Price $4$5 Come taste what you can grow. Why our trees & shrubs do so well at your place: With our 35 years of testing what does well in our Northern Vermont climate (and what doesn’t), we only sell varieties that have proven themselves. We propa- gate many of our plants from our own orchard and berry rows. We graft our fruit trees onto the hardiest rootstock known. Our trees & shrubs grow slowly and steadily, so they’ll continue to grow surely and well- balanced at your place. We don’t spray chemicals but Outside the Store at Elmore Roots we get a lot of nice looking fruit, so you can too. We know fruit trees, berries, and nut trees. Our knowledgeable crew will coach you to success! Our nursery is a certified organic farm. Our plants are healthy and ready to grow at your place under your natural care. Many of our fruit trees will grow and pro- duce for 100+ years. You can’t get fruit that tastes this good in stores!!!

In order to keep up with our customer’s needs, each year we buy some plants from other northern climate nurseries, which are not certified organic. As soon as they arrive here, they are managed 100% by certified organic standards on our farm along with everything else we grow here ourselves. There is a date (ie, 2014) on our labels which indicates the year these plants are certified organic. Members of: North American Fruit Explorers NOFA Vermont Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Assoc. Your purchases and kind words help to support seven families, our organic farm, hardy plant research in Northern Vermont and help build our local community. In our store we have everything to nurture your plantings: The best hand tools - The most helpful books - Natural plant food and organic sprays and in our plants to nurture you: World’s Healthiest Foods Highest in Antioxidant Phytonutrients Antioxidant Content measured in mmol/100g serving (100g=3.5 oz) Aroniaberries...... 7.25 Blueberries ...... 2.68 Blackberries ...... 5.75 Raspberries...... 1.72 Walnuts ...... 3.72 Plums, black ...... 1.21 Strawberries ...... 3.58 Kiwi fruit ...... 0.99 Cranberries ...... 3.13 Broccoli, cooked ...... 0.78 “We went to an island in the Caribbean with little groves tucked away in the hills and this place is just like that.” Bob, Craftsbury “There’s nobody else that I’ve run across that hands you a planting guide when you buy a 2 plant.” Henry Homeyer, NH Paintings by Gabriel Tempesta, Drawings by Gaia Fried, Heidi Meyer-Bothling “We’re new to your place and fell in love New for 2014 with it already. “ Julie, Hinesburg New $35 fruit trees to celebrate our 35th year! New expanded Natives display and new Elmore Roots Mineral Mix in our store. New stocky 12-inch tall Spring Value blueberry plants, $15 ($12.50 each when you buy 5) New larger bearing age trees ready to bear fruit very soon in your yard. Potted ginger for cooking and health. Grow outdoors May-Sept. Ground cover seed for low maintenance and nourishment between fruit rows. New cultivars from Russia, Siberia, and Vermont of the best superhardy unusual fruits. FRUIT TREE SIZES

Pot Size Price Avg. HeightCaliper(trunk range width) 3.5 gallon $35 Starter Size 2-4’ under 1/2” beginning branches 5 gallon $75 Field Ready 4-5’ 1/2” - 3/4” stockier w/ more branches 10 gallon $150 Bearing Age 6-7’ + 3/4” - 1” thicker trunk & lots of flower and fruit buds 15 gallon $250 Deluxe Bearing Age 7-9’ 1” - 1 1/2” Bigger and more mature Instant Fruit Grove (just add water) 3 Apple Trees, 3 Pear Trees, 3 Plums, 1 Pie Cherry Get 4th Plum as a free bonus 11 Trees Total 1) You select the size tree you’d like. 2) You pick up, or: 3) Add $1.25/mile roundtrip for truck delivery. 4) Add $30/tree for a 20 qt bag of our organic successful tree mineral planting mix, tree paint to prevent sunscald, deer repellent clips & liquid seaweed for transplanting success. 5) Add $40/tree if you’d like us to set them out and plant them for you. Mission Statement TABLE OF CONTENTS To find and keep grow- ing the best fruit and nut Pears 4 Natives 12 varieties that will thrive Plums 5 Roots & Herbs 14 on the coldest hillsides Apples 6 Cranberries 15 in Vermont, using the Cherries 8 Currants 15 simplest sustainable Apricots 8 Grapes 16 methods. Peaches 8 Kiwis 17 To be an educational Strawberries 9 Elderberries 17 resource for our custom- Nut Trees 9 Guarantee/Tools 18 er’s continued success. Blueberries 10 Shrubs & Vines 18/19 And to be a nurturing Raspberries 11 Flowering Crabs 19 Spring Apricot place for the plants, the Asparagus 14 Roses and Lilacs 19 Blossoms crew, our customers and at Elmore Roots the natural world. 3 Most Photos by J Kennedy and D. Fried All Catalog contents 2014 © David Fried 2-3 different varieties Pears for pollination. Plant 20-25’ apart. It’s easy to grow pears around here if you start with the right varieties for our climate. They put on quite a flower show and have less challenges than apples. It seems the insects and dis- eases haven’t established themselves yet like they have with apples. They can live 200 years. They produce juicy succulent fruit in abundance... from mid August through early October. Dessert/Column A Waterville™ An Elmore Roots introduction known for its hardiness and fruit quality. Discovered growing in an old orchard in Waterville, VT. Patten* Very large succulent fruits in late September for fresh eating, etc. Luscious* Large, juicy sweet yellow pear, ripening in mid to late September from South Dakota. Nice fall leaf color. Closest to a Bosc Pear. Golden Spice* Old time favorite is a versatile pollinator ripening in September Gourmet* High quality pear from South Dakota, not for pollinating Luscious Stacey Abundant fruit late in August with excellent flavor. Heirloom. Easy to grow & fruits early in life with large dependable crops.. Summercrisp* Crispy, juicy slicer, big harvests in August. Wonderful flavor! Can eat firm (like an Asian Pear) or as it ripens and gets tender and ‘melting.’ Count on this pear for a good harvest every year. $250 size only untill fall 2014 * Available in bearing age size.

Siberian/Column B Clark Small fruit, good for canning, ripens all at once. David or John Very hardy & disease resistant, bears early, excellent for sauce or jam. Pepi or Ely Small fruit, disease resistant, good for cooking & sauce. Ure The best of the Siberians for fresh eating. Closest to a Seckel Pear It’s best to choose two from Column A & 1 from Column B for best fruit production. All Column B selections are extremely hardy & excellent pollinators. If you live in a warmer part of vermont, stick to the Column A varieties, as they are better for fresh eating. $35, $75, $150* & $250* sizes.

“One hundred percent survivability Photo by Joyce Dutka 4 through the winter. It was amazing… If I can do it, anybody can do it.” Alan, Wolcott PLUMS

“I can’t believe I’m standing here in Elmore and eating plums that are this good.” Barbara, Montpelier

Golden sweet juicy plums ripening at Elmore Roots. American Types LaCrescent* Golden Plums in August, excellent flavor, bears at a young age. Alderman Red juicy fruit with great flavor, bred in Minnesota for cold climates. Bears early. Pembina Red freestone plum, excellent fresh eating in August. American Light red, small abundant fruit, loads of blossoms, seedling vigor, fast-growing. Kahinta Very juicy, sweet purple-red plum from South Dakota Superior* Large, dark red with yellow flesh, sweet, juicy, ripens mid-late August. Bears early. Black Ice Sugary purple plum with great promise from Wisconsin. Toka* Red, early September, prolific, excellent pollinator, rich flavor and fragrance. Underwood Red, August plum, very juicy & sweet. Freestone. Waneta* Purple-red, September plums, with a mango-like flavor. Ruins many a shirt. * Available in bearing age size.

European Types Opal Purple with yellow flesh, from Sweden. Mt. Royal* Dark round purple fruit, sweet excellent quality. Fantastic for fresh eating and for drying Hildreth Purple sweet small prune plum from Wyoming Todd Blue-purple prune type, good for drying European types tend to be self fruitful but are helped by another European pollinator. $35, $75, $150* & $250* sizes. Not all sizes are available for each variety Plums are show stoppers up here at the farm. Sometimes in August & September you can’t see the ground through the multi-colored plums. The trick is to plant a grove of them (4-6 trees) 8-15’ apart & let them grow in a close group. Some magic happens … between them. Plant Americans with Americans, Europeans with Europeans for cross pollina- 5 tion. It’s ok to have both kinds in the same area. APPLES

“This is the stuff of legends. Everyone I know comes out here.” Mark, Huntington

6 DR= Disease Resistant 2-3 different varieties for pollination. Plant 20-30’ apart. MC= Macintosh Family 2-4’ Starter Size $35 “Someone gave us apple trees from TSS= Tree Stays 4-5’ Field Ready , $75 down country, but yours do so Small much better!” HL= Heirloom 6-7’ Bearing Age, $150 Mrs. A. from Northfield Variety 7-9’ Deluxe Bearing Age, $250 Home Orchard Package: Buy 6 or more apple trees and get a 10% discount . Sizes are approximate. Not all varieties are available in all sizes. Please ask for varieties you don’t see. Color Ripens Fresh EatingBaking Sauce Cider Keeps Bethel Red green Early Oct.      HL Burgundy Dark Red Mid Sept.     Centennial Tasty Crab Apple Light Red Late Aug.   Cortland Red MidSept.     MC Duchess Red yellow Early Sept.   DR,HL Freedom Red Late Sept.      MC,DR Hadlock Reinette Russet October    DR Haralson Red yellow Late Sept.      HL Hazen Red Early Sept.     TSS Honeycrisp Red Late Sept.      MC Honeygold Yellow Early Oct.      DR Kerr Tasty Crab Apple Red Sept.    DR Liberty Red Early Oct.      DR Macfree Red Sept.      DR,MC MacIntosh Red green Sept.      MC,HL Northwest Greening Yellow Late Sept.     HL Northern Lites Red yellow Sept     MC,DR Prairie Spy Red Early Oct.     DR Berry Red Tasty Crabapple Red/pink Sept.    HL Red Baron Red Late Sept.      DR Snowsweet Red Late Sept.      DR Sweet Sixteen Red Sept.     DR Wealthy Red yellow Late Sept.     HL,TSS Wolf River Red Sept.    HL,DR Yellow Transparent Yellow Early Aug.   HL,DR 7 Self fruitful. Do not need a CHERRIES pollinator. Plant 15’ apart. Pie Cherries taste like cherry pie right off the tree but are not as sweet. Abundant light pink blossoms in the spring. Self fruitful (you only need one to get fruit, but you’ll wish you had more). Bali Vigorous grower with large fruit from Alberta, Canada. Delicious & plentiful. Excellent frozen (with pits removed). Mesabi Somewhere between a sour & sweet cherry from Minnesota, sweet enough so you can eat them off the tree all day. Meteor Naturally small tree, bright red fruits, excellent flavor. Montmorency 600-year old variety from France, tree can get large, but usually doesn’t in our climate. The classic great tasting sour cherry fruit. North Star Stays shortest of all varieties, from Minnesota, red flesh, great flavor. $75, $150, & $250 sizes. Not all sizes are available for each variety “We are so happy with the cherry trees we bought from you in 2002. We had 50 pounds from one tree. We made cherry jam and tarts.” Jean & John, Hinesburg 2-3 for pollination. APRICOTS Plant 15’ apart. Apricots are not as reliable as our pears, plums, or apples, but these varieties are worth a try in a protected spot. Sungold One of the hardiest apricots ever from Minnesota Moongold Fresh eating, canning, or drying. ripens in August. Adirondack Gold Small plum-like red fruits, ripens in August. Manchurian These seedlings are worth a try. Beautiful early pink flowers & the potential for good fruit. Good for drying. Navigator TM Excellent quality, hardy, an Elmore Roots introduction Scout Worth a try even in northern Vermont. $75, & $150 sizes. Not all sizes are available for each variety

Self fruitful. Do not need a PEACHES pollinator. Plant 15’ apart.

Best in a greenhouse or next to a warm foundation or along a river or by a lake. Not for coldest locations. Thrives in Burlington area. $75, & $150 sizes. Not always available in all sizes Reliance Developed by Professor Elwyn Meader of New Hampshire. We planted some in Burlington that were fruiting heavily their second year 8 and quite good. Now growing in Barre, Richmond, and Montpelier. Contender One of these is thriving on County Road in North Calais. Plant 8” apart, rows 2-3’ apart. 25 plants STRAWBERRIES could fill 3x10’ rows or a 10’x3’ bed.

Sparkle* Early July, medium size berries, easy to grow. Very good for jam and freezing, most excellent flavor and heirloom quality. Rubicon* Late June, large berries, very fine flavor. Excellent vigor and disease resistance. San Andreas* Large, dark red firm sweet berries July through September. Special Price 25 for $29. Potted $7.50

Potted 5” stocky plants $5.95, trays of 8 pots $40 (save $7.65) certifed organic. Bareroot (April to early June only) $19/bundle of 25 - not certifed organic. NothingSorry, is better than Sold fresh Out strawberries for 2014 from the garden! 2-3 for pollination. Plant 20-30’ apart NUT TREES (Hazelbert bushes, plant 3-6’ apart).

These are some valuable trees to grow for shade, fine wood, high protein nuts, wildlife food, & fun. Prices for Nut Trees: $35, $75, and $150 sizes They take some time to mature and they are worth the wait. (Hazelnuts sometimes begin bearing in 1 - 3 years) Black Walnut Valuable wood, flavorful nuts, hardiest selections you will find. Butternut Most northern native of the walnut family, excellent flavor. Buartnut Cross between Butternut & Japanese Heartnut. Fast grower showing some apparent resistance to disease. AmericanChestnut Old classic from a possibly resistant strand north of the Adirondacks Shagbark Hickory Delicious nuts & ornamental shaggy bark Ashworth Bur Oak The hardiest oak, edible acorns low in tannic acid & nearly sweet. Hazelbert Edible, self-thickening 8-12’ hedge or single shrub. Easy to grow nut clusters you can crack with a hand nutcracker. Amazing orange-red fall color. makes an excellent windbreak or screen. $35, $75, $99 sizes. Swiss Stone Pine Korean Nut Pine Large cones with large edible, tasty pine nuts. 1-2’ tall trees.

Easy to crack Black 9 hazelnuts Walnuts 2-3 different varieties for best pollination. BLUEBERRIES Plant 4’ apart, shorter ones can be closer.

Mature Ht.Berry Size Ripening Spacing Three seasons of interest: Bluecrop 4-5’ X-large Late July 4’ White bell flowers in spring. Blueray 4-5’ Large Late July 4’ Berries blue in summer. Red fall leaf color. Bonus 4-5’ XX-large August 4.5’ Chippewa 4’ Med/Lg Late July 3-4’ Friendship* 3’ Small August 3’ Polaris 4-5’ Large July 4’ Nelson 4-5’ Large Aug-Sept 4’ Northblue 2’ X-large July 2-3’ Northcountry* 2’ Small July 2-3’ Northland 4’ Medium Late July 4’ Well-rooted Starter Size*$15/ea. 2 gallon Wider Fuller $29/each Northsky* 1’ Small July 2’ 3 gallon Tall Bushier $39/each Patriot 4-5’ X-large July 4’ 7 gallon Bearing Age $79/each * In Spring Only Superior 4’ Med/Lg Sept 4’ All sizes, Buy 5, get 1 free

Ask about our instant *Native varieties blueberry patch special

For best results, add our Bountiful Blueberries Mix to your planting hole or as a top dressing in future years. Keep your bushes free of weeds, mulched, & watered. Add elemental sulfur as needed to keep pH low & add ProHolly each spring for food.

Elmore Roots Bountiful Blueberry Mix “Eat the blues without having to sing them” our own propietary blend based on 33 yrs. of observation and excellent results all ingredients acceptable for use in certified organic production. 20 qt size $22 We recommend 1/4 to 1/2 of a bag per plant for establishment of your blueberry patch 10 “The blueberries we got from you are loaded with fruit! They’re fabulous!” Katherine, Montpelier Original paintings by local artist Gabriel Tempesta, for sale as posters and ‘Royalty’ Purple Raspberries note cards in our store.

RASPBERRIES

Self fruitful & does not need a pollinator. Plant 1-2’ apart for reds & 3-4’ apart for blacks & purples.

# of plants recommended How far apart for a family variety Color of fruitRipens to plant of 4 Kilarney July Summer bearing Red July 1-2’, 6-8’ rows 25 Nova July Summer Bearing Red July 1-2’, 6-8’ rows 25 Polana Early Sept. bearing Red Late Aug-Sept 1-2’, 6-8’ rows 25 Royalty Purple Raspberry Purple July 3-4’, 10’ rows 12 Black Hawk black raspberry dkpurple August 3-4’, 10’ rows 12

Farmhouse BlackberryTM Black September 3-4’, 10’ rows 12 Fort Kent King Blackberry Black September 3-4’, 10’ rows 12 Chester Thornless Blackberry Black September 3-4’, 10’ rows 12

Potted 2 gallon (stocky bushes) $18/each. Buy 6 or more & receive a 10% discount on them. Certified organic. only Kilarney & Polana available as bareroot in bundles of 25 for $85. (Our bareroot raspberries are not certified organic & are 11 available this way only in April to early June). NATIVES

These fruiting plants are so easy to grow . The deer and the various pests around don’t usually bother with them, as they have known each other for so long…They do not require much care, and flower and fruit in moist and other conditions that are usually not ideal for plants. They are especially good for reclaiming areas that have gone a little wild. Or they are right at home on the edge of your lawn or driveway. Some have wonderful fall color, all will make songbirds grateful for choosing these plants for your land. Some can take a little shade. All have been stunning examples of the natural world’s ability to make something great and sturdy and multipurpose. We love growing these because they give so much and ask so little.

Grows as a bush with a mature height of about 4-6 feet and 4 feet ARONIABERRY wide. Self fruitful. Can grow even in moist soils, summer fruit is great for jam or juice(you find it in many kid’s juices nowadays) white flowers in spring and best red fall color. Self fruitful. Plant 3-5’ apart in sun or shade. Grows as a large bush and often holds its bright red berries all winter AMERICAN into spring. After a frost , they are edible but better blended with HIGHBUSH apples to make a sauce or jam. They are not related to real cranberries, but the color and flavor sug- CRANBERRIES gests a similarity.

Highbush cranberries like sun and can grow where it is very moist for they have an interesting root system that can take it. They can reach about 8 feet high and wide if they like their environment. Self fruitful. can reach 8 feet high or so and thrive even where it is quite moist. You ELDERBERRIES will need to plant two different varieties to get a nice crop. In spring, the large but cascading branches are covered with creamy blossoms. The fruit is very good for you. are very good in cereal. They start out changing colors from green to JUNEBERRIES red and red to purple. That’s when you eat them. You need two dif- ferent named selections or two seedlings to get fruit. Some grow as a bush, and some as a small tree. The tree form can take some shade and some moisture. They are often the 1st tree to flower in the spring. In the fall, they turn red and purple and flutter in the breeze… is one of our favorites at elmore roots. The buds look like pelicans WILD RAISIN about to take off. Large clusters of white flowers in spring are followed by blue-black flat fruits that taste like spice cake. It’s self fruitful and VIBURNUM stays a small compact tree 6-8 ft. There is not much juice to them, but they are nice to suck on while tak- ing a walk…In the fall, the foliage turns red and purple. It seems to be happy in dry or wet areas, which makes it one of our heroes! $25,$35,$55 and sometimes larger sizes may be available

Fruit ClockTM- Edible Timeline (Harvest Season) April/May June July August September October Sweet sap Juneberry Strawberry Blueberry Elderberry Black walnuts silver maple Strawberry Red, white & Pear Cranberry Apple Jerusalem Rhubarb black currants Apple Blueberry Cranberry artichoke Asparagus Raspberry Plum Pear Jerusalem Horseradish Haskaps Blueberry Everbearing Apple artichoke Rhubarb Pie cherry strawberry Blackberry Horseradish Asparagus Mulberry Rosehips Hazelnut Pear Gooseberry Lingonberry Kiwi Joy bush “I’m so thrilled we came out here. It is a cherry piece of heaven. I want to come here next Grapes year for my birthday. “ Sue, Berlin Plum Fall Raspberry 12 THE LAND OF THE LESSER KNOWN FRUITS “Lesser Known Fruits” bushes 2 gallon $25, 3 gallon $35, 5 gallon $55 Mulberry, Quince, Medlar, Shipova and Tasty Crabapple trees 5 gal $75, 10 gal $150 ROSEHIPS These are the 1” fruits of the rugosa rose that are high in vitamin c. They make fruit soup from them in Scandinavia - at Elmore Roots we make a rosehip plum jam. Self fruitful. Plant 2-3’ apart MULBERRIES Imagine an apple size tree filled with mellow seedless blackberries in summer. Often bears very soon after planting.. Self fruitful. Plant 25’ apart QUINCE Hardy Russian cultivar makes it easier for us to grow. Our quince trees have been fruiting every sorry/sold out year and you can eat them straight off the tree-they until 2015 are so fragrant! A classic fruit for the home orchard TASTY Crisp and full of many flavors, abundant and easy to grow Kerr, Chestnut, Centennial, Berry Red TM and CRABAPPLES CliffhangerTM varieties. Heavenly spring flower show. MEDLAR Heirloom colonial fruit thriving in southern VT. tastes a little like spiced apple pie after allowing a “bletting” period. JOY BUSH makes large, red cherries in September after the birds are not looking for them anymore. CHERRIES Self- fruitful. Makes large delicious cherries. NANKING BUSH Spring flower show followed by lots of small plump CHERRIES edible red cherries. Need two for fruit. MONGOLIAN Carmine Jewel and Crimson Passion are from Canada and make a superb dark purple jam. Plant BUSH CHERRIES one of each for pollination. Good fresh! Excellent fresh off the bush! Only gets 6 feet tall. SHIPOVA Edible mountain ash/pear cross from Eastern Europe. HASKAPS First berry of the season! A delicious edible honey- suckle for northern climates from Siberia and North Japan. Non-Invasive! It’s Leslie’s new favorite. Nice to eat fresh or fantastic for jam! SEABERRY This thorny superhardy bush grows wild in Asia and the British Isles. Prized for its juicy very orange berries and life giving properties for centuries. new selections have larger, less tart fruit. highly produc- tive in a short time. sometimes referred to as the Siberian orange ....male and female plants needed for pollination. 13 NATURAL SCREENS Instead of a fence, why not get some privacy from a neighbor or road with a hedges of shrubs and trees that are easy to grow? They can give flowers, shelter from wind, songbird habi- tat, fruit for wildlife & make your place feel like a home inside its elegant boundary. Some of the best for our area are: red osier dogwood, Juneberry, American plum, pussy willlow, a ronia, winterberry, pines, white cedar, hazelberts, Jerusalem artichokes, elderberries. Ask for our natives list for mature heights, soil, and light requirements. All of these make food for wildlife. ------Lingonberry Groundnuts EDIBLE Strawberry American Cranberry Mint Lowbush Blueberry GROUNDCOVERS

SUNSHINE GARDENHOUSES HOMEGROWN JAMS We’re the Vermont for a taste of summer anytime! Rep. for Sunshine We Ship Jam Gardenhouses. (Ask for brochure) Easy to put up Kit. Pear Honey Solarpower vents. crab apple 6x8 $1799 6x12 $2399 8x12 $3199 8x16 $4129 rhubarb ginger w/ hot peppers Blueberry Honey Rowanberry ROOTS & HERBS $5/jar, Cases of 12. at wholesale prices Jerusalem artichokes Rhubarb “You make the best jam I’ve ever had!.” Comfrey Daylilies Galen, age 6 1/2, Essex Horseradish Ginger

1 gallon $19 ASPARAGUS Millennium (green) $29 for a bundle of 25 vigorous roots Asparagus is not organically grown. “Makes you feel so wealthy to Available April through June. Some certified have fruit in your trees.” Regina, organic potted asparagus available. $19 ea. Randolph Center 14 “If it grows in Elmore, it will grow where you are...” GOOSEBERRIES

Pixwell Purple Invicta Green Hinnomaki Red Jahn’s Prairie Hinnomaki Yellow Tixia Red Poorman Purple Red George

Self fruitful. Plant 4-5’ apart.

CURRANTS Black Currants Consort Nancy May Lewis R * Crandall Hill Legacy * These are the easiest fruits to grow in Titania Ben Sarek Vermont. Currants & Gooseberries are * Elmore Roots Introductions also shade tolerant & bear fruit quickly! Red Currants White or PinkCurrants Red Lake White Imperial Red Jade Pink Champagne Rovada Glory De Soublon Self fruitful. Plant 4-5’ apart.

JOSTABERRIES 2 gallon $25, 3 gallon $35, XLG $55 A black currant-gooseberry cross PawPaws CRANBERRIES You need two for pollination. Plant 20’ apart. No need for a bog. Plant them in acid Native from well-drained soil. Watch them run and southern Vermont make large succulent dark red berries to Michigan. This in time for those autumn feasts. exotic fruit can be grown out of the wind and on the edge of a field. Pawpaws in Vermont LINGONBERRIES Mini cranberries with a lot of flavor from Sweden, they like the same conditions as blueberries. Self fruitful. Plant 1’ apart. Cranberry and Lingonberry 2 gallon $29, buy 5 and get one free 15 Self fruitful & does not GRAPES need a pollinator. Plant 6-8’ apart. These grapes like a sandy gravelly loam & lots of sun. They like to grow along a stone wall, a southern side of a building, or trellised on wires or a fence. The toughest ones can go up an arbor or over a doorway. Most of our varieties have seeds (seedless are usually less hardy) & unbeatable flavor not found in stores. Come see & taste ours in September, or our famous Green Mountain Grape Jam anytime. Northern grape growing and wine producing books are available in our store. Husky 2 gallon size, $25. Home Vineyard Package: Buy 5, get 1 free.

Bluebell Excellent flavor, blue, early September ripening, wonderful translucence. (C) Louise Swenson Disease resistant hardy white grape for juice, wine, and fresh eating, mid Sept. (W) Frontenac Excellent red wine grape, very hardy, disease resistant, late September. (W) King of the North Prolific, super hardy, blue Concord-like grape, bears early in life. (W) (C) Marquette Red wine grapes which do very well in Minnesota . (W) Sabrevois Blue black grapes that Quebec has built its wine industry around. (W) (C) Somerset Seedless New proven super hardy seedless grape, small light red grape with big flavor. Worden Good size, juicy and tasty. Super hardy heirloom Concord grape (C)

W = Excellent for wine making; C = Concord-type grape

16 We are the kiwi capital of Vermont, KIWIS growing them here for 30 years. Arguta Males have healthy green leaves and twine around poles and trees up into the stratosphere. Females make many succulent green kiwi fruits 1” long with no fuzz, no peeling. Ripens in September at Elmore Roots. Many new super hardy cultivars from Siberia to choose from.

Kolomitka Do not be alarmed when the older males’ leaves have white and pink on them. This is part of their ornamental beauty! Females have delicious tresses of succulent 3/4” kiwis with no fuzz, no peeling. Ripens in late August-September at Elmore Roots. Delicate fragrant blossoms in spring & so much fruit we have a new jam flavor! Twining up one of the arbors at our farm are Hardy Kiwi vines. Just pop the fruit in your mouth. They taste like the ones from the store only better. You can fill your bowl with them and eat them all day long. Plant in a spot protected from the wind or plant a bush to block the wind. Kiwis need sturdy support! You need both male & female vines of 2 gallon $35, 3 gallon $55, XLG 5 gal $75 the same species. Plant 6-10’ apart

ELDERBERRIES 2 or more for best fruit production. Plant 4-6’ apart. Adams Old time Vermonters say they never get York colds in the winter, sipping Elderberry Nova juice from the freezer. Easy to grow Native with big harvests and a songbird’s Black European favorite. Can even grow in moist areas. Johns Berry Hill

Self fruitful, but planting 2 different varieties JUNEBERRY will produce a lot more fruit. Plant 6-10’ apart. Also known as Shad or Serviceberry or Amelanchier, these very tasty, su- per hardy, fruits are blueberry-like without the tartness. They are the first tree to flower in the spring. A rainbow of fall color adds to their appeal. makes these worth trying. Juneberries can also grow in partial shade and heavier soils, up to 10-18’ tall. Saskatoons grow 6 to 10 feet tall and Fergie stays compact at 5 feet tall. Native Juneberry Princess Diana Regent Saskatoon Autumn Brilliance Fergie Martin Saskatoon Cole’s Select Robin Hill Smoky Saskatoon 17 Interesting YARD TREES HARDY VINES Ginkgo Hawthorne American Bittersweet Hops Sweet Sap Silver Maple Mountain Ash Honeysuckle Kiwis Black Locust Hackberry Virginia Creeper Akebia Japanese Tree Lilac Valley Forge Elm Wisteria Clematis Pagoda Dogwood Ashworth Bur Oak $19 and up Ironwood Cornelian Cherry Amelanchier Catalpa Horsechestnut Magnolia

Elmore Roots Tree Planting Mix is what we use and recommend for great results. (You’re not going to be able to put anything at the The Elmore Roots crew (from left to bottom of the right): Sarah, Yael, Luke, and Jeremy hole, later) Our high quality hand tools make work a pleasure “My Silky pocketboy- it’s the most “Our king of spades has paid TOOLS phenomenal tool I ever had.” for itself 17 times over.” Chris, South Hero Winnie, Irasburg

GUARANTEE e want you to have success! If your plant or tree does not “leaf out” the WJuly following purchase, bring it back (so we can look at it) whole- with its roots in a pot or a bag and we will replace it, one time. We stand by our trees, however we don’t replace trees that were chewed by animals, lawn mowers or string trimmers. We count on you to choose a well-drained planting location and to keep your trees watered well after planting and during the summer.

Because they are more experimental, we do not cover the following plants under our 18 guarantee: peaches, apricots, quince, medlars, pawpaws, magnolias, Asian pear, fig, persimmon, Meyer Lemon, goji berry, jujube, cornelian cherry, akebia vine. EASY TO GROW FLOWERING CRABS HARDY FLOWERS & SHRUBS Dolgo white Forsythia 6-8’ (also for jelly) 25’ Mock Orange 6-10’ Siberian Pea 6-8’ Louisa Weeping pink to 12’ Hydrangea 6-7’ Winterberry 6-8’ Royalty red to 12’ Viburnums 6-8’ Bechtel Ultra Pink Rhodys & Azaleas 5’ very fragrant 12’ Witch Hazel 8’ Profusion/Pink Basket Willow 8-15’ Spires strong pink to 15’ $75, $150, and $250 sizes. Our easy to grow roses are selections that have been bred for ROSES cold hardiness & disease resistance. These are the varieties you don’t have to fuss over, so sit back and relax and don’t forget “We have one of your roses. to stop and smell the roses... It is the only one that we (xxx= most fragrant) Prices for Roses: $25/each,Xlg $35 bought anywhere that’s ever lived. It does beautifully every year. “ Margaret, Braintree Color Mature Ht.FragranceRepeat BloomDisease resistantClimbs Blanc Dbl d’Coubert White 5’ xxx   Knockout Pink 2-3 xx Rose of the month Red 3’ xx   Rosa Rugosa alba White 4-6’ xxx   Rosa Rugosa and Hansa Dk pink 4-6’ xxx   Snow Pavement Lt lavender 3-4’ xxx   William Baffin (climber) Deep pink 8-10’ x    LILACS (xxx= most fragrant) Prices for Lilacs: potted $35; large $55,Xlg $89, Color Mature Ht. FragranceBloom 19 Charles Joly Double dark red-purple 10-12’ xx May Japanese Tree Lilac Creamy white 25’ x June Meyer’s Palibin Pale lavender 4-5’ xxx June Miss Canada Bright pink 6-9’ x June Miss Kim Pale lilac w/ purple fall color 6’ xx June

Old Fashioned Purple/White Lilac or White 12’ xxx May Donald Wyman Deep Purple, Fragrant 8’ xxx June Yankee Doodle/Ludwig Spaeth Deep dark purple 8’ xx May 19 SPRING, SUMMER, & FALL HOURS (TILL OCT. 31) Open 9:30-5:00, SUNDAY - FRIDAY closed Saturdays (802) 888-3305 (800) 42-PLANT! Fax: (802) 888-8885 More info at elmore roots.com · email: [email protected] *Call if you need us to stay open later to pick up your order* “Every year I am so excited when you open!” Rodger, Stowe You can fax or email us your order Hardwick Wolcott to reserve the best selections Rte 15

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If you come with a truck, bring a tarp to cover your plants or you can buy one from us. Please return pots so we can use them again and help us keep our prices down. Elmore Roots 631 Symonds Mill Rd. Elmore, VT 05680 Printed on recycled paper Printed on recycled Website: www.elmoreroots.com “If I was a squirrel I would live here.” Laura, Cambridge