new cherry
good size, great flavor All of our tart cherry trees are self unique. Thought to be a seedling of
and consistent heavy fertile. The trees are easily main- a Mazzard cherry, it is easy to grow
cropping. White Gold is somewhat tained at 8-10’ in height. They have and very productive. It was provided
resistant to cherry leaf spot and proven anti-inflammatory proper- to Raintree by Andy Mariani and
bacterial canker. An Emperor Francis ties. discovered in the Almaden Valley
x Stella, recently released from SUREFIRETM A  surefire, easy picking near San Jose CA. The tree can
NY experiment station. Self-fertile. choice for the backyard grower be maintained at 10’ tall. C715G
NY13688. C845G3 (Gisela® 3): and U-pick marketer. Because it is (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
$32.50 each; C845G (Gisela® 5): very late flowering, Surefire evades
$32.50 each KANSAS SWEET NEW!Its delicious
and tolerates frosts and annually sweet/tart flavor comes from it
BLACK GOLDTM (PPAF Cultivar produces large, crack resistant being a Duke cherry which is a cross
Ridgewood) We love the flavor and crops. Both skin and flesh are fire
productivity of this large, firm, deep engine red. Its high sugar content between a sweet cherry and a tart
red (almost black) disease resistant makes it excellent for eating fresh. cherry. The beautiful, lush, columnar
sweet cherry. It is late blooming It ripens a week after Montmorency. tree grows to 8-10’ with thick, dark,
and self-fertile so it sets a big crop So highly regarded, it is the first oval leaves, making it a wonderful
where others fail. From New York sour cherry introduced by the choice for an ornamental focal point
Fruit Testing.C840G (Gisela® 5): N.Y. Geneva Station in 107 years. in the edible landscape. Self-fertile.
$32.50 each; C840G3 (Gisela® C880G3 (Gisela® 3): $29.95 Perhaps if it was named Kansas Tart
3): $29.95 each each; C880 (Gisela® 5): $29.95 its name might be misinterpreted.
each C810G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
SWEETHEARTA large
bright red self-fertile
cherry with excellent Super Hardy Tart Cherry
flavor. It shows a EVAN’S This Morello-type, tart cherry
low incidence of with crimson flesh and rich red juice
cracking. The tree is was found near Edmonton, Alberta,
upright and vigorous. which explains its exceptional cold
It is so heavy bearing tolerance. Naturally dwarf, rounded
and precocious trees grow to 10’ and annually
that when grown optimally, it produce heavy flower and fruit crops.
benefits from thinning. From British An exceptional choice for commercial
Columbia, it performs well in much & home orchard use, especially in
of the U.S. and has done well at the north. USDA Zones 3-8. C886G
the WSU Mt. Vernon WA station. (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each
It ripens late, a week after Lapins.
C883G (Gisela® 5): $29.95 each 43
 How To Use Cherries
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Sweet cher-
The Gisela® Dwarf Rootstock:
ry trees make attractive yard trees
with their rich green, large, serrated
leaves and lovely fragrant white spring
Incredibly Productive
blossoms. Pie cherry trees have darker We offer virus-free cherry trees but also disease resistant,
leaves and make good smaller yard
trees. on the dwarfing Gisela® 3 and 5 making a tree that can be main-
rootstocks. tained at 10-12’ tall.
Useful Facts Developed over 30 years, at the For the first time in years, we are
HARDINESS: Our Gisela®3 dwarf University of Giessen in Ger- also offering the Gisela® 3 root-
rootstock is hardy to at least -25° F.
Sweet cherries are USDA Zones 5-9; many, these rootstocks have stock which is the most dwarfing
tart cherries are  USDA Zones 4-9 proven their value throughout of the Gisela® rootstocks, making
unless noted. the U.S. in the NC 140 rootstock a tree that grows to only 8-10 feet
SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. trials. tall. It tends to make a broad tree
ORIGIN: Eastern Europe. excellent for a small area. Its small
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 35 years. The large royalties we have to size and early heavy bearing are
YEARS TO FRUIT: 2-3 pay on the rootstocks account
MATURE TREE YIELD: 25-50 pounds. great attributes but because of
HEIGHT & SPACING: 12 feet. for the higher price. However, this, the tree needs good grow-
the years you gain in early pro- ing conditions to thrive. It is very
How To Grow duction and easy picking make precocious prompting the tree to
SOILS: Avoid heavy clay and wet soils it well worth it. Patents make it il- bear heavily at an early age.
for sweet cherries. legal for gardeners to propagate
PRUNING: See Tree Owners Manual Giessen rootstocks without an It may require fruit thinning to
that comes with each order.
expensive license. However, we maintain fruit size and avoid
PESTS: Birds like cherries and eat overbearing and having the tree
many just before we humans do. Yellow offer for sale the VSL 2 (Krymsk
fruited varieties don’t attract birds! 5TM) dwarfing cherry rootstock. stop growing. Regular irrigation is
Selecting varieties on dwarf rootstocks needed. It is not recommended
See the rootstock page for more
and using netting and scare tape will for the heaviest bearing cultivars
help you get the fruit. information.
like Sweetheart. It is recommend-
POLLINATION: Some sweet cher- Gisela® 5 induces early and
ries need another sweet cherry as a
ed that dormant pruning on all
pollinizer. Some don’t pollinate each heavy fruit production, is very dwarf cherry trees be done in late
other. Tart cherries are self-fertile but winter hardy and thrives on a winter before bloom time which
won’t pollinate sweet cherries. See the wide variety of soils. This root- reduces the chance of bacterial
pollination chart.
stock is not only very dwarfing canker infestations.
For Your Health
Tart cherry juice can reduce inflamma-
tion and is used to treat gout. Eat your
cherries soon after harvest because
the antioxidants begin being depleted
soon after picking. Among the sweet
cherries, Hartland tested highest in
antioxidants.

We have large specimen

bearing fruit trees that
are way to big too ship
at our garden center in
Morton, Washington.
Call 1-800-391-8892 or visit
raintreenursery.com
for availability.
44
Combo Cherries
Peaches &
WHITE LADY T
 his low acid/high
sugar white fleshed peach has a
DWARF CHERRY COMBINATION flavor that will melt in your mouth.

Nectarines
These unique The medium large, red skinned
trees are fruits are freestone and have very
grafted on firm flesh. White Lady is widely
dwarfing adapted throughout the nation
Gisela® 5 rootstock. This amazing (Prunus persica) Nothing beats the wherever peaches will thrive. 800
tree can be maintained at 10 feet flavor of a fresh peach or nectarine chill hours. C
 553: $28.50 each
tall. Enjoy loads of delicious cherries ripened in your own backyard. Our
on this self fertile tree. You get 3 disease resistant varieties make it HW 272
or 4 of the following 5: Glacier, easy for you to succeed. Now you  onsistently
C
Montmorency, Emperor Francis, can grow great peaches and nec- high marks
Lapins and Early Burlat. C  9004: tarines in the Northwest as well as in from fruit
4x1 Combo: $54.95 each; most of the nation. We offer self fertile researchers
C9003: 3x1 Combo: $49.95 each varieties, unless noted, which are of at the WSU
excellent quality. Many are resistant Mt. Vernon
to leaf curl. A nectarine is a peach station have
Cherry Accessories without fuzz. We offer sturdy well root- prompted us
BIRD SCARE TAPEThis tough 7/16” ed 4’-5’ tall trees. On Lovell rootstock to get permission from Canada to
wide shining metallic tape is red on unless noted. USDA Zones 5-9 unless offer this numbered selection. HW
one side and silver on the other and otherwise noted. 272 is a very flavorful, reliable and
its shimmering scares heavy bearing peach from Harrow
BABY Station, Ontario. It has successfully
the birds. 290’ roll. CRAWFORD
T080: $5.95 each withstood lower temperatures at the
This heritage Harrow station than other peaches.
CHERRY STONER/ peach
SUCTION BASE T
 he
It is consistently productive in
cultivar has Western Washington. Ripe in early
Victorio Cherry Stoner an intensely August, it is free stone and has
handles up to 30 rich, flavor. yellow flesh and is attractively
pounds of cherries The medium colored with a 70% blush on a bright
per hour. Feeds and size freestone yellow background. . It has a low
separates pits from peaches incidence of split pits and shows
fruits with little loss of juices. Also are yellow
has a one year warranty. T383: field resistance to brown rot, canker
with golden- and bacterial leaf spot. Patented by
$27.95 each orange flesh and a slight blush. Fruit Ag. Canada. C516: $26.50 each
BIRD NETTING B  irds love to eat the connoisseurs rate it at the top for
fruit from blueberry bushes, cherry flavor eaten fresh, preserved, dried
trees and grape vines. Get your or canned. C504 (Lovell): $26.50 Curl Resistant Peaches
share by putting netting over your each Enjoy delicious peaches from your
plants. 14’ x 25’ piece of netting, CONTENDER This hardy, late own tree. Peach leaf curl has always
enough to cover two dwarf cherry blooming peach escapes spring been a major problem for backyard
trees or lots of bushes. Black frosts and sets fruit in much of peach growers. Raintree is the
netting with 2” mesh. T430: $14.50 the nation: it thrives in the East, in leader in introducing good tast-
each Colorado and in the Northwest. ing, resistant varieties. On Lovell
COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY It has a high chilling requirement rootstock unless noted.
THE FOOT W
 e have long rolls of (1050 chill hours), and isn’t good AVALON PRIDETM (Patented Cultivar
bird netting. Use it over grapes or for the Deep South. The beautiful, Croft) Discovered as a chance
build a structure over blueberries large fruit is bright red over yellow, seedling in 1981 in Issaquah, WA.
or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with is firm, sweet and delicious. Since it by Margaret Proud and named in
clothespins at the bottom. (Cut to resists browning and is freestone, it honor of her father Donald Croft. The
order at 5’ intervals, 25’ minimum is great for fresh eating, freezing or highly flavored, yellow fleshed, semi-
length per piece. canning. Introduced from the North freestone fruit is good for canning,
Carolina Experiment station in 1988. pies or eaten fresh. Fruit ripens in mid
HEAVY DUTYThis is 17 feet wide. It ripens in August. USDA Zones
This green netting is top rated July. C
 525A: $26.50 each
4-9. C 505A: $28.50 each
commercially and is rated for 10 BETTYA sweet
years if taken in for the winter. HARKEN flavorful leaf curl
T433: $1.35 per foot This is and split pit resistant
the best peach. It ripens late
flavored in the season, at the
Cherry Ripening Order peach in end of August. It has a
Early Burlat Kristen Nugent
our climate. deeper color than the
Royal Lee Angela Sweetheart
From variety Frost and is as
Minnie White Gold Lambert Canada, or more productive. It was a seedling
Royal Rainier Almaden hardy and found near Ferndale in Western
Stella Bing Hudson widely adapted, it is very sweet Washington and is the newest curl
E. Francis Sam Montmo- and bears a regular crop of large resistant peach successfully tested at
Lapins Vandalay rency freestone peaches. For canning, the WSU Mt. Vernon Station. C503:
Hartland Tehranivee K. Sweet pick fruit before it is table ripe. $26.50 each
Black Gold Craig’s Surefire Ripens early August. C510D:
Danube Crimson Morello $26.50 each 45
FROSTTM BLACK BOY NEW! A
 rare hardy highest
T
 he longest heritage peach cultivar that is leaf quality. Well
tested, curl curl resistant and has a wonderful thinned,
resistant rich flavor. Dark reddish purple skin tree-ripened
tree, Frost and flesh have resulted in its name. specimens
is still It ripens in late season and is self may surpass
unsurpassed. fertile. It is known mainly now in 4 inches in
In mid- New Zealand and it is related to the diameter.
August, it Peche de Vigne, the black peach
of France. It fragrant juicy flesh is Ripens early
produces August. C578:
reliable crops highly prized eaten fresh and for
preserves. USDA Zones 5-9. C501: $26.50 each
of semi-freestone, yellow-fleshed
peaches that have a rich, sweet $36.50 each LIMIT ONE KIT
flavor. Wonderful for both canning DONNELL
and fresh eating. C500A (St Julian Special New Cultivars PEACHTM I t
A): $26.50 each Selected for Flavor is named
SALISH SUMMERTM P  reviously after the
These peaches and nectarines late Kit
known as Q1-8, this semi-freestone, are a recent creation of the Cali-
white-fleshed peach has a Donnell,
fornia Rare Fruit Growers’ Hybrid- former
wonderful sweet flavor that is great izer Group, a group dedicated to
for fresh eating. Showy blossoms reviving the classic fruit flavors of chairperson
in spring predict ripe fruit in early the past. $1 from each sale goes for the
August. Selected by Dr. Robert to the group, which is dedicated Santa
Norton for its flavor and reliability. to developing superior stone fruit Clara Valley, CA, chapter of the
C530: $26.50 each varieties for home gardeners. CRFG. Although new, this peach
MARY SPECKLED EGG NECTARINETM
has many old-fashioned peach
JANETM S
 peckled Egg is a top quality, characteristics: A yellow freestone
R
 eliable, huge, yellow nectarine developed with little red coloration, delectable
colorful by CRFG’s Hybridizer Group. It’s flavor and juicy texture. It’s also very
and named after it’s speckled blush productive and the fruits are often
delicious, and oblong shape. The texture of great size. It is an ideal peach
this tree is meaty and juicy with a sweet, for eating fresh, canning, pies and
produces classic nectarine flavor of the preserves. C507: $28.50 each
showy
pink
flowers
and sets Using Peaches & Nectarines
fruit even
in frosty IN THE LANDSCAPE: Trees are fast growing and have attractive leaves and fragrant
springs. In mid-August, a crop of pink blossoms. Genetic dwarfs are perfect in a pot on a patio.
flavorful, red skinned, yellow-fleshed
peaches are ready for fresh eating, Useful Facts
drying, canning or freezing. A chance HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9
seedling selected by Louie Strahl SUN OR SHADE: Full sun.
in Steilacoom, WA. C  552: $26.50 HEIGHT & SPACING: Genetic dwarfs 5’ . Other peaches 12-15’ on Lovell and St. Julian A
each rootstock. On Citation and Krymsk 1 rootstocks they may be somewhat smaller.
INDIAN FREE POLLINATION: Self-fertile unless noted!
Prized it for LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15-20 years.
its rich color, YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3
flavor and YIELD OF MATURE TREE: 30-50 pounds
size. Naturally
resistant to
peach leaf
How To Grow
curl, the tree SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Adaptable to many soils as long as they are well drained.
produces heavy CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Unlike apples, standard peach trees require heavy prun-
crops of large, aromatic freestone ing to produce well. Prune off old wood, always renewing branches, because peaches
peaches that have red skin and bear on new wood only. Prune to an open center vase shape or in a fan shape on a trellis
white flesh marbled with crimson fence or wall.
stripes. When fully ripe in mid to late LEAF CURL CONTROL: Please note that the leaf curl resistant peaches will get some
season, the sweet, distinctive flavor leaf curl for the first few years. To control leaf curl, spray lime sulfur when the buds first
is excellent both eaten fresh and crack open in late December or early January and then three weeks later. Or if spraying
in preserves and chutneys. Plant by the calendar, spray once in late December and twice more at two week intervals.
another peach or nectarine as a
pollinizer. C524 (Lovell): $28.50
each; C624A (Citation): $28.50
For Your Health
each White fleshed peaches are higher in phytonutrients than yellow fleshed varieties.
The skin is the most nutritious part. The variety Indian Free with its red-streaked flesh is
46 particularly high in anthocyanins and antioxidants.
 ELDORADO PEACH A richly SATURN PEACHTM Saturn is a
flavored genetic dwarf with a “Peento” peach and is shaped like
pretty red blushed skin. It is early a doughnut without the hole. They
ripening, freestone and self- have large, showy double pink
fruitful and makes a beautiful flowers. The very sweet, medium-
fruiting bush. Needs 500 chill size fruit has melting white flesh.
hours. USDA Zones 6-9 C540: Patent #5123. C547A (Lovell):
$26.50each $26.50 each; C547 (St Julian A):
EMPRESS PEACH Enjoy the $26.50 each
delicious juicy sweet flavor. This SWEET BAGEL PEACHTM Look!
productive dwarf tree is the It’s a bagel. No, it’s a doughnut.
hardiest of the genetic dwarf What? It’s a peach? The look of
peaches to Zones 5-9. The fruit is new Sweet Bagel may surprise you
MARIA’S GOLD NECTARINE TM
a beautiful glowing pink color and at first, but when you bite into the
The pure golden skin and flesh the flesh is yellow. It needs 850 juicy, yellow fruit, you’ll recognize
of this juicy, richly flavored Chill Hours. C 518: $26.50each the superb peach flavor. The
nectarine has a delicious balance 2x1 NECTARINE - PEACH COMBO productive trees like hot summers.
of sweetness and acidity typical Enjoy two great varieties on a Fruit is large compared to other
of the exotic fabled “Golden small tree. The Nectar Babe flat peaches.C545: $26.50 each
Peaches of Samarkand.” Named nectarine has large sweet yellow
after Russian horticulturist Dr.
Maria Plekhanova, it is a hybrid
freestone fruit and the Pix Zee Nectarines Selected
peach has sweet flavorful orange- for Flavor
derived from seeds brought back red clingstone fruit with yellow
from Uzbekistan by Andy Mariani. flesh. USDA Zones 6-9. C5802: These aren’t genetic dwarfs. The
C573: $28.50 each $36.50 each trees will grow to 10-12 feet in
RASPBERRY RED height and width. Nectarines are
NECTAZEE NECTARINE Enjoy
NECTARINETM peaches without the fuzz.
Developed by the the flavorful yellow fleshed, red
skinned fruits on this beautiful, HARDIRED NECTARINE T  op rated
California Rare Fruit
Growers’ Hybridizer freestone dwarf tree. C  585: for west of the Cascades, this
Group. A rare $26.50 each Harrow Ontario selection will excel
nectarine with rich red throughout Zones 5-9. It bears large
flesh reminiscent of the old “Indian Chinese Flat Peaches quantities of red sweet tasty, yellow
Red” peaches. It is the result of fleshed fruit in early August. The
crossing red-fleshed peaches with & Nectarines tree is attractive and spreading in
white nectarines and re-crossing Flat Peaches and Nectarines are habit, tolerant of bacterial spot and
the subsequent seedlings. Small new to American gardeners. They brown rot and covered each spring
to medium sized fruit has dark grow like other peach trees. The with large showy pink flowers.
burgundy skin with flesh streaked in fruit is flat and very sweet. They C565A (St Julian A): $26.50 each
red and a juicy, melting texture. The need a hot summer climate and
flavor is unique: rich and complex, 500 chill hours to thrive. On Lovell Gorgeous & Tasty Too
very sweet but with a pleasant rootstock unless otherwise noted.
tartness similar to raspberry. C576: Self fertile. ATOMIC RED FLOWERING
$28.50 each NECTARINE Perhaps inadvisably
SAUZEE named for its beautiful, deep-red
KING
Genetic Dwarfs WHITE
double flowers that shine like a
beacon. Talk about a stunning
Genetic dwarf NECTARINE edible ornamental, it also provides
peaches and New from a good mid-season crop of medium
nectarines grow Zaiger to large white fleshed flavorful
4-5’ tall and are Hybrids nectarines. USDA Zones 6-9. Needs
great in a pot on — the first
the patio, deck 500 chill hours. (Not recommended
donut-style in wet
or in the ground. nectarine!
Each is grafted maritime
This climates.)
about 18” high outstanding
to make a beau- C508:
tiful dwarf bush early $26.50
like the one pic- season each
tured. All ripen variety
in June in central California to early has white
August in the Pacific Northwest. All flesh that
genetic dwarfs are very susceptible, is sweet and juicy. The compact
but avoid leaf curl when they are tree sets fruit at a young age and
grown in a special, easy to accom- produces heavily. Thinning is
plish way. Cover the tree so it stays required for large fruit size. The fruit
dry from mid Dec. to Feb. and it has red skin over a blush of yellow.
won’t get leaf curl. Each is on Lovell On Citation rootstock. C563:
rootstock. Each is self-fertile. $26.50 each 47
 Versatile Favorites
Apricots
is marbled red and yellow. While
it has fruited well in cold climates,
TOMCOT These luscious huge we have not successfully fruited
orange orbs are the first apricots to it here at Raintree in our maritime
(Prunus armeniaca) We offer a col- ripen each season. The firm orange climate. USDA Zones 4-8. On Lovell
lection of unusual Apricots and Apri- flesh is delicious eaten fresh or rootstock. C380: $32.50 each
cot crosses from around the world! dried. Select another apricot as a
Apricots come from cold climates pollinizer. Developed by WSU fruit
where they must bloom very quickly breeder Tom Toyama from a cross “Sweet Pit” Apricots
after their chilling requirements are made in 1970. It will do well in much They are called “sweet pits” because
met. In more moderate climates of the nation but not west of the you can eat the kernel like you would
they bloom very early and must be Cascades. C385D: $26.50 each an almond, as well as enjoying the
planted in areas where they aren’t WESTLEY This self fertile apricot flavorful fruit.
subject to early spring frosts! We from Northern California is excellent HUNZA F  rom the land of the Hunza
offer sturdy well rooted 4-5’ trees. eaten fresh and particularly prized in northern Pakistan, where people
On Lovell rootstock unless other- dried. The medium to large fruit routinely live to well over the age of
wise noted. has orange flesh and good flavor. one hundred. The kernel of this small,
It blooms and ripens in the late sweet fruit is the primary source of
These Produce in the season. It has looked good in trials
at the WSU Mt. Vernon station
oil for the Hunza, and many claims
are made concerning its healthful
Pacific Northwest in Western Washington. C477: properties. Kernels must be roasted
Where Others Fail $26.50 each or otherwise cooked before eating.
Puget Gold and Harglow both bloom The Hunza leave the fruit on the tree
later and tolerate more frost while Cold Climate Black Apricot to dry before harvesting, but we
can’t recommend this method for
still setting fruit. They are more TLOR-TSIRAN BLACK APRICOT those in wetter climates! The flesh of
likely to fruit in a maritime climate ( Prunus dasycarpa) As far as we the fruit, when cooked, has a deep
where numerous other varieties know, only Raintree is offering Black toffee flavor. Self fertile. It is not likely
have failed. They also appear to Apricots to American gardeners. to produce well in cool maritime
be somewhat less susceptible to This is a selection of an unusual, summers. USDA Zones 5-9. On
disease. If you live in a maritime naturally occurring hybrid of apricot Citation rootstock. C475: $28.50
climate and are not in a late frost (P. armeniaca) and myrobalan each
pocket, try them. plum (P. cerasifera) from central
Asia. We tasted it in Russia at the CHINESE SWEET PIT Also known
PUGET GOLDTM as the Chinese Golden, Mormon
This prolific Krymsk Station near the Caucasus
mountain range and enjoyed the or Large Early Montgamet Apricot.
bearing tree It is late blooming, making it
produces large flavor. The skin of the tasty oval
fruit is fuzzy like an apricot but is an excellent choice for higher
elongated fruit elevations or late frost areas. The
of very good a dark purple. The trees showy
white blossoms appear slightly tree is medium size, precocious
flavor. The tree and a heavy bearer. Its golden
blooms in early later than other apricots. The flesh
orange medium size fruit is sweet,
March and the firm and juicy. It ripens over a long
fruit ripens in period of time. It is winter hardy and
early August. A self fertile. USDA Zones 4-9. On
natural semi- Marianna 2624 rootstock. C476:
dwarf, the tree $28.50 each
can easily be
maintained
at 15’ height Miniature Size, Big Flavor
and spacing. PIXIE COT MINIATURE APRICOT A
It’s self-fertile. new and exciting breakthrough for
C460C (St. the backyard grower. This new Zaiger
Julian A): introduction has a delicious flavor. It
$26.50 each
HARGLOW A
late blooming, How To Use Apricots How To Grow
early ripening, IN THE KITCHEN: Eat fresh, stew or can. SOIL: Well drained soil. Prefers a neutral
self-fertile apricot that has proven They are wonderful dried, in jams, nectars pH
itself in our maritime Pacific and as leather. POLLINATION: Self fertile unless noted.
Northwest and in most of the IN THE LANDSCAPE: Apricots have the CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Prune to
nation. It is an introduction from the most beautiful foliage of the fruit trees. an open center shape. Fruit spurs bear
Harrow Research Station in Ontario, Leaves are first a bronze color, turning to several years. Water trees in the summer.
Canada and shows some resistance green as they mature.
to brown rot and other diseases. For Your Health
The firm, sweet, flavorful fruit is Useful Facts Apricots have 3 to 8 times the phytonu-
medium to large and a deep orange HARDINESS: Zones 5-9 unless noted. trients of peaches or nectarines. Fully
color with a red blush. C470C (St. SUN OR SHADE: Sun. ripened fruit from your tree is far more
Julian A): $26.50 each HEIGHT & SPACING: 15 feet. nutritious than the fruit picked semi ripe
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 from a store.
48 YIELD: 30-120 pounds per tree.
is a miniature, easily maintained at ened for the first time this year at is ripe, the yellow/green skin turns
only eight feet tall. The abundant Raintree and produced a delicious a dappled maroon and yellow.
fruit is medium size with a bright crop of beautiful fruit. A frequent taste test winner for
orange skin. It has yet to be tested SWEET TREAT its distinct Plum-Apricot flavor.
around the nation but is expected PLUERRYThis Dandy is a good pollinator for
to be very cold hardy and should new dark red other pluot varieties and among
do well where apricots thrive. On fruit with yellow the most widely adaptable to
Citation rootstock, the tree needs a flesh is a complex colder climates. Thin the fruit so
well drained soil. Patent pending. 600 interspecific it doesn’t overset and become
chill hours. USDA Zones 6-9. C480: hybrid, biennial. On Citation rootstock.
$26.50 each predominantly of Needs 500 chill hours. USDA
Zones 6-9. C 376: $26.50 each
plum and cherry
Persian Delight with a hint of peach and apricot FLAVOR
thrown in for good measure. It GRENADE
SHAA-KAR-PAREH Shaa-kar-pareh
looks a lot like a small round plum Enjoy
is a delightful, white-fleshed apricot explosive,
from Iran. It is an ancient hybrid but the taste is like a tasty plum
infused with cherry flavor. It’s new sweet-as-
between a myrobalan plum and an honey flavor.
apricot. Medium to large fruit with and unique and will be very popular.
It blooms with late mid season This green
light yellow skin flushed with rose. fruit with a
The white flesh is exceptionally Asian plums and needs a pollinizer.
Flavor King Pluot, Burgundy and red blush, hangs on the tree and
sweet with plum-like flavor. It ripens can be eaten for four to six weeks
early in the season and is self fertile. Santa Rosa plums have proven
good pollenizers and gardeners will as it keeps getting sweeter. It
USDA Zones 6-9. On Marianna 2624 extends the stone fruit season
rootstock. C383: $28.50 each need to experiment to find the best
pollinizers in their region. (See Asian and can be harvested in October.

Plum Plum Pollination Chart.). USDA The fruit will still have a distinctive
Zones 6-9. Needs 450 chill hours. crunch. Good reports have come
On Myro 29C rootstock. C356: in from USDA Zones 5 and 6 areas

Crosses $29.95 each

CANDY HEART PLUERRY™ Candy
Heart’s skin is dark speckled red
that have good late-summer
heat. Those who can grow Flavor
Grenade successfully are in for
We offer many new fabulous plum a late-season treat. Pollinized by
and the delicious and uniquely Japanese plums or pluots. On
crosses. Plum is crossed with cherry, flavored flesh is amber/red. It Myro 29C. Chill hours 600. USDA
peach, nectarine and apricot. Pluots ripens after most cherries and Zones 5-9. C 377: $26.50 each
and Apriums are incredibly sweet Japanese plums and is pollinized
crosses of plum and apricot with a by the Sweet Treat Pluerry™ or a FLAVOR SUPREME
wonderful variety of complex flavors later blooming Japanese Plum.  lavor Supreme is
F
and colors. Pluots are mostly plum On Myro 29C rootstock. C 359: the sweetest and
while Apriums are predominately apri- $29.95 each most flavorful of
cot. Both will thrive where Apricots do all the pluots and
well. NADIA™ CHERRY PLUM This that’s saying a lot.
new rare cherry and plum cross The rich, sweet red
All the cultivars listed thrive in the from Australia has a delicious flesh is covered
California central valley where they combination of cherry and plum by maroon and green mottled
were bred but are still being tested flavor. Larger than a cherry and skin. It needs a Japanese plum
in other climates! These patented smaller than a plum, it is a cross or other pluot for pollination and
Floyd Zaiger introductions all need of the Black Amber Asian Plum requires 700 chill hours. On Myro
hot summers to bring out their and the Supreme Cherry, an 29C rootstock. USDA Zones 7-10.
sugars and incredible flavors. We’ve Australian dark cherry cultivar. C 455: $26.50 each
chosen several cultivars that have The skin is dark red as is the flesh.
proven the most cold hardy! Howev- The fruit is firm, sweet and juicy.
er they don’t do well in high humid- Further evaluation will be needed Apriums Rest
ity. They are easily maintained at as to its hardiness and range of on Cots
10-15’ tall. We offer 3-5’ trees. adaptability though judging by its FLAVOR DELIGHT
parents it could be hardy in USDA APRIUMThe flesh
The First True Cherry Zones 5-9. The tree grows to is yellow and firm
about 15 feet tall and is grafted on
x Plum Crosses St. Julian A rootstock. PP19842.
like an apricot but it
has a combination
Famed fruit breeder Floyd Zaiger C 358: $29.95 each of apricot and plum
has crossed a cherry with a Jap- flavor. The fruit is
anese plum to create a wonderful
new fruit he calls a Pluerry™. Until Most Widely two inches long
and incredibly sweet. It needs hot
very recently Cherry Plums were just Adapted Pluots summers to bring out its full flavor.
a name for small plums. Now we DAPPLE DANDY This large It ripens in mid-July on a vigorous
have true crosses that incorporate freestone fruit upright tree that can be maintained
cherry flavor into what looks like a is also called at about ten feet tall. On Marianna
plum. “Dinosaur Egg” . 2624. Self-fertile. Patented. USDA
A pluot, another pluerry or a mid When the incredibly Zones 6-9.C360: $26.50 each
season blooming Asian plum would sweet and delicious
be a good pollinizer. Pluerries rip- red and white flesh 49
LEAH COT APRIUM A new Zaiger
Apricot cross with attractive orange
Patent 8393. A Floyd Combination Crosses
Zaiger selection. 600
skin and flesh and a rich apricot chill hours. It does 4 x 1 COMBO PLUOT These are
flavor. Enjoy heavy crops of very large well in hot summers the most popular and proven Pluot
flavorful fruit early in the season. and is a good one varieties. They vary in fruit skin color,
Self Fertile. It needs 500 chill hours. to try in maritime from yellow to red, making this a
Like other apricots it blooms early in beautiful combination. The fruit is of
climates. USDA excellent quality, incredibly sweet,
the season and is not suited for late Zones 7-9. On Lovell
frost areas including the maritime plum-like, with an apricot aftertaste.
rootstock. C 351: $28.50 each It ripens in July and August. The
Northwest. USDA Zones 7-10. C363: four varieties are Dapple Dandy,
$26.50 each
Plum x Peach x Nectarine Flavor Queen, Flavor King and Flavor
Supreme. The dwarf tree on Citation
Rare Peach Plum Crosses SPICE ZEE NECTAPLUM This is a rootstock is self-fertile and will pollinize
new and unique introduction that early ripening Japanese plums. USDA
Zaiger’s Peaches and Nectarines truly tastes like a delicious cross Zones 6-9. C  3604: $54.95 each
crossed with Plums don’t require as of a plum, peach and nectarine.
much summer heat as Plum, Apricot The first Nectaplum™ from Zaiger 4 x 1 ZEE SWEET PLUOT COMBO A
crosses. They ripen early in the sea- Hybrids. Spice Zee is a great choice combo with great colors and flavors.
son and they do better in maritime for the home gardener. It is slightly These are Zaiger introductions.
areas though like most peaches acidic and loaded with sugar, giving Geo Pride has red skin and is very
they are not resistant to leaf curl. productive and flavorful. Emerald
it a spicy sweet flavor. Along with Drop is golden and sweet as honey.
TRI LITE PEACHPLUM A rare cross great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful Splash is golden and tops in flavor
of Peach and Japanese Plum. The ornamental tree with a tremendous and Flavor Grenade is green with
delicious white flesh has a classic spring bloom followed by dark red red flesh. 500 to 600 chill hours.
peach flavor with a wonderful plum leaves in the spring that mature to Patented. Pluots need hot summers
aftertaste that is truly unique. It is a a rich green-red in late summer. to bring out the sweet flavors. As yet
clingstone, very productive, early This variety is self-fruitful and very untested in colder climates. Self-
season ripener with great flavor productive. USDA Zones 6-10. Patent fertile. USDA Zones 6-9. On dwarf
canned or eaten fresh. Self-fertile. pending. On Lovell rootstock. C357: Citation rootstock. C3654: $54.95
Enjoy the showy pink spring flowers. $28.50 each each

Plums
ing to fifteen different species and are native to areas
throughout the world. No fruits we can think of come in
such a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and flavors. Our
plums are on semi dwarfing Marianna 2624, St. Julian
(Prunus species) Raintree offers a wonderful col- A or Lovell rootstocks unless otherwise noted. They are
lection of the most flavorful plums from around easily maintained at an average of from 10-13’ tall and
the world. Plums provide an abundance of delicious need that spacing. USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise
fruit with relatively little care. Plums are unique among noted. Each needs a pollinizer unless noted! We offer
the fruits in that they are a very diverse group belong- sturdy, well rooted 4-5’ trees.

European
REINE newly introduced by Cornell, has
CLAUDE a very high sugar content. Several
DOREE pickings, beginning in late August,

Plums This is the

original
Gage plum,
are needed for a complete harvest.
Formerly known as NY 101. Includes
$1 royalty. On Marianna 2624.
European plums come in many the famous C054: $28.50 each
types, colors and flavors. Reine GOLDEN
Claude TRANSPARENT
Doree from France. Connoisseurs
Gage Plums prize the small, yellow/green plums
GAGE W
 e think
this is the best
Gage plums came from Italy to that ripen in August or September late season
France in about 1520 where they for their incredible sweet juicy flavor. gage plum. The
were named “Reine Claude”. From Andy Mariani’s orchard. Plant well formed tree
Brought to England in 1720 by Sir another Gage plum for pollination. produces yellow
William Gage, he soon lost the On St Julian A. fruit with red
labels. These delicious fruits, ideal USDA Zones 6-9. dots and a rich, aromatic, sweet
for dessert or jams, have thereaf- C015A: $26.50 yellow flesh. The fruit ripens in late
ter been named after him. Rain- each September. On St Julian A. Self-
tree recommends you purchase a fertile. C050: $26.50 each
permanent label for each fruit tree, ROSY GAGE
thereby assuring no plums will be Y ou will love PURPLE GAGE We love its sweet,
named for you. Other Gages, Coe’s the dense, rich dense, rich flavor and beautiful
Golden, Stanley and Prune d’ Ente flavor. This purple color and large crops in late
are great Gage pollinizers. rosy skinned, August. A freestone with a small pit,
yellow fleshed, the tree is upright and productive.
50 productive plum A great dessert plum. Partially self
fertile. Also called Reine Claude
Violette. On St Julian A. C211A:
Try Our Selection
$28.50 each of Prune Plums!
CAMBRIDGE What makes a plum a prune is that
GAGE E
 njoy it can be dried. Our prune plums
these uniquely- are also great for fresh eating and
flavored, KIRKE’S BLUE I ntroduced by cooking!
satisfying, rich Joseph Kirke of London in 1830, IMPERIAL EPINEUSE
Gage plums. this large, round, dark blue plum is T
 his wonderfully
Sweet, dense still the finest flavored of all. Each flavorful sweet
flesh is green August, trees at the Wisley Royal French prune plum
and firm, and Horticultural gardens produce has been used at
the skin is incomparable freestone fruit with the English National
greenish yellow with a red blush. yellow, drippingly juicy flesh and a Fruit Trials as a
This partially self fertile, compact fantastic flavor. A challenge to grow standard to judge prune flavor. The
tree blooms with Rosy Gage and successfully, it needs a pollinizer. fruit is medium to large, red to purple
bears a heavy crop that ripens in C160A (Marianna 2624): $28.50 with a meaty yellow flesh. The tree
late August. On Marianna 2624. each; C160: (St. Julian A): is an attractive upright grower. The
C 055: $28.50 each $28.50 each very sweet, freestone fruit ripens in
BAVAY GAGE Reputed in England OPAL NEW! late August. This selection is new to
to be the best late Gage plum, this  pal ripens
O Raintree. In the past we had offered a
self-fertile selection claims rich in late July, similar variety and have obtained the
flavor, sweet, juicy, deep yellow flesh one of the true Imperial Epineuse thanks to Todd
and yellow-green skin dotted with first European Kennedy. Needs a pollinizer. On St
white. It ripens in late September and plums to Julian A. C141: $28.50 each
hangs on the tree for several weeks. ripen. Enjoy PRUNE D’ENTE
A favorite since 1843, it is large for heavy crops 707 This self fertile
a Gage and produces a reliable of small to medium size reddish French prune plum
crop. The compact tree suits small purple roundish plums with a is most highly
gardens. On dwarf Citation rootstock. delicious gage like flavor. Opal is prized in its home
C010: $26.50 each self fertile and blooms with Seneca country for large,
and Victoria. Opal is very popular in very sweet fruit with
England. On St Julian A rootstock.
English Favorites C214: $24.95 each
violet-red skin and yellow flesh.
In the tradition of the renowned
Try our plums from England. They “Agen” prunes, this clone has a
each have fantastic flavor and are Victoria Would Like high sugar and low water content,
the finest connoisseur fruit in the making it superior for drying. Newly
realm. to Introduce Her available to American gardeners,
EARLY LAXTON T  his beautiful pink- Swedish Cousin! the fruit is delicious eaten fresh or
orange oblong freestone plum with VICTORIA I n late
dried, stewed or made into jams.
delicious yellow meaty flesh is the August of each In France, it blooms in mid season
season’s first European plum to year, trees in and matures in early September.
ripen. Each year the tree overflows English gardens This cultivar is from Andy Mariani’s
with fruit. In 1916 it received the overflow with orchard. On Marianna 2624. C111:
British Award of Merit. The fruit is these incredibly $28.50 each
high in Vitamin C and is rated tops productive, ITALIAN PRUNE (Sehome strain) The
for cooking. The tree is upright, colorful large Italian prune is famous for reliability
care-free and needs a pollinizer. On oval pink plums. and heavy setting. It’s a large purple
St Julian A.C100A: $28.50 each The flesh is a golden yellow and freestone plum with yellow-green
COE’S GOLDEN sweet. It is self fertile, freestone flesh. It is great for drying and
DROP A and prized for canning and jam. A canning. Self-fertile. Fruit ripens in
legendary seedling found in Sussex in 1840, late August. On St Julian A. C120:
oblong, golden it is England’s most widely planted $24.95 each
plum introduced plum. Now Americans can enjoy SCHOOLHOUSETM
in 1800 at Bury it too. On Marianna 2624. C290: A large oval, bright
St. Edmunds, $28.50 each yellow plum with
England. The JUBILEUM E  njoy excellent flavor. It
medium to loads of flavorful appears to be a
large fruits have large pink/ prune type plum.
straw-yellow purple plums Its bright yellow
skin and golden on this sturdy color makes it unique. It ripens in
flesh. The plums self fertile tree. mid September and is extremely
are incredibly sweet and juicy and Jubileum was productive and reliable. It is named
have a pocket of intense apricot-like bred in Sweden. for the schoolhouse where it was
flavor. The freestone fruit ripens in It is similiar to Victoria but ripens a found in Pt. Townsend, WA. It was
October on vigorous, healthy trees, week earlier in August and has larger brought to us by James Fritz. On St
extending the plum season. It needs fruit. Great for eating or processing. Julian A. C115A: $26.50 each
a pollinizer. On St Julian A. C
 060: On Marianna 2624.C053: $26.50
$28.50 each each 51
STANLEYA flavorful, very large weeks, so it extends
purple prune plum. Excellent for the season. The
eating fresh, drying or jam. A heavy self-fertile tree
bearer, self fertile and freestone. On produces loads
St Julian A. C250: $26.50 each of small, yellow-
orange fruit. Both
MOUNT ROYALEvery August, a
fruit and leaves are sometimes
huge crop of delicious plums ripen streaked with white, a naturally
in abundant clusters on this hardy, occurring trait specific to this
European plum tree. The medium- cultivar. A wonderful fruit, finally
size, round, blue plums with Five Incredible Mirabelles available to American gardeners
yellow flesh are excellent for fresh C202A: $28.50 each
eating, canning, drying or freezing. Mirabelles are a type of plum, not a
The self-fertile tree, developed variety. Our customers have shown MIRABELLE DE METZThese soft,
in Quebec prior to 1903, is the great interest in these flavorful small sweet, exquisitely flavored plums are
hardiest and most widely adapted jewels. Plant two different varieties small-stoned and yellow dotted with
of the tested European plums and for best pollinization. All the Mira- red. This very old, French cultivar
is a heavy annual producer. USDA belles are on St Julian A rootstock. ripens in late summer and produces
Zones 4-8. On St Julian A.C181A: USDA Zones 5-9. heavily. C
 208A: $32.50 each
$26.50 each MIRABELLE DE NANCY T  his
RUTH GERSTETTER Prized for variety is a hit in farmers’ markets Two Delicious Europeans
cooking, drying and fresh eating, throughout France, eaten fresh Via Orcas Island
or made into Brandy. As good
this high quality, medium-size, today as it was in 1790. It ripens in BLAU DE BELGIQUE N
 oted as
blue plum has yellow/green flesh. August. Nancy and Metz are cities a culinary favorite, this medium
Bred in Germany about 1920, it is in Northeastern France. The fruit size roundish purple plum with
partially self fertile, blooms with is more oval in shape and the tree sweet, firm golden flesh is nearly
Early Laxton and Bavay Gage and a more upright grower than the freestone. It is heavily productive
bears early season. On St Julian Geneva cultivar. C  207: $32.50 and ripens in mid season. It needs
A. C125: $26.50 each each a pollinizer and bloom between
ERSINGER A ‘German Prune’ GENEVA Bavay, Coe’s and Victoria. A favorite
plum with delicious flavor. It MIRABELLETM of the Bullock brothers in western
crops heavily and ripens early in This small Washington. Also called Belgian
the season. The skin is blue and yellow plum Purple is developed in Belgium
the shape is oblong to pointed. with yellow about 1850. C023A (St Julian A):
Ersinger has fruited at Raintree flesh and red $26.50 each; C023 (Marianna
and has proven to be a superior dots on the skin 2624): $26.50 each
variety with outstanding flavor. is interesting MONSIEUR HATIF M  onsieur Hatif
On St Julian A. C 048A: $26.50 to look at de Montmorency is an excellent
each and delicious. It is incredibly culinary European plum. It is a
productive and full of flavor. Great roundish medium size freestone
SANCTUS HUBERTUS A  n early for tarts, compotes, canning or
ripening purple dessert plum purple plum with golden yellow
making jams. Eat this freestone flesh that ripens in August. It is
from Belgium. Its medium-size plum in late August. Formerly
fruit ripens in August. It needs also known as Early Orleans. It is
known as Mirabelle 858, it is a an old variety brought from France
a pollinizer and it blooms with selection from Cornell in Geneva
Victoria. On St Julian A. C212: to England and on to the U.S.
N.Y. The tree habit is spreading. Reportedly self fertile.C175 (St
$26.50 Includes $1 royalty. C205A:
each Julian A): $26.50 each; C175A
$28.50 each (Marianna 2624): $26.50 each
SENECA REINE DE
This very MIRABELLE T
 rue You Won’t Mind Getting
large plum to its name which
is sweet, translates as “Queen Caught in This Jam
delicious of the Mirabelles,” BLUES JAM TM
and this regal yellow This amazing
freestone. plum exceeds others in size and tree produces
It has claims yellow skin and superb so many fruits,
beautiful red flavor. It ripens later than other they look from
skin and yellow flesh. It is a regular Mirabelles and is prized in Europe a distance like
bearer on an upright vigorous as a culinary plum, for fresh eating thick dark blue
tree. Enjoy the fruit fresh, dried and for luscious preserves. It may ropes covering
or canned. It needs a pollinizer be a Mirabelle x Gage plum cross. the branches.
and ripens in early September. C200A: $28.50 each These small “Damson” type plums
An introduction from the N.Y. PARFUMEE DE SEPTEMBRE have a sweet/tart dense flesh and
Experiment Station, it has proven  rue to its name this sweet
T make great preserves. The tree
one of the best European plums in Mirabelle plum from France is is partially self fertile, upright,
the WSU Mount Vernon tests. On St highly flavored and aromatic. It disease resistant and easy to
Julian A. C220: $26.50 each ripens two weeks later than other grow, setting huge crops in late
Mirabelles, holds well on the September. From Cornell. On St
52 tree and can be picked for three Julian A.C215A: $26.50 each
JAM’S
SESSIONTM
GROS AMELIORAT NEW! This How To Use Plums
small round plum has a delicious
A blues jam and very sweet flavor. It was bred IN THE KITCHEN: Plums can be
session. Cornell in Romania and is very popular eaten fresh, canned or made into
has released this leathers or used for jams and jellies.
there. The fruit is an inch in
beautiful, heavily The varieties which are best suited
diameter, and red/purple over a for drying are referred to as prunes.
productive small yellow ground color with yellow
freestone plum for the making of Prunes can be stewed or made into
flesh that clings to the pit. It ripens pastry filling.
a rich flavored Damson plum jam in September and it needs a IN THE LANDSCAPE: European
or sauce. Its parentage is open pollinizer. On St Julian A rootstock. plum trees tend to be 10-15 feet tall
pollinated x Late Muscatel. Its skin is C213A: $26.50 each and upright with attractive deep green
bright blue and flesh yellow. The tree foliage. Japanese plums tend to be
looks beautiful in mid September,
loaded with thousands of ripe blue Exciting New Plums more spreading. They have a lighter
colored foliage. All are adorned with
fruit. Also called NY 111. On St Julian From Russia beautiful white to slightly pink flowers
A. C182A: $26.50 each A great find for Northern gar- in the spring. Japanese plums are
deners. These Russian plums amongst the first to flower and mark
Eastern European Gems succeed in cold climates where the beginning of spring.
POZEGACA A unique introduction to others fail. They consistently
American gardeners! Also known as produce large crops with little or Useful Facts
Hauszwetsche. In Eastern Europe, no care. These cultivars were bred SUN: Full sun.
Pozegaca is famous for many by Gennady Eremin. A $1 per tree HARVEST: July-October.
processing purposes including royalty is included to support his HEIGHT, SPACING & ROOTSTOCK:
preserves and brandy. An old, high further research! Our plum trees are mostly on semi
quality type of plum, it has many KUBAN COMET dwarf rootstocks. While ulimate size
clones, which have been developed will vary with pruning, cultivar, climate
T
 his unique, dwarf
over centuries. Our’s comes from and soil type, Marianna 2624, St. Ju-
plum tree from lian A and Lovell can be usually main-
the Cornell Geneva Station. The Krymsk, Russia,
fruit is small to medium sized with tained at 10-12’ height and spacing.
is very productive Citation and Krymsk 1 at 8 to 10’ and
blue skin and a waxy bloom. The and easy to grow. Krymsk 86 and Myro 29C at about 15’.
flesh is firm, greenish or amber The self-fertile tree Marianna 2624 is the most tolerant of
with high sugar and a good acid bears 2-inch long, very wet soils.
balance. The pit separates easily. teardrop-shaped, fruits that turn HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 un-
It is self fruitful with an upright tree purple/red when fully ripe in late- less otherwise noted.
form. The prolific small fruit forms July. The bright yellow, clingstone ORIGIN: Europe, Japan and North
in thick blue ropes and hangs well flesh is very sweet and the tart America.
on the tree for several weeks after skin resists cracking. Spreading
maturity. On St Julian A C185A: trees reach 10’ tall and thrive in How To Grow
$24.95 each cold climates and in the Pacific
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: The Euro-
MOLDAVIAN Northwest. USDA Zones 4-9. On pean plums grow well on heavy soils.
This flavorful Marianna 2624. C062: $26.50 Japanese plums prefer lighter loamy
dessert each soils. Like the other fruits, they prefer
plum was KUBAN a slightly acidic soil. Our plum root-
recommended DELIGHT W hen stocks are tolerant of a wide variety of
by Cornell this plum soils.
researchers. ripens in early CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: The
These August, it wins European types can be grown as a
freestone taste tests central leader tree and don’t require
small to for its juicy much thinning or pruning when ma-
medium size roundish red to combination of ture. Fruit is born on spurs and also on
purple plums with yellow flesh are tart skin and sweet flesh. The small, new wood. Japanese plums are best
great for jellies and tarts. The tree round fruits have reddish-purple grown with open centers and are very
is productive, has a compact size skin and yellow-orange flesh. A bushy, requiring thinning of branches.
and a spreading growth habit. It very productive, disease resistant POLLINATION: Some plums are reli-
blooms late and needs a pollinizer. selection. On Marianna 2624. USDA
ably self fertile. However many plums
It ripens with Italian. On St Julian Zones 4-9.C064: $26.50 each
need a pollenizer. Also plums are a
A. C105A: $26.50 each diverse group and some varieties’
pollen is not fully compatible with all
GRAS ROMANESC The distinctive
blue skin and sweet, rich, yellow
Iran All the Way Home others.
flesh of the revered German PERSIAN GREEN PLUMThis self
plum selection, Herrenhausen fertile round green plum grows in For Your Health
Mirabelle, have been popular the mountains of Iran. It is often Plums are rich in vitamins and miner-
since the late 19th century. Trees picked before it is fully ripe and als. Dark red and blue skinned plums
are vigorous and very productive. eaten fresh or cooked by itself or are high in antioxidants. Mirabelles
Ripe fruit arrive in early with sour cherries. The sour plums, are high in beta carotene and Vitamin
September. Pollination: another often spiced with salt are made into A.
european except Damsons (Jam “goje sabz” which is popular in Iran.
Session, Blues Jam) On St Julian C110 (Myro 29C): $28.50 each;
A. C209A: $26.50 each C110B (Citation): $28.50 each 53
Japanese
reddish purple plums. They ripen EMERALD BEAUT A
 delicious and
over ten days and don’t keep but, unusual late season plum. Ripe
oh are they good for fresh eating, fruit holds on the tree longer than

Plums cooking and preserves. The tree is

an early, regular bearer and self-
fertile. It’s a Japanese plum hybrid.
any other stone fruit — two months
or more. It continues to sweeten,
becoming exceptionally sweet, but
Japanese plums are a great choice On St Julian A. C  180: $26.50 each it remains crisp and crunchy! The
for the beginner. They are easy to SHIRO A  large, round Beaut has green skin, which gets
grow and so precocious that they yellow plum with yellower as it fully ripens and yellow/
often fruit in the nursery row. Of all the an excellent, sweet orange freestone flesh. It needs
fruits we offer, the Japanese Plums flavor and sunshine 6-700 chill hours. Beauty Plum or a
are the most productive and easiest yellow translucent pluot are good pollinizers. Zaiger®.
to successfully grow! They are great flesh. The tree is Pat. 9162. On Citation rootstock.
for fresh eating, cooking and pre- incredibly prolific. It C047: $26.50 each
serves. Picking Methley and perhaps ripens mid-August SPRITE NEW!Sprite plum produces
other Japanese plums slightly before and is partially self-fertile. The fruit tons of delicious fruit each year
they are ripe and letting them ripen is ridiculously juicy. Wear a bib! at Raintree. The plums are round,
on the counter has shown to be a C240 (St Julian A): $26.50 each; sweet medium size, freestone,
way protect fruit that might otherwise C240A (Marianna 2624): $26.50 with a purple black skin and tasty
be damaged by the spotted winged each yellow flesh. Eat them off the tree in
drosophila fruit fly. USDA Zones 5-9 August for almost a month. Sprite
unless otherwise noted. EARLY GOLDEN
A medium sized thrives in most of the nation from
LUISA A  n round yellow plum USDA Zones 4-9. It will pollinize
impressive new with a red blush with our other Japanese Plums.
Asian plum from and golden flesh. It Patented. A Myrobalan and
New Zealand. ripens a heavy crop Japanese plum cross. It will grow to
The fruit is large of delicious fruit with 8-10’ tall. On Citation rootstock. 400
and yellow with an apricot like flavor  270: $26.50 each
Chill hours. C
a red blush as in July, two weeks before Shiro. It is
it ripens and the flesh is yellow. It is the best Asian plum for making jams Flavor Packed Red Leaf
a heavy cropper ripening in August. and liquors. It is a vigorous tree and
It is partially self fertile. The tree is a consistent and heavy bearer at Plums
vigorous and spreading. On Myro Raintree. It needs a pollinizer. USDA HOLLYWOOD
29C rootstock. C173: $28.50 each Zones 5-10. C  045D (St. Julian A): This versatile
BEAUTY $26.50 each plum tree is
Beauty is OBILNAJA T  his worldly Russian-
beautiful in all
the richest bred plum, a hardy cross between seasons. It’s
flavored Japanese and Myrobalan plums, loaded with
Japanese comes from Yalta on the Black showy pink
plum. It has Sea. The partially self-fertile tree blossoms
a wonderful produces a heavy crop of medium- early each
blend of size, firm, red plums with excellent spring. The leaves of this 12 foot tall
flavors that flavor, yellow/pink flesh and very ornamental are purple and disease
melt in your mouth. The tree is fast small pits. Fruit ripens early season, resistant. In August it produces an
growing and extremely productive. about August 5. For best fruit set, abundance of large round dark red
It starts fruiting in the nursery rows. choose another Japanese plum as a plums with deep red flesh. They
The bright red, medium size fruit pollinizer. C210 (Marianna 2624): are delicious when eaten fresh and
has amber streaked red flesh. The $26.50 each make a beautiful jelly. On St Julian
fruit is reminiscent of Santa Rosa, A. Self-fertile. C130B: $26.50
and it is self-fruitful. Fruit ripens GOLDEN NECTAR each
early August, but like all Japanese  amous for its
F
complex melon COCHECO A red leafed plum that
plums, it does not keep. C020 (St is both beautiful and productive.
Julian A): $26.50 each; C020A and honey-like
flavor with hint-of- It is an upright, vigorous tree with
(Marianna 2624): $26.50 each attractive, flavorful round pinkish
gardenia aroma,
METHLEY this large, yellow, orange fruit with yellow flesh.
Methley is oblong dessert Developed by Elwyn Meader of New
the most plum deserves Hampshire, it is disease resistant,
reliable a place in the very winter hardy and easy to
and garden. The firm amber flesh, grow. Ripens in late July. It needs a
easiest which separates easily from a small Japanese plum as a pollinizer. On St
to grow freestone pit, is superb either dried Julian A. C057A: $26.50 each
fruit tree or fresh. A seedling of Mariposa, SLO RED NEW! A  red leafed
we offer. the productive, self-fertile tree seedling of the leading ornamental
Every needs only 500 hours of chilling. It plum Thundercloud. SLO Red was
year in July, before any other tree ripens in August in California but discovered by Doug Bullock in San
fruit is ripe, our tree is loaded with needs more summer heat to ripen Luis Obispo California. Unlike its
hundreds of sweet, medium size, than regularly occurs in the Pacific parent, it annually produces a good
Northwest. On Citation rootstock. crop of tasty red fruit. On St Julian
54 C052: $26.50 each A. C 245: $26.50 each
A Great Edible Ornamental Roadside Plums YELLOW ROADSIDE C324: $17.50
each
WEEPING SANTA ROSA Use as a These small round
focal point 3/4 to 1 inch diam-
in your eter plums are tasty Combo Plums
edible eaten fresh and COMBO EUROPEAN PLUMNow
landscape. make excellent jelly. available on St Julian A rootstock.
It has a Heavy loads of fruit
beautiful Varieties are Rosy Gage, E.Laxton,
form on wide bushy Italian, Stanley and Seneca.
weeping 10 foot tall trees
habit and C3204: 4x1 Combo $46.50 each
grows to 8’ tall. Enjoy attractive in early summer.
Trees are covered COMBO ASIAN PLUM Now available
white blossoms in early spring. The on St Julian A rootstock. Varieties
fruit is identical in flavor and size with beautiful white
blossoms every are Beauty, Hollywood, Satsuma,
but not as productive as the regular
Santa Rosa. Patented by Zaiger. spring. We find Shiro and Methley.C3454: 4x1
On Myro 29C. Self-fertile. C  300: them growing along roadsides near Combo $46.50 each
$28.50 each our nursery and think the seeds (Sorry! Because there are so many
were dropped by birds and natural- possible combinations, we can-
A Hardy Japanese ized. Fruit comes in several colors. not choose which varieties will be
Select two seedlings to be sure of missing from any of our 3x1 or 2x1
American Hybrid pollination. One quart pot. USDA combo trees!)
SUPERIOR Proving Zones 6-9.
its name since RED BLUSH ROADSIDE C320:
1933, this very $17.50 each
hardy Asian-
American hybrid REDDISH PURPLE ROADSIDE 
from Minnesota C322: $17.50 each
remains a favorite.
The very large
Bloom Order:
fruit has dark red
skin and delicious
meaty yellow flesh. It blooms with
plum European Plums
and is pollinized by late blooming
Japanese plums like Shiro, Emerald
Beaut or a wild American plum.
pollination Kuban Comet SF
Kuban Delight
Early Laxton
The tree bears a heavy crop of To fruit plum trees you need proper Prune d’Ente PSF
pointed, clingstone fruit at an early pollination. Generally Asian plums Italian SF
age. Plums ripen in August, and bloom enough before European Purple Gage PSF
keep well on the tree. USDA Zones plums that their bloom times don’t Victoria SF
4-9. On St Julian A. C275: $26.50 overlap. Some plums are self fer- Opal SF
each tile or partially self fertile but most Gros Ameliorat
require another variety for pollina- Mt. Royal SF
Schoolhouse
Grow a Hedge of tion. Choose a pollinating variety
Bavay Gage psf
Cherry-Like Plums from the same half of the same
list though the closer in the list the Rosy Gage
Plant a group of these seedlings to better. Those in bold face with SF Reine Claude Doree
make a great edible hedge. They or PSF after their names are self Blues Jam SF
thrive in the north where many other fertile or partially self fertile but Ersinger
cherries and plums fail. You need Jam Session SF
also pollinize other varieties.
two for pollination. USDA Zones 3-8 Gras Romanesc
unless otherwise noted. Bloom Order: Early Sanctus Hubertus
Coes Golden Drop
NANKING CHERRY PLUM(Prunus Bloomers Including Asians Jubileum PSF
tomentosa) Harvest flavorful, tart Early Golden
cherry-like plums in early summer, Moldavian
Hollywood SF Kirk’s Blue
from beautiful dwarf trees. They Beauty SF
will grow into wide, bushy 10-12’ tall Golden Transparent Gage
Cocheco Seneca
trees or can be planted 4-5’ apart to Emerald Beaut
make an edible hedge. The 1/2” fruit Stanley PSF
Methley SF Mirabelle de Nancy
can be eaten fresh or used in pies or Pluots
jelly. This plum and cherry relative is Geneva Mirabelle
Pluerrys Mirabelle de Metz
native to central Asia and is a popular Obilnaja PSF
fruiting plant in Russia. It is tolerant Reine de Mirabelle
Luisa SF
of drought and needs a well drained Parfume de Septembre
soil. It doesn’t do well in the Pacific Golden Nectar SF Cambridge Gage PSF
NW or other areas where brown rot Weeping Santa Rosa SF
Imperial Epineuse
is a problem. 2-3’ seedling bushes. Shiro
Pozegaca SF
D520: $7.50 each; 5+: $5.50 Superior
each; 10+: $4.50 each Sprite 55
 Approximate Plum
Ripening Order Medlars Prunus
Persian Green
Methley
(Mespilus ger-
manica) Although Mume
Beauty
E. Golden
little known in
the U.S., med-
lars have been
Flowering
K. Comet
K. Delight
Shiro
grown in Europe
for thousands
of years. They are attractive small,
Apricots
W.Santa Rosa self-fertile trees that grow to 10’ (Prunus
Obilnaja with healthy foliage, white flowers armeniaca
and unusual 1 inch diameter round mume)
E. Laxton fruits that are collected in the fall,
Luisa after the first frosts. When picked, These are the
Ersinger the fruits are much too hard to eat legendary
R. Gerstetter immediately. If allowed to ripen for Japanese
Sprite/Delight a few weeks in a cool lighted place flowering
Hollywood they undergo a process called ‘blet- Apricot trees
ting’ and become soft, spicy and with unusu-
Superior very rich. Enjoy the cinnamon-apple ally beautiful
Cocheco sauce flavor scooped out with a bright “green”
Opal spoon or made into a delicious jam. branches
Cambridge Gage On OHxF 97 rootstock. 3-5’ trees. and loads
Mr. Hatif Zone 5-9.
of delicate
Geneva Mirabelle MACROCARPA A  mong the largest of pink almond
Jubileum the Medlars, with fruit to two inches scented
St. Catherine in diameter. The fruit is flavorful. flowers.They
The tree habit is compact. D006: flower very early in the spring and
Sanctus Hubertus $26.50 each
Mt. Royal can be frosted and lose the crop but
MONSTRUEUSE DE EVREINOFF not their beauty. The cut flowers are
Rosy Gage  he name refers to the large 2 1/2”
T unequaled in early spring. In Japan
R. Claude Doree yellow/brown, fruit with pinkish and other parts of Asia, the ripe fruit
Golden Nectar brown flesh. The taste is described is made into apricot brandy or jam.
Emerald Beaut as “pleasant, well balanced Green fruit is used to scent tea, can-
Franklin between sweet and almost syrupy died, boiled, made into a vinegar,
Victoria with the edge of acidity that delights
connoisseurs.” Developed near preserved in sugar or often pickled
Prune d Ente 707 Montauban France by M. Evreinoff. in salt to make “Umeboshi.” Each
Schoolhouse D007: $28.50 each is partially self-fertile but select
M de Nancy two varieties for better pollination.
SULTAN A large fruited and heavy These gorgeous trees grow to 15’ or
M. de Metz bearing medlar brought to the National
Jam Session more. They often bloom too early in
Clonal Germplasm Repository in
maritime climates and doesn’t set a
Purple Gage Corvallis Oregon from the Netherlands.
crop. Trees are on their on roots un-
Kirke’s Blue D011: $26.50 each
less otherwise noted. USDA Zones
Moldavian BREDA GIANT A  native to Holland, 5-9.
Gumi this small, self fertile tree will grow
to about 10 feet and display white KANKO BAI A superior ornamental
Italian variety, this beauty is prized for its
flowers which produce a unique
Gras Romanesc 1 inch fruit. When collected in the gorgeous, fuchsia-red blooms, red
Seneca fall, they are then left to blett in a tinted foliage, and orange red fruit.
Longjohn cool lighted place until soft and The small (to 15’), self-fertile tree
Victory ripe. Enjoy the rich, apple cinnamon blooms in late winter and produces
Reine de Mir. flavor scooped out with a spoon or tart, apricot-like fruit. C
 446:
Gros Ameleriot make into a delicious jam. D  002: $26.50 each
$26.50 each
G. Trans. Gage BUNGO A  cross of regular apricot
Pozegaca ROYAL R  oyal is an old variety. It and “mume”. Enjoy single pink very
Stanley is similar to Macrocarpa and is a late season flowers and the largest
reliable producer of flavorful fruit.
Parfume d’ Sept. Pick fruit in fall following frost. of “mume” fruit up to 2” in diameter.
Blues Jam D005: $26.50 each On Myro 29C rootstock. C445:
Bavay Gage $26.50 each
PUCIA SUPER MOL This large-fruited
Coe’s Golden medlar is from the Piedmont area MOKEL T  he variety Mokel has
of Italy where it is preferred above persistent, spectacular early pink
all others. Brought to the U.S. by Hill blooms followed by 1” fruit. C450:
56 Craddock. D  008: $26.50 each $26.50 each
 where the fruit will land on a patio or this tree, which was discovered by
sidewalk. They are self fertile unless A. J. Bullard, boasts this historic
noted. USDA Zones vary by variety. distinction and thrives better than
We offer 3-5’ trees unless noted. most in the South. It bears 1-½
inch long, sweet, black fruit that
Productive Favorites ripens for about two months in early
summer. USDA Zones 7-10. D426:
ILLINOIS $28.50 each
EVERBEARING
(Morus alba x rubra) GERALDI DWARF (Morus alba) A
A natural cross unique dwarf mulberry bush or tree
between white and growing to only 6’ tall tree. Enjoy the
red mulberry trees, medium size, tasty purple berries in
Fragrant this vigorous, grafted
tree is extremely
the summer. The compact tree has
attractive large leaves. USDA Zones

Spring Tree hardy (to -30°F) and

very productive. It
can start bearing its
sweet, deliciously
5-8. D415: $28.50
SHANGRILA ( Morus alba) From
Florida, it thrives in the South and
FRAGRANT SPRING TREE (Toona or distinctive fruit the first year after can be grown in other areas with
Cedrela sinensis) This remarkable planting. Berries ripen continuously moderate winters. This small tree,
tree from China can grow to 30’ throughout July, August, and up to 20 feet, is productive and
or more with attractive compound September and look like big, has tasty large black fruit and very
leaves. However, keep it cut back elongated blackberries when ripe. large, heart-shaped leaves. USDA
and harvest the new leaves. They The black, almost seedless fruit is Zones 6-9. D432: $28.50 each
taste like leeks. Great in salads, very sweet and considered the best
stir fry etc. One gallon pot.D178:
$38.50 each LIMIT ONE by many. The tree will grow to 35’ Trees With White Fruit
tall, but is easily pruned and kept
Because their fruit
Mulberries
much smaller. USDA Zone 4-9.
D420: $28.50 each is white, the fruit
does not stain,
PAKISTAN ( Morus therefore the tree
Berries on a tree? Yes! The fabu- alba) The huge 3” long can be planted
lous, abundant fruit of the Mul- berries of this selection near the house or
berry (Morus) looks like plump from Islamabad are patio. White mul-
blackberries and are wonder- not only sweet with a
complex balance of berries look interesting against their
ful eaten fresh, in fruit salads pretty green leaves.
or made into a pie. Great as an flavors, but they are
ornamental, the self-fertile trees good in the red stage SWEET LAVENDER ( Morus Alba)
grow quickly and bear fruit while still as well as the purple/ This cultivar produces quantities of
small and young. All three species black ripe stage. A productive, sweet and flavorful white fruit which
are attractive trees that can become spreading tree with large, heart- won’t stain and will look attractive
large or be pruned to stay much shaped leaves, it excels in areas on the tree. Fruit is enjoyed fresh
smaller. Since all but the white mul- with long, hot summers. USDA or dried. USDA Zones 5-9. D  433:
berries stain, avoid planting a tree Zones 6-10. D  424: $32.50 each $28.50 each
OSCAR (Morus Alba) Considered WHITE FRUITING S  elected for
among the the most flavorful, this its pure white fruit and sweet
selection when fully ripe produces
Using Mulberries loads of medium size black fruit.
flavor. The tree is of medium size,
spreading and productive. It is
YIELD: 20 lbs. or more The fruit can also be eaten at the excellent eaten fresh or dried. USDA
LIFE EXPECTANCY: Rubra and red stage and has a “raspberry” Zones 4-9. D435: $32.50 each
Alba up to 75 years, Nigra up to flavor. It is a fast growing, easy to
care for tree. USDA Zones 6-9. SARAHANPUR ( Morus macroura)
300 years.
D430: $28.50 each This mulberry species comes from
SIZE AND SPACING: Trees Northern India and Nepal. The fruit
grow to 20 or more. Varies by WELLINGTON ( M. alba x rubra)
Considered the best mulberry is yellowish white and 2-3 inches
variety and species. long with a sweet melon like flavor
grown at the New York State Fruit
PRUNING: Maintain pyramid Testing center in Geneva. The tree and aroma. The fruit ripens in the
shape. Not much pruning need- is a heavy cropper. The sweet black early summer. Trees grow 20-30’ tall.
ed. cylindrical fruit ripens over several Hardy USDA Zones 8-10. Possibly
HARVEST: During summer de- weeks. Hardy to USDA Zones 5-9. Zone 7. D434: $34.50 each LIMIT
pends on variety. D425: $28.50 each ONE
POLLINATION: Self Fertile SILK HOPE (Morus alba x rubra) BEAUTIFUL DAY ( Morus alba) The
Since mulberry leaves are the sweet white fruit will not stain like
HARDINESS: Varies by variety. sole food source of the silkworm, the darker mulberries! Eat it fresh,
Most Alba and Rubra Zones 5-8; some American trees date to the or dry it for snacking later. The tree
Nigra Zones 8-10 early 1800’s, when North Carolina grows to about 30’. USDA Zones
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: was part of a thriving silk industry. 6-9. D 400: $28.50 each
Generally easy to grow with few Although the industry was soon
pests. eclipsed by foreign competition, 57
Morus Nigra
Rootstocks
orchard. USDA Zones 4-9. $  3.50
each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+; 10+;
NOIR DE SPAIN NEW!(Morus $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
nigra) The black mulberry tree is
among the most beautiful. It grows EMLA 7 - R100 Produces a semi
to 30 feet and has a symmetrical A Word About Rootstocks dwarf tree maintained from 11-16 feet
spreading habit and very large tall. Trees can begin bearing in 3-4
heart shaped leaves. Each late We make virus free rootstock avail- years. It is hardy to -35° F. and does
summer and early fall, it produces able to the backyard grower who well on wet soils. Suckers need to be
loads of delicious fruit that is black wishes to start his or her own trees. removed each year. USDA Zones 4-9.
when it is ripe. The tree is hardy in The choice of rootstock has much $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+;
USDA Zones 8-10. Black Mulberry to do with tree performance. The $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
trees thrive in California, western rootstock is the major factor in de-
termining the size of the tree, its cold GENEVA 30 - R010 G  ood resistance
Oregon and Western Washington to crown rot and fire blight, this
and throughout the south, wherever hardiness and tolerance of wet or dry
conditions. It helps determine how rootstock produces trees about 11-
temperatures don’t fall below 10 16’ tall. It is similar to EMLA 7, but has
degrees F. D  422: $32.50 each soon the tree will bear and some of
the diseases to which it will be resis- better anchorage, higher production
KOKUSA KOREAN V  igorous and fast tant. Raintree offers fruit trees grown and fewer burr knots. Stake for the
growing, this mulberry variety from on superior dwarfing rootstocks. The first few years. USDA Zones 4-9.
Korea produces seedless two-inch following rootstock information will Survival improves after grafting if you
sweet black mulberries soon after also help you understand more about don’t cut rootstock’s new lower side
planting. Possibly a sub species successfully caring for your Rain- limbs until new growth is established.
of Morus Nigra. USDA Zones 7-9. tree fruit trees. Remember that with $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+;
D421: $32.50 each any rootstock, the ultimate height $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
of the tree depends not only on the MM 106 - R105 S  emi-dwarf rootstock
Unique Choices for rootstock but on the variety grafted,
the type of soil and the methods of
slightly bigger than M7 that does well
on a variety of soils. USDA Zones 4-9.
a Small Garden pruning and care. You may graft on $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+;
CONTORTED ( Morus Alba Unryu) to patented rootstocks but may not $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
The contorted Mulberry is an reproduce the rootstock itself. Our MM 111 - R110 Produces a semi-
incredibly beautiful landscape focal rootstocks are 1/4” caliber unless standard heavy bearing, precocious,
point. This Japanese tree features noted. well anchored tree about 20 feet tall.
a gnarled trunk and branches. It This rootstock has fiberous roots and
has small tasty purple fruit and Rootstocks Are does well in a wide variety of soils. It
attractive yellow fall foliage. A great is hardy to -35° F. Or, graft an 8” piece
edible landscaping plant, it can be Sent in February of Bud 9 to it and make a well rooted,
maintained at 8’ tall. USDA Zones Despite our best efforts to have them dwarf interstem. $3.50 each; 5+:
5-9. D 410: $28.50 each ready earlier, it is always February, $3.00 each; 10+; $2.75 each;
WEEPING FRUITING This is an sometimes early March, before we 25+: $2.35 each
amazing ornamental tree that can can send you the rootstocks. They
may therefore be sent separately ANTONOVKA - R055 A  Russian
grow in a wide arc that sweeps suckerless rootstock that produces
to the ground. Stake it up to the from the rest of your order.
a full-size, 25’ to 35’ tree. Hardy
desired height and then let it weep.
The tree is loaded with tasty small Apple Rootstock to -50°F. Wide soil adaptability.
Produces large yellow, flavorful
fruit, which can only be seen from EMLA 27 - R020 C  an be maintained at apples if allowed to fruit. $3.50
inside the canopy, The fruit turn only four to six feet in height. It is well each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+; 10+;
reddish black when ripe. Pull back suited for growing in a container or a $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
a lower branch and there is room small yard. Trees grafted on EMLA 27
inside for a secret hiding place for bear early and heavily. It needs staking. MALUS FUSCA - M909 N  ative NW
children. USDA Zones 5-9.D440: It is hardy to -25° F. This rootstock is crab for very wet sites. Natural semi-
$28.50 each patented and it may not be reproduced dwarf. 2-3 foot graftable. $  5 each;
without permission of the patent holder. 10+; $4.50 each
USDA Zones 4-9 $3.50 each; 5+:
$3.00 each; 10+; $2.75 each; 25+: Plum, Apricot, Almond
$2.35 each
& Peach Rootstock
BUDAGOVSKY 9 - R280 A  very
dwarfing apple rootstock similiar to Grafting works well with plums,
EMLA 9 but more hardy. Trees can almonds and apricots. Peaches and
be maintained at 6 to 10’ in height. peach rootstock, won’t usually take
Requires staking.  USDA Zones 3-9. with winter grafting and need to be
$3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+; budded in summer. USDA Zones 4-9.
$2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each MARIANNA 2624 - R401 T  his plum
EMLA 26 - R060 I t will produce a rootstock will produce a semi dwarf
dwarf tree that can be maintained tree maintained from 10 to 15 feet
from 8-14 feet tall. Does well in most tall. It does very well on wet soils
soils. It is hardy to -40° F. Produces and tolerates a variety of soils. It is
fruit in 2-3 years. Can be grown free compatible as an understock for plums
standing but needs staking on windy and some almonds and apricots.
sites. It doesn’t sucker much in the $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+;
58 $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 each
KRYMSK 1TM - R116 T
 his plum each; 25+: $2.35 each VICTORINOX
rootstock is also known as VVA 1. QUINCE BA 29c - R227 M  akes a 10-15’
BUDDING/
Plums and apricots grown on this semi -dwarf tree. Compatible with GRAFTING KNIFE
dwarfing rootstock have proven Cydonia Quince and some European E xcellent quality
precocious. An excellent choice for pears. It is tolerant of wet soils. USDA Swiss folding knife
home orchardists, the rootstock Zones 6-9. $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 with a stainless
produces a tree about half the size of each; 10+; $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 steel blade. This high quality,
standard and it has shown excellent each economical right-handed knife will
results when grown in heavy soils. make your propagating much easier.
(PPAF) Includes $1 per rootstock T750: $23.50 each
royalty. $5 each; 5+: $4 each; 10+: Cherry Rootstock
$3.75 each; 25+ $3.35 each KRYMSK 5TM - R117 ( PPAF) A hybrid
ST. JULIAN A - R260A hardy semi dwarf of P. fruticosa x lannesiana. Larger
rootstock used for plums, peaches in size than Gisela® 5, trees can be
and apricots. Can be propagated from maintained at 15’. Non suckering,
hardwood cuttings or layer beds.$3.50 precocious and compatible with
each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+; $2.75 all cherries. Developed by Russian
each; 25+: $2.35 each breeder Gennady Eremin at the
Krymsk Vavilov Institute. Royalties go to
support his program. This rootstock is
Pear & Quince Rootstock patented and may not be reproduced
OHxF stock is compatible with all without permission of the patent holder.
European pear varieties, it can also Also called VSL 2.  USDA Zones 4-9.
be used as a dwarfing understock Includes $1 per rootstock royalty. $5
for Asian pears or medlar but not for each; 5+: $4 each; 10+: $3.75 each; SCIONON GRAFTING SHEARS NEW!
quince. It induces early production 25+ $3.35 each The beautifully designed hand held
and is winter hardy at least to -20°F. stainless steel jawed commercial
It does well on a variety of soils. quality Scionon Grafting Shears, model
More Grafting Supplies SGH216, works on graft wood from
OHxF 333 PEAR - R225 This Old Home See page 89 for descriptions. 3/16 to -5/8” diameter. It safely and
x Farmingdale cross, Brooks selection, Grafting bands T240 10/$1.50 easily does field or bench grafting; whip
(abbreviated OHxF) grows 75% of Budding bands T090 20/$1.50 and tongue, cleft and wedge grafts and
standard produces a tree that can be Chip budding tape T150 $3.50 also cuts chip and T buds. The tool is
maintained at 15 feet tall. $  3.50 each; Parafilm T153 $5.00 supplied with full operating instructions.
5+: $3.00 each; 10+; $2.75 each; Permanent labels T485 10/$2.50 This new tool from New Zealand is
25+: $2.35 each Box of perm labels T485B 100/$17.50 perfect for the serious grafter. The
OHxF 97 PEAR - R119 Produces a Tree coat sealer T184 $9.95 optional holster attaches to a belt and
full-size pear tree. It is precocious, Grafting leaflet S050 $2.95 also has pockets for a sharpening
winter hardy, resistant to fireblight and TINA GRAFTING KNIFE P  rofessional stone and/or spare blade storage.
pear decline. $3.50 each; 5+: $3.00 right handed walnut handle grafting T250: $229 each
each; 10+; $2.75 each; 25+: $2.35 knives from Germany. They hold the
each best edge. We have used one knife SCIONON GRAFTING SHEARS
at Raintree for 25 years! T
 755: HOLSTER NEW!The optional holster
OHxF 87 PEAR - R118 Grows 75% of
standard. Induces early, heavy bearing. $49.50 each for the Scionon Grafting Shears
Works well for Asian and European attaches to a belt and also has
pears and is very winter hardy. $3.50 pockets for a sharpening stone and/
each; 5+: $3.00 each; 10+; $2.75 or spare blade storage. It’s perfect for
field grafting. T
 255: $49.00 each
OMEGA
Starting Your Own (Stooling or mound layering for apples, plums and cherries) GRAFTING
TOOLA high
1. Plant the rootstock in your 2.Cut it off at ground quality plier-
garden one foot apart. Let it level the following like tool from
grow through the season. spring. Italy. Tested by
3. During the next (and area amateur
each following) spring fruit growing
and early summer it will
send up shoots. Every groups. You can achieve over a
couple of weeks, hill up 90% grafting success rate. Safely
sawdust or dirt around and easily operated by one strong
the new shoots, always hand, it makes either a key hole
leaving the terminal bud
exposed to continue type notch or a V cut on both the
its growth. Sawdust is 5. Use the rootstocks rootstock and the scion wood,
preferred. for bench grafting, making it possible to successfully
4. The following winter, or if they are slightly graft without using a knife. It only
use your hands to pull too small, plant them works well if you select wood that
the sawdust away. for summer budding.
Cut off the now rooted Those which are is ap­prox­i­mate­ly 1/4” in diameter
shoots at the base of smaller can be plant- and ap­prox­i­mate­ly matched in size.
the mother plant. ed in a bed and grown T245: $75
another year.
59
 Rootstock Propagation Tips on Grafting Rootstocks
Plums, cherries and pears are often done by hard- How to collect scionwood: Cut vigorous, pencil-size
wood cuttings in the fall or early winter. Stoolbeds are (1/4” diameter) wood when the tree is dormant (Dec-
often used for apples. For cuttings, use pencil size Feb.). Select only last year’s new healthy growth. It’s
new wood and cut about 10 inches long. Using bottom at the end of branches and has flat vegetative buds
heat will increase success but plums often root if just not plump fruit buds.
stuck in the field. Lovell peach is grown from seeds. Storing the scionwood: You need pieces only 4-6”
long for grafting. However, you can store pieces a foot
Planting Your Grafted Rootstock long or more. Label each variety. A piece of masking
Graft at the rootstock height where the size of scion tape and magic marker works well. Dip the scionwood
and rootstock most closely match. It is often best to in a solution of one tablespoon Clorox to one gallon
plant the grafted rootstock in a garden or easy to care of water and dry off. Place the scionwood in a plastic
for area, spaced about 18 inches apart for one or two bag. Wet a paper towel and wring it out. Put it in the
years before planting the tree into your orchard. Use bag with the scionwood and seal. Keep refrigerated
your fingers or pruners to keep any buds from grow- until you graft.
ing below the graft union. Choose only one vigorous Grafting: The booklet (S050: $2.95) shows you how.
branch to tie up to start your new trunk and prune off Determine how high to graft on rootstock by matching
any other branches that start to grow. the size of rootstock and scionwood. Use a grafting
band. (T240: Bundle of 10 $1.50)
Custom Grafting by Appointment Only Also consider purchasing a grafting knife or an Omega
How to Rescue Heirloom Varieties: You may want grafting tool, which can make grafts easier for begin-
to save an old variety by collecting scionwood from ners or people uncomfortable with a sharp knife. See
that tree and grafting the wood on to a new rootstock. page 89.
Or we can do the grafting for you if you bring the dor- After care: Keep the roots moist. “Callus” the graft
mant scionwood to the nursery. Call us first for details by keeping it at room temperature for about ten days
and an appointment. before planting it in a nursery or garden area where
We charge $5 per graft plus the cost of the rootstock. it’s easy to care for. After one or two years, plant it in
(Less for quantities of 10 or more of a variety! Ask our your orchard. For more complete grafting instructions,
horticulturist for a price quote.) We can do grafting for buy our grafting leaflet. (S050: $2.95 each)
you or teach you to do it at our annual Raintree class- We offer grafting classes! See page 94 for more
es. See page 94. info.

Figs
freeze to the ground and come back size than
to produce a crop the same year! most other
The fruit is medium size, with purple varieties. It
skin and a sweet, rich flavor. D320: produces well
(Ficus carica) If you are among the $23.50 each in hot summer
many people who associate a fig areas. When
tree with only a hot dry climate, you EXCEL Enjoy the sweet, rich flavor
of this. medium size, yellow fruit grown in a
are in for a delicious surprise. Fig pot, in a cool
trees thrive in the Pacific North- with amber pulp. Excel is resistant
to splitting even under adverse summer
west and much of the nation. climate, it can be brought inside to
Most of the varieties we offer have conditions. It is a superb, all
purpose fig. Introduced in 1975. finish ripening. D 345: $23.50 each
been selected for cold hardiness
and early ripening. A warm location It’s considered very hardy. D  311: LATTARULA T  his high quality fig
with a southern exposure is import- $23.50 each is among the most popular and
ant for ripening fruit in a maritime VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX A  lso known widely adapted varieties. The ripe
climate. Mature plants are all hardy as Bordeaux and as Negronne. fruit, with amber colored flesh and
to about 10° F. Fig plants can be The very productive tree produces yellow-green skin, is so tasty for
grown in colder climates if they are two crops of purple black figs with fresh eating, canning, and drying
pruned as a bush and covered in strawberry colored flesh. Very good that it has earned the nickname
winter or grown in a pot and brought in quality with a rich flavor.D360: “Italian Honey Fig.” D 330: $23.50
inside in winter. We offer vigorous, $23.50 each each
well rooted 1-gallon plants. PETER’S HONEY NEW!Brought
from Sicily, this fig is one of the Figs for Hotter Summers
Widely Adaptable best. The skin is a beautiful shiny PANACHEE
HARDY CHICAGO yellow green when ripe, and the TIGER STRIPE
F
 rom a garden flesh is superb for fresh eating, This light yellow,
near Chicago drying and canning. D340: $23.50 small to medium,
comes this each pear-shaped
hardy excellent PETITE NEGRI A dwarf tree or bush fruit is adorned
fig which, once that thrives in a pot and produces with unique dark
established, can large crops of sweet purple/black green stripes.
fruit with red flesh. It has two crops The flesh has strawberry color and
60 a year and sets more fruit for its good, sweet flavor. It needs a long,
warm growing season and ripens DESERT NORDLAND
late. D359: $23.50 each KING T
 op Nordland Bergfeige
FLANDERS The richly-flavored rated is originally from
amber flesh of Flanders is among in the Switzerland and
the most flavorful of all figs, and Pacific considered among
the beautiful fruit with violet stripes NW for its the hardiest figs. It
and white flecks resists splitting. reliability is able to survive to
The highly productive tree requires and 10 degrees F and
a hot summer or a greenhouse for delicious possibly lower. It
the fruit to ripen and develop its flavor, this is a brownish fig
outstanding flavor. D312: $23.50 fig tree produces large, very sweet and very sweet and tasty. It was
each and tasty fruit with dark green recommended to us as a good
skin and pink flesh. Each year, the choice for cooler maritime climates
BLACK MISSION and it has proven to thrive at the
The most popular overwintering “breba” crop will WSU Mt. Vernon station in Western
fig, heavy-bearing ripen in August. It is a San Pedro Washington. D  353: $23.50 each
and long-lived, type fig, which physiologically
Mission produces cannot ripen a fall crop. Grow it for
large, teardrop its unrivaled overwintering crop. How to Use Figs
shaped fruit with D310: $23.50 each; 3+: $21.50
purple-black skin and richly flavorful, each IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh figs are a
strawberry-red flesh. Trees grow well wonderful treat. They are delicious dried
in California, on the coast or inland, OLYMPIAN or eaten fresh or cooked into sauces and
and they set both an overwintering Along with jam.
“breba” crop in early summer and a Desert King IN THE LANDSCAPE: With its large dark
later crop in fall. Hardy to 15°F.D305: the best bet for green leaves and spreading habit, the
cool summer fig tree has a tropical appearance. Trees
$23.50 each  can slowly grow very large but can easily
TEXAS BLUE
areas. This
be kept small with pruning. It is beautiful
GIANTA huge fig newly available planted on the patio or near walkways.
with attractive fig was found in Grow as a potted plant on a porch, deck
purple skin and a Olympia, Washington, and regularly or other sunny area and bring inside
delicious melting ripens a delicious breba crop in during severe winter weather.
amber flesh. A August and often a fall crop in cool
winner in the summer areas where others fail. Useful Facts
south, it thrives in Texas and other Brought to us by Denny McGaughy, HARDINESS: Mature trees can stand
hot desert areas. Grow it inside this red/purple skinned, red fleshed 10° F. Lower temperatures cause
in the North. Zones 7-11. D365: fig has been long awaited.D343: freezing to the ground, but new growth
$23.50 each $29.50 each L  IMIT ONE resprouts from the roots. Zones 7-11.
Chilling needed is only 100 hours.
BROWN
Best Choices for Cool TURKEY This
SUN: Trees tolerate shade; maximum
sun is required for fruit.
Summer Climates hardy tree bears SPACING: 15-20’. With pruning they can
heavily and be placed closer.
For at least 100 years, fig lovers in
the Pacific Northwest have been can produce POLLINATION: Varieties we offer do not
two crops of need pollination.
trying out figs to see which ones LIFETIME: 100+ years. PROPAGA-
produce consistently in our cool large delicious
fruit each year. TION: By rooted cuttings.
maritime summer climate. It turns HARVEST TIME: The first (over winter-
out that the figs we can count on, The figs have ing “breba”) crop ripens in summer, the
produce a reliable over wintering mahogany colored skin and light second crop ripens in fall. In cool sum-
“breba” crop that ripens in August, amber flesh that is very sweet. mer areas only the breba crop may ripen.
since we cannot count on the main Highly reliable in much of the Pacific Fruit is ripe and ready for harvest when it
crop that ripens in the fall to mature. NW.D355: $19.95 each; 3+: droops on the stem from its own weight.
The Amend family founded the Wil- $18.50 each YEARS TO FRUIT: 3-4 PESTS: None of
lamette Fig Gardens in about 1916 importance.
PASTILLIERE
and introduced many of the varieties
we now offer. In recent years Denny A beautiful How To Grow
McGaughy has collected winners bright purple
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Figs are adapt-
from people’s yards throughout our fig with flavorful able to varied soils. A well-drained fertile
region and introduced more variet- strawberry loam, close to neutral pH is best.
ies now in the Raintree catalog. He colored flesh. It CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant
has also worked with U.C. Davis to often ripens an on the south side of a building or wall
do DNA testing to correctly identi- October crop in and protect from cold winds. Figs do not
fy fig varieties because often the the Pacific Northwest where most need much fertilizer. While water require-
same fig has been called by many others fail. It is a good companion ments are low, regular irrigation during
names. to varieties like Desert King which dry spring and summer spells will result
ripen only a summer crop. It is in consistent growth and good crops.
Prune to a vase shape allowing air and
thought to be a Japanese variety
For more figs, visit called Hirta that was introduced into
light to penetrate the center of the tree.
Europe in the 19th century. D342:
raintreenursery.com $23.50 each 61
 Unique Asian-
Persimmons
astringent which means it develops
its rich sweet flavor and cinnamon
color when pollinized. Saijo and American
(Diospyros species) Both Asian
Chocolate are the best pollinizers. Cross
D216: $39.95 each
and American persimmons are very NIKITA’S GIFT
beautiful trees that produce deli- HACHIYA This is the variety most  lmost as hardy
A
cious, sweet orange fruit. All the often found in stores. The 4” long as the American
trees we offer are grafted and will acorn persimmon and almost as large
have superior quality fruit on an ear- shaped as the Asian, Nikita’s large crops
ly bearing tree. We can ship only Izu, fruit is deep of 2-1/2”, flattish, red-orange fruit
Coffee Cake, Chocolate, Hachiya orange are certainly gifts. When fully ripe
and Jiro to CA. We offer 3-5’ trees. when ripe and soft, this hybrid persimmon is
Our Asians are on D. Lotus root- and very sweet and flavorful. Fall foliage is a
stock and unless otherwise noted sweet and gorgeous orange color. From Nikita
are hardy to about 10°F. Chocolate, flavorful. Botanic Garden in Yalta. It is self-
Hachiya, Jiro, Izu, Coffee Cake It is great fertile. On D. virginiana rootstock.
and Saijo thrive in and can be dried. It is astringent until ripened D224: $39.95 each
sent to CA. off the tree and eaten when soft.
D218: $39.95 each American Persimmons
Best Asians For PRAIRIE STAR™An early-ripening
Warm Summers Earliest Ripening Asians American persimmon that sets
IZUA large crops of very sweet fruit. It’s
JIRO Jiro is very early  228: $39.95 each
self-fertile. D
round and flat ripening,
with an orange GARRETSON One of the best
fine quality American Persimmon varieties,
skin and sweet Asian
mild flesh. It is a Garretson bears heavy crops of
persimmon. sweet, high quality fruit. Garretson
non-astringent This is
type, great ripens early and is very hardy
a non- and easy to grow. Needs a male
eaten while firm. Also known in the astringent
U.S. as Fuyu. D215: $39.95 each persimmon pollenizer (D230). On D.
selection. It virginiana rootstock.D219: $39.95
CHOCOLATE C  hoice of sets medium sized fruit on a dwarf each
connoisseurs. The medium size tree. Hardy to 0°F. D250: $39.95
red, conical, astringent type fruit each
develops sweet, spicy brown
flesh when ripe if pollinized. It is
SAIJO Northerners Can Grow
astringent until ripened off the tree.
Saijo is the
only Asian
American Persimmons
It’s the best pollinizer for the Coffee persimmon
Cake variety. D217: $39.95 each Meader grafted American
we can ripen Persimmon trees grow much
COFFEE CAKE (Nishimura Wase) in our cool larger than Asian varieties and
A richly flavored variety that ripens summers the fruit is smaller. However
a month before Jiro. It ripens in at Raintree the Americans usually ripen
climates with summers too cool in western earlier and the trees are much
to consistently ripen Jiro or Fuyu. Washington. more winter hardy. The fruit is
The fruit is large and roundish. The This self astringent until fully ripe. Zones
tree is vigorous and easy to grow. fertile cultivar is hardy to -10 5-9. All Americans are on D.
virginiana rootstock. We cannot
It is called Coffee Cake for its rich degrees F. It produces consistently ship American persimmons to
flavor and brown flesh color when sweet acorn shaped fruit on a small California.
ripe. It is a pollination variant non tree. D260: $39.95 each

Using Persimmons Willamette Valley and other areas with warm-

er summers. Americans ripen in October.
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 years for
grafted trees.
IN THE LANDSCAPE: A beautiful orna- PICKING & STORAGE: Pick astringent va- SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Persimmons are
mental, the large glossy leaves turn bright rieties after they color up and allow the fruit adapted to a wide variety of soil types. They
red each autumn. After the leaves fall, the to soften and become “mushy’ inside before are tolerant of wet soils and also do well on
orange fruit hangs like many lanterns on the you can enjoy the sweet flavor. The American light sandy soils. Once established, they can
tree. cultivars are all astringent. Non-astringent withstand some drought.
SUN OR SHADE: Persimmons can tolerate selections are delicious even when eaten
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: They have
some shade but Asian varieties, in particular, while the fruit is ripe but firm. Non astringent
require a sunny location to ripen the fruit. firm “apple type persimmons” are the most almost no pest or disease problems. The
PLANT HEIGHT & SPACING: 15’ for Asians, popular in Japan. They do need thinning to tree can be kept small with judicious prun-
35’ for Americans though they are easily increase fruit size. ing. Use a modified central leader. Pruning
maintained at 15’. POLLINATION: Asian persimmons produce should be confined to light thinning and
HARVEST TIME: Oct.-Nov. Fuyu and Hachi- seedless fruit without pollination. Americans, heading back excessively vigorous growth.
ya, because of longer ripening time, often except Meader, usually need a male for Persimmons flower and bear fruit on the
don’t ripen in Western WA. but thrive in the pollination. current season’s growth.

62
 Jujubes
IVAN’S BEAUTYTM ( Sorbus
aucuparia x Aronia) Sweet-tart,
small, wine-red fruit, prized for
making wine, jelly and sauces,
cover this small beautiful 12-15’-tall (Zizyphus jujuba) Jujubes are pretty
yard tree. D710: $26.50 each trees with glossy green leaves that
turn yellow in the autumn. Called
IVANS BELLETM (Sorbus aucuparia “Chinese Date”, the fruit is very
x Craetagus) An attractive tree sweet, reddish brown when ripe,
from the Ukraine. The 15’ tree has 1-1/2” long with a single seed.
large, glossy compound leaves and These grafted trees will grow to
produces loads of tart, ½”, wine red 20’ or more but can be maintained
fruit that is prized for making wine, much smaller. They are very pro-
jelly or sauces. D  711: $26.50 each ductive and early bearing. The fruit
MEADER T  he only available

Edible
American that is reliably self-fertile. needs hot summers to ripen well. In
From fruit breeder Elwyn Meader cooler summers pick it half brown
of New Hampshire. These grafted and half green and bring it inside to
trees are upright growing, very cold
hardy, and among the first to ripen,
even in areas with cool summers.
Hawthorn finish ripening. The myth of Zizyphus
is that they are all tender sub-tropi-
cals, but jujubes are hardy in USDA
D255: $39.95 each RED SUN CHINESE Zones 6-10. These partially self
HAW(Crataegus fertile cultivars produce better with
MALE AMERICAN T  he male is a another cultivar for pollination. We
beautiful tree but doesn’t produce pinnatifida) An
attractive species ship 3-5’ trees.
fruit. It will pollinate all American
females including Meader. On D. of small 12’ LANG L  ang has
virginiana rootstock.D230: $36.50 tall trees from large, pear-
each northern China shaped, flavorful
with 1” diameter fruit which must
fruit which turn be fully colored
red when ripe. This fruit is tasty for best eating.
when eaten fresh, dried, or used to Let the summer
Note on Delayed make syrups, preserves or candies. ripening fruit dry
Leafing Persimmons USDA Zones 4-9. Self-fertile. D163: on the tree. The
$26.50 each tree is upright and almost spineless.
Don’t worry! Because per- Needs a pollinizer. D  204: $39.95
simmons, unlike most plants, BIG GOLDEN STAR NEW!Unlike the
common hawthorn, this tree has no each
break dormancy based on
heat units, not chilling hours, thorns. It is a striking small tree with LIEnjoy large, round
many newly planted persim- very large, lobed leaves. It has good early season fruit,
mon trees don’t come out of autumn color and lots of edible up to 3 oz. in mid-
dormancy the first season, fruits 1 1/2 inch in diameter used August. Li may be
in a cool spring and summer for cooking and making jelly. USDA picked at the yellow-
cli-mate like the Pacific NW, Zones 4-9. D168: $26.50 each green stage. It is
until summer or even fall. A LIMIT ONE best eaten fresh.
bare root tree could be simply TEXAS SUPERBERRY (Crataegus Partially self-fruitful.
planted in the ground or could aestivalis) Mayhaws are a group D202: $39.95
be potted to provide more of hawthorns, native to the U.S. each
heat for the roots and then that produce small tasty crab SHERWOOD Enjoy the excellent
unpot-ted and planted just apple like fruit that is famous tasting, firm large shiny reddish-
after it started to leaf. Plant- for making a delicious jelly. The brown date-like fruit that has a
ing instruc-tions are included attractive tree grows to 15’ and sweet apple-like flavor. When
with each tree. has pretty white self fertile flowers. candied and dried, it resembles
It blooms very early, making a date. Sherwood is good in hot
fruit set only occasional in areas desert areas. It is an attractive
with late spring frosts. Warren upright grower with shiny leaves
Mt. Ash Superberry was found in Texas by
famed horticulturist T. O. Warren.
and far fewer thorns than other
selections. Not recommended for

Hybrids
It produces heavy crops of red areas where climate cools before
berries used in pie, jelly or juice. fruit ripens. D207: $42.50 each
D164: $26.50 each SHANXI LI NEW!Enjoy the very
These are beautiful, unusual upright RED AZEROLE NEW!This small, large two inch plus fruit, excellent
hardy trees with large glossy com- ornamental hawthorn can be grown eaten fresh or dried. Shanxi Li has
pound leaves. Bred for beauty and for its small red fruit reddish brown date like fruit. It does
by famed Russian that tastes like a tart apple. It grows well in hot, dry summer areas. It
plant breeder Ivan quickl y into a 15’ tree or large ripens in mid season, in the late
Michurin. Each is shrub with beautiful, glossy, dark summer or early fall and is self
self-fertile. USDA green foliage. In spring, it is loaded fertile. USDA Zones 6-10. D  209:
Zones 3-8. 3-5’ with dense clusters of large white $42.50 each
flowers. Self-fertile. USDA Zone 5-9.
trees. D162: $26.50 each 63
 Pomegranates Pomegranates
(Punica granatum) We offer a wide
and Your Health
selection of pomegranates, each Pomegranates are rated among the
with its own complex and unique fla- most healthful of fruits. Studies show
vor. The pomegranate can be grown pomegranate juice has much more
as a small tree or in a bush form. polyphenol antioxidants than any
other drink, including red wine and
Their bright foliage and beautiful blueberry juice. It is rich in flavonoids
orange flowers make them a beauti- which researchers find protects
ful landscape plant. Pomegranates against heart disease.
require only 150 chilling hours &
need well-drained soil.
Tea Pomegranates ripen well in the
South and in California. They grow
well in the Pacific Northwest but
WONDERFUL The
variety usually
found in markets.
(Camellia sinensis) Plant an au- don’t get the intense summer heat Hot summers are
thentic tea plant in your yard! These they need to ripen. needed to fully ripen
pretty evergreen Camellia bushes the large, tart fruit.
grow about 4’ tall (taller in mild Growing them as a multi-stemmed
bush in a pot and bringing them in in D490: $22.50 each
regions) and can make an attractive
evergreen hedge.They have pretty the fall can extend their productive KASHMIR BLEND N  amed for its
fragrant autumn flowers. The leaves range. delicious blend of complex flavors.
are elliptical, 2-4” long and contain EVERSWEET Since it is the first Kashmir Blend produces a tart,
the stimulant caffeine. Leaves will pomegranate to ripen (a month or rich flavor beloved by pomegranate
produce green or black tea. Re- more before Wonderful), Eversweet aficionados. The exquisite balance
search suggests that green tea has bears in shorter season areas. Its between acid and sugar results in
special beneficial health properties. large, dark red, virtually seedless fruit is great juice. D478: $24.50 each
These plants also grow well indoors sweet, even when immature, an added SWEETSweeter fruit than
in a pot. Plants prefer sun or partial ripening advantage over other cultivars. Wonderful, with better quality
shade. Delicious, sweet-tangy fruit has clear, in cool-summer climates. It is a
A Chinese way to make green tea is non-staining juice. D485: $24.50 compact plant, suitable to espalier
to “pick only the new growing tips each and container growing. Harvest in
(the top three leaves on a branch). PINK SATIN This attractive late summer. Unsplit ripe fruit stores
Spread and dry in the shade for six pomegranate has unique, edible seeds in a cool, dry place for two months
hours. Then on low heat in an open and a sweetly refreshing flavor. Soft, or more. D480: $24.50 each
pot, heat the leaves for a couple of edible sweet seeded cultivars are PARFIANKA T  his naturally dwarf
hours, frequently stirring. You can sought after by cultures familiar with pomegranate sets profuse amounts
use your hand to stir. Then put the pomegranates. The soft seeds make of fruit even when young. The
leaves in a cup and pour boiling it seem almost seedless. Its original medium size, yellow fruit has a bright
water over the leaves. You can drink name is Pink Ice. D479: $24.50 each red blush, soft seeds and a sweet-tart
it with the leaves still in the cup.” RED SILK This taste that is rated among the best
For black tea, ferment the leaves. dwarf UC Davis in taste tests. Parfianka makes an
Plants are hardy in the Pacific North- introduction excellent juice. D  486: $26.50 each
west. USDA Zones 7-10. In 1-quart grows to about POMEGRANATE ROADS By Gregory
pots. 6’, making it Levin 183 pages. Floreant Press,
RUSSIAN TEA G  rown from seed perfect for a Subtitled “A Soviet Botanists’s
gathered in Tea plantations in Sochi, large patio pot! Exile from Eden.” A beguiling
Russia along the Black Sea. This is It produces an blend of memoir and pomegranate
the northern most area where tea abundant crop of large fruit with red horticulture. Dr. Levin tells of
is grown commercially. Flowers are juice and a delicious grenadine flavor his life’s work in a remote Soviet
white and fragrant. L503: $22.50 that has a pleasing balance of acid research station in the mountains
each and sweetness. D  491: $24.50 each near Iran. S329: $18 each
TEA BREEZE
A
 beautiful
white- About Pomegranates EXPOSURE: Full Sun.
POLLINATION: Self fertile.
flowered IN THE LANDSCAPE: Enjoy the spring HARDINESS: Zones 8-10.They are
ornamental display of showy orange-red flowers on hardy to about 10° F. Even if frozen to the
variety that these glossy leafed arching shrubs. ground, plants will re-sprout from the
is also used to make delicious tea. IN THE KITCHEN: Try several varieties to roots like a fig. If grown in a pot, they can
L501: $22.50 each experience the range of delicious pome- be brought in to ripen.
granate flavors. Use them in a wide variety SIZE & SPACING: Prune them as a 8-10’
BLUSHING MAIDEN S  imiliar to Tea of delicious Middle Eastern recipes. tall shrub or allow them to become a
Breeze except the flowers are a beautiful 15-20’ tree or espalier.
pretty pink color. L502: $22.50 Useful Facts RIPENING: Late Fall.
each YIELD: 15 plus pounds per plant.
SOIL: Most need well drained soils.
64
Paw Paws
crops of oval, sweet and flavorful grafted varieties but a great value
fruit. One of the earliest ripening and just as likely to grow well.
varieties in our region. D374: Choose two for pollination or one
$27.50 each and a grafted variety. 1 gallon pot.
(Asimina D370: $18.50 each
triloba)
Outstanding Cultivars
The paw
paw is the
largest
From Kentucky Edible
edible fruit
native to
Ameri-
SHENANDOAH TM T
 his patented
new variety is one of the largest
and most flavorful Pawpaws, each
weighing up to a pound. The fruit
Dogwoods
ca. Well Our dogwoods are small ornamental
known in ripens in mid season and is sweet
and flavorful with creamy-yellow, trees with beautiful spring flowers
much of the eastern United States, and attractive summer foliage and
the tree has long, tropical looking custard-like flesh. D394: $27.50
each fall color. Dogwoods are planted for
leaves and produces dark green, their ornamental beauty, but in Rus-
oblong fruit (3” to 6” long) with a SUSQUEHANNATM The largest of all sia and elsewhere they are prized
pulp that tastes like vanilla custard. the Peterson Paw Paw selections. for heavy production of delicious
You can just take out your spoon Susquehanna fruit is very sweet fruit. Cannot ship to Florida. We
and eat the delicious treat. While the and richly flavorful with very few offer 3-5’ trees.
paw paw tree grows well in much seeds. Individual fruits can weigh
of the nation, it needs a long hot a pound! It ripens in mid season.
summer to ripen its fruit and only D395: $27.50 each Cornus Mas Has
the earliest ripening cultivars stand Flavorful Fruit
a chance of maturing in the cooler
parts of the Pacific Northwest. The Flavorful Favorites Cornus Mas, also called “Cornelian
pulp has big seeds that are easy to Cherry” is a fantastic small orna-
PROLIFIC A  vigorous tree and a mental tree that bears flavorful fruit.
spoon out and discard or plant to heavy cropper with very good
grow additional trees. Paw paws are Trees are beautiful in all seasons.
flavored fruit. It comes into They are covered with yellow flow-
slow growing and small upon arrival. production sooner than other ers in the spring before the leaves
 378: $27.50 each
varieties. D appear. This is followed by flavorful
Earliest Ripening REBECCA’S GOLD Vigorous, summer fruit and red and yellow fall
This one is most likely to ripen in productive tree with sweet foliage. Cornus Mas thrives in soil
areas with cool summers like the aromatic fruit. Ripens mid to late with high organic content. Trees like
Pacific Northwest. season. D375: $27.50 each partial shade in hot summer areas
NC 1 NEW! NC-1 is an early SUNFLOWER A  well known hardy and full sun where summers are
ripening variety from Canada. It northern selection with large, cooler. USDA Zones 4-9. 3-5 foot
bears great crops of large and flavorful fruit and few seeds. trees unless noted.
flavorful fruit. D 373: $27.50 Ripens slightly later than other RAINTREE SELECT The most
each varieties. Reportedly self-fertile. flavorful and productive of many
PENNSYLVANIA GOLDEN Very

D385: $27.50 each seedlings grown from productive
sweet and flavorful, medium to large FORD AMEND S  elected in the trees from Russia. This tree ripens
fruit. Reportedly the earliest of all Pacific Northwest and grown since elongated red fruit late in the
our varieties to ripen. A great variety 1950. Flavorful, green-yellow fruit season. D567: $28.50 eachLIMIT
to try in cooler regions.D391: with orange flesh, ripens in late ONE
$27.50 each September. D  372: $27.50 each
MITCHELL NEW! A highly regarded PAW PAW SEEDLINGS Not as
variety, Mitchell bears good consistently productive as the

Using Paw Paws

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Enjoy its bright yellow fall foliage.
SUN OR SHADE: Though they need sun to ripen, paw paws are a natural hardwood
forest understory plant that likes high humidity.
HEIGHT & SPACING: Trees slowly grow to 25’ or more but can be maintained at 10-15
feet height and spacing.
HARVESTING: In fall when fruit color turns from green to yellow.
HARDINESS: Zones 5-9
YEARS TO FRUITING: Outside their native habitat, Paw Paws often grow very slowly
and can take many years to start producing. Visit the nursery
POLLINATION: Each variety has inconspicuous brown flowers in May and is insect,
or more reliably, hand pollinated from the male flowers of one variety to the female
flowers of another variety.
for too-large-to-
TRANSPLANTING: The tree has a tap root and grows very slowly at first. That is why
we offer them in pots. Transplant with as much soil as possible, trying not to disturb
the roots.
ship plants!
65
KAZENLAKThis cultivar from DWARF
Bulgaria produces an abundance of RED(Musa
1-1/2” long, deep red fruit prized for ‘Dwarf
its jumbo size and excellent flavor. Red’)
D581: $34.50 each LIMIT ONE Growing
only 6’ to
RED STAR A  very heavy producer of 8’ tall, this
pungent, delicious, glossy dark red, beautiful,
oval fruit 1 1/4 inches long. Makes red skinned
great preserves. An outstanding banana
edible ornamental. The tree grows can bring
to 10’-15’ and has gorgeous yellow the tropics
spring flowers. Needs another to your
Cornus Mas variety as a pollinizer. home while the snow falls out-
D575: $26.50 each doors. It needs high light levels
YELLOW and temperatures 65°F or higher to
FRUITED do well, but will reward the grower

Bananas
This beautiful who provides these conditions with
edible delicious fruit that is almost black
when ripe. USDA Zones 9-10. J335:
ornamental $24.50 each
produces Often edible bananas can’t take tem-
beautiful peratures below freezing but can be
yellow grown indoors. Our ornamental culti- Banana Book
flowers each vars are surprisingly hardy and can be BANANAS YOU CAN GROWby
spring and grown in much of the nation. Offered Stokes & Waddick, 128 pages.
is loaded in 1 gallon pots.Prohibited to HI. For Northern and Southern home
with unique gardeners. Includes 66 cultivars.
yellow fruit Sections are on cultivation,
1 inch long Hardy Ornamentals propagation, best cultivars for each
each fall. BASJOO HARDY T
 his Japanese site and growing in greenhouses
Use another Cornus Mas variety as native is hardy to zero when and containers. Well written with
a pollinizer for fruit. D578: $26.50 mulched. It will grow to 15’ tall many color illustrations. S
 009:
each (less than 10’ in a large pot) and $19.95 each
grace your northern yard with giant
VARIEGATED A  beautiful and
unusual edible ornamental. This
multi stemmed tree has beautiful
tropical looking banana stems
and leaves. Though its fruit is not
palatable the flowers are showy. It
Subtropicals
green and white variegated leaves. needs sun, lots of summer water LOQUAT SEEDLING (Erioboytra
It is easily maintained at ten feet and lots of nitrogen for rapid japonica) This tropical looking
tall and like the other Cornus Mas growth. After the first fall frost, tree produces leathery evergreen
has beautiful yellow flowers in the prune the stems to a foot high. In foliage and fruit that is very sweet,
spring and edible red berries each May, new growth is spectacular. aromatic and looks like a small
summer. D580: $28.50 each J320: $24.50 each round apricot. The tree is self-fertile
RED TIGER ( Musa sikkimensis) A and hardy to 12° F. It blooms in late
Kousas Loaded With Fruit! beautiful cold tolerant ornamental winter and only sets fruit in areas
banana from the Himalayas. It with above freezing winters and hot
(Cornus Kousa) These beautiful summers. It grows well but rarely
ornamentals grow to 12-15’ tall with grows to 15’ tall with huge purple
striped leaves and long lasting fruits in the Pacific Northwest. It can
attractive, disease resistant, ovate grow to 20’ tall or be kept small in
leaves that turn scarlet in fall. Enjoy yellow flowers. Though it’s almost
as cold tolerant as Basjoo it needs a pot. One Gallon Pot. USDA Zones
large showy white flowers in June. 8-10. J340: $22.50 each
Pick round bright edible red fruit in warm weather to break dormancy.
October. Space 12’ apart or 4’ apart All the hardy bananas benefit from
to make a stun- a thick winter mulch in colder
ning 6-8’ hedge. climates. USDA Zones 6-10. One
Best in good gallon pot. J337: $24.50 each
garden soil with
afternoon shade. Delicious Indoor Favorites
USDA Zones 5-8. DOUBLE T
 his sport of the Dwarf
2-3’ size. Cavendish banana is also known as
BIG APPLE ‘Mahoi’. It will grow to about 7’ tall in
KOUSATM  a large pot. Happy indoors with high
Selected for its light levels and temperatures 65°F
cascades of large or higher, it usually produces two
red, tasty fruit. large heads of sweet little bananas,
Self fertile. D
 585: sometimes three, beginning the
$26.50 each second year. Try it outdoors in
USDA Zones 9-10 and inside
66 elsewhere.J336: $24.50 each
LEMON GUAVA NEW!(Pisidium under bark. We offer seedlings. Plant tubers and the much smaller edible
littorale) Grown it as a potted indoor two to assure pollination and more to propagation tubers which grow just
shrub with tasty 1-2 inch round prune into an excellent hedge. Grow under the soil surface. Zones 5-9.
yellow fruit. It grows outdoors in in sun to part shade in a well-drained, 4-inch pot. L558: $16.50 each
USDA Zone 10 and is hardy to acidic site with lots of organic matter.
23 degrees F. where is makes a USDA Zones 8-11. Quart pot. D  177: MASHUA (Tropaeolum tuberosum)
sturdy 10-15 foot shrub or small $19.95 each Among Andean tubers, Mashua,
tree. Young plants produce lots a relative of
of yellow fruit. Blend the whole
fruits with strawberries or other
fruits to make a delicious puree.
Lost Crops the garden
nasturtium
Its great in smoothies, popsicles
or even salads. It’s native to Brazil.
Self fertile. One quart pot. J315:
of the Incas is one of
the highest
yielding,
$16.50 each “Lost Crops of the Incas” is the title easiest
of a book published in 1989 and to grow,

Edibles is free online. Of the over 30 food

crops discussed in the book, we
picked three tuber crops that are
and most
resistant
to cold, to USDA Zone 7 or maybe
from Chile nutritious, easy to cultivate, can be
grown in much of the country and
offer a new taste experience.
colder. It also repels many insects,
nematodes, and other pathogens,
thus making it a valuable plant
Chile has similiar climates to the OCA ( Oxalis to intercrop with other species.
west coast of the U.S. tuberosa) The tubers about the size of small
Another potatoes have shapes ranging from
tasty tuber conical to carrot like. Mashua is
from the high yielding, even under conditions
Andes. One of almost no management. You will
of the lost receive 2 tubers.L553: $16.50 for
crops of 2 tubers
the Inca’s,
Oca is the

Edible
second most popular tuber in Peru
after potatoes. The small, bright
pink tubers are similar in flavor to a
CHILEAN GUAVA (Myrtus ugni
molinae) The attractive Chilean
Guava bears red, one inch oval
tangy potato. The attractive clover-
like foliage is also edible. The tubers
mature late in the season and are
Cactus
fruit with a tart flavor and aroma usually harvested after the first
reminiscent of strawberries. PRICKLY
light frost. In northern areas where PEAR
The self-fertile bush loves warm frost comes before November,
climates and can grow to 15-feet, (Opuntia
protection is needed to get good cycloides)
but will stay smaller, 6-to-8-feet, sized tubers. L559: 5 tubers for
in cooler climates. Trim the bush $15 This cactus
to a size you like and consider is great for
YACON(Smallanthus sonchifolius) growing in
planting several to make an unusual Yacon is a perennial plant grown
hedge. Chilean Guavas, favored a pot or in
in the mid-elevation Andes for its the ground.
long ago by Queen Victoria, can crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root,
even thrive outdoors in southwest It is hardy
England. Plant in well-drained soil delicious eaten fresh. The texture and easy to
in a sunny location or grow as a and flavor is a cross between a grow. Use
greenhouse plant.The leaves are a fresh apple, about 6” of
tea substitute. USDA Zones 8-10. 1 watermelon pea gravel
quart pot.J370: $24.50 each and celery. and little or no soil for drainage. It
In Northern grows 5-7’ tall, tallest in mild winter
LUMA APICULATA This beautiful areas, plant areas and has beautiful yellow
evergreen shrub or small tree from after the flowers and long sweet purple 3”
Chile and Argentina can grow to last frost fruit. The fruit is used to make jelly.
15’ or more. Each fall, loads of and harvest Surprisingly, it thrives in the Pacific
small, round, blue-black fruit with after the NW. Zones 6-10. 1 gallon pot.
translucent flesh cover the plant. The first few D180: $24.50 each
aromatic, sweet fruit can be eaten frosts have
fresh or made into a blueberry like LARGE FRUITED OPUNTIA ( Opuntia
caused the engelmanii) Like the cycloides
topping for cheesecake. Its dark tops to die
green leaves resemble huckleberry cactus, but with red/purple, flavorful
back. While fruit that is twice as large. Enjoy the
and its small, creamy white, starry usable-
flowers appear in mid-summer and pretty yellow flowers. It grows to 4’
sized tubers tall and has blond colored spines.
continue into fall. Mature plants develop USDA Zones 7-10. 1 gallon. D185:
develop smooth, cinnamon color fairly early, they taste much sweeter $24.50 each
bark, much like that of madrone that after some frost. Yacon has two
peels back to reveal white to pink types of tubers, the edible storage 67
Roots, Flax
SAFFRON
CROCUS
(Crocus

Shoots And sativus)

From this
beautiful,
NEW ZEALAND FLAX
(Phormium tenax)

Leaves fall-
blooming
crocus
New Zealand Flax
(aka Harekeki) grows as a clump with
elongated grey green leaves to about
WASABI ( Wasabia comes true 8’ tall. This evergreen plant is very
japonica) Chances Saffron, tolerant of salt spray seaside locations
are you’ve never had a highly prized and highly priced and quite happy in wet (swamp)
real wasabi but rather spice that has been used for conditions yet it grows in most soils
a combination of flavoring since ancient times. The with little watering and likes full sun.
mustard, horseradish, spice is found on showy, thread-like First harvest after 3 years. Not edible
and food coloring. stigmas in each delicate lilac bloom. ... but VERY useful and attractive. It is
Native to Japan, it is Easy to grow in the Pacific NW and valued for its long strong fibers, that
grown for its unique, enlarged stem other areas with similar climates, were used it for rope for their sailing
or rhizome. Wasabi prefers shade and Saffron Crocus prefers good fleet. The Maori used it for clothing,
cool temperatures, so is well suited to spring rains, mostly dry summers weaving, baskets, packs and rope of all
the Pacific NW. The highest grade of and temperatures that stay above sorts. USDA Zones 7-10 though it may
wasabi is grown in moving water but it minus 10° F. Plants grow from need winter mulch in Zones 7 and 8
does just fine in soil and in containers. corms, which can be dug, divided and may die back in the winter. 1 quart
Wasabi grows best in summer shade and replanted to encourage more size.M056: $18.50 each
on soils high in organic matter, well plants. 2¼” pot. USDA Zones 6-9.
watered with good drainage. When
planting wasabi, the crown should
remain above the soil surface.
M007: $11.50 each

Thai
Asparagus
Temperatures below 27° F. will kill Fresh picked As-
the top growth and perhaps the Cooking paragus has four
whole plant so winter protection is Favorites times the natural
advisable. Its ideal range is between sugar as spears
40 and 70 degrees. Slugs love it, LEMON GRASS stored just one
so slug control may be necessary. (Cymbopogon day which gives
Instructions are included with each citratus) An it a better flavor
plant! 4” pot.L557: $16.50 each; easily grown without boosting
6+: $13.50 each perennial your blood sugar.
herb, essential Jersey Knight is among the most
HORSERADISH to Thai and
(Amoracia rusticana) nutritious varieties however the
Southeast purple asparagus has three times
Plant this vigorous Asian cuisine.
root 3 inches deep in the antioxidants. When aspara-
It is also used to add lemon flavor gus is harvested at six inches tall
a rich soil with full sun, to herbal teas or chopped finely in
spaced two feet from it is much sweeter than the taller
sauces and deserts. It will grow to spears. Cooking Asparagus adds to
other plants. Harvest 2-3’ tall and spreads by numerous
roots after a frost, shoots sprouting from the base of its antioxidant value.
beginning the second year. It grows the clump. It loves heat and summer SWEET PURPLE For the asparagus
2-3’ tall and can be aggressive. Use sun and can tolerate drought connoisseur. The purple spears
by grating the roots. USDA Zones but can be killed by freezing have a 20% higher sugar content
5-9. Large root. L540: $7.50 each; temperatures. Since it does well in a and are often eaten raw. Very
3+: $6 each pot, Northerners can grow it outside tender when cooked, the sweetness
CRIMSON CHERRY spring through fall and just cut the gives the spears a mild, nutty flavor.
RHUBARB R
 hubarb top growth back and bring the pot Heavy grade. R530 (10 crowns):
is easy to grow in in for the winter. 4” pot. L5804: $14.50; R535 (25 crowns):
most soils. Eat the $11.50 each $28.50
stalks, not the leaves, SICHUAN PEPPER Use the highly JERSEY KNIGHT A  new very
because leaves can fragrant seeds and leaves in your flavorful “all male” variety. Since it
be toxic. Cherry is an spicy Chinese cooking. This shrub doesn’t produce flowers or seeds,
extremely heavy and grows to 10’ tall and is hardy to all the energy goes into making
reliable producer. This -10°F. While production is said to delicious, tender spears. It is much
is the reddest variety, benefit from having a male and more productive than traditional
tending to be red all the a female plant, almost all plants varieties. Expect loads of new
way through. Stalks are up to two produce both fruit and seeds. One tender spears each spring. We
feet long and are tender with no gallon size. USDA Zones 6-9. L565: offer heavy grade crowns. R520
stringiness and a full rich flavor. We $24.50 each LIMIT ONE (10 crowns): $14.50; R525 (25
offer jumbo sized crowns. USDA crowns): $28.50
Zones 5-9. Plant 4’ apart.L508: KIEFFER LIME (THAI) Distinctively
$10 each; 3+: $8.50 each shaped leaves are used in Thai GROW THE BEST ASPARAGUS
cooking. See description page 87.  torey Books, 12 pages. S205:
S
68 J210Q: $54.95 each $3.95 each
 EMERALD Lavender: So Beautiful
GroundcoverS CARPET (Rubus
pentalobus) & So Useful
And Herbs This beautiful
evergreen
groundcover
FRED BOUTIN
( Lavandula x
intermedia)
Cover the ground with a beautiful Raspberry from Beautiful in all
carpet of foliage, thereby reducing Taiwan has seasons, this
erosion and providing a mat that clover shaped fragrant cultivar
inhibits weeds. Good ground cov- leathery green grows to 3’ tall.
ers spread easily and quickly and foliage turning coppery in autumn. This multi-use cultivar is used for
will grow underneath other edible It grows only a few inches tall and flower wands, oil and also for baking
plants. They need weeding and or occasionally has yellow berries in in cookies. A great edible landscape
mulching and watering to get estab- July. Sun or shade. USDA Zones plant. USDA Zones 7-10. 4” pot.
lished. Lingonberries, strawberries, 6-10. 4” pot. G300: $6.50 each; L515: $8.50 each; 6+: $7 each
Maine blueberries, wintergreen, 6+: $5 each
salal, and many other berries make
great edible groundcovers. Look for
them throughout the catalog.
WOOLLY THYME(Thymus praecox
Languinousus) Fragrant and
beautiful, this wonderful evergreen
Mushrooms
ground cover has small, soft, grey- Grow Mushrooms
Groundcovers green leaves and tiny red flowers. in Your Garden
KINNICKINNICK (Arctostaphylos Throughout the year, the mat of
uvaursi) This native evergreen foliage looks like Ireland seen from KING STROPHARIA GARDEN
ground cover thrives in most an airplane. Great in a rock garden, GIANT SPAWN ( Stropharia rugosa-
soils, even in sand. It needs little between stepping stones and on annulata) Also know as the “Garden
care. Prostrate trailing branches slopes, it thrives in our trials at Giant”. As the name implies this
thickly covered with small dark Raintree. Provide good drainage mushroom can get large, but these
green leaves yield white or pink and full sun for best results. USDA beautiful wine red mushrooms
blossoms in late spring. Bright Zones 5-9. 4” pot. L520: $6.50 are far tastier when picked at the
red berries follow, lasting well into each; 6+: $5 each button stage. It is a very easy
winter. Native Americans valued the mushroom for the home cultivator
berries as food and the leaves in and can be readily grown in your
smoking mixtures, though now the
Fragrant Culinary Herbs berry, vegetable, and flower beds.
fruit is most often eaten by birds. ARP ROSEMARY H  ardy and easy to Just mix fresh hardwood chips or
It is a beautiful way to cover a lot grow, this beautiful plant grows to sawdust with our King Stropharia
of ground in a hurry. It is great for 2-3’ tall. It has grey-green foliage Spawn, mulch around your garden
sunny slopes and cascading down and pale blue flowers with a strong with the spawned chips and
walls. USDA Zones 5-10. 4” pot. Rosemary and lemon fragrance. keep moist. In 6 to 12 months the
G665: $6.50 each; 6+: $5 each USDA Zones 7-10. 4-inch pot.L575: mushrooms will begin to appear
$6.50 each; 6+: $5 each and in many parts of the country
will continue fruiting from spring
MIOGA HARDY GINGER ( Zingher through fall. Once introduced to
mioga) A hardy ginger that grows your garden, this species will often
to 4 feet tall. The new shoots are become truly perennial, appearing
blanched and eaten and the young year after year. King Stropharia is
leaves are edible. The white flower very heat and cold tolerant and can
buds which emerge in late summer be grown in most of the country. If
are used for tempurah or sliced and hardwood chips or sawdust are not
added as a garnish for salads or available, un-composted straw will
sushi. This plant is unlike the ginger also work. In Germany they grow
that you eat the large rhizomes. them on straw bales. One 4-lbs.
Hardy to USDA Zones 7-10. Prefers bag of spawn should inoculate
partial shade and well drained soil a wheelbarrow full of chips.
with plenty of humus. 1 liter pot. Instructions are provided with each
L705: $19.95 each spawn order. P  275D: $32.50 each

Using Asparagus
IN THE KITCHEN: Eat fresh, frozen or canned.
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Fern like foliage makes a perennial border. Grow in full sun. A patch can last 15 years. Harvest after three years.
USDA Zones 2-9.
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH 6.5 to 7.5 Deep organic soil, good drainage.
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: At planting, add rotted manure and compost. Dig trenches 8 to 10 inches deep and plant the crowns
12 to 18 inches apart. Some new methods call for shallower planting. Spread out the roots. Cover with 3-4 inches of soil. As the shoots
emerge, continue to fill with soil. Water, if weather is dry. Do not cut spears until the third season after planting. Then be sure to stop
harvesting after June so fern growth can take place. This builds up the food reserves for the following year’s crop. Cut foliage when it
yellows in the fall.

69
PORTABELLO ALMOND SPAWN OYSTER DOWELS(Pleurotus CHICKEN OF THE WOODS
(Agaricus subrufesens) is favored ostreatus) Among the easiest DOWELS (Laetiporus sulphureus)
as a culinary and as a medicinal mushrooms to grow. Chefs are raving Easy to recognize, the
mushroom. It grows best when about its strong delicious flavor when combination of bright orange and
mixed in with your compost or breaded or fried. While relatively rare sulfur yellow make it a real show
a bagged compost and manure in nature, it is easy to grow on a wide stopper. As tasty as it is colorful,
product and then used as a mulch variety of hardwoods and is suited for it could make a great landscape
around your plants. It also grows home culture. The mushrooms are
well on pasteurized straw. (A way white to pale gray or brown, flattened addition. It grows on hardwood
to pasteurize your own straw is to or funnel-shaped and borne in large logs and stumps through the
soak it completely underwater in shelf-like clusters. P252C: Package United States. P 304C: 100
cold water for a week.) It is a warm of 100 dowel plugs: $18 each; 3+ plugs: $18; 3+ packages of
season mushroom. Keep the bag of packages of 100: $15 each 100: $15 each
spawn refrigerated until late spring MAITAKE DOWELS (Grifola
when you can plant it out and it will
fruit during the summer and fall.
frondosa) Maitake, also know as Grow
“Hen of the Woods”, can be reliably
It also grows well in a tote and will grown in its native range in Eastern Oyster Kits
produce more quickly than in the
garden. 4lb bag of spawn. P280D:
North America. It is prized by in Your
mushroom hunters for its delicious
$32.50 each flavor, beauty and large size (the Kitchen
record is over 100 lbs). Maitake Grow Oyster
Mushroom Dowel Plugs contains healthful and medicinal mushrooms on
SHIITAKE compounds. It is best grown on a 4-pound block
DOWELS fresh cut stumps or logs that are in your kitchen.
(Lentinus partially buried after inoculation.
Oak and elm are recommended These easy-to-grow kits can give
edodes) Shiitake two or three flushes of mush-
mushrooms are but other hardwoods can be tried.
P265C: Package of 100 dowel rooms. Here’s a great tip for the
delicious with a Oyster kit to keep it growing for a
rich flavor and plugs: $18 each; 3+ packages of
firm texture. They 100: $15 each long time: Once they have fruit-
are also very nutritious, containing LION’S MANE DOWELS(Hericium ed, pack the remaining spawn
lots of B vitamins and other erinaceus) A tasty, large, showy into a block with used coffee
substances that appear to lower mushroom. Found in late summer grounds.
cholesterol and boost the immune and fall on hardwood stumps OYSTER SPAWN KIT ( Pleurotus
system. While they are an expensive throughout much of the U.S. Oak, ostreatus) Oysters are the
delicacy, relatively new to the walnut and beech are favorites but
Western world, people in China and it grows on many hardwoods. A easiest to grow, and you can
Japan have been enjoying Shiitakes medicinal, said to improve cognitive keep them going for many
for millenia. P302C: Package of abilities. P305C: Pkg. of 100 months using the instructions
100 dowel plugs: $18 each; 3+ dowel plugs: $18 each; 3+ pkgs included with your order.
packages of 100: $15 each of 100: $15 each P 252K: $26.50 each

How to Grow Mushrooms on Logs or Stumps

For those of you with patience essential, stumps and odd sized oak, but may start sooner. Or use
and access to fresh cut logs pieces can also work. Using a dowels in stumps. Full directions
from conifer or hardwood trees 5/16 drill bit, drill holes about are provided!
or stumps such as alder, oak, 1.5” deep and space them 5 or 6” Get rid of your stumps the slow
birch or cottonwood, you can apart. A 4’ log will need about 30 way, turn them into mushrooms.
grow lots of mushrooms at home. or more dowels. More will result Fresh cut stumps inoculated with
Mushrooms grown from dowels in faster colonization and perhaps dowel spawn will supply tasty
are very winter hardy and can be quicker production. Hammer a mushrooms for many years. Just
grown throughout most of the plug in each hole and seal with inoculate the top near the bark
nation. paraffin or a compound like Doc and also the sides and let nature
Using our “dowel plug spawn” Farwell’s Tree Heal. The logs are take its course. A one foot diame-
you can inoculate logs or stumps then stacked in a shady location ter, one foot tall stump would use
with mushroom cultures. It is where moisture can be main- 150 or more dowels. Grow more
important that the logs are freshly tained. Mushrooms should begin than one variety on large stumps.
cut, and the bark in good condi- to appear in from 6 months to 2 Use Hardwood stumps like alder
tion. It is best to cut the logs in years and will continue to appear or oak that don’t regrow. (It is
late winter or early spring before on the logs for several years. critical that you correctly identify
the buds break and leaves ap- Softer woods like alder or cotton- the mushrooms you eat. Carefully
pear. A 4-6” diameter and 4 foot wood will produce fewer mush- follow the instructions included in
length is convenient, but not rooms than denser woods like your order.)

70
Ornamental Edible Vines
Vines EASTERN PRINCE MAGNOLIA VINE
NEW!(Schizandra chinensis) This
lovely fruiting vine comes to us
A Fragrant Hummingbird from the mountains of China and
the Russian far east. It does well in
Favorite moist shady places where few fruit
GOLD FLAME HONEYSUCKLE plants thrive but it will also grow in
( Lonicera x heckrotti ‘Gold Flame’) full sun. It produces large clusters
The buds on of round red fruit. The leaves have
this shrubby, a lemon scent. The fruit is acidic
non-edible and very aromatic. They are dried
twining vine and used in medicinal teas. Or,
begin as pink, sweetened, the fruits are used to
opening to a make a juice or preserves that is
heavily fragrant said to be stimulating and energy
creamy restoring. Grow on a trellis, arbor or
yellow. Enjoy similar structure. The fragrant white

Hops
the blooms flowers are self-fertile and fruits
and the should begin to appear in about
hummingbirds from spring through three years. One gallon pot. USDA
summer. It grows in sun or partial Zones 4-8. H345: $24.50 each
shade. 1 gallon pot. USDA Zones (Humulus lupulus) These fast grow-
6-9. H212: $22.50 each DR. YAO CINNAMON VINE ing herbaceous vines quickly cover
( Dioscorea batatas) Cinnamon wires or a trellis to make an attrac-
scented flowers and heart shaped tive screen, decorate an arch, or
Exquisitely Fragrant leaves provide shade against a sunny wall.
Hardy Jasmine adorn this They can grow over 20’ in a season,
vigorous dying back to the ground each year
deciduous in most climates. The bitter flavor
vine. In the of the highly aromatic cone-like
mountains flowers is used to flavor beer. Young
of shoots may be used in salads or as
northern an asparagus substitute. Zones 5-9.
China it 4 inch pots. Can’t be shipped to
produces OR or ID.
very large, GOLDEN ( Humulus lupulus aureus)
highly This variety features beautiful yellow
prized, foliage and is a stunning ornamental.
white H1004: $14.50 each
fleshed CASCADE The aroma of Cascade is
tubers fragrant and powerful. It is used to
with a give flavor and aroma to American
JASMINE STEPHANENSE(Jasmine nutty light lagers. Cascade is a “Fuggle”
beesianum x officinale) In mid- potato flavor. While the top dies hybrid developed at Oregon Sate
summer this beautiful evergreen back each November, the tubers University. H
 1034: $14.50 each
vine is covered with clusters of soft can be left in the ground for several
TETTNANG Originating in the
pink, fragrant flowers that waft the years to keep growing. 1 gallon pot.
scent of a tropical paradise. Yet Tettnang district of Germany, this
H205: $19.95 each variety of hops has an exceptionally
this cousin of the tropics is hardy
to 0° F. and will thrive on a fence mild aroma that seems to enhance
or trellis. It will climb to 15-20’. In
Medicinal Vine grain flavors. Excellent for finishing
colder locations it is deciduous and HO SHOU WU ( Polygonum off lagers or loggers. Matures mid-
benefits from winter mulch. Jasmine multiflorum) or Fleeceflower Vine. season. H1024: $14.50 each
are not edible. 1 quart pot. H270: A fast growing medicinal vine from
$18.50 each China with pretty green heart Book on Growing Hops
ROSE JASMINE(Jasminum shaped leaves, red stems and THE HOP GROWER’S HANDBOOK
polyanthum) Famous for exquisite white to pink fall blooming flowers. NEW! b
 y Ten Eyek and Gehring.
fragrance, this vine produces large It thrives in full and fertile, well 279 pages. Subtitled The Essential
clusters of rose-colored buds drained soil. In about four years the Guide for Sustainable, Small Scale
that open to richly fragrant, white medicinal roots can be harvested Production for Home and Market.
flowers over many weeks, spring to for many uses including pain or If you want to grow hops and make
mid-autumn. It is hardy to between fatigue. It is also used to restore beer, read this book. S048: $34.95
10°-15° F., but also thrives indoors. 1 color to grey hair. USDA Zones 7-10.
quart pot.H272: $18.50 each H347: $18.50 each 71
Passifloras
fragrant and large. The fruit has SILVER BELLS A
 vigorous vine with
a purple skin and delicious pulp both light pink and reddish-purple
when ripe. The fruit should never flowers. It has the largest leaves
be picked, it must fall from the vine of the five leafed akebia varieties.
Passiflora vines have large, round, naturally. If it is allowed to wrinkle H340: $18.50 each
incredibly showy flowers. Butter- a bit after collecting, it becomes
flies love them. The vigorous vines PURPLE ROSEThis variety
sweet ambrosia. The plant is very produces an abundance of fragrant
are easy to grow in well drained productive in warm areas. This
soil, either in the ground or in a five vibrant red-purple flowers each
outstanding Patrick Pons-Worley May. H325: $18.50 each
gallon pot and will grace your house hybrid is vigorous and blooms from
or greenhouse. Use a stake and late spring until fall. In USDA Zones PURPLE BOUQUETNEW! Dark
twine to tie the vines indoors. Vines 10-11, this plant is excellent for a purple fragrant flowers grace this
are self fertile. Passifloras cannot be sunny location and makes a good, more compact vine. H  320: $18.50
shipped to Hawaii. rapidly growing screen for a fence each
or outbuilding. 1 gallon pot.H706:
We Offer the Hardiest
of the Passifloras
$26.50 each
BLACK KNIGHT (Passiflora edulis)
Seedless
MAYPOP
(Passiflora
incarnata)
Enjoy fragrant, dark purple-black
fruit the size of a large egg with
excellent flavor. The vine is vigorous
Grapes
An attractive, and compact with fragrant white (Vitis vinifera; Vitis labrusca) A
hardy, perennial and purple flowers. The foliage is grapevine can be both a highly pro-
vine native to glossy. H712: $26.50 each ductive source of fruit and a focal
point of considerable beauty. Think
Akebia
the Eastern
U.S. Maypop carefully about where to plant one
freezes to the ground in the winter to provide shade, cover a wall or
and re-sprouts, flowers and bears accentuate an arch. We offer a se-
a two inch long fruit the next (Akebia quinata) A beautiful, fast lection of high quality seedless, and
season. Hand pollinate for best fruit growing vine that thrives with little seeded wine and dessert grapes,
production. Enjoy the showy, sweet care, and most of which will ripen even in
scented lilac and white colored you’ll love areas with cool summers. The rip-
passion flowers. Maypop can be the weird ening dates listed are for the cooler
grown where temperatures don’t fall looking parts of Western Washington, but
below -20° F. In a very cold region, fruit. It is a most ripen sooner and thrive where
mulching will help protect the root beautiful summers are warmer. All Raintree
system. It needs a well drained soil. evergreen grapes are for USDA Zones 5-9
USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pot. H7154: in the unless otherwise noted. We offer
$13.50 each Pacific well-rooted plants. ALL GRAPES
Northwest and warmer areas and ARE PROHIBITED TO ID.
BLUE CROWN
PASSION
deciduous in colder climates. The
FLOWER
abundant May flowers are very fra- Blue Seedless Grapes
(Passiflora grant. The vine occasionally produces
bizarre looking five inch (occasion- CONCORD “SEEDLESS” F  rom the
caerulea) A NY Fruit Testing Cooperative, this
hardy perennial ally much larger) long pink, or blue
skinned fruit. Inside is a tasty roll of seedless variety has the hardiness,
vine to USDA vigor, disease resistance and flavor
Zones 7-11. white seedy pulp that makes a tropi-
cal tasting clear jelly or flavorful drink. of the classic Concord grape. Prized
Temperatures below 20° F will kill for making juice, jams and wine, it
the top of the plant, but mulched To get pollination and fruit, plant two
of the varieties we offer. Native to ripens a week before Concord, but
around the base, it will regrow in requires too much summer heat
the spring and flower and fruit each Northern Japan, the durable vines are
prized for basket making and admired to ripen well in Western WA. It is a
year. The amazingly ornamental great choice in most of the nation.
flowers have white petals and white for the intricate silhouetted patterns
the foliage casts on walls. The soft H535: $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50
and purple crowns. The orange each; 10+: $9.50 each
colored oval fruit is used to flavor young shoots are used in salads or
beverages. 1 gallon pot. H701: for salt pickling. Given something to GLENORA A unique, spicy,
$19.95 each; 3+: $16.50 each climb on, the twining vine can grow blueberry-like flavor and unusual
20 feet a year. It may be pruned se- foliage distinguish this blue
verely each year if you wish to control seedless grape. Developed by
Beautiful Edible its rapid growth. Or it can run along NY Fruit Testing, vines are very
Houseplants for the North the ground, rooting where branch- vigorous, winter hardy and mildew
es touch and become an attractive resistant, and they display intense
FREDERICK ( Passiflora edulis)
ground cover. If neglected, it can fall colors. Fruit ripens early in the
‘Frederick’ is the premier fruit naturalize and become a weed. USDA season, but not early enough for the
producing passiflora. If you don’t Zones 4-10. Plants are in a quart size cooler parts of western WA. H  560:
live in Zones 10-11, grow it in a pot. $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50 each
sunny window or greenhouse. It
thrives and produces, often the SHIROBANA™An abundance of JUPITERJupiter produces large,
first year, in a pot. The flowers are fragrant white flowers in May adorn seedless, dark blue table grapes
this beautiful vine.H335: $18.50 with a sweet, floral Muscat-like
72 each flavor. From the U. of Arkansas,
the grapes ripen Canadice. H620: $13.50 each; 3+ VANESSA A
early and well in $11.50 each red, seedless
cool maritime ST. THERESA NEW! A very hardy grape, Vanessa
summers. Vines seedless purple grape for Northern bears attractive,
are moderately growers from Elmer Swenson’s compact clusters
vigorous and Wisconsin breeding program. This of medium size,
highly productive. purple slip skin grape is loaded with well-filled fruit with
Like Venus, large clusters of sweet flavorful fruit a mild, fruity flavor.
grapes sometimes in early September. The vigorous Among the hardiest of seedless
have soft vestigial seeds.H567: vine tolerates alkaline soils. This grapes, the selection from Ontario,
$16.50 each; 3+: $14.50 each wonderful, versatile vine was Canada ripens in early October
PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA named in honor of Saint Theresa and boasts a crisp texture. H630:
of Lisieux, France, the Carmelite $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50 each
MARS A  nother
Nun who showed her love of God CANADICECompact clusters of
extra-terrestrial by planting flowers. One quart pot.
selection from the small, pink, seedless grapes ripen in
H608: $18.50 each LIMIT ONE. early October even in cool maritime
U. of Arkansas, this PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA
blue seedless grape summers. Vines are more winter
has an excellent hardy than most seedless varieties
Concord-like flavor Red Seedless Grapes and very productive. The fruit has a
that makes it great HUNGARIAN This delicious, spicy flavor suggestive of
for fresh eating. flavorful, red, Concord. H  530: $13.50 each; 3+:
Vigorous vines bear consistently seedless cultivar $11.50 each
and heavily, and they resist disease. from horticulturist Bill EINSET T  his bright red, seedless
Fruit ripens in mid-September.  Schultz of Olympia, grape from the NY Fruit Testing
H582: $14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 WA, ripens in cool Cooperative ripens early, a week
each PROHIBITED TO NY OR & CA maritime summers. before Canadice. The medium
One gallon pot. size fruit has fine flavor with a hint
VENUS A  n “out of H566 $16.50 each
this world” flavor, of strawberries, and it stores well.
PROHIBITED TO Vines resist botrytis. USDA Zones
very large size, NY, OR & CA
good production  550: $13.50 each; 3+:
4-9. H
and early SATURN From the University $11.50 each
ripening make of Arkansas, these large, red,
this attractive seedless grapes are widely Green & Golden
adaptable. They ripen in early
blue grape a real October. Fruit is sweet and Seedless Grapes
winner. From the flavorful and the vines are very
U. of Arkansas breeding program, HIMROD
productive. Zones 6-9. H  607: Himrod has
fruit ripens early and well in a cool $14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 each 
maritime summer, with or before excellent
PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA flavor for
eating fresh.
It makes
How To Use Grapes cover a very large area.
HARVEST TIME: September-October.
great raisins.
The green
IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh eating, jam, LIFE EXPECTANCY: Eighty years or to golden
juice, wine, raisins. Vinifera type wine more. berries
grape leaves (like Pinot Noir and Cab- BEARING AGE: Two or three years after
ernet) are used as an edible wrapper in
ripen in
planting.
several Greek dishes. YIELD: Depends on how much room it
mid-September. The vines are
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Vines make a very has; 30 pounds to much more. extremely productive with large
fast growing summer screen. An arbor clusters of small fruit. It is among
with grapes planted at six foot intervals How To Grow the earliest and the most reliable
seedless grape. Zones 4-9.H565:
on either side will create lovely summer
shade space. (We offer trellising mate- SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Grapes are $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50 each;
rials on pages 87.) Vines planted on the widely adaptable. They prefer deep, 10+: $9 each
south side of a house will generally ripen well drained, slightly acid soils. Once
a week earlier and will cool a building in established, the plants are tolerant of INTERLAKEN NEW! I nterlaken
summertime. Grapevines can be used droughty sites, with their long, deep has an excellent flavor for eating
to arch a walkway, form a leafy wall, or striking roots. Too rich of a soil promotes fresh. It makes great raisins and
shade a deck. Each variety has its own vegetative growth at the expense of fruit is excellent in fruit salad. The
distinct, bold textured leaf pattern. production. green to golden berries ripen
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: When late in September. The vines are
Useful Facts planting, prune the plant back to two
buds. Place a 5 ft. stake next to the
extremely productive of large
POLLINATION: Self-pollinating young vine for support for the first year.
clusters of fruit. The fruit size
HARDINESS: Zones 5-9. unless other- Select one cane to grow up the stake and is small. It and Himrod are the
wise noted. remove other shoots. By the second year earliest ripening and most reliable
SUN OR SHADE: Full sun is generally a permanent trellis should be erected. seedless grape for our region.
required to mature fruit. Our “Owner’s Manual” and grape grow- Hardy to -15 F. H570: $13.50
PLANT SPACING: 6-8’intervals, de- ing books will explain how to build a trellis each; 3+: $11.50 each
pending upon varietal vigor, site fertility, and how to prune. Net fruit to protect
pruning regimen. Left to grow, a vine can from birds! 73
 Seeded Muscat Grapes
Seeded
SWEET SEDUCTION R
 ipens
with Interlaken producing large
quantities of golden yellow MUSCAT OF NORWAY L arge clusters

Grapes
seedless, sweet muscat flavored of big, red grapes with small seeds
grapes. Our friend Bill Schultz ripen very early and are wonderful
selected and named this vigorous, eaten fresh or made into a fruity
attractive vine. H  600Q: $16.50 white or red wine. Plants perform
well in Pacific Northwest, since they
each; 3+: $12 each PROHIBITED
TO NY, WA & CA
Seeded Dessert Grapes require very little summer heat to
Dessert grapes are seeded grapes ripen. Grafted on 3309 rootstock.
LAKEMONT L  akemont ripens a that are usually eaten fresh. Most H594: $14.50 each; 3+: $12.50
couple of weeks after its sister will make an excellent grape juice each PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA
Interlaken but has larger fruit or jelly and some can be made into
and a delicious flavor. The green
seedless grapes are crisp, juicy
and very sweet. H575: $11.50
wine.
CONCORD P  rized for making juice,
jams and wine. Concord has the
Wine Grapes
each; 3+: $9.50 each We offer a great selection of seeded
hardiness, vigor, disease resistance
MARQUIS Marquis is a new, large, and classic flavor that has made it grapes used for making wine. Note
very productive, mid season white the nation’s most popular dessert as you read the descriptions that
seedless grape from Cornell that is grape. It requires too much summer some are also great for making a
ideally suited for home gardeners heat to ripen well in maritime areas delicious juice and some are also
and u-pick operations. Juicy, round but is a great choice in the east and very good eaten fresh. The wine
grapes with excellent flavor ripen mid west. USDA Zones 4-9. H532: grapes not noted as being graft-
in large clusters, and the vines are $9.95 each; 3+: $8.50 each ed, are grown from cuttings. Our
very hardy. Plant Patent 11012. It grafted wine grapes are grafted on
3309 rootstocks, which impart early
has excellent flavor. exquisitely
rich and fruity and gets richer and
Concord Flavor and ripening, winter hardiness and phyl-
juicier if left to ripen an extra 5 to Early Ripening loxera resistance.
10 days. It ripens in mid September LYNDEN BLUE Most well known wine grapes re-
in Geneva, NY. USDA Zones 4-9. A great choice quire alot of summer heat to ripen.
H635: $16.50 each; 3+: $12 each for cool summer While we offer some of those, we
PROHIBITED TO NY, WA & CA areas. This all offer many high quality new wine
NEPTUNE compact vine grapes that produce a top quality
Enjoy produces large wine and consistently ripen even in
large clusters of big cooler summer areas including the
sweet dark blue Pacific Northwest!
clusters seeded grapes
of yellow
seedless
that are excellent
eaten fresh or for juice. Developed
Red Wine Grapes
grapes in British Columbia, it ripens in early That Ripen Even in
with a
delicious
October. H  576: $14.50 each; 3+: Cooler Summers!
$12.50 each PROHIBITED TO NY, OR
sweet & CA SIEGERREBE A  very
fruity early ripening pink
flavor. wine grape that is
Neptune Backyard Favorites in also great for eating
thrives Most of the Nation fresh. A recent cross
in most BUFFALO B
 uffalo, a productive,
from Germany, it has
of the Concord-type grape, is a great a Muscat bouquet
nation including the Pacific NW. choice for making juice and for and low acid at
It has a moderate growth habit, eating fresh from the vine. Large maturity. It makes a good quality
resists cracking and shows clusters of reddish black grapes white wine, even in cool summers.
some resistance to rot, mildew with wonderful flavor are ready at Zones 7-9. Grafted on 3309
and anthracnose. From the U. of least a week before Concord. This rootstock. H599: $14.50 each;
Arkansas. H591: $14.50 each; 3+: vigorous American hybrid is easy to 3+: $12.50 each; 10+: $11 each
$12.50 each PROHIBITED TO NY, grow in much of the nation. H  505: PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA
OR & CA $9.95 each; 3+: $8.50 each AGRIA This very early,
THOMPSON SEEDLESSThe most NIAGARAThe best known and most
blue grape from
widely planted seedless grape, widely planted white table grape Hungary has bright red
Thompson Seedless makes in America, first sold commercially juice that makes both
excellent raisins as well as being a in 1882. A vigorous grower, it an excellent wine and a
favorite for fresh eating. It needs produces many clusters of large delicious boysenberry-
long, hot summers to develop full very sweet berries that are great like juice. It thrives in
flavor, and will not ripen well in cool eaten fresh or for juice or jelly. It the Pacific NW and
summer areas. The pale green fruit has a “foxy” flavor that is excellent other areas with cool summers and
dries to familiar brown raisins in the in juice, but does not make for a develops beautiful red-to-purple
sun.H611: $9.95 each; 3+: $8.50 great wine. Winter hardy it does well fall foliage. Grafted on 3309 early
each in most of the nation but ripens too bearing rootstock. H  503: $14.50
late in the Pacific Northwest. H592: each; 3+: $12.50 each; 10+: $11
74 $9.95 each each PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA
REGENT A  peaches, that makes a fabulous SWEET LACE VINE (Chasselas
perfect choice white wine. On 3309 rootstock. ciotat cv.) From France, this rare
for the organic H506: $14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 and unique variety displays bright,
grower. (Sylvaner each PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA bronze-red shoot tips, followed by
x Muller-Thurgau) ORTEGA(Muller- unusual and attractive finely cut
x Chambourcin) Thurgau x fern-leaf foliage. Grown originally
Bred for the Siegerrebe) Grown as a table grape and for wine
German organic on Vancouver production, it bears good crops
wine industry, Island for many of sweet white grapes with small
Regent has years, this very seeds. Hardy to 10°F. One quart pot.
proven to be very disease resistant productive variety H650: $14.50 eachPROHIBITED
and easy to grow. The full-bodied fruit makes a light, TO NY, OR & CA
has an intense flavor that makes a high pleasant, fruity
quality red wine for the organic grower. white wine with high sugar levels
On 3309 rootstock, it ripens even and low acidity. Fruit ripens early Grape Accessories
in cooler summer climates, a week and, grafted on 3309 rootstock, it COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY
or more ahead of Pinot Noir. H 604: is a great choice for sites that lack THE FOOT W
 e have long rolls of
$14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 each; 10+: summer heat. H  593: $14.50 each; bird netting. Use it over grapes or
$11 each PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA 3+: $12.50 each PROHIBITED TO NY, build a structure over blueberries
OR & CA or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with
Early Ripening Pinot Noirs PINOT GRIS Clone clothespins at the bottom. Cut to
PINOT NOIR 152. This earlier order at 5’ intervals, 25’ minimum
71 (Clone ripening clone of length per piece.
777) One Pinot Gris makes HEAVY DUTY
of the most a white wine with This is 17 feet
promising red delicious complex wide. This
wine grapes fruit flavors of
peach and melon. green netting
for cool is top rated
climates, this Also known as
clone from Pinot Grigio, it is commercially
Pinot Noir a cousin to Pinot Noir. It produces and is rated
trials at the WSU Mt. Vernon, WA, clusters of grapes that vary in for 10 years if
ripens before the Wadenswill and color from copper yellow to pinkish taken in for the winter.T433: $1.35
Dijon clones and ripens even earlier grey depending on where they are per foot
grafted on the 3309 rootstock. grown. A favorite in Oregon it is BERRY WIRE W  e offer 14 gauge
H602: $14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 also grown in the east. Not grafted. soft galvanized wire to trellis your
each; 10+: $11 eachPROHIBITED USDA Zones 6-9. H610: $14.50 kiwis, grapes, espaliers or berries.
TO NY, OR & CA each; 3+: $12.50 each; 10+: $10 Minimum order 200 feet. T070:
each 15 cents a foot, Min. 200 feet.
PINOT PRECOCE Our earliest
ripening sport of Pinot Noir, this MADELEINE ANGEVINE T  his golden T070R: 2900-foot roll: $160
selection ripens up to 3 weeks yellow grape each
earlier than standard Pinot Noir consistently
grapes, which allows winemakers ripens in
throughout Western WA and other the Pacific Grape Growing Guides
cool summer areas to produce a Northwest. GREAT GRAPES by Anne Proulx, 32
high quality Pinot Noir. Vines are The vine pages. Learn how to plant, trellis,
grafted on 3309 rootstock, which is a heavy care for and harvest grapes in your
also promotes early ripening. producing backyard. A Garden Way booklet.
H603: $16.50 each; 3+: $4.50 vinifera type. S180: $3.95 each
each; 10+: $13 eachPROHIBITED It makes an excellent white Riesling
TO NY, OR & CA type wine. It ripens early October. NATURAL WINEMAKING AT HOME
Grafted on 3309 rootstock. H  580: by Anine Grumbles, 147 pages. For
$14.50 each; 3+: $12.50 each; years the author has advised home
White Winers That Ripen 10+: $10 each winemakers about making wines
Even in Cooler Summers without sulfites. She has recipes
MULLER THURGAU A
 heavily
productive early ripening, spicy, Ornamental for wines from many fruits and she
outlines all the ingredients and

Grapes
green grape that makes a Riesling equipment a home winemaker will
type wine with a fine balance of need. S149: $19.95 each
acidity, flavor and aroma. A great THE GRAPE GROWER by Lon
choice for the Pacific Northwest. CRIMSON GLORY VINE(Vitis Rombough, 304 pages. “A Guide
H585: $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50 cognetiae) This beautiful to Organic Viticulture,” Everything
each ornamental grape is loaded with you need to know; planting, training,
BURMUNK One of the earliest purple fruit that only birds seem to propagating, pest control, folklore
grapes, this winter hardy, yellow enjoy. It sports magnificent autumn and choosing the best varieties
grape from Armenia will ripen at colors in large heart shaped leaves. for each climate, from a long time
almost all sites. It has a distinctive A great arbor or trellis plant. One  185: $35 each
expert! S
aroma and a very fruity flavor, quart pot. H642: $14.50 each
somewhat like freshly sliced PROHIBITED TO NY, OR & CA 75
Kiwis
verify that here since it is planted near
fuzzy males, so we recommend a
male pollinizer.H370: $19.95 each
(Actinidia species) These are a FUZZY MALEIt blooms over a long
family of fast growing vines that period and is a good pollinizer
produce edible fruit and are beau- for fuzzy and arguta females, but
tiful ornamental plants. Each type not for kolomiktas. One male can
of kiwi we list has different orna- pollinize up to eight females.H380:
mental foliage. The fruit of each $19.95 each ANANASNAJA FEMALE “ Anna” is
type is different in size and ap- easy to grow, and loaded with fruit.
pearance, but all have the bright Arguta Hardy Kiwis Developed in Russia by renowned
green flesh and the wonderful kiwi plant breeder I.V. Michurin. The
flavor. All are hardy in the Pacific (Actinidia arguta) These fast growing name means pineapple-like in
NW. If you live in a colder climate beautiful vines produce clusters of Russian, for its fabulously fruity
you can still grow the Kolomikta oblong kiwis the size of large grapes. flavor. The easiest to grow and most
and the Arguta Kiwis. We offer 1 Lacking the rough kiwi skin, these productive of all hardy kiwis. H420:
gallon sturdy vines. fruits can be eaten whole, like bunch- $19.95 each; 3+: $17.50 each
es of kiwi flavored seedless grapes.
CHANG BAI ARGUTA FEMALE T  his
Originally brought to this country as
Fuzzy Kiwis an ornamental, the green fruit is sim-
seedling of cultivar ‘Qui.’ Qui was
(Actinidia selected near the border of North
ilar to the fuzzy kiwi in flavor though Korea from the wild near Chang Bai
deliciosa) sweeter and easier to eat. USDA
This is the Mountain Research Institute of the
Zones 5-9. The vines are very vigor- Chinese Academy of Agriculture.
type of kiwi ous and productive and need a strong We offer Chang Bai because it
that you find support. Select a fuzzy or arguta male is very productive and flavorful.
in the super- for pollination. and the green fruit has a unique
market. It almost heart shape. Its from a cold
has a fuzzy MALE ARGUTA T  he pollinizer for all
brown skin. the female Arguta kiwis. One male mountainous region and should be
Inside, the will pollinate up to eight females. as winter hardy as other hardy kiwis.
flesh is a The male doesn’t produce fruit. It H426: $19.95 each
lime green. will also pollinate the Saanichton, JUMBO FEMALE A  selection
The taste is Hayward or other fuzzy female that produces lots of very large,
wonderful, kiwis, but not kolomitkas. H440: elongated, very sweet fruit. H430:
a tropical $19.95 each $19.95 each
combina-
tion of flavors. Native to China, but
first commercially grown in New
Zealand. USDA Zones 7-9. We offer How To Use Kiwis LIFE EXPECTANCY: 50 years or more.
YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-5
hardy and early ripening varieties. IN THE KITCHEN: Kiwis have ten times PESTS: No significant problems. Cats
Select a fuzzy or arguta male for the Vitamin C of lemons. A tasty addition find the foliage addictive, like catnip.
pollination. to salads and desserts. Use for ice cream, YIELD: Mature fuzzy & arguta female
SAANICHTON FEMALE S  imilar pie, jam and wine. vines produce 25 pounds or more.
to the fuzzy kiwi you usually buy IN THE LANDSCAPE: Kiwis are beautiful
in the store. However it is more vines. Their vigorous spring growth is a How To Grow
spectacular sight. Excellent for a privacy
winter hardy (to about 5° F.) and it is screen, they will rapidly cover a fence SOIL: Need well
successfully grown from California and with support will cover a wall or steep drained soil.
to as far north as Vancouver, slope. Kolomiktas have pretty tri colored CULTURAL RE-
Canada. It ripens a couple of foliage. QUIREMENTS:
weeks before the variety Hayward. Kiwis (except
It’s a large sweet fruit and heavily
productive. It is easy to peel. H375:
Useful Facts Kolomitkas) are
vigorous vines.
$19.95 each; 3+: $17.50 each POLLINATION: All need a male and They cannot Male Flower
female to set fruit. One male can pollinize support their
HAYWARD FEMALE The California up to 8 females. The fuzzy kiwi male is own weight and
standard you often find in stores. the best pollinator and can pollinate the will spread up to 30
They are large and juicy. Best with fuzzy or arguta female. The arguta male feet. They require
800 or more hours of winter chill. can pollinate the arguta or fuzzy female strong support such Female Flower
H376: $19.95 each because bloom times partially overlap. as a trellis, arbor, or
Kolomiktas bloom later. fence. Wrapping the trunk from ground
EXBURY FEMALEThis fuzzy kiwi from SUN OR SHADE: Most kiwis need a sun- level, up about four feet, or planting it on
England regularly produces huge ny location with wind protection. Arctic the shaded side of its support, will protect
quantities of delicious fuzzy kiwis Beauty likes some shade. the trunk from splitting after spring or fall
even in our climate where other fuzzy SPACING: 15 to 20 ft. for Fuzzy and Argu- cold snaps.
kiwis fail. The sweet fruit is smaller ta. 8 ft. for Kolomikta. PRUNING: When planted, the vines
than store bought kiwis and ripens HARVEST & STORAGE: Kolomiktas ripen should be pruned back to 4 or 5 buds.
late in the season staying on the plant in August. Most kiwis ripen in October From these a main stem should be select-
and edible after frosts. In England it is and are picked after the first frost. Picked ed and staked to grow to the top of the
reportedly self fertile but we cannot while still hard, they can be stored for arbor or trellis, usually about 7’ high. The
months in a refrigerator or cool dry area “Tree Owner’s Manual” that comes with
76 and put on the counter to soften. each order has more pruning info.
KEN’S RED the length of an Arguta but has a height. Dark blue berries are small
FEMALE narrower oblong shape. H480: and will be eaten by the birds.
(A. arguta x $19.95 each USDA Zones 7-9. Prohibitions are
melanandra) the same as black currants. This
A hardy kiwi MALE KOLOMIKTA T  he male
arctic beauty vine is noted for its ornamental red flowering currant is
producing an upright grower with long clusters
massive ornamental pink, white and green
variegated leaves, though the of beautiful red flowers.E753:
crops of $13.50 each; 3+: $11.50 each
cherry female also has some variegation.
sized fruits It takes a few years before the
with red flesh which is sweet and colors begin so don’t visit the Lilacs
delicious. A very popular, uniquely optometrist yet. It rates among the (Syringa species) Lilac bushes are
colored cultivar. H425: $19.95 best backyard ornamentals from
Vladivostok to Kalamazoo. The male a classic in American gardens, and
each the heart of spring bouquets. The
doesn’t produce fruit but pollinizes
DUMBARTON OAKS FEMALE What up to eight productive female pioneers carried starts of this sturdy
makes this sweet, heavy producer Kolomiktas, but not arguta or fuzzy. shrub across the continent, and it
unique is that it ripens in September H500: $19.95 each heralds spring from Washington
a full month before Ananasnaja. The D.C. to Washington State. Use it
fruit is medium sized and somewhat
ribbed, like a little green pumpkin.
H422: $19.95 each; 3+: $17.50
Pretty as an accent, foundation shrub, or
plant it 3’ apart as a hedge. It does
best in full sun, and is relatively pest
each
CORDIFOLIA FEMALE NEW!Our
Cordifolia is female variety of arguta
Shrubs and disease free. It can develop mil-
dew in damp climates, and should
be pruned to encourage good air
hardy kiwi that is prized for its These shrubs are among the most circulation. The lavishly fragrant
especially sweet fruit. The fruit is beautiful, winter hardy and easiest blooms may take several years to
similar to other argutas but sweeter. to successfully grow. Each comes reach their full potential on newly
The fruit is roundish and the plant is to you as a multi-stemmed shrub planted shrubs. USDA Zones 3-9.
very productive. It needs an Arguta ready to dig in and quickly provide We offer sturdy 12-18” shrubs.
male as a pollinizer. One Gallon Pot. your yard with beauty. We offer well CHARLES
H423: $19.95 each rooted shrubs, either bare root or in JOLY (Syringa
1 gallon pots. vulgaris) This
ISSAI SELF FERTILE NEW! Issai is
a kiwi for people who don’t have old fashioned,
the space for the other vigorous Incredibly Fragrant & classic lilac
hardy kiwis. Spacing is about 8’. Hardy Too is favored by
Issai produces fruit without a male, those who
though its production is a lot more MINNESOTA appreciate
with a male. It has excellent flavor. SNOWFLAKE deep, rich
It can be maintained in a pot or MOCK ORANGE colors. Its
small space. It’s down side is that it (Philadelphus fully double,
can’t tolerate wet soil and is harder virginalis) long lasting,
to successfully establish than the This is an old burgundy
other hardy kiwis. H373: $19.95 fashioned shrub flowers open
each that is still very from purple/
popular because it is easy to grow maroon buds in spring, about mid-
and brings the outrageously sweet season. Fantastically fragrant and
Kolomikta Kiwis scent of orange blossoms to moderately sized at under 10’ tall,
(Actinidia kolo- deprived Northern gardeners. Enjoy it grows best in areas with cold
mikta) Also called a profusion of double white flowers winters. M 048: $19.50 each
Arctic Beauty, they in May and June. USDA Zones 4-8.
are native to Rus- Prune this graceful 6-8’ foot shrub SENSATION
sia. USDA Zones after flowering. 12-18” shrub. M
 080: (Syringa vulgaris)
3-9. Select a male $19.50 each; 3+: $16.50 each Fragrant and
and a female for beautiful,
‘Sensation’ is an
pollination and
fruit set. The vines
Flowering Currant aptly named lilac.
are much less vig- PULSBOROUGH Its beautiful, wine
orous than the Ar- SCARLET ( Ribes red flowers are
guta making them san­guineum) These edged in white and
a good choice for beautiful bushes and wonderfully fragrant. ‘Sensation’ can
confined spaces. the hum­ming­birds reach 12-to-15-feet tall and almost
They grow best in partial shade. they attract are one as wide. Grow in full sun, and expect
way many gardeners outstanding flower power if you
SEPTEMBER SUN FEMALE G  rowers measure the start of live in a region with cold winters.
in moderate or very cold climates spring. The drooping Once established, it is quite drought
can enjoy fruit with the same flower clusters lend tolerant. Remove twiggy growth
delectable kiwi flavor. This attractive an elegant beauty to
kolomitka vine produces delicious and spent flower heads after bloom.
fruit you can pop from the vine the early springtime, M042: $19.50 each
into your mouth. The fruit is about growing on a bush
that reaches 8’ in 77
MADAME
LEMOINE T
 his lilac
Dogwood SNOWQUEEN (Hydrangea
quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’) This
has been a favorite WOLF EYES(Cornus kousa) This exceptional hydrangea, with its
since it came out incredibly beautiful, small dogwood distinctive oak-leaf foliage, will grow
in the 1890s. Its tree has exquisite leaves. They 4-6’ tall and wide, maybe more.
developer, Victor are variegated, green bordered by Large, cone-shaped panicles of
Lemoine, named white, with an unusual texture that white blooms cover ‘Snow Queen’
it for someone adds a sensation of movement. during summer and dry to a
dear to his heart. The creamy buds Star-shaped, white spring flowers pleasing pink. ‘Snow Queen’ foliage
open to pure white double flowers are followed by orange-red fruit that puts on a dynamic autumn display
with the sweetest fragrance in the will attract birds; in fall, the foliage and reddish bark continues the
spring. An old-fashioned, romantic takes on pink and red shades. Place show during winter. M077: $19.50
addition to the garden. Grows to the 12-15’ tall specimen tree in full each
about 12’ tall and 10’ wide. Best sun to partial shade in a loamy, well-
drained soil. M183: $19.95 each TELLER’S BLUE NEW!(Hydrangea
in areas with pronounced winters. macrophylla ‘Blaumeise’) Also
Give it full sun for best bloom. known as Teller’s Blue. The 6-8”
M046: $19.50 each This Bush Lights lacecap flowers are of the deepest
MISS KIM(Syringa patula Miss Up the Winter blue in acidic soils, and pinkish in
Kim) This 4 foot dwarf lilac extends RED OSIER DOGWOOD(Cornus more alkaline ones. Sturdy stems
the season of fragrance for weeks, stolonifera) An make it a good choice for drying.
blooming in June, after most lilacs ideal hedge It will grow to 4-6’ tall and wide,
are done. Its compact growth plant, the “red and appreciates a good garden
becomes covered with pinkish osier” grows soil with partial shade. However, it
blue buds, which open to lavender. from 6-10’ tall. will tolerate full sun in cool summer
Zones 4-9. M040: $19.50 each It’s a suckering, areas. One gallon pot. M  061:
spread­ing $19.50 each
Tree Peonies shrub. Plant 3-4’ apart to make a GENERALE VICOMTESSE DE
Since tree peonies can live for over thick hedge. It has white flowers and VIBRAYE NEW!(Hydrangea
blue berries favored by the birds. macrophylla) Since this hydrangea
200 years, you can consider them a The foliage turns bright red in the
gardening legacy! These are called produces flowers on side shoots
autumn. The branches are a striking as well as terminal buds, the entire
“tree” peonies because they pro- red in winter after the foliage drops.
duce long lived woody rather than rounded shrub is covered with
Zones 3-9. It is not fussy but likes large, round mophead flowers that
herbaceous growth. They prefer damp locations best. 2’-3’ plant.
rich, moist, well drained soils in vary from light blue in acid soils to
M120: $7.50 each; 5+: $5 each pink in alkaline ones. ‘Generale’
partial or dappled sun. The flowers PROHIBITED TO FL
are more plentiful in full sun, but last has been a standard for hydrangea
longer with some shade. All our tree lovers for about 100 years. Flowers
peonies are gallon size plants. Hydrangeas are beautiful fresh and dried. Plant
Hydrangea bushes will be a focal in partial shade in rich soil. One
DELAVAYI gallon pot. M076: $19.50 each
(Paeonia point in your garden with their spec-
delavayi) tacular flowers! Flowers of each
This upright, variety are quite different and can
be panicle, mophead or lacecap in
How To Use Roses
open tree IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a low
peony, shape. (See photos) Flower colors
vary from a bright pink to blue, or maintenance barrier hedge due to the
grows to thorny branches, or as an everbloom-
about 7’ white, depending on soil pH and va-
riety. 1 gallon size unless otherwise ing, easy care groundcover. A mass
tall and 4’ planting is of stunning beauty from
wide. It has noted. spring through fall, showing off hips,
deep red PEE GEE flowers and deep green foliage.
3” flowers and prefers cooler ( Hydrangea POLLINATION: None needed, but
summers. USDA Zones 6-9. M084: paniculata better fruit may be produced from more
$24.50 each Grandiflora”) than one variety or seedling.
Enjoy large HARDINESS: See descriptions. Toler-
TIBETAN NEW!(Paeonia lutea ant of wind, salt and drought.
ludlowii) A rare and beautiful tree panicles of white
flowers fading to SUN: Full sun or light shade and good
peony which will grow to 8’, with air circulation.
yellow flowers in the spring. Multiple pink beginning
in mid-summer HARVEST TIME: Repeat flowering.
woody stems arise from the base and persisting Harvest hips in September and Octo-
of this shrub which shines in the tall into fall. Let ber.
border or at the woodland’s edge. this robust, SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Good drain-
Sun or part shade. One gallon size. disease resistant classic grow as
age is essential.
M083: $24.50 each a shrub or train it as a small tree
SPACING: The same as the ultimate
height of the plant. Hedge space at 2/3
SUFFRUTICOSA (Paeonia (as shown). It grows to 15’ or half ultimate height. Climbers can be tucked
suffruticosa) It grows only to about that size with pruning. Prune in in with other plants.
4-5’ tall, producing an abundance early spring. Spaced 4 feet apart, it CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Rugo-
of beautiful white, turning to light makes a gorgeous hedge, blooming sas need little or no fertilizing. They are
pink flowers. M082: $24.50 each throughout summer and fall. USDA drought tolerant once established and
Zones 4-9. M071M (2’-3’): $19.95 need little or no pruning. They are easy
78 each to grow. Shearing helps hedges.
Roses
ROSA
RUGOSA
ALBA T
 his
Beautiful Yard
You don’t have to live in England
special
seedling Trees
to enjoy the beauty of the English rose
cottage garden! Plant some of not only THUNDERCLOUD PLUM (Prunus
Raintree’s landscape roses and you produces cerasifera) Because this tree is
will be speaking with an accent and an disease resistant and thrives with
gardening in woolens in no time. All abundance little care, it
are hardy with attractive carefree of large, very fragrant single white is among the
foliage. It’s easy to make a dense flowers from summer through most popular
hedge or a gorgeous bed or border. autumn, it is loaded with large yard and street
They are so easy to care for, they tasty red hips. The foliage is deep trees. For a
can be pruned with hedge shears or green and disease resistant making spectacular
loppers. We offer well rooted bush- these bushes, month after month, effect plant
es. In one quart pots. a collage of white, red and green. an entire row
Grow as a thick spreading 6’ tall about 15’
Beautiful Flowers hedge. L640: $7.50 each; 5+: $5 apart. Enjoy
each; 10+: $4 each the red foliage
and Edible Hips from spring
ROSA RUGOSA RUBRA These
seedlings have the same growth through fall. Herald the beginning
habit as the “Alba” except with red of spring with the profusion of pale
flowers. L646: $6.50 each; 5+: $5 pink fragrant flowers that cover
each; 10+: $3.50 each the trees for weeks. Thundercloud
prefers full sun. It will grow to 20-

Edible 25’ tall and wide. It also produces a

few, very tasty purple plums. USDA
Zones 5-9. We offer large 4-5’ trees.

SCABROSA Big hips are back in

Flowers M908: $26.50 each; 5+: $22.50
each.
style! This English rugosa makes an
excellent 5’ tall, spreading hedge STELLA D’ Instant Shade Tree
ORO DAYLILY
or an outstanding specimen plant. Enjoy an EMPRESS TREE(Paulownia
The large 5” purple/pink flowers tomentosa) It is a
with bold anthers, keep blooming abundance
of large very fast growing
for months. The carefree shrub is dense shade tree
loaded in the fall with large flavorful, beautiful
golden edible for the Pacific
fleshy hips that look like cherry Northwest and
tomatoes. L680: $16.50 each flowers for
months other areas with
BLANC each spring mild winters. It
DOUBLE DE and again is hardy in USDA
COUBERT throughout Zones 7-10. The
This old time the summer. wood is extremely
rugosa hybrid The flowers valuable and has
has pure are followed many uses. In
white, semi- by edible colder parts of
double blooms pods re­sem­ its range, for the first
with an intense bling green few years, the new
fragrance. beans. Both are excellent additions growth dies back each
The leathery, wrinkled, dark green to salads. The plant grows to 18- winter but tremendous
foliage is disease resistant. Large 24” tall in sun or partial shade. To summer growth more
orange-red hips follow blooms. 5’ make a bed, plant clumps about two than compensates.
x 4’. Plant 3’ apart to make a great feet apart. The plants are drought In Japan, the wood is
hedge. USDA Zones 2-8 L637: tolerant. USDA Zones 4-11. They traditionally used to make dowry
$16.50 each thrive through­out the nation. 4” pot. chests and other furniture. Each
L700: $5.50 each; 6+: $4.50 spring, the tree is covered with
A Hedge of Red, each clusters of trumpet shaped two
inch long fragrant flowers that are
White and Green PRAIRIE BELLA DAYLILY T  his lilac blue; a display of spectacular
These rugosas are beautiful edi- deep pink daylily blooms in late beauty. They provide good bee
ble landscaping roses at a price spring, and repeats throughout forage in the spring. Young trees
you can afford. Display them at the summer. It reaches about grow best if given a lot of water in
their best, in a mass planting. They 20” in height, and is an excellent summer. Even young trees have two
bloom constantly, summer through companion to Stella D’Oro. 4” pot. foot diameter heart shaped leaves.
fall, delighting you with masses of L701: $5.50 each; 6+: $4.50 M581 (large crowns): $11.50
color every time you walk by. Make each each; 3+: $9.50 each
a glorious hedge or garden bed. SAFFRON CROCUS See page 68.
USDA Zones 2-9. 2.5” pot. M007: $11.50 each 79
Broadleafed Maples Willows
Evergreens Plant a Maple,
Leave a Legacy
JAPANESE PUSSY WILLOW ( Salix
chaenomeloides) Colorful silver,
STRAWBERRY TREE(Arbutus purple to pink buds open to large
LEGACY silvery 2 1/2” catkins. The new
unedo) SUGAR
A broad leaf growth is red maturing to a
MAPLE™(Acer deep blue green. It makes a large
leafed saccharum)
evergreen rounded shrub to 15’ tall. USDA
This grafted Zones 6-9. M359 (1 qt. pot):
relative tree was bred
of the for its very fast $16.50 each
madrone. growth and FRENCH PUSSY WILLOW ( Salix
It grows its gorgeous caprea) Before leafing out in spring,
slowly to red, yellow this variety produces an abundance
15’ or 6-8’ if grown as a bush. Its and orange fall of plump, woolly, pinkish gray
trunk becomes twisted and gnarled foliage. It forms a symmetrical oval catkins about 1” long that are prized
with age. (As do we all!) It is named crown and grows to 50 feet. It can in early spring bouquets. It can
for the round, mealy yet edible be tapped for sugar. Plant patent be kept shrub size by cutting it to
strawberry colored fruit that ripen #4979. USDA Zones 4-9. 4’-5’ tree. ground every few years and letting it
in the fall and winter. Self fertile. 1 M320: $26.50 each; 3+: $22.50 re-sprout. USDA Zones 4-9. M360
gallon pot. USDA Zones 7-11. D  600: each (1 qt. pot): $16.50 each
$24.50 each RED SUNSET MAPLE (Acer rubrum CORKSCREW WILLOW ( Salix
‘Franksred’) Among the most matsudana ‘Tortuosa’) Beloved by
BAY LAUREL popular
( Umbellaria florists and flower arrangers the
yard trees. Corkscrew Willow is also a great
californica) Enjoy
Cooks flavor landscape choice for soggy spots
brilliant with full sun. It can grow rapidly to
pots of soup orange and
with the 30 tall’ x 15’ wide. Roots can be
red foliage invasive. Don’t put willows near a
pungent bay that starts septic system! USDA Zones 4-9.
leaves from very early in M335 (1 qt. pot): $16.50 each
this beautiful, the fall and
broad-leafed
western
native
disease
resistant dark glossy green foliage
in the summer. It grows quickly
Eucalyptus
evergreen to 30 x 40’ and likes full sun. It is Silver Dollar Tree Makes
that is also drought tolerant once established.
known as USDA Zones 4-9. 4-5’ tree. M331: Big Change in Your Yard
Oregon Myrtle. Fortunately for $26.50 each; 3+: $22.50 each CIDER GUM
( E. gunnii)
Honey
gardeners, Oregon Myrtle grows
very slowly in gardens, only 20-to- Famous for
25-feet tall and wide, substantially the pungent
less than the 75-feet it may reach
in its native range. It adapts well to
pruning, so it can be maintained
Locust fragrance
of its blue,
silver-dollar
as a striking, aromatic 6-8’ shrub. FRISIA GOLD LOCUST ( Robinia leaves that are
It grows well in a pot. It likes deep pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’) The bright often dried
moist soils, but can withstand yellow foliage for flower
drought when established. Zones throughout arrangements,
7-11. 1 gallon pot. M520: $24.50 the growing this plant also
each season goes by the
makes this name Cider
SWEET BAY ( Laurus nobilis) Also tree stand Gum for its
called Grecian or true Bay. When out like a sweet sap. For
you make a pot of soup, why not shimmering a continuous
reach out your window and pick beacon. The harvest of the round, waxy leaves,
a bay leaf from this beautiful fast growing prune back the bush every winter to
broadleafed evergreen. The tree oval shaped stimulate new growth. Or let it grow
can grow 10 to 20 feet tall but is tree grows quickly into an upright tree of 30’
easily kept smaller. It is also well to 40’ tall and is widely adapted to or more with leaves that become
suited for container growing. It likes heat or cold. It is a Black Locust lance-shaped and green. From the
full sun and is hardy to 10°F. 1 gallon with pretty compound leaves, white mountains of Tasmania, it is hardy
pot. M 523: $24.50 each flowers and thorns on the smaller to about 10 F. and tolerates drought.
wood. 4-5’ tree. USDA Zones 4-9. One gallon tree. M
 550: $19.50
80 K630: $32.50 each each
 Black Walnut’s Best Friend How to Use Walnuts
Walnuts BLACK LOCUST ( Robinia
pseudoacacia) This very fast growing
IN THE KITCHEN: Walnuts are a highly
concentrated protein source. They
(Juglans spe- tree has many uses. It is a nitrogen fixer add nutrition to baked goods, salads
cies) These and a good choice to plant with Black or breads. Ground in a blender or
stately trees Walnut or Chestnut in a woodlot. In a chopped, they are great in casseroles
have large com- woodlot or as a wind­break, plant the or in a meatless nutloaf.
trees 10’ apart. Left to grow, the trees IN THE LANDSCAPE: Walnuts are a
pound leaves great yard, shade or street tree. They
and a hand- will get very tall. Trees can begin to be
should be sited at least 20’ from build-
some branching thinned and harvested for firewood ings to protect foundations.
pattern that makes them attractive, and rot resistant posts in 8 to 12 years.
even in wintertime. Walnuts prefer Flowers are excellent bee forage. The Useful Facts
slightly acid to neutral deep soils thorny trees will send up root suckers
with good drainage. Walnuts require which also grow into trees, even after a POLLINATION: English, Carpathian
full sun to crop effectively. USDA mature tree is cut. This way they replant and Manregian walnuts are self fertile
regulation prohibits shipping Jug- themselves. 1-1/2’ to 3’ seedlings. but benefit from a second variety for
USDA Zones 4-8. K  620: $3.75 each; pollination. Plant two or more black
lans species to TX, KS, AZ, MO, OK, walnut seedlings.
NE, MI, IN & CA. Our grafted wal- 10+: $2.50 each
HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 unless
nuts are 3-5’ tall unless otherwise otherwise noted.
noted. Black Walnuts SUN OR SHADE: Full sun for effective
BLACK WALNUT SEEDLINGS V
 ery cropping.
Grafted fast growing trees. An excellent SPACING: 40’ permanent spacing. In-
terplanting will work for up to 20 years.
Walnuts choice for a dual purpose nut HARVEST TIME: Walnuts drop in Sep-
production and timber planting. tember and October.
AMBASSADOR A K240 (1-2’ seedlings): $4.75;
winter hardy self- BEARING AGE: Grafted trees 2 to 3
10+: $3.75 each years, seedlings in 6 years or more.
fertile Carpathian
hybrid from Idaho GRAFTED THOMAS BLACK I f you YIELD: A mature tree can produce 100
that sets heavy want to harvest a great crop of pounds of nuts or much more.
crops of delicious flavorful black walnuts there’s no
1 1/4” nuts in thin shells. A patented doubting Thomas is the tree for you. How To Grow
variety, it needs about 600 chill Thomas starts bearing at an early SOIL REQUIREMENTS: For produc-
hours. PP4132; USDA Zones 4-8. age, while seedling black walnuts tion and long life, walnuts should be
K190: $36.50 each can take many years to come into located in deep soils slightly acid to
production. The nut meats are large neutral, with good drainage.
FRANQUETTEFranquette is among for a black walnut and crack into CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: After
the last of the Persian (English) halves or quarters. The tree grows the first growing season, apply a
walnuts to leaf out and therefore rapidly to 50 feet or more and needs nitrogenous fertilizer mulch in early
less susceptible to spring frost a rich moist but well drained soil. spring. Walnuts like a steady supply of
damage.. This older west coast Plant it with a seedling black walnut moisture in the growing season.
commercial variety produces for pollination. USDA Zones 5-9.
good crops of delicious walnuts in K246: $38.50 each
October with medium to large thin,
well sealed nuts. Self-fertile. Not
reliably hardy below 10 F. K220: Walnut Accessory Plant A Black Walnut,
$36.50 each KENKEL NUTCRACKER Leave A Legacy
 rack black walnuts and
C
other hard shelled nuts with (Juglans nigra) Black walnut is a rapid
Seedlings this heavy duty tool. T360: grower in fertile sites, and produces
Butternuts are walnut relatives. They an excellent wood. Since it has been
$49.50 each largely logged out in the wild, there is
make beautiful, large trees and are considerable interest in black walnut as
good producers. Coniferous Nut Trees a high value timber crop. It produces
a thick shelled rich flavored nut that
BUTTERNUT SEEDLING (Juglans MONKEY PUZZLE(Araucaria retains flavor very well in cooking, and
cinerea) The butternut is the araucana) The branching pattern of has nearly twice the protein of English
hardiest tree in the walnut family. It this Chilean evergreen seedling tree is Walnuts. It makes a much larger tree
is also known as the white walnut, unique. The branches are symetrical than other walnuts, spreading high and
for its lighter, attractive wood used and horizontal, each turning up at its wide in great majesty. Timber plantings
for paneling and furniture. It is a are close spaced at 10 to 18 ft. inter-
end. The Monkey Puzzle also produces vals, thinned for veneer in 20 years
medium to large tree with a lofty, 8” diameter oblong cones with up to followed by timber harvest at 40’ spac-
spreading form, not quite as large 300 nuts per cone. The nuts are small ing, 20-30 years later. Black walnuts
or demanding of water as black and triangular shaped. They can be like lots of water when they are in active
walnuts. Nuts come enclosed in a eaten raw or roasted and have a rich growth. They are more tolerant of wetter
rough, thick shell that terminates sweet flavor. Trees grow slowly to 25- ground than are English, but won’t grow
in a sharp point. Butternuts have a in year-round swampy sites. Eating fo-
45’ tall. We offer unsexed seedlings liage is reportedly toxic to horses. Plant
rich buttery taste preferred by some and only the females produce nuts two or more black walnut seedlings for
people over the other walnuts. Plant while the males are pollinizers. The pollination. Many plants don’t grow well
two for pollination. 1-2’ seedling small 1-gallon-size trees we offer have under walnut trees. USDA Zones 4-9.
tree. USDA Zones 4-9.K260: been growing for several years. USDA
$11.50 each; 3+: $8.50 each; Zones 6-9. K440: $26.50 each
10+: $6.50 each PROHIBITED TO AZ 81
Chestnuts
cultivar is COLOSSAL C  olossal has very large,
moderately easy to peel, sweet nuts and is
productive very productive at a young age.
and an upright It’s the leading commercial variety
Chestnuts are majestic trees that grower with in areas that don’t get chestnut
live hundreds of years and can pro- large nuts that blight and have warm spring and
duce hundreds of pounds of nuts fall free from hot summer weather. It is not the
each year. Trees with European and the burr in mid to late season, The best choice in the Pacific Northwest
American parentage may not be re- nuts store well. It is a European x and areas with wet springs and
sistant to chestnut blight and should Japanese hybrid and is resistant to
not be planted east of the Rocky cooler weather. It is pollen sterile
root rot and chestnut blight and it so it won’t pollinize other cultivars.
Mountains. Only the Chinese Chest- can therefore be planted in the east
nuts are reliably resistant east of the The tree has a spreading habit. It is
and the west. Cold Hardy: -15°F. cold hardy: -20°F. 3-5’ size. K300:
Rockies. Seedlings will be variable 2-3’ size.K305: $34.50 each
in nut production. Our new grafted $32.50 each
selections are incredibly productive PRECOCE MIGOULE NEW! A NEVADA A good producer of
and among the world’s best variet- consistant producer of high quality tasty nuts and pollenizer for the
ies. USDA Zones 5-9 unless noted. very good tasting large chestnuts Colossal Chestnut. Needs acidic
Prohibited to AZ. even in a cool growing season.
First in the harvest searson to soil and at least 400-500 chill
drop nuts free of the burr. The nuts hours. Not resistant to chestnut
Grafted Chestnuts are easy to peel. The tree has an blight so it is only suitable for the
We offer a wonderful collection of upright growth form. Originally western U.S. 3-5’ size. K313:
the most productive grafted chest- from France, it is. one of the best $32.50 each
nut trees. Most are crosses of Euro- storing chestnuts. It is an excellent
pean and Japanese cultivars. pollinator, blooming early to mid Seedling Chestnuts
BASALTA #3 A  consistent producer season and cold hardy to -20°F.
It’s chestnut blight susceptibility AMERICAN CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS
of large, particularly flavorful ( Castanea dentata) While most
chestnuts. All Chestnuts need good is unknown so it is recommended
to be grown west of the Rockies. chestnut trees found in the
drainage, however Bisalta #3 is Northwest are of European origin,
more tolerant of late wet springs A proven winner in the Pacific
Northwest. Precoce Migoule is there are some American chestnuts
than others. It is well suited for the and these represent the largest
Pacific Northwest and even when also grown in Michigan. It sheds
copious, early specimens left of this species in the
a cold growing season occurs this nation. The American chestnut was
tree still produces nuts. Nuts fall pollen that is
free of the burr in mid season and synchronized virtually obliterated back East in its
are easy to peel. The tree has a with ‘Colossal native range by the chestnut blight.
spreading growth form. Originally and its nuts These seedlings were grown from
from Italy, it is one of the best mature at pure stands in Washington known
storing chestnuts. It’s a good least two to be blight free. The nuts are small,
pollinator and is cold hardy to -15°F weeks early ripening, light brown and
It is a somewhat chestnut blight earlier than very sweet. They have a fine flavor
susceptible European X Japanese ‘Colossal’ and peel quite easily. These make
cultivar and therefore best suited to making it a candidate for northern majestic timber trees, the largest
be grown west of the Rockies where areas where early frosts damage of all chestnuts. They are not blight
blight isn’t usually a problem. 2-3’ nuts before they can be harvested. resistant. USDA Zones 3-8. We offer
size. K301: $34.50 each 2-3’ size. K307: $34.50 each 2-3’ seedlings. K350: $15 each;
MARIGOULE NEW! Marigoule is MARSOL NEW! M  arsol nuts are 3+: $12.50 each
blight tolerant and resistant to root large and have very good flavor. CHINESE CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS
rot and successfully grown in both Marsol is a very good pollinator. ( C. mollissima) We have selected
Michigan and New York as well as Trees grow very upright. Nuts fall seedlings from highly productive
the Pacific Northwest. It produces free of the burr mid season. Marsol trees. They are resistant to
an abundance of easy to peel is blight tolerant extending the Chestnut blight and can be planted
good size nuts that are as sweet as range where it can be successfully in the east in areas with blight.
candy. Although it eventually gets to grown. It is from France. It is Spreading trees grow to 35’ tall and
be a large upright tree it is relatively resistant to root rot and cold produce sweet nuts. K  342 (1-1/2’
slow growing and easier to manage resistant to -30F. 2-3’ size. K306: to 3’ trees): $6.50 each, 5+: $5
with pruning. It is a European X $34.50 each each; K343 (4-5’ trees): $22.50
Japanese hybrid from France and REGIS MONTIS NEW! Regis Montis each
an excellent pollinizer for other is a new chestnut cultivar with an
varieties. Nut fall is mid season and abundance of deliciously sweet
fall in the burr. Nut size is medium medium size chestnuts that peel Chestnut Cookbook
to large. Fruiting can take 4 -5 easily. They fall free from the burr. It CHESTNUT COOKBOOKby Annie
years. 2-3’ size. USDA Zones 4-9. is very fast growing and because its Bhagwandin, 128 pages. The author
K304: $34.50 each habit is very upright it doesn’t need has been growing, harvesting and
MARAVAL Maraval is a great as much space as other cultivars.. preparing chestnuts for 25 years.
pollinator, producing massive A European x Japanese chestnut The book includes recipes from
amounts of pollen. This French developed and proven in the Pacific around the world and interesting
Northwest. 2-3’ size. K308: $34.50 folklore. The book has been revised
82 each and reprinted. S027: $12.95 each
Gingko Almonds
(Ginkgo biloba) The only surviving member (Prunus amygdalus) Almonds are
of an ancient order of conifer-like trees that beautiful ornamentals with their
covered the earth during the Jurassic period, attractive foliage and early spring
150 million years ago. Ginkgo grows slowly to pink fragrant flowers. They are of
the Prunus genus and resemble a
more than 50 feet tall. Its leaf is shaped like a peach tree. Except, you discard the
duck’s foot, and is unlike any other leaf in the fruit, crack open the pit and eat the
world. Ginkgo trees are either male or female. nut inside. The spreading trees can
The females won’t fruit without pollination be maintained at 12’ to 20’ tall de-
from a male. The ripening fruit has no aroma, pending on the variety. We offer 3-5’
but if left to rot it has an unpleasant rancid grafted trees.
smell. Planting any single tree will mean you HALLS
have no pollination and therefore, no nuts. HARDY A
The edible nuts are green with a white shell beautiful
and are the size of a small almond. And we almost forgot to tell you that ornamental
ginkgo is used to stimulate memory. Ginkgo grows in a wide variety of soils that is also
and is a pollution tolerant tree. In the fall, the leaves of both the male and edible. This
hardy, self-
female turn a glorious golden yellow. USDA Zones 4-9. Grafted trees are fertile tree
one gallon size. Seedlings 18-24”. produces
SALEM LADY FEMALEA heavy producing grafted female ginkgo. K451: $26.50 a profusion
each of delicate,
fragrant
MAYFIELD MALE A grafted male pollinizer for the female. Plant a male and a early spring pink blossoms. This
female if you want to harvest the nuts. K
 452: $26.50 each is followed by attractive, disease
resistant, peach-like foliage. Halls
SELF FERTILE GINKGO This grafted tree has both male and female flowers, is is thought to be a peach-almond
self fertile and sets nuts without cross pollination. K454: $26.50 each cross. The tree grows rapidly to
20 feet and is self-fertile. The thick
SEEDLINGS These are unsexed, but can still be a lot of fun to plant and will be shelled, strong flavored almonds
very attractive yard trees. K450: $8.50 each are good for cooking and eating.
It blooms comparatively late for an
almond and does very well in the
maritime Northwest. It’s beauty, ease
How to Use Chestnuts to insure pollination. Different chestnut
species will readily cross with one another.
of care, spreading habit and reliable
production make it a great tree for
IN THE KITCHEN: Chestnuts con­tain If you lack room you can plant two in the your yard. USDA Zones 6-9. On Lovell
ap­proxi­mately 5% oil and 7% protein, same hole and have a multi-trunk tree.
along with a rich sup­ply of carbohydrates,
rootstock. K  160: $26.50 each
HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9.
giving them a food value roughly equiva­ SUN OR SHADE: Full sun for nut produc- RELIABLE™
lent to potatoes. In some parts of the tion. Each season
world chestnuts are dried and ground into PLANT SPACING: 40 ft. or more for maxi- this beautiful
a flour for use in baking. They are among mum long term nut tree produces
the sweetest of nuts and roasted chest- pro­duc­tion. Interplanting at 20 foot a large crop
nuts are a wonderful snack. Chestnuts spacing will greatly in­crease nut produc- of tasty
complement vegetables, and are prized in tion over the first 20 years. Interplants will almonds. It
turkey stuffing. even­tu­ally need to be removed. is self-fertile
IN THE LANDSCAPE: A beautiful spread-
ing tree for the landscape. Chinese chest­
HARVEST TIME: October-November. and the
nuts compare in size to a very large apple
LIFE EXPECTANCY: A tree on the slopes most reliable
tree, whereas Eu­ro­pean and American
of Mt. Etna in Sicily had a branch spread variety
chestnuts even­tu­ally get quite massive. over 200 feet wide and was in excess of tested at the
Chest­nuts are a great dual purpose 2500 years old. Mt. Vernon
food and timber tree. Chestnut wood is BEARING AGE: Grafted trees will bear in station.
ex­tremely durable and rot re­sis­tant and 2-3 years, seedlings in 5-7. Reliable is a seedling hybrid of peach
possesses this quality as a young tree, YIELD: A mature tree can produce 100 and almond. The nuts are harder
unlike cedar. Chestnut resprouts quite pounds or much more. shelled and stronger in flavor than
vig­or­ously after cutting, suiting it quite well a true almond, but its beautiful pink
to coppice management for rot resistant How To Grow fragrant blossoms, disease-resistant
pole pro­duc­tion. Cop­picing means to cut SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Chest­nuts will foliage, spreading habit and reliable
down an es­tab­lished tree thus allowing the grow in most soils, but they don’t like production make it a home garden
suckers to regrow. The sucker sprouts will wet feet. Chestnut trees will tolerate acid winner. Easily maintained at about 15’
regrow again and again allowing for a con- soils, and are fairly drought resistant once tall. It does very well in the maritime
tinuous harvest of both nuts and wood. established. Northwest. USDA Zones 5-9. On
PESTS AND DISEASES: Borers can be Lovell rootstock. K165A: $26.50
Useful Facts a problem for grafted trees. The North­ each
POLLINATION: Two varieties, two west has escaped chestnut blight due to
seedlings or one of each must be planted climate and isolation. 83
 Filberts
ORACLE™ NEW!(Foros cv.) Very and other Northern regions.
late blooming and early ripening, Though partially self fertile, plant
Oracle™ bears good crops of large, near Nikita’s Pride™ to improve
high quality soft shell almonds. production. K162: $26.50 each
Oracle™ is a hardy, late blooming (Corylus
NIKITA’S PRIDE™ NEW! (Foros species)
Almond variety that blooms with
peaches, often avoiding damage cv.) This hardy, very late blooming Filberts
from late frosts. This new cultivar variety bears good crops of are easy
from the Ukraine will be good for large, high-quality, softshell nuts. to grow
testing in the Pacific Northwest Needs Oracle™ Almond (K162) for and very
pollination. K
 161: $26.50 each pro-
ALL IN ONE
ductive!
Filberts
 self-
A
How To Use Filberts fertile, soft
can be
IN THE KITCHEN: Bake with squash,
grown in USDA Zones 5-9. They are
shelled, by far the most important nut crop
casseroles, in vegetable pie; mince sweet
and add to cookies or candies. grown com­mer­cially in the Pacific
almond. Northwest. This small tree prefers a
Crushed filberts make a great pie
crust without any other ingredients.
All in One cool, wet cli­mate. Filberts flower in
Filberts store for over a year. is hardy in mid-winter. The abundant male cat-
IN THE LANDSCAPE: Its tendency to the Pacific kins make a showy display. Humid,
sucker profusely makes it an excellent Northwest windy weather is ideal for dis­trib­
candidate for a fast growing hedge or and in ut­ing pollen to the tiny red female
screen plant. warmer flowers. By the end of August, nuts
climates. are ripe. They drop in September.
Useful Facts It is late blooming for an almond. PROHIBITED TO AZ.
POLLINATION: Filberts are wind polli- It is a genetic semi dwarf and
nated in winter. Varieties have specific will only grow to 12 to 15 feet tall. New Blight Immune
pollination requirements. See varietal USDA Zones 7-9. Developed by
descriptions. Floyd Zaiger. On Marianna 2624 Cultivars
HARDINESS: Zones 5-9 unless rootstock. K150: $26.50 each We are happy to finally make these
otherwise noted. European Filbert filbert blight resistant and blight
flowers winterkill at -15° F. TITAN This unique almond tree immune cultivars available to home
SUN: Prefers full sun in the maritime boasts extreme winter hardiness, so gardeners. Each is newly released
for maximum nut production. Prefers it can grow and fruit successfully far by Oregon State University after
partial shade in very sunny, hot cli- North of where other commercial
mates. two decades of breeding for blight
varieties have frozen out. It is a true immunity. It is now possible to grow
PLANT SPACING: Single trees 15-20
feet; hedge plantings 4 to 5 ft.
almond with a thin, well-sealed shell filberts again in places that suffer
BEARING AGE: 2 to 3 years and a sweet kernel. Unfortunately, from Eastern Filbert blight, includ-
YIELD: 20 pounds or more per tree. in our region and other areas ing western Washington and Ore-
with wet springs, it may fall victim gon. Filberts are also called Hazels
How To Grow to brown rot and other fungal or Hazelnut trees. We offer 1½-3’
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers
problems, even with spring and 2-year-old well-rooted trees in quart
slightly acid soil around 6.5 pH; does fall copper sprays. Titan blooms pots unless otherwise noted.
best in fertile soil with good drainage, very late for an almond and can DORRIS T  his new highly blight
but is widely adaptable. be pollinized by any late blooming resistant cultivar from OSU is
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant almond or by any peach. On Lovell perfect for the home gardener. It
in late winter or early spring. Late rootstock. K170: $26.50 each produces heavy crops of delicious
spring plantings grow less initially and filberts on a dwarf tree that is
require more watering. The ripeness
of a filbert can be determined by
pushing on the nut in the husk. If it
turns in the husk then nut and husk
Beech only half the size of other filbert
varieties. Santiam and Yamhill are
good pollinizers.K016: $24.50
have separated, and though it may be PURPLE BEECH(Fagus sylvatica each
still a little green, it’s as ripe as it will purpurea) Among the most stately YORK A  new mid season highly
get and can be picked before birds or specimen trees in the world, the blight resistant pollinizer. It also
squirrels get it. Purple Beech graces many an produces a good quantity of tasty
PESTS AND DISEASES: European English estate. It will grow to 70’ tall round medium size nuts. It will
Filberts are susceptible to Eastern with a dense, oval crown, light bark pollinize Dorris, and Yamhill and
Filbert Blight, a fungal bark disease and beautiful purple leaves. It is also would help with early pollen for
spreading in commercial filbert
growing areas. Our plants come
an excellent wildlife tree, producing Jefferson when combined with
from inspected stock grown far from small, triangular nuts that are prized Theta. Named after York from the
infested areas. Control by spraying by animals, including humans. Nut Lewis and Clark expedition.K068:
copper and dormant oil together at production varies from year to year, $24.50 each
bud break, in late March, mid April but good years produce heavy YAMHILL Another recent OSU
and early May. Or select new blight crops of nuts that can be eaten raw release. This high quality, small
immune cultivars! and have a rich sweet flavor. Grow tree produces an ample crop of
two for pollination in full or partial very tasty, early ripening nuts. It
sun. 2-3’ size. M
 590: $19.50 will pollinate Santiam, Dorris and
84 each; 3+: $15 each Jefferson. K067: $24.50 each
JEFFERSON T  his winning new bamboos are of the which are of excellent quality.
variety joins the ranks of Eastern genus Phyllostachys N
 300: $24.50 each; 3+: $22.50
Filbert Blight immune filberts from (abbreviated with each
Oregon State University. A smaller, the letter P). We also P. AUREOSULCATA Among the
compact tree, it is expected to offer hardy “clump- most hardy and beautiful of the
replace Barcelona as the leading ing” bamboo! We large bamboos, this variety boasts
commercial variety since it yields offer 1 gallon plants a yellow stripe on each young,
bigger crops of large tasty nuts with good roots and green culm and about 20% of them
that fill their shells and produce viable tops that are develop a distinctive zigzag at the
so few blanks. A late bloomer, it is guaranteed to grow. base. This vigorous selection grows
best pollinated by Theta, Yamhill We also have beau- very fast and becomes an almost
and York.K043: $24.50 each tiful large unshippable clumps of impenetrable hedge of 20-25’ tall,
THETA T  his blight-immune late some varieties for sale at the nurs- 1 ½” culms. Very hardy, to -20°F,
pollinator will increase yields for ery. Bring a covered pickup or van it survives untended in Southern
Jefferson, which has a long bloom to take these home. PROHIBITED Michigan. The new shoots are tasty
period. It is especially effective TO HAWAII. too. N020: $26.50 each
when used with other Jefferson P. DULCIS C  ommonly called
pollinizers such as Yamhill. Theta Timber Bamboo Sweetshoot Bamboo, this fast
also pollinizes Contorted Red
Dragon. It also produces tasty (30’ tall & more) growing, beautiful bamboo is
renowned for its tasty shoots early
nuts. K 066: $24.50 each P. N. HENON in the season. It is among the most
BEAKED HAZELNUT ( Corylus ( P. Nigra beautiful with masses of large
cornuta california) The western Henon) It drooping leaves, thick culms and a
beaked hazel is native from is a special white ring at each node. Very fast
California up through British feeling growing and thick for their height,
Columbia. This multi stemmed nut being in a the 30’ tall culms get up to 3 inches
tree grows in sun or partial shade tall graceful in diameter. Hardy to -10°F. N120:
to about 10-15 feet tall. It has stand of $26.50 each
long yellow catkins in the winter Henon. The
long sturdy P. NIGRA(Black bamboo) New stems
and produces small edible nuts are green, turning black the second
favored by birds and squirrels. culms are
free of growing season. The black culms
USDA Zones 5-9. K069: $18.50 contrasted with the green foliage
each branches
about half make this among the most favored
way up to the olive green swaying and beautiful landscape plants in
An Amazing Ornamental! canopy. It grows to 40’ or more the world. The thin walled canes are
CONTORTED RED DRAGON and 3” or more in diameter. Its late very hard and used for cabinetry in
( Corylus avellana cv. ‘Red spring shoot growth helps make it Asia. They make beautiful fences and
Dragon’) Dramatic and completely cold hardy to -10°F. It thrives and gates. The two inch diameter canes
resistant to Eastern Filbert is beautiful at Raintree. N100: will grow to 25’ tall and are hardy to
Blight, this new, highly prized and $28.50 each 0°F. N340: $28.50 each
previously unavailable, contorted P. VIVAX A timber bamboo very
hazelnut brings color and form to similar to P. Bambusoides. The new Medium Bamboo
your yard. It has twisted stems, shoots are very flavorful. It can grow (Under 20’ Tall)
richly colored, dark-burgundy- 50’ tall and 4” diameter. New shoots
purple leaves as well as burgundy PSEUDOSASA JAPONICA C  alled
grow up to one foot a day. Hardy arrow bamboo. Widely cultivated in
catkins, husks and nuts. Trees to 5°F. USDA Zones 7-11. N  640:
have moderate vigor and a the US, this tough, versatile bamboo
$28.50 each produces a dense hedge of slender
spreading habit, which allows the
contorted growth to be visible in tan culms growing close together
summer. Stake and train the trunk Large Bamboo with large, dark green leaves that give
to the height you desire, then allow (Up to 30’ Tall) it a tropical appearance. It prefers
moist conditions and tolerates salt
it to contort outwards. Contorted
Red Dragon will pollinize Theta. They make beautiful accent plants spray, making it an excellent choice
Zones 5-9. K  031G (1 gallon): or several will make a beautiful, for coastal gardens. It grows to 8’-16’
$32.50 each thick evergreen impenetrable feet tall and makes a beautiful barrier
screen. Space plants about 6-8’ or performs well in a container.

Bamboo apart for a hedge.

P. NUDA Hardy to -20°F.
Understandably our most popular
N560: $24.50 each
SHIROSHIMA NEW! ( Hibanobambusa
tranquillans ‘Shiroshima’) This
A grove of bamboo provides a won- large bamboo, this variety is the midsized bamboo is suited to
derful habitat in your yard. Bamboo, easiest to grow and the best choice containers or the garden. It is an
when you know how to grow it, is for making a thick screen that looks aggressive runner, growing to 16’ in
very manageable. Bamboos are ev- good year round. It is among the the ground, with beautiful yellow and
ergreen woody stemmed perennial hardiest species of the genus, white variegation on the leaves. It
grasses. Of great economic value; surviving -20°F. with less winter does best in morning sun or filtered
they serve more uses for more peo- foliage dieback than any other shade. Limit one. One gallon pot.
ple than any other group of plants variety. Mature 2” diameter culms N050: $28.50 each
in the world. We offer the hardy grow to 20-35’ tall, but harvest
types of bamboo. The larger hardy some of the edible young shoots, 85
 P. BISETTII This exceptionally
cold hardy bamboo is one of the
green. Darker green, dense foliage Easiest to Grow Indoors!
fills in and creates an ideal hedge that
smallest of its genus and can grow grows 15’ tall. N233: $26.50 each CALAMONDIN It is
to about 20’. Spreading vigorously the easiest citrus
once established, its low thick dark CHUSQUEA CULEOThis unique to care for and the
green culms and low branches and clumping bamboo comes from the easiest to grow in
leaves make for an excellent screen. mountains of Chile and Argentina. a container. While
Bissetii is a great farmstead building Unlike most other bamboos, most citrus go
bamboo. After a few years when Chusquea culeo has solid culms. dormant below
your bamboo stand is more mature, Each culm grows to about 1” in 50° F, the Calamondin will thrive at
harvest 3 to 6 year old canes which diameter and 15-20’ tall. Fine, narrow, lower temperatures and is therefore
will have strong thick walls but be very 4” long leaves and abundant side easier to grow successfully outside
bendable and only about an inch in branches give clumps of this bamboo the South. Still, in the Northwest
diameter, ideal for tying together and a fluffy, airy feel. Hardy to 0°F, it and colder regions, bring the pot
bending into many things including thrives in either full sun or partial in for the winter. The Calamondin
greenhouse arches and other shade. N680: $26.50 each has broad oval green leaves, is
structures. Newly emerged shoots almost thornless and has a shapely
can be used in stir fry or your choice
of cuisine! 1 gallon pot. To -20°F.
N150: $26.50 each
Citrus upright habit. Throughout most of
the year it produces an abundance
of round bright orange 1-1/2” fruit.
The fruit is easy to peel and has few
We are offering large 2-3-year-old, seeds. The orange colored pulp is
Clumping Bamboo well-branched potted citrus trees. juicy and sour. It can be used as a
(10-15’ Tall) They CAN BE SHIPPED TO CALI- flavoring or as a juice like a lemon or
FORNIA and all other states except a lime. When sweetened with sugar
Big, beautiful and no barrier needed! Florida, Texas, Arizona and Puerto it makes a delicious marmalade.
Enjoy the benefits of bamboo without Rico and the Virgin Islands. We have Hardy to 10° to 15° F, 2-year potted
worrying about underground rhi- chosen a great selection of variet- tree. J
 120Q: $54.95 each
zomes popping up where you don’t ies for growing indoors. The best
want them. Clumping bamboo will
stay where you put it and slowly, grad- way to grow citrus in the North is to
keep the pot outside in the summer
These Plants Will Fit on
ually get bigger as the clump ages.
These bamboos are hardy to -20°F, and bring it in when the tempera- Your Table!
and the strong canes are about ½” in ture goes below 50° F. Please place NAGAMI KUMQUAT
diameter. Citrus as a separate order since it  bite-sized orange
A
will be sent apart from other items! colored fruit with thick,
Citrus is shipped via Priority Mail so sweet skin and a tangy
Hardy Clumpers please include your mailing ad- flesh. The whole fruit,
FARGESIA NITIDA T
 he most upright dress. Regardless of your location, skin and all, is edible
growing of the Fargesia selections, use the East of the Rockies, (Non and delicious. The fruit ripens in the
this clumping bamboo makes a Zone Skipping) chart on page 95! winter and holds well on the tree.
beautiful 12’ hedge where there isn’t They are hardy outdoors in USDA The dark evergreen leaves and the
a lot of space or a lot of sun. Hardy Zones 9-11 unless noted. many bright fruit make it a beautiful
to -20°F, the dense foliage looks ornamental. A natural dwarf, it grows
best when shaded from hot, midday to only 2-3’ tall and makes a beautiful
summer sun. The strong canes make Lemons potted tree small enough to fit on
excellent garden stakes. N220: IMPROVED your dining table. It is hardy to 18°F.
$26.50 each MEYER 2- year potted tree.J160Q: $54.95
FARGESIA MURIALEMany small, LEMON Our each
narrow leaves cover the slim, upright best selling INDIO MANDARINQUAT A  kumquat-
shoots of this hardy, non-running citrus. Enjoy mandarin hybrid. The fruit is bigger
bamboo. Individual clumps gradually medium size than a kumquat, and differs from
develop a cascading, fountain-like juicy lemons a mandarin in that you can eat the
shape and produce a beautiful 12’ almost year whole thing. The sweet peel, eaten
tall hedge. Hardy to -20°F, it grows round. Since lemons are acidic with the tart flesh, gives a unique
at high elevations in China where it they don’t need much heat to bring combination of flavors. Slice the
is a staple food for the Panda. Like the fruit to full ripeness. Enjoy the bell-shaped fruit or eat them from
other Fargesias, it prefers part shade fragrant waxy white blossoms the tree. 2-year potted tree. J165Q:
or dappled, not hot, sunlight. N  360: throughout the year. It is an early $54.95 each
$26.50 each and regular bearer, hardy for a short FUKUSHU
FARGESIA DRACOCEPHALAThe time to 18°F. 2-year potted tree. KUMQUAT L
 ike
best clumping bamboo for sunny J180Q: $54.95 each other kumquats,
locations, this variety, also called the Fukushu is
Hardy Dragon bamboo, takes both VARIEGATED PINK LEMON This a naturally small
heat and cold (to-10°F) without leaves wonderful ornamental rewards tree, well-suited
curling as they do on other Fargesias. growers with both beauty and fruit. for growing as
Culms, about ½” in diameter, grow in Mature foliage is creamy white and an ornamental.
a range of colors, some almost black green, and the new foliage glows Tree growth is characterized by its
and others in shades of red, yellow or pink. Abundant lemons with excellent spreading form, and leaves that are
flavor grow year round. 2-year potted typically larger and broader than
86 tree. J195Q: $54.95 each those of other kumquats. Fukushu
fruits ripen to orange and are fully
edible, with thinner rinds and fewer
Oranges/Mandarins Delicious Berry Flavor
seeds than Meiwa or Nagami types. TROVITA ORANGE A  delicious fresh MORO BLOOD
2- year potted tree. J163Q: $54.95 eating and juice orange. It ripens ORANGE The blood
each in the spring. It is very productive, oranges are called the
very sweet and nearly seedless. ‘connoisseur’s citrus’.
It produces outdoors in the San They are sweet and
Limes Francisco Bay area as well as in highly flavored with a
BEARSS LIME hotter summer areas. 2-year potted hint of strawberry and raspberry
B
 earss bears a tree. J240Q: $54.95 each aftertaste. The name ‘blood’
heavy crop of an CLEMENTINE
derives from its red blotches on
almost seedless MANDARIN ( Algerian)
the skin and its reddish flesh and
fruit the size of - From North Africa. juice coloring. Because of its
a small lemon. Ripens about a coloration, the fruit does not fit into
Lemons and limes U.S. mass marketing schemes. The
month after Satsuma. blood orange is popular along the
need comparatively less heat to Clementine is a most
ripen than most citrus. The skin is Mediterranean. The fruit is medium
popular variety with a classic sweet/ size and very productive. It ripens in
pale yellow and the flesh a yellow- tart mandarin flavor. 2-year potted
green with a delicious lime flavor. It late winter and early spring. Hardy
tree. J117Q: $54.95 each to about 27°F. 2-year potted tree.
is hardy to 28°F. 2- year potted tree.
J200Q: $54.95 each OWARI SATSUMA MANDARIN T  he J100Q: $54.95 each
easy to grow tree has a spreading
KIEFFER LIME (THAI) D  istinctively habit and fragrant flowers. The
shaped leaves are used in Thai fruit is flavorful, seedless and easy
Grapefruit
cooking. Fragrant leaves, thinly to peel. It is the hardiest of all the ORO BLANCO
sliced provide flavoring for curries, mandarins to 20° F. The fragrant GRAPEFRUIT This
soups, and main dishes. The flesh oranges ripen in the winter. 2-year beautiful, dwarf tree
is not eaten but the bumpy rind is potted tree. J115Q: $54.95 each produces large, juicy,
used as zest. USDA Zones 10-11. 2- seedless grapefruit with wonderfully
year potted tree. J 210Q: $54.95 CARA CARA PINK sweet flesh. A grapefruit-pummelo
each NAVEL ORANGE cross, it bears huge, fragrant
This early-ripening flowers and elegant fruits with
orange is a sport
Australian Finger Lime of the Washington
nearly white, bitter-free flesh. Fruit
ripens in late winter, even in areas
AUSTRALIAN Navel orange and is of low summer heat. Zones 10-11.
FINGER LIME easy to grow, but its 2-year potted tree. J150Q: $54.95
(Microcitrus flesh is a bright pink/medium red. each
australasica) The sweet flavor will please your
The most palate, just as the unusual color will
unusual of surprise you and your friends. Try Bizarre Yet Useful
citrus, the finger pink orange juice. 2-year potted BUDDHA’S HAND
lime is long and tree. J265Q: $54.95 each CITRON T
 his bizarre,
narrow with PAGE MANDARIN A  juicy, sweet tender fruit looks like a
rough skin. cross between Minneola tangelo cross between a giant
Chefs the world over are finding and Clementine mandarin. The lemon and a squid or
creative uses for Australian Finger round fruit has deep orange rind, like long, thin, gnarled
Limes, which add unique texture which is thin but can be peeled. It is human fingers. It has virtually no
and a special “zing” to dishes. The pulp and is only eaten candied
fruit is sometimes referred to as a good choice to complete a citrus
collection. It is more productive with as a dessert or used in Chinese
“citrus caviar” because the small medicine. We ship 2-3 year old
round interior vesicles pop in your nearby pollinator trees: mandarins
or the Valencia orange. 2 year Buddha’s Hand citron trees that are
mouth with tart lime flavor. More well formed. No tolerance for frost.
cold tolerant than other limes and potted tree. J118Q $54.95 each
Zones 10-11.J170Q: $54.95 each
great in containers, the flavor is KISHU SEEDLESS MANDARIN T  his
distinctly lime with a wonderful early ripening mandarin, popular in
lingering after taste. Add to drinks Japan, produces very sweet, seedless, Citrus Accessories
or salads or include in your favorite easy to peel fruit that is becoming a ALL NATURAL CITRUS MIX Citrus
recipe. 2-year potted tree.J215Q: gardener’s favorite. 2-year potted tree. Mix 6-3-3 Fertilizer. Designed
$54.95 each J119Q $54.95 each to nourish citrus trees in home
orchards and containers, our
Citrus Mix is formulated from all
How To Grow Citrus garden grade potting mix. Avoid dense
mixes with peat or lighten with wood shav-
natural ingredients with primary
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Grows best in a ings. Water it deeply but only when the soil
and secondary plant nutrients plus
pot with a sandy, well drained potting mix. is getting dry rather than giving too many
selected micronutrients that promote
Trees don’t do well in clay or heavy soils. frequent surface waterings. The tree will lush new growth and bountiful fruit. It
Fertilization is important and should in- need root pruning and repotting every two can be used to feed other fruit trees,
clude trace minerals found in the Organic years or so. Plants benefit indoors from vines and ornamentals. For people
Citrus Food listed above. higher humidity so mist the tree occasion- with only a couple potted citrus plants
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Citrus will ally. Place a pan of rocks under the pot. this 1 lb box will last several years.
arrive bareroot. Be prepared to plant them Pour water in the pan. This provides extra T148: $12 each
in a 10-12” container with a light weight humidity for your plant.
87
Avocados
FRUIT PICKING BAG nut assure
Have your hands exact ad­
free to pick a bushel justment
of fruit and gently of both the
In a few plac- open the bottom and cutting and
es, and under dump it in a box like a anvil blades. A rubber cush­ion and
the proper professional. T 025: shock absorber provide smooth
conditions, in $50 each working and soft closing. All major
USDA Zones parts are re­place­able and the blade
9-11, Avo- THE ROO APRON
The Roo is perfect is easily sharp­ened. They make
cados can a smooth cut every time and are
be grown for harvesting
your fruits and easy on the trees and shrubs and
outdoors. Anyone else will need to on you. FELCO 8, righthanded,
grow them indoors in a pot. Except vegetables or
for other hands T190: $54; FELCO 9, left-handed
in the climates where they thrive, T200: $54
it’s not easy to fruit avocados. Go to free collecting.
raintreenursery.com for important No more using KNIFE & PRUNER SHARPENER
avocado growing information, which your shirt trying C
 orona AC8300 blade sharpener.
will be critical to your success. to get fruits and This five inch super carbide file
vegetables in with no slip handle fits easily in
LITTLE CADO This self fertile dwarf from the garden, your pocket. It works great on your
cultivar makes a dwarf backyard simply put on the grafting knife or on your pruners
tree. In your yard it will grow about Roo, fill the pouch and the cylinder insuring clean orchard cuts. T  767:
8-12’ in height. Little Cado produces chute allows you to deposit your $8.95
good tasting, green skinned fruit collection without messy fallout.
with medium-thin skin. Fruit size Adjustable cotton straps fit any size ORCHARD
8-14 oz. Ripens May-September. in comfort and are designed to fit LADDERThe
Also known as Wurtz. Hardy to 25° F. over the shoulders rather than the perfect ladder
J280Q: $54.95 each neck to provide all day comfort. for picking fruit
BACON B  acon type with flavorful T036: $29.95 each or pruning your
green skinned fruit with smooth and dwarf fruit trees
TWISTER FRUIT or for other jobs
creamy flesh. Good production on PICKER®The
an attractive, upright tree. Trees are around the yard.
Twister Fruit Picker Even a shorter
slightly more frost resistant than ® is designed
Bacon to 28°F. A type B pollinator person can reach
for the home 10-12 feet, safely
it needs a type A like Mexicola for fruit grower to
pollination when grown indoors. and comfortably,
easily pick hard standing 4 feet
J285Q: $54.95 each to reach fruits of off the ground
MEXICOLA Semi dwarf variety many types. This on this 5 1/2’ tall
with high quality fruit with thin, ingenious tool is sturdy, lightweight aluminum tripod
shiny black skin. Fruit size is 4-8 made in America style, orchard ladder. The 26 inch
oz. The avocados ripen in August from very durable lightweight base width and tripod leg provides
to October. It is cold hardy to parts. It gently grabs any kind of stability on the uneven ground of
18*F and therefore somewhat fruit larger than one inch diameter. your orchard. This commercial
extending where Avocados can Purchase a common pole, available orchard ladder was made less than
be successfully grown. Often self at a hardware store, including mop 6’ tall, for Raintree customers, so it
fertile when grown outdoors at the poles to screw into the bottom of is UPS shippable. Please order this
limits of its range, this pollen type A. the picker. You adjust the tension so item separately. Built to order. Allow
Avocado needs a Type B pollinator you pick the fruit without crushing 2-3 months for delivery. T122Q:
like Bacon when grown indoors. it. It is much superior to a basket $149
J290Q: $54.95 each picker. It would make a great gift for
a fruit nut. T037: $45 each

Supplies FELCO LEATHER HOLSTER

 rune part­ner! If you want to
P
be the fastest, best looking
Bird Control
BIRD NETTING B
 irds love to eat the
fruit from blueberry bushes, cherry
CHERRY & SMALL FRUIT HARNESS and most accurate pruner in trees and grape vines. Get your
 ttach the sturdy clips of this
A the west (or east) you need share by putting netting over your
comfortable a holster for your pruners. plants. 14’ x 25’ piece of netting,
professional Attach through your belt. enough to cover two dwarf cherry
pickers cotton T275: $14.50 trees or lots of bushes. Black
harness to holes netting with 2” mesh. T430: $14.50
drilled in your 1 to FELCO PRUNERS These are the
pruners used by pro­fes­sion­als each
3 gallon bucket
and ergonomically through­out the world. Each person COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY
pick cherries and at our nursery packs a pair in a THE FOOT W
 e have long rolls of
small fruits with holster on their hip. They are of bird netting. Use it over grapes or
both hands free. un­sur­passed quality and Swiss build a structure over blueberries
T030: $15 each made precision work­man­ship. or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with
Solid forged metal alloy handles clothespins at the bottom. (Cut to
are complemented by a hardened order at 5’ intervals, 25’ minimum
88 cutting blade. A hard­ened bolt and length per piece.
HEAVY DUTY
This is 17 feet
Home Orchard Organic Optimum Blends
wide. This Ecological Products Prepared in Olympia,
green netting MYCO PAKS Place a teabag-like Wash., these com-
is top rated mycorrhizae pack at the bottom of plete, high-quality
commercially your planting hole or pot, next to organic mixes include
and is rated for the roots. Use one pack for each all the ingredients
10 years if taken (existing) foot in height of your you need to be suc-
 433: $1.35 per foot
in for the winter. T plant. Mycorrhizal fungi enable cessful.
BIRD SCARE TAPE This tough shining the root system to increase in ORGANIC
metallic tape is red on one side and size and capacity to absorb the BLUEBERRY
silver on the other. Each roll is 250’ long nutrients already in your soil. FERTILIZER For
and 7/16 inch wide. Tie several strands Building up your soil with organic blueberries, lin­gon­
to the top of a tree and it shimmers in matter allows mycorrhizae to ber­ries, tea and other
the wind and looks like fire to the birds. thrive. It works on all fruiting plants acid loving plants. 
Each roll will do 8 semi-dwarf fruit we offer except for Blueberries, Mix & match
5 lb bag. (3-2-4) any four 5-lb
trees or a row of berry bushes. (The Huckleberries, Lingonberries, T143: $15; Pkg of
birdies get repelled and go elsewhere, Cranberries, Filberts and Oaks. bags for
4: $11.50 each bag $11.50 per
hopefully to neighbors who have T185: 75 cents each; Package
purchased our bird attracting items.) of 10: $3.50; Pkg of 30: $7.50; ORGANIC TREE bag.
T080: $5.95 per roll Pkg of 100: $20 & SHRUB MIX For
flower and fruit
Organic Apple development.
Grafting & Training Contains mycorrhizae. 5 pound
Supplies Maggot Control bag. (3-4-4)T109: $15; Pkg of 4:
APPLE MAGGOT CONTROL BAGS $11.50 each bag
Grafting tools and supplies are list-
ed on page 59.  rotect your apples and pears
P ORGANIC CANE & STRAWBERRY
from Apple Maggot infestations. MIXMineral augmentation for
GRAFTING BANDSFor people While thinning to one per cluster,
pur­chas­ing root­stocks, we offer strong flowering and fruiting.
usually in May or early June, slip Contains mycorrhizae. 5 pound
photodegradable 8 inch by 3/8 inch the opening of the nylon bag,
by .020 inch grafting bands. With bag. (4-4-2) T140: $15; Pkg of 4:
with your two index fingers, just $11.50 each bag
these you can quickly wrap grafts enough to completely cover the
without wax. T
 240: 10 for $1.50 new, ideally nickel size fruitlet. ORGANIC ALL VEGETABLES MIX
BUDDING BANDS 5  by 1/4 by .016 The bag will fill with the growing  ids in growing nutritious, tasty
A
inch bands for T budding. T  090 fruit and protect it. This product vegetables. No lime. Contains
(Bundle of 20): $1.50 has been used succesfully here mycorrhizae. 5 pound bag. (4-5-3)
at Raintree and by many fruit T139: $15; Pkg of 4: $11.50 each
CHIP BUDDING TAPE Use this hobbyists. They are quick and bag
clear stretchy plastic tape for chip easy to use! Includes Instructions!
budding or grafting. One roll is
enough for hundreds of grafts.
These new heavier weave bags
provide extra codling moth
Grow More in Less Space
T150: $3.50 each roll protection. Contains 144 bags. These innovative complete sys-
PARAFILM BUD GRAFTING TAPE T167: $12.50 tems enable you to grow lots of
 EW! Excellent for wrapping buds
N food organically in a small space.
to retain the moisture and hold the Each tube has hose-connected drip
union secure. Parafilm breaks down
Biological Pest Control irrigation. Hook
over several months. Fast growing See page 31. up one or a series.
buds push through the parafilm. It’s CODLING MOTH TRAPST161: Instructions are
90’x1/2”x .002mil roll. T153: $5.00 $11.95 included.
each roll ALL SEASON
APPLE MAGGOT TRAPST163:
TREE KOTE SEALERTanglefoot $19.95 STRAWBERRY
asphalt tree pruner sealer seals PLANTER Grow lots
pruning and grafting cuts with a APPLE MAGGOT LUREST164: of the best tasting
waterproof seal. It is an asphalt $7.99 strawberries in a
based black paint and comes in small space. The
a small 8 oz can with a cap brush Home Soil Test Kit late Tom Wood
applicator which makes it easy to designed each
use. T
 184: $9.95 HOME SOIL TEST KIT Help your
plants by testing the soil. The kit planter with a full
BRANCH SPREADERS Commercial provides four pH tests and two length drip tube
orchar­dists routinely spread the each for Nitrogen, Phosphorus and inside. Fill a planter
limbs of fruit trees to maxi­mize their Potash. Most plants we offer prefer with potting soil. Then hook one, or a
strength and pro­duc­tiv­ity. Now you a pH of 6.0 to 7.0. T496: $7.50 series of planters to each other and to
can do the same. (All spread­ers each a garden hose. Instructions included.
come in bundles of 25 only.) After a T295 (3’ planter, holds up to 50
few months the branches will adjust plants): $39.95, 4 for $120; T297
and the wooden spreaders can be Build a Trellis (4 1/2’ planter, holds up to 75
removed and reused. T610 4-inch BERRY WIRE T070: 15 cents a plants): $65 each, 4 for $170
pointed: 25/$13.50; T640 1 foot foot (Minimum 200 ft.); T070R
notched: 25/$18.50 (2,900 ft roll): $160 89
Mason Bee and providing space for females to lay
up to 144 offspring. (without bees)
houses. Ships December through
February. T343D: $16.50;
Bee Houses T332: $45 3+:$14.50
POLLINATION means MORE and GREEN BERRY BEE HOUSE T  he GREEN BERRY BEE (40 BEES IN
BETTER FRUIT! You have invested same as the Blue Orchard Bee STRAWS) (Osmia aglaia) Pollination
time, money, and love in your fruit House. Inside it contains corrugated of late spring and summer berries,
trees and berries. Now help them cardboard with 100 nesting holes kiwis and
do their best for you! Mason Bees, providing space for females to lay garden
also called Blue Orchard Bees and up to 200 offspring. (without bees) veggies
Green Berry Bees, are safe, easy- T352: $45 is a cinch
to-use native pollinators that you with the
can manage. Mason bees don’t NESTING CARDBOARD FOR GREEN
BERRY BEESummer green berry
Green
produce honey and they don’t sting Berry Bee.
but they are superior pollinators for bees are tiny and are often less than These
any orchard. Blue Orchard Bees fly 1/4 of the size of our spring mason bees will
in cool spring weather that would bees. It provides 99+ nesting continue
ground a honey bee. Green Ber- tunnels. This is a one time use to pollinate
ry Bees fly in late spring and early product, then the cardboard wrap after the Blue Orchard bees have
summer. Both types of bees nest in can be recycled.. This product fits finished their season. This beautiful
small holes and lay eggs that hatch inside the Green Berry Bee House. little hard-working shiny green bee
out to pollinate your trees the next It will take the green berry bees 2-3 is native to the Pacific coast and
spring. They do this year after year! years to use all the nesting tunnels. suited for and only available to ship
Get started with a powerful per- T343G: $9.95 each to OR, WA and CA. Ships in March
manent pollination force that can CORN ECO STACKED TRAYS F  or and April. T 343F: $39.95 (We
become the equivalent of a whole Blue Orchard Bees only. New recommend the Green Berry Bee
hive of honey bees. You don’t have biodegradable stackable trays with House T352: $45)
to be a beekeeper to get the best 30 nesting
fruit you’ve ever seen. Just let the POLLINATION WITH MASON BEES
holes. This  34 pages; By Margriet Dogterom;
1
the bees do the job! system allows 2nd Edition. A great book on
you to see understanding mason bees and
Mason Bee Houses what is in managing them for pollination and
The Blue Orchard bees and the each hole fruit production. S427: $15
Green Berry Bees each have their in the fall
and is easily BEE MOVIE: ‘‘HOW TO” MASON
own custom designed house. These BEE DVDA 30 minute fascinating
attractive wooden shelters provide cleaned and
reused each year. The Blue Orchard step by step instructive video from
space for females to lay offspring. Dr. Margriet Dogterom on attracting
The houses will be functional for Bee House comes with a set of
trays. Place the trays inside an open and caring for mason bees. Watch
about ten years. The space above close ups of the bees laying eggs
the nesting trays can be used as a ended weatherproof container
under an overhang on the east side and building their nests. S422:
safe release point to place the bees. $19.95
If you’re just starting out, we recom- of a building, out of direct rain and
mend the Calm Bee Nation which wind. T331: $19.50
has everything you need, including STARTER Replacement Parts
the bee house. COTTAGE WITH REPLACEMENT STRAWS One set of
BLUE STRAWSFor 6” replacement straws (100 Straws)
ORCHARD Blue Orchard without bees.T348: $13.50; One
CALM BEE Bees only. set of 3 1/2” straws (40 Straws)
NATION The wooden without bees. T345: $6.50
Includes the Cottage comes
with 20, 6”
Blue Orchard
Bee House long straws. Labels & Guards
and eco trays A removable front piece provides PERMANENT LABELS
along with safe entrance and exit for the bees.  lexible plastic labels are
F
30 bees in It has room for the 6” straws with readable for less than a
cocoons. Ships only December bees we also sell. Affix the Cottage year. We offer sturdy alu­mi­
through February. T
 349: $79 to a wall with the bracket provided. num labels with malleable
Each season you will need new 6” wire. These labels will be
GREEN BERRY CALM BEE NATION straws. T333: $17.50 readable and stay on the
I ncludes the Green Berry Bee tree for years. Use a pencil
House and corrugated cardboard or ballpoint pen to inscribe
with 100 nesting holes along with Just the Bees, Please variety name, rootstock
40 bees in straws. Ships only March BLUE ORCHARD BEES (10 BEE etc. They are useable on
and April. Only available to ship to COCOONS) (Osmia lignaria) You both sides. Order one for
OR, WA and CA. T351: $79 will receive 10 Bee cocoons in each of the plants you
BLUE ORCHARD BEE HOUSE a cardboard release box. Blue purchase. Tie each loosely
Contains interlocking trays orchard bee cocoons are shipped around a side branch so
with 30 nesting holes made of with coolpacks to maintain healthy it won’t girdle the branch
biodegradable CORN material bees. The cardboard box that the as it grows. T485: 10 for
bees arrive in serves as a release $2.50; T485B (Box of
90 box for our Blue Orchard Bee 100): $17.50
 More than Cookbooks
Books
PLANT MARKERS
E
 ach stands 10” high
and is easily read as THE ART OF PIE NEW!The Art of the
a permanent row or Pie by Kate McDermott. Hardcover
tree marker. The nice How to Order Books 352 pages. The author uses
looking copper writing For complete book descriptions beautiful color photos and teaches
surface measures 1” and even more books on us how to make the best savory and
high by 2 1/2” wide. Use growing fruit, please visit sweet pies out of many of the fruits
a pen to write and at raintreenursery.com. in the Raintree catalog. She has
the same time emboss developed more than a dozen great
the plant name on the label. T448 If books are ordered with plants, crusts, half of them gluten free.
(Bundle of 10): $9.50 use the shipping cost chart on the Kate, who lives in Port Angeles, WA,
order form or on our website. We is a long time friend and customer
TREE GUARDS suggest you order books sepa- of Raintree. S013: $35.00
P
 rotects young trees rately from plants and supplies be-
and vines! These SIMPLY QUINCE by Barbara
cause shipping is charged based Ghazarian, 216 pages. A great
guards protect the on your order total and plants and
trunk of newly planted holiday gift book for the fruit lover.
supplies are often bulky and more Read about the culture and history
trees or vines from sun expensive to ship. Call in your
scald and cracking. of the Quince. The recipes allow
book order and we can save you readers to become Quince culinary
Simply wind the tree money on shipping!
guard around the masters. S105: $21.95
lower two feet of the We feature practical books about GOJI RECIPESby Donald Daugs,
trunk. Get one for edible landscaping and fruit grow- 72 pages. The author includes
each new tree. T  364: ing by America’s most knowledg- harvesting information, nutrient
$2.50 each; able and most readable garden values and a wide variety of Goji
5+: $2.00 each; writers. Each is a long time friend Berry recipes. S036: $8.95
10+: $1.50 each; of and collaborator with Raintree
25+: $1.25 each Nursery.
Pruning and Propagation
Lightweight Berry Rakes Edible Landscaping TRAINING & PRUNING YOUR HOME
ORCHARD b y Pacific Northwest
These rakes are handmade in Maine YOUR EDIBLE LANDSCAPE Extension, 14 pages. Dr. Robert
and specially designed for the most NATURALLY b
 y Robert Kourik, Stebbins uses clear diagrams
efficient harvesting of a specific size 370 pages. (Reprinted after being to show you how to prune your
of berry. Each is extremely strong, out of print) Robert has brought backyard fruit trees. S335: $3
made of sturdy lightweight alumi- together the best information
num with spring steel teeth. on backyard fruit and vegetable THE PRUNING BOOKby Lee Reich,
growing from throughout the 234 pages. The noted edible plant
HIGHBUSH horticulturist and garden writer has
BLUEBERRY world. This is a step by step guide
to selecting, planting, pruning, taken the mystery out of pruning.
RAKE For Through clear color pictures and text,
highbush grafting and caring for hundreds
of the best edible landscaping the beginning gardener will learn how
blueberries. 1 to choose the right tools and make
1/2 lbs., 6” wide plants. The book includes more
useful information than we, in our the right cuts. It covers fruits, nuts,
x 5” deep x 3” berries, conifers, broadleafs and
high with 4 1/2” research, had seen in one place.
We borrowed much from his book all the fun techniques like bonsai,
long, 6.1 mm pleaching and many types of espalier.
spaced spring in writing our catalog and there S327: $21.95
steel teeth. A great holiday gift! are ten times that number of gems
T310: $54 we didn’t have room for. If you find
HUCKLEBERRY RAKE Designed the charts and information in our How-To Guides
for efficient harvesting of catalog useful then you will love From England
huckleberries. With spring steel 6.1 Robert’s book. This is the most
useful and fascinating book on These books are originally from En-
mm spaced teeth. 6” wide. Has a gland. They are the best “How To”
well for collecting berries. T  320: fruit and vegetable growing. We
suggest you read the tree planting guides we have seen.
$65
section before you put your trees PLANT PROPAGATION by Alan
HIKER’S MINI BERRY RAKE H  and in the ground. S 490: $49.95 Toogood, 256 pages. A step-by-
made tough like the other rakes but step illustrated guide. Learn from
only 4.5” wide and one pound with
a reversible handle and 4.5 mm More Fruit Growing Books the experts how to graft, bud, make
hardwood or softwood cuttings,
steel tooth spacing. Fits perfectly in UNCOMMON FRUITS FOR EVERY stool beds and other techniques.
a backpack. The ideal holiday gift. GARDEN b
 y Lee Reich, 292 pages. Learn to start your own plants
T330: $44 Lee Reich’s prized book has been from seed or understand nursery
LINGONBERRY RAKE See page 15. revised and expanded. The book propagation. Included is a list of
T300: $24.50 includes information, photos, thousands of plants, including those
drawings and detailed information in our catalog and instructions
CHILDREN’S BERRY RAKE T307: on most of the unusual fruits offered for propagating each one. S  080:
$14.50 in the Raintree catalog. A great gift $34.95
LEAF & STEM SHAKING TRAYT305: for the serious fruit grower. S
 346:
$9.50 $16.95 91
PRUNING & TRAINING, REVISED
 y Christopher Brickell and David
b
Books for Living different types of fruit trees. Fruit tree
pruning will no longer be a mystery.
Joyce, 336 pages. A definitive guide We recommend the following books S520D: $34.50
covering all trees, shrubs and vines written by friends of Raintree Nurs-
ery. Visit raintreenursery.com to GROWING GREENS FOR LOVE AND
with great illustrated sections on MONEY by Susan Moser, DVD. A
pruning and care of the fruit trees learn more. These authors present
interesting concepts in fruit growing delightfully updated instructional
and it presents all the techniques DVD and booklet explaining
you need in easy to follow, step by and self-sufficiency.
• Eating on the Wild Side commercial, organic salad greens
step explanations. S325: $22.95 gardening using an unheated
• One Straw Revolutionary by 30x72’ greenhouse. The set details
Growing Guides Larry Korn a successful, part time, one-person
THE HOP GROWER’S HANDBOOK • Understanding Roots by Robert gardening operation requiring
 ee page 71. S
S  048: $34.95 Kourik relatively little capital investment,
low maintenance, while providing
THE APPLE GROWERSee page 31.
S005: $39.95
HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUSS205:
DVDs a speedy return. You can have
a clean, safe, quiet workspace
using minimal equipment, help
$3.95 EASY STEPS TO FRUIT TREE PRUNING provide low fat, high nutrition food,
 y Jacky King and Gary Moulton, DVD.
b contribute to local food security,
THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD. Michael and lower our collective carbon foot
To learn how to prune, you need to see
Phillips walks you through his it done —and then see it again. Gary print — and get paid well for doing
organic orchard management Moulton from the Washington State it. And, you can eat what you grow!
system. S 145: $39.95 University Research and Experiment Marketing ideas offered, including
Unit at Mt. Vernon shows you how. He the popular, expanding national
Drip Irrigation Book starts with how to use the right tools farm-to-cafeteria program. The
properly. He demonstrates how to purchaser is invited to call Susan for
DRIP IRRIGATION b  y Robert prune the tree from the day you get it encouragement. S  530D: $54
Kourik, 181 pages. New and from Raintree. Learn how to prune and
revised. Successful growing of fruit CONTROL OF APPLE
shape it for maximum fruit production. ANTHRACNOSES522: $14.50
depends on a good drip irrigation Learn how to bring old trees back
system. Kouriks’ concise words into production and how to work with THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD. 5 hours.
and illustrations show you how to espaliers. Gary covers both central Michael Phillips walks you through
succeed. His humorous style reads leader and open center systems and his organic orchard management
like a good novel. S111: $24.95 explains the differences in pruning system. S145D: $49.95

Berries
HOMEGROWN BERRIES 280 pages.
Succeed in your berry growing
Have a Garden Designer Help You
adventures with this backyard There are excellent permaculture and garden designers in many parts
grower’s guide to choosing and of the nation. Working with them before you plant can save you time and
growing the berries offered by money. To find them try goggling the phrases “permaculture” or “edible
Raintree. Includes recommended landscape” and your state. A great home garden and landscape starts out
varieties for each US region. S047: with a well thought out design.
$19.95 We work with a great group of experienced and affordable professional
A GARDENER’S GUIDE TO landscape and garden designers here in the Pacific Northwest.
BLUEBERRIESPocket Sized, 40 Each of them is a well-trained professional, with-in-the-dirt experience
pages. A great pocket guide to carry and a deep, special interest in using organic methods. They are affordable
as you care for your blueberry plants. and if you live near them, they can visit your site. They can also help you via
It includes info on soil prep, planting, phone or email.
pollination, mulching, watering,
pruning, fertilizing, pests, varieties Visit www.raintreenursery.com/plantcare/ to find out more about these
and also growing in containers. designers.
Everything you need to know to be
successful. S  103: $4.99
HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRIES
See page 10. S200: $3.95
HOW TO GROW RASP AND
BLACKBERRIESSee page 14.
S040: $3.95

Wine and Cider Making

For cider making books, see page
34. For wine and grape books, see
page 75.
92
Visit The Raintree Nursery Garden Center
Address Garden Center Welcome
Shop our beautiful indoor Garden
mentals at the nursery! Bring a van,
SUV or a pickup truck with a tarp
to take these beautiful specimens
391 Butts Road Center/Greenhouse complex for a home.
wide variety of potted plants and sup-
Morton, WA 98356 plies. Many are not in the catalog.
Supplies
Directions from I-5 Information Center We have pots, potting soil, & other
supplies too big to ship.
We are located south of Chehalis off We have an Information Center
Interstate 5. Take Exit 71 and head where you can sit down and look at
east on Highway 508. Drive approx- useful fruit growing information. The Instant Orchard;
imately 24 miles to Butts Road. Turn books and supplies in the catalog as Bearing Fruit Trees
onto Butts Road, and the nursery is well as reference books, videos and We have apples, plums, pears,
about 1½ miles on the right. reprints are on display. peaches, cherries, mulberries and
other large fruit trees in large, ready
Garden Center Hours Citrus & Subtropicals to plant, tree bags. Call for culti-
We have subtropicals in our warm var availability. Bring a large van or
February 1-June 4: Open pickup with tarp or cover. We also
Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 room at the nursery. We do not have have a selection of fruit trees in fiber
p.m. Citrus. Order Citrus and they will be pots, ideal for transplanting in the
shipped to you. fall. See our selections on the web
June 5-November 30: Closed
Friday & Sunday, open other days at www.raintreenursery.com
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bare Root Plants Are
December through January: in Cold Storage Food & Drink
Open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. In January until June, the Garden We are 10 miles from the nearest
to 4 p.m. Bareroot plants not yet Center bare root trees and berry restaurant, which is located in Mor-
available. plants, instead of being outside in ton. We do have free coffee and tea
sawdust, are being kept fully dor- and snacks.
Phone: 1-800-391-8892 mant in optimal condition in cold
See back cover for our seasonal
phone hours!
storage as we already do for our Custom Grafting
mail order customers. Sit in our
Please come visit us near Mor- comfortable Information Center You must call our horticulturist
ton! February through May is the and fill out your order for bareroot ahead to reserve time and learn the
optimum time to plant bare root fruit plants. We will gather your plants correct type of scionwood to bring.
trees and berries. We dig our trees while you browse our Garden Cen- See page 60!
in December after they lose their ter greenhouse filled with interesting
leaves and go dormant. We keep potted plants or wander among our The Plants Love Rainy Days
bare root plants dormant in cold large bearing tree bag fruit trees. People prefer to shop on sunny
storage through June 4. Amazingly, days but remember that the plants
the bareroot trees listed through­out Seconds Are a Great Value are less stressed when moved and
the catalog can be wrapped to fit in transplanted during overcast or
a compact car. If you elect to bring We have a lot of healthy fruit trees,
especially apples, available only at rainy spells.
a pickup truck without a canopy,
please bring a tarp, or we have the nursery, February-June, that
tarps for sale. We have many plants don’t quite meet our #1 grade. “At Nursery Only” Specials
that are not listed in the catalog; be They are a great value at $10 or less We offer overstock items at reduced
sure to ask about them when you each. They are not guaranteed. prices and also unusual varieties not
visit the nursery. It is not necessary listed in the catalog.
to order ahead, just come down! Too Large to Ship Plants
If you want a specific plant, please Can’t be Ordered Ahead Cold Storage
call for availability! Come early in
the season for the best selection. You must come to the nursery to Clearance Sale
Popular items often sell out! select and purchase these extra On June 3 and 4, bare root plants
large specimen plants. Call ahead are half price as we clean out cold
If ordering ahead, you must pay to check availability. You can’t order storage and every plant finds a
when placing your order and tell us ahead because each is different and home. At that time we also donate
when you plan to pick it up. If you you need to pick the ones you like to non-profit groups. Call us for
don’t contact us and reschedule best. details.
or pick it up within 10 days of when
you say you will, we will cancel your
existing order. Blueberries &
We hire fruit hobbyists who live Ornamental Plants
within com­mut­ing distance. Call if We have too large to ship bearing
you’re interested. blueberry bushes, as well as orna- 93
 Schedule
Classes &
quantities of delicious fruit in pots in
unheated greenhouses that are ripe
long before they would be outdoors. 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. GRAFTING: Ongoing

Workshops Raintree horticulturist Theresa

Knutsen will discuss all aspects
including best cultivars, potting
small groups! Scionwood available.
9 a.m. BERRIES-BLUE, BLACK,
For more complete class de- techniques, pollination, fertilization ELDER, GOOSE, RASP and
scriptions, go to www.rain- and pruning.Z415. Cost: $5
STRAW: Learn to prune, train, se-
treenursery.com. Classes are GROWING MUSHROOMS & WASABI
at Raintree unless noted. Bring Saturday, April 29, 2017, 12:30-3:30 lect and plant them.
a lunch to the classes. Coffee and p.m. A mushroom expert provides 9 a.m. FOR THE BEGINNER: All the
snacks are available at Raintree. hands on instruction. Learn to grow
shiitake and other mushrooms on basics to successfully start growing
EDIBLE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP logs, stumps and wood chips. Logs,
 aturday, February 18, 2017, and
S fruit trees and berries in your yard!
spawn and dowels are for sale. Also
May 13, 2017, from 9 am to 2 pm. learn to grow Wasabi plants.Z429. 10 a.m. PLANT PROPAGATION:
A garden designer teaches the Cost: $10
concepts you need to design and Raintree staff shows you propaga-
implement your own landscape, tion from seeds, cuttings, layering,
helping you decide what to plant and About Grafting Lessons budding & grafting.
where and how to plant it! The class We will be giving hands-on grafting
includes permacultural principles. lessons at our April 1 workshop and 10 a.m. GROWING NUT TREES:
We send you a questionnaire and our March 18 day of classes. We Learn what to grow and how.
instructions prior to the class so you supply grafting tools for your use
can draw a rough “to scale” map of that ready-make grafts. Grafting 11 a.m. LEARNING FROM NA-
the part of your property you want to knives, grafting tools, rootstocks TURE: Gardener and philosopher
concentrate on. This is a great class and other supplies are for sale. We
to attend before you design and bring scionwood of many (not all) of Mike Maki will explain gardening
plant your landscape. It can save you the fruit varieties in our catalog. We techniques, products and ways of
countless hours of undoing mistakes give four free scions to each grafter. thinking that maximize our positive
in the future. Z218 (Feb. 18), Z513 Additional scions $2 each. We cus-
(May 13): Cost $20 per family influence on the environment and its
tom graft up to 5 trees at a time per
PROPAGATION WORKSHOP family. Cost $2.50 per graft. (Note: influence on us.
Saturday, April 1, 2017, 9 am -12:30 People can be cut while grafting
with a knife. Graft at your own risk. 12:15 p.m. LUNCH: There are sev-
pm. Hands on sessions showing
you how to propagate edible We will not be liable for any injuries.) eral places in Morton to eat lunch.
plants from seeds, cuttings and by CLASSES AT WSU MT. VERNON 1 p.m. MASON BEES: Learn all
grafting. Will include starting new WA ( See NWFruit.org for details.)
trees and top working existing trees O
 n March 4 from 9 am-2:30 about how to care for them!
to new varieties. Each participant pm, learn about fruit varieties, 1 p.m. PESTS AND DISEASES:
will go home with free plants they grafting and pruning; October 7:
have propagated. Rootstocks, Apple and pear sampling! Learn to control fungus, insects
scionwood & cutting material is including the new fruit fly, weeds
 401A: $15
available. Z
PRUNING WORKSHOP Saturday, Full Day of Classes and deer in your fruit garden using
ecological methods!
April 1, 2017, 1:30-4 p.m. Hands on
and classroom learning on how to Saturday, March 18, 2017 2 p.m. MORE WITH MIKE MAKI
prune your backyard fruit trees and We will have a lot of great classes
berries. Learn to establish young taught by experts. 2 p.m. GROWING GRAPES &
trees and rehabilitate old trees. KIWIS: Gary Moulton shares his ex-
Z401B. Cost: $10 Please note: Classes are at The
Tiller Arts Center, 239 Main St. pertise. Best varieties, rootstocks,
BEGINNER’S HOME ORCHARD & Morton, WA 98356. growing & training methods.
BERRY PATCH Saturday, March 4,
2017; 9 a.m. to-noon. A great class Pre-registration: $10 3 p.m. FRUITS FROM AROUND
for the inexperienced gardener. Registration day of class: $15 THE WORLD: With Sam Benowitz.
If you’re putting in a new home People under 21 are free!
orchard and berry patch and aren’t 3 p.m. FRUIT TREE PRUNING:
sure about varieties, rootstocks, Come join us for an all you can learn
buffet of helpful information! Gary Moulton, formerly from the
pollination, spacing, soils, siting,
method of planting, irrigation, Raintree open: 7:30 a.m. to dark. WSU Mt. Vernon station, explains
staking; come visit with our and demonstrates how to prune all
experienced horticulturist and get How to register: Call us, send in
your check or register online. fruits including young and old trees.
started right.Z304. Cost $5
RAISING FRUITS & BERRIES IN Books, supplies, rootstocks and 4:30 p.m. HANDS ON PRUNING
CONTAINERSSaturday, April 15, scionwood will be available for sale. AND TOP WORKING: (At Raintree)
2017, 9 am to noon. We discuss Tom Special Class-Day Sale: At the We go out in the field and learn to
Woods’ unique systems to grow huge classes, we will have a flyer listing
dozens of items offered at the nurs- prune top work a large overgrown
94 ery at class day only sale prices! fruit tree.
 Most customers will only Purchased by:
Raintree Nursery need one column to total
their order.
COMPANY
391 Butts Rd. Morton, WA 98356-9700 NAME
Phone Orders Drop-shipped items such ADDRESS SUITE/APT.#
1-800-391-8892 (All times are Pacific Time) as bees, citrus, avocados CITY STATE ZIP
and ladders require
January: Monday-Friday 8-4 separate shipment. DAYTIME PHONE
February-June 4: Monday-Friday 8-5; Sat. 9-4; Sun. 10-4 ALTERNATE PHONE
June 5 - December: Monday-Thursday 9-4 Place these items in E-MAIL ADDRESS
Fax Orders the 2nd Choice Item #
Column. (FAX ORDERS ONLY) KEY CODE CUST. #
Toll Free 1-800-391-8892 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Order Online www.raintreenursery.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Zone skipping is not

Send a Catalog to a friend

available for summer,
fall, or drop shipments.
Ship to: q Same as “Purchased by”
ADDRESS
Name COMPANY
NAME
Address
SUITE/APT.#
ADDRESS
City State ZIP CITY STATE ZIP
2nd Order 1st Order
Item # Qty. Description 2nd Choice Item # Price If Total
Each Applicable

GIFT CERTIFICATES (See gift card message line below) Bundle of 10 Permanent Labels #T485 $2.50
Total of Items
Payment Method (Free Plant Owners Manual with each order.)
Mix & match any 18 4” pots
q Check q Money Order q American Express q Visa q MasterCard q Discover and take an extra $18 off.
Subtotal
Card Number
Shipping & Handling
CVV The CVV Verification code is found on the back
of your card. We need the last 3 digits. Order Subtotal
Exp. Date Code
For American Express we need 4 digits on the front! WA Residents
Insert your local tax rate:
Signature Order Totals

Total Enclosed for your order(s)

Gift Card Message

SHIPPING CHARGES
Call us at 1-800- WEST EAST EAST ALASKA
SHIPPING INFORMATION ( ) Raintree: pick the best date for my area. 391-8892 if you OF THE OF THE OF THE HAWAII
If you live West of the Rockies, our standard ground ( ) Yes, I choose zone skipping. I have circled have any questions.
PUERTO
ROCKIES ROCKIES ROCKIES RICO
shipping will work best for you. Because our fruit and the date best for my area.
Zone Skip NO
nut trees are oversized, they are expensive to ship. If you CUSTOMERS NOT USING ZONE SKIPPING: If your order totals: Ground Spring Only Zone Skip
live East of the Rockies, we recommend Zone Skipping ( ) Zone skipping dates don’t work for me, or I Up to 15.00 10.95 13.95 19.95 Please
for your Spring Order. East of the Rockies customers: live West of the Rockies, Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto 15.01 - 30.00 14.95 17.95 26.95 call
Choose a date below. If the suggested date will not for
Rico. If you do not check a box below, we will ship 30.01 - 60.00 18.95 21.95 29.95 a
work for you, choose a later date. your order at the best time for your region. 60.01 - 90.00 21.95 25.95 33.95 quote.
Zone Skipping Ship Date Recommended 90.01 - 140.00 23.95 28.95 35.95
for Your State (Spring Shipments Only): Please ship my order: 140.01 - 400.00 15% 20% 25%
Ordering only
3/10: AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, q At the best time for my area. Over - 400.00 10% 15% 20%
berries or
SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
3/24: IL, IN, IA, NE, OH, PA, NJ, MO, KS qASAP q Early Feb small plants? If your first choice of any item is sold out, please choose an option:
We can save
4/7: CT, MA, RI, NY (100-119) qLate Feb qEarly March you money on
4/21: ME, MI, MN, NH,ND, VT, WI, SD, NY (120-149) qLate March qEarly April q Send comparable substitutes
shipping.
5/6: If you missed one of the above dates.
qLate April qEarly May q Send substitutes only to ensure pollination
(Please circle a date in green above.) Call us at 1-800- q Please call or e-mail me q Send a refund
Zone Skipping for 2017 Spring Orders ONLY. 391-8892. q No Substitutes 95
Raintree Nursery
REQUESTED MATERIAL PRSRT STD
OR OCCUPANT 719200 U.S. Postage
391 Butts Road Morton, WA 98356
PAID
(800) 391 8892 - www.raintreenursery.com Permit #188
Albany, OR
CUSTOMER #
KEY CODE

Grow the Most Flavorful Fruits From

Around the World in Your Own Backyard!
5 Easy Ways to Order
Visit us online! 1. Order online at www.RaintreeNursery.com. See our web-
site for special discounted items.
2. Call or fax us at 1-800-391-8892.
RaintreeNursery.com PHONE HOURS (PST)
RaintreeNursery.com has many varieties not listed January: Monday-Friday 8-4
in the catalog. We also have online-only specials and February-June 4: Weekdays 8 am - 5 pm,
sales that you can only find on our website. Saturday 9-4, Sunday 10-4
June 5-Dec.: Mon.-Thurs.: 9 am-4 pm
Facebook 3. Mail your order.
facebook.com/RaintreeNursery 4. Fax your order to 1-800-391-8892.
Look for special announcements, events and ways to 5. Visit us at our garden center in Morton, WA. See page 93
save on edible plants on our Facebook page. for directions. Our bareroot trees are dormant and in cold
storage ready for shipment through June 4.

Plants Leave a Legacy

BERRIES................................................................ 4-23 We will send a Raintree Gift
FRUIT TREES........................................................ 23-58 Certificate gift wrapped with
our full color catalog and
ROOTSTOCKS...................................................... 58-60 a personalized gift card for $100
Gift!
UNUSUAL FRUITS................................................. 60-67 your gardener. Perfect for the e P e r fect
holidays! Also a great way to T h
HERBS................................................................. 67-70
VINES.................................................................. 71-77 commemorate the birth of a
child or mark moving into a
ORNAMENTALS.................................................... 77-80 new house. Use order form
NUT TREES.......................................................... 81-85 on page 95.
BAMBOO, CITRUS, ETC.......................................... 85-88
q $25 q $50 q $75 q $100 q
Other Amount $
Recipient’s Name
Non Plant Address
City State ZIP
Order Form................................................................ 95 q Return gift certificate and catalog to me. q Send to recipient.
Gardeners Supplies............................................... 88-91 Send to arrive by:
Books-DVDs......................................................... 91-92 Write your greeting here
USDA Zone Map.......................................................... 2
Visit Raintree............................................................. 93 OTHER GIFT OPTIONS
Classes..................................................................... 94 • You may choose plants for a gift and have them sent at the appropriate
Landscape Designers ................................... On Website time for planting. We can send a gift card for the holidays (or any time)
announcing the upcoming gift, with your chosen message.
Landscape Guide/Regional Info .................... On Website • Or select books or supplies and we will ship them in time for the holidays. Call
us at (800) 391 8892 and we will expedite your gift!
96
Raintree Nursery catalog copyright 2017