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Brock
Apple

Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Very large fruit with fine-grained aromatic flesh. Sweet and crisp. Excellent for sauce. Good keeper. Vigorous tree. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Chenango Strawberry
Apple

Malus spp. Late Summer. Distinctive strawberry shape! Tender, aromatic flesh. Great for cooking and eating fresh. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Enterprise
Apple

Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Crisp, firm, juicy with a rich spicy flavor. Stores 6 months or more. Annual bearing, scab immune, resistant to powdery mildew, cider-apple rust and fireblight. Blooms late-season. Z4. read more

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Fameuse
Apple

Malus spp. Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3. read more

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Haralson
Apple

Malus spp. Winter. A nearly perfect all-purpose apple for northernmost areas. Bright red fruit with white firm crisp juicy flesh. Very versatile. Keeps until March. Z3. read more

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I-95
Apple

Malus spp. Fall. Crisp flesh has a balanced sweet-tart flavor for good fresh eating and great dried apples. Stores into the winter. A high-quality apple that needs little care. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Pewaukee
Apple

Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Yellow flesh is crisp, firm, juicy, tender and subacid. Recommended for pies and sauce. Very long-lived, healthy and hardy. Z3. read more

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Pipsqueak
Apple

Malus spp. Fall. An offspring of Frostbite (MN 447). This russeted dessert apple is small, but packs a lot flavor. We eat them raw or baked whole rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Z4. read more

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Prima
Apple

Malus spp. Fall. A tried and true disease-resistant variety. Excellent eating, good cider. Keeps a couple of months. Scab immune. Bears annually. Z4. read more

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Pristine
Apple

Malus spp. Summer. Modern PRI-bred variety. Mildly tart, spicy and rich flavored. Great fresh eating quality. Disease-resistant, scab immune. Blooms mid-late season. Z4. read more

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Ribston Pippin
Apple

Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Scott’s Winter
Apple

Malus spp. Winter. A very tart dessert apple and a supremely wonderful midwinter pie apple. Will keep all winter in the root cellar, with peak flavor in Feb. Blooms early-midseason. Z3. read more

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Transcendent Crab
Apple

Malus spp. 20x30' Late Summer. White single flowers on large somewhat weeping tree. Red-blushed roundish 1½-2" fruit good for cooking and cider. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Winekist
Apple

Malus spp. Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3. read more

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Zabergau Reinette
Apple

Malus spp. Winter. Excellent fresh eating. Very large russeted fruit with firm white fine-grained flesh and nutty sweet-sharp flavor. Good keeper. Z4. read more

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Cherry Norman
Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare English heirloom. Tender sweet astringent juicy flesh. Proven to be hardy in central Maine. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Old Fertile
Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall. Sweet cider apple. Complex and honey-sweet with a bit of vanilla or honeysuckle. Low acid. Strong low-maintenance trees with no disease pressure observed. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Otterson
Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4. read more

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Stoke Red
Cider Apple

Malus spp. Late Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Sharp juice with some astringency. Consistent heavy cropper. Very scab resistant, also called Neverblight! Blooms late season. Z4. read more

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Yarlington Mill
Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall. Medium-sized medium-bittersweet cider apple. Low-acid aromatic fruity cider. Highly recommended for commercial growers. Z3/4. read more

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Jewel
Black Raspberry - Cane Fruit

Rubus spp. Midsummer. Bristol × Dundee. Cornell, Geneva, NY, 1973.

High-yielding variety with superb quality and flavor. Glossy large firm juicy

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Nova
Summer-Bearing Raspberry - Cane Fruit

Rubus spp. Mid. Medium-sized firm tart bright red fruit. Upright and productive. Long fruiting laterals for ease of picking. Z3. read more

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BlackGold
Sweet Cherry

Prunus avium Summer. Large beautiful glossy dark red heart-shaped sweet cherry of very high quality. Very hardy. Self-pollinating. Z4. read more

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Rainier
Sweet Cherry

Prunus avium Summer. Classic dessert cherry. Very large. Good fresh or canned. One of the hardiest sweet cherries. Requires second variety for pollination. Z5. read more

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Arnica chamissonis - Organic
Culinary and Medicinal Herbs

Arnica chamissonis 8-12" tall. Low spreading groundcover with bright yellow daisy-like flowers used externally in oils and salves to treat bruises, sprains, inflammation. Z3. read more

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Edelweiss
Grape

Vitis spp. Mid. Medium-size tender juicy berries. Sweet green slip-skin. Good for fresh eating and makes nice wine. High sugar content. Disease resistant. Z3. read more

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L’Acadie Blanc
Grape

Vitis spp. Early. Loose clusters of golden-green grapes suited for single varietal and blended wines. Fruity, crisp, mineral, hints of apple and pear. Z4/5. read more

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‘Firefly’
Heather - Groundcover

Calluna vulgaris 1-2' x 1-2'. Colorful groundcover provides a rainbow tie-dye visual over the course of the season. Among our top favorites! Z4. read more

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Illinois Everbearing
Mulberry

Morus alba × M. rubra 30x20'. One of the most renowned mulberry varieties. Ripens mid-July and continues into late summer or longer. Self-fruitful grafted cultivar, so only one plant is required for fruit. Z4/5. read more

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Castanea mollissima 40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4. read more

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Castanea 40-60' x 30-40'. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage. Parent trees show excellent blight resistance. Begins flowering at 3-5 years. Great flavor, high annual nut production. Z4. read more

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Garnet Beauty
Peach

Prunus persica Early. Medium-to-large yellow-fleshed semi-clingstone peach with excellent flavor. Recommended for colder districts. Z4/5. read more

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Reliance
Peach

Prunus persica Early-Mid. Medium-sized roundish freestone peach. Bright yellow flesh, soft and juicy. Considered the hardiest peach. Z4 and warm pockets in Z3. read more

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Hosui
Asian Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia Late Summer. Large long-stemmed fruit fruit with medium-thick skin. Crisp juicy fresh eating. Stores one month. Z4/5. read more

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Duchesse de Berry d’Ete
European Pear

Pyrus communis Mid-Late Summer. Very high-quality dessert pear. Juicy, sugary, aromatic flesh. Productive vigorous grower. Z4. read more

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Early Pear
European Pear

Pyrus communis Summer. Very tasty soft-fleshed dessert pear. The earliest-ripening variety we know. Does not keep, enjoy it while it’s here. Z4. read more

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Louise Bonne d’Avranches
European Pear

Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sized fruit with blemish-free skin. Buttery juicy flesh with some grain & grit. Vigorous, productive, upright trees hardy & long lived. Z4. read more

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Nova
European Pear

Pyrus communis Late Summer. Large dessert pear with melting juicy flesh, smooth creamy texture and thin skin. Wonderful dessert pear. Great for canning. Z3. read more

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Brandy
Perry Pear

Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sharp perry pear. Too bitter for fresh eating but very good for making a strong aromatic perry. Also suitable for cooking. Medium-small spreading tree. Probably Z4. read more

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‘Night Beacon’
Daylily - Perennial Plant

Hemerocallis 27" tall. Radiant raspberry-purple blossoms with luminous lemon-yellow throat. 4½'" flowers light up the landscape with showstopping color. Early to midseason rebloomer. Z2. read more

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‘Purple de Oro’
Daylily - Perennial Plant

Hemerocallis 18-24" tall. Broad ruffle-edged petals form 3" flowers. Continuous blooming tendencies and compact habit make this Stella-family member excellent for containers as well as the garden. Z2. read more

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‘Ruby Stella’
Daylily - Perennial Plant

Hemerocallis 14-18" tall.

Dark ruby flowers with deep wine-red markings, a striking yellow-bordered greenish throat, and red anthers for

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‘Coral Sunset’
Garden Peony - Perennial Plant

Paeonia lactiflora 28" tall. Intense sunset coral with rose overtones and fluffy golden stamens. Semi-double. Early season. Light fragrance and long vase life. Z3. read more

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‘Nippon Beauty’
Garden Peony - Perennial Plant

Paeonia lactiflora 24" tall. Single anemone-type with scarlet-red guard petals surrounding fringed red and gold petaloid centers. Unique and hard-to-find variety. Early-midseason blooms. Z3. read more

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‘Sarah Bernhardt’
Garden Peony - Perennial Plant

Paeonia lactiflora 36" tall. Fragrant flowers open with narrow red lines shot onto light rose-pink. One of our favorites! Z3. read more

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‘Blue Glow’ Blue Globe Thistle
Perennial Plant

Echinops bannaticus 3-4' tall. Luminous 1½" steel-blue spiky globes balance atop stiff stems with deeply divided silvery green leaves. Blooms July to August. Z3. read more

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‘Guacamole’
Hosta - Perennial Plant

Hosta 22–24" tall, scapes to 36". Pale lavender flowers are large and fragrant, but the leaves are the main attraction. Rapid grower with good sun tolerance. Colors intensify in light. Z3. read more

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‘Velvet Moon’
Hosta - Perennial Plant

Hosta 24" tall and 36" wide. Bright golden-yellow leaves with striking dark green centers. Grows well in both shade and full sun! Z3. read more

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‘Julia Rose’
Itoh Peony - Perennial Plant

Paeonia (Itoh) x 30-36" tall. Cherry-red buds open to 8" fragrant semi-double orange-apricot-pink flowers with subtle purple edging. Blossoms eventually fade to yellow. Z3. read more

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‘Little Patty’s Plum’
Oriental Poppy - Perennial Plant

Papaver orientale 10-15" tall. Dusky damson-plum–colored blossoms. A short version of the original Patty’s Plum poppy, a compost-pile surprise discovered in the 1990s. Z3. read more

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‘Blue Moon’
Woodland Phlox - Perennial Plant

Phlox divaritica 12-18" tall. Sweet lavender-blue florets that will make you wonder where they’ve been all your life. Z3. read more

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Ember
Hybrid Plum

Prunus persica Late Summer. Rich yellow juicy sweet flesh is very firm and meaty but tender. Tastes like an apricot. Recommended for cooking and fresh eating. Low spreading vigorous tree. Rare in the trade. Z3. read more

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Shiro
Hybrid Plum

Prunus spp. Midsummer. Sweet chin-dribbling light-yellow translucent flesh is so juicy it might soak your shirt. Broadly spreading picturesque tree tops off at only 10 or 12'. Z5. read more

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Tecumseh
Hybrid Plum

Prunus spp. Midsummer. Excellent fresh eating. Firm juicy subacid yellow clingstone flesh. Reliable and productive. Z3/4. read more

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Underwood
Hybrid Plum

Prunus spp. Midsummer. Medium-to-large 2" dull red fruit. Firm sweet juicy golden-yellow semi-freestone flesh, very good for eating and cooking. Z3. read more

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Ginkgo
Shade Tree

Ginkgo biloba 50-80'. Slow-growing, long-lived tree with unique fan-shaped foliage. Leaf tea used medicinally. Very adaptable and tolerant. Minimal maintenance required. Z5. read more

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Honeylocust
Shade Tree

Gleditsia triacanthos 50' x 30-35'. Beautiful fast-growing nitrogen-fixing tree. Good for erosion control. Tolerates drought, pollution, salt, disease and insects. Z4. read more

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Sugar Maple
Shade Tree

Acer saccharum 50-100'. Largest of our native maples. Colorful fall foliage. Valued for shade, syrup and lumber. Boil sap to make real maple syrup. Z3. read more

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American Sycamore
Shade Tree

Plantanus occidentalis 75-100' x same. Extraordinary native shade tree. Trunks and stems are strikingly mottled. Remarkable against the winter sky. Z4/5. read more

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Mattawamkeag
American Black Elderberry - Small Fruits and Berries

Sambucus canadensis 6-12' x same. Fedco intro. Sourced from a wide swath of plants growing in Aroostook County. Robust elderberry with consistently high fruit yields. Z3. read more

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Bluejay
Highbush Blueberry - Small Fruits and Berries

Vaccinium corymbosum Early-Mid. 5-7'. One of the best blueberries for eating, freezing, canning and preserving. Loose clusters are easy to harvest. Productive bush is vigorous and upright. Disease resistant. Z4. read more

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Sunrise
Highbush Blueberry - Small Fruits and Berries

Vaccinium corymbosum Early. 5-6'. Good quality early variety with medium-sized very flavorful deep blue berries. Extended ripening season of 4–5 weeks. Upright spreading form. Z4. read more

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‘Viking’ Black Chokeberry
Small Trees and Shrubs

Aronia melanocarpa 4-6' x same. Upright vigorous high-yielding shrub produces large dark tasty berries. Z3/4. read more

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‘Bud’s Yellow’ Dogwood
Small Trees and Shrubs

Cornus alba 6-8' x 5-6'. Luminescent yellow stems are brightest in winter. Great for winter arrangements. Adaptable to wide range of soil conditions. Z3. read more

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Gray Dogwood
Small Trees and Shrubs

Cornus racemosa 3-8' x 10-15'. Native multi-stemmed thickly branched suckering shrub with rounded domes of small 4-petaled white flowers that bloom in early summer. White berries on bright red fruit stalks. Z4. read more

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Flowering Raspberry
Small Trees and Shrubs

Rubus odoratus 3-6' x 6-12' Relative of the cultivated raspberry, with fragrant flowers and nutritious fruit. Thornless, long-blooming, attractive to pollinators. Excellent addition to wildlife hedges. Z4. read more

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Washington Hawthorn
Small Trees and Shrubs

Crataegus phaenopyrum 15-20' x 12-20'. Shrubby thorny low-branching dense tree. Used for centuries as a circulatory and cardiovascular tonic herb. Z4. read more

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Common White
Lilac - Small Trees and Shrubs

Syringa vulgaris alba 12-15' x 8-12'. One of only two types you see growing where the old homesteads once stood. May be the oldest loveliest purest white of them all. Gets the job done without messing around. Z2. read more

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Ninebark
Small Trees and Shrubs

Physocarpus opulifolius 8-10' x same. Eye-catching native pollinator plant that flowers early. Short-lived flowers fade to pointy orange follicles, unusual shredding bark becomes visible in winter. Easy to grow. Z3. read more

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American Persimmon Seedling
Small Trees and Shrubs

Diospyros virginiana 35-60' x 20-35'. Medium-sized native tree produces edible orange fruit used in pies, jams and jelly. May not always ripen north of Boston. Unsexed seedlings—plant two or more for fruit. Z4/5. read more

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‘Belle Amour’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa damascena 4-5' x 3-4'. Highly fragrant myrrh-scented flowers. Semi-double cupped blooms with loosely crinkled soft salmony pink petals. Z4. read more

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‘Cardinal de Richelieu’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa gallica 3x4'. Exquisite fragrant deep purple-burgundy double 3" blooms in midsummer. Rugged and easy to grow. Z3/4. read more

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‘Goldbusch’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa 8x5' Rare in the trade! Large 3" semi-double blooms. Moderately fragrant repeat bloomer. Showing good hardiness as a shrub in Zone 4, trellis as a climber in warmer zones. Z4/5. read more

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‘Officinalis’ Apothecary’s Rose
Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa gallica 4x4'. Ancient semi-double deeply fragrant intense deep pink rose. Four rows of soft silky petals surround a crown of golden stamens. Z4. read more

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‘Raubritter’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa macrantha 3-4' x 6-8'. Clusters of unusual semi-double globular 2" silvery-pink flowers with a peppery fragrance. Spreading habit. Stunning in full bloom! Z3. read more

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‘Schneeköppe’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa rugosa 3x3'. Faint lilac-purple blooms are practically white. Semi-double, recurrent and fragrant. Red hips. Tough, low-growing, salt-tolerant and can handle partial shade. Disease resistant. Z3. read more

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‘Tuscany’
Rose - Small Trees and Shrubs

Rosa gallica 3-2' x same. In cultivation since the 14th c. Fragrant deep crimson double flowers. Strikingly dark and aromatic. Z4. read more

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White Snowberry
Small Trees and Shrubs

Symphoricarpos albus 5-6' x same. Wildlife and medicinal shrub native to eastern U.S. is quite beautiful all season. Berries are insipid to humans but adored by birds. Easy to grow and adaptable to most conditions. Z3. read more

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Galletta
June-Bearing Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa Early. NCH87-22 × Earliglow. NCSU, 2010.

This newer variety has quickly gained popularity among strawberry growers in Maine.

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Malwina
June-Bearing Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa Late. Extend your picking season into late June or early July with these tasty sweet dark glossy beauties. Best for fresh eating; doesn’t like to hang around on the plants or the shelf. PPA. Z4 read more

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Mt. Hood
Hops - Vine

Humulus lupulus Low-to-moderate bitterness. Spicy and floral aromas great for lagers, pilsners, wheat beers and German- or Belgian-style ales. Z3. read more

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