Small Fruits

The Small Fruits Section was established in 1998 and expanded in 2008. With stern discipline and proper care, a well tended stand of fruit should be productive for years, yielding tasty rewards. Good air circulation, soil preparation and proximity to water are important factors in siting fruit for your landscape. Choose disease resistant cultivars and commit to a regimen of good garden cleanliness. Untended fruit will soon disappoint. Nutritious, delicious and decorative, there is a space in most landscapes for small fruit.

Strawberries: Fragaraia x ananassa ‘Earliglow’ (June bearing) and ‘Tribute’ (day neutral)

Raspberries: Rubus idaeus ‘Heritage’ (red), ‘Fall Gold’ (yellow), ‘Jewel’ (black) and ‘Munger’ (vining, black)

Vinifera Grapes: Vitis labrusca ‘Pink Reliance’ and ‘Concord’

Thornless Blackberries: Rubus sp. complex hybrid ‘Chester’ and ‘Hull’

Currants (north of the porta-potty): Rubus rubrum ‘Red Lake’

Gooseberry: Ribes uva-crispa ‘Pixwell’ High Bush

Blueberries: Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Patriot,’ ‘Elliott,’ ‘Blue Crop’ and ‘Blueray’

Rhubarb: Rhuem rhaponticum ‘Green Street Home’, ‘Talley Sweet and Sour’, ‘Kaz and Kay Shimooka’ and ‘Sweet Alice’

Fruit Trees:

Espaliered on the garden shed: Dwarf Apple, Malus pumila ‘Golden Delicious’ and Dwarf Peach, Prunus persica ‘Reliance’ Espaliered on the south fence: Dwarf Cherry, Prunus cerasus ‘Dwarf North Star’

East border: Dwarf Apple, Malus domestica ‘Sundance’ and ‘Pixie Crunch’

South of the grapes: Dwarf Columnar Apples, Malus ‘Blushing Delight’ and ‘Tasty Red’ and Dwarf Self-pollinating Figs, Ficus carica ‘Negronne’