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Grape - Bluebell
  Grape - Bluebell The Bluebell Grape, 'Vitis 'Bluebell', has berries that are medium to large and blue-black in color with tender skin. These have a very good table quality. With excellent hardiness, this grape should be used in northern areas as a substitute for Concord. Resembles Concord in size and color but with more tender skin and greater hardiness. It ripens early to mid-September in Minnesota and is a good climber. It is excellent for wine making. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where they provide good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, showy fruit, some fall color and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter. Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. The grape vines can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home. Grapes need full sunlight and high temperatures to ripen, so plant on southern slopes, the south side of windbreaks, or the south sides of buildings The flowers are attractive to bees. Birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share.
  
      
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  Raspberry - Killarney - Sale Price: $42.75 The Killarney Raspberry, 'Rubus 'Killarney', is an attractive red berry with great aroma and flavor.  This raspberry is excellent for freezing, canning and, of course, pies.  One of the most disease resistant varieties, making it very easy to maintain.   It is extremely winter hardy and was hybridized in Manitoba.  Killarney is very sweet for a raspberry.  The bees prefer these to all others, which can make picking a bit challenging at times.  This plant tends to bear in clusters that weight down the canes, so support is recommended.    The berries are versatile and can be used for fresh eating, in preserves, or in pies and pastries.  Raspberries may be grown successfully at an elevation as high as 7,000 feet.  They do best in full sun on non-alkaline, fertile loam soil.  However, they may be grown in partial shade or under other environmental constraints.  Natural protection against strong winter winds are provided in some valleys, but in other areas it is necessary to provide artificial protection during winter months.  Although a well-drained soil is essential for success, a sandy soil will need to have plenty of organic matter incorporated in preparation. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season.  Raspberries take little space and live for years.  Birds also love the fruit, so you may have to share the harvest. |  
  |   Raspberry - Bristol Black - Sale Price: $49.95 The Bristol Raspberry, 'Rubus 'Bristol', is a fruit that is black and large with attractive, fairly glossy skin and firm flesh.  Berries have excellent quality and good flavor and are good for canning and freezing as well as fresh eating.  Bristol’s upright growth and cluster formation make its berries extremely easy to pick.  Firm berries can be handled without bleeding.  It is very hardy, high producing, vigorous and ripens in mid-July.  Bristol shows tolerance to powdery mildew.                                                                              The berries are versatile and can be used as fresh fruit, in preserves, or in pies and pastries.  Raspberries may be grown successfully at an elevation as high as 7,000 feet.  They do best in full sun on non-alkaline, fertile loam soil.  However, they may be grown in partial shade or under other environmental constraints.  Natural protection against strong winter winds are provided in some valleys, but in other areas it is necessary to provide artificial protection during winter months.  Although a well-drained soil is essential for success, a sandy soil will need to have plenty of organic matter incorporated in preparation. Raspberries need a plentiful supply of moisture throughout the growing season.  Raspberries take little space, live for years and produce crops the second season after planting.  Birds also love the fruit, so you may have to share the harvest.                                                                                         |  
  |   Strawberry - Ft. Laramie - Sale Price: $39.95 ‘Ft. Laramie’ is a super-sturdy, everbearing cultivar that produces a smaller, but more constant, supply of berries through the season. The winter-hardy, perennial plants are resistant to leaf spot and yield sizable harvests of good-sized fruit with firm texture and a strong, sweet strawberry flavor. The more sun they get, the more they produce, so choose a site that gets full sun (a minimum of six hours a day). Suggestion: Pinch the blooms off for the first 2 months on an everbearing strawberry to increase your harvest. If your plants get blooms in the first year, you can increase the following years harvest by pinching those blooms off. Fertile, well-drained soil will give you the best flavor. ‘Ft. Laramie’ can also be planted in tubs, containers and hanging baskets. Strawberries are nutritionally heart-healthy cancer-fighters, and are naturally low in calories, so plant enough for freezing —the flavor of home-grown strawberries will be most welcome in January! NOTE: Locate your strawberry patch away from areas where you have previously grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes. These plants can harbor verticillium wilt, which is devastating to strawberries. Zones 3-9. |  
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  |   Raspberry - Jewel - Sale Price: $64.25 The Raspberry 'Jewel Black', Rubus idaeus 'Jewel', is an everbearing, fast growing raspberry vine. The blue-black fruits are large and sweet, containing few seeds. 'Jewel Black' ripens from June through October. The fruit ripens from red to black in color. It is reliable, hardy, and withstands cold winters. Black raspberries are the first raspberries to ripen in the spring. Jewel's rich flavor makes it an excellent choice for use in jams and jellies. This is a self-pollinating variety, so it doesn't require a second plant nearby to set fruit. 'Jewel Black' will require regular care and upkeep. It is best to cut back all dead and two-year old canes to the ground in the spring, leaving only last year's growth standing. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. The Jewel should be planted in highly organic soil and the soil should be well drained. The ideal soil pH should be 5.8 to 6.5. 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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