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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 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.

Blueberry 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.

Currant 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.

Grape 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.

Raspberry 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.

Strawberry 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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Blackberry	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.
Blueberry	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.
Currant	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.
Grape	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.
Raspberry	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.
Strawberry	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.