FRUIT VARIETY & RECOMMENDED POLLINATORS

Bare root & Potted (P)

CHERRY: Bing Any self fertile variety *Lambert, Royal Ann & Bing are incompatible

Lapins self-fertile - will pollinate all other varieties

Montmorency (Pie Cherry) self-fertile - will pollinate all other varieties

Rainier Any self fertile variety

Stella self-fertile (a great pollinator)

Van (only available on combo) Any self fertile variety

COMBO CHERRIES SD: Stella, Rainier, Van, Montmorency all on one tree.(P)

                                          Stella, Bing, Rainier, Sam (B)

PLUM-Japanese:

Italian SD & D: self-fertile, but yield improves if planted with another European Plum. Dark purple skin. Medium sized good fresh or can be dried.

Stanley SD & D: self-fertile

EUROPEAN PEAR: Bartlett will pollinate all Asian pears, Anjou: Bosc or Bartlett

Bartlett:  partially self-fertile Anjou  or 4-way A great pollinator!

Everfresh Anjou: Bartlett, Comice, Seckel or Bosc. A ‘sprayless’ pear.

ASIAN PEAR: Bartlett will pollinate all Asian pears

20th Century  Great pollinator! Bartlett, other Asian Pears*

Hosui Bartlett, other Asian Pears*(P)

Shinseiki:  Bartlett, other Asian Pears*

BLUEBERRIES: All are self-fertile but get high production with 2 different varieties. All blueberries bloom in a 2 week window and cross pollinate. 

Blue crop: medium sized berry with good tart flavor. Good for all uses.

Blue ray: small tight cluster of large medium blue fruit. Resists cracking. Sweet, lightly tart, aromatic. (P)

(P)Chandler: Light blue with more tartness. Superb flavor. Heavy producer over 6 week period.

Darrow: Large, light blue, tart flavor, more flat shape. Blooms late but ripens early. We snack on this in the nursery in August—Yum!(P)

Duke: medium to large  sized rich blue berries. Mild tartness. Blooms late but  early to ripen. Good in higher elevations where late frosts are common. (P)

Jersey:  Late, dark blue and SWEET. Reliable, heavy producer. Great smaller berries are nice for baking. (they don’t explode!)  Another favorite!

Spartan: Exceptionally attractive plant and tasty fruit is often larger than a quarter in size. Tangy sweet flavor; ripens mid-July. Large, glossy-green foliage becomes orange and yellow in fall. Classic!

Sunshine Blue: Evergreen! This beautiful plant not only adds interest to the winter garden, it offers exceptionally tasty fruit to the summer garden. Easy to grow and hardy to 0 degrees. Grows to 3-4’ tall and requires minimal pruning.

 Apples

Semi Dwarf (SD) on 106 or M7 rootstocks  * $24 bare root / $48 potted

Dwarf (D) and  Espallier (E) M26 or M106 rootstock

Yellow Transparent SD: Early. Sweet, yellow skin, white flesh. Juicy, flavorful.    Fresh, sauce, cider. Tender flesh does not store well.

Red Gravenstein D: Early, good quality flavor but needs extra care: spray and prune! Biennial bearer.

LIBERTY SD, D: This apple is a 10!  Red/yellow stripe, early-midseason. Annual crop, small if not thinned. High quality with sweet/tart balance you’ll love! Stores.

(P)Gala SD: Med-season Semi sweet/tart, juicy. Orange-red color. Sept. Popular fresh or pie apple. Very good flavor inland where it gets hotter in summer. (Knappa or Lewis & Clark vs. Hammond or Seaside) Annual bearer if thinned.

Fuji: SD-  midseason, popular in grocery stores, crisp, sweet and juicy. Dessert quality, conical shape. Best flavor with proper thinning & pruning, spray.

Honeycrisp SD(P) BR Mid-late bloom. Fabulous flavor! Crisp, white juicy flesh.

(P)Spartan SD: Late. Med. size deep red apple, flavorful white flesh, productive.

Northern Spy SD: Mid to Late bloom period, red/yellow apple, crispy white flesh is crunchy and tart. Good keeper. Takes a while to come into production but worth the wait. Good for all uses. Not disease prone but we recommend dormant spray.  Highly rated for flavor.  Biennial bearer, requires thinning.(1 left@printing)

Golden Delicious SD (P)  Late Midseason. Self Fertile. Good pollen for other mid to late apples except Gala. Popular high quality golden fruit for fresh eating, desserts. Spray needed.  BEST flavor when picked late (October).

(P)Cox’s Orange Pippen SD: Late, conical, yellow flesh, excellent flavor and texture.This antique apple has superb flavor for any use.  

King  D: (P)Late, Excellent keeper. Good disease resistance. Large, flat, red/yellow stripes. Flesh: creamy yellow. All uses! Old variety found locally on homesteads.

Pink Lady SD (P)Late. Medium to large light red over yellow apple. Good keeper, crisp with sweet/tart blend. Best flavor after 4 weeks of storage to develop sugars. Needs spraying but worth it. A real treat apple.

Red Spy SD (P): Late. Old variety good for sauce, fresh eating. Tender and juicy. Matures 2 weeks later than Northern Spy. Biennial bearer. Needs sprays.

(P)Spartan SD:  Late. Medium size deep red apple, flavorful white flesh, heavy  producer, prune accordingly. Spray recommended.

COMBINATION APPLES SD:  M7 or 106 rootstock Early, mid and late season apples on one tree. Potted Group 1: Cortland, Summer Red, Yellow Delicious & McIntosh.Cortland: Late apple, large flat red apple with crisp & juicy flesh, very good flavor and disease resistance.SummerRed: Early harvest, rich flavor, medium to large red fruit, good keeper. Nice smooth texture for cooking. McIntosh: Early mid-season: Aromatic, highly rated flavor, deep red, short, round. Biennial bearer. Softer flesh, does not store well. Yellow Delicious: see above

Group 2: 5 way: yellow delicious, Gala, Johnagold, Fuji, Granny Smith

Espallier Combo: same as group 2 plus gravenstein. Sold out for the moment—check mid April for  resupply…

Crabapples(Prairie Fire& Indian Summer) are good pollinators for late apples.

CHILCOTIN: Berry a bit larger than Willamette which used to be considered the largest berry of all. Firm berry has an attractive color and exceptional flavor. Another must for fresh market fruit stand sales. Long fruiting season, ripens from late July to early August. Hardier than Willamette or Meeker, about the same hardiness as Canby.

HERITAGE: (Ever bearing) Introduced from New York State at Geneva in 1969.  Large, sweet, dark red berries with a mild flavor.  This superior quality berry is good for fresh eating, freezing, canning, and preserves.  The canes are tall for an ever bearing raspberry, but are very sturdy and seldom require support.  Strong, vigorous, very productive, suckers prolifically and spreads rapidly.  Fairly tolerant of heavier soils but will develop Root Rot in poorly drained areas.  Moderate summer crop with heavier, superior fall crop.  An excellent variety for the home gardener and also grown commercially in many areas. Zone 4-9

MEEKER: Spring crop of classic red berries that set the standard for excellent flavor. Does well on the coast.

MARION BERRY: Developed for Western Washington and OR. Named after Marion County, Oregon. Berries are large, bright black, and excellent flavor. Recommended for fresh eating, jams, preserves, and desserts. Vigorous, thorny plant, strong canes and thrifty cane production. Ripens in July and early August along with the Boysenberry. Seeds are 1/7 the size of Boysen, making it a very popular pie berry. $7 each

TAYBERRY: Introduced by Scottish Horticultural Research Institute. Named after the River Tay in Scotland. Tayberry was bred from a cross between the blackberry Aurora, a high quality variety bred in Oregon, USA and an improved Tetraploid Raspberry from the breeding program at the Scottish Corp. Research Institute. Tayberry is ready for picking from early July through mid August. Long, moderately vigorous canes. Berries are large, long conical shape and a reddish purple color with excellent, slightly aromatic flavor. Excellent quality for freezing, canning, jams, and jellies. Tayberry has shown considerable promise for the fresh fruit and processing markets.     SOLD OUT

SYLVAN BERRY:1984 release from Australia is the result of a cross between Marion and a Boysenberry hybrid. This variety is more upright than Marion. Fruit flavor is excellent.  Potted only

Rhubarb: Rheum rhabarum ‘Victoria’ $16 and $10. Chosen for the red stalks. Better color in colder winters. Consistent good flavor.

Hood: Released in 1965 from Oregon State University. The large round berry is considered to have the best table quality. Hood is known best as a fine preserve and jam berry, and is good for all other uses. Resistant to Root Rot, Mildew, and Red Stele but is quite susceptible to virus and should not be planted near strawberries known to be virused. Bears entire crop over a short period. Popular home garden variety.

Shuksan:A Washington Release. Large and glossy bright red fruit with slightly indented yellowish red seeds. Medium firm meaty flesh with good flavor. Good for fresh eating and excellent for freezing. The plant is large and very vigorous. Also produces runners freely. Shuksan is winter hardy and tolerates alkaline soils better than any other variety. We recommend this variety for colder areas of the Pacific Northwest above all other varieties. Shuksan is good news for Idaho, Colorado, Utah, etc.. Totem is winter hardy also, but Shuksan blooms a little later, thus protecting the fruit from late frosts. Virus tolerant and Red Stele resistant. Does not demand perfect drainage.

Tri Star: Everbearing Developed at the University of Maryland and released in 1982. Sweet and aromatic. Produces a heavy, very early spring crop of small to medium short conic fruit. Cool fall weather will bring larger, more elongated fruit. Fall crop is the heaviest. Berries have firm, glossy, deep red skin with solid, medium red flesh. Fresh fruit flavor is excellent. Also recommended for freezing. Medium size plants with moderate number of runners which will bloom and bear fruit before rooted. This is a good variety for hanging baskets. Resistant to Red Stele and Verticillium Wilt. Tolerant of Leaf Scorch and Leaf Blight. Well adapted to upland areas in the south and mild areas in the East and the Pacific Northwest. Hardy zones 5 - 8.

ASPARAGUS: ‘Jersey Knight’ Sold out for 2011

Plant Inventory--partial list: varies throughout the season

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