Semi-dwarf. This vigorous, hardy plum is so productive that it will make your mouth water! ‘Shiro’ is a Japanese selection that ripens in mid-July bearing loads of medium sized, juicy, dark yellow plums that are perfect eating right off the tree. A great addition to the home orchard!

(Semi-Dwarf) Here is a Plum that looks as good as it tastes! Youll marvel at this Japanese Plums outstanding color with striking red skin that looks beautiful on the tree at maturity in mid-August. The real revealtion comes when you cut open one of these beauties…its firm, red flesh is incredibly juicy and very sweet tasting as it melts in your mouth! It would be hard to find anything better tasting right off the tree fresh butSatsuma is versatile enough to be just as tasty when cooked or preserved. The real bonus of this medium sized fruit is the fact its pit is far smaller than many Plum varieties giving you even more sweet flesh to greedily consume. Satsuma is vigorous and easy to grow and needs another Japanese Plum selection to pollinate it in order to set fruit.

If you are looking for the perfect canning or baking Japanese Plum, look no further than ‘Ruby Queen’. Its masses of small deep skinned, red fleshed fruit are sweet, juicy and perfect for an early summer harvest Heavy producing. Early ripening with masses of sweet tasting fruit that are particulary well suited to baking and preserves. Needs another Japanese Plum variety for pollination

Experience a breakthrough with this Sweet Cherry that has great taste to spare on fruit that is much firmer and split resistant than most other selections in this group. Regina™ is a late-blooming, late harvesting selection that can be pollinated by another late bloomer like Bing but will have fully ripened fruit 10 to 14 days later than Bing. You will find the wait well worth your time as a mammoth crop of large, dark red skinned and fleshed fruit will have you giving away its sweet bounty by the bagful. Regina is the result of German breeding work so its constitution is more than robust enough for our climate while its taste will make it a house favorite for fresh eating, canning or freezing or even using in pies. Be sure to cover your tree as the fruit ripens. While this is a somewhat arduous task, if you do not cover them you will have the happiest birds in the world as they feast upon your super sweet Regina™ Cherries!

(Semi-Dwarf) This Peach is not just another pretty face although you will be impressed by is burning red skin that jumps off the tree against the background of deep green foliage. It’s likely you’ll be far more impressed by the taste of these 2.5 – 3″ diameter, firm, yellow fleshed, mostly freestone Peaches…they have a tart tang to go along with their sweetness that makes them stand out above the crowded Peach field. Even better, Redstar® is a strong producer giving you all you can handle and more in the harvest department when they mature in midseason around late July. You can eat them fresh, use them in pies or preserves or just keep them in a cooler for a refreshing snack as fall approaches. Redstar® is self-pollinating, quite hardy and resistant to bacterial spot and canker making it a great choice for your home edible garden.

Get ready for a Cherry with a real difference in look and taste! ‘Rainier’ is a cross between ‘Bing’ and ‘Van’, two sweet-red varieties, creating a very vigorous, productive tree for the backyard orchard. Its branches are one of the first to be loaded with beautiful white blossoms in spring and it bears heavily with fruit ready to be picked in mid August. ‘Rainier’ is a premium quality Cherry that resists cracking while ripening, producing a medium to large sized fruit with red skin blushed yellow. Its fruit is fine textured and very firm with yellow/white flesh and a distinctive flavor that is unique among Cherries. Enjoy the fruit fresh from the tree, canned or even dried for a tasty sweet snack! Grow ‘Rainier’ in full sun and well-drained soil although it has the ability to tolerate heavier, wetter soils. ‘Rainier’ needs another Cherry selection that flowers the same time nearby to form the delightful fruit that has made this tree so famous.

Perfection bears large fruit moderately early. Perfection apricots have bright orange-yellow flesh and skin and a firm texture Requires cross pollination with another apricot that flowers at a similar time. Apricots like ‘Perfection’ contain carotenoids which are antioxidants that help prevent heart disease, reduce “bad cholesterol” levels and protect against cancer.

Semi-dwarf. A blue plum, excellent for fresh eating, jams and preserves. Tender, juicy flesh. Considered by many the best blue cultivar. Ripens late August. A freestone variety that is self-fertile.

(Semi-Dwarf) Many beginning gardeners are interested in growing their own fruits but are a bit timid trying fruit trees worrying they might fail. ‘Hardired’ is one fruit tree that is perfect for the beginner backyard orchardist because it’s productive, reliable and virtually carefree: it’s one tree that makes it easy to succeed! This sturdy, self-pollinating Nectarine was developed in Canada so you know it’s tough and hardy enough to stand up to some winter cold. Its medium sized fruits are firm with a delicious, sweet flavor, yellow flesh and 90% red skin. Fruit is harvested early to mid August and can be used for canning, baking or eating right off the tree. Thin early and aggressively in the fruit maturing process for the largest sized fruits at harvest. ‘Hardired’ is not only a great producer of fruit, its handsome foliage and fragrant pink flowers in the spring make for a great landscape tree as well. Plant it in full sun and on higher ground to avoid late blossom killing frosts.

(Semi-Dwarf) ‘Madison’ is a medium sized, bright red freestone Peach that, like ‘Reliance’, is recommended for northern climates for its excellent late frost tolerance and great cold hardiness as well as its wonderful taste. ‘Madison’ is self pollinating and will set a heavy crop of fruit, in fact, it may set so many that you’ll want to thin them during the early part of their maturing season for the best and largest fruit at harvest. This high quality fruit has slightly fibrous, firm, orange-yellow flesh that tastes great and is very juicy! Because of its fruit is so tender you rarely see it in grocery stores making it all the better for picking off your own tree in mid-August! The fruit are excellent for slicing and having with a bit of cream or for any of your baking and canning recipes. It’s bacterial spot tolerant and will thrive in sunny areas with well-drained soil! ‘Madison’ is vigorous and needs a little extra pruning yearly to maintain its vigor and productivity.