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Fruits
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  Fruit Trees
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Our fruit trees and small fruits come from Northwest New York-grown stock. They are container grown and are of superior quality.
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  Apple
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3 year old trees $52.00, 7 gal $96.00. Grow best in a soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 in a sunny area. Prune to 3 or 4 main branches. Thin fruit if crop is too heavy for tree to support. All varieties are semi-dwarf trees. We sell only select, branched, vigorous growers. Two or more different varieties should be planted for proper cross-pollination.
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Apricot
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3-4' trees $35.00. Grow best in a soil with a pH of 6-7 in a sunny location. Prune back allowing 3 main branches to develop. Fertilize early in the spring. Thin heavy bearing crops. Plant 10' apart. Hardy, showy, pinkish-white blossoms make the tree a most attractive ornamental. Usually bears the second year after planting.
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Cherry
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3 year old trees $52.00. Grow best in soil with a pH of 6 to 8 in a sunny location. They are not tolerant of wet soils. Prune to 2 to 4 main branches. As the fruit ripens, place a net over the tree to keep out the birds. Shapely ornamental trees. Select stock. Two or more different varieties of sweet cherries should be planted together to ensure cross pollination.
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Fig
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5 gal $57.00
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Peach
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3 year old trees $53.00, 7 gal $120.00, 10 gal $190.00. Grow best in a soil with a pH of 6 to 7 in a sunny location. Prune whips to 3' and allow only the three strongest branches to develop. Feed in early spring. One of the easiest fruits to grow in this area. Dwarfed trees on special rootstock. Plant as close as 10' apart. Fruit has better color and is larger than on standard trees. Usually bears the year after planting. Soft pink blossoms in spring. Peaches are self pollinating. All varieties are freestone.
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Pear
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3 year old trees $52.00. Grow best in a moist, heavy but well-drained soil with a pH of 6 to 7. Prune trees so that they will have 4-8 well-distributed branches. Do not overfertilize pears; they often require no food at all. Pears should be picked before they are ripe and allowed to ripen on the shelf. Pears often bear fruit the first year, always the second if properly cared for. Dwarf. Plant 10' apart. Ultimate height 8-10'. Plant two different varieties for cross-pollination
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Small Fruits
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Our fruit trees and small fruits come from Northwest New York-grown stock. They are container grown and are of superior quality.
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Blackberry
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Do best in a moist soil which is well drained. pH 5.5 to 7.5. Supplement with compost or manure. Plant 4-5' apart. When new shoots reach 3', cut back the tips. Remove dead wood and thin out. Fertilize in spring with 5-10-5.
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Blueberry
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1 gal $16.00, 2 gal $29.50 3 gal $40.00, 5 gal $49.50. Best in an acid soil with a pH of 5.0. Add up to 50% peatmoss to the soil, mulch after planting. Fertilize very lightly with organics. (Use Holly Tone or cottonseed meal.) Use netting to keep out the birds. Plant several different varieties together for cross-pollination and heavy fruit production. Space 4-6'. Blueberries make a fine hedge with beautiful fall foliage. Ripen July through August depending on variety.
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Currant
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3 gal $16.95. Grow in full sun or light shade. They thrive in a moist, highly organic, medium to heavy soil with a pH of 5.5-7.0. Plant five feet apart. Each fall cut back three year old canes to 6-8" from ground. Leave 6-8 canes. Feed with manure or a 5-10-5 fertilizer each spring.
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Grape
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3 gal $40.00. Grow best in a sandy, highly organic soil of pH 5.5-7.5 which has been supplemented with compost or manure. Grapes grow from buds produced on canes which grew the previous summer. Vines must be pruned before the sap flows in early spring to reduce the number of buds. The buds remaining will then grow the canes which will bear the current season's crop. If stems of grape vines seem weak, feed plants early spring with ammonium sulfate.
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Raspberry
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1 gal $14.95. Grow best in well-drained soil with a pH of 5.5-7.0 which has been supplemented with compost or manure. Feed raspberries in early spring with 5-10-5 fertilizer at the rate of 1 lb per 10' row.
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Strawberry
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Jumbo packs $6.00. Alpines, 3" pot $1.40, $15.75/doz. Grow best in a highly organic soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5 which has been supplemented with compost or manure, peatmoss and 5-10-5 fertilizer. Mulch strawberries with salt hay 2-3" deep. In late summer fertilize at the rate of 1 1/2 lbs per 100 sq.ft. Ornamentally attractive as edging or groundcover plants.
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