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Strawberry - Honeoye
Strawberry - Honeoye The Honeoye Strawberry, 'Fragaria x ananassa 'Honeoye', produces large, bright, attractive shiny fruit with a firm flesh. It is good for fresh use and freezing. It is a high productive cultivar and tolerant of leaf powdery mildew and botrytis gray mold. Honeoye strawberries ripen early mid-season. The plants are vigorous and very productive, bearing over a longer period than most varieties. It is a very consistent producer. One of the most important aspects of a healthy strawberry patch is location -- a minimum of six hours of sunlight a day. Although you can get a harvestable crop with as little as six hours of direct sunlight per day, the largest harvests and best quality berries come from those plants that get the advantage of full sun. They are perennial, winter hardy, and will thrive in full sunshine, as long as the soil is fertile and well drained. Healthy plants will produce an abundance of berries for three to four years, after which they should be replaced. Your strawberry bed should have good drainage and be well tilled with rich organic matter such as manure or compost to give your strawberry plants a good start, with amendments again in the spring. Keep your plants well watered until they are established (but don't overdo) and up to fruiting time. Strawberries can also be planted in tubs, containers and hanging baskets. In addition to being low in fat and calories, strawberries are naturally high in fiber, vitamin C, folate, potassium and antioxidants, making them a sweet choice that advances heart health, reduces the risk of certain types of cancer, and gives a boost to total body (and mind) wellness. NOTE: When making a strawberry bed in an established garden, be sure to locate it away from any spot where you have grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes. These plants can harbor verticillium wilt, which is devastating to strawberries.
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| Gooseberry - Hinnomaki Red - Sale Price: $57.05 Ornamental, Fruit Bearing Shrub The Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry is an ornamental, fruit-bearing shrub. Plant several in your garden for a bountiful summer harvest or just one amid your perennials for seasonal interest. This superior Gooseberry cultivar, unlike other gooseberries, will bear fruit for you the very first year, and tends to produce heavily. Where other gooseberries require sugar to sweeten them up a bit, this gooseberry is naturally sweeter. The low growing rounded Gooseberry bush grows to about five feet in height with a four foot spread, so you don’t need much room to plant one or several. Your Gooseberry will produce medium sized gooseberries that have a dark maroon skin with faint green highlights and lighter flesh. The tart skin and juicy, sugary flesh give the berry a unique tangy-sweet flavor that simply has to be tasted to be believed. Imagine picking some right off the bush, still warm from the summer sun! They’re also great in pies, preserves or various other dishes. As if delicious gooseberries weren’t enough, your Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry will also delight your senses with its cute little white flowers in the spring, and dramatic foliage transformation to bright red in the fall. In addition, your Gooseberry is hardy and disease resistant, so you won’t have to fuss over it or use costly chemicals. The Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry is a hardy, carefree producer of outstanding fruit that will also beautify your yard or garden even when not producing its high quantity harvest. * Spring and fall color * Outstanding fruit * Early and high producer |
| Strawberry - Guardian - Sale Price: $42.75 The Strawberry Guardian, Fragaria x ananassa 'Guardian', produces very large, firm berries and the yields are excellent. Guardian has resistance to most strawberry diseases. One of the most important aspects of a healthy strawberry patch is location -- a minimum of six hours of sunlight a day. Although you can get a harvestable crop with as little as six hours of direct sunlight per day, the largest harvests and best quality berries come from those plants that get the advantage of full sun. They are perennial, winter hardy, and will thrive in full sunshine, as long as the soil is fertile and well drained. Healthy plants will produce an abundance of berries for three to four years, after which they should be replaced. Your strawberry bed should have good drainage and be well tilled with rich organic matter such as manure or compost to give your strawberry plants a good start, with amendments again in the spring. Keep your plants well watered until they are established (but don't overdo) and up to fruiting time. Strawberries can also be planted in tubs, containers and hanging baskets.In addition to being low in fat and calories, strawberries are naturally high in fiber, vitamin C, folate, potassium and antioxidants, making them a sweet choice that advances heart health, reduces the risk of certain types of cancer, and gives a boost to total body (and mind) wellness. NOTE: When making a strawberry bed in an established garden, be sure to locate it away from any spot where you have grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes. These plants can harbor verticillium wilt, which is devastating to strawberries. |
| Blueberry - Pink Lemonade - Sale Price: $42.75 The Blueberry 'Pink Lemonade', Vaccinium 'Pink Lemonade', produces white flowers that are tinged pink. They appear on this blueberry in early spring, then pale green berries follow the flowers, ripening to a deep pink with a good mild flavor and firmness. 'Pink Lemonade' offers great fall and winter interest! In fall, leaves turn golden yellow then bright orange. Then in the wintertime twigs are dusky reddish-brown. Moisture content should be adequate and even. Plant 'Pink Lemonade' in borders, beds or in a mass planting mixed in with other ornamentals or perennials. The fruit attracts songbirds and other wildlife to the garden. |
| Raspberry - Brandywine Raspberry - Sale Price: $42.75 Raspberry 'Brandywine', Rubus idaeus 'Brandywine, is a true purple berry since it is a cross of red and black raspberries. It has been called the ‘best purple raspberry’. Raspberry Brandywine is a less invasive plant and stays put where it is planted. It is important to trellis Brandywine for support since trellising affects plant growth rate, competition with suckers, harvesting methods, fruit quantity and quality; also helps with disease and insect pest management. It has larger and wider spaced thorns than the red raspberry; plant has spines or sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling. The large, full flavored berries are great for making wonderful jam, jelly and pies; also used in making wine and other spirits. These purple raspberries have intense flavor and aroma and are a treat for any gardener! Large, round, firm berries dangle from vigorous, fairly erect canes that are strong and heavy. Plant them 3-5 feet apart within rows, and 12 feet apart between rows. At the end of the harvest season in summer, prune to ground level. Raspberries are rich source of vitamin C and they are high in manganese. They are also very high in dietary fiber. Eat them for taste and health! |
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