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Available late April 2013
Apple, Pear, Sour Cherry, and Plum trees

APPLE Varieties : Grafted on semi dwarf rootstock, Zone 4, needs a pollinator
CORTLAND: mid season red apple, good for eating, cooking, salad and juice. Good keeper.
EMPIRE: Productive, late season red apple, sweet, excellent eating apple, stores well.
GOLDEN RUSSET: Smaller, late season, brown russetted apple. Disease and insect resistant. Good for eating, cooking and cider.
LIBERTY: Modern, disease resistant, late season red apple. Good for eating and keeps well.
NOVA SPY : Modern, disease resistant Canadian apple, late season. For eating, cooking, keeping.
MUTSU: Late, Yellow-green fruit is crunchy and tart with a hint of spiciness. good for eating, desserts, applesauce.

Asian Pear: Zone 4-5, $30.00 each, may need pollinator, height 15-20ft
NIITAKA: Late season, orange brown russetted skin with juicy, sweet, mild flesh., keeps up to 6 months. Medium sized tree, Requires Pollinator.
SHINSEIKI: Early, pale green skin and white firm flesh. Sweet with some tartness, stores up to 8 months. Productive, larger tree than most. Self Fertile.
SHINKO: Late season, with golden brown russetted skin. Yellow, sweet apple-like flesh, stores up to 4 months. Productive, medium sized tree, partially self fertile, most disease resistant.

Pear: Zone 4-5, $25.00 each, needs pollinator, height 25 feet.
HARROW CRISP: Yellow tinged with blush fruit, firm sweet flesh, in the early part of the season. Good for eating, cooking and canning. Disease resistant.
HARROW GOLD: Early, large yellow fruit with fine juicy flavour, good for eating, processing. Excellent resistance to Fire Blight.

Sour Cherry: Zone 3, $25.00 each, self fertile
METEOR: Semi dwarf (8-12’ tall), used for desserts, jams, jellies, pies. Red fruit is harvested in July.
NORTH STAR: Similar to Meteor but with darker fruit and harvest 1 week earlier.

Plum: Zone 3-5, $25.00 each
DAMSON: Self fertile, Purple blue skin with yellow flesh, tart flavour used for jams and preserving.
TOKA: Hardy from Minnesota, red skin with yellow flesh, spicy flavour, Good for eating, preserving, Needs pollinator.

Plants

Hollyhock Grange bee on echinacea We have both always enjoyed gardening with flowers, Eric especially since he earned a degree in Horticulture from Kemptville College. Our main off time hobby is perennial gardening and so we also grow hardy perennials, mostly from seed on our farm. Because we germinate and grow our seeds without the benefit of artificial heat, many of the plants are grown for one full year before being sold. This means that you know they are hardy for this climate, because they have grown in our nursery beds after germination for one winter. Eric also takes cuttings from shrubs and grows fruit plants for sale.