FRUITFRUIT TREESTREES
Malus - Apple
Battleford Apple Malus x ‘Battleford’
Parentage: Russian seedling Fruit Colour: Red over pale yellow Fruit Size: 6 - 7.5 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Large fruit, striped red over light yellow. Excellent for cooking. Matures in mid-September. Tree is very cold hardy. Introduced by Boughen Nursery, Valley River, Manitoba in 1934.
Gemini® Apple Malus x ‘Jefcoutts’
Parentage: Norland x Haralson Fruit Colour: Red over pale yellow ® Fruit Size: 7 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 2 Gemini® Apple
A crisp, juicy and medium sweet apple, that is best eaten fresh. Medium to large apples are ripe in late August and store well until the New Year. Cold hardiness similar to Norland. De- veloped by Art Coutts of Unity, SK. and introduced by Jeffries Nurseries.
Goodland Apple Malus x ‘Goodland’
Parentage: Patten Greening seedling Fruit Colour: Green with red blush Fruit Size: 6 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Large apple, creamy yellow with a splash of red, flesh is white. Excellent for eating fresh and cooking. Fruit ripens in mid-September and stores well. Morden Research Stn. introduction.
Honeycrisp Apple Malus x ‘Honeycrisp’
Parentage: Macoun x Honeygold Fruit Colour: Red over yellow Fruit Size: 7 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 4 Goodland Apple Medium to large-sized apple, with exceptionally crisp and juicy texture. Outstanding flavor and texture can be maintained in storage for 6 months. Matures in late September.
Norkent Apple Malus x ‘Norkent’
Parentage: Haralson x Rescue Fruit Colour: Red over pale yellow Fruit Size: 7 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Large fruit has a distinct apple/pear taste similar to ‘Golden Delicious’. Fruit matures in late August.
Norland Apple Malus x ‘Norland’
Parentage: Rescue x Melba Fruit Colour: Red over green Fruit Size: 6 - 7 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Large, sweet apple, excellent for eating fresh, juice and sauce. Ripens in early August. Pro- duces fruit early in life and bear a heavy crop annually. Norkent Apple
Odyssey® Apple Malus x ‘Jefsey’
Parentage: Unknown Fruit Colour: Red blush on yellow Fruit Size: 7 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Odyssey boasts a sweet flavour comparable to the ‘Gala’ apple. The fruit ripens in mid- September and stores well. Introduced by Jeffries Nurseries.
Prairie Magic® Apple Malus x ‘Jefdale’
Parentage: Goodland x Mantet Fruit Colour: Red blush on yellow Fruit Size: 7 - 8 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
The medium to large-sized fruit matures in mid-September and is crisp and delicious. Devel- oped by Wilfred Drysdale of Neepawa, Manitoba and introduced by Jeffries Nurseries. Prairie Magic® Apple Red Sparkle Apple Malus x ‘Red Sparkle’
Parentage: Trail x McIntosh Fruit Colour: Dark red over green Fruit Size: 6 - 7.5 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
A medium sized fruit, with a nutty/fruity taste. Apples matures in early September and is an excellent dessert apple.
September Ruby Apple Malus x ‘September Ruby’
Parentage: Rescue x Haralson Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 6 - 7 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Medium sized fruit and light green flesh colour. Excellent eating fresh and in cooking. This vigorous grower ripens in early September and stores well.
Winter Cheeks Apple Malus x ‘Winter Cheeks’
Parentage: Unknown Fruit Colour: Red over pale yellow Fruit Size: 6 - 7.5 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
A medium-sized, crisp, eating apple that matures in early September. Excellent eating fresh and in cooking. Wintercheeks Apple 47 FRUITFRUIT TREESTREES
Malus - Crabapple
Dolgo Crabapple Malus x 'Dolgo'
Mature Size: 30’ x 20’ (10 x 6 m) Crown Shape: Open, spreading Flowers: White Hardiness: Zone 2
A edible crabapple with many ornamental features. Well known for its showy white blooms in spring followed by brilliant crimson fruit.
Kerr Applecrab Malus - Applecrab
Kerr Applecrab Malus x ‘Kerr’
Parentage: Dolgo x Haralson Fruit Colour: Dark purple-red Fruit Size: 4 - 5 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Good for eating fresh, canning, jelly or juice. Ripens in late September and stores well. Re- sistant to fireblight. Developed at the Morden Research Station in 1952.
Rescue Applecrab Malus x ‘Rescue’
Parentage: Blushed Calville OP Fruit Colour: Yellow, red stripes Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Small fruit is very sweet for eating fresh and good for canning. Ripens in late August. The tree is very productive. Developed at the research station in Scott, Saskatchewan in 1936. Rescue Applecrab Malus - Dwarf Apple
Gemini® Goodland Norkent Odyssey® Prairie Magic®
These prairie apple cultivars are grown on Bud 9 dwarfing rootstock. Mature plants will be approximately 50% smaller in size than apple trees growing on standard rootstock. Fruit production may be up to 2 years earlier than apple trees on a standard rootstock.
Malus - Double Play Combination Apple
Gemini® Prairie Magic®
Two outstanding prairie apple cultivars grown together in a single pot eliminates the need for two planting sites. Just add pollinating insects for a bumper crop of tasty apples.
Prunus - Apricot
Debbies Gold Apricot Prunus x ‘Debbies Gold’ Dwarf Odyssey Apple Parentage: Manchurian seedling Fruit Colour: Golden yellow Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Produces orange-yellow fruit that are slightly sweeter than Westcot. Blooms several days later than other cultivars.
Manchurian Strain Apricot Prunus mandschurica
Parentage: Seedling Fruit Colour: Golden yellow Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
A cold hardy seedling strain developed from local seed sources. Suitable pollinator for other apricot cultivars.
Westcot Apricot Prunus x ‘Westcot’
Parentage: Scout x McClure Fruit Colour: Golden yellow Fruit Size: 3.5 - 4.5 cm Hardiness: Zone 3 Manchurian Apricot This prairie cultivar has hardy flower buds and produces large, golden, freestone fruit. Excel- lent for eating fresh or canning. Introduced by Morden Research Station in 1982.
POLLINATION REQUIRED
All fruit tree and small fruit varieties that require a different pollinizer cultivar have been marked with this symbol.
Cross pollination refers to the transfer ofof pollenpollen betweenbetween flowersflowers ofof geneticallygenetically--distinct plants. Pollinators, usually insects, are vectors for pollen movement
For apples and pears, two different cultivars must be growing in close proximity for success- ful fruit production. Plums and apricots have strong preferences for certain pollinizers. Pure 48 wild plums or the cultivar Toka are the best pollinizers for hybrid plums. FRUITFRUIT TREESTREES
Prunus - Tree-Form Tart Cherry
Carmine Jewel / Crimson Passion / Cupid / Juliet / Romeo / Valentine
These sour cherry cultivars are grown as small trees. See cultivar descriptions on page 52.
Prunus - Cherry Plum
Mustang Cherry Plum Prunus x ‘Jefchum’
Parentage: Complex hybrid Fruit Colour: Purple Sapalta Cherry Plum Fruit Size: 2.5 - 3 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Useful pollinizer for Sapalta. Jeffries Nurseries introduction.
Sapalta Cherry Plum Prunus x ‘Sapalta’
Parentage: Seedling of ‘Sapa’ Fruit Colour: Purple Fruit Size: 2.5 - 3 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
A seedling of ‘Sapa’ with medium-sized purple fruit. Canadian introduction.
Prunus - Plum
Brookgold Japanese Plum Prunus x ‘Brookgold’
Parentage: Prunus salicina seedling Fruit Colour: Golden yellow Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 2 Pembina Plum Medium-sized plum; golden-yellow, free-stone fruit with tender skin. Good for eating fresh or cooking. Ripens early making it a good choice for colder climates. Pollinate with Brookred.
Brookred Hybrid Plum Prunus x ‘Brookred’
Parentage: P. nigra x P. salicina Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
A later season, medium-sized, dark red plum. Good for eating out of hand or for cooking. Very vigorous grower. Ripens in late August. Pollinate with Brookgold.
Pembina Hybrid Plum Prunus x ‘Pembina’
Parentage: P. nigra x P. sal. ‘Red June’ Fruit Colour: Red with blue hue Fruit Size: 4 - 5 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Large fruit has dark red, firm skin with yellow flesh that is delicious. The finest large plum Toka Plum grown on the prairies. Developed at the Experimental Station in Brookings, South Dakota.
Toka Hybrid Plum Prunus x ‘Toka’
Parentage: P. americana x P. simoni Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
An excellent pollinizer that produces medium sized, rich flavored fruit. Fruit ripens in late- August. Developed at the Experimental Station in Brookings, South Dakota.
Pyrus - Pear
Early Gold Pear Pyrus x ‘Jefgold’
Parentage: Seedling of ‘Ure’ Fruit Colour: Golden Fruit Size: 5 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
A seedling of ‘Ure’ with improved vigour, chlorosis resistance and cold hardiness. Fruit is similar in taste to ‘Ure’ but matures 10 to 14 days earlier. A Jeffries Nurseries introduction. Early Gold Pear
Golden Spice Pear Pyrus x ‘Golden Spice’
Parentage: Unknown Fruit Colour: Yellow and red Fruit Size: 5 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
The fruit ripens in mid-September. The skin is medium yellow lightly blushed with dull red. It is fair for fresh eating but very good for sauce. A good pollinizer with fire blight resistance.
Ure Pear Pyrus x ‘Ure’
Parentage: ‘Tait’ x (Beier. x ‘Bartlett’) Fruit Colour: Greenish yellow Fruit Size: 5 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Produces small green-yellow fruit with a good texture. Fruit ripens in mid-September. Excel- lent for eating fresh, desserts and canning. Morden Research Station introduction.
Hardiness Zone Map see page 93 Ure Pear 49 SMALLSMALL FRUITFRUIT
Amelanchier - Saskatoon
A native shrub on the prairies producing unique, tasty fruit. Self-pollinating.
Honeywood Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Honeywood’
Height: 15 Feet (5 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 16 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A selection that has large fruit of excellent quality. Flowers 4-8 days later than other cultivars. Honeywood Saskatoon JB30 Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘JB30’
Height: 7-8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 13 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A newer cultivar from Blue Sky Berries with yields comparable to Martin and Thiessen.
Martin Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Martin’
Height: 15 Feet (5 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 17 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A great tasting saskatoon with more uniform ripening of the berries. This seedling of ‘Thiessen’ was selected by Dieter Martin of Langham, Saskatchewan.
Northline Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Northline’ Martin Saskatoon Height: 10 Feet (3 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 16 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A seedling strain grown for its excellent flavour and outstanding productivity.
Parkhill Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Parkhill’
Height: 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue-black Fruit Size: 12 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A dwarf cultivar grown for fruit of mild flavour, even ripening, and ornamental characteristics. Resistant to Entomosporium leaf and berry spot.
Seedling Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia
Height: 10 Feet (3 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 16 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
Smoky Saskatoon Seedlings of the species. Excellent for a small fruiting shelterbelt or conservation plantings.
Smoky Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Smoky’
Height: 12 Feet (4 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 16 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A large fruited selection from Alberta, known for excellent flavour and yield.
Thiessen Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Thiessen’
Height: 15 Feet (5 m) Fruit Colour: Purple-blue Fruit Size: 17 mm Hardiness: Zone 2
A columnar plant that produces a large fruit of outstanding quality. Uneven fruit ripening characteristic. Selected near Hepburn, Saskatchewan.
Aronia - Black Chokeberry
Viking Aronia New Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’
Viking Aronia Height: 6 Feet (2 m) Fruit Colour: Black Fruit Size: 16 mm Hardiness: Zone 3
New listing for 2016. Developed in Eastern Europe for commercial fruit production, this Su- perfruit has outstanding levels of vitamins and anti-oxidants. Attractive white flowers in late spring give rise to large clusters of black fruit. Easy to grow and maintain.
Asparagus
Jersey Giant Asparagus Asparagus ‘Jersey Giant’
A male hybrid that yields 2-4 times more spears than female asparagus. Resistant to rust and tolerant of fusarium and crown rot.
Millenium Asparagus Asparagus ‘Millenium’
A male asparagus hybrid from the University of Guelph noted for rust tolerance, high yield and excellent cold hardiness. 50 Millenium Asparagus SMALLSMALL FRUITFRUIT
Fragaria - Strawberry
Day Neutral: These varieties produce fruit throughout the growing season.
Cultivar Description:
Tribute The fruit is very sweet, firm and has an excellent flavour.
Seascape Another excellent tasting strawberry that has very large berry size. June Bearing: These varieties produce fruit during a 2-3 week period in spring.
Cultivar Description: Seascape Strawberry Cavendish Ripens in early midseason, yielding large, bright red, flavorful berries. Kent The fruit is produced in the mid-season and is of high quality and yield
Hippophae - Sea Buckthorn
Askola Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides ‘Askola’
Height: 6 Feet (2 m) Fruit Colour: Orange Fruit Size: 1 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Female shrub with silvery foliage, yellow flowers and orange fruit. Drought and salt tolerant.
Leikora Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides ‘Leikora’
Height: 6 Feet (2 m) Fruit Colour: None Fruit Size: 1 cm Hardiness: Zone 2
Female shrub with silvery foliage, yellow flowers and orange fruit. Sea Buckthorn
Pollmix Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides ‘Pollmix’
Height: 6 Feet (2 m) Fruit Colour: None Fruit Size: None Hardiness: Zone 2
Male shrub with silvery foliage and yellow flowers. Serves as a pollinizer for Askola & Leikora.
Lonicera - Honeyberry (Haskap)
Aurora Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Aurora’ New Height: 5 - 5.5 Feet (1.75 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.9 grams Hardiness: Zone 2
New listing for 2016. This new cultivar from the University of Saskatchewan has the largest fruit with a pointed pear shape. High resistance to mildew. Haskap flowers Berry Blue Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Berry Blue’
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1 gram Hardiness: Zone 2
The most vigorous honeyberry variety. Excellent pollinizer for other varieties.
Blue Belle Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Blue Belle’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1 gram Hardiness: Zone 2
A moderately vigorous selection which is shorter than Berry Blue. Good pollinizer.
Borealis Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Borealis’
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.6 grams Hardiness: Zone 2 Aurora Haskap Very large fruit and excellent flavor. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Cinderella Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Cinderella’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1 gram Hardiness: Zone 2
Ideal size fruiting shrub for homeowners. It’s fruit is considered the best for fresh eating.
Blue Belle / Cinderella Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Combination’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1 gram Hardiness: Zone 2
For those with limited space. A combination of two exceptional varieties in a single pot.
Indigo Gem Honeyberry (9-15) Lonicera caerula ‘Indigo Gem’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.3 grams Hardiness: Zone 2
Produces tasty fruit with a chewy texture. University of Saskatchewan introduction. Borealis Haskap 51 SMALLSMALL FRUITFRUIT
Lonicera - Honeyberry (Haskap)
Indigo Treat Honeyberry (9-91) Lonicera caerula ‘Indigo Treat’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.4 grams Hardiness: Zone 2
Produces firm fruit ideal for freezing. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Indigo Yum Honeyberry (9-92) New Lonicera caerula ‘Indigo Yum’
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.3 grams Hardiness: Zone 2
Tundra Honeyberry New listing for 2016. Fruit similar to ’Tundra’ but more tangy and elongated. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Tundra Honeyberry Lonicera caerula ‘Tundra’
Height: 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue with blush Fruit Size: 1.5 grams Hardiness: Zone 2
Tundra produces firm fruit that do not bleed from the stem when removed from the plant. It is suitable for mechanized harvest. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Lycium - Goji Berry
Goji Berry Lycium barbarum
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Bright orange Fruit Size: 2 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Goji Berry Amazing nutritional properties. Star-shaped blooms in early summer. Fruit ripens in July.
Prunus - Tart Cherry
Carmine Jewel Cherry P. x kerrasis ‘SK Carmine Jewel’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 2 - 3 cm (4 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
A cross between the Tart cherry and Mongolian cherry. Fruit makes an excellent topping, jam, jelly, juice and pie filling. Self-pollinating. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Crimson Passion Cherry P. x kerrasis ‘Crimson Passion’
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm (5.8 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
Highest sugar content. Excellent fresh eating cherry. Fruit size is large at 5.8 grams per fruit. Carmine Jewel Cherry Self-pollinating. University of Saskatchewan introduction. Non-suckering.
Cupid Cherry Prunus x kerrasis ‘Cupid’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 3 - 4 cm (6.5 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
Large fruit has good flavour; excellent for fresh eating or processing. Blooms one week later than other Saskatchewan cherries. Self-pollinating. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Juliet Cherry Prunus x kerrasis ‘Juliet’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark red Fruit Size: 2 - 3 cm (4.5 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
Excellent fresh eating cherry. Fruit has high sugar content. Plant has moderate vigor with few suckers. Self-pollinating. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Romeo Cherry Prunus x kerrasis ‘Romeo’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark red Crimson Passion Cherry Fruit Size: 2 - 3 cm (4 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
Flavourful fruit is good for eating and processing. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Valentine Cherry Prunus x kerrasis ‘Valentine’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Bright red Fruit Size: 2 - 3 cm (4.5 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
Tart pie cherry for processing. Valentine is the most productive of the Saskatchewan cherry cultivars. Self-pollinating. A University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Evans Cherry Prunus x ‘Evans’
Height: 10 - 12 Feet (3.6 m) Fruit Colour: Bright red Fruit Size: 2 - 3 cm (4 grams) Hardiness: Zone 3
A heavy producing cherry tree with excellent tasting fruit. Cold hardy for the prairie region. 52 Valentine Cherry SMALLSMALL FRUITFRUIT
Prunus - Nanking Cherry
Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Bright red Fruit Size: 1.5 cm (2 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2
One of the better ornamental and fruit shrubs because of the showy, flowers in spring and fine flavoured fruit in July. The fruit makes wonderful jelly or can be eaten out of hand.
Black Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa ‘Nigra’
Height: 6 - 8 Feet (2.5 m) Fruit Colour: Dark purple Fruit Size: 1.5 cm (2 grams) Hardiness: Zone 2 Nanking Cherry Similar in plant habit and fruit size to the regular Nanking cherry. Requires cross pollination by the red-fruited Nanking cherry. Excellent choice for making jelly.
Rheum - Rhubarb
Canada Red Rhubarb Rheum x ‘Canada Red’
Height: 2 - 3 Feet (1 m) Fruit Colour: Bright red Fruit Size: Stems (2.5 cm) Hardiness: Zone 2
A cultivar noted for fine, red fruit stalks.
Ribes - Currant / Gooseberry
Ben Nevis Black Currant Ribes nigrum ‘Ben Nevis’
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Black Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 2 Red Currant
Large, black berries are useful for jelly. Leaves produce a strong aroma.
Red Currant Ribes x ‘Red Lake’
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Bright red Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 2
Large berries in long bunches for jellies and preserves. Matures in mid-season.
Captivator Gooseberry Ribes x ‘Captivator’
Height: 3 Feet (1 m) Fruit Colour: Green Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
A nearly thornless gooseberry. Tear-shaped fruit becomes dark-red and sweet as it ripens.
Rubus - Red Raspberry Captivator Gooseberry Summer Bearing - Floricane (produce fruit on last season’s canes)
Boyne - an early-season raspberry with medium acid and aromatic flavor; excellent cold hardiness.
SK Red Bounty - Superior to Boyne for yield and winter hardiness with outstanding flavor. Compact plants. Developed at the University of Saskatchewan
SK Red Mammoth - Large fruit produced over a long season. University of Saskatchewan introduction.
Souris - an improved selection of ‘Boyne’ because it is better tasting, a heavier producer of fruit and has better spider mite resistance. Morden Research Station introduction.
Fall Bearing - Primocane (produce fruit on current season’s canes)
Double Delight - this hardy raspberry has large fruit with a delicious, sweet tangy taste. The height of this upright plant exceeds 4 feet. Morden Research Station introduction.
Red River - another delicious tasting raspberry that is slightly smaller than 'Double Delight'. Cascading plant form; the height does not exceed 3 feet. Morden Research Station introduction. Wyoming Black Raspberry
Rubus - Black Raspberry
Wyoming - A hardy disease-resistant variety producing black fruit with great aroma and flavor on a wiry shrub with enormous canes.
Vaccinium - Blueberry
Blueberries require an acidic soil with pH in the range of 4.5 to 5.5 for best results. Prairie soils can be amended with peat to lower pH, but poorly-drained soils should be avoided.
Chippewa Blueberry Vaccinium x 'Chippewa'
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Dark-blue Fruit Size: 1 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Chippewa has large dark blue fruit that ripens a week earlier than cultivar Northblue. Red River Raspberry 53 SMALLSMALL FRUITFRUIT
Vaccinium - Blueberry
Blueberries require an acidic soil with pH in the range of 4.5 to 5.5 for best results. Prairie soils can be amended with peat to lower pH, but poorly-drained soils should be avoided.
Northland Blueberry Vaccinium x 'Northland'
Height: 3 - 4 Feet (1.25 m) Fruit Colour: Dark-blue Fruit Size: 0.75 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
Small, dark blue fruit with a wild berry flavour. This low plant has a spreading habit and excel- lent foliage throughout the growing season. University of Minnesota introduction.
Northland Blueberry Northsky Blueberry Vaccinium x 'Northsky'
Height: 12-18 Inches (0.3 m) Fruit Colour: Sky-blue Fruit Size: 1 cm Hardiness: Zone 3
A producer of sky blue fruit with a sweet, mild flavour. University of Minnesota introduction.
Vitis - Grape
Beta Grape Vitis x 'Beta'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue-purple Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
A hardy cultivar with fruit quality similar to Ontario blue grapes. A hybrid between Native Grape and the variety ‘Concord’. Fruit is excellent for juice or jelly.
Bluebell Grape Vitis x 'Bluebell'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue Northsky Blueberry Northsky Blueberry Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
Resembles ‘Concord’ in size and colour but with more tender skin and greater hardiness.
Brianna Grape Vitis x 'Brianna'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: White Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
Grapes are greenish gold to gold when fully ripe in early to mid September. Can be used for wine making and also beautiful as a table grape; delicious eaten fresh
Eona Grape Vitis x 'Eona'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: White Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3/4
Very hardy sweet small white grape used mostly for wine. Needs a pollinizer for fruit set. Developed at the Experimental Station in Brookings, South Dakota in 1925.
Frontenac Grape Vitis x 'Frontenac'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Reddish-purple Beta Grape Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 4
A red wine grape of very good quality introduced by the University of Minnesota in 1996. Produces large clusters of dark blue fruit. Good resistance to powdery mildew.
Kay Gray Grape Vitis x 'Kay Gray'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: White Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
A hardy white grape for fresh eating or wine making. Small clusters of medium berries are mature in mid-September. Elmer Swenson introduction.
Marechael Foch Grape Vitis x 'Marechael Foch'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Reddish-purple Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 4
One of the hardiest French hybrids. A red wine grape with early-ripening fruit. Resistant to common grape diseases. Requires winter protection in zones 2 and 3.
Minnesota 78 Grape Vitis x 'Minnesota 78'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Reddish-purple Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 3
This cultivar is known for fruit that is sweeter than others and excellent for jelly and juice. Requires a pollinizer for fruit set. University of Minnesota introduction.
Valiant Grape Vitis x 'Valiant'
Height: 4 - 5 Feet (1.5 m) Fruit Colour: Blue-purple Fruit Size: Clusters (1 cm) Hardiness: Zone 2
This prolific producer offers earlier fruit maturity and superior winter hardiness than all others. 54 Valiant Grape Blue fruit is free of adstringency and excellent for wine, juice and jelly. SDSU introduction.