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Raspberry - Jewel
  Raspberry - Jewel 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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  Blueberry - Draper - Sale Price: $51.35 The Blueberry 'Draper PP15103', Vaccinium corymbosum 'Draper', is an early midseason variety boasting large, powder blue, firm, excellently flavored berries. With delicious flavor and excellent firmness, the fruit is unusually regular and is presented in a loose cluster; easy release of ripe fruit from loose clusters and bears fruit on a strong, small stature bush. 'Draper' is a productive, early mid-season ripening variety with a very high fresh quality and a long storage life. Thicker skin gives the fruit a great crisp texture and a resistance to splitting. It is intended for areas where northern highbush cultivars are grown successfully. Integrating a blueberry plant into an ornamental garden is often called edible landscaping. Providing year round beauty in the garden, and delicious food in the summer, 'Draper' works well as an edible accent plant! Eat healthy! Blueberries are full of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, namely Vitamin E, Folate, Magnesium, Potassium, Copper, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Manganese, and is a very good source of Dietary Fiber. |  
  |   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.                                                                                         |  
  |   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. |  
  |   Grape - Frontenac Grisâ„¢ - Sale Price: $49.95 The Frontenac Gris Grape, Vitis 'Frontenac Gris', is a coppery-peach colored grape with the aroma of peach and apricot. This muscat-like grape is desirable for white wine making, fresh eating and dessert. It is a reliable, outstandingly cold hardy, vigorous, heavy bearing grape. It has a growth habit that is sprawling and has a late harvest season. It is fairly disease resistant, apparently immune to Downy Mildew with only moderate susceptibility to Black Rot and Powdery Mildew.  When made as a white, it is crisp and clean and quite delicious. It has also been used to make a good ice-type wine where in the color is more red and the flavor quite intensely cherry. Frontenac Gris appears to be a multi-use wine grape that is an important addition to northern viniculture. 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 birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share. |  
  |   Raspberry - Souris - Sale Price: $42.75 The Souris Raspberry, Rubus idaeus 'Souris', is a deliciously sweet, red raspberry.  This improved variety from Canada is more productive and shows better disease resistance than some of the old standards.   It is a summer-bearing raspberry, and is perfect for eating fresh and for baking.  Compared to the old standard Boyne, Souris is slightly sweeter, more productive and has better spider mite resistance.  Canes have sparse, short spines and grow to a height of 3-5 feet.     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 and live for years.  Birds also love the fruit, so you may have to share the harvest. |  
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