Raintree Nursery 2012 Catalog

THE FINEST FRUIT CULTIVARS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

FRUIT TREES

BERRIES & VINES

NUT TREES

ORNAMENTALS

UNUSUAL FRUITS

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2012

Raintree Offers the Finest Fruit Cultiva

Grow Gr ow the Most Heal ...and the Most Del

Dear Raintree Customer, Disease Resistant Varieties For Home Gardens our Specialty!

For those of you who are new to Raintree Nursery, Raintree selects fruit varieties for flavor and ease of growing, with you the backyard gardener in mind. We work with important fruit research organizations to search the world to collect the best backyard fruit varieties, as you will see as you enjoy our catalog. Raintree customers love our larger, well-rooted fruit trees and superior dwarfing rootstocks. Besides selecting for flavor, we offer easy to grow cultivars bred for disease resistance that will set fruit in your backyard!

Look for our disease resistance symbol throughout the catalog.

Raintree now offers you about 700 cultivars from around the world and we have many customers in every state.

Serving Home Gardeners Needs in this Troubled Economy!

These are tough times for most Americans. Many people are now realizing what our long time customers already know. That is, how important it is for each family to, if possible, raise their own healthy fruits and vegetables. It’s a skill that almost everyone used to have. We try to give even the beginning fruit grower the information they need to succeed. If you don’t have your own land to grow food on, consider contacting your county about a community “pea patch” in your area.

Raintree has for years supported these community growing areas.

Raintree Cultivars are Selected for Nutritional Value!

We haven’t changed our focus of offering the American home gardener the most flavorful cultivars and the cultivars that are most disease resistant and easy to grow. However, with Americans more aware than ever of their health, we are offering you varieties which are the highest in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other compounds proven to benefit your health and perhaps aide you in living longer. Just because it tastes good doesn’t mean it can’t be good for you!

Read more about the nutrition in fruit at our website www.raintreenursery.com We’ve added Beautiful Ornamental Trees and Shrubs!

Look on pages 68-75 to find dozens of widely adaptable shrubs and trees that will provide year around beauty in your yard. Mix them into your landscape with lots of edible plants which each have their own beauty too!

Grow Gr ow the Fruits & Berries Rated T ops Tops in Health Benefits Medical studies have found that many of the fruits we offer including blueberries, (pages 4-7) elderberries (page 9) raspberries (pages 12-13) mulberries (page 53) and black currants (page 18-19) are very high in antioxidants and vital for your health. Pomegranate juice (page 54) has proven highest in polyphenols and rich in flavonoids that researchers find protects against heart disease. Of course, fruit is at its healthiest when you grow it yourself! Read more about health benefits and growing techniques in the catalog and in greater depth on our website! Juice of the elderberry is used by many as an anti-viral to stop the onset of winter illnesses.

Our Quality Plants!

A large modern cold storage facility here at Raintree means all our bare root plants remain fully dormant through early June, ready to dig in and grow for you! We carefully pick vigorous, healthy plants that will thrive in your yard!

Looking Towards the Future!

The plants, information and service Raintree has provided our customers for 39 years becomes even more important in these times. Raintree is looking for an investor(s) who want to help us sustain Raintree far into the future!

Important Shipping News! Save on smaller plants!

Because our fruit trees are usually 3-5 feet and taller, we are charged the oversized 30 lb. rate whether we ship you one tree or five trees. Therefore, we have modified our shipping charges. Rates for an order with big trees start higher but flatten out when you order multiple trees.

Also, if your order contains only berries or other small plants, we can reduce your shipping. Call us or go to www.raintreenursery.com to see how to save. Also we have figured a way for our customers in the Central and Eastern U.S. to save money by choosing one of many specific shipping dates. See our “zone skipping” chart on the order form on page 95.

Sam and Maida Benowitz Sam and Maida Benowitz, Owners

PLANT CULTIVARS ARE BLUE

Cover Photo: The Betty Peach is one of many new disease resistant trees offered in this catalog. Find Betty on page 38. © Copyright 2012

BOOKS & SUPPLIES YELLOW

Look For These Helpful Symbols Throughout the Catalog!

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SAVE $15 WHEN YOU BUY ANY 18, 4” POTS

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SAVE ON SHIPPING COSTS! On Our Smaller Plants If your entire order consists of berries or other small bare root plants, or many of our books and supplies, we may be able to save you money on shipping!

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www.raintreenursery.com Call us at 800 391 8892 Our small bareroot plants include: Raspberrries, Strawberries in bundles, Gooseberries, Currants, Serviceberries, Rootstocks, Asparagus, Mushrooms, Rhubarb, Horseradish, some Grapes and Roses, Chestnut seedlings & Butternuts.

Also many of the books and supplies!

Pictured below from left are some of nature’s healthiest foods. Agria Grape, see page 64, Minaj Black Currant, page 18, Meeker Raspberry, page 12.

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Your Yar ard, lthful Fruits in Y our Y ar d, icious Cultivars too!

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Because the Raintree catalog is limited in space, our website is the place to go for alot of additional information on successful home fruit growing. You will find our monthly “how to” newsletter very helpful.

Call toll fr ee and we will help you: 800 391 8892 free

Call us if you need any help with your order. Raintree has knowledgable people including our horticulturist ready to help you. Our phone hours are listed on the back cover.

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Come Shop at the Raintr ee Gar den Center: Raintree Garden

We have lots of large bearing specimen plants that are too big to ship available at our Raintree Garden Center located in Southwest Washington. Come and pickup large bearing blueberry plants, bearing fruit trees in large tree bags as well as beautiful large ornamental trees and shrubs. Or come to our classes where we teach how to succeed with your home fruit growing. Read about our Garden Center and our classes on pages 92 & 93.

Available from Trials Wine Grape Plants A vailable fr om Station T rials Raintree has a great selection of wine, dessert and seedlesss grapes available on pages 62-65. We have grapes that do well throughout most of the nation. In addition we offer special cultivars that ripen well in areas that don’t have long hot summers. Two of these special cultivars are featured below. Each is grafted on Couderc 3309C rootstock which enables each to ripen a couple of weeks earlier than it normally would. This rootstock is phylloxera and nematode resistant and increases the plants winter hardiness while promoting earlier ripening. It reduces the vigor of the plant which lessens vegetative growth and makes it easier to manage the vine to get more sunlight to the grape clusters.

These plants are available to you because of Washington State University Mt. Vernon Research Station’s cancellation of its organic wine grape variety trial planted in 2009. Rather than being abandoned and destroyed, these 2-3 year old plants have been carefully dug. Each has extensive roots and two main leaders 34’ tall. Each is pruned to stubs, with two or more buds coming from near the top of each leader. Planted early this spring, vines will often start bearing this fall. The instructions that come with each order show you how to train these plants. These plants are prohibited to NY, OR, CA and ID. Money from the sale of each vine listed below goes to the WSU station and to the fruit demonstration garden at the station. View the nwfruit.org website to learn about the fruit demonstration garden and how you can benefit from and participate in their work.

MADELEINE ANGEVINE This heavy producing vine makes an excellent white Riesling type wine. It consistently ripens and produces a high quality wine in areas with cool summers where other cultivars fail. These 2-3 year large vines are grafted on 3309 rootstock. ✑✑✒▲ #H580M Each $15; 10 or more $10 each

PINOT PRECOCE Our earliest ripening sport of Pinot Noir, this selection ripens up to 3 weeks earlier than standard Pinot Noir grapes, which allows winemakers throughout western WA and other cool summer areas to produce a high quality Pinot Noir. These large 2-3 year vines are grafted on 3309 rootstock. #H603M Each $15; 10 or more $10 each

Pictured above is a producing wine grape trellis. At left Madeleine Angevine and Pinot Precoce grapes. At right are the vines offered.

Non-Plant Index O rder Form 95 B ooks 84-86 G ardeners Supplies 87-91 Landscape Guide/Regional Info: See Website U SDA Zone Map & Chill Map 4&94 V isit Raintree & Classes 92-93

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Plant Index BERRIES 4-20 FRUIT TREES 21-47 ROOTSTOCKS 48-49 UNUSUAL FRUITS 50-58 HERBS/GROUNDCOVERS 58-60 VINES 61-69 ORNAMENT ALS 69-75 ORNAMENTALS NUT TREES 76-79 BAMBOO, CITRUS etc 80-83 A kebias 68 Almonds 77 66-67 Apples 21-30 Kiwis Kinnickinick 60 Apricots 40 Aronia 20 Lingonberry 8 Artichokes 61 Lavendar 60 Asparagus 61 Lemon Grass 58 All Field Berry 13 Lilac 70 Locust 75&78 80-81 Luma B amboos 59 Banana 58 Bay 74 Maples 74 Birch 75 Magnolias 75 Blackberries 14-15 Magnolia Vine 67 Blueberries 5-7 Medlar 52 Butternut 78 Mt. Ash Hybrids 57 Butterfly Bush 69 Mulberries 53 Mushrooms 61 C arolina Allspice 71 Monkey Puzzle 77 Cactus 57 Cherries 35-37 Nanking Cherry 47 CherriesFlowering 73 Nectarines 38-39 Chilean Guava 59 New Zealand Flax 81 Cider Apples 27 58 Chestnuts 79 Olives Citrus 82-83 Passifloras 68 Crab Apples 28 Papayas 59 Cranberries 60 Palms 56 Currants 17-19 Paw Paws 52 Clematis 69 Peaches 38-39 D aylily 69 Pears (European) 30-32 Dogwoods 56 & 69 Pears (Asian ) 33-34 Perry Pears 27 E lderberries 9 Peony 70 Espaliers 30 Persimmons 50 Empress Tree 75 Plums 42-47 Eucalyptus 75 Porcelain Berry 67 Pine 77 55-56 Pomegranates F igs 54 Filberts 76 Plum Crosses 41 Forsythia 71 Prunus Mume 47 Fuchsia 59 Quinces 51-52 19 Raspberries G oumi 12-13 Grapes 3&62-65 Rhubarb 59 Ginkgo 77 Rootstocks 48-49 Gooseberries 16 Roses 72-73 Goldenhorn 76 Rosemary 60 Goji Berry 8 Salal 60 Groundcovers 60 59 Gunnera 59 Saffron Crocus 13 Guava (Feijoa) 57 Salmonberry Sea Buckthorn 20 H awthorns 57 Serviceberry 8 Herbs 60 Strawberries 10-11 Heartnut 78 Strawberry Tree 74 Highbush Cranberry 20 Sichuan Pepper 58 Holboellia 67 Tea 58 Honeysuckle 19, 56 & 67 13 Hops 65 Thimbleberry Huckleberry 8 Walnuts 78 Hydrangea 71 Wasabi 59 Horseradish 59 Willow, Pussy 75 60 J asmine 68 Wintergreen 70 Jujubes 57 Weigela 70 Jostaberry 18 Winterberry Wisteria 69

Arbor Day Foundation Hardiness Zone Map This is the new Arbor Day Foundation map. It uses the information used to compile the USDA hardiness zones map. Listed are the average minimum yearly low temperatures, not the the coldest temperatures ever recorded. A plant not fully dormant can be damaged at much warmer temperatures. Other factors, including chilling requirements and heat units, are critical to plant performance within a climate zone. These are the zones listed for each variety throughout the catalog!

This 2006 map reflects recent warming trends. See our website for a map that shows how much minimum temperatures have increased in the last 15 years. Our website also has useful Northwest Zone Maps.

Huckleberries Delicious and rarely available in nurseries, each is a great edible landscape plant.

Huckleberries and blueberries are closely related “Vaccinium” species. Generally the wild Pacific NW species are called “Huckleberries” and the eastern species are called “Blueberries”.

RED HUCKLEBERRY (Vaccinium parvifolium) A deciduous huckleberry, native to the Pacific Northwest. The bush is attractive throughout the year.

It grows 3-5' tall and produces pea size pinkish red berries that seem to light up the bush. The fruit is tangy and great for making a pie or jelly. USDA Zones 6-9. One gallon pot. #E190 $17.50; 3 or more $15 each

Evergreen Huckleberry

Customer Satisfaction Guarantee We supply quality plants. Our plants are guaranteed to arrive alive and well and be true to name as labeled. When given proper care, they will leaf out and grow.

We are proud of our success rate. (Claims for unsatisfactory plants, or shortages must be made within seven days of receipt of the order to get a full refund.) Call us immediately and we will work with you to correct any problem. If any plant fails to leaf out and grow and you believe the plant was defective, notify us during the first growing season and we will place a credit for you for the cost of the item, in our system, towards future purchases. Or we will replace your plant, one time free, provided you pay the shipping. Our liability is limited to the purchase price of the plant. Sale items are guaranteed at the sale price. Bonus items and seconds are not guaranteed.

EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY (Vaccinium ovatum) The best fruiting plant for the shade. A native of the Pacific Northwest. This evergreen bush is beautiful throughout the year. In the spring and the fall the foliage turns from green to a striking bronze color. The late summer ripening berries are a dark blue, tart and flavorful.

The fruit is a little smaller than a blueberry. The shrub grows best in the shade where it can reach 6-8' without pruning. In the sun it only grows to 3' tall. It has a compact, full growth habit and spaced about 3' apart makes a beautiful evergreen hedge. USDA Zones 7-10. One gallon size. #E180 Each $17.50; 3 or more $15 each

TALL MT. HUCKLEBERRY

About raintreenursery.com As it gets more expensive to print catalogs, Raintree is putting more of the important horticultural information you need to succeed on our website. ● Find the info you need to succeed! ● Regional Maps and Lists of Best Plants For Your Area: We have asked experts to list the best choices for each area of the country. We also have additional cultivar recommendations and maps of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. ● How to Grow; How to Use: This popular catalog feature is expanded on line, for more of our plants! Headings such as “In the Kitchen”, “In the Landscape” ”Yield at Maturity” and many others give you the information you need to decide which plants are right for you. ● Pollination charts, Ripening Times: Large, easy to read charts explain pollination, ripening times as well as relative plant size of different cultivars on each rootstock and much more... ● Right Plant; Right Place: Throughout the catalog we have grouped the plants by variety. On the web we offer many lists dividing all our plants by their function in your landscape. Each of the plants in the catalog is listed under useful catagories including: For Espaliers or Arbors; For the birds & bees; Fragrant flowers or foliage; Best for Containers; Hedges; Tea Plants; Great plants for kids; Fall or Winter Color; Drought or Shade tolerant; Sandy or wet soils & more;

● Web Only Items & SALES: Unique plants we only have a few of, are listed ONLY online. If we have surplus of an item, we may reduce the price on the web. Keep checking our 4 website for bargains!

Tall Mt. Huckleberry

(V. ovalifolium) This rarely offered Pacific NW native sub alpine bush grows 4-6’ tall with oval leaves and an abundance of tasty black fruit.

USDA Zones 4-8. #E185 1 gallon Each $17.50

THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY (V. membranaceum) Its fruit is amongst the largest and best flavored of all the wild blueberries and is widely harvested for jams, beverages, pies and fresh eating. Plants grow to 5' tall, though usually smaller and produce pink flowers and dark purple berries up to 1/2 inch in diameter. Declared the state fruit of Idaho, plants have beautiful scarlet fall color and grow throughout the Northwestern states at elevations above 2,000 feet. They are adapted to cool short seasons and high elevations. They are grown from seed so plant at least two for pollination. Plants require a well drained soil, preferring one that is rich in peat. Fruiting requires sun, though plants can grow in light shade and require shelter from strong winds. Established plants are extremely drought resistant. Not often domesticated and disliking root disturbance, plants are best grown in pots until being planted out carefully with the soil around the roots. We guarantee these plants to arrive in good condition but because of their unique habitat requirements, cannot guarantee them to grow. USDA Zones 6-8. One gallon size. #E188 Each $17.50; 3 or more $15 each THANK YOU to the entire crew at Raintree. You do a great job! Thank you Don, Shirley, Keith and Julie Meyer and Lucile Whitman. We get valuable advice from Gary Moulton and Jacky King. Dr. Bob Norton’s research and variety trials over the past 40 years make it possible for Pacific Northwest fruit growers to succeed. Special thanks to Elizabeth Petersen, Dan Benowitz, Peter Dworkin, Sydney and Charlotte Benowitz and to all the people who have helped us. We dedicate this catalog to Syd Benowitz who just celebrated his 96th birthday.

Blueberries

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Sunshine Blue

Sharpblue (Vaccinium species) Blueberry bushes are easy to grow and they provide home gardeners with delicious fruit and year round beauty. Raintree has selected blueberry varieties that have excellent flavor, superior health benefits and a long range of ripening dates, allowing gardeners to harvest ripe blueberries for up to three months. Choose early, mid and late season varieties to enjoy a harvest of berries throughout the summer. Create a blueberry hedge that will turn showy red and orange in autumn and display striking bark during winter. Spring will bring clean new foliage and clusters of beautiful blooms followed by luscious summer fruit. We offer 2-3 year-old, well rooted, bushy plants 18-30” tall unless otherwise noted. Varieties that have a shorter ultimate height will be smaller upon arrival. Our Garden Center also has JUMBO blueberry plants too big to ship!

Old-timers back by Popular Demand!

Worst Kept Secret OLYMPIA

One of the West’s worst kept secrets this berry does well where others are less successful. The fruit is large with a superb flavor.

It ripens in late July. The vigorous and highly productive bush is spreading, 4-6’ tall and has light red wood and red leaves in fall. Developed in Olympia, WA. Zones 6-8. #E270 Each $14.50; 3 or more $11.50; 3’+ size #E270M $28.50 each

Larger Shippable Bearing Blueberry Plants We are offering the Bluecrop, Olympia and Jersey in a large size. Each is 3' tall or more, with several main branches and extra large roots. Each is ready to start bearing this season. Each is a great buy! We also offer an even bigger, too large to ship size at our Garden Center only! See p. 92.

BLUECROP The berries are light blue, very large and flavorful. The plant is extremely productive with an upright habit to 4-6’ tall. Wood color is red as is the fall foliage. Ripens mid-July and bears for a month. Bluecrop is widely adaptable and a success in the midwest and much of the nation. Zones 4-8. #E200 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each; #E200M (3’+ size) Each $26.50

JERSEY A consistent and heavy producer of spicy berries with a distinctive old time blueberry flavor. The fruit ripens from mid-August until the first frost. Bright yellow fall leaf color and yellow winter wood on this vigorous upright, 5-6’ tall bush, makes it a unique landscape and hedge plant. USDA Zones 4-8. #E240 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each (3’+ tall) #E240M Each $26.50 (Prohibited MI, CA, & GA) ELIZABETH It’s back! Blueberry gourmets have long been trying to find a source of Elizabeth! Developed in New Jersey in the 1960’s, it has superior flavor. The bush is upright to 6’ tall and vigorous and the fruit is very large. Clusters are loose and easy to harvest. Fruit ripens from mid through late season. USDA Zones 5-9. 2-3’ plants. #E222 Each $15; 3 or more $12.50 each.

This new blueberry isn’t blue when ripe but instead a beautiful reddish pink.The berries are medium size, sweet and productive. The 4-5’ tall bushes ripen fruit in mid to late season followed by leaves turning a pretty yellow/ orange in fall. Spring blooms are pinkish and winter twig color is red, providing color in your edible landscape in all seasons. Zones 5-9. #E272 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

HARDIBLUE Select Hardiblue for its sweet, excellent flavor. Heavy crops of medium size dark blue fruit ripen in midseason. This old New Jersey cultivar is a vigorous upright bush, adaptable to heavier clay soils. The dark red wood is striking in a winter landscape. It is also a favorite in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Zones 4-8. #E226 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Cultivars for the South & Pacific Northwest SHARPBLUE If you are in the South, enjoy delicious fresh blueberries year around! Sharpblue is the most adaptable variety in low chill areas. In mild areas with less than 500 chilling hours, it blooms and fruits throughout the year, with foliage remaining nearly evergreen. Fruit is medium size and excellent. The upright bush grows to 6' tall. USDA Zones 7-10. #E283 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

EMERALD ™ Emerald is an excellent choice for warmer areas, because the Southern Highbush plants require only 250 chilling hours to produce record-setting quantities of very large blueberries. Attractive bushes need little pruning to maintain good form and moderate size (4-5’ tall and wide). Berries with excellent flavor ripen early (May or June) in the South and California, later (mid-July to early September) in the Northwest. USDA Zones 8-10. #E224 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Unique Evergreen Edibles SUNSHINE BLUE A unique evergreen selection with attractive year round foliage and hot pink spring flowers! The bush grows 4' tall and produces up to ten pounds of delicious, light blue, medium sized berries. They ripen over a very long season, from early August through early September. Hardiness to 0° F, a very low chilling requirement of only 150 hours and a tolerance for higher pH soils makes this a perfect choice for the Pacific NW, the South or California. USDA Zones 7-10. #E285 Each $13.50; 3 or more $11.50 each

Sunshine Blue

MISTY A perfect compliment to “Sunshine Blue”, this southern highbush variety thrives as a beautiful evergreen bush, about 5' tall, not only in the South but along the west coast to the Canadian border. The bright blue green foliage provides a perfect contrast to the hot pink spring flowers and the sky blue, very flavorful fruit. It yields best when planted with another variety. Hardiness to 0° F, a very low chilling requirement of only 150 hours and a tolerance for higher pH soils makes this a perfect. Zone 7-10 choice. #E250 Each $13.50; 3 or more $11.50 each

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Start Your Blueberry Season Early HANNAH’S CHOICE (Prohibited MI, CA, & GA) Improved sweetness, firmness, and flavor as well as super-early ripening distinguish Hannah’s Choice. The first of the season to ripen, the large berries boast an excellent sweet flavor with a pleasing hint of acidity and a snappy, crisp texture. Vigorous plants are very productive. USDA Zones 4-8. 2-3’ plants #E225 Each $15; 3 or more $12.50 each BLUEGOLD Bluegold produces very heavy crops of sweet, flavorful fruit from early to midseason. The beautiful, compact, rounded bush grows only four feet tall but bears large clusters of easy-to-pick berries.

Unusual yellow fall foliage and yellow Bluegold winter wood followed by bright white spring flowers make Bluegold a year round beauty. It is among the more winter hardy varieties. Zones 4-8. #E203 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Extend Your Harvest by at Least a Month AURORA Selected for its late ripening, Aurora extends the blueberry harvest into early autumn. Three to four pickings, produce an extremely high yield of flavorful fruit. Aurora grows to 6’ tall and develops deep red fall color.

USDA Zones 4-8. #E201 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

LIBERTY Heavy production of big berries with a nicely balanced, robust-juicy flavor make Liberty the most popular new blueberry. Fruit ripens late season, and the upright bushes, to 8’ tall, make a stunning hedge in fall when the foliage goes bright red/orange. USDA Zones 4-8. #E246 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

SPARTAN A very large, light blue, firm berry with excellent flavor. It likes well drained soil, not heavy clay. The bush grows 4-6' tall. The most flavorful of early varieties. A heavy bearer. It has attractive red fall and winter color. Ripens July 1. USDA Zones 4-8. #E280 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each ´

REKA Reka has spectacular burgundy color in the fall. Enjoy bountiful crops of early season, medium-size, flavor packed blueberries on this vigorous, fast growing variety. Developed in New Zealand, it adapts well to a wide range of northern climates and soil types and will add both beauty and fabulous food to your landscape. USDA Zones 4-8. #E275 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Great for Northern Gardeners PATRIOT If you require a cold hardy variety that bears consistent crops of large fruit, you will want this University of Maine selection. The dark blue berries are highly flavored and the 4-5’ tall bush spreads to four feet. It performs well in many soil types including wet soils. Its showy white spring blossoms, dark green summer and fiery orange fall colors make it a winner in the northern landscape. USDA Zones 3-8. #E278 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

BRIGITTA This new cultivar from Australia has outstanding flavor and is very productive. It ripens late in the season and will extend your blueberry picking season by almost a month. Grows 4' to 6' tall.

The foliage turns bright red in the fall and winter wood is red. Zones 5-8. 4” pot #E2084 Each $8.50 (mix & match any 18 4” pots, Save $15)

Brigitta

LEGACY A very attractive landscape plant, 5-6’ tall, and a heavy producer of delicious fruit. The fruit ripens in August, and extends your blueberry season. Brilliant fall foliage is bright orange and unlike other deciduous cultivars, stays on the bush into the winter. USDA Zones 5-8. #E245 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Brigitta

Patriot These Winners Put Your Yard in Mid-Season Form TORO A perfect all purpose plant for the backyard grower. The stocky, strong bush grows to 4-6' feet tall and is covered with pink flowers that turn white and contrast nicely with the bronze colored spring foliage. The leaves are large, wide and attractive. Toro sets heavy crops, even in bad spring weather. The berries ripen in late July and are large, firm and powder blue with an delicious spritely flavor. The fall foliage and winter wood are an attractive red color. Toro grows well in Zones 4-8. #E295 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

DRAPER Draper bears large, sweet berries in an all-at-once harvest in mid season.

Thicker skin gives the fruit a great crisp texture and a resistance to splitting.

Sturdy, compact bushes fit into the tighter spaces of modern gardens and produce loose clusters of easy-to-pick fruit. Yellow fall foliage. USDA Zones 5-8. #E212 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

SIERRA (Prohibited to MI, CA & GA) Sierra and Liberty are the tallest of the blueberries growing up to 8’. Plant 4 feet apart for an outstanding edible hedge. This vigorous, productive upright bush bears large berries with excellent flavor. It’s easy to grow and prune. USDA Zones 5-8. 2-3’ plants. #E284 Each $15; 3 or more $12.50 each

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World’s Largest Blueberries & Tasty Too CHANDLER Introducing one the world’s largest blueberries.

Chandler has a very long ripening season providing more than a month of sweet, firm delicious quarter size fruit. These vigorous, upright bushes grow 5-6' tall and provide consistently high yields. USDA Zones 6-9. A high chill (700 hours) variety from the New Jersey testing program, named for Jim Chandler, a Corvallis, Oregon grower. #E209 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Chandler

DARROW Produces huge berries, the size of a quarter. The bush grows 5-6’ tall, vigorous and upright. A consistent heavy producer of firm, light blue, tart flavorful berries. A good choice in the Pacific NW. Ripens throughout the month of August.

USDA Zones 5-8. #E210 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Blueberries Are Beautiful In All Seasons – Our Most Popular Landscaping Plant

Hardy Dwarf Blueberries CHIPPEWA

Early Ripeners Hannah’s Bluecrop Bluegold Brunswick Burgundy Top Hat

A great compact edible ornamental. This new release from the U of Minnesota grows to 3-4' tall and wide. A mature plant produces 4-7 pounds of large, light blue, excellent flavored berries. The foliage turns a fiery red each fall.

Zones 3-8. #E255 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Sharpblue Spartan Patriot Misty Polaris Reka

Mid-Season Chippewa Draper Northsky Olympia Rubel

Elizabeth Sierra Toro Chandler Hardiblue

Late Ripeners Pink Lemonade Darrow Jersey Legacy Sunshine Blue

Liberty Emerald Brigitta Aurora

Choose early through late ripeners and harvest for up to 90 days!

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Wild Blueberries

Chpipewa This early season, light blue berry, from Minnesota sets an abundance of aromatic fruit with great flavor.

The upright bush grows to 4' tall and wide. It sets the heaviest crops with another variety for pollination.

Zones 3-8. #E267 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

RUBEL

NORTH SKY Find a place in your edible landscape. The bush only grows about 18" tall and spreads to 3' wide. It is handsome, compact and branches nicely with dark green leaves in summer and excellent red fall color. It annually produces 1-2 lbs. of delicious medium size light blue fruit with a wild blueberry flavor. USDA Zones 3-8. Suited for containers or limited Chippewa space. Ripens mid-July. 4” pot. #E2604 Each $8.50

Darrow & Rubel

Twice as high in antioxidants as other commercial blueberries. Rubel was found in the Pinelands of New Jersey in 1912. Its flavor is unequalled. Rubel produces thousands of small to medium size dark fruit with intense flavor, ideal for baking. It is a strong upright grower to 6' tall and is a very heavy mid to late season producer and easy to hand pick. USDA Zones 4-8. #E282 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10.50 each

Wild Berries Greatest for Your Health New research shows that all blueberries are high in antioxidants, however many wild types have at least twice the antioxidants of most commercial blueberry varieties. Raspberries and Black Currants also have high levels.

TOP HAT The most dwarfing blueberry plant, it grows up to 18” wide and high with many branches. The berries are medium size with excellent flavor. It is great as a border, rock garden or container plant for those with limited space. Its small leaves, gnarly trunk and slow growth make it the best edible bonsai plant. It needs sun to ripen the fruit. Zones 3-8. One gallon. #E290 Each $12.50

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Using Blueberries & Huckleberries IN THE KITCHEN: Berries can be eaten raw or used in pancakes, syrups, muffins, jams, souffles, and pies. (Quiet, don’t tell anyone...put them in bags in the freezer. Then pull out a bag when no one is looking and eat the individual berries half frozen. You can polish off a bag in no time.

Blueberries, unlike other berries, don’t stick together upon freezing.)

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Plants are particularly well suited to edible landscaping because of their varied and beautiful appearance. Bronze new growth in spring is followed by pink-white bell shaped flowers. In summer the green leaves contrast with the blue berries. The leaves turn bright red or yellow in the fall. When the leaves drop, you can see the bright colored yellow or red branches. Bushes can be used for hedges, screens, foundation plantings, accent shrubs, and espaliers.Any of the blueberries will thrive in a container. Try an 80% bark, 10% pumice, 10% peat mix.

Note: We are offering dwarf selections Top Hat, Polaris, Chippawa and North Sky for gardeners with limited space or a special landscape niche.

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Useful Facts ORIGIN: Blueberries have been part of the American culinary tradition long before the white man came to these shores.

POLLINATION: Two varieties are best, however blueberry farmers get large crops in a single variety block.

HARDINESS: Depends on variety, USDA Zones 3-10.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun.

PLANT SPACING: Spacing, same distance as the height of the plant.

METHOD OF PROPAGATION: Softwood cuttings (hard to root) LIFE EXPECTANCY: 80+ years YIELD: 5 to 15 pounds per plant depending on variety.

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Acid soil, pH of 4 to 5.5, well drained, but can tolerate wet feet in winter. If pH is high, water, with 2 tbls vinegar/gallon of water.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Blueberries are shallow rooted. Do not cultivate deeply around the plants. Peat is an excellent addition to the soil.

They need to be well watered the first summer and thereafter will need some moisture in arid summers. A light surface application of organic fertilizer or ammonium sulfate in the spring is beneficial.

PRUNING: Pruning is required on older branches.

Renew to new shoots. See owner’s manual provided with each order!

Maine Wild Blueberries Wild Blueberries from Maine (Vaccinium angustifolium) The deciduous bushes have waxy foliage that turns fiery orange each fall. But it is the copious amounts of delicious wild flavored blueberries that make this the lobster of the wild plant world. They thrive in Zones 3-8 in both maritime and colder climates and do well in sandy or clayey soils. Plants spread out via underground runners to become an edible mat.

Each is self fertile with delicious tart, light blue fruit.

BRUNSWICK MAINE From Nova Scotia, it grows only 1’ tall and has glossy green foliage and delicious pea size blueberries. 4" pot. #E205 Each $8.50; One gallon #E205G $14.50

BURGUNDY MAINE This variety also produces small delicious tart blueberries. Like Brunswick in habit, it was selected for burgundy color with coppery highlights which deepen in fall. One gallon size #E204G Each $14.50; 3 or more $12.50 each

The Right Rake for Each Berry!

These blueberry rakes are handmade in Maine and designed for the most efficient harvesting of a specific size of berry. Each is extremely strong, made of sturdy lightweight aluminum with spring steel teeth. See page 90 for models and prices.

ORGANIC BLUEBERRY FERTILIZER Blueberries, huckleberries, lingonberries, tea, wintergreen and other acid loving plants will love this natural fertilizer. Instructions included. 5 lb. bag. #T143 Price $13.95; Any 4 bags of fertilizer $10.50 each. See page 90

A GARDENER’S GUIDE TO BLUEBERRIES Pocket size, 32 pages. A great blueberry growers guide.

Includes soil prep, planting, pollination, mulching, watering, pruning, fertilizing, pests, varieties and growing in containers. All the know how you need to be successful. #S103 Each $4.99

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Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) Scandinavians love these fantastic edible evergreen ground covers that produce delicious cranberry-like berries great for sauces, jellies and cooking. They are attractive, easy to grow plants with bright red fruits the size of a small blueberry.

RED PEARL Heavily productive and the easiest to grow! Selected from the wild in Holland for its tasty fruit, vigorous growth and brilliant green foliage. It grows to 16 inches tall. 4” pots. #G130 Each $8.50; Pkg of 18, $6.75 each plus you save an extra $15 for buying an 18 pack.

IDA Ida sports very large flavorful berries and produces two crops a year, one in mid summer and again in the late fall. It is a vigorous growing compact bush that grows to only 8 inches tall. 4" pot. #G136 Each $9.50

BALSGARD This heavy bearing commercial variety from the Swedish University of Agriculture has large fruit which is very flavorful and easy to grow! Grows to 8” tall. 4" pot. #G135 Each $9.50

DWARF LINGONBERRY (V. vitis-idaea minus) It grows only about 6” tall but densely covers the ground with lush foliage, a small crop of pea size fruit and bright pink blooms. 4” pot. Limit one. #G1404 Each $12.50

SWEDISH LINGONBERRY RAKE A very well made red plastic rake that makes picking lingonberries, huckleberries, currants and other small fruit easy. Rake it over the branch and the berries fall into the container. It will save you many hours of picking.

We import them from Sweden. #T300 Each $20

CHILDREN’S BERRY PICKER RAKE Just like the Swedish Lingonberry rake but about half size.

It will enable a half pint to pick a half pint or more. #T307 Each $12.50

LEAF & STEM SHAKING TRAY Place lingon, blue or other berries in this sturdy plastic 13" round, two inch high red sieve with slotted bottom. Then shake. Most of the leaves and stems shake out the bottom. Imported from Sweden. #T305 Price $8.50

Using Lingonberries IN THE KITCHEN: Preserves, sauce, syrup, pickles, jelly and wine. We pick berries at Thanksgiving and use instead of cranberries.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: An excellent evergreen ground cover with small dark green glossy leaves. The new growth in spring is tinged with red and orange. It eventually forms a dense mat, choking out weeds. Lingonberries can be used effectively, spotted throughout a rock garden. They also grow well in a pot.

Lingonberries don’t do well in hot, humid climates.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-fertile. Two varieties improve pollination.

SIZE & PLANT SPACING: Average one foot height and spacing.

HARDINESS: Lingonberries can withstand arctic temperatures. In very severe climates they can be covered with peat or sawdust in the winter.

USDA Zones 3-8.

HARVEST TIME: Late fall.

SUN OR SHADE: Semi-shade, full sun in cool summer areas.

FIRST FRUIT: 2 years. YIELD: 1/2 to 1 pound per plant.

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH below 5.8. Needs good drainage.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant in soil well mixed with peat.

Mulch with 3 to 4 inches of sawdust. Don’t over water. Don’t cultivate as the roots are just below the surface. Use fertilizer sparingly.

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Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum var. Phoenix Tears) Also known as Wolfberry, these sweet and nutritious berries are eaten fresh, juiced or dried like raisins. The berries are a popular medicinal herb. Among the highest in protein and anti-oxidants, they have more carotene than carrots, and contain all the essential amino acids and many minerals. Grow this attractive Chinese native on a trellis to more than 10’ tall or trim it as a bush and keep at 4-6’ tall. Light purple, bellshaped flowers bloom in May and continue throughout the summer. The third year and thereafter, flowers are followed by orange-red berries. The plant is self-fertile, drought resistant, and likes a half to full day of sun and well-drained soil. It prefers warm summer days and cool nights and as a native prefers neutral or somewhat alkaline soil. Our plants are grown from cuttings from a superior cultivar. USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pots. #H2024 Each $11.50

Serviceberries

These very winter hardy plants, also known as Saskatoons, make attractive ornamental shrubs or hedges and produce delicious edible fruit.

Developed in Alberta and grown commercially in Canada, this tasty blueberry size fruit is high in Vitamin C and great for eating fresh or making pies.

Plants are pretty in all seasons, with attractive white flowers in spring and bright yellow foliage in fall. Train them as single stemmed trees or let them sucker and become multistemmed bushes or edible hedges. Plants tolerate a variety of soils, but prefer a neutral or slightly acid pH. They are self fertile and long-lived.

USDA Zones 3-9. We offer healthy, well-rooted bushes.

Har dy Norther n Favorites Hardy Northern THIESSEN (Amelanchier alnifolia) The largest fruiting cultivar available, with excellent flavor and productivity. It’s a consistent producer and great commercial choice. Grows to 10 to 12’ tall. #D474 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

NORTHLINE (Amelanchier alnifolia) This variety grows only 5-7’ tall and suckers profusely making a great winter hardy fruiting hedge. It produces loads of large flavorful fruit at an early age. It was selected in 1960 at Beaverlodge Alberta. #D472 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

SMOKEY (Amelanchier alnifolia) The 3/4 inch blue black fruit is sweet and considered the most highly flavored serviceberry. The very productive plant can be trained as a multi-stemmed bush or small 12 foot tree. Plant it 10 feet apart, or 4 feet apart in a hedge. #D470 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

A SER VICEBERR Y FOR ALL SEASONS SERVICEBERR VICEBERRY AUTUMN BRILLIANCE (Amelanchier grandiflora) It’s called the apple serviceberry. Grow this beauty as a single or multi-stemmed 15-20' tree. In the spring, the pink buds open to a mass of large white flowers. Then the new bronzepurple leaves appear followed in July by large red berries favored by birds and people. In the autumn the then green leaves turn a brilliant orange-red. #D460 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

LINGONBERRY JAM & SYRUP Made from delicious lingonberries grown in Oregon. 7.5 ounce jar of Jam; #W155 Each $7.95; 8 ounce jar of Syrup; #T082 Each $9.95

Elderberries

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European Visit Your Yar ard!

(Sambucus nigra) Each S. Nigra variety listed will pollinate and must be pollinated by another S. nigra cultivar to produce fruit. These sprawling bushes have been used in Europe, western Asia, and North Africa for millenia.

They can grow to 15' or more but are easily pruned and kept at about 8’ tall.

They are beautiful in all seasons. Creamy, usually white, scented flowers grow in large flat topped clusters in June and are used in cooking and cosmetics.

Elderberry syrup is high in medicinal value! Each is in a one gallon pot.

(Sambucus species) Elderberries are the easiest to grow and care for of all the fruits and probably the most consistently productive.

E aster n E lders B or F ruit Q uality astern Elders Brred F For Fruit Quality (Sambucus canadensis) These similiar varieties are hybrids of the eastern North American Elderberry selected for sweeter, larger, tastier berries. These ornamental compact shrubs grow 6-10’ tall and need 8’ spacing. The large clusters of fruit ripen in August and make great pies, wine and jam.

We offer well rooted plants. Zones 4-9.

Select two varieties for pollination.

(Prohibited to CA.)

Cultivars For Fruit Pr oduction Production HASCHBERG (Sambucus nigra) We found this heavy bearing Austrian variety in Switzerland. The black berries form in very large clusters on long stems. The bush is vigorous and spreading, growing to about 10’ tall. It combines the flavor and medicinal qualities of the wild European black elder with heavy production and larger fruit. #E053 Each $18.50

ADAMS The largest of the elderberries we offer.

Sweet, purple and productive. #E030 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8 each

SAMDAL (Sambucas nigra) This Danish cultivar produces large clusters of flavorful, black elderberries that ripen in August and make luscious jam or wine. Each year, long shoots sprout from the ground; the following season, they bear fruit high in antioxidants that benefit health. Zones 5-8. #E020 $18.50; 3 or more $15 each

JOHNS Very productive. Large sweet berries. #E035 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8 each

NOVA A vigorous grower with huge clusters of large sweet purple berries. #E032 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8 each

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Beautiful Edible Or namentals Ornamentals

(Sambucus caerulea) This NW native is beautiful in all seasons. In the spring enjoy the many white flower clusters. In the fall the 15-20 foot tall bush is covered with large clusters of small powder blue berries that are prized for cooking, jelly and wine. Self fertile.

USDA Zones 5-9. #E015 Each $14.50; 3 or more $11.50 each

VARIEGATED (Sambucus nigra) This bush grows to 8' tall with an equal spread. Variegation is a cream color against a dark green background. Enjoy black fruit in September. #E051 Each $16.50; 3 or more $14 each

BLACK BEAUTYTM (Sambucus nigra) A spectacular ornamental bush for your yard, It grows 10’ tall with deep, purpleblack foliage. Lemon-scented, pink flowers cover the bush in June and July, contrasting perfectly with the foliage. Enjoy clusters of black berries in fall. It is from England. #E065 Each $22.50

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Black Beauty

(S. nigra) Black Lace has beautiful dark red/purple foliage that is finely cut like a Japanese maple but is adaptable to more growing conditions. Enjoy the pink blooms and edible black fruit. Plant it as a dramatic accent. #E067 Each $22.50 Limit one.

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(Sambucus racemosa) Lovely yellow foliage and a graceful habit set this elderberry apart. Each golden leaf is finely incised, which makes the plant seem like a giant, to 12', glowing fern, especially when grown in bright shade or partial sun.

Blue ElderNew spring growth is a beautiful coppery-red turning bright yellow. As berry the season progresses, leaves take on shades of limey green. Its dynamic presence brightens a shady corner. Not a pollinizer. It produces red Black berries which should not be eaten raw.

Beauty Sutherland Gold in #E054 Each $16.50; 3 or more $14 each bloom!

USING ELDERBERRIES How To Grow: Shrubs prefer full sun or partial shade and soil with good organic content and drainage. They are prolific, heavy bearing and easy to grow.

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In The Landscape: They make great hedges or accent plants. The hollow stems have many uses including making flutes, popguns and fences. The berries are used in dyes. Birds love them. Two plants provide lots of fruit for a family.

In The Kitchen: The fruit is higher in vitamin C than oranges. Not usually eaten fresh but prized for pies, jellies, tea, soft drinks, champagne and of course wine. Leaves are used in ointments to ease swelling. Elderberry pulp is a natural food coloring. The fruit is an anti-oxidant and anti-carcinogen because of its high content of polyphenols and flavonoids.

GOLDBEERE

Black Beauty

(Sambucus nigra) This unique German selection grows very upright and bears Flowers abundant clusters of striking, large, edible GOLDEN berries, accented by Goldbeere attractive light green foliage. #E031 Each $16.50; 3 or more $14 each.

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SAMBUCUS SYRUP Natures Way Black Elderberry syrup. A winter remedy tested in clinical trials. 4 oz container. #T084 Each $13.50

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Strawberries Grow day neutral Strawberries in a pot

The Best Day Neutrals Everbearing Strawberries are also called “Day Neutral” varieties because they do not depend on day length to initiate flowering. They produce fruit non-stop from June, through summer and fall, all the way up until frost. These incredible producers will reward you with high yields of beautiful, scrumptious strawberries longer than any other types.

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TRI STAR This large, delicious, heavily productive berry is favored as the top variety through much of the nation both for fresh eating and for freezing. A day neutral variety, it bears fruit the first season and produces excellent crops from June until frost. It is so popular that we sell more Tri-Stars than all other berry plants in the catalog combined. USDA Zones 4-10. #E420 Each bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

(Fragaria species) Raintree offers the most flavorful strawberries that are also easy to grow and disease resistant. Don’t expect to find the flavorless commercial varieties here. Instead, choose among luscious June-bearing types and incredibly productive “day neutral” varieties that begin bearing in June and bear heavily from July until fall frosts. We also offer Musk, Lipstick and Alpine strawberries that make great groundcovers. All the varieties we offer are proven in the Pacific Northwest and most of the nation.

PLANT A BIG STRA WBERR Y P ATCH & SA VE STRAWBERR WBERRY PA SAVE Tri-Star, Seascape, Eversweet, Jewel, Earliglo, Shuksan, P. Crimson, P. Summer, Stolo or Benton. (Mix & match) 10 or more bdls of 25 $6.50 each, 25 or more bundles $5 each.

The B est B ackyar dJ une B ear ers Best Backyar ackyard June Bear earers SHUKSAN Tops for both freezing and fresh eating, this flavorful, variety performs consistently in the Northwest, and its winter hardiness makes it a good choice for most of the nation. Plants bear large crops of medium to large, firm, dark red berries in late June every year. A delicious choice for award-winning strawberry shortcake. Zones 6-10. #E410 Each bundle of 25 $9.85; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

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SEASCAPE Each cluster of this highly productive, day neutral variety produces an impressive center berry that is ideal for dipping in chocolate. All up and down the West Coast, backyard strawberry aficionados are raving about its excellent flavor, large size and disease resistance. Plants don’t need much chill to set fruit, so berries ripen early and continue to appear non-stop over a long season, from June to October. Proven successful in California and the Pacific Northwest, it is sure to entice gardeners in other parts of the nation too.

Zone 7-10. #E415 Bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

Outstanding Flavor and Adaptability EVERSWEET This new cultivar is unique in its ability to produce prolific crops of large, intensely delicious berries, even when others fail because of high humidity and scorching temperatures. An ideal selection for the South or for growing in a greenhouse. Drawing rave reviews, Eversweet will defy expectations with non-stop crops of sweet, luscious berries from spring through fall. USDA Zone 6-10. #E417 Bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each (Perfect choice for “All Season Strawberry Planter” shown on pages 11& 91!)

“Tri Stars” are the best strawberry by far for our area. We are enjoying lots of ripe red strawberries every day. Thanks for providing such hearty, healthy stock.

G.M. Myrtle Point OR DAY NEUTRAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant by April 15 to get a good crop the first year. Keep mulched with compost or manure. Plant one foot apart. One method is by poking plants through black plastic. Remove the first blossoms from the day neutrals. Remove the runners during the first season. Pruning off runners will give you larger berries. Keep plants well watered if the summer is dry. Add soil amendments before planting.

If the foliage turns light green in late July and August this probably means your day neutral plants need a small addition of nitrogen to support their continuous bearing habit. The June crop from the day neutrals will be light with small fruit. Expect heavy production from July through the summer and early fall.

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Super easy to grow, this variety tolerates wetter conditions and scoffs at disease problems. In late June, large, flavorful, bright red strawberries offer both wonderful fresh eating and good results for freezing.

Zones 6-10. #E400 Each bundle of 25 $9.85; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

PUGET SUMMER This superior late season strawberry is a great choice for NW backyard growers and market gardeners. Vigorous plants produce good yields of very sweet, full-flavored, large, firm berries with deep red color. Zone 6-10. #E405 Each bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

PUGET CRIMSON Introduced in 2010 by WSU, this late season cultivar has outstanding flavor similiar to Puget Summer but is more productive and maintains larger berries. Zone 6-10. #E406 Each bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

STOLO This vigorous growing late season ripening Ag. Canada introduction is conical shaped and deep red to the core. It resists strawberry root weevils and soil borne diseases. Zone 6-10. #E408 Each bundle of 25 $9.95; 3 or more bundles $8.50 each

EARLIGLO Enjoy success with this highly flavorful, disease resistant, early season strawberry that is particularly useful in the Northeast and upper Midwest where red stele root rot can be a problem. Deep red berries are medium size and very sweet, either eaten fresh or frozen. Zones 5-9. #E402 Each bndl of 25 $9.95; 3+ bdles $8.50 each.

JEWEL Follow up an early season harvest from Earliglo with this highly productive, midlate season strawberry that succeeds reliably in the Northeast and upper Midwest.

Plants are both hardy and drought tolerant, and large, glossy, bright red berries boast both fine flavor and firmness. From Geneva N.Y. PP5897. USDA Zones 5-9. #E404 Bundle of 25 $9.95; 3+ bundles $8.50 each.

ORGANIC CANEBERRY & STRAWBERRY FERTILIZER Help your Raspberries, Blackberries and Strawberries to thrive. Apply 1/2 pound per ten feet of row or ten square feet of bed. Instructions included. 5 lb. bag. #T140 Price $13.95; Any 4 bags of fertilizer $10.50 each. See page 90 for more details.

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Strawberries CAN ALSO Beautify Your Landscape.

Alpine Strawberries A lpine S trawberries (Fragaria vesca) Exceptionally winter hardy plants bear heavily from June through October. Although they produce no runners, plants will reseed to form a dense, edible groundcover.

USDA Zones 3-9.

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Musk Strawberries Astonishingly delicious and highly fragrant, these heirloom strawberries from Italy have fantastic flavor with hints of raspberry and pineapple. The sweet, soft fruits are almost round and smaller than more familiar strawberries, but they send out runners and make a very effective groundcover. Plants produce lightly for the first two or three years, and then become very productive, cropping heavily, though briefly, in June. Raintree now offers American gardeners male musk strawberries, which should increase production of the fruiting cultivars, Profumata and Capron, which generate mostly female flowers. Plant 18" apart. USDA Zones 5-10. 4" pots.

Beautiful, upright plants, about 8" tall, are exceptional additions to the edible landscape, in rockeries, border plantings and other sites where they will fill in and cover an area quickly. The everbearing plants produce ¾”, elongated, red berries with sweet flavor. First cultivated 250 years ago in France, these Alpine natives thrive in either sun or shade. Space one foot apart. 4" pots. #E440 Each $5.50

ALPINE YELLOW The fruity fragrance and sweet flavor of these delicious berries is a scrumptious mixture of strawberry and pineapple. Similar in size and growth habit to red Alpine varieties, these beauties are yellow with brownish seeds when ripe. 4" pots. #E450 Each $5 Buy Any 18, 4" pots…Save $15)

PROFUMATA DI TORTONA Berries are slightly larger than those of Capron. 4" pots. E430 Each $6.50

CAPRON Plants are slightly more productive than Profumata plants, and they also produce a small fall crop. 4" pots. #E435 Each $6.50

MALE MUSK

WHITE ALPINE

Planting one male plant for up to five females will increase fruit harvest substantially. 4"pot. #E432 Each $5.50; #E433 Repeat blooming Russian male. 4” pot. Each $5.50

BLOSSOM BAG Grow hanging strawberries, herbs or flowers. Has 12 holes in the side of each tough plastic bag. 20" long and 5" across when filled. #T221 Package of Two Bags $4.95

ALL SEASON STRAWBERRY PLANTER Grow lots of the best tasting strawberries in a small space.

Tom Wood designed each planter with a full length drip tube inside. Fill a planter with potting soil. Then hook one, or a series of planters to each other and to a garden hose.

Instructions included. Each holds up to 32 plants. #T295 Each 3’ planter $39.95; #T297 5’ tall planter with 96 holes, each $65; #T296 2 lb organic fertilizer each $3; Vegetable planters are listed on page 91!

GROW THE BEST STRAWBERRIES

By Louise Riotte, 31 pages. Learn when, how and where to plant and care for your strawberry plants from this Garden Way booklet. #S200 $3.95

H OW T o Use Strawberries To IN THE KITCHEN: Make jams, jellies, ice cream, pies. Freeze for winter enjoyment.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use in planters, hanging baskets, borders, ground covers, raised beds. Easy to grow for the beginner.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-fertile unless noted.

MIGNONETTE These exceptionally productive plants bear intensely sweet fruit that is large for an alpine type, up to an inch long. You will get plenty for fresh eating, for making delicious pastries as they do in France, or for dropping into glasses of champagne. 4"pots. USDA Zones 3-9. #E445 Each $5 (Buy Any 18, 4" pots…Save $15) (Fragaria vesca var. albocarpa) Unlike other Alpines, this variety produces runners and makes an excellent groundcover or container plant in sun or dappled shade. The 8" tall plants bear a light crop of small, sweet, creamywhite berries from spring till frost. Native to mountainous regions, it is not the best choice for areas with hot, humid summers. USDA Zones 5-10.

4" pots #E444 Each $5 (Buy Any 18, 4" pots…Save $15)

Strawberries For Y our Landscape Your LIPSTICK This outstanding ground cover has lovely bright pink flowers from spring through fall. This beautiful edible ornamental, easily covers a hillside or bed with flowers, beautiful foliage and a small crop of small but tasty strawberries. Hardy to USDA Zones 4-10, they thrive in sun or shade, spreading rapidly by runners.

Space 1-1/2' apart. 4" pots. #E463 Each $4.50

WILD STRAWBERRY (Fragaria chiloensis) Our Northwest native groundcover makes a lush compact mat with white flowers but not many berries.. Foliage is green, tinged with red in the fall. Full sun or partial shade. Zones 5-9. 4" pots. #E443 Each $4.50

HARDINESS: Our June bearers are hardy to -15° F. Tri Star, Lipstick and Alpine strawberries are hardy to at least -30° F. SUN OR SHADE: Full sun unless noted.

SPACING: 12” apart; in rows 18” apart.

RIPENING: “June” bearers in June through July; day neutrals from June though early fall.

PROPAGATION: Seeds or runners.

FRUITING LIFE OF THE PLANT: 2-3 years (Best to replant day neutrals after 2 years.) Alpines, musks and Lipstick last many years.

YIELD: 1/2-1lb. per plant.

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Raspberries Are So Expensive

Raspberries Everbearing Raspberries Need N oT No Trrellis

SAVE ON SHIPPING: If your entire order is small bare root plants like gooseberries, currants, raspberries, strawberries, grapes and Meeker others. Call us or order online!

(Rubus idaeus) The best way to have an abundance of raspberries is to grow them yourself. Raspberries are easy to grow, and the rewards of growing them at home range from enormous cost savings to improved health. Freshly picked, ripe raspberries are among the most delicious culinary treats available. Plant 10 to 20 plants to start your own backyard patch. USDA Zones 5-9 unless noted. We offer stocky well-rooted virus-free plants.

July Bear ers with Gr eat Flavor Bearers Great TULAMEEN This extraordinary introduction from British Columbia produces enormous, light red, aromatic fruit with a wonderful flavor.

Besides berries that are 25% bigger than Meeker, Tulameen uniquely extends the summer raspberry season through July and August, producing for up to 50 days. It is a great find for backyard growers who can provide well drained soil. USDA Zones 69. #E391 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50 Three or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

Everbearing raspberries, also called primocanes, produce fruit on one and two year old canes, so instead of trellising, cut canes a few inches above the ground each winter. Starting the following August and continuing until frost, plants will produce crops of delicious fruit each year, even the first season.

AUTUMN BRITTEN A very flavorful and particularly early everbearing red raspberry, Autumn Britten thrives in the Pacific Northwest and is rated as the best raspberry for the upper Midwest. Plants bear large crops of big, exceptionally flavorful, firm, red berries that start ripening before Caroline and a month before Heritage and continue through fall. It is both Northern cold hardy and tolerant of heat in the South. #E335 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg

CAROLINE

MEEKER For many years, this very productive, easy-to-grow, late season variety has set the standard in our region for raspberry flavor that is equally good for fresh eating, freezing and juice. Plants produce manageable canes and a bountiful harvest each July. Eat plenty for high quantities of cancer-fighting Ellagitannin. Botrytis resistant. Zones 6-9. #E381 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $16.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $13.50 each pkg.

CASCADE DELIGHT Because Cascade Delight shows outstanding resistance to root rot, it will thrive in wetter gardens where other varieties have failed. Similar in season and productivity to Tulameen, this variety boasts big, firm, delicious berries. Expect a heavy yield of berries with an intense, traditional raspberry flavor, beginning in July and continuing for a month or more. US Patent applied for. Zones 6-9. #E325 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

Resistant Cultivars Fr om British Columbia From Introducing two new cultivars for the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia.

Both are resistant to root rot and to the raspberry aphid that transmits mosiac virus.

Both are upright and high yielding with firm flavorful fruit.

RUDI BERRY A dark red berry, ripening a week before Meeker. #E372 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

UKEE Ripens with Meeker. Fruit is light red. Also resists bushy dwarf virus. Short for ucluclet the name translates to ; “the people with the safe landing place.” #E393 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

Vigorous and full of healthful nutrients and antioxidants, this heavy yielding, red raspberry produces loads of delicious fruit on primocanes from late August until fall. Proven successful from coast to coast, Caroline responds well to April Doolittle smiles at the perfectly aligned warm summer temperatures by everbearing raspberries (she got plants from ripening earlier. The delicious fruit Raintree) on her son Peter’s wedding cake. is large, red and firm. (PP# 10412) #E320 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; 3 or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

ROSANNA The sweet, superb flavor of this raspberry from Italy has been compared to raspberry candy and generated tremendous excitement. An abundant harvest of big, bright red berries ripens on 5’ tall canes in July. In warm climates, prune plants as everbearers, cutting canes a few inches above ground, and they will also set a fall crop. 4"pot. #E3614 Each $5.50

POLKA This new everbearing red raspberry from Poland is famous for its excellent sweet flavor, heavy yields, firmness, disease resistance and vigorous upright growing habit which make it easy to grow successfully over a wide range of climates in Europe and the U.S. Its fall crop ripens early, substantially extending the harvest season. Favored for fresh eating and freezing. One of the best raspberry introductions in recent years! USDA Zones 4-9. #E367 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; Three or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

ANNE A New Golden Prize! The exquisite flavor of this beautiful, golden fruit has hints of apricot, making this primocane raspberry a special treat. Fruit ripens August through frost. Anne’s very productive and root rot resistant! #E355 Each $4.50; Pkg of 5 $18.50; Three or more pkgs of 5; $15 each pkg.

Caroline, Meeker Highest Rated for Health

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Raspberries (as well as blueberries and black currants) contain especially high levels of antioxidants, which are known cancer-fighting agents. Caroline contains about 50% more antioxidants than other raspberry varieties, Caroline was also found to be 20-44% higher in beta-carotene, 27 to 43% higher in vitamin A, 16 to 77% higher in vitamin E and 25 to 48% higher in vitamin C according to The Ohio State University studies. Recent clinical tests conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina and dozens of other prestigious research centers, have shown that Ellagitannin, a phytochemical found naturally in high quantities in raspberries, can help prevent cancer and inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Meeker was found to be the best source of this health-promoting element.

At The Store & So Good Fresh Off The Bush!

Gr oundcover Raspberries for Norther n Gr owers Groundcover Northern Growers

ALL FIELD BERRY

It is easy to make a raspberry trellis. See page 88 for instructions.

Black Raspberries are rated 11% higher in anti oxidants than blueberries.

They rate very high in anthocyanin and vitamins A, C, E and folic acid.

Rooting for the Purple and Black JEWEL BLACK Large, glossy black raspberries boast a flavor that is richer than that of the red and yellow types, so they are delicious eaten out of hand and they make outstanding preserves and pies. Bushes are larger than other types too, as well as vigorous and highly productive. Each will grow to 7' tall and will bend over and root at the tips. To prevent this, pinch or prune the tips each summer when they reach 5' tall. Although many blacks are considered more disease prone than reds, Jewel is quite disease resistant.

Space plants about 3' apart. USDA Zones 4-8. Prohibited to CA. #E364R Each $5.50; Package of 5 $22.50

ROYALTY PURPLE The large fruit of this highly vigorous, productive purple raspberry from New York state offers a unique, delicious, sweet flavor and aroma. When ripe, berries turn from red to purple. USDA Zones 4-8. (Prohibited OR & CA) #E397 Each $4.50; Package of 5 $18.50

Berries, Rasp & Black 31 pages. Learn how to grow and prune them. #S040 $3.95

(Rubus articus x stellarticus) Rarely seen in the United States, these super hardy groundcover raspberries were developed in Sweden. Thick raspberry foliage grows only one foot tall each spring and dies completely back to the ground each winter, only to resprout vigorously from the roots the next spring. Therefore, the potted plants which we offer may be without top foliage if purchased in winter. The pink fragrant flowers and juicy, delicious bright aromatic berries add to its landscape attraction. The fruit ripens over about 6 weeks starting in July and looks ripe before it is ready to pick! Wait until it separates easily from the plant to harvest.

The plants are fully hardy since they are a hybrid of Alaskan and Swedish arctic raspberries. They appreciate a well drained soil and full sun. Plant at 1'-2' spacing and weed and water well to get the plants established. It will take 3 years to start fruiting. Plant two varieties for pollination. Both varieties are very similar. #G220A Anna Each $7.50; #G220B Beta Each $7.50

NAGOON BERRY Because of their excellent flavor, Nagoon berries are a favorite for eating fresh, making jelly or wine. They are closely related to R. articus and considered to be a form of that species. The spineless groundcover grows to six inches tall. The plant has attractive pink flowers and produces small, very flavorful, red, raspberry like fruit ripe in August. The flowers are either male or female with both sexes eventually present in the same plant. Grow in a good welldrained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. This plant is smaller than R. articus and has smaller fruits. These plants were collected near Juneau, Alaska. #G223 Each $7.50

How To Use Raspberries IN THE KITCHEN: Eat fresh. Make pies, tarts, jams, jellies, vinegars.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use for hedges or fence rows. The colorful berries beautify your landscape and fruit salads. Try 3 everbearing plants in a large pot on your deck.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-pollinating.

SIZE AT MATURITY: 4-6 ft.

HARDINESS: Hardy to at least -20° F, depending on variety. Everbearers are hardy in most of the nation if cut to the ground each fall and mulched. USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted.

SUN: Full sun.

SPACING: 20" between plants in rows 5 feet apart.

PROPAGATION: Cutting or digging up plants that come up from the roots outside of the established rows.

FRUITFUL LIFE: Replace every 10-15 years as they decline in productivity.

BEARING AGE: 1-2 years. YIELD: Up to 2 lbs. per foot of row.

Native Berry Bushes THIMBLEBERRY (Rubus parviflorus) This Northwest native, related to the raspberry, produces small, bright red fruit shaped like the top of a thimble. In spring, white, 1" fragrant flowers appear on the erect, thornless 4-6’ bush, and in summer the harvest of rich, tangy fruit arrives.

Plants thrive in full or partial shade. USDA Zones 4-9. #E305 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10 each

How To Grow

SALMONBERRY (Rubus spectabilis) Loads of beautiful pink flowers ripen into golden fruit earlier than any other berries in Pacific Northwest forests. The fruit, which resembles raspberries, is very mild, but passing hikers and birds enjoy it. Grow the 6’ tall and wide bushes (not canes) in partial shade or full sun. Watch out for prickly stems.

Hardy to USDA Zone 4-9. #E310 Each $11.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

RUBUS LINEATUS An attractive Himalayan native, these rare, 5' tall bushes have beautiful glossy palmate leaves and produce small tasty red fruit.

USDA Zones 8-10.

4” pot #E315 Each $8.50

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Lots of organic matter and good drainage.

They cannot take wet feet. If you have wet ground, plant them on a mound, 18" above the water table. Cascade Delight, Ukee, Rudi, Anne and Autumn Brittan do better than the others on wetter sites.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant with well rotted manure and fertilize the following spring with more manure. Provide adequate moisture during the growing season.

Pruning July bearers: Prune out second year canes in the fall after they are through fruiting. Don’t prune out new shoots since they will produce fruit the following year. Raspberries make excellent hedges or fence rows and benefit from trellising (see page 88 for instructions).

Pruning “Everbearers”: Caroline, Autumn Britten, Polka, Rosanna and Anne bear on one and two year old wood. Prune or mow the canes each winter to get a free standing fall crop without using a trellis. Or prune like a July bearer and get a July and a fall crop.

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Blackberries (Rubus species) Why grow blackberries when they grow wild along roadways and paths? The cultivated varieties we offer are easy to grow, they produce reliably huge loads of fruit and they have delicious differences in flavor. Not only that, but we have many varieties without thorns! Raintree offers one-year, well-rooted vines that will grow rapidly. Unless stated, they may be bare root or potted plants. Blackberries are prohibited to HI.

F reestanding! N o S upport N eeded No Support Needed

Support N eeded T o E at T hem A ll Needed To Eat Them All TRIPLE CROWN THORNLESS This cultivar can produce 30 pounds of large, very sweet, shiny blackberries per plant, making it, with Chester, by far the most productive. Fruit has superb flavor both eaten fresh and used to make jelly, toppings or juice.

Vigorous canes, up to 2" in diameter and 15’ long, thrive in areas of the country too cold for other blackberries and produce huge crops in July and early August. Grow it as a vining blackberry at 8’ spacing, or for those with less space, cut new canes the first summer at 6' tall and snip the laterals back to 2’ long in winter.

With this method, use a 3’ spacing and a top wire to tie the upright canes. USDA Zones 5-9. In 4” pots. #E588 Each $5.95

CHESTER THORNLESS To extend the harvest, plant Chester, which starts its huge production right when Triple Triple Crown Thornless Crown leaves off. Very large, flavorful berries start ripening in August and an extremely heavy production continues all the way until frost. Very similar to Triple Crown, fruit is borne on vigorous, thornless canes that resist cane blight. Unusually versatile, plants do well in cooler and warmer summer areas, where berries stay firm even in the heat. USDA Zones 5-9. In 4” pots. #E525 Each $5.95

Blackberry Revolution...Harvest the First Y ear!

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Unlike other blackberries, this unique upright, free standing “primocane” blackberry bears ON FIRST YEAR CANES, like everbearing raspberries do. Allow the blackberries to grow for a season. Then each winter, cut the canes just above the ground and allow them to grow back. In September through the fall, simply harvest the fruit or, if you wish, like with raspberries, you can allow the canes to grow for a second year and they will also produce a crop in July.

Prime Ark thrives in the Pacific NW and as far north as central Minnesota and New York. It is a low chill selection, however it doesn’t produce well in places like the deep South, where summer temperatures are consistently above 90°F. Plants are hardy in the winter to 10°F or below zero if cut back to the ground and

How To Use Blackberries IN THE KITCHEN: Make cobblers, pancakes, pies, mousses, sauces and of course, jams, jellies and wine.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a barrier hedge; trellised on a fence. Grow the freestanding cultivars in a pot.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-pollinating, except for Cascade Trailing. Note: It has been discovered that ORUS 1843, offered two seasons ago and thought to be self fertile, needs another cultivar as a pollinizer.

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Now grow loads of delicious, thornless blackberries easily either with or without a trellis. These large, round berries are scrumptious, juicy and abundant. Plant them 2-3’ apart for an edible hedge. To grow them as freestanding plants, allow the erect thornless cane to reach 4’ tall in the summer, then tip it back to encourage fruiting laterals. The following spring, tip the laterals back at 2’ lengths and watch the luscious fruit form.

In winter, simply cut out canes that have finished fruiting, and get ready for your next crop. Fruit grows on canes that grew the previous season. USDA Zones 6-9. All are patented from the University of Arkansas.

ARAPAHO THORNLESS Arapaho produces large crops of sweet, flavorful fruit for a month beginning in mid-June on upright, thornless plants. In 4" pots. #E500

Each $5.95

APACHE THORNLESS This newest upright, thornless selection produces a heavy load of large, flavorful fruit that ripens in late June. 4” pots. #E505 Each $5.95

Apache

CHICKASAW This highly productive variety will bear huge quantities of very large, very flavorful blackberries. Freestanding plants have thorns, but make a nice hedge when planted about 3' apart. USDA Zones 5-10. In 4"pots. #E527 Each $5.95 heavily mulched. It is patented by U. of Arkansas breeder Dr. James Moore. The large, very sweet berries ripen in June or July, 4 days after Prime Jim and again in September, two weeks after Prime Jim.

Blackberries have just become a lot easier to grow!

PRIME ARK® 45 This is a self fertile second generation cultivar, larger, more flavorful and productive than Prime Jan or Prime Jim. USDA Zones 6-9. Self fertile. 4” pots. #E570 Each $5.95

HARDINESS: (See varietal descriptions) A way to make all varieties much hardier is to lay the canes on the ground and cover them in late fall with soil, snow or a thick mulch. Uncover them in the early spring.

HARVEST TIME: August through September, Chester through October.

PROPAGATION: Cuttings, tip layering.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 6 to 25 years BEARING AGE: 2 years; Prime Ark 1 year.

PLANT SPACING: Each variety differs in vigor. Plant 6-8’ apart unless otherwise noted.

Boysen 5'; Tayberry 4'. All vines can be tied to a trellis. All except Tay can also be wrapped around a wire.

EXPOSURE: Sun or partial shade.

YIELD: 10-30 pounds per plant.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Wide range of soils.

Will tolerate some poor drainage.

PESTS AND DISEASES: Few. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Prune out all canes in the autumn after they bear fruit.

Blackberries, except Prime Ark bears only on last year’s growth. Train on wires or fences, except the free standing cultivars.

TRAINING: Keep the canes off the ground to make care easier. Keep the new vines and the two year old bearing vines separate so you can prune off and remove them after they bear. See owner’s manual that comes with each order.

Each Cultivar Has a Unique & Delicious Flavor!

Early Ripeners

Mid Season Ripeners

Boysenberry Marionberry Obsidian Apache Loganberry Arapaho Silvan Ouachita Wild Treasure Black Diamond

Tayberry Chickasaw Cascade Trailing Cascade Triple Crown

Late Ripeners Loch Ness Prime Ark 45 Chester

Delicious Raspberry/Blackberry Cr osses Crosses BOYSENBERRY A distinctly tart, juicy cross between blackberry and red raspberry, these large, red-black berries mature at up to 2" long. The harvest of delicious, aromatic fruit continues to ripen for up to two months. Try eating them fresh with cream or baking into a spectacular pie—exceptional. Trellis the trailing, vigorous canes. USDA Zones 6-10. 4” pots #E510 Each $6.50

THORNLESS LOGANBERRY The thornless Logan is thought to be a wild cross between a blackberry and a red raspberry. Plants are only about half as productive as either Marionberry or Tayberry. The large, flavorful fruit has a unique quality that is highly prized. Many people prefer the flavor to all others. USDA Zones 6-10. 4” pots. #E560 Each $6.50

A T rio with Delicious Marion Flavor Trio BLACK DIAMOND THORNLESS (NZ9128-R) This new thornless selection was bred in New Zealand and introduced by Oregon State University in 2005. It is disease resistant, easy to grow, very productive and firm and is prized for making jams. It has Marionberry like flavor but with larger, firmer and of course thornless berries. Harvest for up to a month each July. USDA Zones 6-9.

In 4"pots. #E573 Each $5.95

MARIONBERRY Although thorny, Marionberry has such an incredible, rich flavor that many people prefer it to any other berry for eating out of hand and for making superb pies, jellies or juices.

Plants consistently produce heavy crops of high quality fruit starting in July and continuing for several weeks.

Zones 7-9. 4"pots #E572 Each $5.95

SILVAN Plant Silvan for its deliciously sweet Marionberry-like flavor. Harvest a profusion of firm flavorful berries two weeks before Marion is ready and enjoy production for up to two months. Silvan is also somewhat hardier than Marion. USDA Zones 7-9. 4” pots. #E583 Each $5.95

Start Your Blackberry Season Early OBSIDIAN Pacific Northwest berry breeders developed this bright black, early season wonder. The heavy yielding cultivar has delicious Marionberry flavor but is hardier than Marion. Start picking very large, ripe fruit from thorny plants as early as mid-July. Also an excellent choice for machine harvesting.

USDA Zones 7-9. In 4"pots. #E556 Each $5.95

Wild B erries T amed Berries Tamed CASCADE TRAILING (Rubus ursinus) Every summer from Alaska to Northern California, fruit lovers in the know pick and trip over these sweet, especially tasty, native trailing blackberries. We offer a selection found in the wild that is among the biggest and sweetest ever found, although still small. Grow them on a trellis, so they won’t be underfoot and so you can pick lots of fruit which is otherwise only available in the wild and fetches a very high price! We offer female plants that need to be pollinized. Unless you have a wild trailing male in the neighborhood, also plant Tayberry or Cascade. USDA Zones 7-9.

4" pots. #E520 Each $9.50

CASCADE Thought to be a cross between Loganberry and wild Cascade trailing blackberry (which it will pollinate), this berry was a very popular backyard crop 40 years ago, but it has long since been unavailable. Many still ask for it, because of an unmatched wild trailing blackberry flavor, higher productivity. and much larger size. Fruit ripens in July. USDA Zones 7-9. 4 inch pots. #E515 Each $7.50

WILD TREASURE THORNLESS An incredible find from Oregon State University researchers: the wild meets the thornless. This first generation cross between the wild Cascade trailing blackberry and the thornless Waldo blackberry combines the best qualities of both. Berries, which are smaller than Waldo’s but bigger than Cascade’s, are so sweet, delicious and numerous that they have amazed and won every tasting panel. The selffertile, early ripening plants are vigorous, disease tolerant and thornless. Wild Treasure will make a winning addition to the garden, its fruit prized for fresh eating and baking.

Zones 7-9. In 4" pots. #E545 Each $7.50

Gr eat Scots!

Great Some of the most productive and delicious blackberries were developed in the cool climate of the Scottish Crops Research Institute in Invergowrie. They have proven widely adaptable in the U.S.

TAYBERRY This heavy-bearing backyard winner, a cross between blackberry and raspberry, was developed in Scotland. Vigorous, arching, thorny canes produce large, flavorful berries that are very long, narrow and reddish black when ripe. Tayberry can be grown in a sprawling clump, like a black raspberry. USDA Zones 5-9. In 4” pots. #E585 Each $5.95

Tayberry

LOCH NESS

Lochness Try this new, richly tart, thornless Scottish blackberry for its monstrously large, shiny black fruit. Semi-erect canes are highly productive and can be grown like raspberries, with little support. Space canes 6' apart. Expect a big crop of fruit that ripens late for a blackberry, in August and September complementing the earlier varieties.

USDA Zones 5-9. In 4” pots. #E550 Each $5.95 #E550R bareroot Each $5.95

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Gooseberries

(Ribes hirtellum) Gooseberries, highly prized in Europe as an important part of a well-rounded garden, have been sadly neglected in America, perhaps because people remember gooseberries as tart and mouth Achilles puckering. But sweet varieties are wonderful for fresh eating, and Raintree offers outstanding Canadian and European cultivars not usually available in the U.S. Gooseberries generally ripen in July. They grow slowly at the nursery. We offer well-rooted, one-year bushes. USDA Zones 3-8.

N ew F ngland Frrom E England INVICTA A new mildew resistant selection from the Malling Research Station. An easy to grow winner for the organic garden. It produces heavy yields early in its life, of flavorful large green fruit that hang in heavy clusters down the length of the branch. A well shaped bush. Excellent for pies, jam or freezing. #E650 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each; 10 or more $7 each

BLACK VELVET This new gooseberry cultivar produces large crops of sweet dark red fruit with an interesting hint of blueberry flavor.

The hardy, disease resistant bushes are very easy to grow and tremendously productive in even the coldest parts of the nation. #E605 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each; 10 or more $6.50 each.

GOOSEBERRY JAM Discover why the English are raving? #W150 8 oz. $4.85

First Place Finnish LEEPARED This heavy bearing Finnish variety is very mildew resistant and therefore makes a care free attractive plant. The medium size berries have a rich tart flavor favored for pies and jams. #E660 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

HINNOMAKI YELLOW Outstanding aromatic flavor distinguishes this variety. The medium size, sweet yellow-green berry has a luscious aftertaste reminiscent of apricot. The bush is low growing with a spreading habit. Fruit ripens in mid-July. It is somewhat mildew resistant. #E640 Each $11:50; 3 or more $8.50 each.

POORMAN This is a highly flavored, sweet table variety which can be eaten out of hand. The berries are green but turn red when ripe. One of the best American gooseberries. #E670 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each; 10 or more $5 each

Poorman

Resistant Canadian Cultivars CAPTIVATOR Large teardrop shaped fruit, that is pink and sweet when ripe. Foliage turns yellow in the fall. Mildew resistant and very hardy. A cross of European and American species that is nearly thornless and easy to pick and grow. Bred in Ottawa in 1935. #E610 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each; 10 + $5 each.

CANADA 0273 This medium size red skinned pear shaped gooseberry has very good flavor.

The bush is less thorny than others and mildew resistant. It is from Ottawa Canada. #E607 Each $8.50

Mor e Resistant Cultivars More PIXWELL Unlike most gooseberries, Pixwell has very few thorns, making the harvest of its tart, abundant pink berries less of an adventure and more of a pleasure. It is mildew resistant and has purple fall leaf color. The tart berries are great for pies and jams! Zones 3-8. #E675 Each $7.50; 3 or more $5 each; 10 or more $3.75 each

GLENNDALE Bred by the USDA in 1932 for growers at the extreme Southern limit of gooseberry culture. An American X European, it is mildew resistant and tolerates heat and humidity better than other cultivars. A vigorous upright bush produces quantities of small tasty dark red berries. USDA Zones 4-8. #E643 Each $13.50; Limit one.

AMISH RED

HINNOMAKI RED Of Finnish origin, it has outstanding flavor. The skin is tangy while the flesh is very sweet. Plants are productive with dark red medium sized fruit on an upright plant. It begins fruiting in the planting year and has good mildew resistance. A favorite with home gardeners. #E639 Each $11.50

ACHILLES An old English variety noted for large, elliptical, sweet red fruit. It ripens a couple of weeks later than the others, extending the season. The bush has a spreading habit.

Unripe fruit is used for compote; ripe fruit for fresh eating, jams and preserving. #E603 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each.

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JEANNE

Jeanne is a sweet full flavored, very productive new dark red dessert gooseberry with multiple disease resistance. It is the most resistant to powdery mildew of any cultivar and is also very resistant to White Pine Blister rust. It shows less defoliation from sawfly than do other gooseberry cultivars. Jeanne ripens and blooms late, a week or two after Invicta.

The bush is upright and grows to about 3' tall.This cross of American and European gooseberries is excellent for both home and commercial plantings. Introduced in 2006 by the USDA Germplasm Repository in Corvallis OR. #E646 Each $16.50 Limit 1.

A vigorous growing large sweet red gooseberry with delicious flavor. From an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania! #E600 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

RED GEORGE Enjoy large crops of flavorful, dark red fruit that is almost black when ripe. A disease resistant, compact bush. #E677 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each CURRANT & GOOSEBERRY RESTRICTIONS Note: State laws prohibit our shipping red and white Currants or Gooseberries to DE, ME, NC, NJ, RI, WV and MA., except by permit in certain towns. Black Currants may not be sent to the states mentioned above, as well as Rhode Island. Only rust resistant varieties may go to OH &, MI. If you live in one of these states and believe your area may be exempt, please send us documentation from your state Dept. of Agriculture with your order.

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Currants

(Ribes species) Although not well known to American gardeners, the pleasant, sweettart taste of currants has been cherished for many years in Europe, often used for jam, strudel and syrup. Deciduous currant bushes add upright structure (4-5’ tall) with fine texture to naturalistic plantings or mixed hedges, and they blend nicely with evergreen shrubs. The dense plants attract nesting birds, the flowers are favored by hummingbirds, and the fruit draws robins and thrushes. We offer well-rooted bushes.

Red Currants

Jhonkeer Red Currants

Red currants are among the most beautiful of edible ornamentals. Attractive fruit and foliage and resistance to mildew and leaf spot make our red currant selections favorites for the edible landscape. Bright, shiny, red clusters of fruit are striking in the garden and they enhance any dish to which they are added. High quality fruit is excellent for jams, jellies and sauces, and it has considerable health benefits, including high quantities of vitamin C and potassium.

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How to Use Gooseberries IN THE KITCHEN: Use to make jam, jelly, pudding, vinegar and sauce for fish or meat dishes. One reason that gooseberries are so good in cooking is that even the sweet fleshed varieties have a sour skin; making an interesting combination of flavors.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use in foundation plantings, under spreading trees, borders or short barrier hedges. (Gooseberries have thorns!)

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-pollinating.

SIZE & SPACING: 3-4 ft.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 3-8.

SUN: Full sun, but can tolerate semi-shade.

PROPAGATION: Cuttings taken in the fall.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15-30 years YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2 years YIELD: Up to 8 to 10 pounds per bush.

This red currant selection from Holland is a heavy producer of large dark red, fine flavored fruit. It is mildew and aphid resistant. Considered by many to be the best flavored red currant variety in the world, it is not at its best in a cool maritime climate. #E760 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each; 10 or more $7.50 each.

MINNESOTA 52 Upright bushes produce large, mid-season crops of flavorful medium-red currants. #E768 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

ROSETTA Jhonkeer is a parent of this extremely productive new Dutch variety. Fruit is excellent for cooking. The large fruit covers the bush, hanging in huge, glowing red clusters. USDA Zones 3-8. #E765 Each $13.50; 3 or more $11.50 each

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Good loam, can Leepared tolerate sandy or heavy soils, but must be well drained.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant with peat, mulch well and water during arid summers. Mildew can be a problem on susceptible varieties. Sulfur can defoliate the plants. Baking soda mixed with spray oil sprayed every two weeks can work. Currant worms can defoliate bushes. Use BT or Safer soap. Gooseberries grow best in cool summer areas.

PRUNING: Prune annually to maintain large berry size. Cut out wood more than 3 years old; leave 6-8 canes.You can also train any currants or gooseberries to an attractive fan shape or cordon.

Northwest Native Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) These beautiful bushes and the hummingbirds they attract are one way many gardeners measure the start of spring. The drooping flower clusters lend an elegant beauty to the early springtime, growing on a bush that reaches 8' in height. Dark blue berries are small and will be eaten by the birds. USDA Zones 7-9. (Prohibitions are the same as black currants. See page 16)

RED LAKE Excellent for both home and commercial use.

The fruit is large, juicy, flavorful and ripens during the mid to late season. Canes are vigorous and resistant to powdery mildew. #E762 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

CASCADE A consistent, easy to grow, proven winner in the Northwest. Because of its bumper crops of large sweet, beautiful red fruit, it may need to be staked.

Like our other currants, it is very winter hardy. #E785 Each $13.50; 3 or more $11.50 each

PULSBOROUGH SCARLET This ornamental red flowering currant is an upright grower with long clusters of beautiful red flowers. #E753 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

How To Use Currants

Useful Facts

How To Grow

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a foundation planting, in containers, espaliers, in the perennial borders or in hedges.

IN THE KITCHEN: Red and white currants are prized in jams, jellies and streudels. Black currants, in juices, syrups, jellies and liqueurs. Currants are not usually eaten fresh!

POLLINATION: Red and white currants are self-fertile, black currants partially self-fertile.

PLANT SPACING: 4 feet apart.

SIZE AT MATURITY: 3-5 feet tall.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 3-8 EXPOSURE: Sun or partial shade.

ORIGIN: Europe.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: Two. RIPENING: Late June, early July.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15 to 30 years.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH of 5 to 7, prefers good garden loam but will tolerate heavy or sandy soils.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Mulch with manure or compost, apply nitrogen sparingly. Requires annual pruning of old canes. Fruit is born on new wood. Currants grow best in cool summer areas.

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Black Currants

Black currants have outstanding health benefits, including high Vitamin C content, up to 5 times that of oranges by weight. They have twice the potassium of bananas and twice the antioxidants of blueberries. The antioxidants, essential fatty acids and potassium in black currants have antiinflammatory impact, reducing the effects of arthritis. It’s anti-oxidant action, has been shown to help prevent cancer. The strong flavor of Black Currants is highly prized in Europe, even fresh, but most Americans prefer them made into jam, syrup or dried as raisins. Partially self fertile plants produce best with another variety for cross-pollinization. We offer the American gardner many of the finest new and old selections from all over Europe. Bushes will grow to 45’ tall. We offer well rooted one year bushes. USDA Zones 3-8.

Outstanding Cultivars fr om Easter n Eur ope from Eastern Europe MINAJ SMYRIOU A very cold hardy highly productive early season mildew and white pine blister rust resistant cultivar. It grows quickly to 5’ tall and produces bountiful clusters of large black currants good dried or for cooking. #E725 Each $13.50

English Winners fr om Acr oss the Pond from Across HILLTOP BALDWIN Rated the best variety for making jelly from 70 varieties tested at the WSU experiment station in Puyallup, WA, Hilltop Baldwin is a legendary English favorite. It bears a heavy crop of fruit with a sweet, black currant flavor and the highest Vitamin C content. #E750 $13.50

CHAMPION A vigorous upright, mildew resistant, very productive bush with late season ripening, very good quality fruit. Brought from England to the U.S. in 1897. #E703 Each $11.50

GREEN’S BLACK This productive English cultivar fruits on long clusters that ripen mid-season. It's balance of sweet/tart flavors rank it at the top. #E712 Each $11.50

BELARUSKAJA SLADKAJA An exciting cultivar from Belarus recommended by horticulturist Lee Reich from New York. It’s a cross of R. nigrum X ridikuscha. It’s productive and easy to grow, with sweet flavorful fruit. #E720 Each $13.50

HILL’S KIEV SELECT A seedling selection of the Ukrainian cultivar “cheryeshnava”. A heavily productive bush with large berries of excellent flavor. It is a cross of several currant species and produces the best tasting juice and jelly. Raintree brought seeds from Kiev. We sent seedlings to famed horticulturist Lewis Hill in Vermont who selected this plant as his favorite. #E717 Each $16.50; Limit one!

Gr ower Friendly Scotish V arieties Grower Varieties BEN SAREK The Scottish Crop Research Institute has created this compact, frost resistant cultivar for the backyard grower. The highly mildew and somewhat rust resistant bush is easily maintained at 3' tall with 3' spacing. It is consistently so loaded with large, flavorful shiny fruit that branches may need support and can be shaken to harvest the crop. Self fertile. #E716 Each $11.50

BEN MORE Strong upright branches support the very large crops. Large fruit of excellent flavor, ripens evenly. It’s late flowering often avoids spring frosts. Mildew resistant. #E715 Each $11.50, 3 or more 8.50 each

BEN LOMOND The most popular commercial variety in Scotland. It is a very heavy producer with the traditional strong pungent flavor. The “Ben” series, named after the mountains of Scotland are among the easiest to grow and highest quality black currants in the world. This bush is compact, upright to 5' tall and easy to grow and prune. Rated very high in both Vitimin C and anthocyanins. Ripens mid July. #E714 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

MAGNUS A reliable producer with a strong black currant flavor and an upright habit. Its the leading cultivar in New Zealand but reportedly doesn’t set well in colder climates. #E724 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

SWEDISH BLACK A fruitful mildew resistant, hardy cultivar with a vigorous, spreading habit and flavorful medium size fruit. #E734 Each $11.50

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MENDIP CROSS A British 1920 hybrid, Baldwin X Boskoop. Vigorous bushes bear large sweet fruit prolifically for many weeks starting in early season. #E723 Each $11.50

WELLINGTON XXX A heavy yielding early/mid-season English cultivar providing large fruit of excellent quality and flavour. A vigorous grower, with a spreading habit.

Introduced in 1927. # E719 Each $11.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

BLACKDOWN (Baldwin x Broadtorp) A taste British favorite and easy to pick. It is a large spreading mildew resistant bush with large firm berries. #E710 Each $11.50 3 or more $9.50 each

Dutch Horticulturists Fancy These BOSKOOP GIANT Originating in Holland before 1885, the very large, sweet fruits are first to ripen. Vigorous bushes are moderate croppers, resist mildew but aren’t frost resistant in some areas. #E705 Each $11.50

BLACK REWARD From the Netherlands and among the best flavored, Large bushes produce heavy crops of large berries. It flowers late and is a consistent producer. #E711 Each $11.50

TSEMA A compact black currant bush from the Netherlands that is highly mildew resistant and very productive. #E755 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

RISAGER A very promising new high yielding mildew, rust and leaf spot resistant cultivar from the Netherlands. #E736 Each $13.50

MOPSY A large productive cultivar with good flavor that ripens early in the season and is grown commercially in Oregon. #E726 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

VIOLA A European cultivar that is a heavy mid-season bearer with a rich flavor. #E737 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

SEPTEMBER BLACK An old European late season cultivar. The fruit is large and firm with a mild flavor. Bushes are productive. #E718 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 Each

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A Currant For All Seasons Y ellow F lower ed C love C urrant Flower lowered Clove Currant CRANDALL (Ribes odoratum) The most ornamental and the sweetest in flavor of all the black currants. It has clove scented yellow flowers early in spring on a spreading 3-4' bush and makes a beautiful edible hedge.

The gooseberry shaped leaves turn brilliant red and yellow in the late summer and fall. The fruit is large for a currant and round, with a nice sweet flavor (without the black currant aftertaste). It makes a much milder jam, syrup or raisin than other black currants. This mid-western native is rust resistant and easy to grow. #E700 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8.50 each

White & Pink Currants White currants are rarely available. Their hardiness and growth habit is like their red cousins. They are very productive and high in Vitamin C. Bushes grow to 5’ tall. USDA Zones 4-9.

PRIMUS WHITE This cultivar from Slovakia is grown for its sweeter flavor, frost and mildew resistance.

This compact bush produces large strings of fruit in midseason, used for cooking, wine and juice. #E795 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

BLANCA WHITE Blanca is very productive and is used for winemaking, juice, and for fresh eating. It has a vigorous, spreading growth habit and produces fruit at midseason. #E792 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

PINK CHAMPAGNE Long clusters of pink fruit adorn this beautiful bush. A productive, white pine rust resistant, upright grower. Use like a red currant. #E787 Each $11.50; 3 or more $8.50 each

Currants Cr oss Gooseberries Cross JOSTABERRY A cross between a black currant and a gooseberry. Jostaberries have the vigorous growth habit, the high vitamin C content and the disease resistance of the black currant. The leaves are gooseberry-like and the fruit, until it is ripe, looks like a gooseberry. As it ripens in late June, the elongated berries turn almost black. The flavor is sweet like a ripe gooseberry with just a pleasing hint of the stronger currant flavor.

Jostaberries are ornamental, thornless and easy to grow. They are resistant to both powdery mildew and white pine blister rust. Bushes should be pruned like a gooseberry. Jostaberries make a great tasting jam. #E770 Each $11.50; 3 or more $9 .50 each; 10 or more $7.75 each

ORUS 8 Another cross between a black currant and a gooseberry. Mildew and aphid resistant bushes are very productive, upright with some thorns. Fruit is round, medium size, dark pruple and very flavorful. Great eaten fresh, ur used to make jelly or wine. #E775 Each $10.50 3 or more $8.50 each; 10 or more $6 each “The blue honeysuckles we bought from Raintree are loaded with huge fat sweet juicy berries that taste like a cross between wild blueberry & red currrant.” A.P. Palmer, AK

(Eleagnus multiflora) A Goumi bush grows to only Always P Prroductive about 6’ tall & T asty ,T oo Tasty asty, Too oo!! and is an ideal edible shrub for a backyard edible landscape.

Goumi’s have attractive leaves with silvery undersides. Each August they bear thousands of pretty red, juicy, pleasingly tart fruits, each with a small pit. Good for eating out of hand, they are more typically made into sauces, pies, and jellies. Goumi’s tolerate a wide range of soils, fix nitrogen and begin producing fruit in a year or two.

They are partially self fertile but may produce more with a pollenizer. Plant in full sun, 7' apart or 4' for a hedge. USDA Zones 6-9.

SWEET SCARLET GOUMI™ This outstanding Ukrainian Goumi variety was selected for sweetness and fruit production by the Kiev Botanic Garden. #D561 Each $19.95

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Goumi

This seedling stood out at Raintree for its uniquely heavy production. A good pollenizer for Sweet Scarlet. 1 gallon size. Zones 6-9. #D560 Each $22.50

Blue Honeysuckles (Lonicera caerulea edulis) This attractive, arching bush grows quickly to about 4’ tall. Small, white, funnel shaped flowers appear in February or March and develop into delicious, teardrop-shaped, light blue fruit that ripens in May with high amounts of ascorbic acid and bioactive flavonoides. New to America, but widely grown in Russia, China and Northern Japan, the blueberry-like fruit may become a valuable new fruit for Northern growers. Raintree offers late blooming cultivars that perform well in both cold climates and in the moderate Pacific NW. Plants prefer sun and well drained soil. Little pruning is required: just remove over-lapping and weak branches. Space about 6' apart or 3-4' for a hedge. Select two varieties for pollination. USDA Zones 2-8.

BLUE PACIFIC™ A late blooming cultivar from the east coast of Russia with a compact spreading form, that produces flavorful light blue fruit. #D730 Each $19.50

BLUE VELVET™ A late blooming cultivar that grows to 4’ tall and 6’ wide. It has unusual greyish green, velvety leaves. The fruit is flavorful and comparatively large. #D729 Each $19.50

BLUE MOON™ A very attractive spreading shrub, Blue Moon has soft, velvety, bright-green foliage. It bears abundant crops of large, light-blue, tasty fruit. #D727 Each $19.50

BERRY BLUE™ A productive tasty variety with an abundance of light blue fruit. It blooms early and is best suited to cold climates with late springs. #D726 Each $11.50

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Unusual Berries from Around the World Sea Buckthorn Always L oaded W ith F ruit Loaded With Fruit

(Hippophae rhamnoides) Sea Buckthorn is widely used for healing in Asia and Europe, where it is valued as a potent anti-oxidant, a source for Vitamin C and E and a healing oil. The attractive small tree or shrub, also called Seaberry, is likely the most widely grown, northern hardy, fruiting plant in the world, but most Americans have never heard of it! In Europe, the sour, flavorful fruit is sweetened and its orange-passion-fruit-like flavor makes fine sauces, jellies and a base for liqueurs. Blended with other fruits, it makes a delicious juice. The plants, native to the Russian Far East, are incredibly productive and a great choice for backyard fruit production! Narrow silver leaves and plentiful round, yellow-orange fruit cover the 6-10' tall, narrow, upright female forms.

Give plants full sun and good drainage, and space them about 7' apart or 3-5' for a hedge. They are extremely hardy, to -50° F., disease resistant and easy to grow. Branches are used in floral displays, and commercial crops are harvested by cutting off entire fruit-laden branches. Female plants need a male pollinizer, with one male for up to 8 females. USDA Zones 3-9.

GOLDEN SWEET FEMALE™ (Byantes cv.) One of the sweetest cultivars, it produces yellow-orange berries.The 12' tall shrub is tolerant of most soils, even maritime conditions. Fruit has a unique sweet-acid taste, sometimes made into the after-dinner drink, Schnapps. #D745 Each $24.50; 3 or more $22.50 each

LEIKORA FEMALE Bright, tart orange berries cover the branches. This German variety grows to 10’ tall. Fruit ripens in September and remains on the plant until heavy frosts. The gorgeous fruit laden branches are used for juice and in floral arrangements. #D742 Each $22.50; 3 or more $19.50 each

ASKOLA FEMALE Selected in the former East Germany for an exceptionally high content of Vitamin C and E, Askola fruit ripens in late August and makes delicious and very nutritious juice. #D738 Each $24.50; Limit one.

TITAN FEMALE™ Named for its large, bright orange berries, which are tart, flavorful and aromatic and make excellent juice or preserves. This productive bush, from Belarus, grows to 10’ with darker green foliage. #D743 Each $22.50; 3 or more $19.50 each

MALE The male does not produce fruit. It is an attractive ornamental. One male will pollinate up to eight females. #D746 Each $21.50 My Sea Buckthorn is a center piece of my garden and attracts the attention of all of my guests. Thank you for the quality of your products. D. L. Blaine WA

UNCOMMON FRUITS FOR EVERY GARDEN 292 pages, Lee Reich’s prized book has been revised and expanded. The book includes information, photos, drawings and detailed information on most of the unusual fruits offered in the Raintree catalog. A great gift for the serious fruit grower. #S346 Each $24.95

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Aronia

Move Over Cranberry Juice... Her e Comes Ar onia Here Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) Beautiful, very productive and easy to grow, this shrub is bound to become a staple in American backyards, as it has in Eastern Europe, where it is widely used in delicious juices, soft drinks, jams and wine.

The handsome, disease resistant bushes have dark green, oval foliage and grow about 5'-6' tall with an equal spread. Charming white spring flowers develop into clusters of glossy, round, violet-black berries with a strong, tart flavor that comes from high flavonoid/anti-oxidant content. Fruit is naturally high in vital vitamins and minerals, and in fall, the foliage changes to striking red.

Although Aronia is native to the eastern U.S, the best varieties were bred in Europe. Plants are selffertile and can be spaced 4-6' apart, or 3' for a hedge. It’s not an “aronia’s conclusion” that this, Goumi and Sea Buckthorn are the most productive fruiting bushes available. USDA Zones 3-8.

VIKING Bred in Scandinavia. Very flavorful, incredibly productive. One gallon pot. #D703 Each $17.95; 3 or more $16 each

NERO Bred in the Soviet Union. Almost identical to Viking. Both are loaded with flavorful fruit each year.One gallon.#D705 Each $17.95; 3 or more $16 each

RAINTREE SELECT We started about 25 seeds from productive Russian Aronia plants and all of them produced huge amounts of fruit. We selected this one as a winner among the resulting plants for its slightly more compact, bushy habit and good flavor.

One gallon pot. #D706 Each $19.95

ARONIA SEEDLING Aronias are native American bushes which were bred for production and flavor in Eastern Europe. Each bush is loaded with tasty black fruit. The seed source is in the Ukraine. #D701 Each $7.50; 3 or more $6 each

MCKENZIE ARONIA A recent USDA release from North Dakota. These seedlings are each very productive with heavy clusters of easy to pick berries used to make tasty juices and jellies very high in anti-oxidants. This plant grows taller than many aronia bushes, sometimes reaching ten feet tall. They are used as a wildbreak or wildlife habitat. #D702 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each; 10 or more $5 each

Highbush Cranberry B eautiful IIn n A ll S easons Beautiful All Seasons HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY (Viburnum trilobum) A beautiful 10' tall, shade tolerant ornamental with showy white spring blossoms. The bitter red fruit is attractive to birds and can be processed to make preserves, syrup or wine.

The fruit is so abundant and brightly colored that it looks almost like the lights on a Christmas tree. The fall foliage turns a brilliant red. Self-fertile. Full sun or partial shade. A great hedge plant. Space 8', 4-5' for a hedge. Zones 3-9. We offer 18-24” plants. #D760 Each $7.50, 5 or more $5 each

Sea Buckthor n, Honeyberry onia & Goumi Ar e Incr edibly Pr oductive!

Buckthorn, Honeyberry,, Ar Aronia Are Incredibly Productive!

Apples Belle de Boskoop apples.

(Malus pumila) Raintree Nursery specializes in offering superior, disease resistant apples for the backyard grower. We select varieties from around the world for their exceptional flavor and ease of growing, each with unique qualities to recommend it. Gardeners can have apples off their trees from August through November, and they can enjoy the harvest until March or April, since many apple varieties keep for long periods without refrigeration.

Ever since early American settlers took their favorite varieties of apples to their new homesteads, apples have been important in family meals. The harvest from apple trees provides fresh and hard cider, classic American apple pies, stores of sauces, butters and other delicacies.

We indicate, with this apple carrying a shield symbol, those varieties that are easiest to grow organically. Even if varieties are not completely scab resistant, many are still acceptable for the organic grower who doesn’t dem and picture perfect fruit for cider or other uses.

Also, even though some great selections might require more care, the result is worth the effort. We offer sturdy, well-rooted, 3-5' grafted trees on the best dwarfing root stocks. Responding to requests, we also offer mini-dwarfs (2-3’ trees) and full size apple trees. See them listed with each variety and also on pages 23 & 26. USDA Zones 4-9 unless noted.

HUDSON’S GOLDEN GEM Discovered as a fence row seedling in Tangent, Oregon, about 1931, this tasty, russetted apple was originally marketed as a pear because of its brownish hue and elongated shape.

The delicious flesh is crisp and sweet; the flavor is nutty and refreshing. It is productive, bears annually and resists scab and mildew quite well.

The large fruit ripens in late October and will hang on the tree well into winter. It’s a good keeper. On EMLA 7 semi dwarf 3 1/2 -5 size #A400S Each $22.95; On mini dwarf EMLA 27 rootstock #A400T $24.50

EGREMONT RUSSET The deep green disease resistant foliage makes an enchanting sight in English gardens speckled with thousands of round golden brown orbs. The delicious fruit ripens in early October with a delicious nutty flavor. Eat it with a chunk of cheddar cheese. 3’ tree. On EMLA 26 dwarf #A250D Each $19.50

APPLE MAGGOT CONTROL BAGS Protect your Apples and Pears from Apple Maggot infestations. While thinning to one per cluster, usually in May or early June, slip the opening of the nylon bag, with your two index fingers, just enough to completely cover the new, ideally nickel size fruitlet. The bag will fill with the growing fruit and protect it. This product has been used succesfully here at Raintree and by many fruit hobbyists. They are quick and easy to use! Includes Instructions!

These new heavier weave bags provide extra codling moth protection.

(Money from the sale of each box goes to support the fruit garden at the WSU Mt. Vernon station.) #T167 Contains 144 bags. Price $12.50

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O ur R ussets H ave IIncr ncr edible F lavor Russets Have ncredible Flavor Russetting develops naturally on the skin of some apple varieties. Many of the russetts possess incredible combinations of flavors that make them among the finest flavored apples in the world. Try these classic apple trees in your yard.

BELLE DE BOSKOOP This heirloom apple originated in Boskoop, Holland, in 1856, and is still prized in Europe where it is a popular commercial variety. Trees produce heavy crops of very large apples that are superior for cooking and baking into pies, with a rich combination of sweet and tart flavors. The apples, russetted over a red base, ripen in late October and store well all winter with flavors improving in storage. Trees have some resistance to scab. #A162A On MM 111 semi standard Each $22.95

ASHMEAD’S KERNEL The incredible sweet-tart flavor of this superb heirloom apple has made it a connoisseur’s favorite.

Discovered in Gloucester about 1750, scab resistant trees are easy to grow and are grown commercially in England today. The medium size fruit with brown russetting keeps extremely well. #A090D EMLA 26 (3’ size) Each $19.50; On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf #A090T Each $24.50; On MM 111 semi standard, 4-5’ #A090A Each $22.95

ROXBURY RUSSET A fine cider or dessert apple with great flavor. Roxbury is among the first American varieties developed, originating near Boston in the early 17th century. Enjoy the beautiful large golden brown, orange blushed fruit each October. #A628S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf rootstock, 4-5’ tree Each $22.95

GOLDEN RUSSET This golden bronze heritage apple has finely textured yellow flesh with a distinctive sugary sweetness. An excellent storage apple, it's prized for fresh eating, drying and making cider. This tip-bearing tree blooms mid-season and ripens late, often on a two-year cycle. They show some resistance to scab and cedar apple rust. #A270S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf, 4-5’ tree Each $22.95

MALUS FUSCA SEEDLINGS This crabapple is native to west of the Rockies; from coastal southern Alaska to northern California. It is most found on moist soils where it grows as a tall shrub. It can be used as a rootstock for apples on very wet sites. The disease resistant tree produces small green/yellow tinged red fruit eaten by birds.

2-3' seedlings. #M909 Each $3.75; ES E 5 or more $3.25 each.

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CHEHALIS An excellent choice for organic growers who like a very large, sweet yellow apple. This old favorite was discovered north of Chehalis, WA, in 1937. Fruit resembles Golden Delicious in looks and flavor, but it is larger and crisper.

Reliable, highly productive trees are very resistant to scab and partly resistant to mildew.

Fruit ripens late in September. EMLA 26 dwarf, 3’ tree #A200D Each $19.50; On EMLA 7 semi dwarf, 4-5’ tree, $22.95; On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf #A200T Each $24.50

GREENSLEEVES Organic growers in England rave about this large, beautiful, yellow apple. Bred at East Malling for its scab and mildew resistance, the cross between Golden Delicious and James Grieve produces heavy crops of crisp, juicy, delicious apples in September after a long, midseason bloom. A compact spur habit adds to its winning nature. On ELMA 26 dwarf rootstock, 3’ tree, #A385D Each $21.50; #A385T on EMLA 27 mini dwarf rootstock; Each $24..50

Rezista® Apples Dr. Jaroslav Tupy of the Botany Institute in Stricovice, Czech Republic developed this outstanding scab, mildew and fireblight resistant cultivar.

GOLD STAR Large, juicy, yellow apples have a smooth finish, fine texture and spicy flavor. Trees bloom mid-season; fruit ripens late October; and keeps very well in storage. #A265D On EMLA 26 dwarf, 3’ tree Each $21.50

HINTS ON GROWING YOUR COMBO TREE To keep the varieties in balance grow your “combo” tree as an “open center” taking out secondary branches that grow into the middle.

If one variety starts overgrowing the others it can be slowed down by spreading the branch or tying it down.Through proper pruning your varieties will stay balanced. The tree owners manual that comes with each order tells you how! (On the label the varieties are identified from the bottom of the tree up.)

B est E arly R ipeners Best Early Ripeners WILLIAM’S PRIDE Highly rated for its sweet, rich, spicy flavor, the large red fruit ripens in early August and is the best of the early apples. Trees are very productive with strong, well-angled branches. An early season bloomer with unusually long lasting blossoms, the tree is immune to scab and resistant to cedar rust and fireblight. 4-5’ trees. EMLA 26 dwarf #A700D Each $22.95; EMLA 7 semi dwarf # A700S Each $22.95; EMLA 27 mini dwarf, 2-3’ treees #A700T Each $24.50

PRISTINE ® This new PRI selection produces large crops of beautiful yellow apples that are crisp and tasty. Fruit ripens in August. Mildly tart, they are excellent for eating fresh, for baking and for cooking into applesauce. Trees are highly resistant to scab and cedar apple rust and partly resistant to powdery mildew and fireblight. 4-5’ trees, On EMLA 26 dwarf #A570D Each $22.95; On EMLA 7 semi #A570S Each $22.95; On EMLA 27 mini dwarf, 2-3’ tree #A570T Each $24.50

IIn n Mid-Season Form DAYTON The large, beautiful, brilliant red fruit is crisp and juicy with a great sweet-tart flavor. Very productive trees have an upright form and strong branch angles, and they are immune to scab and resistant to both mildew and cedar rust.

Fruit on this superior PRI selection ripens in late September. On EMLA 7 semi dwarf, 3’ tree, #A240S Each $19.50

D isease R esistant K eeper Disease Resistant Keeper ENTERPRISE Spreading the branches is important when growing a “Combo” fruit tree.

RESISTANT COMBO APPLE Enjoy four of the following five apples on one amazing self-fertile semi-dwarf tree. Pick apples from August through October. On MM106 rootstock, it will grow to 15' tall. Akane, Braeburn, Gala, Jonagold and Spartan.

4 x 1 Combo #A8504SA Each $42.50 Or choose from the following: Queen Cox, Belmac, Rubinette, or Pristine #A8504S 4 x 1 Each $42.50 #A8503S 3 x1 Each $36.50; #A8502S 2 x 1 Each $26.50 Sorry! Because of difficulty tracking the possible combinations, we cannot tell you ahead which variety is missing on the 3 x1 or 2 x1 combos. They are labeled from bottom and you will know when the labeled tree arrives)

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RESISTANT CULTIVARS PRESENTED WITH (PRI)DE For years, researchers at the Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois fruit breeding program (PRI) have been developing delicious tasting disease resistant apples. Notice that they put the letters “pri” in many of their patented selections. Try these wonderful new disease resistant selections in your yard. They have been proven to thrive in backyards throughout the nation.

Glossy red apples with an excellent sprightly flavor ripen in late October and keep well, with flavor improving in storage. The productive, vigorous, spreading tree is immune to scab and resistant to fire blight, cedar apple rust and mildew. Proven in much of the nation. 4-5’ trees, #A300D On EMLA 26 dwarf Each $22.95; #A300S On EMLA 7 semi-dwarf $22.95; #A300T On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf rootstock, 2-3’ trees Each $24.50 Apple Varieties Scab CAR Fireblight P Mildew • Dayton VR MR R MR • Enterprise VR R R MR • Liberty VR VR R R • Pristine VR R MR R • William’s Pride VR R R M VR=Very Resistant; M= Moderate Resistance CAR is Cedar Apple Rust: Other CARresistant apples include Rebella, Arkansas Black. Fireblight resistant are Akane, Centennial, Rebella.

Raintree Offers The World’s Most Flavorful Apples C ox’ s C or ner ox’s Cor orner Some of the world’s finest tasting apples have the English legend Cox’s Orange Pippin as a parent.

KARMIJN DE SONNAVILLE This intensely flavored, red russetted apple from Holland claims both high sugar and high acid content, making it a fresh picked favorite. A triploid cross between Cox’s Karmijn Orange Pippen and Jonathan, it inherited great qualities from both parents, but good looks is not one of them. You will only be able to benefit from the impressive flavor and aroma by growing your own.

Some people prefer the flavor a month or so after harvest, when the complexity has mellowed. When apples ripen in mid-October, store them in a box in anticipation of even finer flavors all winter. This vigorous tree, with some resistance to scab, thrives in the Pacific Northwest. On EMLA 26 dwarf, 3’ tree #A420D Each $21.50 On EMLA 27 mini dwarf rootstock #A420T Each $24.50

FIESTA The British have bred the sweet, tangy and refreshing flavor of Cox’s Orange Pippin into a heavily productive, easy to grow apple. Fiesta ripens in early October and is a good keeper. It produces when others fail and is partially self-fertile. 3-4’ tree On semi dwarf EMLA 7 #A310S Each $22.50

QUEEN COX SELF FERTILE This patented self fertile clone has the flavor, mellow aftertaste and aroma of the famed Cox’s Orange Pippin. Queen Cox sets bumper crops of delicious fruit each year, without a pollinizer, even when fruit set is poor on other apples, including other Cox type apples. The fruit of Queen Cox is larger and the tree more disease resistant than Cox’s Orange Pippin.

The tree is 15% less vigorous than other Cox varieties. Fruit ripens in early September. The only reliably self fertile apple. On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. 3’ tree, #A581D Each $23.50; On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf rootstock. #A581T Each $24.50

ELLISON’S ORANGE A favorite of English organic growers since 1904, this Cox’s Orange x Calville Blanc cross, bred in Lincolnshire, England, combines an outstanding aromatic flavor with heavy cropping and resistance to scab.

The complex flavor is at once sweet and tart with a hint of anise, and the flesh is crisp and juicy. A wonderful choice for the organic orchard, but these apples do not keep well. Ripens mid-September. USDA Zones 4-9. 3-4’ tree #A252D EMLA 26 dwarf $22.95

MAJESTIC FULL SIZE APPLE TREES

A pples For the South 3x1 LOW CHILL COMBO APPLE In Southern California, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida and other warm winter areas where winters provide little chill, (100 to 200 hours is sufficient) this combination grafted apple on M111 rootstock will produce sweet, crisp apples. Enjoy, from Israel, red blushed Anna apples, fresh or cooked, early in the season. They are followed by sweet, yellow Einshemer apples. Dorsett Golden, from the Bahamas ripens in mid season. It is much like Golden Delicious, firm and flavorful. This very productive tree will grow to about 15-20', but can be kept shorter with pruning. Self-fertile. Blooms early season. #A803LC On EMLA 111 rootstock.

Each $42.50

This season we offer Apple trees on standard size Antonovka rootstock.

These will grow to 20 feet or more and come into production sooner than a standard tree on a seedling rootstock! Plant a full size apple tree in your yard and leave a beautiful shade tree, a huge producer of fruit and a legacy for more than a century to come. See variety descriptions for prices. #A100F Belmac #A090F Pristine #A581F Queen Cox

The late Dr. Chet Schwartze admires a full size Gravenstein tree he planted 75 years earlier.

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HISTORIC APPLE TREES

In the 1830’s, thousands of apple trees were planted in Ohio by one John FLOWER OF KENT Chapman, who earned the nickname Johnny Appleseed for his work. Nearly As the story goes, Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of gravity were inspired by an apple that fell two centuries later, it is extremely rare to find a tree documented to be a graft from the Flower of Kent tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England. The from one of Johnny’s trees, but Raintree acquired one. It was tracked down original tree, now long gone, lives on from grafts taken in the 1800’s. The tree produces

by Scott Scogerboe, who found an old newspaper article that told of an Ohio green, oval, mealy, sub acid apples used for cooking. They flower and ripen late. 2-3’ th homestead where Johnny Appleseed had planted a tree. Early in the 20 trees. #A249D On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. Each $23.50 century, a student who visited the homestead took a cutting, grafted a new tree and planted it in his family’s yard. The child who planted the grafted tree, now elderly, retired from the same ------Raintree Owner school where Scott found the ancient tree. gets bonked on the Since apples from Chapman’s trees were used head by a Flower of by settlers mostly for making hard cider, their Kent apple at fresh eating quality wasn’t the highest Woolthorpe in priority. However, the history of this tree England. He makes it a wonderful living legend. 3’ trees, discovered it hurt! #A465S On semi dwarf EMLA 7 rootstock.

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THE MCINTOSH CLAN Northeastern growers have long loved the unique sweet/tart flavors of the MacIntosh apple. Now most of the nation can enjoy that flavor. We offer a number of delicious disease resistant off-spring of MacIntosh.

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A new, productive, all-purpose Canadian cultivar that combines flavor and keeping ability with cold and disease resistance. The sweet, medium to large, deep red apples ripen in late September or early October and keep three months or more. A delicious, sweet/tart MacIntosh flavor suggests parent Spartan. Belmac resists scab, mildew, and cedar apple rust, thrives in eastern Canada, and has proven a winner in western Washington. It was bred by Dr. Shahrokh Khanizadeh in Quebec and introduced in 1996. Offered under agreement with Ag. Canada, Quebec. Includes $1.20 royalty per tree. (Ask us for a quote. We can custom grow commercial quantities!) 3’ treees, #A100D EMLA 26 rootstock Each $21.50 #A100T EMLA 27 mini dwarf rootstock Each $24.50 #A100F On Antonovka standard size rootstock Each $21.50

LIBERTY Dark, polished red skin and intense, sprightly flavor make this medium size, elongated apple a long-standing favorite. Trees that were bred in New York for high scab, cedar apple rust, fireblight and mildew resistance thrive in the Pacific NW and throughout most of the nation. Every year, a large crop ripens on this spreading tree in early October. 4-5’ trees #A520D EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock Each $22.95 #A520T EMLA On 27 mini dwarf rootstock Each $24.50; #A520E Three tiered Espalier Each $59.95

SPARTAN The delicate, aromatic flavor of McIntosh makes Spartan a winner. The beautiful, dark red, medium size dessert apples are outstanding eaten straight from the tree, and they keep well. Introduced in Canada in 1936, the scab and mildew resistant tree bears early and regularly and ripens in mid October. 4-5’ trees On EMLA 7 semi dwarf #A660S Each $22.95; On EMLA 27 mini dwarf rootstock. #A660T Each $24.50 Three tiered Espalier #A660E Each $59.95

EMPIRE If you like McIntosh you will love the tart, crisp, aromatic and tasty Empire. It ripens in September with dark red skin and cream colored flesh and is excellent for fresh eating and salads, good for sauce, baking, pies and freezing. Kids love Empire’s sweet-tart taste and super crunchy texture. Planted widely in New York State since 1966, it is the most succesful apple introduction from Cornell.

Empire has low susceptibility to fire blight; and outstanding fruit quality, color, firmness, and storage. 3-4’ tree On EMLA 26 dwarf #A257D Each $21.50

Surprise your friends with Red Fleshed Apples MOTT PINK This crisp, juicy variety makes a delicious pink applesauce from loads of medium-size, yellow fruit with pink flesh. Fruit ripens on the productive tree in early to mid-September. #A553S 3-4’ tree On EMLA 7 semi dwarf rootstock. Each $22.95

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ALMATA For beautiful apple sauce and jelly, few compare with this flavorful, large red apple with bright pink flesh. Red leaves and bright pink spring blossoms make it a great edible ornamental. It is very winter hardy, with fruit ripening in October. 3-4’ tree On EMLA 26 dwarf #A085D Each $22.95

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MINNESOT A MAR VELS VER Y VERSA TILE MINNESOTA MARVELS VERY VERSATILE ZESTAR This patented, superior winter hardy, early season apple thrives in the Northern half of the nation! Zestar ripens in late August and has a delicious crunchy flavor. It will keep nicely for a month and a half. The tree is a reliable producer of large red apples. Zones 38. 4-5’ tree #A740D EMLA 26 Each $22.95; #A740T on mini dwarf, 2-3’ tree $24.50

HONEYCRISP (Macoun x Honeygold) Pick this superior red apple with a crunchy crisp texture and juicy sweet-tart flavors in September or let it develop its full aromatic flavor by leaving it on the tree until mid-October. From the U of Minnesota, it is among the most winter hardy of apple trees, showing little damage at -40° F. It resists scab and has shown no problems with fireblight. Enjoy it great fresh or in pies, crisps and apple sauce. Zones 3-8. 4-5’ trees #A410S EMLA 7 semi dwarf, Each $22.95; #A410D EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock Each $22.95; #A410T EMLA 27 mini-dwarf Each $24.50

SNOWSWEET Another super-hardy (to Zone 4A) selection from the U. of Minnesota, Snowsweet’s bronze-colored fruit has a red blush and ripens in midOctober. Firm, crisp, flavorful flesh has an excellent balance of sweet and tart flavors and is slow to oxidize when exposed to air making it great for canning, sauces or fruit salads. It’s also tops for fresh eating.

Trees display some resistance to scab and fireblight. 4-5’ trees. #A657D On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. Each $22.95

World’ s Best Cooking Apples orld’s BRAMLEY The English are particular about their cooking apples, and this large, round, green-yellow apple with red stripes is the most widely used. Apples are firm and juicy and they cook to perfection. When ripe, they are good for fresh eating, too. Spreading trees bear heavily and regularly and resist scab and mildew. Enjoy ripe fruit in early October. 3-4’ trees #A140S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf stock. Each $23.50

KING EDWARD VII This large, yellow-green apple, named in 1902, has been popular in English gardens as an outstanding fresh eating and cooking apple. The scab resistant tree flowers very late and misses early frosts. Fruit ripens in early October and cooks to a firm, flavorful, translucent puree. 3’ trees #A485D On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. Each $21.50

Bramley Apple Pie recipe!

This is the best we’ve tasted! Enjoy Raintree horticulturist Theresa Knutsen’s recipe: The Filling: 6 cups Bramley apples, peeled and sliced. ½ cup sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2/3 tsp allspice. Mix dry ingredients, blend with apples, let stand 10 minutes and then put in pie crust. Dot with 1 tbsp butter or margarine. Top with lattice pie crust. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

The Crust: 2 cups flour, ½ tsp salt, 3/4 cup shortening, 5 tbsp water: Sift flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour until thoroughly blended, gently cut in water until dough clumps together. Makes one 8 to 10 inch pie with top and bottom crust.

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Enjoy T he B est J apan H as T o O The Best Japan Has To Offfer The Japanese, in general, love their apples large, sweet, crispy and juicy!

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BENI SHOGUN FUJI Many fruit connoisseurs love the crisp, juicy, very sweet flavor of the Japanese apple Fuji, however the regular Fuji requires a long ripening season, making it hard to grow in the Pacific Northwest and other areas with relatively cool summers. After testing many types of Fuji apples in the Pacific Northwest, researchers recommend Beni Shogun, which has excellent flavor and ripens almost a month earlier than the standard Fuji. This selection blooms in mid-season and will thrive in much of the Zones 5-9. Patent #7997. #A120D EMLA 26 dwarf 3’ tree Each $21.50; #A120T EMLA 27 mini-dwarf Each $24.50

SANSA Extra early, ripening in late August, this juicy, crisp, sweet fruit from Japan has the best qualities of both parents, Akane and Gala. A pretty red blush covers the yellow, medium-large, conical fruit. Sansa has resistance to both fireblight and scab and also keeps well for an early apple. 3’ tree, #A635D EMLA 26 dwarf Each $19.50

Known as King, the large yellowgreen apples with red stripes are excellent for eating fresh, for cooking and for cider making. They also keep well. This highly prized apple is a tip bearer. (Tip bearer pruning note: Wait to prune until two inches of new growth has begun in spring. Then prune back to 6-8” of last years growth!) #A480S EMLA 7 semi dwarf, 4-5’ tree Each $22.95

NORTHERN SPY Among the best keepers, Northern Spy has thin skin and very crisp, delicious flesh with a sweet/tart flavor that is prized for cooking and eating fresh.

Although very hardy, trees bloom late in spring and fruit ripens in November, making full ripening in cooler parts of the PacificStriped Northwest a challenge. The Gravenstein outstanding fruit convinces many people throughout the U.S. to grow it, even though it is biennial and takes a few years to come into production. 4-5’ trees. #A277D On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock. Each $22.95

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AKANE Pronounced “ah-kah-nay,” this firm, crisp and fully flavored red eating apple produces good crops every year, no matter how bad the spring pollinating weather. The scab and mildew resistant apple from Japan is an excellent variety for the organic grower. It ripens in early September. 4-5’ tree #A020S EMLA 7 semi dwarf Each 22.95; #A020T EMLA 27 mini dwarf Each $24.50

Flavor packed Heritage Apples For hundreds of years, Americans have enjoyed these great old cultivars!

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SHIZUKA From Japan comes this Golden Delicious x Indo cross, leaving smiles in its wake. The beautiful, large, firm, yellow with pink blush fruit is very sweet with low acidity, and will ripen about mid October. It is also an excellent keeper. 3’ tree #A655D EMLA 26 dwarf Each $19.50

Thomas Jef ferson’ s Favorite Jefferson’ ferson’s ESOPUS SPITZENBERG Originating in New York state in the 18th century. It is still one the finest eating apples in the world, with a sub acid spritely taste. Great for fresh eating, cooking and canning. The skin is mottled orange color with grey dots. Tree has an open spreading to drooping habit. Ripens late October.

It was widely grown in the Pacific Northwest about the turn of the 20th century even though it is scab susceptible. 4-5’ tree, #A560S EMLA 7 semi dwarf Each $22.95

A W onder fr om Down Under Wonder from PINK LADY® This beautiful new apple from Western Australia has a pink blush on its yellow skin.

The medium-size, conical fruit has finegrained flesh that is at once tangy and sweet, crisp and crunchy. Apples are great for eating out of hand and are prized for fruit salads, since they do not brown easily after being cut.

Pink Lady (G. Delicious X Lady Williams) ripens in September and develops best flavor in hot summer climates. 4-5’ tree #A580S On EMLA 26 dwarf $22.95; #A580T On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf Each $24.50

The old-fashioned Gravenstein, known for its wonderful, tangy flavor, is the ideal sauce, pie and cider apple. Allow the vigorous tree some extra room. Fruit ripens in early September, but is biennial, bearing a heavy crop every other year. There are many old time “strains”. Each tastes the same but looks different. Some have skin that is solid red, some are mainly green and others striped.

RED GRAVENSTEIN We offer the “Worthen” strain. #A380D On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock 4-5’ trees Each $22.95

STRIPED GRAVENSTEIN The striped “Sheets” strain. #A381S EMLA 7 semi dwarf 4-5’ trees Each $22.95; #A381T EMLA 27 mini dwarf Each $24.50

WOLF RIVER This beautiful, red apple from Wisconsin, with a mild pleasant flavor, gets bigger than any others we offer. Just one is enough to make almost a whole pie. Wear a hard hat while picking or it may make a big impression on you! Trees are resistant to scab and mildew and very winter hardy. 4-5’ trees #A720S EMLA 7 rootstock, Each $23.50

ARKANSAS BLACK Named for its purple-red fruit, this popular heritage apple turns almost black when fully ripe. It is a favorite in the mid west and upper South, an excellent keeping apple with firm, crisp flesh and a tart, aromatic flavor that mellows in storage.

Apples ripen late in the season on trees that are somewhat resistant to cedar-apple rust and fireblight. 4-5’ tree #A088S On EMLA 7semi dwarf rootstock. Each $22.95

FAMEUSE Called the snow apple for its bright white flesh that is sometimes streaked red, this small orange-red apple has been an American favorite for more than 250 years.

Tender, juicy apples that ripen in September have a great sweet/tart flavor that is prized for fresh ES E eating, cooking and making an aromatic TR bitter/sweet cider. 4-5’ tree #A658S T I On EMLA 7semi dwarf. Each $22.95 U

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BRAEBURN This large red apple from New Zealand, with its sweet juicy flavor has become a favorite in American supermarkets. Now you can grow this very productive excellent keeper in your yard. It is a cross between Lady Hamilton and Granny Smith so it is late ripening; early November in our area. Of the three apples we are often asked about, Granny Smith , Fuji and Braeburn, this is the only one early enough to ripen in the warmer microclimates of our region. On EMLA 7 semi-dwarf #A130S 4-5’ tree Each $22.95; On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf #A130T Each $24.50

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Superior New Early Season Apple MELROSE

ARKCHARM Among the best tasting early season apples. The large red fruit has a complex, sweet and juicy flavor. It is very productive and ripens in late August but only keeps a couple of weeks. From the University of Arkansas breeding program, it’s widely adaptable and a proven winner in the Pacific Northwest. The tree is upright and vigorous. 3-4’ tree #A086D On EMLA 26 rootstock.

Each $21.50

This flavorful red apple is top rated for reliability & keeping. Properly stored in the garage, it can keep until May. A heavy crop of tart apples, great for cooking or eating fresh, ripens in late October. Melrose is the official Ohio state apple. #A540S EMLA 7 semi dwarf 4-5’ tree Each $22.95; #A540T EMLA 27 mini-dwarf $24.50

JONAGOLD Firm, crisp, and highly flavored, this sweet, large, red and yellow apple scores on top in taste tests. A generous load of apples ripen early to mid-October and keep well. Many new orchards in the Northwest are now growing Jonagold commercially. #A460S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf 4-5’ tree Each $22.95; #A460T On EMLA 27 mini-dwarf Each $24.50

MINI-DWARFS ON DECK OR IN THE HOLE Mini-DwarfS Perfect For A Small Yard Akane Ashmead’s Beni Shogun Belmac Braeburn Chehalis Greensleeves

Enterprise Hudson’s Gravenstein Honeycrisp Karmijn Liberty Melrose

Pristine Jonagold Queen Cox Pink Lady Spartan William’s Pride Zestar

MINI-DWARFS We offer ‘mini-dwarf’ apple trees grown on special EMLA 27 rootstock. They are easily maintained at only four to six feet tall. These highly productive, compact trees are perfect to grow in a small backyard. You can space them as close as 4' apart. Or place the tree in a fifteen gallon pot on the patio. You can train them to branch low (at 1'-2') to maximize fruit production. Remove fruit for a year or two because once the tree starts bearing heavily, it stops growing. They begin bearing in the second year and each tree can produce a half box of fruit a season. The tree is not a gimmick. It is used extensively in Europe in commercial apple orchards and the per acre yields exceed American yields.

Caring for the mini-dwarfs is a great project for kids. We offer 2'-4' grafted mini-dwarf trees. See each variety for price.

Columnar T Trrees Look mom, no branches! Perfect for patios, decks or other small areas, these trees grow in a columnar form to 7-9' tall.

They are loaded with fruit which all forms along the main trunk or on short, spur-like branches. Trees can be planted in a whiskey barrel or planted two feet apart in the ground. Each will cross pollinate with mid-season pollinizers. On EMLA 7 rootstock. Patents pending. 2-3’ trees.

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NORTH POLE This crisp, juicy, red McIntosh-type apple ripens in late September. #A275 Each $24.95

GOLDEN SENTINEL A large flavorful yellow fruit that ripens in early October. #A272 Each $24.95

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SCARLET SENTINEL For excellent production and disease resistance on a narrow tree, try Scarlet Sentinel. Large, greenish yellow apples blushed with red follow a rich display of white spring flowers. #A273 Each $24.95

Join NAFEX at www.nafex.org North American Fruit Explorers is the national organization for amateur fruit growers. If you are a fruit nut, you will meet the others who share your addiction. Members put out a quarterly newsletter. One year membership is $19. Join or get information at their website!

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Cider Apples & Pears The cider apple and perry pear varieties we offer are prized for making hard, alcoholic cider. These varieties, when blended with both sweet and tart varieties, also brighten the flavor of sweet cider or apple juice. In addition to the varieties listed here, we have several other high quality cider varieties that we can custom graft in commercial quantities upon request.

FOXWHELP Since 1854 this little round, yellow apple with red stripes has been giving that “sharp” flavor to ciders sweet and hard. It is classified as a “bittersharp” and it makes a full bodied, aromatic, prized, high class vintage English cider.

It stores well for holiday cider making parties! It blooms mid season and ripens in mid October. Tree habit is upright. Needs a pollinizer. #A320S On EMLA 7 rootstock. 3’ tree Each $21.50

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Perry Pears We offer these traditional pear cider making cultivars. Most are from Gloucestershire England. On OHxF 97 rootstock unless noted. They make delicious “perry” which is the word for pear cider, or you can mix them with apples or other fruits to make a variety of delicious brews.

BARNET A small, mid season russetted scab-resistant pear with low acids and tannins.

Trees have an upright habit with compact growth. Mix with others in “perry”.

Biennial bearing; precocious and late flowering; #B037 Each $22.95

BUTT An October ripening pear with moderate acids and tannins that produces a fruity, slightly astringent vintage of good quality. Fruit is small, yellow, slightly russetted with excellent keeping quality prior to milling. A vigorous tree with narrowangled crotches. Biennial bearing and a heavy producer. #B065 Each $22.95

A favorite “bittersweet” French cider apple that dates to the 1880’s, this reliable, heavy cropper produces a great hard or fresh cider when mixed with other varieties. The sturdy, upright tree, which grows to 15 feet, bears small to medium-size, green apples that ripen in mid-October. #A550S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf rootstock. 3’ tree Each $21.50

KINGSTON BLACK The flavor of Kingston Black is such a fine, complex combination of sweet, sharp and bitter qualities that it makes a wonderful hard cider even without blending with other varieties. Classified a “bittersharp” apple, the English consider it to be the standard cultivar for making a high quality, single variety cider. A very large harvest of medium-size, red apples ripens mid-October. Don’t eat it; cider it! Trees will grow 15' tall. #A430S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf. 3’ tree Each $23.50

DABINETT An annual, heavy bearer of medium to large size, round red apples. Harvest this traditional “bittersweet” cider variety in late October. Makes a beautiful 15-20' spreading tree. On EMLA 7 rootstock. 3’ tree #A243S Each $21.50

THE APPLE GROWER

by Michael Phillips, 242 pages. Subtitled “A guide for the Organic Orchardist,” Phillips speaks to the larger backyard grower and commercial orchardist with years of knowledge and a reverence for nature. From planning the orchard and choosing cultivars and rootstocks to siting, planting, soils, mulches, pollination, pest control, harvesting and marketing, this book is full of valuable information. #S005 $39.95 (See page 95 for Phillips “Holistic Orchard”.)

CIDER BOOK

by Proulx & Nichols, 188 pages.

It covers all aspects of making cider. Ciders are as diverse as wines and this book explains how to make many of the different types. These include ‘English farmhouse ciders’, ‘French sparkling ciders’ and ‘American style ciders’. The instructions and charts are clear and easy to use. For inspiration, there are interviews with master cider makers the world over. A good book or a neighbor with a full cellar are key to learning the hobby. #S340 $14.95

HARD CIDER IN THE PACIFIC NW

by Moulton, King, Miles & Zimmerman, 40 pages WSU. For commercial or home growers. Learn about best varieities, blends and all growing & processing techniques. Most info is useful nationwide. #S343 $8

HENDRE HUFFCAPP PEAR It has a balance of tannin and acidity that makes it an ideal pear from which to make a single-varietal “perry” pear cider. Tree habit is extremely upright. It ripens in October. #B115 Each $24.95

THEILERBIRNE A great “perry” or cider making pear very high in tannic acid. The small fruit is green and the flesh is brown with a sweet musty flavor. It originated in Switzerland in 1848 and is a European hard cider favorite. On OHxF 333 rootstock. #B265 Each $22.95

YELLOW HUFFCAPP Yellow Huffcap is a traditional old English “Perry” pear used to make an excellent pear cider. It ripens in mid season and is high in acids and low in tannins. The fruit is small and yellow/green and ripens in mid to late September. The fruit should be shaken from the tree just before it is ripe or it could rot on the tree. Trees are vigorous with a spreading habit and very productive but biennial and slow to come into bearing. Fruit is high in Vitamin C. On OHxF 333 rootstock. #B116 Each $24.95

CORRELL CIDER PRESSES TM • Can be picked up or shipped directly from Correll including UPS • Several sizes and models • Handmade since 1973, no assembly line • The best, pure and simple Write or call for price list, info: Cider Press LLC; Correll Cider Presses PO Box 400; Elmira OR 97437 Shop address: 25865 Hwy 126 #A109; Veneta OR 97487 Phone (541) 935 3500 Website: www.correllciderpresses.com JOIN OTHER FRUIT HOBBYISTS ! The Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation (WWFRF) is a group of hobbyists and commercial growers. At the WSU Mt.Vernon WA station, they have educational field days and fruit pickings. WWFRF also funds a fruit demonstration garden. Find out how you can become a part of this at www.nwfruit.org ES Western Cascade Fruit Society is a coalition of groups of fruit growing E hobbyists in Western Washington with several local chapters. They TR meet, go on interesting field trips and have an informative IT U newsletter. Learn more online at www.wcfs.org

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Crabapples The crab apple is a wonderful multi-purpose tree. Lovely in the landscape, most of our varieties provide tasty tart apples that are prized for making jelly. Dolgo and Evereste will enhance cider with their bittersharp qualities.

Commercial orchardists often use crabapple trees for pollinizers because of their compact size and their profuse blossoming. Researchers have found that white flowered varieties are most attractive to bees. Dolgo is used as a great early season pollinizer. Evereste is an excellent mid season pollinizer. We offer 2-4' crab apple trees, unless noted What makes an Beautiful In All Seasons & Edible apple a crab is not its personality but its smaller size.

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WSU AxP™ This cross between Prima and Alkmene is scab immune, has a beautiful upright shape and is covered with fragrant white flowers. In the fall it is loaded with tart small fruit great for making jelly, pickled fruit or blending in cider. It is a great mid season pollinizer. On EMLA 7 rootstock. #A725S Each $21.50

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One of the best all purpose crab apples. Its large 1-1/2 inch tart crimson fruit make a rich, ruby red jelly. The leaves are green and scab and mildew resistant. The profuse flowers are white. The name means ‘long’ in Russian, and refers to the shape of the fruit. The fruit is so bright in color and abundant that the tree looks like a decorated Christmas tree when viewed from a distance. The fruit ripens in early September. The tree will grow to about 15' tall. Zone 3-9. #A260S EMLA 7 Each $21.50

CENTENNIAL Be prepared for heavy crops of 1-1/2 inch oval fruit with a sweet flavor. Use the crisp, juicy white fleshed fruit for canning, making jelly or just popping in your mouth. The fruit is a bright orange-red. It ripens in midAugust. Compact and great as a child’s tree, it produces an abundance of red flower buds that open to a showy white. The tree is highly scab resistant. Its mid-season bloom makes it an excellent pollinizer. A natural dwarf, it grows to only 8' tall on semi dwarf and 15’ on standard rootstock. USDA Zones 3-9. #A180S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf Each $21.50;

Gorgeous Or namentals Ornamentals PRAIRIE FIRE A scab resistant upright tree to 20’ tall with reddish bronze leaves and pink flowers and small bright red fruit, loved by birds. Beautiful in all seasons and a vivid accent in your landscape.

On full size Antonovka rootstock.

4-5’ trees #M906 Each $23.95

GOLDEN RAINDROPS This small, highly scab-resistant, easy-togrow tree is covered with white blossoms late each spring. Then from summer through fall, small, bright yellow apples adorn the tree.

Attractive leaves resemble those on an old oak tree, which may confuse your friends who think they know about plants.

Golden Raindrops pollinates late blooming apples well. #A268S On EMLA 7 semi- dwarf rootstock. Each $21.50

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EVERESTE™ Enjoy this fantastic new edible ornamental throughout the year. Each spring, this highly disease resistant tree from France is covered from base to summit with fragrant, beautiful long lasting white flowers. Every summer the tree is a spectacle in red, covered with thousands of round tart 1” diameter fruit. Use the fruit to make jelly, pickled apples, cider or gorgeous branch wreaths. The tree grows to 10' tall with branches arched out from the weight of the fruit. The fruit hangs until mid winter, so birds can eat what you don’t. Of dozens of varieties in the disease resistant crab apple trials, Evereste was the most resistant, easiest to care for and most beautiful. #A280S On EMLA 7 semi dwarf Each $21.50

PINK CLOUD Having Pink Cloud is like having a tree covered with roses. Discovered by Ed Lewis of Bellevue WA, Pink Cloud’s buds are very large, rounded, magenta pink, on long stems. Fragrant, profuse fully double flowers open to light pink, like miniature roses. Pink Cloud has a vase like shape and bronze-green leaves and is loaded with one inch red crab apples that persist into winter. They can be used to make a tart jelly, if you get them APPLE before the birds. #A532S OnRIPENING EMLA 7 EachORDER $21..50

APPLE RIPENING ORDER MID-LATE EARLY-MID MID-LATE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER OCTOBER Chehalis Bramley Kingston Dayton Belmac Michelin Fiesta G. Sentinel Goldstar North Pole Honeycrisp Foxwelp Wolf River King Edward Flower of Kent Beni Shogun Liberty Arkansas B Pink Pearl King Evereste Rebella Rubinette Melrose Greensleeves Spartan Enterprise Empire Jonagold Boskoop Scarlet Sentinel Karmijn Hudson’s Pink Lady Snowsweet Spitzenberg F. Vancouver Ashmead’s Braeburn J. Appleseed Shizuka Dabinette Fameuse B & G Russett *Later ripening apples are usually better keepers!

N. Spy *Ripening order is approximate and not related to bloom time!

AUGUST Dolgo Crab Centennial Williams Pride Zestar Pristine Sansa Arkcharm EARLY SEPT. Almata Akane Silken Ellison’s Orange Gravenstein Queen Cox Mott Pink

How T o Use Apples To

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: A well drained soil in an area with good air drainage. Likes a slightly acidic soil.

Useful Facts IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh eating, cooking, pie making or WHEN TO HARVEST: Consult catalog ripening order. Sample fruit; cut in half to for blending in cider. Also enjoy baked apples, dried check if seeds are brown. apples, apple jelly and applesauce. We offer some of the best cider and cooking apples. Look for them!

HARDINESS: Zones 4-9, or as noted.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Apple trees come in all sizes, SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. depending on the variety and the rootstock they are grafted LIFE EXPECTANCY: 60-140 years. upon. On dwarf rootstock, they are wonderful grown on a YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 yrs. trellis or in one of a number of fan, cordon or espalier FOR THE BEGINNER: Choose disease patterns. Crabapple trees provide an attractive shape and resistant varieties. color. Trees on very dwarfing EMLA 27, or the columnar YIELD: Dwarfs 30-60 pounds a season! trees, produce fruit in a pot on the patio!

ABOUT ROOTSTOCK & TREE SPACING Most of our apple trees are grafted on the dwarfing EMLA 26 rootstock.

(Check the rootstock available after each varietal description.) It is a superior choice for backyard growers and produces a tree that will grow to 8'-14' tall. As you can see from the chart below, some varieties on the same rootstock grow bigger than others and need greater spacing. Our

APPLE TREE APPROXIMATE HEIGHT & SPACING CHART

Centennial Akane Bramley Resi Red Flesh

EMLA 27 Bud 9 EMLA 26 EMLA 7, MM 106 Antanovka Full Size

Wms Pride Evereste Pristine F. of Kent Greensleeves Honey Crisp E. Russett Fiesta Beni Shogun Braeburn Dolgo Crab Dayton Spitzenberg Queen Cox WSU AxP Snowsweet Releika Roxbury Mott Pink Sansa Kingston Black Fameuse

4 feet 6 feet 8 feet 11 feet 16 feet

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: The mini-dwarf fruit trees should be staked.

Balanced fertilizer, compost or manure can be used in the spring for the first years.

PRUNING: See “Tree Owners Manual” that comes with each order or pruning books and videos on pages 85.

rootstocks are winter hardy to USDA Zone 4 and tolerate a wide variety of soils. They induce heavy early fruit production and make a well anchored tree. Chart includes varieties for which data is available. The www.homeorchardsociety.org website lists 3,990 varieties vigor!

Almata Gold Star Belmac King Liberty Arkansas Black Wolf River Ellison’s Hudson’s Pink Pearl

Chehalis Boskoop Golden Russett Gravenstein Enterprise Empire Foxwhelp Jonagold Michelin N. Spy

Melrose Rubinette Rebella Karmijn Ashmead’s Pink Lady Shizuka Arkcharm Silken Zestar

6 feet 9 feet 12 feet 16 feet 27 feet

5 feet 7 feet 10 feet 14 feet 22 feet

8 feet 11 feet 14 feet 18 feet 32 feet

To Grow Apples You Need Proper Pollination!

Understanding Apple Pollination! ● For pollination you need to have two different apple varieties!

Apples with the exception of the Queen Cox self fertile don’t pollinize themselves. Apples also don’t pollinize other fruits!

Please note that there are some cultivars that are new to us and we don’t know their relative bloom time. To be safe choose a mid season pollinizer for those varieties. ● All the apples listed in red are triploids. These will not pollinate other varieties or themselves. However they are pollinized by other apple varieties. So Gravenstein which is a triploid won’t pollinize any other variety. However it can be pollinized by another non-triploid variety that blooms near the same time. ● How to read the lists! We have listed the apple varieties we offer from the earliest bloomer which is WSU AxP, to the latest bloomer which is Bramley. ● The EARLY SEASON bloomers and the LATE SEASON bloomers won’t cross pollinate because their bloom time is too far apart and the early varieties will be done blooming before the late ones start. ● It is best to pick a pollinizer in the same half of the total list. The closer the two varieties are in bloom time, the more their bloom will overlap and the more likely you will get pollination and therefore fruit set. ● What is important is to choose a pollinizer that is not too far in bloom time from your variety. For instance Liberty and Dayton are close enough to count on for pollination whereas Liberty and Fiesta are far enough away to often work but not always. Zestar and Bramley would rarely if ever overlap in bloom.While the bloom order stays generally similiar in different parts of the nation and in different years, the actual bloom dates change year to year depending on the weather.

EARLY SEASON WSU AxP Gravenstein Zestar Brown Russett William’s Pride

EARLY-MID SEASON Golden Russet Louisa Pink Cloud Chehalis Mott Pink Pristine Scarlet Sentinel Egremont Russet Dolgo Liberty Silken Centennial Sansa Akane Not a pollinizer

MID SEASON Enterprise Jonagold Almata Golden Sentinel Belmac North Pole Rebella Arkcharm Spartan Dabinett Snowsweet Red Boskoop Shizuka Greensleeves Fameuse Beni Shogun Dayton Ashmead’s Hudson’s Releika Spitzenburg Evereste Rubinette Michelin Karmijn

Self fertile

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MID-LATE SEASON Honeycrisp Pink Lady Foxwhelp Braeburn Melrose Roxbury Queen Cox Goldstar Kingston Black Wolf River Fiesta Ellison’s King Edward VII Arkansas Black

LATE SEASON Northern Spy Flower of Kent King Bramley

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Espaliers

“Espalier” refers to special practices for training trees onto trellises. There are many ways to make your trees into works of art, and the trees we offer have already been trained along the same plane in a 3-tier, T-shape, horizontal cordon.

As you continue the training, you can shape trees into any of the designs seen in the drawings. They are beautiful when grown against a wall, a building or on an existing fence or wires. Trees should be spaced an average of 8-10’ apart.

Branches are at about 1-1/2, 2-1/2 and 3-1/2 feet. (The trees will be shipped in special protective boxes.) Apples are on EMLA 26 rootstock. The THREE TIERED espalier combos have a different variety on each tier.

(Note: Shipped espalier branches must each be cut back to 10 inches. Come to the nursery and get full length branches. At nursery prices are $50 per tree.)

Pears

ESPALIER CHOICES #A8406E 6 x 1 3 tiered Apple with Fuji, Gala, Gravenstein, Red McIntosh, Yellow Delicious and Yellow Transparent Each $59.95 #A520E 3 tiered Apple with the single variety Liberty Each $59.95 #A660E 3 tiered Apple with the single variety Spartan Each $59.95

THREE TRADITIONAL ESP ALIER P ATTERNS ESPALIER PA

Our T-shaped Cordon (3 tiers) Our T-shape cordon can be trained to look like these drawings.

(Pyrus communis) We chose this interesting collection of pears for their wonderful fruit quality and because they are among the easiest for backyard gardeners to grow. We use the superior winter hardy, semidwarf Old Home x Farmingdale (OHxF) 333 rootstock unless otherwise noted. USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted. We offer sturdy, well rooted 3-5’ pear trees. (Perry pears for making Cider; See page 27)

European Pears Nor thwest Favorites Northwest

Your espalier may not look as good, but you’ll be in a lot less trouble than Napoleon’s gardener if you mess up!

GROW A BELGIAN FENCE INEXPENSIVELY...

Make a Belgian fence with our regular trees planted diagonally in a diamond pattern. Ask us how!

This beautiful apple tree was espaliered on a fence. The fence is long gone. Turn your apple trees into works of art for people to appreciate 100 years from now.

Guide T o Apples By Flavor To

It is difficult to describe “flavor” in a catalog description. We try here to rate many of the apples we offer by the level of their acidity or tartness. Note: Apples called “tart” or “tangy” can have as much sugar content as sweet apples. They have added acids which compliment their flavor. *Sweet mostly (low in acids and moderate to high in sugars:) Sansa, Beni Shogun Fuji, Chehalis, Greensleeves, Centennial. *Sweet/tart balanced (moderate in acid, moderate to high sugars:) Akane, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Melrose, Shizuka, Pristine, Dayton, William’s Pride, Ashmeads, Hudson’s. Among the sweet/tart apples are also those in the Cox’s family.

These include Ellison’s Orange, Rubinette, Corail, Fiesta and the McIntosh clan including Liberty, Spartan, Shay and Belmac. * Sweet with extra tartness (moderate to high in acid & moderate to high in sugars:) Karmijn, Bramley, Red Boskoop, Gravenstein.

CONTROL OF APPLE ANTHRACNOSE DVD featuring plant pathologist Ralph Byther This instructive video shows how to control cankers by cutting, torching, pruning and fungicides. Proceeds to the Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation. #S522 $14.50 APPLE COOKBOOK by Olwen Woodier; 187 pages Enjoy140 delicious recipes including beverages, breakfasts, soups, salads, entrees, breads, pies and muffins. Learn to preserve; including canning, freezing, drying 30 and making sauces and jams. Makes a great gift. #S007 $10.95

RESCUE A show stopper. Everyone who sees and tastes this huge beautiful fruit insists on buying a tree. The fruit is yellow with a bright red-orange blush and the flesh is sweet, smooth and juicy. The scab resistant tree is upright and vigorous and each year loaded with fruit. The fruit matures in September and keeps until December. A small core makes it easy to can. #B200 Each $22.95

ORCASTM Horticulturist Joe Long discovered this tree growing on his property on Orcas Island, Washington and it has become a regional favorite. The fruit is large, flavorful and loaded each year with yellow fruit with a carmine blush. The tree has a vigorous, spreading habit. The pears are great for canning, drying or eating fresh. The fruit matures in early September. #B180 Each $22.95

Organic Gr owers try Onwar d Growers Onward ONWARD Organic English gardeners love Onward for its ease of growing and reliability of production even in years with untimely spring frosts. The medium size fruit is yellow when ripe in early September and sometimes russetted. It’s a heavy, precocious cropper with a rich sweet juicy flavor. It blooms mid season with Comice but it will not pollinize or be pollinized by Comice. On OHxF 97 rootstock. #B175 Each $24.95 Limit one.

Heritage Pears; Flavors for the Ages

For Fr ench Chefs, Pears ar e the King of Fruits!

French are Outstanding Keeper Pears

WHITE DOYENNE This very old French cultivar is highly prized for its melt-in-your-mouth texture and superb flavor, both fresh and cooked. The taste has evoked poetic descriptions: “like a buttery chardonnay, sweet yet tart, with musky undertones and a strong perfume.” The favorite pear of famous chef Alice Waters, it blooms early and ripens in late September. It is susceptible to scab and not at its best in maritime climates. #B130 Each $24.95

DUCHESS D’ ANGOULEME Dating to 1808, this russetted French heritage pear is prized for large fruit and rich, juicy flavor. The upright, vigorous, hardy tree blooms with Conference and ripens in early October. Zones 5-9. #B100 Each $24.95

ATLANTIC QUEEN This old time pear cultivar earns its royal appellation for the huge, up to 1-1/2 lb. each, yellow-green fruit it produces in abundance. Enjoy the melting, juicy, aromatic flesh even when grown under adverse conditions. Shows resistance to fireblight. Ripens in September. #B035 Each $24.95

BARTLETT The most popular pear in the U.S. and also in Europe where it is called Williams.

Fruit ripens in early September. The large pears turn yellow with a pink blush as they ripen. A favorite for eating fresh and canning. #B038 Each $22.95

COMICE

Pick these pears while they are rock hard in late October and November and store them cool but unfrozen. Place them on your counter at room temperature when it says in the descriptions below and they will soften and be ready to eat or cook with.

CONFERENCE Named for the British national pear conference in 1885, Europeans still gather to praise it. This leading French commercial variety is very juicy, sweet and buttery. It is the most productive pear, hanging from the branch in huge banana like clusters. Attractive, large yellow fruit matures in October with Highland. It keeps through January. On OHxF rootstock. #B090 Each $22.95

HIGHLAND Highland thrives throughout the nation. This large attractive dessert pear is yellow with some russetting. The flesh is very smooth in texture and rich in flavor. Trees are very hardy, of moderate vigor and very productive.

The fruit matures in early October and develops its best quality if stored about a month. Ripen the fruit on your counter through Christmas. It was developed at the Geneva station in New York. #B120 Each $22.95

SUIJ Pronounced “Sigh”, this is a pear you pick while its rock hard in October or November and store it in a root cellar to eat fresh in March. Suij is one of the best keeper pears. It makes a delicious and beautiful pink pear sauce. This type of pear was popular for hundreds of years in Europe where people used it as a staple food through the winter but has gone out of fashion in the last 70 years.

It is a cross of Comice and the winter keeper St. Remi. We got it from the Bullock family who got it from Ed Suij. #B231 Each $24.95

Small Pears with Big Flavors SECKEL

A large yellow pear with sweet juicy melting flesh. It provides the flavor standard by which to measure all others. Harvest early October.

Tastes best after storing a month and then ripening at room temperature. #B080 Each $22.95

This famous small, but very sweet, heavy setting variety is known as the sugar pear. It has yellow russetted skin and extraordinary flavor. It ripens in late September and is fireblight resistant. #B220 Each $22.95

HONEY SWEET Br own and Crunchy Brown BOSC A firm fleshed flavorful pear with a beautiful brownish russetted skin and a crunchy texture. Some prefer it to the smooth texture of Comice. Very sweet and juicy. Outstanding in the Pacific Northwest. Tastes best after storing a month or two. #B060 Each $22.95

COMBO EUROPEAN PEAR The Anjou, Bartlett, Comice, Flemish Beauty and Seckel cultivars on one beautiful tree. You will have the greatest pear varieties ripening for months! Trees can be easily maintained at 12' tall. Self pollinizing.

On Quince rootstock. On a Comice interstem. #B4004A 4-1 Combo Each $42.50 (Sorry! Because of difficulty tracking the possible combinations, we cannot tell you ahead which variety is missing on any combo. They are labeled and you will know when it arrives.)

You will love the rich, firm and sweet flesh of Honey Sweet. A smooth, buttery pear, similar to the well-known Seckel pear, but larger, it ripens to a golden russet late in the season. Trees will set fruit without a pollinizer, but fruit will be bigger if pollinated. Honey Sweet is resistant to fireblight and to leaf spotting diseases. It’s great for home gardens and local markets. #B125 Each $24.95

STUTTGARTER GEISHIRTLE Recommended by a Raintree customer who loved it in her hometown in Germany. This sweet two-inch diameter russeted pear will hang on the tree, ready to eat during August. It’s a very heavy annual bearer of delicious lunch size ES fruit. The name means E “little goat herder”.

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Start P ear Season T wo Months Early Pear Two UBILEEN

Ubileen

A large, sweet, aromatic, pear from Bulgaria.

The skin is yellow with a pretty red blush. The flavorful flesh is fine textured and buttery. It is harvested in early August and top rated among thousands of pears from around the world at the USDA Germplasm Repository. 4-5’ #B260 Each $22.95

Bella Di Guigno

Blake’s Pride

Atlantic Queen

POTOMAC

Warren

WARREN

DOYENNE DE JULIETE

Adapted throughout the nation and among the best backyard choices. The fruit is juicy and sweet with buttery texture and very good keeping abilities. Warren is resistant to fireblight, and quite cold hardy (to -20°F). It was discovered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi by noted horticulturist T. O. Warren. The fruits are medium to large and have a teardrop shape and green skin. #B240 Each $22.95

Be among the few Americans privileged to enjoy this rarely seen, sweet, early highly productive summer pear from Belgium. Small, round fruit, about 2" in diameter, boasts a rich, juicy, buttery flavor and ripens in mid-July. #B132 Each $22.95

BUTIRRA PRECOCE MORETTINI An amazing find, this sweet, spicy pear is large in size, yellow-green with a beautiful red blush. It ripens and sets large crops in early August. The flavor is unmatched; rich and buttery. The vigorous tree is a heavy and regular cropper. #B160 Each $22.95

RED CLAPPS FAVORITE

Clapps

Using Eur opean Pears European IN THE KITCHEN: Great for fresh eating. Dried, they taste like candy.

Use for canning, jams or preserves. As desserts, they can be poached and served with flavorful sauces. Great sliced with cheeses. In France it is the king of fruits, prized by chefs.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: The shape of a pear tree is strongly vertical.

They can be trained as espaliers.

Useful Facts HARDINESS: On our OHxF rootstocks USDA Zones 4-9.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun. PLANT SPACING: 15’ on OHxF. HARVEST TIME: July-October. ORIGIN: Caucasus mountains.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 60 to 150 years.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 3 YIELD: 50 to 100 pounds per tree.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: A well drained, slightly acidic loam soil but tolerates a wide range of soils.

PRUNING: See Tree Owners Manual that comes with each order.

POLLINATION: Each variety needs a pollinizer unless otherwise noted.

Because pear blossoms are relatively unattractive to bees, plant pears next to each other and keep weeds down at blossom time. European pears start blooming in late March. Oriental pears start blooming before Europeans; but late blooming Asians overlap with and will cross pollinate early blooming Europeans.

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BLAKE’S PRIDE A reliable harvest of aromatic, juicy fruit that melts in your mouth and excellent resistance to fireblight give this recent USDA selection plenty to be proud of. The fruit is yellow-togolden skinned with some light russetting, The pears are ready to harvest in September. #B042 Each $22.95

Potomac was bred at Ohio State and released by the USDA in 1993. It combines the highest fireblight resistance with excellent flavor and productivity. This rich buttery pear ripens in early September and keeps 810 weeks in the refrigerator. Fruit is of medium size. The flavor is similar to its parent Anjou. #B185 Each $22.95

BELLA DI GUIGNO While others wait until August for a ripe pear, you can enjoy this rich, buttery Italian delight in late June or July. Red blushed three inch long fruit cover this sturdy, easy to care for tree. #B045 Each $22.95

Also called “Red Kalle”. This large pear from Michigan is beautiful with amazing Red reddish purple fruit hanging like jewels from the tree. The fruit is sweet and flavorful. It thrives in the Pacific Northwest and in much of the nation. It ripens in early September.

On semi dwarf OHxF 97. #B205 Each $22.95

Fireblight Resistance & Great Flavor

SPALDING If you like the crunchy, juicy, sweetness of an Asian pear and the mellow complex flavor of a European pear, you’ll love Spalding. A healthy, vigorous tree produces loads of medium size, round, light green fruit in early September. Originally from the South, it thrives in the Pacific Northwest. This European pear is partially self fertile and fireblight resistant. #B230 Each $22.95

Spaulding

HARROW DELIGHT A heavy setting, medium size pear with very good flavor and smooth texture. It is from Ontario, Canada, and resistant to fireblight and scab. Fruit ripens in early September. A proven winner at the WSU Mt. Vernon station. #B110 Each $22.95

Harrow Delight

DAVE’S DELIGHT A very attractive, high quality early to mid season ripening dessert pear bred in Nova Scotia Canada. It has also proven a winner widely including in the Pacific Northwest. The aromatic fruit is yellow with a red blush and is fine textured and buttery like its parent Bartlett. Released in 1986 from the Kentville Ag Canada station, it’s parents are Beierschmidt x Bartlett. #B105 Each $22.95

Fireblight Resistant Pears • •

Resistant: Spaulding, Morritini, Blake’s Pride, Potomac, Ayers, Spaulding, Warren, Tsu Li, Seuri Somewhat Resistant: Comice, Dabney, Seckel, Atlantic Queen, Conference, Harrow Delight, Honeysweet, Chojuro, Kikisui, Kosui.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Pear branches grow upright and need spreading.

Most Pears should be picked before they are fully ripe and ripened off the tree. Using the maturity dates offered with each variety as an estimate, cup your hand under the pear and lift up. If the pear stem breaks, the pear is ready to pick. The earlier pears only need a few days on the counter to ripen. The later pears need to be stored in a dark cool place for a month or more then put on the counter to fully ripen.

Asian Pears

(Pyrus serotina) Asian pears are very sweet and so juicy that the juice will run down your chin when you crunch into one. Here is an exotic fruit that thrives in our maritime climate and throughout most of the nation. Each variety has a different mixture of subtle flavors and its effect on the palate is unique and quite special. Unlike most European pears, the fruit ripens on the tree. Our trees are on semi dwarf Old Home x Farmingdale 97 rootstock unless otherwise noted. We offer well rooted 3-5’ trees unless noted.

CULTIVARS WITH RUSSETTED FRUIT

YOINASHI

Mishirasu

KOREAN GIANT

Your trees will be loaded with fruit!

CULTIVARS WITH YELLOW FRUIT

HAMESE This very sweet, crisp pear is the first to ripen each summer in mid-August. Productive trees give large crops of medium sized, yellow skinned fruits of superior flavor. #B545 Each $22.95

SHINSEIKI Shinseiki has yellow skin with sweet white flesh. The fine quality and medium to large size fruit is similar to, though we think better than Nijiseiki, (the variety commonly found in grocery stores). It is a heavy, regular bearer. Fruit ripens in late August. #B720 Each $22.95

(Dan Bae or Olympic) The vigorous winter hardy tree produces at a young age and bears a heavy crop of large, round olive green fruit that can weigh up to a pound each. The fruit can be kept in unrefrigerated storage until March. This highly touted pear blooms early in the season and ripens in mid-October. It is very crisp and juicy with a high sugar content. It does well in most of the nation but can ripen too late in maritime summer climates. #B540 Each $22.95

ATAGO Unlike some Asian pears that like it hot, Atago develops sweet, juicy flavor even in cooler summer weather. A substantial crop of high quality, delicious fruit ripens in late September. Atago has been a star in the Mt. Vernon trials. #B510 Each $22.95

Korean Giant

KOSUI

KIKISUI Even when trees are young, Kikisui reliably bears an ample harvest of large, crisp, delicious fruit at Raintree starting in early September. The round, yellow pears are sweet and juicy, and the trees resist fireblight. #B530 Each $22.95

This russeted selection is one of the best tasting. It Atago is a reliable bearer of medium to large delicious fruit. However in wet climates like Western Washington, it is susceptible to Pseudomonas. A great choice in much of the nation. #B535 Each $22.95

CHOJURO We love the rich distinctive aromatic flavor of this prolific traditional Japanese favorite.

Sometimes called “Old World”, the fruit is of good size and has brown russetted skin. Fruit ripens in mid September and keeps until March. #B520 Each $22.95

SHINSUI Among the sweetest of the Asian pears and the first to ripen. The upright vigorous tree is a heavy producer of medium sized orange russetted fruit.

One of the best at Raintree. #B663 Each $22.95

TSU LI

Yoinashi

This round brown skinned fruit is crisp and juicy with an outstanding butterscotch flavor. It sets a heavy crop of medium to large size crisp sweet fruit on a vigorous, pseudomonas resistant tree. #B780 Each $24.95

Chinese Pears

ICHIBAN An attractive brown skinned large fruit with a mellow butterscotch flavor and fine texture. The tree is productive and fruit ripens early, just before Shinseiki. Among the best at the Mt. Vernon station.

It is somewhat resistant to pseudomonas infection.

Ichiban means #1 in Japanese. #B560 Each 22.95

The fruit is very large and elongated like a European pear. The flavor is sweet and aromatic, among the best tasting of the Asian pears. The tree is upright and vigorous. Tsu Li thrives in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and in other areas with long hot summers, but may not ripen consistently in areas with short or cool summers. It is fireblight resistant. 300 chill hours. #B740 Each $22.95

MISHIRASU

Tsu Li SEURI The delicious round large fruit has a beautiful bright orange color. The very attractive tree originates in China. It is very vigorous and productive. The aromatic fruit ripens in early October. It is fireblight resistant. #B650 Each $22.95

Enjoy big crops of huge brown skinned oval shaped fruit with beautiful orange dots. This unique fruit is very crisp and crunchy, with excellent flavor. It ripens in late September. (Photo above) #B570 Each $24.95

Ichiban

Yongi

YONGI The flesh of this large apple shaped fruit is perfumy, juicy and refreshing. The skin is a beautiful caramel ES color. Yongi is best peeled to enjoy the crisp, sweet flesh. The tree is E productive and an excellent backyard growers choice.

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Shinsui Hamese Ichiban Shinseiki Kikisui Kosui Chojuro Yongi Yoinashi Mishirasu Atago Seuri Korean Giant Tsu Li

Seuri Tsu Li Korean Giant

Yoinashi Shinseiki Atago Mishirasu Ichiban Hamese Yongi Shinsui Kikisui Chojuro Kosui

Notice: We do not know the bloom times or ripening times of all of the new cultivars we are offering. If you don’t find a variety on the charts it is wise to have several other pears to insure coverage of its pollination requirements.

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Early Bloom

Seckel Orcas Comice Bosc Shipova

Harrow Delight

Red Clapp’s

Highland

Blake’s Pride

Rescue Ayers

Atlantic Queen

Honeysweet

Warren Potomac

Ubileen Stuttgarter Angouleme

W Doyenne

Bartlett

D. Juliett

Packham’s

Spalding Morettini

Mid Season Bloom

D. Juliett Packham’s W Doyenne

Bartlett Ubileen Stuttgarter Angouleme Warren Potomac Honeysweet Atlantic Queen

Rescue Ayers Blake’s Pride Red Clapp’s

Highland Harrow Delight

Seckel Orcas Comice Bosc Shipova

Acceptable pollinizer Kikisui Chojuro Kosui

Yongi Shinsui

Hamese

Ichiban

Atago Mishirasu

Korean Giant

Yoinashi Shinseiki

Seuri Tsu Li

Variety Pollinated

Pollen Source

Asian Pear Approximate Ripening Order

Late Bloom

B.de Guigno

Asian Pears

The Pear Facts

Mid Season Bloom

Conference

Late Bloom

POLLINATION: Select two varieties for pollination. All are good pollinizers. For best results, rely on early bloomers to pollinize each other.

Mid to late season bloomers will pollinate each other. In warm climates, Shinseiki is among the varieties reported to be partially self-fertile. The latest third of the Asians will often overlap bloom and pollinize with the first third of the European pear bloomers.

THINNING: Trees tend to overbear. Thin fruit to one pear per cluster to have large fruit. Regular irrigation while the fruit is sizing will insure production of large juicy fruit and a healthy growing tree.

Variety Pollinated

Morettini

Useful Facts HARDINESS: On our OHxF rootstocks, USDA Zones 5-9.

EXPOSURE: Full sun.

TREE SIZE & SPACING: 15 feet HARVEST TIME: August-October. Pick ripe from the tree.

ORIGIN: China, Korea and Japan.

LIFE: 50+ years.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 YIELD: 40-60 pounds SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Loam is preferred. Trees can tolerate wet soils.

PRUNING: Train like a European pear or an apple, with modifications.

See “Tree Owners Manual” that comes with order.

PESTS: In the NW where the disease “Pseudomonas” is a problem, prune only from May-September to avoid infections.

European Pears

Early Bloom

Conference

IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh eating, salads, superior for drying or pickling.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: It is an excellent ornamental, espalier or shade tree.

The tree is covered with early white blossoms and the glossy attractive leaves are tinged with purple in the spring, late summer and autumn.

Spalding

Using Asian Pears

SHIPOVA (Pyrus x Sorbus) A rare and unique Pear and Mountain Ash cross from Yugoslavia. It will grow to be a 15-20' tree and produces a crop of apricot size (sometimes much larger) yellow, round very delicious “pears”. The leaves are silver grey and resemble a pear leaf in shape. The hardy and scab resistant tree, on OHxF pear rootstock, blooms in mid-April and ripens fruit in August. Trees are slow to come into production. They are partially self-fertile but choose a Mt. Ash or very late blooming European Pear for pollination. USDA Zones 3-9. #D170 Each $21.95

B.de Guigno

#B9004A 4-1Combo $36.50

Delicious Mt. Ash & Pear Hybrid

Pollen Source

COMBO ASIAN PEAR Among our most popular trees are these combinations with both yellow and brown russetted Asian pears. The hardy trees are selfpollinating and produce delicious fruit all season. The Asian varieties are Shinseiki, Nijiseiki and Shinko. The European pear Comice is used as an interstem on Quince rootstock which makes it compatible and also dwarfs the tree. It is easily maintained at 10’ tall. To get fruit from the Comice variety you will need another European Pear as a pollinizer.

Partially self-fertile.

Should not be relied upon as a pollinizer.

European Pear Ripening Order JULY

SEPTEMBER

Bella de Guigno Red Clapps H. Delight Doyenne de Spalding Juliett Dave’s D. AUGUST Rescue Ubileen Orcas Morettini Ayers Stuttgarter

Potomac Blake’s Pride Seckel Atlantic Queen W. Doyenne Bartlett

Dabney

OCTOBER Angouleme Hendre Huffcap Warren Honeysweet Packham’s Comice Conference Highland Bosc Butt, Barnet

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Cherries Unique Low Chill Cherries Ar e Headed South Are

Emperor Francis

Now growers in Southern lower chill areas can successfully grow cherries. These delicious sweet cherries are newly introduced by Floyd Zaiger and require only 400 hours of chilling. USDA Zones 7-10.

ROYAL LEE

Fresh cherries are so expensive to buy. Yet, with our new, fast bearing, dwarf Gisela 5 rootstocks they are easy to grow and pick! Many people have told us, “Full size, sweet cherry trees that grow to 40 feet tall are for the birds.” We agree! Now it is no longer necessary to risk life or limb to pick a bowl of cherries. We offer dwarf cherry trees, of many varieties, which thrive in our maritime climate and in most of the nation. All our cherries, unless noted, are on the very dwarfing Gisela 5® rootstock and the price includes the expensive rootstock royalty. We offer sturdy 4 to 6' grafted trees that will dig in and grow for you. They are often unbranched “whips” that will branch well upon planting! Sweet cherries USDA Zones 5-9, tart cherries Zones 4-9 unless noted! Sweet cherries need a pollinizer unless otherwise noted.

Sweet Light Red and Yellow Cherries on Gisela 5 Rootstock RAINIER Prized for its outstanding, zesty flavor, Rainier is a highly productive yellow sweet cherry with a red blush. The fruit is firm and large and the tree is vigorous. It does well in drier climates but often cracks in Western WA. #C850G Each $27.50

EMPEROR FRANCIS The most reliable and productive cherry in our region. A regular bearer of medium size, light colored sweet cherries of excellent flavor. It is loaded with fruit each year. (See photo top left.) Limit one. #C740G Each $29.95

Old Favorites on Gisela 5 Dwarf Rootstock BING The delicious large, firm black cherry Eastern Washington made famous. It grows in dry climates but the fruit may crack west of the Cascades. It’s crsipness and flavor are unmatched. #C710G Each $27.50

LAMBERT A large, black, late season cherry of the highest quality, rivaling Bing. Lambert is less susceptible to cracking due to its later ripening.

Lambert is heart shaped and meaty with excellent quality. It’s prized for fresh eating and cooking. Introduced in Oregon in 1896 and still a favorite. It needs a pollinizer but won’t pollinize with Bing, Royal Anne or Emperor Francis. #C760G Each $27.50

SAM This cracking and canker resistant variety from Canada is jet black. medium sized and flavorful. It ripens in early July. It is somewhat similar to Bing in appearance but much better suited to areas with wet late spring weather. Select a mid season pollinizer. #C875G Each $27.50

COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY THE FOOT Hudson We have long rolls of bird netting 17 feet wide. This medium weight netting has a 10 year UV rating. Tell us how many feet of length you want per piece. Stretch to fit over grapes or build a structure over blueberries or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with clothes pins at the bottom. (Cut to order at 5’ intervals, 25’ minimum length per piece.) #T432, 65 cents per foot of length! We provide about 20% extra length so you can stretch to 17’ wide.

Royal Lee is a very productive, medium-large red cherry; heart shaped, very firm with excellent flavor. It ripens 11-14 days ahead of Bing.

On the new highly touted dwarf New Root 1stock. #C826 Each $28.50

MINNIE ROYAL Minnie Royal is a productive medium-sized red cherry; firm with good flavor, mainly used as a pollinizer for Royal Lee. It ripens 11-14 days ahead of Bing. On dwarf New Root 1 stock. #C825 Each $28.50

Mor e Gr eat Reds on Dwarf Gisela 5 Rootstock More Great KRISTIN The world’s hardiest sweet Kristin cherry, Kristin has survived winters from windswept Norway to Montana.

These big, dark red cherries are crack and bacterial canker resistant and proven in much of the nation. Ripens midJuly. #C780G Each $28.50

ANGELA Enjoy huge crops of glossy red cherries in mid July. Angela has excellent flavor and resists cracking, making it among the best home garden cultivars. Because it oversets, fruit is a little smaller than other varieties. #C700G Each $27.50

Top Rated Flavor Flavor,, Reliability HARTLAND™ A large, heavy bearing attractive dark red cherry. Rated among the most flavorful, it is also resistant to cracking and rot. It ripens and blooms in mid season. It’s from the NY Experiment Station. A proven winner also at the WSU Mt. Vernon station.

Patent #11034. #C762G Each $28.50

4X1 COMBO CHERRY These unique trees are grafted on full size Mazzard rootstock. Enjoy loads of delicious cherries on this self fertile tree.

You get four of these five. Bing, Rainier, Sam, Stella and Van #C9014 IT 4 x1 Combo Each $37.50 U

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Self Fertile Sweet Cherries on Gisela 5 Dwarf Rootstock LAPINS A self-fertile variety of sweet cherry with large dark red fruit of excellent flavor.

Lapins trees are bacterial canker and crack resistant. This tree is a very consistent and heavy bearer. It has wide adaptability through the nation. Lapins needs only 500 chill hours! #C821G Each $27.50

BLACK GOLD™ (PPAF Cultivar Ridgewood) We love the flavor and productivity of this large, firm, deep red (almost black) disease resistant sweet cherry. It is late blooming and self fertile so it sets a big crop where others fail. From New York Fruit Testing. #C840G Each $29.95

Black Gold

Lapins SWEETHEART STELLA Ideal for a backyard grower without space for two sweet cherry trees, this selection from Canada is grown on the New Root 1 Zaiger dwarf cherry rootstock, so it can be maintained easily at 6-8’. Juicy, heartshaped, black cherries boast firm texture and excellent quality. The productive tree has moderate resistance to bacterial canker. Needs 800 chill hours. USDA Zones 4-8. #C871 Each $28.50

WHITE GOLD™ (PPAF Cultivar New Fane) An outstanding new red and yellow, midseason cherry with good size, great flavor and consistent heavy cropping. White Gold is somewhat resistant to cherry leaf spot and bacterial canker. An Emperor Francis X Stella, recently released from NY experiment station. NY13688.

Limit one. #C845G Each $29.95

A large bright red self fertile cherry with excellent flavor. It shows a low incidence of cracking. The tree is upright and vigorous. It is so heavy bearing and precocious that when grown optimally, it benefits from thinning.

From British Columbia, it performs well in much of the U.S. and has done well at the WSU Mt. Vernon WA station. It ripens late, a week after Lapins. #C883G Each $28.50 All the self-fertile varieties are also good pollinizers for the other sweet cherries!

Sweetheart

TEHRANIVEE

WhiteFertile Gold Self Sweet Canadians A new mahogany colored self fertile sweet cherry VANDALAY with black-red juice.

A delicious, large black Tehranivee has excellent cherry that resists cracking flavor as well as size, and bacterial canker. It is an sweetness and firmness. It excellent pollinizer for other ripens at the end of July varieties. Raintree offers in Western Washington so Vandalay to American it avoids cracking.Bred gardeners after it has proven by famed Canadian to be among the most researcher Gus Tehrani, it flavorful and reliable in the was released in 1996, midwest, northeast, and at from the Vineland the WSU Mt. Vernon WA research station. It ripens with Bing and blooms with Ontario Station and is a cross of Van and Stella. This beauty will be a Sweetheart. From the Vineland Research Station in Ontario Canada. Plant Patent winner for American home orchardists. Limit one. #C895G Each $29.95 Applied For #C890G Each $29.95

GLACIER A self fertile, very large, dark red cherry introduced and patented by Washington State University. It is crack resistant and very flavorful. A great backyard selection. It is a good pollinizer for other sweet cherry varieties. #C750G Each $27.50

BIRD SCARE TAPE This tough 7/16” wide shining metallic tape is red on one side and silver on the other and its shimmering scares the birds. 290’ roll. #T080 Each $4.95

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A New Dwarf Self Fertile Cherry for Y our Gar den Your Garden CRAIG’S CRIMSON Our most dwarfed cherry tree is perfect for the small garden. This naturally semi-dwarf cultivar is self-fertile and grown on the New Root 1 Zaiger dwarf cherry rootstock, so it can be maintained easily at 6-8’. The dark red to nearly black fruit has a wonderful spicy flavor, firm texture and mediumto-large size. Needs 800 chill hours. (Zaiger). Patent #7320. USDA Zones 48. #C725 Each $28.50

Our Dwarf Cherry T e Easiest T o Pick & Fastest T o Bear!

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Our New Dwarf Cherry Rootstocks LET YOU Succeed!

Tart Cherries All of our tart cherry trees are self fertile. The trees are on dwarfing Gisela 5 rootstock, and easily maintained at 8-10' in height.

SUREFIRE™ A surefire, easy picking choice for the backyard grower and U-pick marketer. Because it is very late flowering, Surefire evades and tolerates frosts and annually produces large, crack resistant crops. Both skin and flesh are fire engine red. Its high sugar content makes it excellent for eating fresh. It ripens a week after Montmorency.

So highly regarded, it is the first sour cherry introduced by the N.Y. Geneva Station in 107 years. Patent #11108. #C880 Each $28.50

DANUBE™ A new selection from Hungary, where delicious cherries have been grown for centuries. It is also called Erdi Botermo. The dark red fruit has a flavor that is a cross of the sweet and tart cherry. It is delicous eaten fresh or used in baked goods. It is self fertile and productive and ripens in early July.. #C720G Each $28.50

WSU researcher Jacky King with a Surefire

ENGLISH MORELLO Morello cherries have a deep crimson flesh and rich wine red juice. English Danube Morello is an old variety, grown for centuries, with tart aromatic flesh. The juice is abundant and unparalleled for t oerncy cooking and pie making. The large Monm Montmorency heart shaped dark red fruit is freestone and ripens in August, at the end of the cherry season. The tree habit is small, easily maintained at 8' or less. #C835G Each $29.95

MONTMORENCY The classic pie cherry tree. The beautiful upright tree thrives in our area. It produces an abundance of bright red cherries. #C830G Each $28.50

KANSAS SWEET

Almaden Duke

The delicious flavor of this selection comes from a cross between a sweet cherry and a tart cherry. The beautiful, lush, columnar tree grows to 8-10’ with thick, dark, oval leaves, making it a wonderful choice for an ornamental focal point in the edible landscape. #C810G Each $29.95 Limit one.

CHERRY PITTER The “Progressive Cherry Pitter” quickly pits up to 4 cherries at once while keeping counters clean and mess free. It is dishwasher safe. #T380 Each $14.95 I just received the Montmorency Cherry/Gisela 5. It’s already beautiful.

It’s more than I expected to receive. D. E. Reno NV

The Gisela 5 Dwarf Rootstock Is Incredibly Productive We offer virus free cherry trees on the dwarf Giessen 148-2 rootstock, (also called Gisela 5®) that makes a tree that can be maintained at 10-12' tall.

This rootstock induces early and heavy fruit production, is very winter hardy and thrives on a wide variety of soils. This rootstock is not only very dwarfing but also disease resistant and not susceptible to virus problems. Developed over 30 years, at the University of Giessen in Germany, these rootstocks have proven their value throughout the United States in the NC 140 rootstock trials. After a very cold winter in Germany, trees on these rootstocks set good crops where flower buds on both Colt and Mazzard hardy rootstocks were frozen back. The large royalties we have to pay on the rootstocks account for the higher price. However the years you gain in early production and easy picking make it well worth it. Patents make it illegal for gardeners to propagate Giessen rootstocks without an expensive license. However, we offer for sale the VSL 2 (Krymsk 5™) dwarf cherry rootstock. See page 49.

Ripening Order: Early Burlat Stella E. Francis Lapins Hartland Black Gold Danube Kristen White Gold Rainier Bing Sam Vandalay Tehranivee Craig’s Crim.

NY 518 Sweetheart Lambert Almaden Hudson Montmorency K. Sweet Surefire Morello Acceptable pollinizer.

Should not be relied upon as a pollinizer.

How T o Use Cherries To

Bloom Order Chart

IN THE KITCHEN: Eat sweet cherries off the tree or can the luscious red or yellow fruit. They are also used in jams. Pie cherries can be eaten fresh, but their main use is in cherry pie or in sour cherry jam.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Sweet cherry trees make attractive yard trees with their rich green, large, serrated leaves and lovely fragrant white spring blossoms. Pie cherry trees have darker leaves and make good smaller yard trees.

Useful Facts HARDINESS: Our Gisela 5 dwarf rootstock is hardy to at least -25° F. Sweet cherries are USDA Zones 5-9; tart cherries are USDA Zones 4-9 unless noted.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun.

ORIGIN: Eastern Europe.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 35 years. YEARS TO FRUIT: 2-3 MATURE TREE YIELD: 25-50 pounds. HEIGHT & SPACING: 12 feet.

How To Grow SOILS: Avoid heavy clay and wet soils for sweet cherries.

PRUNING: See Tree Owners Manual that comes with each order.

PESTS: Birds like cherries and eat many just before we humans do. Yellow fruited varieties don’t attract birds! Selecting varieties on dwarf rootstocks and using the netting and scare tape listed on page 87, will help you get the fruit.

POLLINATION: Some sweet cherries need another sweet cherry as a pollinizer. Some don’t pollinate each other. Tart cherries ES E are self-fertile but won’t pollinate sweet cherries.

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Raintree’s Exclusive Curl Resistant Peaches Shout Out... “Bite Me”.

Curl Resistant Peaches Enjoy delicious peaches from your own tree. Peach leaf curl has always been a major problem for backyard peach growers. Raintree is the leader in introducing good tasting, resistant varieties. On Lovell rootstock unless noted.

AVALON PRIDE™ (Patented Cultivar Croft) Discovered as a chance seedling in 1981 in Issaquah, WA. by Margaret Proud and named in honor of her father Donald Croft. The highly flavored, yellow fleshed, semifreestone fruit is good for canning, pies or eaten fresh. Fruit ripens in mid July. #C525A $23.95

Peaches

& Nectarines: (Prunus persica) Nothing beats the flavor of a fresh peach or nectarine ripened in your own backyard. Our disease resistant varieties now make it easy for you to succeed. Now you can grow great peaches and nectarines in the Northwest as well as in most of the nation. We offer self fertile varieties, unless noted, which are of excellent quality. Many are resistant to leaf curl. A Nectarine is a Peach without fuzz. We offer sturdy well rooted 3'-5' tall trees. On Lovell rootstock unless noted. USDA Zones 5-9 unless noted.

BABY CRAWFORD

FROST™

Baby Crawford

The longest tested, curl resistant tree, Frost is still unsurpassed. In mid-August, it produces reliable crops of semi-freestone, yellowfleshed peaches that have a rich, sweet flavor. Wonderful for both canning and fresh eating. #C500 Each $22.95

Q 1-8 This semi-freestone, white-fleshed peach has wonderful sweet flavor that is great for fresh eating. Showy blossoms in spring predict ripe fruit in early August. #C530 Each $22.95

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MARY JANE™ Reliable, colorful and delicious, this tree produces showy pink flowers and sets fruit even in frosty springs. In mid-August, a crop of flavorful, red skinned, yellow-fleshed peaches are ready for fresh eating, drying, canning or freezing. A chance seedling selected

by Louie Strahl in Steilacoom, WA. #C552 Each $24.95

INDIAN FREE This heirloom variety was grown by Thomas Jefferson, who prized it for its rich color, flavor and size. Naturally resistant to peach leaf curl, the tree produces heavy crops of large, aromatic clingstone peaches that have red skin and white flesh marbled with crimson stripes. When fully ripe in mid to late season, the sweet, distinctive flavor is excellent both eaten fresh and in preserves and chutneys.

Plant another peach or nectarine as a pollinizer. On Citation rootstock. #C524 Each $24.95

BETTY PEACH A sweet flavorful leaf curl and split pit resistant peach. It is self fertile and ripens late in the season, at the end of August. It has a deeper color than the variety Frost and is more productive. It was a seedling found near Ferndale in Western Washington and was tested at the WSU Mt. Vernon Station. #C503 Each $26.50

RESISTANT PEACH/ Nectarine COMBO Enjoy Frost, Q 1-8, Mary Jane curl resistant peaches and Hardired Nectarine on one beautiful, self-fertile tree 15’ tall tree. On Lovell rootstock.

4x1 Peach Combo #C5004A Each $42.50 3x1 Peach Combo #C5003A Each $32.50 Combo with Harken, Frost, Q 1-8 and Hardired #C5004 4 x 1 Combo Each $42.50; #C5003 3 x 1 Combo Each 32.50; #C5002 2 x 1 Combo Each $25

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This heritage peach cultivar has an intensely rich, flavor. The medium size freestone peaches are yellow with golden-orange flesh and a slight blush.

Fruit connoisseurs rate it at the top for flavor eaten fresh, preserved, dried or canned. #C504 Each $23.95

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This hardy, late blooming peach escapes spring frosts and sets fruit in much of the nation: it thrives in the East, in Colorado and in the Northwest. It has a high chilling requirement (1050 chill hours), and isn’t good for the Deep South. The beautiful, large fruit is bright red over yellow, is firm, sweet and delicious.

Since it resists browning and is freestone, it is great for fresh eating, freezing or canning. Introduced from the North Carolina Experiment station in 1988. It ripens in August. USDA Zones 4-9. #C505A Each $24.95

Genetic Dwarfs Genetic Dwarf peaches and nectarines grow 4-5’ tall and are great in a pot on the patio, deck or in the ground. Each is grafted about 18” high to make a beautiful dwarf bush like the one pictured.

All ripen in June in central California to early August in the Pacific Northwest. All genetic dwarfs are very susceptible, but avoid leaf curl when they are grown in a special, easy to accomplish way. Cover the tree so it stays dry from mid Dec. to Feb. and it won’t get leaf curl.

Each is on Lovell rootstock.

Grow Genetic Dwarfs in a pot.

ELDORADO PEACH A richly flavored genetic dwarf with a pretty red blushed skin. It is early ripening, freestone and self-fruitful and makes a beautiful fruiting bush. Needs 500 chill hours. Zones 6-9 #C540 Each $24.95

EMPRESS PEACH Enjoy the delicious juicy sweet flavor. This productive dwarf tree is the hardiest of the genetic dwarf peaches to USDA Zones 5-9. The fruit is a beautiful glowing pink color and the flesh is yellow. It needs 850 Chill Hours. #C518 Each $24.95

2x1 NECTARINE - PEACH COMBO Enjoy two great varieties on a small tree. The Nectar Babe nectarine has large sweet yellow freestone fruit and the Pix Zee peach has sweet flavorful orangered clingstone fruit with yellow flesh. Zones 6-9. #C5802 Each $29.95

Genetic Dwarf in Bloom Nectazee

NECTAZEE NECTARINE Enjoy the flavorful yellow fleshed, red skinned fruits on this beautiful, freestone dwarf tree. #C585 Each $24.95

Genetic Dwarf Peach In A Pot, Perfect For Patio!

Chinese Flat Peaches and Nectarines Flat Peaches and Nectarines are new to American gardeners. They grow like other peach trees. The fruit is flat and very sweet. They need a hot summer climate and 500 chill hours to thrive. On Lovell rootstock. Self fertile.

SAUZEE KING WHITE NECTARINE New from Zaiger Hybrids - the first donut-style nectarine! This outstanding early season variety has white flesh that is sweet and juicy. The compact tree sets fruit at a young age and produces heavily. Thinning is required for large fruit size. The fruit has red skin over a blush of yellow. On Citation rootstock #C563 Each $23.95

Widely Adaptable Peaches Loaded with Flavor HARKEN PEACH This is the best flavored peach in our climate. From Canada, hardy and widely adapted, it is very sweet and bears a regular crop of large freestone peaches.

For canning, pick fruit before it is table ripe. Ripens early August. On Lovell rootstock. #C510D Each $22.95

WHITE LADY PEACH This low acid/high sugar white fleshed peach has a flavor that will melt in your mouth. The medium large, red skinned fruits are freestone and have very firm flesh. White Lady is widely adapted throughout the nation wherever peaches will thrive. 800 chill hours.

On Lovell rootstock. #C553 Each $23.95

Nectarines Selected For Flavor

SATURN PEACH™ “Peento” peaches are shaped like a doughnut, without the hole. They have large, showy double pink flowers. The very sweet medium size fruit has melting white flesh. Patent #5123. #C547 Each $22.95

SWEET BAGEL PEACH™ Look! It’s a bagel. No, it’s a donut. What?

It’s a peach? The look of new Sweet Bagel may surprise you at first, but when you bite into the juicy, yellow fruit, you’ll recognize the superb peach flavor. The productive trees like hot summers. Fruit is large compared to other flat peaches. #C545 Each $23.95

HW 272 PEACH Consistently high marks at the WSU Mt. Vernon station have prompted us to get permission to offer this outstanding selection. HW 272 is a very flavorful, reliable and heavy bearing peach from Harrow Station, Ontario. It is consistently productive, ripening in early August, HW 272 is freestone and has red skin and yellow flesh and a low incidence of split pits. #C516 Each $22.95

Gorgeous & T asty T oo Tasty Too DOUBLE JEWEL PEACH An outstanding ornamental that also has great tasting fruit. It blooms late in the spring with gorgeous profuse double pink flowers. Its large richly flavored freestone peaches with orange-yellow flesh are ripe early in the summer. A Zaiger introduction, 500 chill hours. On Citation dwarf rootstock. #C506 Each $23.95

Single vs Double Peach Blossoms

Using Peaches & Nectarines

These aren’t genetic dwarfs. The trees will grow to 10-12 feet in height and width. Nectarines are peaches without the fuzz.

MARIA’S GOLD NECTARINE™ The pure golden skin and flesh of this juicy, richly flavored nectarine has a delicious balance of sweetness and acidity typical of the exotic fabled “Golden Peaches of Samarkand.” Named after Russian horticulturist Dr. Maria Plekhanova, it is a hybrid derived from seeds brought back from Uzbekistan by Andy Mariani. $1 from each sale goes to the breeders, the California Rare Fruit Growers hybridizer’s group, which is dedicated to developing superior stone fruit varieties for home gardeners. #C573 Each $26.50

ARCTIC JAY WHITE NECTARINE Hot summers bring out the winning flavor of Arctic Jay white nectarine, which has been consistently rated #1 in Dave Wilson's famous blind fruit taste tests in California.

Even when compared with hundreds of the best fruit varieties, the rich flavor with its delicate balance of tart and sweet and the firm texture of the flesh put Arctic Jay at the top. A freestone nectarine, it blooms late, but ripens mid-season. Give it 500 chill hours. Selffertile. Plant Patent 9908. On Lovell rootstock. #C560 Each $23.95

HARDIRED NECTARINE Top rated for west of the Cascades, this Harrow Ontario selection will excel throughout USDA Zones 5-9. It bears large quantities of red sweet tasty, yellow fleshed fruit in early August. The tree is attractive and spreading in habit, tolerant of bacterial spot and brown rot and covered each spring with large showy pink flowers. On Lovell rootstock. #C565 Each $22.95

IN THE KITCHEN KITCHEN: Wonderful eaten fresh, dried, in pies, canned or with ice cream.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Trees are fast growing and have attractive leaves and fragrant pink blossoms. Genetic dwarfs are perfect in a pot on a patio.

rootstock. On Citation and Krymsk 1 rootstocks they may be somewhat smaller.

POLLINATION: Self-fertile unless noted!

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15-20 years.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 YIELD OF MATURE TREE: 30-50 pounds

Useful Facts HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 SUN OR SHADE: Full sun.

HEIGHT & SPACING: Genetic dwarfs 5' . Other peaches 12-15’ on Lovell and St. Julian A

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Adaptable to many soils as long as they are well drained.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Unlike apples, standard peach trees require heavy

pruning to produce well. Prune off old wood, always renewing branches, because peaches bear on new wood only. Prune to an open center vase shape or in a fan shape on a trellis fence or wall.

LEAF CURL CONTROL: Please note that the leaf curl resistant peaches will get some leaf curl for the first few years. To control leaf curl, spray lime sulfur when the buds first crack open in late December or early January and then ES E three weeks later. Or if spraying by the calendar, spray once in late December TR IT and twice more at two week intervals.

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Puget Gold

(Prunus armeniaca) We offer a collection of unusual Apricots and Apricot crosses from around the world! Apricots come from cold climates where they must bloom very quickly after their chilling requirements are met. In more moderate climates they bloom very early and must be planted in areas where they aren’t subject to early spring frosts! We offer sturdy well rooted 3-5' trees.

These Pr oduce in the Pacific NW wher e Others Fail Produce where Puget Gold and Harglow both bloom later and tolerate more frost while still setting fruit. They are more likely to fruit in a maritime climate where numerous other varieties have failed. They also appear to be somewhat less susceptible to disease.

If you live in a maritime climate and are not in a late frost pocket, try them.

PUGET GOLD™ This prolific bearing tree produces large elongated fruit of very good flavor.

The tree blooms in early March and the fruit ripens in early August. A natural semi-dwarf, the tree can easily be maintained at 15' height and spacing. It’s self-fertile. On Lovell rootstock. #C460 Each $22.95

Cold Climate Black Apricot TLOR-TSIRAN BLACK APRICOT (Prunus dasycarpa) As far as we know, only Raintree is offering Black Apricots to American gardeners. This is a selection of an unusual, naturally occurring hybrid of apricot, P. armeniaca and myroblan plum, P. cerasifera from central Asia. We tasted it in Russia at the Krymsk Station near the Caucasus mountain range and enjoyed the flavor. The skin of the tasty oval fruit is fuzzy like an apricot but is a dark purple. The trees showy white blossoms appear slightly later than other apricots. The flesh is marbled red and yellow. While it has fruited well in cold climates, we have not successfully fruited it here at Raintree in our maritime climate. USDA Zones 4-8. On Lovell rootstock. Limit one. #C380 Each $32.50

PIXIE COT MINIATURE APRICOT A new and exciting breakthrough for the backyard grower. This new Zaiger introduction has a delicious flavor. It is a miniature, easily maintained at only eight feet tall. The abundant fruit is medium size with a bright orange skin. It has yet to be tested around the nation but is expected to be very cold hardy and should do well where apricots thrive. On Nemaguard rootstock, the tree needs a well drained soil. Patent pending. #C480 Each $26.50

HARGLOW A late blooming, early ripening, self-fertile apricot that has proven itself in our maritime Pacific Northwest and in most of the nation. It is an introduction from the Harrow Research Station in Ontario, Canada and shows some resistance to brown rot and other diseases. The firm, sweet, flavorful fruit is medium to large and a deep orange color with a red blush. On Lovell #C470 Each $22.95; On Krymsk 86 rootstock. #C470A Each $22.95

WESTLEY Westley is from Northern California and is excellent eaten fresh and prized dried. The medium to large fruit has orange flesh and good flavor. It blooms and ripens in the late season. It has looked good in trials at the WSU Mt. Vernon Western Washington station. On Lovell rootstock. #C477 Each $23.95

TOMCOT These luscious huge orange orbs are the first apricots to ripen each season. The firm orange flesh is delicious eaten fresh or dried. Select another apricot as a pollinizer. Developed by WSU fruit breeder Tom Toyama from a cross made in 1970. It will do well in much of the nation but not west of the Cascades. On Lovell. #C385D Each $23.95

“Sweet Pit” Apricots...Eat the fruit, Roast the ker nel! kernel!

HUNZA

FRUIT COCKTAIL COMBO Gardeners love to talk about the soul soothing value of fruit growing.

However, the value of shocking your friends and neighbors with your hobby is too often overlooked in the literature. This unique tree is self-fertile, on Lovell Peach rootstock and can be maintained at 12 to 15’ in height. Because of each cultivar’s different growth habit, this tree takes considerable care to maintain!

Imagine one tree that grows Italian and Shiro plums, Frost peaches, Harglow apricots. #C3984A 4-1 Combo Each $44.50; 3 x 1 Combo Each $36.50 Or get Shiro Plum, Harken Peach, Harko Nectarine and Puget Gold Apricot on one tree. #C3984 4 x 1 Combo $44.50 (Note: Since animal cloning is now a reality, we are working on a combo with a sheep, heavy metal guitar player, Queen Elizabeth and an apricot all on the same delicious, productive tree....just joking!)

From the land of the Hunza in northern Pakistan, where people routinely live to well over the age of one hundred. The kernel of this small, sweet fruit is the primary source of oil for the Hunza, and many claims are made concerning its properties. Kernels must be roasted or otherwise cooked before eating. The Hunza leave the fruit on the tree to dry before harvesting, but we can’t recommend this method for those in wetter climates! The flesh of the fruit, when cooked, has a deep toffee flavor. Self fertile. It is not likely to produce well in cool maritime summers. On Citation rootstock. #C475 $26.50

CHINESE SWEET PIT Also known as the Chinese Golden, Mormon or Large Early Montgamet Apricot. It is called a “sweet pit” because you can eat the kernel like you would an almond, as well as enjoying the flavorful fruit. It is late blooming, making it an excellent choice for higher elevations or late frost areas. The tree is medium size, precocious and a heavy bearer. Its golden orange medium size fruit is sweet, firm and juicy. It ripens over a long period of time. It is winter hardy and self fertile. USDA Zones 4-9. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C476 Each $26.50

How To Use Apricots

Useful Facts

IN THE KITCHEN: Eat fresh, stew or can. They are wonderful dried, in jams, nectars and as leather.

HARDINESS: Zones 5-9 unless noted.

SUN OR SHADE: Sun. HEIGHT & SPACING: 15 feet.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 YIELD: 30-120 pounds per tree.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Apricots have the most beautiful foliage of the fruit trees. Leaves are first a bronze color, turning to green as they mature.

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How To Grow SOIL: Well drained soil. Prefers a neutral pH POLLINATION: Self fertile unless noted.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Prune to an open center shape. Fruit spurs bear several years. Water trees in the summer.

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Plums Cross Apricots & Peaches

DAPPLE DANDY This large freestone fruit is also called “Dinosaur Egg” . When the incredibly sweet and delicious red and white flesh is ripe, the yellow/green skin turns a dappled maroon and yellow. A frequent taste test winner for its distinct Plum-Apricot flavor. Dandy is a good pollinator for Pluot varieties and among the most widely adaptable to colder climates. Thin the fruit so it doesn’t overset and become biennial. On Citation rootstock. Chill hours 500. USDA Zones 6-9 #C376 Each $24.95

FLAVOR GRENADE Enjoy explosive, sweet as honey flavor.

This green fruit with a red blush, hangs on the tree and can be eaten for four to six weeks as it keeps getting sweeter. It extends the stone fruit season and can be harvested in October. The fruit will still have a distinctive crunch. Good reports have come in from Zone 5 and 6 areas that have good late-summer heat. Those who can grow Flavor Grenade successfully are in for a late-season treat. On Myro 29C. Chill hours 600. USDA Zones 5-9 #C377 Each $24.95

FLAVOR SUPREME Flavor Supreme is the sweetest and most flavorful of all the pluots and that’s saying a lot.

The rich, sweet red flesh is covered by maroon and green mottled skin. It needs a Japanese plum or other pluot for pollination and requires 700 chill hours. On Myro 29C rootstock. USDA Zones 7-10 #C455 Each $24.95

Apriums rrest est on Cots COT-N-CANDY APRIUM Floyd Zaiger did not release an Aprium until it could compete with the outstanding Flavor Delight. This white fleshed Apricot-plum hybrid has both incredible sweetness and flavor. It’s partially self fertile but gets bigger crops if pollinated by any apricot.

One of the earliest ripening fruits, in mid June in California, it also blooms very early and is difficult to grow in late frost areas. Thin fruit early to maximize size and quality. Chill 600 hours.

USDA Zones 7-9. On Citation rootstock. #C365 Each $24.95

FLAVOR DELIGHT APRIUM The flesh is yellow and firm like an apricot but it has a combination of apricot and plum flavor. The fruit is two inches long and incredibly sweet. It needs hot summers to bring out its full flavor. It ripens in mid-July on a vigorous upright tree that can be maintained at about ten feet tall. On Marianna 2624. Self-fertile. Patented. Zones 6-9. #C360 Each $24.95

TRI LITE PEACHPLUM A rare cross of Peach and Japanese Plum.

The delicious white flesh has a classic peach flavor with a wonderful plum aftertaste that is truly unique. It is a clingstone, very productive, early season ripener with great flavor canned or eaten fresh. Self-fertile. Enjoy the showy pink spring flowers. Patent 8393. A Floyd Zaiger selection. 600 chill hours. It does well in hot summers and is a good one to try in maritime climates. USDA Zones 7-9. On Lovell rootstock. #C351 Each $26.50

SPICE ZEE NECTAPLUM This is a new and unique introduction that truly tastes like a delicious cross of a plum and a nectarine.The first Nectaplum™ from Zaiger Hybrids. Spice Zee is a great choice for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and loaded with sugar, giving it a spicy sweet flavor. Along with great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by dark red leaves in the spring that mature to a rich green-red in late summer. This variety is self-fruitful and very productive.

(Patent Pending) On Lovell rootstock. #C357 Each $26.50

BELLA GOLD PEACOTUM This small tree (8 to 10’ tall) is big on the uniqueness scale. A cross with the fine attributes of three fruits, peach, apricot, and plum, the fruit has yellow skin blushed almost completely red with a slightly fuzzy texture much like an apricot. It is partially freestone and has yellow flesh and a wonderfully complex flavor. Expect ripe fruit in early June in California. A Pluot makes the best pollinizer. Needs at least 500 chill hours. Patent pending. #C352 On Citation rootstock. Each $26.50

4 x1 ZEE SWEET PLUOT COMBO A combo with great colors and flavors. These are the newest Zaiger introductions. Geo Pride has red skin and is very productive and flavorful.

Emerald Drop is golden and sweet as honey. Splash is golden and tops in flavor and Flavor Grenade is described above. 500 to 600 chill hours. Patented.

Pluots need hot summers to bring out the sweet flavors. As yet untested in colder climates. USDA Zones 6-9 On dwarf Citation rootstock. #C3654 Each $49.95

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Splash

4 x 1 COMBO PLUOT These are the most popular and proven Pluot varieties. They vary in fruit skin color, from yellow to red, making this a beautiful combination. The fruit is of excellent quality, incredibly sweet, plum-like, with an apricot aftertaste. It ripens in July and August. The four varieties are Dapple Dandy, Flavor Queen, Flavor King and Flavor Supreme. The dwarf tree on Citation rootstock is self-fertile and will pollinize early ripening Japanese plums. USDA Zones 6-9. #C3604 Each $49.95

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Most Widely Adapted Pluots

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Zaiger’s Peaches and Nectarines crossed with Plums don’t require as much summer heat as Plum, Apricot crosses. They ripen early in the season and they do better in maritime areas though like most peaches they are not resistant to leaf curl.

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Pluots and Apriums are incredibly sweet crosses of plum and apricot with a wonderful variety of complex flavors and colors. Pluots are mostly plum while Apriums are predominately Apricot. Both will thrive where Apricots do well. All the cultivars listed thrive in the California central valley where they were bred but are still being tested in other climates! These patented Floyd Zaiger introductions all need hot summers to bring out their sugars and incredible flavors. We’ve chosen several cultivars that have proven the most cold hardy! However they don’t do well in high humidity! They are easily maintained at 10-15’ tall. We offer 4-6’ trees.

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Kirke’s Blue The Ef fect of Losing T Effect Trree Labels Can’ Can’tt Be Gauged Gage plums came from Italy to France in about 1520 where they were named “Reine Claude”. Brought to England in 1720 by Sir William Gage, he soon lost the labels. These delicious fruits, ideal for dessert or jams, have thereafter been named after him. Raintree recommends you purchase a permanent label for each fruit tree, thereby assuring no plums will be named for you. Coe’s Golden, Stanley and Prune d’ Ente are great Gage pollenizers.

REINE CLAUDE DOREE This is the original Gage plum, the famous Reine Claude Doree from France.

Connoisseurs prize the small, yellow/green plums that ripen in August or September for their incredible sweet juicy flavor. From Andy Mariani’s orchard. Plant another Gage plum for pollination. On Marianna 2624.

USDA Zones 6-9. #C015 Each $26.50

ROSY GAGE TM You will love the dense, rich flavor. This rosy skinned, yellow fleshed, productive plum newly introduced by Cornell, has a very high sugar content. Several pickings, beginning in late August, are needed for a complete harvest. Formerly known as NY 101.On Mariana 2624.

Includes $1 royalty. #C054 Each $23.95

GOLDEN TRANSPARENT GAGE We think this is the best late season gage plum.

The well formed tree produces yellow fruit with red dots and a rich, aromatic, sweet yellow flesh.

The fruit ripens in late September. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. Self-fertile. #C050 Each $23.95

PURPLE GAGE We love its sweet, dense, rich flavor and beautiful purple color and large crops in late August. A freestone with a small pit, the tree is upright and productive. A great dessert plum. Partially self fertile. Also Purple Gage called Reine Claude Violette. On Krymsk 1. #C211 Each $24.95

CAMBRIDGE GAGE Enjoy these uniquely-flavored, satisfying, rich Gage plums. Sweet, dense flesh is green and firm, and the skin is greenish yellow with a red blush.This partially self fertile, compact tree blooms with Rosy Gage and bears a heavy crop that ripens in late August. On Mariana 2624. #C055 Each $23.95

(Prunus species) Plums provide an abundance of delicious fruit with relatively little care. Plums are unique among the fruits in that they are a very diverse group belonging to fifteen different species and are native to areas throughout the world. No fruits we can think of come in such a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and flavors. Our plums are on the hardy dwarfing Krymsk 1 or semi dwarfing Marianna 2624 or Lovell rootstocks unless otherwise noted. They are easily maintained at an average of from 10-13’ tall and need that spacing. USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted. Each needs a pollinizer unless noted! We offer sturdy, well rooted 3-5' trees.

European Plums Gr eat British Winners!

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Try our plums from England. They each have fantastic flavor and are the finest connoisseur fruit in the realm.

EARLY LAXTON This beautiful pink-orange oblong freestone plum with delicious yellow meaty flesh is the season’s first European plum to ripen. Each year the tree overflows with fruit. In 1916 it received the British Award of Merit. The fruit is high in Vitamin C and is rated tops for cooking. The tree is upright, care-free and needs a pollinizer. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C100A Each $23.95

KIRKE’S BLUE Introduced by Joseph Kirke of London in 1830, this large, round, dark blue plum is still the finest flavored of all. Each August, trees at the Wisley Royal Horticultural gardens produce incomparable freestone fruit with yellow, drippingly juicy flesh and a fantastic flavor. A challenge to grow successfully, it needs a pollinizer. On Myro 29C rootstock. (See photo at top of page) #C160 Each $28.50

COE’S GOLDEN DROP A legendary oblong, golden plum introduced in 1800 at Bury St. Edmunds, England. The medium to large fruits have straw-yellow skin and golden flesh. The plums are incredibly sweet and juicy and have a pocket of intense apricot-like flavor.

Victoria...England’s The freestone fruit ripens in October on vigorous, longest reigning healthy trees, extending the plum season. It needs a plum! pollinizer. On Lovell rootstock, #C060 Each $28.50; On Myro 29C rootstock #C060A Each $28.50 ...the (plum) trees were good size, well branched and ready to break bud. K. L. Geneva NY

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Cambridge Gage

BAVAY GAGE Reputed in England to be the best late Gage plum, this self-fertile selection claims rich flavor, sweet, juicy, deep yellow flesh and yellow-green skin dotted with white. It ripens in late September and hangs on the tree for several weeks. A favorite since 1843, it is large for a Gage and produces a reliable crop. The compact tree suits small gardens. On dwarf Citation rootstock. #C010 Each $23.95

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In late August of each year, trees in English gardens overflow with these incredibly productive, colorful large oval pink plums.

The flesh is a golden yellow and sweet. It is self fertile, freestone and prized for canning and jam. A seedling found in Sussex in 1840, it is England’s most widely planted plum. Now Americans can enjoy it too. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C290 Each $23.95

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RAINTREE OFFERS THE WORLD’S MOST FLAVORFUL PLUMS! Try Our Selection of Prune Plums!

(Note: Prune is the name for a plum you can dry!)

ITALIAN PRUNE (Sehome strain) The Italian prune is famous for reliability and heavy setting. It’s a large purple freestone plum with yellow-green flesh. It is great for drying and canning. Selffertile. Fruit ripens in late August. #C120 On Marianna rootstock. Each $22.95; #C120A On Krymsk 1 rootstock. Each $22.95

SCHOOLHOUSE™

PRUNE D ENTE #707

A large oval, bright yellow plum with excellent flavor.

It appears to be a prune type plum.

Its bright yellow color makes it unique. It ripens in mid September and is extremely productive and reliable. It is named for the schoolhouse where it was found in Pt. Townsend, Washington. It was brought to us by James Fritz. On Marianna 2624 rootstock #C115 Each $24.95

This self fertile French prune plum is most highly prized in its home country for large, very sweet fruit with violet-red skin and yellow flesh. In the tradition of the renowned “Agen” prunes, this clone has a high sugar and low water content, making it superior for drying. Newly available to American gardeners, the fruit is delicious eaten fresh or dried, stewed or made into jams. In France, it blooms in mid season and matures in early September. This cultivar is from Andy Mariani’s orchard. On Marianna rootstock. #C111 Each $26.50

RUTH GERSTETTER Prized for cooking, drying and fresh eating, this high quality, medium-size, blue plum has yellow/green flesh. Bred in Germany about 1920, it is partially self fertile, blooms with Early Laxton and Bavay Gage and bears early season. On Lovell rootstock. #C125 Each $23.95

IMPERIAL EPINEUSE This sweet French prune plum is used at the English National Fruit Trials as a standard to judge prune flavor. The fruit is medium size and purple with a meaty yellow flesh. The tree is an attractive upright grower. The very sweet, freestone fruit ripens in late August.

On Marianna 2624 .#C140A Each $23.95; On St. Julian A #C140 Each $23.95

ST. CATHERINE An heirloom plum that originated in France about 1700, this small, oval, late season gem has fabulous fruit that is juicy, sweet and flavorful with golden flesh. Superb either fresh or dried. When ripe, the skin has a grey bloom. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C117 Each $23.95

STANLEY A flavorful, very large purple prune plum. Excellent for eating fresh, drying or jam. A heavy bearer, self fertile and freestone. On semi dwarf Krymsk 86 rootstock. #C250 Each $23.95

SENECA

ERSINGER A “German Prune” plum with delicious flavor. It crops heavily and ripens early in the season. The skin is blue and the shape is oblong to pointed.

On Marianna 2624 #C048 Each $22.95

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MOUNT ROYAL Every August, a huge crop of delicious plums ripen in abundant clusters on this hardy, European plum tree. The medium-size, Mount Royal round, blue plums with yellow flesh are excellent for fresh eating, canning, drying or freezing. The self-fertile tree, developed in Quebec prior to 1903, is the hardiest and most widely adaped of the tested European plums and is a heavy annual producer. USDA Zones 4-8. On Lovell rootstock. #C181 Each $23.95

Stanley

JUBILEUM Enjoy loads of flavorful large pink/purple plums on this sturdy self fertile tree.

Jubileum was bred in Sweden. It is similiar to Victoria but ripens a week earlier in August and has larger fruit. Great for eating or processing. On Marianna 2624. #C053 Each $24.95

This very large plum is sweet, delicious and freestone. It has beautiful red skin and yellow flesh. It is a regular bearer on an upright vigorous tree.

Enjoy the fruit fresh, dried or canned.

It needs a pollinizer and ripens in early September. An introduction from the N.Y. Experiment Station, it has proven one of the best European plums in the WSU Mount Vernon tests. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C220D Each $23.95

LONGJOHN This unusual looking, large elongated prune plum is pointed on both ends and a beautiful blue-purple color. The vigorous tree is loaded with delicious, sweet aromatic, firm freestone fruit. The flesh is amber colored. Somewhat self fertile, it blooms mid-season and benefits by being pollinized by another prune plum. It ripens in mid to late season with Stanley. From the New York State fruit testing program. #C170 Each $23.95 S

“As a ‘Brit’ I was thrilled to find so many fruit varieties I grew up with in your catalog. I spent many happy hours under a Victoria plum tree gorging and giggling over boys. Your trees are a tasty way of sharing a special part of my culture with my kids. Thanks again.” B. T. Lebanon, OR

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Five Incr edible Mirabelles Incredible Mirabelles are a type of plum, not a variety. Our customers have shown great interest in these wonderful small jewels. Plant two different varieties for best pollenization. All the Mirabelles are on Marianna 2624 rootstock. USDA Zones 5-9

COMBO EUROPEAN PLUM This self-fertile, hardy tree on Lovell peach rootstock will grow 12-15' tall and provide loads of red, orange and purple fruit for months each summer for canning, drying and fresh eating. Enjoy Italian, Early Laxton Victoria and Seneca. #C3204 4-1 Combo $42.50; #C3203 3-1 Combo; Each $36.50; #C3202 2-1 Combo Each $26.50

MIRABELLE DE NANCY This variety is a hit in farmers’ markets throughout France, eaten fresh or made into Brandy. As good today as it was in 1790. It ripens in August. Nancy and Metz are cities in Northeastern France. The fruit is more oval in shape and the tree a more upright grower than the Geneva cultivar. #C207 Each $28.50

GENEVA MIRABELLE

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This small yellow plum with yellow flesh and red dots on the skin is interesting to look at and delicious. It is incredibly productive and full of flavor. Great for tarts, compotes, canning or making jams. Eat this freestone plum in late August.

Formerly known as Mirabelle 858, it is a selection from Cornell in Geneva N.Y. The tree habit is spreading.

Includes $1 royalty. #C205 Each $28.50

REINE DE MIRABELLE True to its name which translates as “Queen of the Mirabelles,” this regal yellow plum exceeds others in size and claims yellow skin and superb flavor. It ripens later than other Mirabelles and is prized in Europe as a culinary plum, for fresh eating and for luscious preserves. It may be a Mirabelle x Gage plum cross. #C200 Each $28.50

PARFUMEE DE SEPTEMBRE True to its name this sweet Mirabelle plum from France is highly flavored and aromatic. It ripens two weeks later than other Mirabelles, holds well on the tree and can be picked for three weeks, so it extends the season. The selffertile tree produces loads of small, yellow-orange fruit. Both fruit and leaves are sometimes streaked with white, a naturally occurring trait specific to this cultivar. A wonderful fruit, finally available to American gardeners. #C202 Each $32.50

MIRABELLE DE METZ These soft, sweet, exquisitely flavored plums are small-stoned and yellow dotted with red. This very old, French cultivar ripens in late summer and produces heavily. #C208 Each $32.50

GRAS ROMANESC Incorectly known in the Raintree catalog as Herrenhausen Mirabelle. Very productive with a rich flavor, it’s beautiful and delicious with blue skin and sweet, rich, yellow flesh. Ripe early September. #C209 Each $24.95

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Two Delicious Eur opean’ s fr om Or cas Island European’ opean’s from Orcas GUMI A delicious oblong european plum with pink/purple skin and orange flesh.

Selected from a thousand seedlings by the father of Ed Suij a fruit breeder from Holland. Suij grows it on Orcas Island in Washington state. It is named for a drop of “gum” that forms on its tip. A favorite at the inovative Bullock Brother’s Permaculture Homestead on Orcas Island. On Lovell root. #C051 Each $23.95

MONSIEUR HATIF Monsieur Hatif de Montmorency is an excellent culinary European plum. It is a roundish medium size freestone purple plum with golden yellow flesh that ripens in August. It is also known as Early Orleans. An old variety brought from France to England and on to the U.S. Reportedly self fertile. #C175 Each $26.50 Limit one.

New Zealand Favorite LUISA This outstanding new plum has the Kiwis raving. The fruit is large and yellow, developing a red blush as it ripens. The flesh is yellow and juicy with exceptional flavor. It is a precocious, regular and heavy cropper ripening in August. It is partially self fertile. The tree is vigorous and spreading. On Myro 29C. #C173 Each $24.95

An Iranian Delicacy PERSIAN GREEN This self fertile round green plum grows in the mountains of Iran. It is often picked before it is fully ripe, eaten fresh or cooked by itself or with sour cherries. The sour plums, often spiced with salt, are made into “goje sabz” which is popular in Iran. On Lovell rootstock. USDA Zones 6-9. #C110 Each $23.95

You won’ won’tt mind being caught in this Jam BLUES JAM

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This amazing tree produces so many fruits, they look from a distance like thick dark blue ropes covering the branches. These small “Damson” type plums have a sweet/tart dense flesh and make great preserves. The tree is partially self fertile, upright, disease resistant and easy to grow, setting huge crops in late September.

From Cornell. On Marianna rootstock. #C215 Each $24.95

Blues Jam

GROS AMELERIOT This small round plum from Romania has a delicious and very sweet flavor. The fruit is red/purple over a yellow ground color with yellow flesh that clings to the pit. It ripens in September and needs a pollinizer. #C213 Each $24.95

POZEGACA A unique introduction to American gardeners! Also known as Hauszwetsche. In Eastern Europe, Pozegaca is famous for many processing purposes including preserves and brandy. An old, high quality type of plum, it has many clones, which have been developed over centuries. Our’s comes from the Cornell Geneva Station. The fruit is small to medium sized with blue skin and a waxy bloom. The flesh is firm, greenish or amber with high sugar and a good acid balance. The pit separates easily. It is self fruitful with an upright tree form. The prolific small fruit forms in thick blue ropes and hangs well on the tree for several weeks after maturity. On Marianna rootstock. #C185 Each $24.95

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Exciting New Plums From Russia

...A great find for Northern gardeners. These Russian plums succeed in cold climates where others fail. They consistently produce large crops with little or no care. These cultivars were bred by Gennady Eremin. A $1 per tree royalty is included to support his further research!

KUBAN COMET This unique, dwarf plum tree from Krymsk, Russia, is very productive and easy to grow. The self-fertile tree bears 2-inch long, teardrop-shaped, fruits that turn purple/red when fully ripe in lateJuly. The bright yellow, clingstone flesh is very sweet and the tart skin resists cracking. Spreading trees reach 10’ tall and thrive in cold climates and in the Pacific Northwest. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. USDA Zones 4-9. #C062 Each $23.95

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Japanese Plums

Beauty is the richest flavored Japanese plum. It has a wonderful blend of flavors that melt in your mouth. The tree is fast growing and extremely productive. It starts fruiting in the nursery rows. The bright red, medium size fruit has amber streaked red flesh. The fruit is reminiscent of Santa Rosa, and it is self-fruitful. Fruit ripens early August, but like all Japanese plums, it does not keep.On Marianna 2624 rootstock. #C020 Each $22.95

Flavor Packed Red Leaf Plum HOLLYWOOD This versatile plum tree is beautiful in all seasons. It’s loaded with showy pink blossoms early each spring. The leaves of this 12 foot tall ornamental are purple and disease resistant. In August it produces an abundance of large round dark red plums with deep red flesh.

They are delicious when eaten fresh and make a beautiful jelly. Self-fertile. On Lovell rootstock. #C130 Each $23.95; #C130A On Marianna 2624 Each $23.95

METHLEY For us, Methley is the most reliable and easiest to grow fruit tree we offer. Every year in July, before any other tree fruit is ripe, our tree is loaded with hundreds of sweet, medium size, reddish purple plums.

They ripen over ten days and don’t keep but, oh are they good for fresh eating, cooking and preserves. The tree is an early, regular bearer and selffertile. It’s a Japanese plum hybrid. On Lovell rootstock; #C180 Each $22.95; #C180AOn Marianna 2624Each $22.95

SHIRO A large, round yellow plum with an excellent, sweet flavor and sunshine yellow translucent flesh. The tree is incredibly prolific. It ripens mid-August and is partially self-fertile. The fruit is ridiculously juicy. Wear a bib! On Lovell rootstock. #C240A Each $22.95; #C240 On Marianna 2624Each $22.95

KUBAN DELIGHT When this plum ripens in early August, it wins taste tests for its juicy combination of tart skin and sweet flesh. The small, round fruits have reddish-purple skin and yelloworange flesh. A very productive, disease resistant selection, it grows on Marianna 2624 rootstock. USDA Zones 4-9. #C064 On Each $23.95

Japanese plums are a great choice for the beginner. They are easy to grow and so precocious that they often fruit in the nursery row. Of all the fruits we offer, the Japanese Plums are the most productive and easiest to successfully grow! They are great for fresh eating, cooking and preserves.

EARLY GOLDEN A medium sized round yellow plum with a red blush and golden flesh. It ripens a heavy crop of delicious fruit with an apricot like flavor in July, two weeks before Shiro. It is the best Asian plum for making jams and liquors. It is a vigorous tree and a consistent and heavy bearer at Raintree. It needs a pollinizer. USDA Zones 510. On Marianna 2624. #C045 Each $22.95

COMBO ASIAN PLUM Asian plum trees have a wide pleasing form. Add the lantern looking yellow, red and purple fruit of this self-fertile tree and you’ll have a beautiful, unusual edible ornamental. Enjoy Methley, Shiro, Beauty & Hollywood.

On Peach rootstock. #C3454 4-1 Combo $42.50 #C3453 3-1 Combo $36.50 (Sorry! Due to the number of possible combinations, we cannot tell you which variety will be missing on the 3x1 combo!)

OBILNAJA This worldy Russian-bred plum, a hardy cross between Japanese and Myrobalan plums, comes from Yalta on the Black Sea. The partially self-fertile tree produces a heavy crop of mediumsize, firm, red plums with excellent flavor, yellow/pink flesh and very small pits. Fruit ripens early season, about August 5. For best fruit set, choose another Japanese plum as a pollinizer.

On Lovell rootstock. #C210 Each $23.95 Famed Plant Breeder Floyd Zaiger evaluates his tree blocks looking for great new cultivars!

We offer Large Bearing Specimen Fruit Trees in tree bags at the nursery. Ask about them!

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A Har dy Japanese American Hybrid Hardy SUPERIOR Proving its name since 1933, this very hardy AsianAmerican hybrid from Minnesota remains a favorite. The very large fruit has dark red skin and delicious meaty yellow flesh. It blooms with and is pollinized by late blooming Japanese plums like Shiro, Emerald Beaut or a wild American plum.

The tree bears a heavy crop of pointed, clingstone fruit at an early age. Plums ripen in August, and keep well on the tree. Zones 4-9. On Myro 29C #C275 Each $22.95

Weeping Santa Rosa is Or namental & Edible, T oo!

Ornamental Too!

GOLDEN NECTAR Famous for its complex melon and honey-like flavor with hint-ofgardenia aroma, this large, yellow, oblong dessert plum deserves a place in the garden. The firm amber flesh, which separates easily from a small freestone pit, is superb either dried or fresh. A seedling of Mariposa, the productive, self-fertile tree needs only 500 hours of chilling. It ripens in August in California but needs more summer heat to ripen than regularly occurs in the Pacific Northwest. Hardy in Zones 5-9. On Citation rootstock. #C052 Each $22.95

EMERALD BEAUT A delicious and unusual late season plum. Ripe fruit holds on the tree longer than any other stone fruit - two months or more. It continues to sweeten, becoming exceptionally sweet, but it remains crisp and crunchy! The Beaut has green skin, which gets yellower as it fully ripens and yellow/orange freestone flesh. It needs 6-700 chill hours. Beauty Plum or a pluot are good pollinizers. Zaiger ®. Pat. 9162. On Citation rootstock. #C047 Each $22.95

How T o Use Plums To IN THE KITCHEN: Plums can be eaten fresh, canned or made into leathers or used for jams and jellies. The varieties which are best suited for drying are referred to as prunes. Prunes can be stewed or made into pastry filling.

WEEPING SANTA ROSA Use as a focal point in your edible landscape. It has a beautiful weeping habit and grows to 8’ tall. Enjoy attractive white blossoms in early spring. The fruit is identical in flavor and size but not as productive as the regular Santa Rosa. Patented by Zaiger. On Myro 29C. Self-fertile. #C300 Each $24.95

2x1 COMBO PLUM SPRITE/DELIGHT It produces tons of delicious fruit each year at Raintree. The plums are round, sweet medium size, freestone, with a purple black skin and tasty yellow flesh. Eat them off the tree in August for almost a month. They thrive in most of the nation from USDA Zones 4-9.

They pollinize with each other or with our other Japanese Plums.

Patented. A Myrobalan Japanese plum cross. It will grow to 8-10' tall. On Citation rootstock. #C2702 Each $29.95 No other nursery comes close to your impressive selection of unusual and interesting varieties at very reasonable prices. I was reluctant to order from you because I am on the other side of the country. But your shipping fees were surprisingly reasonable, and my trees arrived in absolutely perfect condition.

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IN THE LANDSCAPE: European plum trees tend to be 10-15 feet tall and upright with attractive deep green foliage. Japanese plums tend to be more spreading. They have a lighter colored foliage. All are adorned with beautiful white to slightly pink flowers in the spring. Japanese plums are amongst the first to flower and mark the beginning of spring.

Useful Facts HARDINESS: Asians USDA Zones 4-10; Europeans 5-9 unless noted.

SUN: Full sun.

HEIGHT, SPACING & ROOTSTOCK: Our plum trees are mostly on semi dwarf rootstocks. While ulimate size will vary with pruning, cultivar, climate and soil type, Marianna 2624, St. Julian A and Lovell can be usually maintained at 10-12' height and spacing. Citation and Krymsk 1 at 8 to 10’ and Krymsk 86 and Myro 29C at about 15’.

Marianna 2624 is the most tolerant of very wet soils.

HARVEST: July-October.

ORIGIN: Europe, Japan and North America,

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: The European plums grow well on heavy soils.

Japanese plums prefer lighter loamy soils. Like the other fruits, they prefer a slightly acidic soil. Our plum rootstocks are tolerant of a wide variety of soils.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: The European types can be grown as a central leader tree and don’t require much thinning or pruning when mature.

Fruit is born on spurs and also on new wood. Japanese plums are best grown with open centers and are very bushy, requiring thinning of branches.

POLLINATION: See charts on page 47. Some plums are reliably self fertile. However many plums need a pollenizer. A variety that blooms at the same time. Also plums are a diverse group and some varieties’ pollen is not fully compatible with all others. So err on the side of planting several cultivars to maximize pollination and fruit set.

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Approximate Plum Ripening Order

(Prunus armeniaca mume) These are the legendary Japanese flowering Apricot trees with unusually beautiful bright “green” branches and loads of delicate pink almond scented flowers.They flower very early in the spring and can be frosted and lose the crop but not their beauty. The cut flowers are unequaled in early spring. In Japan and other parts of the Orient, the ripe fruit is made into apricot brandy or jam. Green fruit is used to scent tea, candied, boiled, made into a vinegar, preserved in sugar or often pickled in salt to make “Umeboshi”. Each is partially self fertile but select two varieties for better pollination. These gorgeous trees grow to 15’ or more. Zones 5-9.

Plum Pollination Notice: We do not always know the relative bloom times or ripening times of every cultivar we are offering. If a variety isn’t listed, choose a mid-season pollinizer. Also, European plums have some pollination incompatibilities even when bloom time overlaps. Since most test plantings are of many varieties it is impossible and also not neccessary to know which cultivar is pollinizing which other cultivar. We offer many of the world’s best tasting plums, and we suggest unless the cultivar you select is self fertile that you choose several different cultivars to maximize pollination and fruit set.

Cutbacks in funding for fruit variety trials have also made reliable bloom time information harder to obtain.

MOKEL The variety Mokel has spectacular early pink bloo ms followed by 1" fruit. #C450 Each $24.95

PEGGY CLARKE Selected for its fully double rose pink fragrant flowers. It also produces edible fruit. #C447 Each $24.95

Not a pollinizer.

Bloom Order Charts

Partially self fertile Acceptable pollinizer.

MATSUBARA RED

Early Plums including Asians

Masses of double, deep-rose, lightly scented flowers that announce early spring are followed by edible yellow fruit.

The upright tree is beautiful year-round, with a splash of warm yellow in fall.

Superior Delight Sprite

Shiro

Methley

K Comet Obilnaja G. Nectar W. Santa

Beauty

Emerald Beaut

Variety Pollinated

E. Golden Hollywood

Pollination Chart

Pollen Source

Persian Green Methley Beauty E. Golden K. Comet K. Delight Shiro W.Santa Rosa Obilnaja E. Laxton Ersinger R. Gerstetter Sprite/Delight Hollywood Superior Cambridge Gage Mr. Hatif Geneva Mirabelle Jubileum St. Catherine Mt. Royal Rosy Gage R. Claude Doree Golden Nectar Emerald Beaut Imp. Epineuse Luisa Victoria Prune d Ente 707 Schoolhouse M de Nancy M. de Metz Purple Gage Kirke’s Blue Gumi Italian Gras Romanesc Seneca Reine de Mir. Gros Ameleriot G. Trans.Gage Longjohn Stanley Parfume d’ Sept.

Blues Jam Bavay Gage Coe’s Golden

Mume Japanese Flowering Apricot

We offer Large Bearing Specimen Fruit Trees in tree bags at the nursery. Ask about them!

KANKO BAI

E. Golden Hollywood

A superior ornamental variety, this beauty is prized for its gorgeous, fuchsia-red blooms, red tinted foliage, and orange red fruit. The small (to 15'), self-fertile tree blooms in late winter and produces tart, apricot-like fruit.#C446 Each $24.95

Beauty Emerald Beaut

KOBAI

Methley

Kobai produces a lot of fruit and double pink flowers. A wonderful edible ornamental. #C440 Each $24.95

K Comet Obilnaja G. Nectar

BUNGO A cross of regular apricot and “mume”. Enjoy single pink very late season flowers and the largest of “mume” fruit up to 2” in diameter. #C445 Each $24.95

W. Santa Shiro Superior Delight

Gr ow a Hedge of Cherry Plums Grow

Sprite

E. Laxton Bavay Gage Coes Golden

Rosy Gage Prune d Ente 707

Italian Purple Gage

Victoria

Mir. de Metz

Mir. de Nancy

Geneva Mir.

Stanley

Seneca

Kirke’s Blue

G.Trans. Gage

Jubileum

Pozegaca

Imp. Epineuse

G.Romanesc

Cambridge

Ersinger

Blues Jam

Doree

Schoolhouse

Victoria

Italian

Purple Gage

Prune d Ente 707

Rosy Gage

Bavay Gage

Coes Golden

E. Laxton

Variety Pollinated

Pollen Source

Pollination Chart

Reine de Mir.

European Plums

Plant a group of these seedlings to make a great edible hedge. They thrive in the north where other cherries and plums fail.

You need two of each for pollination.

USDA Zones 3-8.

NANKING CHERRY PLUM (Prunus tomentosa) Harvest flavorful, tart cherry-like plums in early summer, from beautiful dwarf trees. They will grow into wide, bushy 10-12' tall trees or can be planted 4-5' apart to make an edible hedge. The 1/2" fruit can be eaten fresh or used in pies or jelly. This plum and cherry relative is native to central Asia and is a popular fruiting plant in Russia. It is tolerant of drought and needs a well drained soil. It doesn’t do well in the Pacific NW or other areas where brown rot is a problem. 1-2' seedling bushes. #D520 Each $4.50; 5 or more $3 each; 10+ $2.50 each.

A Jam Session at the Beach

Schoolhouse

Doree

Blues Jam Ersinger G.Romanesc

Cambridge

Pozegaca Imp. Epineuse

Jubileum Kirke’s Blue G.Trans. Gage

Seneca Stanley Mir. de Nancy

Geneva Mir. Mir. Metz Reine de Mir.

BEACH PLUM (Prunus maritima) The Beach Plum is a fruiting shrub native to coastal dunes of the Northeastern U.S. Since colonial times, people have collected wild fruit to make preserves and jelly. Today, native stands still support a cottage beach plum product industry in the Northeast. They usually grow as bushes less than 10’ tall at maturity and produce small round plums that can vary in color. Select two seedlings or one and a grafted variety for pollination. Don’t produce well in Pacific NW.18-24” seedling bushes. #C315 Each $4.50; 5 or more $3 each each

JERSEY Grafted cultivar producing tasty red plums. #C305 Each $23.95

PREMIER Grafted tree with large blue fruit. Crops are heavy some years, light in others. #C310 Each $23.95

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Attend our grafting classes.

See Page 93 for details.

Rootstock Rootstock A WORD ABOUT ROOTSTOCKS

We make virus free rootstock available to the backyard grower who wishes to start his or her own trees.

The choice of rootstock has much to do with tree performance. The rootstock is the major factor in determining the size of the tree, its cold hardiness and tolerance of wet or dry conditions. It helps determine how soon the tree will bear and some of the diseases to which it will be resistant. Raintree offers fruit trees grown on superior dwarfing rootstocks. The following rootstock information will also help you understand more about successfully caring for your Raintree fruit trees. Remember that with any rootstock, the ultimate height of the tree depends not only ROOTSTOCKS SENT IN FEBRUARY on the rootstock but on the variety grafted, the Despite our best efforts to have them ready type of soil and the methods of pruning and earlier, it is always February, sometimes early March, care. You may graft on to patented rootstocks before we can send you the rootstocks. They may but may not reproduce the rootstock itself. therefore be sent separately from the rest of your order.

PLUM, APRICOT, ALMOND & PEACH APPLE

See the next page for rootstock prices!

EMLA 27 Can be maintained at only four to six feet in height. It is well suited for growing in a container or a small yard. Trees grafted on EMLA 27 bear early and heavily. It needs staking. It is hardy to -25° F. This rootstock is patented and it may not be reproduced without permission of the patent holder. USDA Zones 4-9 #R020

BUDAGOVSKY 9 A very dwarfing apple rootstock similiar to EMLA 9 but more hardy. Trees can be maintained at 6 to 10' in height. Requires staking. USDA Zones 3-9. #R280

EMLA 26 It will produce a dwarf tree that can be maintained from 8-14 feet tall.

Does well in most soils. It is hardy to -40° F. Produces fruit in 2-3 years. Can be grown free standing but needs staking on windy sites. It doesn’t sucker much in the orchard. USDA Zones 4-9 #R060 Produces a semi dwarf tree maintained from 11-16 feet tall. Trees can begin bearing in 3-4 years. It is hardy to -35° F. and does well on wet soils. Suckers need to be removed each year. #R100

GENEVA 30 Good resistance to crown rot and fire blight, this rootstock produces trees about 11-16' tall. It is similar to EMLA 7, but has better anchorage, higher production and fewer burr knots. Stake for the first few years. USDA Zones 4-9. Survival improves after grafting if you don’t cut rootstock’s new lower side limbs until new growth is established. #R010

MM 111 Produces a semi-standard heavy bearing, precocious, well anchored tree about 20 feet tall. This rootstock has fiberous roots and does well in a wide variety of soils. It is hardy to -35° F. Or, graft an 8” piece of Bud 9 to it and make a well rooted, dwarf interstem. #R110

ANTONOVKA A Russian suckerless rootstock that produces a full-size, 25' to 35' tree.

Hardy to -50° F. Wide soil adaptability. Produces large yellow, flavorful apples if allowed to fruit. #R055

KRYMSK 1™ (Includes $1 per rootstock royalty) This plum rootstock is also known as VVA 1. Plums and apricots grown on this dwarfing rootstock have proven precocious. An excellent choice for home orchardists, the rootstock produces a tree about half the size of standard and it has shown excellent results when grown in heavy soils. (PPAF) #R116 ST JULIAN A A hardy, semi-dwarf rootstock used in a wide variety of soils for plums, peaches and apricots, it can be propagated from hardwood cuttings or layer beds. #R260

(Prunus armeniaca ‘Mandshurica’) It is compatible with all apricot varieties and some other stone fruits, it makes a vigorous tree. Works best on lighter soils. #R250

ROOTSTOCK PROPAGATION Plums, cherries and pears are often done by hardwood cuttings in the fall or early winter. Stoolbeds are often used for apples. For cuttings, use pencil size new wood and cut about 10 inches long. Using bottom heat will increase success but plums often root if just stuck in the field. Lovell peach is grown from seeds.

DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA PERSIMMON American persimmon rootstock from a northern source.. #R285

PLANTING YOUR GRAFTED ROOTSTOCK Graft at the rootstock height where the size of scion and rootstock most closely match. It is often best to plant the grafted rootstock in a garden or easy to care for area, spaced about 18 inches apart for one or two years before planting the tree into your orchard. Use your fingers or pruners to keep any buds from growing below the graft union. Choose only one vigorous branch to tie up to start your new trunk and prune off any other branches that start to grow.

CUSTOM GRAFTING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Varieties: How to Rescue Heirloom V arieties: You may want to save an old

MALUS FUSCA Native NW crab for very wet sites. Natural semi dwarf. #M909

GRAPE

This understock imparts phylloxera resistance. It also increases the winter hardiness of the variety. The rootstock allows the grape variety to ripen one to two weeks earlier, making it possible to ripen varieties which otherwise would not mature. USDA Zones 5-10. #R230

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MARIANNA 2624 This plum rootstock will produce a semi dwarf tree maintained from 10 to 15 feet tall. It does very well on wet soils and tolerates a variety of soils. It is compatible as an understock for plums and some almonds and apricots. #R401

APRICOT SEEDLING

EMLA 7

101-14

Grafting works well with plums, almonds and apricots. Peaches and peach rootstock, won’t usually take with winter grafting and need to be budded in summer. USDA Zones 4-9. See the next page for rootstock prices!

variety by collecting scionwood from that tree and grafting the wood on to a new rootstock. Or we can do the grafting for you if you bring the dormant scionwood to the nursery. Call us first for details and an appointment.

We charge $5 per graft plus the cost of the rootstock. (Less for quantities of 10 or more of a variety! Ask our horticultrist for a price quote.) We can do grafting for you or teach you to do it at our annual Raintree classes on page 93.

If Y ou Have Any Questions call or email us!

You

Make Your Own Fruit Trees...

Here’s The Info And Materials You Need!

PEAR & QUINCE OHxF 333 PEAR

See below for rootstock prices!

This Old Home x Farmingdale cross, Brooks selection, (abbreviated OHxF) produces a tree that can be maintained at 15 feet tall. OHxF stocks are compatible with all pear varieties, it can also be used as a dwarfing understock for Asian pears or medlar but not for quince. It induces early production and is winter hardy at least to -20° F. It does well on a variety of soils. #R225

OHxF 97 Produces a full-size pear tree. It is precocious, winter hardy, resistant to fireblight and pear decline. #R119

OHxF 87 Grows 80% of standard. Induces early, heavy bearing. Works well for Asian and European pears and is very winter hardy. #R118

QUINCE BA 29C Makes a 10-15’ semi -dwarf tree. Compatible with Cydonia Quince and some European pears. It is tolerant of wet soils. USDA Zones 6-9. #R227

PYRUS BETULIFOLIA A full-size rootstock especially preferred for oriental and ornamental pears. Similar in most respects to Pyrus calleryana, this rootstock has better cold hardiness. USDA Zone 6-9. #R265

CHERRY(Includes $1 per rootstock royalty) KRYMSK 5 ™ (PPAF) A hybrid of P. fruticosa x lannesiana. Larger in size than Gisela 5®, trees can be maintained at 15'. Non suckering, precocious and compatible with all cherries. Developed by Russian breeder Gennady Eremin at the Krymsk Vavilov Institute. Royalties go to support his program. This rootstock is patented and may not be reproduced without permission of the patent holder. Also called VSL 2. USDA Zones 4-9. #R117

I’ve ordered rootstock in the past from many other sources, but yours are the finest quality so far. Yours are fully rooted and truly superior. C. C. Massapequa, NY

TIPS ON GRAFTING ROOTSTOCKS How to collect scionwood: Cut vigorous pencil size (1/4" diameter) wood when the tree is dormant (Dec-Feb.) Select only last year’s new healthy growth. It’s at the end of branches and has flat vegetative buds not plump fruit buds.

Storing the scionwood: You need pieces only 4 to 6" long for grafting. However you can store pieces a foot long or more. Label each variety. A piece of masking tape and magic marker works well. Dip the scionwood in a solution of one tablespoon Clorox to one gallon of water and dry off. Place the scionwood in a plastic bag. Wet a paper towel and wring it out. Put it in the bag with the scionwood and seal. Keep refrigerated until you graft.

Grafting: The booklet #S050 ($2.95) shows you how. Determine how high to graft on rootstock by matching the size of rootstock and scionwood. Use a grafting band. #T240 Bundle of 10 $1.50 Also consider purchasing a grafting knife; or an Omega grafting tool which can make grafts easier for beginners or people uncomfortable with a sharp knife.

After care: Keep the roots moist. “Callus” the graft by keeping it at room temperature for about ten days before planting it in a nursery or garden area where it’s easy to care for. After one or two years, plant it in your orchard. For more complete grafting instructions get the grafting leaflet offered on page 85. #S050 Each $2.95 Omega Grafting tool Item #T245 Price $75 See page 88

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MORE GRAFTING SUPPLIES Grafting bands #T240 Budding bands #T090 Chip budding tape #T150 Permanent labels, #T485

10/$1.50 20/$1.50 $3.50 10/$2.50

Box of permanent labels, page 91 #T485B 1 quart Farwell Tree Heal #T180 Grafting leaflet, page 85 #S050 Omega grafting tool #T245

ROOTSTOCK PRICES Order rootstocks on the regular order form.

VARIETY EMLA 26, EMLA 7, EMLA 27, Bud 9, Geneva 30, MM 111 & Antonovka Apple; Marianna 2624, Apricot Seedling, St. Julian A Prunus; Pyrus Betulifolia & OHxF 333, 87 & 97 Pear; Colt Cherry & Quince BA29C

100/$15 $19.95 $2.95 $75

Permanent Label

5 or more; $3.00 each 25 or more; $1.85 each

VARIETY Krymsk 1 Plum & Krymsk 5 Cherry, 101-14 Grape, Malus Fusca & American Persimmon:

PRICE Each one $4 10 or more; $3 each

5 or more; $3.50 each 25 or more; $2.50 each

Different rootstocks can’t be combined for quantity discounts. We offer 1/4 inch caliper rootstocks, the size used by commercial nurseries. Pear and plum rootstocks are grown from cuttings, so they may have a bend at the bottom of the new growth.

Each $28.50 See page 88.

Excellent quality Swiss folding knife with a stainless steel blade. This high quality, economical right-handed knife will make your propagating much easier. #T750 Each $17.50

Starting Y our Own (Stooling or mound layering for apples, plums and cherries) Your 1. Plant the rootstock in your garden one foot apart. Let it grow through the season.

PRICE Each one $3.50 10 or more; $2.50 each

#T755

VICTORINOX BUDDING/GRAFTING KNIFE

Colt produces a 3/4 size tree that can be maintained at 20 to 30 feet in height. It tolerates a wide variety of soils, but produces a smaller tree in wetter soils. USDA Zones 4-9. #R115

(Also see pages 87-91)

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2.Cut it off at ground level the following spring.

3. During the next (and each following) spring and early summer it will send up shoots. Every couple of weeks, hill up sawdust or dirt around the new shoots, always leaving the terminal bud exposed to continue its growth. Sawdust is preferred.

4. The following winter, use your hands to pull the sawdust away. Cut off the now rooted shoots at the base of the mother plant.

Hachiya

5. Use the rootstocks for bench grafting, or if they are slightly too small, plant them for summer budding.

Those which are smaller can be planted in a bed and grown another year.

Rootstocks will not be available for shipping until mid-February.

Orders including rootstocks will begin being shipped at that time.

Rootstocks ar e not shipped until February or Mar ch! 49 are March!

Persimmons

Nikita’s Gift

(Diospyros species) Both Asian and American persimmons are very beautiful trees that produce delicious, sweet orange fruit. All the trees we offer are grafted and will have superior quality fruit on an early bearing tree. We can ship only Izu, Coffee Cake, Chocolate, Hachiya, Saijo and Jiro to CA. We offer 3-5' trees. Our Asians are on D. Lotus rootstock and unless otherwise noted are hardy to about 10° F.

Best Asians For W arm Summers Warm Chocolate, Hachiya, Jiro, Izu, Saijo and Coffee Cake thrive in and can be sent to CA.

JIRO Jiro is round and flat with an orange skin and sweet mild flesh. It is a non-astringent type, great eaten while firm. Also known in the U.S. as Fuyu. #D215 Each $32.50

NIKITA’S GIFT

Almost as hardy as the American persimmon and as large as the Asian, Nikita’s large crops of 2-1/2”, flattish, red-orange fruit are certainly gifts.

When fully ripe and soft, this hybrid persimmon is sweet and flavorful.

Fall foliage is a gorgeous orange color. From Nikita Botanic Garden in Yalta.

It is self-fertile. On D. virginiana rootstock. #D224 Each $32.50

Norther ners Can Gr ow American Persimmons Northerners Grow These grafted American Persimmon trees grow much larger than Asian varieties and the fruit is smaller. However the Americans usually ripen earlier and the trees are much more winter hardy. The fruit is astringent until fully ripe. USDA Zones 5-9. All Americans are on D. virginiana rootstock. We cannot ship American persimmons to California.

MEADER

Jiro

CHOCOLATE

Choice of connoisseurs. The medium size red, conical, astringent type fruit develops sweet, spicy brown flesh when ripe if pollinized. It is astringent until ripened off the tree. It’s the best pollinizer for the Coffee Cake variety. #D217 Each $32.50

COFFEE CAKE (Nishimura Wase) A richly flavored variety that ripens a month before Jiro. It ripens in climates with summers too cool to consistently ripen Jiro or Fuyu. The fruit is large and roundish. The tree is vigorous and easy to grow. It is called Coffee Cake for its rich flavor and brown flesh color when ripe. It is a pollination variant non astringent which means it develops its rich sweet flavor and cinnamon color when pollinized. Saijo and Chocolate are the best pollinizers. #D216 Each $32.50

HACHIYA This is the variety most often found in stores. The 4" long acorn shaped fruit is deep orange when ripe and very sweet and flavorful. It is great dried. It is astringent until ripened off the tree and eaten when soft. #D218 Each $32.50

Earliest Ripening Asians IZU A very early ripening, fine quality Asian persimmon. This is a non-astringent selection. It sets medium sized fruit on a dwarf tree. Hardy to 0° F. #D250 $32.50

SAIJO Saijo is the only Asian persimmon we can ripen in our cool summers at RaintreeIzu in western Washington.

The self-fertile astringent cultivar is hardy to -10°F. It produces deliciously sweet, acorn-shaped fruit in late fall after a frost. on a small tree. #D260 Each $34.50

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Unique Asian, American Cr oss Cross

Cool Summers or Cold Winters W on't Stop Our Persimmon Selections!

The only available American that is reliably self-fertile. From fruit breeder Elwyn Meader of New Hampshire. It is upright growing, very cold hardy, and among the first to ripen, even in areas with cool summers. #D255 $32.50

Meader

Using Persimmons IN THE LANDSCAPE: A beautiful ornamental, the large glossy leaves turn bright red each autumn. After the leaves fall, the orange fruit hangs like many lanterns on the tree.

SUN OR SHADE: Persimmons can tolerate some shade but Asian varieties, in particular, require a sunny location to ripen the fruit.

PLANT HEIGHT & SPACING: 15' for Asians, 35' for Americans though they are easily maintained at 15'.

HARVEST TIME: Oct.-Nov. Fuyu and Hachiya, because of longer ripening time, often don’t ripen in Western WA. but thrive in the Willamette Valley and other areas with warmer summers. Americans ripen in October.

PICKING & STORAGE: Pick astringent varieties after they color up and allow the fruit to soften and become “mushy’ inside before you can enjoy the sweet flavor. The American cultivars are all astringent. Nonastringent selections are delicious even when eaten while the fruit is ripe but firm. Non astringent firm “apple type persimmons” are the most popular in Japan. They do need thinning to increase fruit size.

POLLINATION: Asian persimmons produce seedless fruit without pollination. Americans, except Meader, usually need a male for pollination.

YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-3 years for grafted trees.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Persimmons are adapted to a wide variety of soil types. They are tolerant of wet soils and also do well on light sandy soils. Once established, they can withstand some drought.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: They have almost no pest or disease problems. The tree can be kept small with judicious pruning. Use a modified central leader. Pruning should be confined to light thinning and heading back excessively vigorous growth. Persimmons flower and bear fruit on the current season’s growth.

NOTE ON DELAYED LEAFING: Don’t worry! Because persimmons, unlike most plants, break dormancy based on heat units, not chilling hours, many newly planted persimmon trees don’t come out of dormancy the first season, in a cool spring and summer climate like the Pacific NW, until summer or even fall. A bare root tree could be simply planted in the ground or could be potted to provide more heat for the roots and then unpotted and planted just after it started to leaf. Planting instructions are included with each tree.

SEEDLING AMERICAN PERSIMMON These are unsexed American persimmon seedlings. Use them for rootstocks for grafting other persimmons or plant them as attractive ornamentals. You would need both a male and female for fruit. #R285 Each $4; 5 or more $3.50 each

Quinces Mor e Fruiting Quince T More Trrees

SMYRNA

Aromatnaya Quince

This reliably productive, self-fertile tree was brought from Turkey over a century ago. Its large, yellow, pear-shaped fruit is great for cooking, with a delicious mild flavor that is favored for desserts, preserves and jellies. #D080 Each $22.95

Van Deman

Fruiting Quinces

(Cydonia oblonga) At the turn of the 20th century almost every rural family had a fruiting quince tree. The varieties we offer have delightful pineapple like flavors. They are prized for cooking, jelly making, and adding to apple cider. Quince trees are self fertile, have big white blossoms in late spring and very large bright yellow fruit that ripens in October and hangs like lanterns in the autumn. USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted.We offer 3-5' grafted trees.

American Gar dener’ s Best Quince Collection Gardener’ dener’s AROMATNAYA North American gardeners can now enjoy a quince with a pineapplelike flavor that is sweet enough to eat fresh. The medium size “aromatic” fruit is among the best of thousands of varieties from the Black Sea region of Russia and Turkey. The disease resistant tree produces round, yellow fruit, which ripens in October and needs to be stored on the window until it starts to soften. Like other quinces, the uncooked texture is dense, but it’s nice when thinly sliced and it is excellent for cooking. #D085 $24.95

HAVRAN The fruit of this traditional Turkish variety, which ripens late in September, is very large and pear shaped. Like Aromatnaya, its white flesh is sweeter than American cultivars. From Izmir Research Station, it was introduced to Raintree and to the U.S. by Dr. Elwood Fisher. #D087 Each $26.50 Limit one.

Havran

PORTUGAL A large pear shaped old European variety that is largest in the middle and tapers at both ends. It stews well and becomes a deep crimson Portugal when cooked. Mix one Portugal with a dozen apples and you can make a pink sauce with a delicious pineapple like quince flavor. Limit one. #D070 Each $26.50

KARP’S SWEET

Karp’s Sweet

Finally available to American gardeners, this Quince is uniquely sweet, juicy and non-astringent, especially when grown in warm climates. Obtained via fruit connoisseur and writer David Karp, it comes to us through Edgar Valdivia whose family grew it at lower elevations in Peru. We tasted uncooked fruit Valdivia had grown in California, and it was sweeter and less woody than other quinces. Grown in the Pacific NW, though, it was less sweet and soft. It is unique and worth trying in your climate.

USDA Zones 6-10. #D084 Each $26.50

VAN DEMAN Very large, oblong fruit with bright yellow skin. Its spicy flavor is great for cooking and jelly. A heavy bearing Burbank selection which does well in cool summers. #D090 Each $22.95

EKMEK A great choice for culinary uses, medium-size Ekmek is the most popular quince in Western Turkey and new to American gardeners. It has regularly produced large crops of juicy, yellow, pear-shaped fruit with creamy, yellow flesh at Raintree. It ripens in September. #D088 Each $24.95

KAUCHING This attractive, disease resistant tree comes from central Asia in the former Soviet Union. The medium-size fruit is so sweet, tender and flavorful that it can be eaten fresh as well as made into delicious preserves. #D055 Each $24.95

QUINCE JELLY Taste the rich pineapple like flavor. #W170 8 oz. jar. $4.85

CATHAY QUINCE (Chaenomeles cathayensis) The unusual fruit of this rare tree produces a citrus-like juice that is high in Vitamin C and antioxidants and is used in Eastern Europe to flavor marmalades, candies, ice cream and yogurt. It also makes an excellent jelly and combines well with apples in a pie. The white with pink striped spring flowers are favored by bees, but another flowering quince is needed for pollination. The small tree grows only 15' tall, but the oblong green fruit, which turns yellow in a warm summer, is huge, almost two pounds each. Pick fruit in late autumn while still hard and let it sit on the counter to ripen. The tree adapts well to heavy soil, but has numerous long thorns, so be careful when picking the fruit. #D079 Each $26.50

Flowering Quinces (Chaenomeles speciosa) Flowering quinces are a group of very winter hardy, disease resistant, deciduous shrubs covered with an abundance of beautiful flowers early each spring. The varieties we offer each follow up with a crop of nutritious fruit with a pineapple and citrus flavor that can be used to make jellies or syrups. This is a great group of edible ornamentals. For fruit, plant two varieties. They make great hedge plants spaced about 4' apart. USDA Zones 5-9.

TOYO NISHIKI Grow this beautiful Japanese quince both for the lovely early spring flowers of white, pink and red (often all on the same branch) and for the deliciously fragrant fruits that ripen in late summer. The flowering branches make great cut flowers and the large sometimes applesized fruits may be used for jelly or just enjoyed for their aroma. Easy to grow in sun or partial shade, it can reach 7’ in height and ES E width. #D050 TR Each $18.50 T

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Mor e Flowering Quinces More CRIMSON & GOLD Cut the flowering stems of this dynamite quince, loaded with masses of crimson flowers with gold centers to make gorgeous bouquets from March to May. Then later, harvest the aromatic, green fruit that ripens to yellow and make great preserves. The compact variety stays 4' tall and wide. #D045 Each $18.50

CONTORTED Gorgeous pink flowers cover this unusually contorted shrub in the very early spring. Cut branches can be brought indoors in January to bloom. The twisted form is striking in the winter. #D091 $18.50

CAMEO Lovely soft-apricot and pink double flowers cover this compact, thornless bush (about 4’ tall and wide) in early spring. Cameo produces an abundance of small quinces that are prized for jelly. #D040 Each $18.50

OLD HOMESTEAD These 6’ tall shrubs are loaded with beautiful pink flowers and also produce small yellow fruit used for jelly. Planted around homesteads one hundred or more years ago, they have naturalized in many areas. Finding a thicket is a way to locate old long abandoned farm steads. We’ve propagated these from old bushes located on the Raintree site. One gallon size. #D049 Each $18.50

Medlars

NATIVE AMERICAN FRUIT TREES!

Paw Paws

(Asimina triloba) The paw paw is the largest edible fruit native to America.

Well known in much of the eastern United States, the tree has long, tropical looking leaves and produces dark green, oblong fruit (3” to 6” long) with a pulp that tastes like vanilla custard. You can just take out your spoon and eat the delicious treat. While the paw paw tree grows well in much of the nation, it needs a long hot summer to ripen its fruit and only the earliest ripening cultivars stand a chance of maturing in the cooler parts of the Pacific Northwest. The pulp has big seeds that are easy to spoon out and discard or plant to grow additional trees.

Using Paw Paws IN THE LANDSCAPE: Enjoy its bright yellow fall foliage.

SUN OR SHADE: Though they need sun to ripen, paw paws are a natural hardwood forest understory plant that likes high humidity.

HEIGHT & SPACING Trees slowly grow to 25’ or more but can be maintained at 10-15 feet height and spacing.

HARVESTING: In fall when fruit color turns from green to yellow.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 YEARS TO FRUITING: Outside their native habitat, Paw Paws often grow very slowly and can take many years to start producing.

POLLINATION: Each variety has inconspicuous brown flowers in May andIvan’s is insect, or more reliably, hand pollinated from the male flowers of one Beauty variety to the female flowers of another variety.

TRANSPLANTING: The tree has a tap root and grows very slowly at Flowers first. That is why we offer them in pots. Transplant with as much soil as possible, trying not to disturb the roots.

(Mespilus germanica) Although little known in the U.S., medlars have been PAW PAW SEEDLINGS grown in Europe for thousands of Not as consistently productive as the grafted varieties but a great value years. They are attractive small, selfRed and just as likely to grow well. Choose two for pollination or one and a fertile trees that grow to 10' with Azerole grafted variety. Small 1 gallon potted plants. #D370 Each $14.50 healthy foliage, white flowers and Berries unusual 1 inch diameter round fruits ABOUT GRAFTED P AW P AWS PA PA that are collected in the fall, after the We offer small grafted trees in pots. first frosts. When picked, the fruits are much too hard to eat immediately. If allowed to ripen for a few weeks in a cool lighted place they undergo a process PENNSYLVANIA GOLDEN called ‘bletting’ and become soft, spicy and very rich. Enjoy the cinnamon-apple Very sweet and flavorful, medium to large sauce flavor scooped out with a spoon or made into a delicious jam. On OHxF fruit. Reportedly the earliest of all our 97 rootstock. 3-5' trees. USDA Zone 5-9. varieties to ripen. A great variety to try in PUCIA SUPER MOL cooler regions. #D391 Each $26.50 This large-fruited medlar is from the Piedmont area of Italy where it is preferred above all others. Brought to the U.S. by Hill Craddock. #D008 Each $23.50 SUSQUEHANNA The largest of all the new Peterson Paw MACROCARPA Paw varieties, Susquehanna fruit is very sweet and richly flavorful with Among the largest of the Medlars, with fruit to two inches in diameter. The very few seeds. Individual fruits can weigh a pound! This outstanding fruit is flavorful. The tree habit is compact. #D006 Each $24.50 new variety ripens in mid season. #D395 Each $27.50

MONSTRUEUSE DE EVREINOFF The name refers to the large 2 1/2" yellow/brown, fruit with pinkish brown flesh.

The taste is described as “pleasant, well balanced between sweet and almost syrupy with the edge of acidity that delights connoisseurs.” Developed near Montauban France by M. Evreinoff. #D007 Each $24.50

BREDA GIANT A native of Holland, this small tree will display white flowers and produce a unique 1 inch fruit. #D002 Each $22.50

MARRON Highly productive, with large fruit that has flavorful pulp. #D009 Each $22.50

SEEDLESS

NC 1 An early ripening cultivar from Canada, it has large, flavorful fruit and is a good pollinizer. #D373 Each $26.50

TAYLOR The flesh of this cultivar is yellow, sweet and flavorful. Medium size fruit ripen in groups of up to seven per cluster. From Michigan. Reported as selffertile and among the first of each season to ripen. #D380 Each $26.50

MANGO Mango is the most vigorous of the usually slow-growing paw paw varieties, and it produces a good crop of tasty fruit with yellow-orange flesh. #D393 Each $26.50

Unusual cultivar with smaller but seedless fruit. #D010 Each $24.50

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Mulberries

Berries on a tree? Yes! The fabulous, abundant fruit of the Mulberry (Morus) looks like plump blackberries and are wonderful eaten fresh, in fruit salads or made into an outrageous pie. Great as an ornamental, the self-fertile trees grow quickly and bear fruit while still small and young. All three species Black Mulberry Tree (black, white and red) are attractive trees that can become quite large or be pruned to stay much smaller. Since all but the white mulberries stain, avoid planting a tree where the fruit will land on a patio or sidewalk. They are self fertile unless noted. USDA Zones vary by variety. We offer 3-5’ trees unless noted.

SILK HOPE (Morus alba x rubra) Since mulberry leaves are the sole food source of the silkworm, some American trees date to the early 1800’s, when North Carolina was part of a thriving silk industry. Although the industry was soon eclipsed by foreign competition, this tree, which was discovered by A. J. Bullard, boasts this historic distinction and thrives better than most in the South. It bears 1-½ inch long, sweet, black fruit that ripens for about two months in early summer. USDA Zones 7-10. #D426 Each $26.50

Trees With White Fruit WHITE MULBERRY (Morus alba) Selected for its pure white fruit and sweet flavor, this productive, medium size tree has a spreading habit and flavorful fruit that is great eaten fresh or dried. Since the white fruit doesn’t stain, the tree can be planted closer to the house.

USDA Zones 4-9. Limit 1. #D435 Each $28.50

BEAUTIFUL DAY (Morus alba) The sweet white fruit will not stain like the darker mulberries!

Eat it fresh, or dry it for snacking later. The tree grows to about 30'. USDA Zones 6-9. #D400 Each $24.50

SWEET LAVENDER (Morus Alba) This cultivar produces quantities of sweet flavorful fruit ranging from white to pink or light purple in color which won’t stain and looks attractive on the tree. Fruit is enjoyed fresh or dried. USDA Zones 5-9. #D433 Each $26.50

Unique Choices For a Small Gar den Garden WEEPING FRUITING This is an amazing ornamental tree that can grow in a wide arc that sweeps to the ground. Stake it up to the desired height and then let it weep. The tree is loaded with tasty small fruit, which can only be seen from inside the canopy, The fruit turn reddish black when ripe.

Pull back a lower branch and there is room inside for a secret hiding place for children. USDA Zone 5-9. #D440 Each $26.50

GERALDI DWARF A compact selection for small gardens, this unique dwarf mulberry bush or tree has attractive large leaves but grows to only 6' tall. Enjoy medium size, tasty, purple berries in summer. USDA Zones 5-8. One gallon size.

Limit one. #D415 Each $34.50

Pr oductive Favorites Productive ILLINOIS EVERBEARING (Morus alba x rubra) A natural cross between white and red mulberry trees, this vigorous, grafted tree is extremely hardy (to -30°F) and very productive. It can start bearing its sweet, deliciously distinctive fruit the first year after planting. Berries ripen continuously throughout July, August, and September and look like big, elongated blackberries when ripe. The black, almost seedless fruit is very sweet and considered the best by many. The tree will grow to 35’ tall, but is easily pruned and kept much smaller. USDA Zone 4-9. #D420 Each $26.50

PAKISTAN (Morus alba) The huge 3" long berries of this selection from Islamabad are not only sweet with a complex balance of flavors, but they are good in the red stage as well as the purple/black ripe stage. A productive, spreading tree with large, heart-shaped leaves, it excels in areas with long, hot summers USDA .Zones 6-10. #D424 Each $24.50

OSCAR (Morus Alba) Considered among the the most flavorful, this selection when fully ripe produces loads of medium size black fruit. The fruit can also be eaten at the red stage and has a "raspberry" flavor. It is a fast growing, easy to care for tree. USDA Zones 6-9. #D430 Each $26.50

WELLINGTON (M. alba x rubra) Considered the best mulberry grown at the New York State Fruit Testing center in Geneva. The tree is a heavy cropper. The sweet black cylindrical fruit ripens over several weeks. Hardy to USDA Zones 5-9. #D425 Each $26.50 Limit one.

KOKUSA KOREAN Vigorous and fast growing, this mulberry variety from Korea produces seedless two-inch sweet black mulberries soon after planting. Possibly a sub species of Morus Nigra. USDA Zones 7-9. #D421 Each $26.50

Landscape Focal Point CONTORTED MULBERRY (Morus Alba Unryu) The contorted Mulberry is an incredibly beautiful landscape focal point. This Japanese tree features a gnarled trunk and branches. It has small tasty purple fruit and attractive yellow fall foliage.

A great edible landscaping plant, it can be maintained at 8’ tall. USDA Zones 5-9. #D410 Each $26.50 Just a note about the Pakistan Mulberry I ordered. I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I opened the box and saw the size…much larger than I expected! It arrived in good shape and the buds are just swelling. Thank you I will definately order from you in the future. B.R. Tulsa, OK

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Pomegranates KASHMIR BLEND

Ambrosia

(Punica granatum) We are offering a wide selection of pomegranates, each with its own complex and unique flavor. The pomegranate can be grown as a small tree or in a bush form. Their bright foliage and beautiful orange flowers make them a beautiful landscape plant. Pomegranates require only 150 chilling hours & need well-drained soil. Pomegranates ripen well in the South and in California. They grow well in the Pacific Northwest but don’t get the intense summer heat they need to ripen. Growing them as a multi stemed bush in a pot and bringing them in in the fall can extend their productive range.

Named for its delicious blend of complex flavors. Kashmir Blend produces a tart, rich flavor beloved by pomegranate aficionados.

The exquisite balance between acid and sugar results in great juice. #D478 Each $24.50

Wonderful

WONDERFUL The variety usually found in markets. Hot summers are needed to fully ripen the large, tart fruit. #D490 Each $19.95

EVERSWEET

AMBROSIA

Since it is the first pomegranate to ripen (a month or more before Wonderful), Eversweet bears in shorter season areas. Its large, dark red, virtually seedless fruit is sweet, even when immature, an added ripening advantage over other cultivars. Delicious, sweet-tangy fruit has clear, non-staining juice. #D485 Each $22.50

Enjoy very large sized fruits, up to three times the size of Wonderful. Ambrosia has pale pink skin and purple sweet-tart juice, similar to Wonderful. #D477 Each $24.50

SWEET

PINK SATIN

Sweeter fruit than Wonderful, with better quality in cool-summer climates.

It is a compact plant, suitable to espalier and container growing. Harvest in late summer. Unsplit ripe fruit stores in a cool, dry place for two months or more. Limit one. #D480 Each $22.50

This attractive pomegranate has unique, edible seeds and a sweetly refreshing flavor. Soft, edible sweet seeded cultivars are sought after by cultures familiar with pomegranates. The soft seeds make it seem almost seedless. Its original name is Pink Ice. #D479 Each $22.50

Sweet

GRENADA RED SILK This dwarf UC Davis introduction grows to about 6', making it perfect for a large patio pot! It produces an abundant crop of large fruit with red juice and a delicious grenadine flavor that has a pleasing balance of acid and sweetness. #D491 Each $22.50

ABOUT POMEGRANA TES POMEGRANATES IN THE LANDSCAPE: Enjoy the spring display of showy orange-red flowers on these glossy leafed arching shrubs.

IN THE KITCHEN:Try several varieties to experience the range of delicious pomegranate flavors. Use them in a wide variety of delicious Middle Eastern recipes.

USEFUL FACTS SOIL: Most need well drained soils. EXPOSURE: Full Sun. POLLINATION: Self fertile.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 8-10.They are hardy to about 10° F. Even if frozen to the ground, plants will re-sprout from the roots like a fig. If grown in a pot, they can be brought in to ripen.

SIZE & SPACING: Prune them as a 8-10’ tall shrub or allow them to become a beautiful 15-20’ tree or espalier.

RIPENING: Late Fall. YIELD: 15 plus pounds per plant.

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Kashmir Blend

A top commercial variety in California, Grenada’s fruit matures in mid-August.

Fruit is a deep red color, inside and out. “ #D487 Each $24.50

PARFIANKA This naturally dwarf pomegranate sets profuse amounts of fruit even when young. The medium size, yellow fruit has a bright red blush, soft seeds and a sweet-tart taste that is rated among the best in taste tests. Parkianka makes an excellent juice. #D486 Each $24.50

POMEGRANATE ROADS

By Gregory Levin 183 pages. Floreant Press Subtitled, “A Soviet Botanists’s Exile from Eden”. A beguiling blend of memoir and pomegranate horticulture.

Dr. Levin tells of his life’s work in a remote Soviet research station in the mountains near Iran. #S329 $18

Pomegranates and Y our Health Your Pomegranates are rated among the most healthful of fruits. Studies show pomegranate juice has much more polyphenol antioxidants than any other drink, including red wine and blueberry juice. It is rich in flavonoids which researchers find protects against heart disease.

Pomegranates ar e rated among the most healthful fruit! are

Figs (Ficus carica) If you are among the many people who associate a fig tree with only a hot dry climate, you are in for a delicious surprise. Fig trees thrive in the Pacific Northwest and much of the nation. Most of the varieties we offer have been selected for cold hardiness and early ripening. A warm location with a southern exposure is important for ripening fruit in a maritime climate. Mature plants are all hardy to about 10° F. Fig plants can be grown in colder climates if they are pruned as a bush and covered in winter or grown in a pot and brought inside in winter. We offer vigorous, well rooted plants.

EXCEL Enjoy the sweet, rich flavor of this. medium size, yellow fruit with amber pulp. Excel is resistant to splitting even under adverse conditions. It is a superb, all purpose fig. Introduced in 1975. It’s considered very hardy. #D311 Each $22.50

BROWN TURKEY This hardy tree bears heavily and can produce two crops of large delicious fruit each year. The figs have mahogany colored skin and light amber flesh that is very sweet.

Highly reliable in the Pacific NW. #D355 Each $18.50

LATTARULA This high quality fig is among the most popular and widely adapted varieties. The ripe fruit, with amber colored flesh and yellow-green skin, is so tasty for fresh eating, canning, and drying that it has earned the nickname “Italian Honey Fig.”. #D330 Each $18.50

NEVERALLA The heavily productive tree bears sweet, delicious, dark purple figs with peach colored flesh. They are wonderful eaten fresh, canned, pickled or made into jam. Also called Osborne Prolific, it is one of the few that produce both a summer “breba” crop and sometimes a ripe fall crop in the Pacific Northwest. #D350 Each $18.50

VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX Also known as Bordeaux and as Negronne. The very productive tree produces two crops of purple black figs with strawberry colored flesh.

Very good in quality with a rich flavor. #D360 Each $18.50

Violette de Bordeaux

Neveralla

PANACHEE TIGER STRIPE This light yellow, small to medium, pear-shaped fruit is adorned with unique dark green stripes.

The flesh has strawberry color and good, sweet flavor. It needs a long, warm growing season and ripens late. #D359 Each $22.50

PETITE NEGRI A dwarf tree or bush that thrives in a pot and produces large crops of sweet purple/black fruit with red flesh.

It has two crops a year and sets more fruit for its size than most other varieties. It produces well in hot summer areas. When grown in a pot, in a cool summer climate, it can be brought inside to finish ripening. Limit one. #D345 Each $18.50

Petite Negri

Lattarula

PETER’S HONEY

Brought from Sicily, this fig is one of the best. The skin is a beautiful shiny yellow green when ripe, and the flesh is superb for fresh eating, drying and canning. #D340 Each $18.50

FLANDERS

HARDY CHICAGO From a garden near Chicago comes this hardy excellent fig which, once established, can freeze to the ground and come back to produce a crop the same year! The fruit is medium size, with purple skin and a sweet, rich flavor. #D320 Each $22.50

Lattarula

Tiger Stripe

Northwest Favorite DESERT KING Top rated in the Pacific NW for its reliability and delicious flavor, this fig tree produces large, very sweet and tasty fruit with dark green skin and pink flesh. Each year, the overwintering Desert King “breba” crop will ripen in August. In warmer summer areas a large fall crop will also ripen. #D310 Each $18.50 ; 3 or more $15 each.

Brown Turkey

The richly-flavored amber flesh of Flanders is among the most flavorful of all figs, and the beautiful fruit with violet stripes and white flecks resists splitting. The highly productive tree requires a hot summer or a greenhouse for the fruit to ripen and develop its outstanding flavor. #D312 Each $22.50

BLACK MISSION

Hardy Chicago

TASHKENT This green fig has light-colored flesh and an excellent flavor.

Raintree brought this heavy producer from Uzbekistan where it was the favorite among many cultivars in the garden of a local horticulturist. It thrives in long, hot, dry summers and short cold winters. One gallon size. Limit one. #D362 Each $22.50

The most popular fig, heavy-bearing and long-lived, Mission produces large, teardrop shaped fruit with purple-black skin and richly flavorful, strawberry-red flesh. Trees grow well in California, on the coast or inland, and they set both an overwintering “breba” crop in early summer and a later crop in fall.

Hardy to 15° degrees. #D305 Each $22.50

TEXAS BLUE GIANT

Texas Blue Giant

A huge fig with attractive purple skin and a delicious melting amber flesh. A winner in the south, it thrives in Texas and other hot desert areas.

Grow it inside in the North. USDA Zones 7-11. #D365 Each $22.50

Figs ar en’ aren’ en’tt only for hot climates!

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HOW TO USE FIGS (Continued from page 55) IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh figs are a wonderful treat. They are delicious dried or eaten fresh or cooked into sauces and jam.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: With its large dark green leaves and spreading habit, the fig tree has a tropical appearance. Trees can slowly grow very large but can easily be kept small with pruning. It is beautiful planted on the patio or near walkways. Grow as a potted plant on a porch, deck or other sunny area and bring inside during severe winter weather.

Useful Facts HARDINESS: Mature trees stand 10° F. Lower temperatures cause freezing to the ground, but new growth resprouts from the roots. USDA Zones 7-11.

Chilling needed is only 100 hours.

SUN: Trees tolerate shade; maximum sun is required for fruit.

SPACING: 15-20’. With pruning they can be placed closer.

POLLINATION: Varieties we offer do not need pollination.

LIFETIME: 100+ years. PROPAGATION: By rooted cuttings.

HARVEST TIME: The first (over wintering “breba”) crop ripens in summer, the second crop ripens in fall. In cool summer areas only the breba crop may ripen. Fruit is ripe and ready for harvest when it droops on the stem from its own weight.

YEARS TO FRUIT: 2-4

Cor nus Mas Has Flavorful Fruit Cornus Cornus Mas, also called “Cornelian Cherry” is a fantastic small ornamental tree that bears flavorful fruit. Trees are beautiful in all seasons.

They are covered with yellow flowers in the spring before the leaves appear. This is followed by flavorful summer fruit and red and yellow fall foliage. Cornus Mas thrives in soil with high organic content. Trees like partial shade in hot summer areas and full sun where summers are cooler. USDA Zones 4-9.

PESTS: None of importance.

How To Grow

CORNUS MAS SEEDLING

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Figs are adaptable to varied soils. A welldrained fertile loam, close to neutral pH is best.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant on the south side of a building or wall and protect from cold winds. Figs do not need much fertilizer.

While water requirements are low, regular irrigation during dry spring and summer spells will result in consistent growth and good crops. Prune to a vase shape allowing air and light to penetrate the center of the tree.

Hardy Palms DATE PALM (Phoenix canariensis) Date Palm features long, bright green, graceful, weeping fronds. In optimum conditions, Date Palms can reach 60' tall. However, They grow slowly in Northern climates and can be a beautiful patio plant in a container for many years. They prefer dry conditions and full sun. They should be hardy to zero and have survived -15° F. These plants, selected for their hardiness, have naturalized in Southern Russia. They bear edible fruit however of lower quality than commercial dates. USDA Zones 6-9. One gallon size. #M918 Each $22.50

JELLY PALM (Butia capitata) The large clusters of tasty round orange-red edible fruit make this a unique find. The fruit is up to an inch in diameter and tasty. It makes a great jelly, hence its name. Hardy, for a palm, it has a wide crown of feathery, blue-green, arching foliage. A Jelly Palm grows slowly to 10’ or more. It can grow in the deep South and up the west coast north to the warmest parts of Western WA. It grows well in a pot indoors in colder areas.

Zones 8-11. One gallon size. #M919 Each $22.50

WINDMILL PALM (Trachycarpus fortunei) Plant this hardy palm near your hardy Banana and invite the neighbors over for a luau.

This tough fan palm is hardy to about 10° F, and thrives, but grows slowly in the Pacific NW in full sun and well drained soil. It can grow up to 30' high and 10' wide in hot climates. It’s not edible. It grows well in a pot indoors. One gallon. #M912 Each $18.50

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Edible Dogwoods

Our dogwoods are beautiful small ornamental trees with beautiful spring flowers and attractive summer foliage and fall color. Dogwoods are planted for their ornamental beauty, but in Russia and elsewhere they are prized for heavy production of delicious fruit. Cannot ship to Florida. We offer 3-5’ trees.

I grew up on a farm. We ordered our fruit trees and berries from Raintree. I have always known Raintree Nursery to be the highest quality. As an adult, I have continued the tradition of ordering from Raintree Nursery for my own backyard gardening. S. L. Port Orchard, WA

A producer of lots of tasty red fruit. An outstanding edible ornamental.

The tree grows to 10'- 15' and has gorgeous yellow spring flowers. Needs another Cornus Mas variety or another seedling as a pollinizer. 1-2’ trees. #D570 Each $7.50; 3 or more $5 each.

Kousas Loaded With Fruit!

(Cornus Kousa) These beautiful ornamentals grow to 12-15' tall with attractive, disease resistant, ovate leaves that turn scarlet in fall. Enjoy large showy white flowers in June. Pick round bright edible red fruit in October.

Space 12' apart or 4' apart to make a stunning 6-8' hedge. Best in good garden soil with afternoon shade.

USDA Zone 5-8. One gallon size.

BIG APPLE KOUSA™ Selected for its cascades of large red, tasty fruit. Self fertile. #D585 Each $21.95

Tibetan Chocolate Berry GOLDEN LANTERNS HONEYSUCKLE (Leycestria formosa) This amazing edible ornamental shrub, native to lower altitudes in Tibet, is also called Chocolate berry. Golden Lanterns® is an outstanding selection with bright golden, heart-shaped leaves, reddish new growth and pendulous white and burgundy flowers that attract butterflies and bees. In late summer and early fall, the plant produces lots of small, round, green berries that turn dark purple when ripe and have a flavor akin to bitter chocolate. In the South, the 6’, upright shrub stays beautiful year round, but in the North, it dies back to the ground each winter and resprouts the following spring. Hardy to Zone 6 if mulched, it likes well-drained soil.

Zones 6-10. One-gallon pot. #D604 Each $22.50

HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE (Leycestria formosa) The same as the Golden Lanterns listed above but with green instead of golden leaves. #D6054 4” pots $13.50 each

Mt. Ash, Hawthorn & Hybrids

Jujubes

Beautiful Small Edible T Trrees (Sorbus aucuparia x Craetagus) These are beautiful, unusual upright hardy trees with large glossy compound leaves. Bred by famed Russian plant breeder Ivan Michurin, they grow to 15-20’ tall. Selffertile. USDA Zones 3-8. 3-5’ trees.

IVAN’S BEAUTY™ Sweet-tart, small, wine red fruit, prized for making wine, jelly and sauces, cover this small beautiful yard tree. #D710 Each $21.50

Edible Hawthor ns Hawthorns TEXAS SUPERBERRY MAYHAW (Crataegus aestivalis) Mayhaws are a group of hawthorn trees native to the U.S. that grow to 15' and produce sparkling white, self-fertile flowers in very early spring, followed later by heavy crops of small red berries for pies, jelly or juice.

The early bloom means it rarely sets fruit in areas with late frosts. This variety was found by horticulturist T. O. Warren. Zones 6-9. #D164 Each $18.50

RED AZEROLE Super tolerant and fast growing, this small, ornamental hawthorn is at once a beauty in the landscape and a desirable wildlife haven. It boasts attractive, glossy, dark green foliage, dense clusters of large white flowers in spring and small red fruit that tastes like a tart apple. The 10' tree or large shrub is self-fertile and makes an effective screen or hedge. USDA Zones 5-9. #D162 Each $18.50

New fr om China from (Crataegus pinnatifida) An attractive species of small, 12’ tall trees from northern China, with clusters of white flowers, grown specifically for their red edible fruits. The leaves turn bright red in autumn. The fruit is made into syrups, preserves, or candied.

These trees are beautiful in all seasons. A great all purpose choice for a small yard.

Self fertile. Zones 4-9. We offer 3-5’ trees.

(Zizyphus jujuba) Jujubes are pretty Holboellia trees with glossy green leaves that turn yellow in the autumn. Called “Chinese Date”, the fruit is very sweet, reddish brown when ripe, 1-1/2" long with a single seed. These grafted trees will grow to 20' or more but can be maintained much smaller. They are very productive and early bearing. The fruit needs hot summers to ripen well.

In cooler summers pick it half brown and half green and bring it inside to finish ripening. The myth of Zizyphus is that they are all tender sub-tropicals, but jujubes are hardy in Zones 6-10. These partially self fertile cultivars produce better with another cultivar for pollination. We ship 3-5' trees.

LANG Lang has large, pear-shaped, flavorful fruit which must be fully colored for best eating.

Let the summer ripening fruit dry on the tree. The tree is upright and almost spineless.

Needs a pollinizer. #D204 Each $34.50

LI Enjoy large, round early season fruit, up to 3 ounces, in mid-August. Li may be picked at the yellow-green stage. It is best eaten fresh.

Partially self-fruitful. #D202 Each $34.50

SHERWOOD Big Golden Star

BIG GOLDEN STAR HAWTHORN This tree has no thorns, large, lobed leaves, and 1 1/2 inch diameter crab apple like fruit. #D168 Each $18.50

BIG BALL HAWTHORN A beautiful small tree with deep green leaves and 1” round red crab apple like fruit. #D166 Each $18.50

Feijoa

(Feijoa sellowiana) Also called Pineapple Guavas, these handsome evergreen bushes grow slowly to about 10’ tall and wide.

Edible white flowers have an exotic look, with long, bright red stamens topped with large grains of yellow pollen. These fragrant blooms attract hummingbirds and bees and and the petals taste like cinnamon cotton candy. Delicious, green, oval fruit ripens in fall in areas with long warm summers. Plants are hardy to about 15° F, but fruit rarely ripens outside in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Zones 8-11. One gallon pots.

MAMMOTH The large, oval fruit borne on this selection from New Zealand is very flavorful and ripens early in the season. Somewhat self-fertile, it produces larger fruit with another variety as a pollinizer. #J365 Each $24.50

NIKITA™ (Rannaya cv.) From the Nikita Botanic Garden in Ukraine, this special variety of Pineapple Guava, among the earliest to ripen, is prized for its large, tasty fruit and for its compact growth habit. #J367 Each $24.50

Firm, large and shiny, the delicious reddish-brown fruit of this attractive upright tree has a sweet apple-like flavor. When candied and dried, it resembles a date. Distinguished by far fewer thorns than other Jujube trees, it is a good choice for hot desert areas, but is not for areas where the climate cools before the fruit ripens. #D207 Each $34.50

SUGAR CANE As the name suggests, the small to medium-size fruit of this jujube is extremely sweet. It ripens mid-season on a very spiny plant. Despite the spines, the fruit is worth the effort. Needs a pollinizer. #D206 Each $34.50

CONTORTED JUJUBE A very ornamental version of jujube which also bears a small amount of delicious fruit. Use another variety as a pollinizer. #D205 Each $32.50

Edible Cactus PRICKLY PEAR (Opuntia cycloides) This cactus is great for growing in a pot or in the ground. It is hardy and easy to grow. Use about 6” of pea gravel and little or no soil for drainage. It grows 5-7' tall, tallest in mild winter areas and has beautiful yellow flowers and long sweet purple 3" fruit. The fruit is used to make jelly.

Surprisingly, it thrives in the Pacific NW. USDA Zones 6-10. One gallon size. #D180 Each $22.50

LARGE FRUITED OPUNTIA (Opuntia engelmanii) Like the cycloides cactus, but with red/ purple, flavorful fruit that is twice as large. Enjoy the pretty yellow flowers. It grows to 4’ tall and has blond colored spines. USDA Zones 7-10. One gallon size. #D185 Each $22.50

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Olives

A great holiday gift! Since the beginning of civilization, a branch of the olive tree has been an emblem of peace and its oil, a symbol of abundance. A mature olive tree of these hardiest cultivars is hardy outdoors to 14° F. Olive trees ripen best in relatively dry climates with hot summers and moderate winters. However, an olive tree also grows easily indoors in a pot, maintained at 6' in height or less. Full sun, welldrained soil, and a warm spot in the garden will increase the chances of ripening a crop in marginal areas. Enjoy the creamy white flowers in May and the long graceful evergreen leaves. The elliptical leaves are green on top and grey below. An Olive tree is slow growing and can live for a thousand years. One gallon size. USDA Zones 8-10.

ARBEQUINA OLIVE Arbequina is a self fertile small round olive from the Catalan area in Northeast Spain. It produces a world renowned high quality, aromatic fruity oil. Its oil content is high, 20-22%. Arbequina is also an excellent greenish brown table olive bursting with a nutty, buttery flavor. It thrives in areas where winter temperatures don’t fall much below freezing and tolerates a variety of soils.

The tree can be maintained at 10’ tall, is of medium vigor with a weeping shape. It often starts bearing the year after planting. #D805 Each $21.50

LECCINO OLIVE From Tuscany in Northern Italy and widely planted throughout the world for oil production. The fruit is ripe in early season and purple green at picking time. It makes a mildly fruity oil whose content varies from 16 to 21%. It is also used for making table olives, semi-ripe or black. Somewhat resistant to winds and fog, it needs a pollinizer. #D801G Each $22.50

Tea Plants

(Camellia sinensis) Plant an authentic tea plant in your yard! These pretty evergreen Camellia bushes grow about 4’ tall (taller in mild regions) and can make an attractive evergreen hedge.They have pretty fragrant autumn flowers. The leaves are elliptical, 2-4" long and contain the stimulant caffeine. Leaves will produce green or black tea. Research suggests that green tea has special beneficial health properties. These plants also grow well indoors in a pot.

Plants prefer sun or partial shade. A Chinese way to make green tea is to “pick only the new growing tips (the top three leaves on a branch). Spread and dry in the shade for six hours. Then on low heat in an open pot, heat the leaves for a couple of hours, frequently stirring. You can use your hand to stir. Then put the leaves in a cup and pour boiling water over the leaves. You can drink it with the leaves still in the cup.” For black tea, ferment the leaves. Plants are hardy in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Zone 7-10.

RUSSIAN TEA Grown from seed gathered in Tea plantations in Sochi, Russia along the Black Sea. This is the northern most area where tea is grown commercially. Flowers are white and fragrant.

One gallon pot. #L503 Each $19.95

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Bananas Offered in one gallon pots. Prohibited to HI.

BASJOO HARDY BANANA This Japanese native is hardy to zero when mulched. It will grow to 15' tall (less than 10' in a large pot) and grace your northern yard with giant tropical looking banana stems and leaves. Though its fruit is not palatable the flowers are showy. It needs sun, lots of summer water and lots of nitrogren for rapid growth. After the first fall frost, prune the stems to a foot high. In May, new growth is spectacular. #J320 Each $22.50

Indoor Favorites DOUBLE BANANA This sport of the Dwarf Cavendish banana is also known as ‘Mahoi’. It will grow to about 7' tall in a large pot. Happy indoors with high light levels and temperatures 65°F or higher, it usually produces two large heads of sweet little bananas, sometimes three, beginning the second year. Try it outdoors in Zones 910 and inside elsewhere. #J336 Each $24.50

DWARF RED (Musa ‘Dwarf Red’) Growing only 6' to 8' tall, this beautiful, red skinned banana can bring the tropics to your home while the snow falls out-doors. It needs high light levels and temperatures 65°F or higher to do well, but will reward the grower who provides these conditions with delicious fruit that is almost black when ripe. USDA Zones 9-10. #J335 Each $24.50

BANANAS YOU CAN GROW

By Stokes & Waddick, 128 pages For Northern and Southern home gardeners. Includes 66 cultivars. Sections are on cultivation, propagation, best cultivars for each site and growing in greenhouses and containers. Well written with many color illustrations. #S009 Each $19.95

Thai Cooking Favorite LEMON GRASS (Cymbopogon citratus) An easily grown perennial herb, essential to Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine. It is also used to add lemon flavor to herbal teas or chopped finely in sauces and deserts. It will grow to 2-3' tall and spreads by numerous shoots sprouting from the base of the clump. It loves heat and summer sun and can tolerate drought but can be killed by freezing temperatures. Since it does well in a pot, Northerners can grow it outside spring through fall and just cut the top growth back and bring the pot in for the winter.

4" pot. #L5804 Each $9.50

SICHUAN PEPPER Use the highly fragrant seeds and leaves in your spicy Chinese cooking. This shrub grows to 10' tall and is hardy to minus10 degrees F. While production is said to benefit from having a male and a female plant, almost all plants produce both fruit and seeds. One gallon size. USDA Zones 6-9. #L565 Each $18.50 I have received the order today…Excellent job packing-I am impressed!

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Papaya BABACO PAPAYA An ideal edible and ornamental houseplant, hardy to 28°F. It has a beautiful trunk and tropical leaves and is easily grown in a 15 gallon container. The plant grows to 6’ tall and produces several amazing ten inch long, bright yellow delicious papayas each year. One gallon size. #J310 Each $28.50

Unusual Edible Plants fr om Chile from Chile has similiar climates to the west coast of the U.S.

CHILEAN GUAVA (Myrtus ugni molinae) The attractive Chilean Guava bears red, one inch oval fruit with a tart flavor and aroma reminiscent of strawberries.

The self-fertile bush loves warm climates and can grow to 15-feet, but will stay smaller, 6to-8-feet, in cooler climates.

Trim the bush to a size you like and consider planting several to make an unusual hedge. Chilean Guavas, favored long ago by Queen Victoria, can even thrive outdoors in southwest England. Plant in well-drained soil in a sunny location or grow as a greenhouse plant.The leaves are a tea substitute. Zones 7-10. One gallon size. #J370 Each $18.50

LUMA APICULATA This beautiful evergreen shrub or small tree from Chile and Argentina can grow to 15' or more. Each fall, loads of small, round, blue-black fruit with translucent flesh cover the plant. The aromatic, sweet fruit can be eaten fresh or made into a blueberry like topping for cheese cake. Its dark green leaves resemble huckleberry and its small, creamy white, starry flowers appear in mid-summer and continue into fall. Mature plants develop smooth, cinnamon color bark, much like that of madrone that peels back to reveal white to pink under bark. We offer seedlings. Plant two to assure pollination and more to prune into an excellent hedge. Grow in sun to part shade in a well-drained, acidic site with lots of organic matter. Zones 8-11. 4” pots. #D1774 Each $12.50

CHILEAN FUCHSIA (Fuchsia magellanica) These are seedlings from 3000 feet up in the coastal mountains of Chile where they grow as 6 foot tall understory bushes in ôalerceö Chilean cedar forests. The beautiful flowers have red sepals and a purple corolla though as seedlings they will be variable.

The edible fruit is purple when ripe and is favored in making marmalade. Like other hardy fuschias they would benefit from a winter mulch in colder winter areas. Select two to insure pollination. Estimated USDA Zones 7-9. Give them partial sun (full sun in cool summer areas is fine!) and a well drained, moist soil out of drying winds.

One gallon pot. #M055 Each $19.50

CHILEAN GUNNERA (Gunnera tinctoria) Each leaf on these awe inspiring plants from southern Chile and Argentina is up to six feet across. The leaves are lobed with cut edges. The young stalks are edible if peeled and taste like rhubarb. It needs a sunny spot and rich soil high in nitrogen. It loves moisture in the air and thrives in the Pacific NW. USDA Zones 7-10.

One gallon pot. #L505 Each $19.50

Roots, Shoots & Leaves WASABI (Wasabia japonica) Chances are you’ve never had real wasabi but rather a combination of mustard, horseradish, and food coloring. Native to Japan, it is grown for its unique, enlarged stem or rhizome.

Wasabi prefers shade and cool temperatures, so is well suited to the Pacific NW. The highest grade of wasabi is grown in moving water but it does just fine in soil and in containers. Wasabi grows best in summer shade on soils high in organic matter, well watered with good drainage. When planting wasabi, the crown should remain above the soil surface. Temperatures below 27° F. will kill the top growth and perhaps the whole plant so winter protection is advisable. Its ideal range is between 40 and 70 degrees. Slugs love it, so slug control may be necessary.

Instructions are included with each plant! 4” pot. #L557 Each $16.50 Limit two.

HORSERADISH (Amoracia rusticana) Plant this vigorous root 3 inches deep in a rich soil with full sun, spaced two feet from other plants. Harvest roots after a frost, beginning the second year. It grows 2-3’ tall and can be aggressive. Use by grating the roots. Zones 5-9. #L540 Each root $5.50

CRIMSON CHERRY RHUBARB Rhubarb is easy to grow in most soils. Eat the stalks, not the leaves, because leaves can be toxic. Cherry is an extremely heavy and reliable producer. This is the reddest variety, tending to be red all the way through. Stalks are up to two feet long and are tender with no stringiness and a full rich flavor. We offer jumbo sized crowns. Zones 5-9. Plant 4’ apart. We offer roots, not 4” pots. #L508 Each $5.95

SAFFRON CROCUS (Crocus sativus) From this beautiful, fall-blooming crocus comes true Saffron, a highly prized and highly priced spice that has been used for flavoring since ancient times. The spice is found on showy, thread-like stigmas in each delicate lilac bloom.

Easy to grow in the Pacific NW and other areas with similar climates, Saffron Crocus prefers good spring rains, mostly dry summers and temperatures that stay above minus 10° F. Plants grow from corms, which can be dug, divided and replanted to encourage more plants. 2 ¼” pot. Zones 6-9. #M007 Each $7.50

Natural Sweetener Plant SUGAR LEAF (Stevia rebaudiana) This terrific perennial herb is the source of the world’s only all-natural sweetener with zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index. Many times sweeter than sugar, the leaves, which have a pleasing anise-like taste, can be used fresh as a flavoring and sweetener or can be dried and powdered for use in baked goods or other processed foods.

Sugar Leaf is not hardy below freezing. It can be grown in pots and brought into a sunny window for winter. It’s susceptible to house plant pests. 4" pot. #L510 Each $9.50

BRAZILIAN GUNNERA (Gunnera manicata) Very similiar to its cousin, this Gunnera is from the mountains of Brazil and Columbia. It is also known as giant rhubarb.

It may grow even a little larger but is a little less winter hardy taking temperatures down to 14° F. Grow it like its Chilean cousin. Zones 8-10.

One gallon pot. #L507 Each $19.50

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Edible Groundcovers and Herbs CRANBERRIES (Vaccinium macrocarpon) You don’t need a bog to grow American cranberries. Just make a well drained bed. If you don’t have good drainage you can add peat or sand. Cranberries need a very acidic soil and need to be well watered, like their relatives the blueberries.

If temperatures dip below 10° F., plants need a heavy mulch to protect next years fruiting wood. Plant one foot apart in rows two feet apart.

The evergreen foliage has a reddish cast. The small profuse flowers are reddish pink. A beautiful, self-fertile ground cover. Zones 3-9.

STEVENS CRANBERRY A productive self fertile cultivar, selected for its large deep red berries, and light green foliage. It is a great edible ornamental groundcover.

Plant it in the ground; or in hanging baskets or planters for a delicate cascading effect. 4" pot. #G040 Each $5.50

WINTERGREEN (Gaultheria procumbens) Wintergreen berries ripen from late August until winter and are bright red. They can be made into tea, eaten raw, or mixed into fruit salad. Both leaves and fruit taste like wintergreen lifesavers. They are a native of the eastern United States and hardy to USDA Zones 3-9. This plant is a creeper and will spread outward 12 inches or more.

Plant 12 inches apart, in partial or full shade. Wintergreen grows about 6 inches tall and makes a great edible red and evergreen ground-cover. 4" pots. #G360 Each $5.50

EMERALD CARPET (Rubus calycinoides) This beautiful evergreen groundcover Raspberry from Taiwan has clover shaped leathery green foliage turning coppery in autumn. It grows only a few inches tall and occasionally has yellow berries in July. Sun or shade. Zones 6-10. 4” pot. #G300 Each $4.95

KINNICKINNICK (Arctostaphylos uvaursi) This native evergreen ground cover thrives in most soils, even in sand.

It needs little care. Prostrate trailing branches thickly covered with small dark green leaves yield white or pink blossoms in late spring.

Bright red berries follow, lasting well into winter. Native Americans valued the berries as food and the leaves in smoking mixtures, though now the fruit is most often eaten by birds. It is a beautiful way to cover a lot of ground in a hurry.

It is great for sunny slopes and cascading down walls. USDA Zones 5-10.

4" pot. #G665 Each $4.50

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Select, in multiples of 18, a mix of any of the 4" pots on this page and throughout the catalog. We give you a $15 discount for every 18 pack you order, mix or match. It is easier and economical to box a whole tray of 18 4" pots. We pass the savings on to you!

Cover the ground with a beautiful carpet of foliage, thereby reducing erosion and providing a mat that inhibits weeds. Good ground covers spread easily and quickly and will grow underneath other edible plants. They need weeding and or mulching and watering to get established. Since it is often not affordable to plant groundcovers so close together that they cover the ground immediately, people often plant 1-2 feet apart. Plants fill in and cover the ground in a year or two.

Chunks of most established ground covers can be removed to extend a planting.

Note: Mix any 4” pots on your order in multiples of 18. Save $15 on each tray of 18! Lingonberries, Strawberries and Maine Blueberries also make great edible ground covers. Find them on pages 7-11!

SALAL (Gaultheria shallon) Salal was used widely by all of the Pacific NW coastal Indians as a staple in their diet. It was eaten both dried in cakes and fresh from the bush. Fully ripe salal berries from robust healthy bushes are flavorful and juicy. If planted in the sun, the beautiful, upright, leathery leaved bush will grow only about 2' tall. In the shade it can reach 5-10'. Berries are the size of blueberries and are blue-black in color. Space plants 2' apart in full sun, 4' apart in shade.

USDA Zones 6-9. 4" pot. #G340 Each $4.95

FRAGRANT CULINAR Y HERBS CULINARY ARP ROSEMARY Hardy and easy to grow, this beautiful plant grows to 2-3’ tall. It has grey-green foliage and pale blue flowers with a strong Rosemary and lemon fragrance. 4 inch pot. USDA Zones 7-10. #L575 Each $4.50

WOOLEY THYME (Thymus praecox Languinousus) Fragrant and beautiful, this wonderful evergreen ground cover has small, soft, grey-green leaves and tiny red flowers.

Throughout the year, the mat of foliage looks like Ireland seen from an airplane.

Great in a rock garden, between stepping stones and on slopes, it thrives in our trials at Raintree. Provide good drainage and full sun for best results. USDA Zones 5-9. 4-inch pot. #L520 Each $4.50

HERB PICKING RAKE These rakes are handmade in Maine. Each is extremely strong, made of sturdy lightweight aluminum with spring steel teeth. Designed specifically to harvest herbs and flowers. It is 7 1/2" wide and weighs 2 lbs. Tine spacing is 7 mm. #T315 $65

LA VENDER SO BEAUTIFUL & SO USEFUL LAVENDER FRED BOUTIN (Lavandula x intermedia) Beautiful in all seasons, this fragrant cultivar grows to 3' tall. This multi use cultivar is used for flower wands, oil and also for baking in cookies. A great edible landscape plant.

Zones 7-10. 4”pot. #L515 Each $7.50

TRUE GROSSO (Lavandula x intermedia) Grow this vigorous, bushy cultivar for its continuous production of fragrant, dark blue-purple blooms on 3’ tall stems. Extremely hardy and great in the Northwest, the heavy bloomer boasts a strong lavender fragrance with a hint of camphor. The long flower stems dry exceptionally well to navy blue, making Grosso a good choice for crafts, aromatherapy and oil. Zones 5-9. 4” pots. #L516 Each $7.50 (Mix & Match any 18 4” pots in the catalog and save $15)

BUENA VISTA (Lavandula angustifolia) Developed in Oregon, this very fragrant lavender is a two-timer: the shrub blooms twice, once in late spring and again in the fall. It has two-color blooms too, elongated flower spikes that have dark blue calyxes and lighter blue corollas. Flower stems make great, long lasting, dried bouquets, and cooks use the blooms to enhance the flavor of savory dishes and sweet desserts. It can also be used as a rub, along with rosemary, for honey-glazed salmon or harvested for its oil. USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pots #L517 Each $8.50

Mushrooms

Har dwood V arieties Hardwood Varieties SHIITAKE DOWELS

Grow delicious mushrooms in (Lentinus edodes) Shiitake your yard! Just follow the mushrooms are delicious with a directions included with each rich flavor and firm texture. order!

They are also very nutritious, containing lots of B vitamins and other substances that appear to lower cholesterol and boost the immune system. While they are an expensive delicacy, relatively new to the Western world, people in China and Japan have been enjoying Shiitakes for millenia. Package of 100 dowel plugs. #P302C $18; 3 or more packages of 100 $14 each

OYSTER DOWELS (Pleurotus ostreatus) Among the easiest mushrooms to grow. Chefs are raving about its strong delicious flavor when breaded or fried. While relatively rare in nature, it is easy to grow on a wide variety of hardwoods and is suited for home culture. The mushrooms are white to pale gray or brown, flattened or funnel-shaped and borne in large shelf-like clusters. Package of 100 dowel plugs. #P252C $18; 3 or more packages of 100 $14 each

MAITAKE DOWELS (Grifola frondosa) Maitake, also know as “Hen of the Woods”, can be reliably grown in its native range in Eastern North America. It is prized by mushroom hunters for its delicious flavor, beauty and large size (the record is over 100 lbs). Maitake contains healthful and medicinal compounds. It is best grown on fresh cut stumps or logs that are partially buried after inoculation. Oak and elm are recommended but other hardwoods can be tried. Package of 100 dowel plugs. #P265C $18; 3 or more packages of 100 $14 each

LION’S MANE DOWELS

Conifer V ariety Variety CHICKEN OF THE WOODS DOWELS (Laetiporus conifericola) Easy to recognize, the combination of bright orange and sulfur yellow make it a real show stopper. As tasty as it is colorful, it could make a great landscape addition. A native to the Western U.S., it is found on conifer stumps and logs. #P304C 100 plugs $18; 3 or more pkgs of 100 Each $14

Gr ow Oyster Kits in Y our Kitchen on Cof fee Gr ounds Grow Your Coffee Grounds Grow the Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms described above on a 5 pound block in your kitchen. These easy to grow kits can give two or three flushes of mushrooms. Here’s a great tip for the Oyster kit only to keep it growing for a long time: Once they have fruited, pack the remaining spawn into a block with used coffee grounds. Instructions included show you how.

(Pleurotus ostreatus) #P252K $32.50

Asparagus & Artichoke SWEET PURPLE For the asparagus connoisseur. The purple spears have a 20% higher sugar content and are often eaten raw. Very tender when cooked, the sweetness gives the spears a mild, nutty flavor. Heavy grade. #R530 10 crowns $14.50; #R535 25 crowns $28.50

JERSEY KNIGHT

(Hericium erinaceus) A tasty, large, showy mushroom. Found in late summer and fall on hardwood stumps throughout much of the U.S. Oak, walnut and beech are favorites but it grows on many hardwoods. A medicinal, said to improve cognitive abilities. Pkg. of 100 dowel plugs. #P305D Each $18

OYSTER SPAWN KIT

Grow Mushr ooms on Logs or Stumps Mushrooms For those of you with patience and access to fresh cut logs from conifer or hardwood trees or stumps such as alder, oak, birch or cottonwood, you can grow lots of mushrooms at home. Mushrooms grown from dowels are very winter hardy and can be grown throughout most of the nation. Using our “dowel plug spawn” you can inoculate logs or stumps with mushroom cultures. It is important that the logs are freshly cut, and the bark in good condition. It is best to cut the logs in late winter or early spring before the buds break and leaves appear. A 4-6" diameter and 4 foot length is convenient, but not essential, stumps and odd sized pieces can also work. Using a 5/16 drill bit, drill holes about 1.5" deep and space them 5 or 6" apart. A 4' log will need about 30 or more dowels. More will result in faster colonization and perhaps quicker production. Hammer a plug in each hole and seal with paraffin or a compound like Doc Farwell’s Tree Heal. (See page 88) The logs are then stacked in a shady location where moisture can be maintained.

Mushrooms should begin to appear in from 6 months to 2 years and will continue to appear on the logs for several years. Softer woods like alder or cottonwood will produce fewer mushrooms than denser woods like oak, but may start sooner. Or use dowels in stumps. Full directions are provided!

Get rid of your stumps the slow way, turn them into mushrooms. Fresh cut stumps inoculated with dowel spawn will supply tasty mushrooms for many years. Just inoculate the top near the bark and also the sides and let nature take its course. A one foot diameter, one foot tall stump would use 150 or more dowels. Grow more than one variety on large stumps. Use Hardwood stumps like alder or oak that don’t regrow. (It is critical that you correctly identify the mushrooms you eat. Carefully follow the instructions included in your order.)

SHIITAKE SPAWN KIT (Lentinus edodes) #P302K $32.50

KING STROPHARIA GARDEN GIANT SPAWN (Stropharia rugosa-annulata) Also know as the “Garden Giant”. As the name implies this mushroom can get large, but these beautiful wine red mushrooms are far tastier when picked at the button stage. It is a very easy mushroom for the home cultivator and can be readily grown in your berry, vegetable, and flower beds. Just mix fresh hardwood chips or sawdust with our King Stropharia Spawn, mulch around your garden with the spawned chips and keep moist. In 6 to 12 months the mushrooms will begin to appear and in many parts of the country will continue fruiting from spring through fall.

Once introduced to your garden, this species will often become truly perennial, appearing year after year. King Stropharia is very heat and cold tolerant and can be grown in most of the country. If hardwood chips or sawdust are not available, un-composted straw will also work. In Germany they grow them on straw bales. One 5 lb bag of spawn should inoculate a wheelbarrow full of chips.

Instructions are provided with each spawn order. #P275D Each $32.50

A new very flavorful “all male” variety. Since it doesn’t produce flowers or seeds, all the energy goes into making delicious, tender spears. It is much more productive than traditional varieties. Expect loads of new tender spears each spring. We offer heavy grade crowns. #R520 10 crowns $13.50; #R525 25 for $26.50

USING ASPARAGUS IN THE KITCHEN: Eat fresh, frozen or canned.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Fern like foliage makes a perennial border. Grow in full sun. A patch can last 15 years. Harvest after three years. USDA Zones 2-9.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH 6.5 to 7.5 Deep organic soil, good drainage.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: At planting, add rotted manure and compost. Dig trenches 8 to 10 inches deep and plant the crowns 12 to 18 inches apart. Some new methods call for shallower planting. Spread out the roots.

Cover with 3-4 inches of soil. As the shoots emerge, continue to fill with soil.

Water, if weather is dry. Do not cut spears until the third season after planting.

Then be sure to stop harvesting after June so fern growth can take place. This builds up the food reserves for the following year’s crop. Cut foliage when it yellows in the fall.

GROW THE BEST ASPARAGUS Storey Books, 12 pages. #S205 $3.95

PURPLE ITALIAN GLOBE ARTICHOKE (Cynara scolymus) This selection of artichoke has great ornamental as well as edible appeal. The Mediterranean native grows to 6' tall with large silver-green foliage topped with flavorful, violet streaked, slightly elongated Artichokes! Grown as a perennial in the Pacific RS E Northwest and other regions with mild winters, artichokes like 1/ V O 2 day to full sun and well drained soil. Also known as Violetta, C D it is hardier than ‘Green Globe’. The large, woolly leaves N U are beautiful in the winter garden. By midsummer, large RO elongated artichokes develop on towering stems G 61 Zones 8-9. One gallon size. #R510 Each $17.50

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Grapevines

(Vitis vinifera; Vitis labrusca) A grapevine can be both a highly productive source of fruit and a focal point of considerable beauty. Think carefully about where to plant one to provide shade, cover a wall or accentuate an arch. We offer a selection of high quality seedless, and seeded wine and dessert grapes, most of which will ripen even in areas with cool summers. The ripening dates listed are for the cooler parts of Western WA, but most ripen sooner and thrive where summers are warmer. All Raintree grapes are for USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted. We offer well-rooted plants. (Prohibited to Idaho)

Red Seedless Grapes VANESSA

Blue Seedless Grapes CONCORD “SEEDLESS” From the NY Fruit Testing Cooperative, this seedless variety has the hardiness, vigor, disease resistance and flavor of the classic Concord grape. Prized for making juice, jams and wine, it ripens a week before Concord, but requires too much summer heat to ripen well in Western WA. It is a great choice in most of the nation. #H535 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

A new, red, seedless grape, Vanessa bears attractive, compact clusters of medium size, well-filled fruit with a mild, fruity flavor.

Among the hardiest of seedless grapes, the selection from Ontario, Canada ripens in early October and boasts a crisp texture. #H630 $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

CANADICE

Canadice

GLENORA A unique, spicy, blueberry-like flavor and unusual foliage distinguish this blue seedless grape.

Developed by NY Fruit Testing, vines are very vigorous, winter hardy and mildew resistant, and they display intense fall colors.

Fruit ripens early in the season, but not early enough for the cooler parts of western WA. #H560 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each

EINSET

Venus

VENUS

JUPITER

(Prohibited NY, OR & CA) From the University of Arkansas, these large, red, seedless grapes are widely adaptable.

They ripen in early October. Fruit is sweet and flavorful and the vines are very productive. USDA Zones 6-9. #H607 Each $9.85; 3 or more $8.50 each

SATURN

Gr een Seedless Grapes Green

Himrod

HIMROD Himrod has excellent flavor for eating fresh. It makes great raisins. The green to golden berries ripen in mid-September.

The vines are extremely productive with large clusters of small fruit. It is among the earliest and the most reliable seedless grape. USDA Zones 4-9. #H565 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each.

INTERLAKEN

Jupiter

(Prohibited NY, OR & CA) MARS Another extra-terrestrial selection from the U. of Arkansas, this blue seedless grape has an excellent Concord-like flavor that makes it great for fresh eating. Vigorous vines bear consistently and heavily, and they resist disease. Fruit ripens in mid-September. #H582 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

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Compact clusters of small, pink, seedless grapes ripen in early October even in cool maritime summers. Vines are more winter hardy than most seedless varieties and very productive. The fruit has a delicious, spicy flavor suggestive of Concord. #H530 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each

This bright red, seedless grape from the NY Fruit Testing Cooperative ripens early, a week before Canadice. The medium size fruit has fine flavor with a hint of strawberries, and it stores well. Vines resist botrytis. USDA Zones 4-9. #H550 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each

An “out of this world” flavor, very large size, good production and early ripening make this attractive blue grape a real winner. From the U. of Arkansas breeding program, fruit ripens early and well in a cool maritime summer, with or before Canadice. #H620 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

Jupiter produces large, seedless, dark blue table grapes with a sweet, floral Muscat-like flavor. From the U. of Arkansas, the grapes ripen early and well in cool maritime summers. Vines are moderately vigorous and highly productive. Like Venus, grapes sometimes have soft vestigial seeds.

(Prohibited NY, OR & CA) #H567 Each $9.85; 3 or more $8.50 each

Vanessa

A sister to Himrod, almost identical, ripening a few days earlier. USDA Zones 4-9. Limit one. #H570 Each $9.85

NEPTUNE Enjoy large clusters of seedless grapes with a Neptune delicious sweet fruity flavor. Neptune thrives in most of the nation including the Pacific NW. It has a moderate growth habit, resists cracking and shows some resistance to rot, mildew and anthracnose. From the U. of Arkansas. (Prohibited NY, OR & CA) #H591 Each $11.50; 3 or more $10 each

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Mor e Seedless Grapes More THOMPSON SEEDLESS The most widely planted seedless grape, Thompson Seedless makes excellent raisins as well as being a favorite for fresh eating. It needs long, hot summers to develop full flavor, and will not ripen well in cool summer areas. The pale green fruit dries to familiar brown raisins in the sun. #H611 Each $7.50; 3 or more $6.00 each

LAKEMONT Lakemont ripens a couple of weeks after its sister Interlaken but has larger fruit and a delicious flavor. The green seedless grapes are crisp, juicy and very sweet. #H575 Each $8.50; 3 or more $7.50 each

SWEET SEDUCTION Ripens with Interlaken producing large quantities of golden yellow seedless, sweet muscat flavored grapes. Our friend Bill Schultz selected and named this vigorous, attractive vine. (Prohibited to WA, NY & CA) #H600Q Each $13.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

Seeded Dessert Grapes Dessert grapes are seeded grapes that are usually eaten fresh. Most will make an excellent grape juice or jelly and some can be made into wine.

CONCORD Prized for making juice, jams and wine. Concord has the hardiness, vigor, disease resistance and classic flavor that has made it the nation’s most popular dessert grape. It requires too much summer heat to ripen well in maritime areas but is a great choice in the east and mid west.

USDA Zones 4-9. #H532 Each $7.50; 3 or more $6 each

Concor d Flavor and Early Ripening Concord

AURORE (Seibel 5279) A heavy producer of large loose clusters of golden to pink colored fruity grapes. Aurore makes a delicate white wine and is great for fresh eating. It is very early ripening, maturing even in the Pacific NW and the cooler humid areas of the Northeast. #H502 Each $7.50; 3 or more $6 each

Seeded Muscat Grapes NEW YORK MUSCAT New York Muscat bears oval, reddish blue grapes with the sweet, perfumed flavor appreciated both for eating fresh and for making a sweet wine. Grapes have few seeds. Vines prefer fertile soil. Fruit ripens a week after Interlaken. (Prohibited to NY, CA & WA) #H595Q Each $13.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

New York Muscat Prized for its unique aromatic character, Early Muscat has big clusters of seeded EARLY MUSCAT

grapes, produced early in the season. The flavor is excellent, and the white fruit is good for wine, juice, fresh eating, and raisins. Zones 6-9. #H537 Each $8.50; 3 or more $7.50 each

MUSCAT OF NORWAY (Prohibited NY, CA,& OR) Large clusters of big, red grapes with small seeds ripen very early and are wonderful eaten fresh or made into a fruity white or red wine.

Plants perform well in Pacific Northwest, since they require very little summer heat to ripen. On 3309 rootstock. #H594 Each $14.50; 3 or more $11 each

CAMPBELL’S EARLY An early ripening seeded Concord type grape. It has been grown for many years in much of the Pacific Northwest where Concord doesn’t get the heat to ripen. Originated in Ohio in 1892, it is a large grape with purple skin. Enjoy the Concord flavor and production. It ripens over a long period. Vines are vigorous. #H528 Each $8.95; 3 or more $7.50 each

LYNDEN BLUE A great choice for cool summer areas.

This compact vine produces large clusters of big sweet dark blue seeded grapes that are excellent eaten fresh or for juice. Developed in British Columbia, it ripens in early October.

(Prohibited NY, OR & CA) # H576 Each $9.85; 3 or more $8.50 each

PRICE A blue Concord type juice and fresh eating grape that’s the first to ripen, even before Interlaken. Price is very hardy, disease resistant and a vigorous grower. It is well adapted to areas with cool summers. Price grapes are very sweet and productive with large berries. USDA Zones 4 to 9. #H598 Each $11.50, 3 or more $9.50 each

Backyar d Favorites in Most of the Nation Backyard BUFFALO Buffalo, a productive, Concord-type grape, is a great choice for making juice and for eating fresh from the vine. Large clusters of reddish black grapes with wonderful flavor are ready at least a week before Concord.

This vigorous American hybrid is easy to grow in much of the nation. #H505 Each $7.95; 3 or more $6.50 each

Grapes Har dy for the Far North Hardy While most grapes are not hardy in the most Northerly states, these are bred for their hardiness. They also will do well in more moderate climates.

VALIANT These small, blue, Concord-type grapes are so productive and easy to grow that they should be thinned the first few years to prevent overbearing. Best for juice and good for fresh eating, they ripen early in the season and are hardy to an incredible -50°F. USDA Zones 29. (Prohibited to NY, CA & WA) #H615Q Each $13.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

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EDELWEISS From famed grape breeder Elmer Swenson, this selection is widely adaptable, disease resistant, and hardy to -30°F without protection. Long clusters of white, juicy, seeded grapes with a delicious, fruity flavor ripen very early in the season and are excellent for table use, juice or wine. USDA Zones 3-9.

(Prohibited to NY, CA & WA) #H540Q Each $13.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

SWENSON RED Named for renowned grape breeder Elmer Swenson, these firm, flavorful grapes are prized for eating fresh and for making white wine. Fruit with a flavor reminiscent of strawberries ripens early, a month before Concord. The vines, developed in Wisconsin, are hardy to -30°F and thrive in the Northwest and throughout the nation.

Depending on conditions, grape color will vary from blue to red. (Prohibited to NY, CA & WA) #H605Q Each $13.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

NIAGARA A widely adapted white Concord type grape that ripens a week before Concord. Niagara produces large clusters of flavorful tangy grapes, excellent for fresh eating, juicing or making a white wine. USDA Zones 4-8. #H592 Each $7.95; 3 or more $6.50 each

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Wine Grapes

We offer a great selection of seeded grapes used for making wine. Note as you read the descriptions that some are also great for making a delicious juice and some are also very good eaten fresh. The wine grapes not noted as being grafted, are grown from cuttings. Our grafted wine grapes are grafted on 3309 and 10114 rootstocks. These rootstocks allow the grapes to ripen earlier in the season and impart extra cold hardiness. Most well known wine grapes require alot of summer heat to ripen. While we offer some of those, we all offer many high quality new wine grapes that produce a top quality wine and consistently ripen even in cooler summer areas including the Pacific Northwest!

Red Wine Grapes that ripen even in cooler summers!

SIEGERREBE (Prohibited NY, OR & CA) A very early ripening pink wine grape that is also great for eating fresh. A recent cross from Germany, it has a Muscat bouquet and low acid at maturity. It makes a good quality white wine, even in cool summers. USDA Zones 7-9. Grafted on 3309 rootstock. #H599 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each 10 or more $8 each.

Early Ripening Pinot Noir on Early Ripening Rootstock PINOT NOIR 777

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(Prohibited NY, OR & CA)

(Clone French 777) One of the most promising red wine grapes for cool climates, this clone from Pinot Noir trials at the WSU Mt. Vernon, WA, ripens before the Wadenswill and Dijon clones and ripens even earlier grafted on the 3309 rootstock. #H602 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each.

PINOT PRECOCE (Prohibited NY, OR & CA) Our earliest ripening sport of Pinot Noir, this selection ripens up to 3 weeks earlier than standard Pinot Noir grapes, which allows winemakers throughout western WA and other cool summer areas to produce a high quality Pinot Noir.

Vines are grafted on 3309 rootstock, which also promotes early ripening. #H603 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each.

PINOT GRIS Clone 152. This earlier ripening clone of Pinot Gris makes a white wine with delicious complex fruit flavors of peach and melon Also known as Pinot Grigio it is a cousin to Pinot Noir. It produces clusters of grapes that vary in color from copper yellow to pinkish grey depending on where they are grown. A favorite in Oregon it is also grown in the east. Not grafted.

Zones 6-9. #H610 Each $8.85; 3 or more $7.50 each (Prohibited OR) CABERNET FRANC Grafted Clone #1. Cab Franc makes a delicious, medium bodied red wine. It is winter hardy and needs less heat to ripen than its father, Cabernet Sauvignon. Cab Franc is a leading high quality wine grown in the upper midwest and in eastern U.S. from New York to Virginia. It is grafted on 101-14 rootstock which makes it ripen earlier and imparts winter hardiness and phylloxera resistance. #H520 Each $13.50; 10 or more $10 each

Rootstock A vailable to Graft Y our Own Grapes Available Your 101-14 GRAPE ROOTSTOCK This virus free certified rootstock makes grape cultivars grafted on it ripen earlier and imparts winter hardiness and phylloxera resistance. Now available to people who want to graft their own grapes. #R230 Each $5; 10 or more $3.50 each

BIRD NETTING 14' x 25' piece. #T430 Each $14.50; (page 87) BERRY WIRE #T070; 15 cents a foot, Min. 200 feet. (See page 88) The plants that I received from Raintree were above and beyond the quality of similar plants I had received from other mail order nurseries.

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Siegerrebbe

Agria

(Prohibited NY, OR & CA) This very early, blue grape from Hungary has bright red juice that makes both an excellent wine and a delicious boysenberry-like juice. It thrives in the Pacific NW and other areas with cool summers and develops beautiful red-topurple fall foliage. Grafted on 3309 early bearing rootstock, #H503 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each.

On its own root #H503R Each $10

REGENT (Prohibited NY, CA, ID & OR) A perfect choice for the organic grower.

(Sylvaner x Muller-Thurgau) x Chambourcin) Bred for the German organic wine industry, Regent has proven to be very disease resistant and easy to grow. The full-bodied fruit has an intense flavor that makes a high quality red wine for the organic grower. On 3309 rootstock, it ripens even in cooler summer climates, a week or more ahead of Pinot Noir. #H604 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each #H604R on own roots $10 each.

Regent

GOLUBUK Very promising and very early to ripen, Golubok is a “teinturier” grape. They have not only dark skin, but also red pulp and juice. These wine grapes, often used to give wine blends a rich color, can also be made into a full bodied red wine. The leaves have beautiful fall color. Golubok is a term of endearment that means “little pigeon” in Russian. Grafted on early ripening 3309 rootstock.

Prohibited to NY, OR and CA. #H556 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 Each

GARANOIR (Gamay Noir x Reichensteiner) A very early ripening variety of Swiss origin, this grape does not gain high sugars and has low acids when ripe, so it is an excellent choice for blending with higher sugar, higher acid juices to make red wine. Not grafted. Prohibited to NY, & CA. One gallon pot. #H563 Each $13.50

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White Winers that Ripen Even in Cooler Summers

(Muller-Thurgau x Siegerrebe) Ortega Grown on Vancouver Island for many years, this very productive variety makes a light, pleasant, fruity white wine with high sugar levels and low acidity. Fruit ripens early and, grafted on 3309 rootstock, it is a great choice for sites that lack summer heat. #H593 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each.

MULLER THURGAU A heavily productive early ripening, spicy, green grape that makes a fine white Riesling type wine with a fine balance of acidity, flavor and aroma. A great choice for cool summer areas. Not grafted. #H585 Each $9.85; 3 or more $8.50 each

Hot Summer Red Wine Grape CABERNET SAUVIGNON These round purple-black grapes make a distinctive and famous red wine. Requires the relatively long hot summer ripening season, available in much of the nation. Not grafted. Zones 7-9. #H525 Each $9.85; 3 or more $8.50 each

How T o Use Grapes To IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh eating, jam, juice, wine, raisins. Vinifera type wine grape leaves (like Pinot Noir and Cabernet) are used as an edible wrapper in several Greek dishes.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Vines make a very fast growing summer screen.

An arbor with grapes planted at six foot intervals on either side will create lovely summer shade space. (We offer netting and trellising materials on pages 87-88.) Vines planted on the south side of a house will generally ripen a week earlier and will cool a building in summertime. Grapevines can be used to arch a walkway, form a leafy wall, or shade a deck. Each variety has its own distinct, bold textured leaf pattern.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Self-pollinating HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9. unless otherwise noted.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun is generally required to mature fruit.

PLANT SPACING: 6-8’intervals, depending upon varietal vigor, site fertility, pruning regimen. Left to grow, a vine can cover a very large area.

HARVEST TIME: September-October.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: Eighty years or more.

BEARING AGE: Two or three years after planting.

YIELD: Depends on how much room it has; 30 pounds to much more.

How T o Gr ow To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Grapes are widely adapted. They prefer deep, well drained, slightly acid soils. Once established, the plants are tolerant of droughty sites, with their long, deep striking roots. Too rich of a soil promotes vegetative growth at the expense of fruit production.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: When planting, prune the plant back to two buds. Place a 5 ft. stake next to the young vine for support for the first year. Select one cane to grow up the stake and remove other shoots. By the second year a permanent trellis should be erected. Our “Owner’s Manual” and grape growing books (page 85) will explain how to build a trellis and how to prune. Net fruit to protect from birds!

Gr eat Books on Great Grape Gr owing Growing Find them in our book section on pages 84-86.

GREAT GRAPES #S180 $3.95 HOME WINEMAKING #S149 $19.95 MARITIME GRAPE GROWING #S182 $4 FROM VINES TO WINES #S150 $18.95 THE GRAPE GROWER #S185 $35

COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY THE FOOT We have long rolls of bird netting 17 feet wide. This medium weight green netting has a 10 year UV rating. Tell us how many feet of length you want per piece. Stretch to fit over grapes or build a structure over blueberries or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with clothes pins at the bottom. (Cut to order, 25 ft minimum length per piece in 5’ increments.) #T432 65 cents per foot of length!

Ornamental Grapevines CRIMSON GLORY VINE This beautiful ornamental grape produces purple fruit that only birds seem to enjoy.

It sports a kaliadoscope of magnificent autumn colors in large heart shaped leaves. A great arbor or trellis plant.

Zones 4-9. (Prohibited to NY & CA) #H642 One gallon pot, Each $16.50

Hops

(Humulus lupulus) These fast growing herbaceous vines quickly cover wires or a trellis to make an attractive screen, decorate an arch, or provide shade against a sunny wall. They can grow over 20' in a season, dying back to the ground each year in most climates. The bitter flavor of the highly aromatic cone-like flowers is used to flavor beer. Young shoots may be used in salads or as an asparagus substitute. USDA Zones 5-9. Can’t be shipped to OR or ID.

GOLDEN HOPS (Humulus lupulus aureus) This variety features beautiful yellow foliage and is a stunning ornamental. 4” pot #H1004 Each $13.50

CASCADE The aroma of Cascade is fragrant and powerful. It is used to give flavor and aroma to American light lagers. Cascade is a “Fuggle” hybrid developed at Oregon Sate University. 4" pot. #H1034 Each $11.50

TETTNANG Originating in the Tettnang district of Germany, hops has an exceptionally mild aroma that flavors. Excellent for finishing lagers (or loggers). season. 4” pot, #H1024 Each $11.50

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MADELEINE ANGEVINE This golden yellow grape consistently ripens in the Pacific Northwest. The vine is a heavy producing vinifera type. It makes an excellent white Riesling type wine. It ripens early October. Prohibited to NY, OR & CA. Grafted On 3309 rootstock. #H580 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each; 10 or more $8 each

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One of the earliest grapes, this winter hardy, yellow grape from Armenia will ripen at almost all sites. It has a distinctive aroma and a very fruity flavor, somewhat like freshly sliced peaches, that makes a fabulous white wine. On 3309 rootstock. #H506 Each $13.50; 3 or more $10 each.

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Kiwis

(Actinidia species) These are a family of fast growing vines that produce edible fruit and are beautiful ornamental plants. Each type of kiwi we list has different ornamental foliage. The fruit of each type is different in size and appearance, but all have the bright green flesh and the wonderful kiwi flavor. All are hardy in the Pacific NW. If you live in a colder climate you can still grow the Kolomikta and the Arguta Kiwis. We offer sturdy vines.

About Kolomikta Kiwis Ananasnaja Arguta Kiwi. (Inset with Ken’s Red.)

About arguta har dy kiwis hardy (Actinidia arguta) These fast growing beautiful vines produce clusters of oblong kiwis the size of large grapes. Lacking the rough kiwi skin, these fruits can be eaten whole, like bunches of kiwi flavored seedless grapes.

Originally brought to this country as an ornamental, the green fruit is similar to the fuzzy kiwi in flavor though sweeter and easier to eat. USDA Zones 59. The vines are very vigorous and productive and need a strong support.

MALE ARGUTA The pollinizer for all the female Arguta kiwis and the A. cordifolia.

One male will pollinate up to eight females. The male doesn’t produce fruit. It will also pollinate the Saanichton, Hayward or other fuzzy female kiwis. #H440 Each $19.95

CHANG BAI FEMALE This cultivar was selected in China from the wild, near the border of North Korea in a cold mountainous region, close to Chang Bai. The very productive vine produces flavorful, green fruit that has a unique heartlike shape. It sets a big crop of large delicious fruit each year. #H426 Each $19.95

MALE KOLOMIKTA The male arctic beauty vine is noted for its ornamental pink, white and green variegated leaves, though the female also has some variegation. It takes a few years before the colors begin so don’t visit the optometrist yet. It rates among the best backyard ornamentals from Vladivostok to Kalamazoo.

The male doesn’t produce fruit but pollinizes up to eight productive female Kolomiktas. #H500 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each; #H490 One male and one female in the one gallon size. $35

(Actinidia deliciosa) This is the type of kiwi that you find in the supermarket. It has a fuzzy brown skin. Inside, the flesh is a lime green. The taste is wonderful, a tropical combination of flavors. Native to China, but first commercially grown in New Zealand. USDA Zones 7-9. We offer hardy and early ripening varieties.

ANANASNAJA FEMALE

KEN’S RED FEMALE

SAANICHTON FEMALE Similar to the fuzzy kiwi you usually buy in the store. However it is more winter hardy (to about 5° F.) and it is successfully grown from California to as far north as Vancouver, Canada. It ripens a couple of weeks before the variety Hayward. It’s a large sweet fruit and heavily productive. It is easy to peel. #H375 Each $19.95

HAYWARD FEMALE

Jumbo

JUMBO

The California standard you often find in stores. They are large and juicy.

Best with 800 or more hours of winter chill. One gallon pots. #H376 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

FUZZY MALE

A selection that produces lots of very large, elongated, very sweet fruit. #H435 Each $19.95

DUMBARTON OAKS FEMALE What makes this sweet, heavy producer unique is that it ripens in September a full month before Ananasnaja. The fruit is medium sized and somewhat ribbed, like a little green pumpkin. #H422 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

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SEPTEMBER SUN FEMALE Growers in moderate or very cold climates can enjoy fruit with the same delectable kiwi flavor. This attractive kolomitka vine produces delicious fruit you can pop from the vine into your mouth. The fruit is about the length of an Arguta but has a narrower oblong shape. #H480 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

About Fuzzy Kiwis

“Anna” is easy to grow, and loaded with fruit. Developed in Russia by renowned plant breeder I.V. Michurin, this beautiful vigorous vine produces thousands of sweet delicious kiwi flavored fruit at Raintree every autumn. The name means pineapple-like in Russian, for its fabulously fruity flavor. The easiest to grow and most productive of all hardy kiwis. #H420 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

(A. arguta x melanandra) A hardy kiwi producing massive crops of cherry sized fruits with red flesh which is sweet and delicious. A very popular, uniquely colored cultivar. #H425 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

(Actinidia kolomikta) Also called Arctic Beauty, they are native to Russia. USDA Zones 3-9.

Select a male and a female for pollination and fruit set. The vines are much less vigorous than the Arguta making them a good choice for confined spaces. They grow best in partial shade.

It blooms over a long period and is a good pollinizer for fuzzy and arguta females, but not for kolomiktas. One male can pollinize up to eight females. #H380 Each $19.95

CORDIFOLIA ARGUTA FEMALE Our Cordifolia is female variety of arguta hardy kiwi that is prized for its especially sweet fruit. The fruit is similar to other argutas but sweeter. The fruit is roundish and the plant is very productive. It needs an Arguta male as a pollinizer. #H423 Each $19.95; 3 or more $17.50 each

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H ow T oU se K iwis To Use Kiwis IN THE KITCHEN: Kiwis have ten times the Vitamin C of lemons. A tasty addition to salads and desserts. Use for ice cream, pie, jam and wine.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Kiwis are beautiful vines. Their vigorous spring growth is a spectacular sight. Excellent for a privacy screen, they will rapidly cover a fence and with support will cover a wall or steep slope. Kolomiktas have pretty tri colored foliage.

Male Flower

Useful Facts

POLLINATION: All need a male and female to set fruit. One male can pollinize up to 8 females. The fuzzy kiwi male is the best pollinator and can pollinate the fuzzy or arguta female. The arguta male can pollinate the arguta or fuzzy female because bloom times partially overlap. Kolomiktas bloom later.

HARDINESS: See species descriptions.

Female Flower SUN OR SHADE: Most kiwis need a sunny location with wind protection. Arctic Beauty likes some shade.

SPACING: 15 to 20 ft. for Fuzzy and Arguta. 8 ft. for Kolomikta.

HARVEST & STORAGE: Kolomiktas ripen in August. Most kiwis ripen in October and are picked after the first frost. Picked while still hard, they can be stored for months in a refrigerator or cool dry area and put on the counter to soften.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 50 years or more. YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: 2-5 PESTS: No significant problems. Cats find the foliage addictive, like catnip.

YIELD: Mature fuzzy & arguta female vines produce 25 pounds or more.

How To Grow SOIL: Need well drained soil.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Kiwis (except Kolomitkas) are vigorous vines. They cannot support their own weight and will spread up to 30 feet. They require strong support such as a trellis, arbor, or fence. Wrapping the trunk from ground level, up about four feet, or planting it on the shaded side of its support, will protect the trunk from splitting after spring or fall cold snaps.

PRUNING: When planted, the vines should be pruned back to 4 or 5 buds.

From these a main stem should be selected and staked to grow to the top of the arbor or trellis, usually about 7' high. The “Tree Owner’s Manual” that comes with each order has more pruning info.

GROWING KIWIFRUIT 20 pages, Oregon State University. Covers all aspects of kiwi growing, pruning, trellising, harvest and storage. The booklet covers all types of kiwis. It is a great home or commerical growers guide. #S240 Price $4.50

Mor eV ines with Edible Fruit More Vines STAUNTONIA

Stauntonia Vine

(Stauntonia hexaphylla) This elegant, vigorous, evergreen climber from Japan has it all: foliage, flower and fruit. Beautiful, fragrant blooms, creamywhite tinged with purple-violet, cover the vine from April to June. In summer enjoy walnut-shaped, purple fruits, sweet enough to eat out of hand. It thrives in the Pacific Northwest and in warmer climates. Vines need shelter from cold winds. One gallon pot. USDA Zones 7-10. #H350 Each $18.50

CINNAMON VINE (Dioscorea batatas) Cinnamon scented flowers and heart shaped leaves adorn this vigorous deciduous vine. In the mountains of northern China it produces very large, highly prized, white fleshed tubers with a nutty potato flavor. This cultivar was selected for its tasty tubers. While the top dies back each November, the tubers can be left in the ground for several years to keep growing. One gallon pot. Zones 4-8. #H204 Each $18.50

TASMANIA VINE (Billardiera longiflora ‘Fructo alba’) A rare and unique evergreen vine from Tasmania. The compact and attractive plant features small, narrow, dark green foliage, dainty, bell shaped, white flowers, and profuse, tasty berries.

Tasmania vine grows to 6' tall or wide and is hardy to about 10° F. USDA Zones 8-9. One gallon pot. #H280 Each $18.50

VARIEGATED PORCELAINBERRY (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Elegans) Add a splash of color. Enjoy a vine with pretty variegated foliage and abundant production of bland but edible pea size berries in a rainbow of colors. Robin’s egg blue, pink, white, lime green and purple berries all adorn this fast growing vine at the same time. USDA Zones 5-9. One gallon pot. #H275 Each $18.50

HOLBOELLIA (H. coriacea) An attractive flowering vine, hardy to 0° F and evergreen in the Pacific NW and warmer climates. It is a fast grower with glossy green leaves and fragrant purple colored flowers. It bears an attractive two inch long purple edible fruit.

Self fertile. One gallon pot. #H279 Each $18.50

Lemon Scented Chinese Import EASTERN PRINCE MAGNOLIA VINE™ (Schisandra chinensis) This lovely fruiting vine comes to us from the mountains of China and the Russian far east. It does well in moist shady places where few fruit plants thrive but it will also grow in full sun. It produces large clusters of bright yellow-orange one inch oblong fruit. The leaves have a lemon scent. The fruits are acidic and very aromatic. They are dried and used in medicinal teas. Or, sweetened, the fruits are used to make a juice or preserve that is said to be stimulating and energy restoring. Grow on a trellis, arbor or similar structure. The fragrant white flowers are self-fertile and fruits should begin to appear in about three years. USDA Zones 4-8. One gallon pot. #H345 Each $18.50

A Fragrant Hummingbir d Favorite Hummingbird GOLD FLAME HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera x heckrotti ‘Gold Flame’) The buds on this shrubby, non-edible twining vine begin as pink, opening to a heavily fragrant creamy yellow. Enjoy the blooms and the hummingbirds from spring through summer. It grows in sun or partial shade. One gallon size. Zones 6-9. #H212 ES N Each VI $18.50

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Passifloras A Blue Crown Passion Flower.

Passiflora vines have large, round, incredibly showy flowers. Butterflies love them. The vigorous vines are easy to grow in well drained soil, either in the ground or in a five gallon pot and will grace your house or greenhouse. Use a stake and twine to tie the vines indoors. Vines are self fertile. Passifloras cannot be shipped to Hawaii.

We Of fer the Har diest of the Passifloras Offer Hardiest MAYPOP (Passiflora incarnata) An attractive, hardy, perennial vine native to the Eastern U.S. Maypop freezes to the ground in the winter and re-sprouts, flowers and bears a two inch long fruit the next season.

Hand pollinate for best fruit production. Enjoy the showy, sweet scented lilac and white colored passion flowers. Maypop can be grown where temperatures don’t fall below -20° F. In a very cold region, mulching will help protect the root system. It needs a well drained soil. USDA Zones 5-9. 4” pots #H7154 Each $11.50

BLUE CROWN PASSION FLOWER (Passiflora caerulea) A hardy perennial vine to USDA Zone 7-11. Temperatures below 20° F will kill the top of the plant, but mulched around the base, it will regrow in the spring and flower and fruit each year. The amazingly ornamental flowers have white petals and white and purple crowns. The orange colored oval fruit is used to flavor beverages. #H7014 Each $11.50; 4 inch pot.

Beautiful Edible Houseplants for the North FREDERICK (Passiflora edulis) ‘Frederick’ is the premier fruit producing passiflora.

If you don’t live in USDA Zones 10-11, grow it in a sunny window or greenhouse. It thrives and produces, often the first year, in a pot. The flowers are fragrant and large. The fruit has a purple skin and delicious pulp when ripe. The fruit should never be picked, it must fall from the vine naturally. If it is allowed to wrinkle a bit after collecting, it becomes sweet ambrosia. The plant is very productive in warm areas. This outstanding Patrick Pons-Worley hybrid is vigorous and blooms from late spring until fall. In USDA Zones 10-11, this plant is excellent for a sunny location and makes a good, rapidly growing screen for a fence or outbuilding. One gallon pot. #H706 Each $28.50 Limit one.

BLACK KNIGHT (Passiflora edulis) A great indoor edible, producing regularly even in a small pot. Enjoy fragrant, dark purple-black fruit, the size of a large egg with excellent flavor. The vine is vigorous and compact with fragrant white and purple flowers. Foliage is glossy. One gallon size. Limit one.

USDA Zones 10-11. #H712 Each $28.50

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Akebias (Akebia quinata) A beautiful, fast growing vine that thrives with little care, and you’ll love the weird looking fruit. It is a beautiful evergreen in the Pacific Northwest and warmer areas and deciduous in colder climates. The abundant May flowers are very fragrant. The vine occasionally produces bizarre looking five inch (occasionally much larger) long pink, or blue skinned fruit. Inside is a tasty roll of white seedy pulp that makes a tropical tasting clear jelly or flavorful drink. To get pollination and fruit, plant two of the varieties we offer. Native to Northern Japan, the durable vines are prized for basket making and admired for the intricate silhouetted patterns the foliage casts on walls. The soft young shoots are used in salads or for salt pickling. Given something to climb on, the twining vine can grow 20 feet a year.

It may be pruned severely each year if you wish to control its rapid growth. Or it can run along the ground, rooting where branches touch and become an attractive ground cover. If neglected, it can naturalize and become a weed. USDA Zones 4-10. We offer sturdy plants in one gallon pots.

SHIROBANA™ An abundance of fragrant white flowers in May adorn this beautiful vine. #H335 Each $18.50

PURPLE ROSE™ This variety produces an abundance of fragrant vibrant redpurple flowers each May. #H325 Each $18.50

SILVER BELLS (Akebia quinata) A vigorous vine with both light pink and reddishpurple flowers. It has the largest leaves of the five leafed akebia varieties. #H340 Each $18.50

Ornamental Vines Exquisitely Fragrant Hardy Jasmine JASMINE STEPHANENSE (Jasmine beesianum x officinale) In mid-summer this beautiful evergreen vine is covered with clusters of soft pink, fragrant flowers that waft the scent of a tropical paradise. Yet this cousin of the tropics is hardy to 0° F. and will thrive on a fence or trellis. It will climb to 15-20'. In colder locations it is deciduous and benefits from winter mulch. Jasmine are not edible. 4” pots. #H2704 Each $9.50

ROSE JASMINE (Jasminum polyanthum) Famous for exquisite fragrance, this vine produces large clusters of rosecolored buds that open to richly fragrant, white flowers over many weeks, spring to midautumn. It is hardy to between 10°-15° F., but also thrives indoors. 4” Pot. #H2724 Each $9.50

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(Wisteria floribunda) Raintree has selected the most beautiful grafted Japanese Wisterias to grace your home and yard.

Give these vigorous climbers sturdy support, rich soil, and a sunny place to grow, and they will repay you with a shimmering screen of fragrance and color each spring.

Flower clusters open from the base onward, prolonging the display. Even the fallen petals are exquisite in their effect. Prune in winter for shape and in summer for size control. They can also be trained as small trees or shrubs. Each is a vigorous vine in a one gallon pot. USDA Zones 6-9.

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Ornamental Shrubs

These shrubs are among the most beautiful, winter hardy and easiest to successfully grow. Each comes to you as a multi-stemmed shrub ready to dig in and quickly provide your yard with beauty. We offer well rooted shrubs, either bare root or in one gallon pots.

Incr edibly Fragrant & Har dy T oo Incredibly Hardy To MINNESOTA SNOWFLAKE MOCK ORANGE (Philadelphus virginalis) This is an old fashioned shrub that is still very popular because it is easy to grow and brings the outrageously sweet scent of orange blossoms to deprived Northern gardeners. Enjoy a profusion of double white flowers in May and June. Zone 48. Prune this graceful 6-8’ foot shrub after flowering.18-24” size. #M080 Each $16.50, 3 or more $13.50 each

Also called Hon Beni. Produces loads of sweetly perfumed elongated bright pink flowers each spring. Color lightens as the flowers openmay fade to white in hot areas. #H221 Each $19.95

ROYAL PURPLE The dark, long purple flowers are very sweetly scented. New foliage has a bronze color. Among the most beautiful of ornamental vines. #H222 Each $19.95

SNOWSHOWERS Also called Shiro Noda or Longissima alba for its densely packed gorgeous snow white flowers. The fragrance is light and sweet on the long racemes. It blooms later than most wisteria. #H223 Each $19.95

MACROBOTRYS (Wisteria floribunda ‘Macrobotrys’)This Japanese classic is one of the oldest selections of wisteria. The cobalt-violet racemes of flowers have been known to grow as long as 47 inches! #H224 Each $19.95

Clematis These Clematis cultivars were selected because their less vigorous habit makes them easy to grow and fit into your landscape. Each is vigorous, winter hardy and is loaded with gorgeous blooms over a long period.

ICE BLUE ™ Clematis Ice Blue has dramatic large double flowers of the palest blue in early summer and again in early Autumn. It is extremely free flowering in both early and late season.

The center is white to yellow. It’s compact nature make it useful in containers or garden plantings. It grows to 6' tall and likes all but a south facing location. It thrives with light pruning in the spring. USDA Zones 4-10. One gallon pot. #M105 Each $19.95

KINGFISHER ™ This new, exceptionally free flowering clematis has huge 6" double purple flowers with yellow anthers from early through late summer. Kingfisher grows to 8' tall and likes full sun or partial shade. A great choice in a pot or in the ground. USDA Zones 4-9.

One gallon pot. #M106 Each $19.95

New Unique Non Invasive Buddleia Great news: now you can grow a butterfly bush that won’t become invasive, won’t outgrow a small garden and doesn’t need deadheading to continue blooming mid-summer through fall. These new dwarf Buddleias are sterile, male hybrids that produce neither pollen nor many viable seeds. They tolerate frost and grows easily in full sun and well-drained soil. One gallon size.

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BLUE CHIP BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddleia davidii). This 2-3 feet tall bush bears beautiful, fragrant, blue flower spikes. Limit one. #M032 Each $19.95

PURPLE HAZE BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddleia davidii) Like Blue Chip in size and non invasive habit. It grows 2-3' tall with a profusion of fragrant purple-blue flowers. #M024 Each $19.95 Limit 1.

Edible Flowers STELLA D’ ORO DAYLILY Enjoy an abundance of large beautiful golden edible flowers for months each spring and again throughout the summer. The flowers are followed by edible pods resembling green beans. Both are excellent additions to salads.

The plant grows to 18-24" tall in sun or partial shade. To make a bed, plant clumps about two feet apart. The plants are drought tolerant. Zones 4-11. They thrive throughout the nation. 4" pot. #L700 Each $4.50

PRAIRIE BELLA DAYLILY This deep pink daylily blooms in late spring, and repeats throughout the summer. It reaches about 20" in height, and is an excellent companion to Stella D’Oro. 4" pot. #L701 Each $4.50

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Lilacs

Lilac bushes are a classic in American gardens, and the heart of spring bouquets. The pioneers carried starts of this sturdy shrub across the continent, and it heralds spring from Washington D.C. to Washington State. Use it as an accent, foundation shrub, or plant it 3’ apart as a hedge. It does best in full sun, and is relatively pest and disease free.

It can develop mildew in damp climates, and should be pruned to encourage good air circulation. The lavishly fragrant blooms may take several years to reach their full potential on newly planted shrubs. USDA Zones 3-9.We offer sturdy 12-15” shrubs.

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Since tree peonies can live for over 200 years, you can consider them a gardening legacy! These are called “tree” peonies because they produce long lived woody rather than herbaceous growth. They prefer rich, moist, well drained soils in partial or dappled sun. The flowers are more plentiful in full sun, but last longer with some shade. All our tree peonies are gallon size plants.

DELAVAYI (Paeonia delavayi) This upright, open tree peony, grows to about 7’ tall and 4’ wide. It has deep red 3" flowers and prefers cooler summers. Zones 6-9. #M084 Each $17.50

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CHARLES JOLY (Syringa vulgaris) This old fashioned, classic lilac is favored by those who appreciate deep, rich colors. Its fully double, long lasting, burgundy flowers open from purple/ maroon buds in spring, about midseason. Fantastically fragrant and moderately sized at under 10’ tall, it grows best in areas with cold winters. #M048 Each $16.50

SENSATION (Syringa vulgaris) Fragrant and beautiful, ‘Sensation’ is an aptly named lilac. Its beautiful, wine red flowers are edged in white and wonderfully fragrant.

‘Sensation’ can reach 12-to-15-feet tall and almost as wide. Grow in full sun, and expect outstanding flower power if you live in a region with cold winters.

Once established, it is quite drought tolerant. Remove twiggy growth and spent flower heads after bloom. #M042 Each $16.50

MISS KIM (Syringa patula Miss Kim) This 4 foot dwarf lilac extends the season of fragrance for weeks, blooming in June, after most lilacs are done. Its compact growth becomes covered with pinkish blue buds, which open to lavender. USDA Zones 4-9. #M040 Each $16.50

MADAME LEMOINE This lilac has been a favorite since it came out in the 1890s. Its developer, Victor Lemoine, named it for someone dear to his heart. The creamy buds open to pure white double flowers with the sweetest fragrance in the spring. An old-fashioned, romantic addition to the garden. Grows to about 12' tall and 10' wide. Best in areas with pronounced winters. Give it full sun for best bloom. #M046 Each $16.50

DAWN VIBURNUM (V. bodnantense) This upright, narrow shrub reliably produces clusters of deliciously fragrant, pink flowers on bare stems from fall to spring, right through the gloom of winter. In fall, brilliant scarlet foliage decorates the plant, which can grow to 10' tall or be kept smaller. USDA Zones 7-9. One gallon pot. #M081 Each $16.50

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SUFFRUTICOSA (Paeonia suffruticosa) It grows only to about 4-5' tall, producing an abundance of beautiful white, turning to light pink flowers. USDA Zones 6-9. #M082 Each $17.50

TIBETAN TREE PEONY (Paeonia lutea ludlowii) A rare and beautiful tree peony which will grow to 8', with yellow flowers in the spring.

Multiple woody stems arise from the base of this shrub which shines in a tall border or at the woodland’s edge.

USDA Zones 6-9.#M083 Each $17.50

These Bushes Light Up the Winter OISTEWYK WINTERBERRY (Ilex verticillata) A female deciduous holly that is covered with bright red berries persisting well into winter. It needs the Jim Dandy Male Winterberry for pollinization. This twiggy bush grows to about 6' and the berries provide a treat for the birds. Give it sun or partial shade and a soil with plenty of organic matter, pH 5 to 6.5.

One male will pollinize several females. Zones 3-8. #M310 Each $18.50

JIM DANDY MALE The male pollinizer for “Oistewyk”. Grows to about 8' tall. A deciduous holly which does not bear fruit. One gallon. #M312 Each $11.50

RED OSIER DOGWOOD (Cornus stolonifera) An ideal hedge plant, the “red osier” grows from 6-10' tall. It’s a suckering, spreading shrub. Plant 3-4' apart to make a thick hedge. It has white flowers and blue berries favored by the birds. The foliage turns bright red in the autumn. The branches are a striking red in winter after the foliage drops. Zones 3-9. It is not fussy but likes damp locations best. 2'-3' plant. Proh. FL. #M120 Each $4.95; 5 or more $3.50 each

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Hydrangeas

Hydragea bushes will be a focal point in your garden with their spectacular flowers! They come in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes, so there is a winner for most garden niches. Hydrangeas light up a shady corner or bring robust color into a foundation planting. While they will take full sun in coastal or cool summer areas, hydrangeas appreciate partial or afternoon shade where the sun is more intense. They need good garden soil and regular watering, and will repay you with an abundance of spectacular clusters of flowers. Flowers of each variety are quite different and can be panicle, mophead or lacecap in shape. (See photos) Flower colors vary from a bright pink to blue, or white, depending on soil pH and variety.

Many of the flowers will dry nicely for winter arrangements. We carry a varied assortment of beautiful cultivars. All will do well in a pot on your patio. Some, like Pee Gee make an attractive large shrub or small tree and can be used as a nice privacy hedge. One gallon size unless otherwise noted.

LEMON WAVE (Hydrangea macrophylla) The raucous blend of yellow, cream, white and green variegated foliage makes this an incredible choice for your yard. Its colors rival the best of the variegated Hostas. Lace cap flowers throughout the summer vary in color from white to mauve or blue and are rare unless you live in a mild climate. The bush is compact, about four feet high and wide and it grows best in shade. USDA Zones 6-9. #M066 Each $16.50; 3 or more $13.50 each

PEE GEE (Hydrangea paniculata Grandiflora”) Enjoy large panicles of white flowers fading to pink beginning in mid-summer and persisting into fall. Let this robust, disease resistant classic grow as a shrub or train it as a small tree (as shown). It grows to 15' or half that size with pruning. Prune in early spring. Spaced 4 feet apart, it makes a gorgeous hedge, blooming throughout summer and fall. USDA Zones 4-9. 12-18” shrub. #M071 Each $16.50; 3 or more $13.50 each

NIGRA (Hydrangea macrophylla) Of Japanese origin and popular for over a century in England, this classic plant grows to six feet tall and wide and prefers sun or partial shade. The striking black stems of this hydrangea contrast beautifully with the large mop head flowers and attractive light green foliage. In acid soils the flowers are blue and in alkaline soils they are pink. Prune the bush immediately after flowering.

USDA Zones 6-9. #M067 Each $16.50

TELLER’S BLUE (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Blaumeise’) Enjoy the breathtakingly beautiful deep blue, 8 inch wide lacecap flowers.

Each flower cluster has tiny flowers in the center surrounded by upfacing, larger flowers. Sturdy stems support the big blooms, which are also beautiful when dried. The bush will grow 4-6' tall and wide in rich soil.

Prefering partial shade, it will tolerate full sun in cool summer areas. Zones 6-9. #M061 Each $16.50

CITYLINE ® ‘MARS’ (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Vienna Ramars’) Unusual, two-tone mopheadtype flowers distinguish this wonderful new hydrangea. The gorgeous, longlasting blooms will be dark pink and white in alkaline soil or blue and white in acidic soil. A compact, sturdy bush that grows to only 2-3’ tall and wide, it is perfect for the small garden or container. From Europe, with out-of-this-world beauty. USDA Zones 5-9. One gallon size. #M075 Each $16.50

GENERAL VICOMTESSE DE VIBRAYE (Hydrangea macrophylla) Since this hydrangea produces flowers on side shoots as well as terminal buds, the entire rounded shrub is covered with large, round mophead flowers that vary from light blue in acid soils to pink in alkaline ones. ‘Generale’ has been a standard for hydrangea lovers for about 100 years. Flowers are beautiful fresh and dried. Grows 4-6’ tall and wide. Plant in partial shade in rich soil. USDA Zones 6-9. #M076 Each $16.50

VARIEGATED WEIGELA (Weigela florida) An old favorite with both gardeners and hummingbirds, this compact weigela has rosy red trumpets in the spring. The creamy leaf margins give the 5' tall shrub lasting interest throughout the season.

USDA Zones 5-9. #M025 Each $16.50

NORTHERN GOLD FORSYTHIA This upright shrub grows to 8' tall and produces showy golden yellow flowers in early spring. From Canada, it has vibrant flower color. It is a reliable plant for the North. USDA Zones 3-8. #M093 Each $16.50

A Favorite in Early American Gar dens Gardens CAROLINA ALLSPICE (Calycanthus floridus) This beautiful bushy shrub grows to 8' tall. It has Photo courtesy of The cinnamon colored flowers with a strong strawberry fragrance.

Spring Meadow leaves are large, fragrant glossy green above and gray-green Nursery Inc. LS A beneath. A favorite in early American gardens. Hardy to -20°F. T It grows in sun or shade in a variety of soils. It’s not the EN herb “Allspice” and is not edible. 18-24” bush. #M085 AM Each $6.50; 3 or more $4.50 each N

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Enjoy the Beauty of an

Roses Westerland Climbing Rose

You don't have to live in England to enjoy the beauty of the English cottage garden! Plant some of Raintree’s landscape roses and you will be speaking with an accent and gardening in woolens in no time. All are hardy with attractive carefree foliage. It's easy to make a dense hedge or a gorgeous bed or border. They are so easy to care for, they can be pruned with hedge shears or loppers. We offer well rooted bushes.

Big Hips Back In Style Fragrant, Everblooming Climbers Cover fences, pillars, a trellis or side of the house with these fragrant, disease resistant, repeat blooming climbers. They often flower the first season. These climbers are incredibly beautiful, disease resistant and easy to grow. We offer top grade, well rooted plants.

We are offering beautiful rugosa roses which are the best varieties in the world for producing flavorful large hips. If you aren’t hip enough to know; they can be dried or frozen as a vitamin C source. They are also used in soups, jellies, wines, rose honey, vinegar, rose sugar, rose water and oil for aromatic and cosmetic uses. USDA Zones 3-9.

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WESTERLAND A magnificent climbing shrub, with large flowers that are a delightful mix of apricot to coppery-orange. Repeating throughout the summer. Healthy, shiny foliage on strong upright growth. 6' x 6'. Zones 5-8 #L654 Each $14.50; 3 or more $12.50 each.

QUADRA A new hardy climbing explorer rose with highly attractive clusters of fully double dark red flowers. Enjoy its repeat flowering throughout the summer. Quadra is exceptionally disease resistant with shiny medium green foliage. 7' x 4'.

Zones 3-8. #L655 Each $14.50; 3 or more $12.50 each

We don’t know if this holds true of the namesake but this Danish rose is famous for having extremely large hips. Loads of large round flavorful crimson hips decorate the 45' tall, disease resistant bush. Grow it on a small trellis or use its sprawling habit to make a great mass planting. Starting in June and through the Autumn it is covered with pretty pale pink single flowers with soft yellow stamens. Each fall it sports flowers and large tasty red hips at the same time. #L620S Each $12.50; 3 or more $10 each

ROSARIUM UETERSEN You will be delighted by the enormous number of deep rose pink flowers, some borne singly and some in great clusters. The growth is more vigorous than the other climbers, and the leaves are large, glossy and plentiful.

Flowers have a sweet fragrance.

15' x 10'. Zone 4-8. #L656 Each $14.50; 3 or more $12.50 each

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We’ve selected this exceptional climbing rose for its disease resistant, glossy green foliage and its beautiful, double, buttery-yellow flowers. With repeating bloom, the plant’s large, ruffled roses with a fruity fragrance cover the robust canes over a long period. 14' x 4' USDA Zone 5-9. #L685 Each $14.50; 3 or more $12.50 Each My order arrived today and I wish to compliment you on the quality and condition of the plants. It is obvious that you care for your customers and the plants you have for sale.

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IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a low maintenance barrier hedge due to the thorny branches, or as an everblooming, easy care groundcover. A mass planting is of stunning beauty from spring through fall, showing off hips, flowers and deep green foliage.

POLLINATION: None needed, but better fruit may be produced from more than one variety or seedling.

HARDINESS: See descriptions. Tolerant of wind, salt and drought.

SUN: Full sun or light shade and good air circulation.

HARVEST TIME: Repeat flowering. Harvest hips in September and October.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Good drainage is essential.

SPACING: The same as the ultimate height of the plant. Hedge space at 2/3 ultimate height. Climbers can be tucked in with other plants.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Rugosas need little or no fertilizing.

They are drought tolerant once established and need little or no pruning.

They are easy to grow. Shearing helps hedges.

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Beautiful Flowers and Edible Hips SCABROSA This English rugosa makes an excellent 5' tall, spreading hedge or an outstanding specimen plant. The large 5" purple/pink flowers with bold anthers, keep blooming for months.

The carefree shrub is loaded in the fall with large flavorful, fleshy hips that look like cherry tomatoes. #L680S Each $12.50; 3 or more $10 each

BLANC DOUBLE DE COUBERT This old time rugosa hybrid has pure white, semi-double blooms with an intense fragrance. The leathery, wrinkled, dark green foliage is disease resistant. Large orange-red hips follow blooms. 5' x 4'. Plant 3’ apart to make a great hedge. USDA Zones 2-8 #L637 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10 each ...I don’t think I’ve ever received nicer looking plants via mail.

R. H. Norwich, NY We bought Caaroline raspberry canes and didn’t expect raspberries until next year...this year we’re still having fresh tasty berries. I’ve gardened for 50 years in Western Washington and never had December raspberries.

Thanks, P.S. Olympia WA

ROSERAIE DE L’HAY One of the best old time Rugosa roses. It has highly fragrant very large, semidouble, crimson-purple blooms on a large well-rounded shrub with shiny, green foliage. Spacing 6' x 5'. Plant 3’ apart to make a great hedge. Zones 2-8 #L650 Each $12.50; 3 or more $10 each

A Hedge of Red, White and Gr een Green These rugosas are beautiful edible landscaping roses at a price you can afford. Display them at their best, in a mass planting. They bloom constantly, summer through fall, delighting you with masses of color every time you walk by. Make a glorious hedge or garden bed. USDA Zones 2-9.

ROSA RUGOSA ALBA This special seedling rose not only produces an abundance of large, very fragrant single white flowers from summer through autumn, it is loaded with large tasty red hips. The foliage is deep green and disease resistant making these bushes, month after month, a collage of white, red and green. Grow as a thick spreading 6' tall hedge. #L640 $6.50; 5 or more $4.50 each; 10 or more $3.50 each

MIXED ROSA RUGOSA These seedlings have the same growth habit as the “Alba” except with pink or red flowers. #L645 Each $4.95; 5 or more $3.75 each; 10 or more $3 each

Beautiful Trees for Your Yard FOREST PANSY REDBUD (Cercis canadensis) A small tree, growing to 20-25’ tall that is beautiful in all seasons. Start the early spring with beautiful red flowers, prized in flower arrangements, as they emerge from the bare branches. Flowers are especially dramatic in cold winter areas. Spring foliage is purple and heart shaped, aging to a bronzy green in the summer before again turning purple in the autumn. Give it full sun except in the hottest summer areas. USDA Zones 5-9. We offer large 4-5’ trees. #M333 Each $22.50

THUNDERCLOUD PLUM (Prunus cerasifera) Because this tree is disease resistant and thrives with little care, it is among the most popular yard and street trees. For a spectacular effect plant an entire row about 15’ apart. Enjoy the red foliage from spring through fall. Herald the beginning of spring with the profusion of pale pink fragrant flowers that cover the trees for weeks. Thundercloud prefers full sun. It will grow to 20-25’ tall and wide. It also produces a few, very tasty purple plums. USDA Zones 5-9.

We offer large 4-5’ trees. #M908 Each $19.95 5 or more $18.50 each.

Crabapple Trees are Beautiful Yard Trees We offer dwarfing crabapple cultivars selected for disease resistance and beautiful foliage and flowers. Most produce fruit for people but all offer fruit for birds. Bees prefer white flowered crabs which are excellent pollinizers. See these outstanding landscaping trees on page 30!

DW ARF FLOWERING CHERRIES DWARF For a thousand years, the Japanese have had a reverence for the beauty and fragrance of flowering cherries. Enjoy these amazing trees on the dwarf “Gisela 5” rootstock. Trees will grow to only about 10’ tall. Each needs sun and well drained soil and little pruning after permanent branches are chosen.

Flowering cherries are site specific so check to see if they thrive in your area.

We offer large 4-6’ trees. Zones 6-9.

Flowering Cherries signal spring in Washington D.C.

MT FUJI Early pink buds open to very fragrant semidouble white blooms that later fade to pink.

Horizontal branches. #M916 Each $29.95

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KWANZAN Double pink flowers cover this tree. Foliage turns reddish in spring and fall. #M901 $29.95

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CARNIVAL MAPLE (Acer campestre) A rare grafted dwarf maple with small green leaves outlined in pink each spring, then outlined in white. This beautiful, small, easy to grow, yard tree gets 8-10 feet tall.

Space 4’ apart for a hedge.

Zones 4-9. One gallon pot! #M317 Each $19.95

Plant A Maple, Leave A Legacy!

LEGACY SUGAR MAPLE™ (Acer saccharum) This grafted tree was bred for its very fast growth and its gorgeous red, yellow and orange fall foliage. It forms a symmetrical oval crown and grows to 50 feet. It can be tapped for sugar. Plant patent #4979.

USDA Zones 4-9. 4'-5' tree. #M320 Each $19.95; 3 or more $18.50 each

VINE MAPLE (Acer circinatum) This Pacific Northwest native signals the start of Autumn in August. (Which everyone resents it for.) The foliage turns a fiery red, orange and yellow. It grows as a semi-vining bush, often growing sideways rather than upright. It roots where the branches touch the ground.

The very hard wood is used for handles.

It is a beautiful, low growing ornamental tree. 2'-3', two year tree.

USDA Zones 5-9. #M300 Each $11.50; 5 or more $7.50 each

RED JAPANESE MAPLE (Acer palmatum 'Red') A graceful, small, upright tree with beautifully lobed, mostly red leaves. It grows to about 15'. These are seedlings and can vary in leaf color. Give trees full sun to partial shade.

2-3' trees. USDA Zones 6-9. #M329 Each $8.50; 3 or more $6.50 each

RED SUNSET MAPLE (Acer rubrum 'Franksred') Among the most popular yard trees. Enjoy brilliant orange and red foliage that starts very early in the fall and disease resistant dark glossy green foliage in the summer. It grows quickly to 30 x 40’ and likes full sun. It is drought tolerant once established. Zones 4-9. 4-6’ tree. #M331 Each $19.95; 3 or more $18.50 each

Barking Up the Right T Trree!

PAPER BARK MAPLE (Acer griseum) Most people grow this maple for its amazing reddish bark that peels away in paper thin sheets exposing in endless combinations, a beautiful multi colored main trunk. In the autumn, also enjoy the brilliant red foliage. The Paper Bark Maple is from China and grows to only 20-25 feet tall. Its three sharply toothed dark green leaflets make it an attractive tree in the summer too.Zones 5-9. #M325 Each $16.50; 3 or more $13.50 each.

WESTERN BIG LEAF MAPLE (Acer macrophyllum) This large, moss covered, multi-trunked native maple tree of the Pacific NW, spreads up and out to 70 feet. The yellow fall foliage is beautiful. The wood is highly prized. Plant some and leave a legacy. USDA Zones 6-9. #M315 Each $9.50; 3 or more $7.50 each

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Beautiful Br oadleafed Evergr eens Broadleafed Evergreens STRAWBERRY TREE (Arbutus unedo) A broad leafed evergreen relative of the madrone. It grows slowly to 15’ or 6-8’ if grown as a bush. Its trunk becomes twisted and gnarled with age. (As do we all!) It is named for the round, mealy yet edible strawberry colored fruit that ripen in the fall and winter.

Self fertile. One gallon plant. Zones 7-11. #D600 Each $17.50

ARBUTUS MARINA A natural hybrid from Europe of A. canariensis and A. andrachnoides, it is closely related to the Arbutus unedo or Strawberry tree. Marina is very adaptable to garden culture. This beautiful, broadleaf evergreen provides yearround beauty, natural habitat and edible fruit. Dark green, glossy leaves stand out against the cinnamon-colored, exfoliating bark. In spring, pendulous pink flowers appear at the same time that the mealy strawberry looking fruit (from the previous season) is ripening. A medium size tree or large shrub, ‘Marina’ grows slowly, eventually reaching about 30’x 30'. It will thrive in well-drained, sandy, acidic soil with full sun. It has the ornamental beauty and stature of the native Madrone, but unlike the Madrone, it transplants well. USDA Zones 711. One gallon pot. #M051 Each $17.50

Plant a Bay Near Y our Kitchen Your BAY LAUREL (Umbellaria californica) Cooks flavor pots of soup with the pungent bay leaves from this beautiful, broad-leafed western native evergreen that is also known as Oregon Myrtle. Fortunately for gardeners, Oregon Myrtle grows very slowly in gardens, only 20to-25-feet tall and wide, substantially less than the 75-feet it may reach in its native range. It adapts well to pruning, so it can be maintained as a striking, aromatic 6-8’ shrub. It grows well in a pot. It likes deep moist soils, but can withstand drought when established. USDA Zones 7-11. One gallon plant. #M520 Each $18.50

SWEET BAY (Laurus nobilis) Also called Grecian or true Bay. When you make a pot of soup, why not reach out your window and pick a bay leaf from this beautiful broadleafed evergreen. The tree can grow 10 to 20 feet tall but is easily kept smaller. It is also well suited for container growing. It likes full sun and is hardy to 10°F. One gallon pot. #M523 Each $18.50 …Such healthy plants and so thoroughly packed! …It was a pleasure ordering from your nursery! M.P. Santa Clara, CA

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Eucalyptus Silver Dollar T our Y ar d Trree Makes Big Change In Y Your Yar ard CIDER GUM (E. gunnii) Hardy, fragrant, fast growing and drought tolerant, this bush or tree from the mountains of Tasmania is the source for the pungent, blue, silver-dollar-shaped leaves often dried for flower arrangements Among the hardiest of the Eucalypts, it takes 10° F or below and thrives even in the Pacific Northwest. For a continuous harvest of decorative leaves, prune in winter to stimulate new growth or let it become an upright tree of 30’ or more with leaves that become lance-shaped and green. One gallon tree. #M550 Each $17.50; 3 or more $15 Each

FRISIA GOLD LOCUST (Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’) The bright yellow foliage throughout the growing season makes this tree stand out like a shimmering beacon. The fast growing oval shaped tree grows to 40' tall and is widely adapted to heat or cold. It is a Black Locust with pretty compound leaves, white flowers and thorns on the smaller wood. 4-5’ tree.

Zones 4-9. #K630 Each $23.95

This Empress grew almost to its full height of 40 feet in 8 years!

Flowers are pictured above!

Instant S hade T Shade Trree EMPRESS TREE (Paulownia tomentosa) It is a very fast growing dense shade tree for the Pacific Northwest and other areas with mild winters. It is hardy in USDA Zones 7-10.

The wood is extremely valuable and has many uses. In colder parts of its range, for the first few years, the new growth dies back each winter but tremendous summer growth more than compensates. In Japan, the wood is traditionally used to make dowry chests and other furniture. Each spring, the tree is covered with clusters of trumpet shaped two inch long fragrant flowers that are lilac blue; a display of spectacular beauty. They provide good bee forage in the spring. Young trees grow best if given a lot of water in summer. Even young trees have two foot diameter heart shaped leaves. Large crowns. #M581 Each $9.75; 3 or more $7.50 each

BLUE ARCTIC

Magnolias Not Only for Souther ners Southerners MAGNOLIA WILSONII Grow this beautiful, multi-stemmed Magnolia with a broad, vase-like shape for its elegant and wonderfully fragrant blooms.

In late spring, the pure white flowers hang like bells from the ends of dark purple twigs.

It grows to 25’ tall and best in partial shade.

Leaves have shimmery silver undersides, and the tree’s naturally graceful form needs little pruning. Zones 7-9. #M003 Each $18.50

MAGNOLIA SEIBOLDII This choice, ornamental magnolia blooms heavily, even when young. Fragrant, 4" white flowers with red centers hang gracefully among the branches in early summer. Red 2" fruit decorates the small tree/shrub in fall.

Adaptable to sun or half shade, it grows to about 12'. One gallon pot.

Zones 6-8. #M002 Each $18.50

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JACQUEMONTI BIRCH (Betula) With the whitest bark of all the birches, this beautiful tree grows to 40 feet and has lovely yellow fall foliage. Plant a single tree or plant a clump of three or more in the same hole. A native of Northern India, it is hardy to USDA Zone 5-9. 2-3' trees. #M705 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

Willows

(Salix purpurea) This attractive shrub with blue-green leaves grows to about 10' tall by 10' wide. It makes a thick beautiful informal hedge, It likes full sun and moist soils.

Cut it back and new shoots form quickly. The new season’s growth has purplish-red stems with shiny red buds and the stem color transitions to a light olive-gray on the older branchlets. Stems can be harvested and used in the production of baskets. USDA Zones 3-8 2-3’ hefty bushes. #M362 Each $14.50; 5 or more $11.50 each

HAKURO NISHIKI (Salix integra variegata) A graceful compact tree easily maintained at 6’ tall, with striking pink stems and buds and white, pink and green tricolored leaves. Make it the focal point of your yard! Catkins grace bare stems in early spring before the leaves appear. One gallon pot. Zones 6-9. #M363 Each $18.50

JAPANESE PUSSY WILLOW (Salix chaenomeloides) Colorful silver, purple to pink buds open to large silvery 2 1/2” catkins. The new leaf growth is red maturing to a deep blue green. It makes a large rounded shrub to 15’ tall. Zones 6-9. 4”pots #M3594 Each $8.50

FRENCH PUSSY WILLOW (Salix caprea) Before leafing out in spring, this variety produces an abundance of plump, woolly, pinkish gray catkins about 1” long that are prized in early spring bouquets. It can be kept shrub size by cutting it to ground every few years and letting it re-sprout. Zones 4-9. #M360 Each $6.50; 3 or more $4.50 each

CORKSCREW WILLOW (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’) Beloved by florists and flower arrangers the Corkscrew Willow is also a great landscape choice for soggy spots with full sun. It can grow rapidly to 30 tall’ x 15' wide. Roots can be invasive. Don’t put it near a septic system! 4” pot. Zones 4-9. #M3354 Each $6.50

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New Blight Immune Cultivars We are happy to finally make these filbert blight resistant and blight immune cultivars available to home gardeners. Each is newly released by Oregon State University after two decades of breeding for blight immunity. It is now possible to grow filberts again in places that suffer from Eastern Filbert blight, including western Washington and Oregon.

Filberts are also called Hazels or Hazelnut trees. We offer 3-5’ trees.

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A Filbert hedge gives you privacy!

YAMHILL

Filberts

Another recent OSU release that is immune to Eastern Filbert Blight, this high quality, small tree produces an ample crop of very tasty, early ripening nuts. It will pollinate Santiam, Delta and Jefferson. #K067 Each $23.95

Eat Your Filbert Hedge

This winning new variety joins the ranks of Eastern Filbert Blight immune filberts from Oregon State University. A smaller, compact tree, it is expected to replace Barcelona as the leading commercial variety since it yields bigger crops of large tasty nuts that fill their shells and produce so few blanks. A late bloomer, it is best pollinated by Theta and Yamhill. #K043 Each $23.95

(Corylus species) Filberts are easy to grow and very productive! Filberts can be grown in USDA Zones 5-9. They are by far the most important nut crop grown commercially in the Pacific Northwest. This small tree prefers a cool, wet climate. Filberts flower in mid-winter. The abundant male catkins make a showy display. Humid, windy weather is ideal for distributing pollen to the tiny red female flowers. By the end of August nuts are ripe. They drop in September.

We offer a cross-pollinating mixture of productive filbert blight resistant varieties (Delta and Lewis) on their own roots for planting productive, nut-bearing hedgerows, at an affordable price. Trees planted at 4’ intervals will sucker vigorously and form an effective 10-15’ barrier in several years. Filbert hedgerows have formed fence-like boundaries around fields in northern Europe for hundreds of years. They provide shade, browse and forage for stock, shelter for a diversity of wildlife and protection from cold winds. Homeowners also appreciate the privacy a dense hedgerow affords during the growing season and the attractive winter catkins. We offer 2-4’ trees at an excellent price.

FILBERT HEDGE Contains five Lewis and Delta trees which pollinize each other! #K060 $59.95 (for a bundle of 5) 5 or more bundles, $47.50 each.

How T o Use Filberts To IN THE KITCHEN: Bake with squash, casseroles, in vegetable pie; mince and add to cookies or candies. Crushed filberts make a great pie crust without any other ingredients. Filberts store for over a year.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Its tendency to sucker profusely makes it an excellent candidate for a fast growing hedge or screen plant. Tree hazels do not sucker.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Filberts are wind pollinated in winter. Varieties have specific pollination requirements. See varietal descriptions.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted. European Filbert flowers winterkill at -15° F. SUN: Prefers full sun in the maritime for maximum nut production.

Prefers partial shade in very sunny, hot climates.

PLANT SPACING: Single trees 15-20 feet; hedge plantings 4 to 5 ft.

BEARING AGE: 2 to 3 years YIELD: 20 pounds or more per tree.

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers slightly acid soil around 6.5 pH; does best in fertile soil with good drainage, but is widely adaptable.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Plant in late winter or early spring. Late spring plantings grow less initially and require more watering. The ripeness of a filbert can be determined by pushing on the nut in the husk. If it turns in the husk then nut and husk have separated, and though it may be still a little green, it’s as ripe as it will get and can be picked before birds or squirrels get it.

PESTS AND DISEASES: European Filberts are susceptible to Eastern Filbert Blight, a fungal bark disease spreading in commercial filbert growing areas. Our plants come from inspected stock grown far from infested areas. Control by spraying copper and dormant oil together at bud break, in late March, mid April and early May. Or select new blight immune cultivars!

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Gardeners will appreciate this semi-dwarf, heavily productive, annual-bearing tree that can be maintained at 10' tall, about 25% smaller than Barcelona.

Highly flavorful nuts mature and fall free of the husk, earlier than Barcelona with slightly smaller kernels and many fewer blanks. #K045 Each $23.95

JEFFERSON

THETA This blight-immune late pollinator will increase yields for Jefferson, which has a long bloom period. It is especially effective when used with other Jefferson pollinizers such as Hall’s Giant or, Yamhill. It also produces tasty nuts. #K066 Each $23.95

An Amazing New Or namental!

Ornamental!

CONTORTED RED DRAGON (Corylus avellana cv. ‘Red Dragon’) Dramatic and completely resistant to Eastern Filbert Blight, this new, highly prized and previously unavailable, contorted hazelnut brings color and form to your yard. It has twisted stems, richly colored, dark-burgundy-purple leaves as well as burgundy catkins, husks and nuts. Trees have moderate vigor and a spreading habit, which allows the contorted growth to be visible in summer. Stake and train the trunk to the height you desire, then allow it to contort outwards. Two gallon pot. USDA Zones 5-9. #K031 Each $65.00

THE HAZEL TREE

By Cecil Farris, 74 pages Hazel enthusiasts will love the 27 color photos and information on tree culture, pests, diseases, breeding and establishing backyard orchards. #S160 $16.50

An Unusual Nut T om China Trree fr from GOLDENHORN (Xanthoceras sorbifolia) A hardy, self fertile, nut producing tree native to Northern China. Goldenhorn grows to 20’ tall. The edible one half inch nuts are usually roasted and taste like a macadamia nut. It grows in sun or shade but produces best in sun. It is a handsome ornamental with shiny dark green pinnate leaves that turn bright yellow in the fall. White blossoms on ten inch long racemes are produced in late May. One gallon pot. USDA Zones 6-9. #K420 Each $18.50

Unusual Nut Trees

These unusual, interesting trees are outstanding in the landscape and also produce good tasting nuts.

GINKGO (Ginkgo biloba) The only surviving member of an ancient order of conifer-like trees that covered the earth during the Jurassic period, 150 million years ago. Ginkgo grows slowly to more than 50 feet tall. Its leaf is shaped like a duck’s foot, and is unlike any other leaf in the world.

Ginkgo trees are either male or female. The females won’t fruit without pollination from a male. The ripening fruit has no aroma, but if left to rot it has an unpleasant rancid smell.

Planting any single tree will mean you have no pollination and therefore, no nuts. The edible nuts are green with a white shell and are the size of a small almond. The nuts, a delicacy in Asia, are roasted, steamed or boiled. The nuts and leaves are used in Chinese herbal medicine to increase blood flow to the brain. And we almost forgot to tell you that ginkgo is used to stimulate memory. Ginkgo grows in a wide variety of soils and is a pollution tolerant tree. In the fall, the leaves of both the male and female turn a glorious golden yellow. USDA Zones 4-9. Grafted trees are one gallon size. Seedlings 1-2'.

SALEM LADY FEMALE GINKGO A heavy producing grafted female ginkgo. #K451 Each $22.50

MALE GINKGO A grafted male pollinizer for the female. Plant a male and a female if you want to harvest the nuts. #K452 Each $22.50

GINKGO SEEDLINGS These are unsexed, but can still be a lot of fun to plant and will be very attractive yard trees. #K450 Each $8.50

Mor e Edible Nut T More Trrees for your Landscape KOREAN STONE PINE (Pinus koraiensis) This hardy pine bears a crop of flavorful pine nuts. Native to Korea and the Far East, it can grow to 50' tall. It needs a sunny location and well drained soil. One gallon size. Zones 3-8 #K445 Each $19.95

PURPLE BEECH (Fagus sylvatica purpurea) Among the most stately specimen trees in the world, the Purple Beech graces many an English estate. It will grow to 70’ tall with a dense, oval crown, light bark and beautiful purple leaves. It is also an excellent wildlife tree, producing small, triangular nuts that are prized by animals, including humans. Nut production varies from year to year, but good years produce heavy crops of nuts that can be eaten raw and have a rich sweet flavor. Grow two for pollination in full or partial sun.

Zones 5-9. 2-3’ trees. #M590 Each $12.50; 3 or more $9.50 each

Almonds

(Prunus amygdalus) Almonds are beautiful ornamentals with their attractive foliage and early spring pink fragrant flowers. They are of the “prunus” genus and resemble a peach tree.

Except, you discard the fruit, crack open the pit and eat the nut inside. The spreading trees can be maintained at 12' to 20' tall depending on the variety. We offer 3-5' grafted trees.

Reliable Pacific Northwest Almonds HALLS HARDY A beautiful ornamental that is also edible. This hardy, self fertile tree produces a profusion of delicate, fragrant early spring pink blossoms. This is followed by attractive, disease resistant, peach-like foliage. Halls is thought to be a peachalmond cross. The tree grows rapidly to 20 feet and is selffertile. The thick shelled, strong flavored almonds are good for cooking and eating. It blooms comparatively late for an almond and does very well in the maritime Northwest. It’s beauty, ease of care, spreading habit and reliable production make it a great tree for your yard. Zones 6-9. #K160 Each $21.95

RELIABLE ™ Each season this beautiful tree produces a large crop of tasty almonds. It is self fertile and the most reliable variety tested at the Mt. Vernon station. Reliable is a seedling hybrid of peach and almond. The nuts are harder shelled and stronger in flavor than a true almond, but its beautiful pink fragrant blossoms, disease resistant foliage, spreading habit and reliable production make it a great tree for your yard. Easily maintained at about 12' tall. It does very well in the maritime Northwest. Zones 5-9.#K165A Each $23.95

ALL IN ONE A self-fertile, soft shelled, sweet almond. All in One is hardy in the Pacific NW and in warmer climates. It is late blooming for an almond. It is a genetic semi dwarf and will only grow to 12 to 15 feet tall. Zones 7-9. Developed by Floyd Zaiger. #K150 Each $23.95

TITAN This unique almond tree boasts extreme winter hardiness, so it can grow and fruit successfully far North of where other commercial varieties have frozen out. It is a true almond with a thin, well-sealed shell and a sweet kernel. Unfortunately, in our region and other areas with wet springs, it may fall victim to brown rot and other fungal problems, even with spring and fall copper sprays. Titan blooms very late for an almond and can be pollinized by any late blooming almond or by any peach. Limit one. #K170 Each $28.50

So Unusual It Puzzles a Monkey MONKEY PUZZLE (Araucaria araucana) The branching pattern of this Chilean evergreen seedling tree is unique. The branches are symetrical and horizontal, each turning up at its end. The Monkey Puzzle also produces 8” diameter oblong cones with up to 300 nuts per cone.

The nuts are small and triangular shaped. They can be eaten raw or roasted and have a rich sweet flavor. Trees grow slowly to 25-45’ tall.

We offer unsexed seedlings and only the females produce nuts while the males are pollinizers. The small one gallon size trees we offer have been growing for several years. USDA Zones 6-9. #K440 Each $24.50

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A Walnut is a beautiful yard tree.

(Juglans species) These stately trees have large compound leaves and a handsome branching pattern that makes them attractive, even in wintertime. Walnuts prefer slightly acid to neutral deep soils with good drainage.

Walnuts require full sun to crop effectively. USDA regulation prohibits shipping Juglans species to TX, KS, AZ, MO, OK, NE, MI, IN & CA. Our grafted walnuts are 3-6’ tall unless otherwise noted.

Walnuts

BUTTERNUT SEEDLING

(Juglans cinerea) The butternut is the hardiest tree in the walnut family. It is also known as the white walnut, for its lighter, attractive wood used for paneling and furniture. It is a medium to large tree with a lofty, spreading form, not quite as large or demanding of water as black walnuts. Nuts come enclosed in a rough, thick shell that terminates in a sharp point. Butternuts have a rich buttery taste preferred by some people over the other walnuts. Plant two or a heartnut for pollination. 18-24" seedling tree. Zones 4-9. #K260 Each $11.50 ; 3 or more $8.50 each

KENKEL NUTCRACKER Crack black walnuts and other hard shelled nuts with this heavy duty tool. #T360 Each $49.50

HEARTNUT SEEDLING

Grafted Walnuts FRANQUETTE Franquette is the last of the Persian (English) walnuts to leaf out each spring and therefore it is less susceptable to spring frost damage. It produces large quantities of medium to large thin, well sealed nuts. This older west coast commercial variety produces delicious walnuts in October. Self fertile. It is not hardy in the coldest zones of Western Washington. USDA Zones 7-9. #K220 Each $26.50

CHAMBERS #9 A self-fertile, Manregian English walnut known for its winter hardiness, Chambers 9 reliably produces heavy crops of good-size, flavorful nuts. A great choice for colder regions. USDA Zones 4-9. #K210 Each $32.50

(Juglans ailantifolia) Heartnuts are closely related to butternuts. They have an exotic appearence with compound leaves up to 3 feet long and unique, hanging strings of nuts, up to 20 per cluster. They grow rapidly as young trees and become spreading with age. They are best grown in the northern half of the country. Plant two or a heartnut for pollination. 18-24" seedling tree.

USDA Zones 4-9. #K265 Each $11.50 ; 3 or more $8.50 each

How to Use Walnuts IN THE KITCHEN: Walnuts are a highly concentrated protein source.

They add nutrition to baked goods, salads or breads. Ground in a blender or chopped, they are great in casseroles or in a meatless nutloaf.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Walnuts are a great yard, shade or street tree.

They should be sited at least 20’ from buildings to protect foundations.

Useful Facts AMBASSADOR A winter hardy self-fertile Carpathian hybrid from Idaho that sets heavy crops of delicious 1 1/4" nuts in thin shells. A patented variety, it needs about 600 chill hours. PP4132; USDA Zones 4-8. #K190 Each $32.50

CARPATHIAN SEEDLING (Juglans regia) These Persian walnut trees grow to 40' tall and produce tasty nuts.

Plant two trees or one and a grafted Walnut for pollination. Trees need a well drained slightly acid soil. Seedlings usually produce well but are variable and can take seven years to start production. An inexpensive way to grow flavorful walnuts. #K226 Each $22.50

Black Walnuts BLACK WALNUT SEEDLINGS Very fast growing trees. An excellent choice for a dual purpose nut production and timber planting. 1-2’ seedlings. #K240 Each $4.75; 10 or more, $3.50 each

POLLINATION: English, Carpathian and Manregian walnuts are self fertile but benefit from a second variety for pollination. Plant two or more black walnut seedlings.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9 unless otherwise noted.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun for effective cropping.

SPACING: 40’ permanent spacing. Interplanting will work for up to 20 years.

HARVEST TIME: Walnuts drop in September and October.

BEARING AGE: Grafted trees 2 to 3 years, seedlings in 6 years or more.

YIELD: A mature tree can produce 100 pounds of nuts or much more.

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: For production and long life, walnuts should be located in deep soils slightly acid to neutral, with good drainage.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: After the first growing season, apply a nitrogenous fertiizer mulch in early spring. Walnuts like a steady supply of moisture in the growing season.

Black W alnut’ s Best Friend Walnut’ alnut’s BLACK LOCUST

GRAFTED THOMAS BLACK If you want to harvest a great crop of flavorful black walnuts there’s no doubting Thomas is the tree for you. Thomas starts bearing at an early age, while seedling black walnuts can take many years to come into production.

The nut meats are large for a black walnut and crack into halves or quarters.

The tree grows rapidly to 50 feet or more and needs a rich moist but well drained soil. Plant it with a seedling black walnut for pollination. USDA Zones 5-9. #K246 Each $32.50

(Robinia pseudoacacia) This very fast growing tree has many uses. It is a nitrogen fixer and a good choice to plant with Black Walnut or Chestnut in a woodlot. In a woodlot or as a windbreak, plant the trees 10' apart. Left to grow, the trees will get very tall. Trees can begin to be thinned and harvested for firewood and rot resistant posts in 8 to 12 years. Flowers are excellent bee forage. The thorny trees will send up root suckers which also grow into trees, even after a mature tree is cut. This way they replant themselves. 1-1/2' to 3' seedlings. USDA Zones 4-8. #K620 Each $3.75; 10 or more $2 each

P lant A B lack W alnut eave A L egacy Black Walnut alnut,, L Leave Legacy (Juglans nigra) Black walnut is a rapid grower in fertile sites, and produces an excellent wood. Since it has been largely logged out in the wild, there is considerable interest in black walnut as a high value timber crop. It produces a thick shelled rich flavored nut that retains flavor very well in cooking, and has nearly twice the protein of English Walnuts. It makes a much larger tree than other walnuts, spreading high and wide in great majesty. Timber plantings are close spaced at 10 to 18 ft. intervals, thinned for veneer in 20 years followed by timber harvest at 40’ spacing, 20-30 years later. Black walnuts like lots of water when they are in active growth. They are more tolerant of wetter ground than are English, but won’t grow in year-round swampy sites. Eating foliage is reportedly 78 toxic to horses. Plant two or more black walnut seedlings for pollination. Many plants don’t grow well under walnut trees. USDA Zones 4-9.

Chestnuts

Chestnuts are majestic trees that live hundreds of years and can produce hundreds of pounds of nuts each year. Trees with European and American parentage may not be resistant to chestnut blight and should not be planted east of the Rocky Mountains. Only the Chinese Chestnuts are reliably resistant East of the Rockies. Seedlings will be variable in nut production.

Our grafted selections are all heavy producers. USDA Zones 5-9 unless noted. The USDA prohibits shipping chestnuts to California.

Plant Chestnuts for futur e generations! future How to Use Chestnuts IN THE KITCHEN: Chestnuts contain approximately 5% oil and 7% protein, along with a rich supply of carbohydrates, giving them a food value roughly equivalent to potatoes. In some parts of the world chestnuts are dried and ground into a flour for use in baking. They are among the sweetest of nuts and roasted chestnuts are a wonderful snack. Chestnuts complement vegetables, and are prized in turkey stuffing.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: A beautiful spreading tree for the landscape.

Chinese chestnuts compare in size to a very large apple tree, whereas European and American chestnuts eventually get quite massive. Chestnuts are a great dual purpose food and timber tree. Chestnut wood is extremely durable and rot resistant and possesses this quality as a young tree, unlike cedar. Chestnut resprouts quite vigorously after cutting, suiting it quite well to coppice management for rot resistant pole production. Coppicing means to cut down an established tree thus allowing the suckers to regrow. The sucker sprouts will regrow again and again allowing for a continuous harvest of both nuts and wood.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: Two varieties, two seedlings or one of each must be planted to insure pollination. Different chestnut species will readily cross with one another. If you lack room you can plant two in the same hole and have a multi-trunk tree. Layeroka is not a pollinizer.

HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5-9.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun for nut production.

PLANT SPACING: 40 ft. or more for maximum long term nut production. Interplanting at 20 foot spacing will greatly increase nut production over the first 20 years. Interplants will eventually need to be removed.

HARVEST TIME: October-November.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: A tree on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily had a branch spread over 200 feet wide and was in excess of 2500 years old.

BEARING AGE: Grafted trees will bear in 2-3 years, seedlings in 5-7.

YIELD: A mature tree can produce 100 pounds or much more.

How T o Gr ow To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Chestnuts will grow in most soils, but they don’t like wet feet. Chestnut trees will tolerate acid soils, and are fairly drought resistant once established.

PESTS AND DISEASES: Borers can be a problem for grafted trees.

The Northwest has escaped chestnut blight due to climate and isolation.

Seedling Chestnuts AMERICAN CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS (Castanea dentata) While most chestnut trees found in the Northwest are of European origin, there are some American chestnuts and these represent the largest specimens left of this species in the nation. The American chestnut was virtually obliterated back East in its native range by the chestnut blight. These seedlings were grown from pure stands in Washington known to be blight free.

The nuts are small, early ripening, light brown and very sweet. They have a fine flavor and peel quite easily. These make majestic timber trees, the largest of all chestnuts. They are not blight resistant. USDA Zones 3-8. We offer 1218" seedlings. #K350 Each $9.85; 3 or more $7.50 each

CHINESE CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS (C. mollissima) We have selected seedlings from highly productive trees. They are resistant to Chestnut blight and can be planted in the east in areas with blight.

Spreading trees grow to 35' tall and produce sweet nuts. 1-1/2' to 3' trees. #K342 Each $6.50; 5 or more $4.50 each

Grafted Chestnuts Grafted trees generally produce sooner than seedlings and are more reliable producers.

SKIOKA GRAFTED A heavy producer of large sweet nuts. The tree grows to 50 feet tall with a spreading habit. It is winter hardy and of Chinese parentage and may be resistant to chestnut blight. A selection from the breeding program of J. U. Gellatly of British Columbia. Also a good pollinizer. #K315 Each $32.50

COLOSSAL GRAFTED One of the largest chestnut varieties, the abundant nuts are sweet and easy to peel.

The productive tree has a spreading habit. It is an apparent European hybrid.

Since it is not proven to be resistant to the chestnut blight it is only recommended in the western U.S. where the disease is not a problem. #K300 Each $32.50

LAYEROKA GRAFTED Layeroka is a hardy, reliable, heavy producer of large sweet nuts. It combines blight resistance from its Chinese parents and timber quality, nut size and productivity of its European parents. It makes a vigorous growing pyramidal tree that has thrived in NY state tests. It is not a good pollinizer. #K310 Each $32.50

NEVADA GRAFTED A good producer of tasty nuts and pollenizer for the Colossal Chestnut.

Needs acidic soil and at least 400-500 chill hours. Not resistant to chestnut blight so it is only suitable for the western U.S. #K313 Each $32.50

A GUIDE TO NUT CULTURE

By Northern Nut Growers Assoc., hardcover 400 pages. The first of two volumes. Chapters on history, propagation, rootstocks, site selection, pollination, processing, timber etc. Includes Pecans, Hickories, Hazels, Pines, Chestnuts, Ginkgos, Oaks, Beeches and more from 18 experts. #S155 $49.95 Thanks for being prompt and helpful. I’ve been very very happy with the quality of product and customer service at Raintree for two seasons of orders now. Look for me again next year if I have any room left in the yard, good thing I am building a greenhouse! J.H. Colorado Springs, CO

CHESTNUT COOKBOOK

by Annie Bhagwandin, 128 pages The author has been growing, harvesting and preparing chestnuts for 25 years. The book includes recipes from around the world and interesting folklore. The book has been revised and reprinted. #S027 Each $12.95

A row of coppiced Chestnut trees in France!

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Bamboo

Henon.

A grove of bamboo provides a wonderful habitat in your yard. Bamboo, when you know how to grow it, is very manageable. Bamboos are evergreen woody stemmed perennial grasses. Of great economic value; they serve more uses for more people than any other group of plants in the world. We offer the hardy types of bamboo. The larger hardy bamboos are of the genus Phyllostachys (abbreviated with the letter P). We also offer hardy “clumping” bamboo! We offer one gallon plants with good roots and viable tops that are guaranteed to grow. The USDA prohibits shipment to Hawaii. We also have beautiful large unshippable clumps of some varieties for sale at the nursery. Bring a covered pickup or van to take these home.

P. VIVAX

Timber Bamboo (30 Feet T all & Mor e) Tall More)

A timber bamboo very similar to P. Bambusoides. The new shoots are very flavorful. It can grow 50' tall and 4" diameter. New shoots grow up to one foot a day. Hardy to 5° F. USDA Zones 7-11. #N640 Each $32.50

P. N. HENON (P. Nigra Henon) It is a special feeling being in a tall graceful stand of Henon.

The long sturdy culms are free of branches about half way up to the olive green swaying canopy. It grows to 40' or more and 3" or more in diameter. Its late spring shoot growth helps make it cold hardy to -10° F. It thrives and is beautiful at Raintree. #N100 Each $32.50

Large Bamboo (15-30 Feet T all) Tall) They make beautiful accent plants or several will make a beautiful, thick evergreen impenetrable screen. Space plants about 6-8' apart for a hedge.

Follow the planting directions on page 81.

Nuda Har dy To -20° F Hardy P. NUDA Understandably our most popular large bamboo, this variety is the easiest to grow and the best choice for making a thick screen that looks good year round. It is among the hardiest species of the genus, surviving -20° F. with less winter foliage dieback than any other variety. Mature 2” diameter culms grow to 20-35’ tall, but harvest some of the edible young shoots, which are of excellent quality. #N300 Each $26.50; 3 or more $24.50 each

P. AUREOSULCATA Among the most hardy and beautiful of the large bamboos, this variety boasts a yellow stripe on each young, green culm and about 20% of them develop a distinctive zigzag at the base. This vigorous selection grows very fast and becomes an almost impenetrable hedge of 20-25’ tall, 1 ½” culms.

Very hardy, to -20° F, it survives untended in Southern Michigan. The new shoots are tasty too. Zones 5-10. #N020 Each $26.50

P. BISSETII This exceptionally cold hardy bamboo can grow to over 20' under ideal conditions, spreading vigorously once established and making an excellent hedge. The culms and foliage are dark green. Newly emerged shoots can be used in cooking. Zones 5-10. #N150 Each $24.50 I was delighted by the Bamboo I bought from you last year. It is doing great. I was really impressed with the size and vigor of the plant and by the care that went into packing for shipment. C. S. Denver CO

P. N. MEGUROCHIKU (P. Nigra Henon Megurochiku) Similiar to Henon except that it has a beautiful black stripe on each culm. It grows to 30' or more and 3" or more in diameter and is hardy to 0 degrees F. #N345 Each $32.50

P. NIGRA (Black bamboo) New stems are green, turning black the second growing season. The black culms contrasted with the green foliage make this among the most favored and beautiful landscape plants in the world.

The thin walled canes are very hard and used for cabinetry in Asia. They make beautiful fences and gates. The two inch diameter canes will grow to 25' tall and are hardy to 0° F. #N340 Each $28.50

Black Bamboo

P. DULCIS Commonly called Sweetshoot Bamboo, this fast growing, beautiful bamboo is renowned for its tasty shoots early in the season. It is among the most beautiful with masses of large drooping leaves, thick culms and a white ring at each node.

Very fast growing and thick for their height, the 30’ tall culms get up to 3 inches in diameter.

Hardy to -10° F. #N120 Each $28.50

Gr oundcover Bamboo Groundcover DWARF VARIEGATED (Pleioblastus variegatus) Called dwarf white stripe, it grows only about 2 1/2 feet tall with bold green and white variegated leaves. Better than Jesse James at holding up a bank, nothing beats groundcover bamboo for stabilizing soil, even though the mat of rhizomes only goes about one foot down. Plant 1-2' apart.

Keep ground cultivated and loose. Plants spread well and are easily transplanted. #N600 One gallon pot. Each $15

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SHIROSHIMA (Hibanobambusa tranquilans) This beautiful, midsize bamboo makes a striking stand, either in the garden or in a container. Marvel at its heavily variegated yellow and white leaves. It is a runner bamboo that grows to 16' tall and ½” in diameter. It prefers filtered shade. One gallon size. Zones 7-10. #N050 Each $27.50

C lumping B amboo (10-15 F eet T all Bamboo Feet Tall all)) Big, beautiful and no barrier needed! Enjoy the benefits of bamboo without worrying about underground rhizomes popping up where you don’t want them. Clumping bamboo will stay where you put it and slowly, gradually get bigger as the clump ages. These bamboos are hardy to -20° F, and the strong canes are about ½” in diameter.

H ar dy C lumpers ardy Clumpers FARGESIA NITIDA The most upright growing of the Fargesia selections, this clumping bamboo makes a beautiful 12’ hedge where there isn’t a lot of space or a lot of sun. Hardy to -20° F, the dense foliage looks best when shaded from hot, midday summer sun. The strong canes make excellent garden stakes. USDA Zones 5-11. #N220 Each $28.50

FARGESIA MURIALE Many small, narrow leaves cover the slim, upright shoots of this hardy, non-running bamboo. Individual clumps gradually develop a cascading, fountain-like shape and produce a beautiful 12’ tall hedge.

Hardy to -20° F., it grows at high elevations in China where it is a staple food for the Panda. Like other Fargesias, it prefers part shade or dappled, not hot, sunlight. Limit one. #N360 Each $26.50

FARGESIA DRACOCEPHALA The best clumping bamboo for sunny locations, this variety, also called Hardy Dragon bamboo, takes both heat and cold (to-10° F) without leaves curling as they do on other Fargesias. Culms, about ½” in diameter, grow in a range of colors, some almost black and others in shades of red, yellow or green. Darker green, dense foliage fills in and creates an ideal hedge that grows 15' tall. #N233 Each $28.50

CHUSQUEA GIGANTEA This beautiful bamboo is quite rare and large, often reaching more than 20’ tall. Although a clumping bamboo, it has a somewhat sprawling habit and spreads out from the clump, so give it extra room in your garden.

Adaptable to either full sun or part shade, this solid culmed variety from Chile is hardy to 0° F. One gallon size. #N685 Each $26.50.

BAMBOO FENCE Weathered bamboo strips have been split and fastened together with black strong vinyl coated wire to make a beautiful subtly colored screen. Each section comes in a roll that is 6 feet tall and 12 feet long. Each slat is 1/8" thick and 3/4" wide. It is flexible and sturdy and forms only a covering. It needs to be fastened to a sturdy fence structure. It makes a beautiful backdrop in a garden, yard, patio or hot tub area. It contrasts serenely with ground cover bamboo or small evergreens. 6’ tall, 12’ long section. #T040Q Each $85.00

BAMBOO IN THE GARDEN

By Ted Jordan Meredith; 406 pages, hardcover If you include bamboo in your garden, this book will be your lifelong guide.

The author uses beautiful photos and interesting prose to explain all about using bamboo in your garden landscape. Learn much about the many varieties including techniques for growing, controlling, thinning, eating, harvesting and propagating bamboo. #S024 Each $39.95

How To Use Bamboo IN THE KITCHEN: All Phyllostachys varieties produce edible shoots.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: Bamboos are among the most graceful and beautiful of all plants. A bamboo grove is an excellent year round screen because of its profuse evergreen foliage and dense cane growth. The Phyllostachys make a great tall screen or windbreak but they should be allowed to grow at least several feet thick since the outer leaves can become discolored by the wind in the winter. The ground covers add spectacular color and texture.

Useful Facts POLLINATION: None required.

HARDINESS: See varietal descriptions.

SUN OR SHADE: Most Phyllostachys prefer full sun. P. Nigra likes partial shade. In dry sunny climates however, all bamboo can usually benefit from partial shade. Varieties we offer that prefer shade include Fargesia Nitida and Muriale. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have not had any trouble growing any of the varieties in full sun. What they all seem to benefit from is protection from drying winter winds.

PLANT SPACING: A single culm will eventually become a grove, though it may take ten years. A more immediate effect can be created by planting Phyllostachys clumps at 6-8’ intervals and smaller bamboo as close as 3’ apart.

HARVEST TIME: Young shoots for eating are harvested in spring, ideally just as or after they pop above the ground. Canes take several years to achieve maximum hardness and durability of the wood, so no canes should be harvested before the 3rd year where strength is desired.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: All vegetation propagated from any single bamboo seedling, wherever grown in the world, will flower at the same time. Some flower only once every 100 years, die and grow back from the seeds.

How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Bamboos are tolerant of a wide variety of soil types, preferring slightly moist, well drained sites, not swampy sites.

HOW TO PLANT: Make a trench between 1-1/2 and two feet deep for the Phyllostachys varieties; slightly shallower for shorter varieties. Tamp down the dirt at the bottom of the trench. Bamboo will always grow better in loose rather than compacted soil. Fill in the trench with loose, rich soil, high in organic matter and nitrogen. Don’t tamp it down after planting as you would with a tree but do water well. Make the trench as wide as you would like the bamboo to spread. 3-6’ is a nice width for a backyard screen. The bamboo will fill in whatever shape you make the trench. Be creative. Bamboo loves to be watered regularly and deeply. Eventually the falling leaves are self-mulching.

PESTS AND DISEASES: Mites might be a problem. Pandas are not!

HOW TO CONTROL: Unchecked, it can grow out of control, however, with good initial planning, it is easy to control. Bamboo will fill and mostly stay within your cultivated and watered area. In a field or lawn, the sod or a roadway will help control the bamboo. Mowing or digging up the new shoots each spring will also provide control. However, if the bamboo is planted in an area where mowing or digging is not practical; use an underground barrier.

New Zealand Flax Plants Have Many Uses (Phormium tenax) New Zealand Flax (aka Harekeki) was the reason the English went to New Zealand. Valued for its long strong fibers, they used it for rope for their sailing fleet. The Maori used it for clothing,weaving, baskets, packs and rope of all sorts. This evergreen plant is very tolerant of salt spray seaside locations and quite happy in wet (swamp) conditions yet it grows in most soils with little watering and likes full sun. First harvest after 3 years. Not edible...but VERY useful and attractive.

PINK STRIPE This beautiful plant grows upright to 5’ tall.

It looks great year round in your garden. USDA Zones 7-10. Quart pot. #M057 Each $16.50

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Citrus

Grow C itrus O utdoors or Indoors...

Citrus Outdoors Easiest T o Gr ow Indoors!

To Grow CALAMONDIN It is the easiest citrus to care for and the easiest to grow in a container.

While most citrus go dormant below 50° F, the Calamondin will thrive at lower temperatures and is therefore easier to grow successfully outside the South. Still, in the Northwest and colder regions, bring the pot in for the winter. The Calamondin Calamondin has broad oval green leaves, is almost thornless and has a shapely upright habit. Throughout most of the year it produces an abundance of round bright orange 1-1/2" fruit. The fruit is easy to peel and has few seeds. The orange colored pulp is juicy and sour. It can be used as a flavoring or as a juice like a lemon or a lime. When sweetened with sugar it makes a delicious marmalade. Hardy to 10° to 15° F, 2-3 year tree. #J120Q Each $49.95

These Plants Will Fit On Y our T able!

Your Table!

NAGAMI KUMQUAT We are offering large 2-3 year old, well branched bareroot citrus trees.

They CAN BE SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA and all other states except Florida, Texas, Arizona and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We have chosen a great selection of varieties for growing indoors. The best way to grow citrus in the North is to keep the pot outside in the summer and bring it in when the temperature goes below 50° F. Please place Citrus as a separate order since it will be sent apart from other items! Citrus is shipped via Priority Mail so please include your mailing address. Regardless of your location, use the East of the Rockies, (Non Zone Skipping) chart on page 95! They are hardy outdoors in Zones 9-11 unless noted.

A bite-sized orange colored fruit with thick, sweet skin and a tangy flesh.

The whole fruit, skin and all, is edible and delicious. The fruit ripens in the winter and holds well on the tree. The dark evergreen leaves and the many bright fruit make it a beautiful ornamental. A natural dwarf, it grows to only 2-3' tall and makes a beautiful potted tree small enough to fit on your dining table. It is hardy to 18° F. 2-3 year tree. #J160Q Each $49.95

Just R each O ut A nd S queeze The Lemons Reach Out And Squeeze IMPROVED MEYER LEMON Our best selling citrus. Enjoy medium size juicy lemons almost year round.

Since lemons are acidic they don’t need much heat to bring the fruit to full ripeness. Enjoy the fragrant waxy white blossoms throughout the year. It is an early and regular bearer, hardy for a short time to 18° F. 2-3 year tree. #J180Q Each $49.95

EUREKA LEMON The California Classic lemon. It can be everbearing. Its handsome fruit and flowers make a beautiful tree. The tart fruit is good for cooking and drinks. 2-3 year tree. #J190Q Each $49.95

VARIEGATED PINK LEMON This wonderful ornamental rewards growers with both beauty and fruit. Mature foliage is creamy white and green, and the new foliage glows pink. Abundant lemons with excellent flavor grow year round. 2-3 yr. tree. #J195Q Each $49.95

PLANT CADDY This 17” iron plant dolly with casters has a plastic reservoir to catch water. Perfect under citrus and other plants in large pots. #T265 Each $26.50

CITRUS: SELECTING & GROWING

By Martin Page, 192 pages hardcover From England, this book focuses on growing all types of citrus including indoor and container culture. Learn about soils, watering, fertilization and pest control.

Enjoy the many color photos. #S064 $34.95

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MEIWA KUMQUAT The fruit is rounder than Nagami, with a bit more sweetness. It is good candied or in marmalade. Produces best in hotter locations. 2-3’ tree. #J167Q Each $49.95

INDIO MANDARINQUAT A kumquat-mandarin hybrid. The fruit is bigger than a kumquat, and differs from a mandarin in that you can eat the whole thing. The sweet peel, eaten with the tart flesh, gives a unique combination of flavors. Slice the bellshaped fruit or eat them from the tree. 2-3 year tree. #J165Q Each $49.95

EUSTIS LIMEQUAT A kumquat-mexican lime hybrid bearing an abundance of kumquat sized lime flavored yellow fruit. A great container plant. 2-3 year tree. #J175Q Each $49.95

Tangerine With Easy A Peel DANCY TANGERINE You will love picking delicious, easy-to-peel Dancy tangerines from this tree in winter. The fragrant foliage and flowers add to its appeal. 2-3 year tree. #J090Q Each 49.95

NATURAL CITRUS FOOD It has the major and trace elements and minerals your potted citruses need to grow and fruit. #T145 $11.50 for 4 lb box I am very pleased with the Lemon trees. They are spectacular. E.B. Trujillo, Puerto Rico

Start out right with our large, beautifully branched citrus

We Provide E verything Y ou N eed!

Everything You Need!

GRAPEFRUIT

LIMES

ORO BLANCO GRAPEFRUIT

Bearss bears a heavy crop of an almost seedless fruit the size of a small lemon. Lemons and limes need comparatively less heat to ripen than most citrus. The skin is pale yellow and the flesh a yellow-green with a delicious lime flavor. It is hardy to 28° F. 2-3 year tree. #J200Q Each $49.95

This beautiful, dwarf tree produces large, juicy, seedless grapefruit with wonderfully sweet flesh. A grapefruit-pummelo cross, it bears huge, fragrant flowers and elegant fruits with nearly white, bitter-free flesh.

Fruit ripens in late winter, even in areas of low summer heat. USDA Zones 10-11. 2-3 year tree. #J150Q $49.95

BEARSS LIME

KIEFFER LIME (THAI) Distinctively shaped leaves are used in Thai cooking. Fragrant leaves, thinly sliced provide flavoring for curries, soups, and main dishes. The flesh is not eaten but the bumpy rind is used as zest. USDA Zones 10-11. 2-3 year tree. #J210Q Each $49.95

BUDDHA’S HAND CITRON This bizarre, tender fruit looks like a cross between a giant lemon and a squid or like long, thin, gnarled human fingers. The fruit claims ancient reverence in China and Japan, where it symbolizes happiness, wealth and longevity. Its fragrance can perfume a room for weeks, and at New Year’s the golden fruit is believed to bestow good fortune on a household. It has virtually no pulp and is only eaten candied as a dessert or used in Chinese medicine. We ship 2-3 year old Buddha’s Hand citron trees that are well formed. No tolerance for frost. USDA Zones 10-11. #J170Q Each $49.95

ORANGES WASHINGTON NAVEL The navel is the hardiest of the oranges. The fruit is medium to large in size. It is very sweet, juicy and seedless. It is an attractive and heavily bearing tree. The fruit ripens in the winter. The tree is hardy to about 24° F. 2-3 year tree. #J260Q Each $49.95

CARA CARA PINK NAVEL This early-ripening orange is a sport of the Washington Navel orange and is just as easy to grow, but its flesh is a bright pink/medium red. The sweet flavor will please your palate, just as the unusual color will surprise you. Try pink orange juice. USDA Zones 9-11. 2-3 year tree. #J265Q Each $49.95

TROVITA ORANGE A delicious fresh eating and juice orange. It ripens in the spring. It is very productive, very sweet and nearly seedless. It produces outdoors in the San Francisco Bay area as well as in hotter summer areas.

2-3 year tree. #J240Q Each $49.95

MANDARINS Mandarins are becoming the most popular citrus. The smaller “snacksized” fruit is easy to peel and nutritious.

CLEMENTINE MANDARIN (Algerian) - From North Africa. Ripens about a month after Satsuma. Clementine is a most popular variety with a classic sweet/ tart mandarin flavor. #J117Q Each $49.95

OWARI SATSUMA MANDARIN The easy to grow tree has a spreading habit and fragrant flowers. The fruit is flavorful, seedless and easy to peel. It is the hardiest of all the mandarins to 20° F. The fragrant oranges ripen in the winter. 2-3 year tree. #J115Q Each $49.95

D elicious B erry F lavor Berry Flavor

How To Use Citrus IN THE KITCHEN: The sweet citrus is wonderful eaten from the tree and is nice in fruit salad. Both sweet and sour citrus make great juice or marmalade. Kieffer Lime leaves are used in Thai cooking to impart distinctive citrus flavor.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: A beautiful, fragrant small evergreen plant. A great plant for the deck or courtyard, house or greenhouse. Citrus do have thorns.

Useful Facts ORIGIN: China. Brought to India and then the Middle East and Europe before the time of Christ. Brought by Columbus to the Americas.

POLLINATION: Our varieties are self-fertile. If indoors when they flower, bees can’t pollinate them. Use a watercolor brush or cotton swab to rub pollen within the flower. Often they produce fruit without doing this.

HARDINESS: Most survive brief exposure from 26° to 28° F, depending on variety. Though plants are evergreen they do go into dormancy and stop growing below 54° F. Growing indoors, at least 65- 70° during the day and 55° at night is best. While they may survive below freezing, they are happier kept above freezing.

SUN OR SHADE: Full sun or a sunny window. The trees need a lot of light. They benefit from supplementary lighting. Using a fluorescent to extend their light period to 12 hours a day in the winter will help. A full spectrum grow light works the best.

SIZE AT MATURITY: Grown in a pot, all can be easily maintained at 3-5'.

METHOD OF PROPAGATION: Seeds or grafting.

YIELD: Grown in a pot, several dozen fruit a year.

How To Grow

MORO BLOOD ORANGE The blood oranges are called the ‘connoisseur’s citrus’. They are sweet and highly flavored with a hint of strawberry and raspberry aftertaste. The name ‘blood’ derives from its red blotches on the skin and its reddish flesh and juice coloring.

Because of its coloration, the fruit does not fit into U.S. mass marketing schemes.

The blood orange is popular along the Mediterranean. The fruit is medium size and very productive. It ripens in late winter and early spring. Hardy to about 27° F. 2-3 year tree. #J100Q Each $49.95

Blood Orange. Most are not this red.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Grows best in a pot with a sandy, well drained potting mix. Trees don’t do well in clay or heavy soils. Fertilization is important and should include trace minerals found in the Natural Citrus Food listed on page 82.

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Citrus will arrive bareroot. Be prepared to plant them in a 10-12” container with a light weight garden grade potting mix. Avoid dense mixes with peat or lighten with wood shavings. Water it deeply but only when the soil is getting dry rather than giving too many frequent surface waterings. The tree will need root pruning and repotting every two years or so. Plants benefit indoors from higher humidity so mist the tree occasionally. Place a pan of rocks under the pot. Pour water in the pan. This provides extra humidity for your plant.

Thank you very much. You have wonderful customer service. A. G. Staten Island, NY

Or der online at www .raintr eenursery .com . Or call (800) 391 - 8892 Order www.raintr .raintreenursery eenursery.com

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Books

THE PRUNING BOOK

by Lee Reich, 234 pages The noted edible plant horticulturist and garden writer has taken the mystery out of pruning. Through clear color pictures and text, the beginning gardener will learn how to choose the right tools and make the right cuts. It covers fruits, nuts, berries, conifers, broadleafs and all the fun techniques like bonsai, pleaching and many types of espalier. #S327 $19.95

EDIBLE LANDSCAPING

By Rosalind Creasy, 384 pages Roz is one of our nation’s most accomplished edible landscapers. She has updated her 1982 classic with the latest in how-to information and 300 instructive color photographs. Learn what you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables, fruits, nuts and berries. #S495 $39.95

LANDSCAPING WITH FRUIT

By Lee Reich, 192 pages, Using beautiful color photos and understandable diagrams, Reich clearly explains what to grow, how to grow it and how to make your landscape both beautiful and bountiful. #S326 Price $19.95

UNCOMMON FRUITS FOR EVERY GARDEN 292 pages, Lee Reich’s prized book has been revised and expanded. The book includes information, photos, drawings and detailed information on most of the unusual fruits offered in the Raintree catalog. A great gift for the serious fruit grower. #S346 Each $16.95 Lee Reich tastes unusual fruits at Raintree with horticulturist Theresa Knutsen.

FRUIT GARDENER’S BIBLE

By Lewis Hill & Leonard Perry 320 pgs.

A complete reference on every aspect of planting, growing, caring for, and harvesting the fruits in the Raintree catalog from the late Lewis Hill, a Raintree customer for years and one of America’s great horticulturists. Hill focuses on the best organic, no-spray methods. #S139 Each $24.95 NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT UNTIL JANUARY 2012

IRRIGATION KIT This system includes all the fittings necessary to set up an irrigation system for 10 trees. See page 91 for details. #T365Q $90.

DRIP IRRIGATION

By Robert Kourik, 181 pages; New and revised. Successful growing of fruit depends on a good drip irrigation system. Kouriks’ concise words and illustrations show you how to succeed. His humerous style reads like a good novel. #S111 $24.95

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How To Order Books If books are ordered with plants, use the shipping cost chart on the order form or on our website. We suggest you order books separately from plants and supplies because shipping is charged based on your order total and plants and supplies are often bulky and more expensive to ship. Call in your book order and we can save you money on shipping! For complete book descriptions see our web site. On this page we feature practical books about edible landscaping and fruit growing by four of the America’s most knowledgable and most readable garden writers. Each is a long time friend of and colaborator with Raintree Nursery.

ROOTS DEMYSTIFIED

by Robert Kourik, 165 pages Robert explains through extensive illustrations, how the roots of plants including fruit trees, berry bushes, vegetables and ornamentals grow. He offers a wealth of practical planting and plant care instructions the home gardener can understand and use. It’s fun reading, “After the first years growth an apple tree can produce 17 million root hairs with a length of over a mile.” #S225 $25

YOUR EDIBLE LANDSCAPE NATURALLY

by Robert Kourik, 370 pages, (Reprinted after being out of print) Robert has brought together the best information on backyard fruit and vegetable growing from throughout the world. This is a step by step guide to selecting, planting, pruning, grafting and caring for hundreds of the best edible landscaping plants. The book includes more useful information than we, in our research, had seen in one place. We borrowed much from his book in writing our catalog and there are ten times that number of gems we didn’t have room for. If you find the charts and information in our catalog useful then you will love Robert’s book. This is the most useful and fascinating book on fruit and vegetable growing. We suggest you read the tree planting section before you put your trees in the ground. #S490 $49.95

Mor e than Cook Books More PRESERVING MEMORIES

By Judy Glattstein, 219 pages Includes 100 recipes for jams and jellies using most of the usual and unique fruits in the Raintree catalog. The author teaches at the New York Botanical Garden. She folds in wonderful reminiscenses to make this recipe book a guidebook for how to cook with the catalog’s unique fruits. #S075 Price $18.95

SIMPLY QUINCE

By Barbara Ghazarian, 216 pages, A great holiday gift book for the fruit lover. Read about the culture and history of the Quince. The recipes allow readers to become Quince culinary masters. #S105 $21.95

GOJI RECIPES

By Donald Daugs 72 pages, The author includes harvesting information, nutrient values and a wide variety of Goji Berry recipes. #S036 $8.95

H ow T o G uides F ngland To Guides Frrom E England These books are originally from England. They are the best “How To” guides we have seen.

RHS FRUIT

By Harry Baker, 189 pages.

The Royal Horticultural Society’s retired fruit officer illustrates the best English techniques for fruit growing, many unknown to most American gardeners. The book has great drawings that clearly show you how to prune, train (including espalier) and propagate all kinds of fruit trees and berries. A practical, take out into your orchard and berry patch, book with a month by month calendar, chapters on fruit storage, growing in containers, site preparation, soils and pests. We think it is the best fruit growing book in the English language. #S170 $24.50

PLANT PROPAGATION

By Alan Toogood, 256 pages A step-by-step illustrated guide. Learn from the experts how to graft, bud, make hardwood or softwood cuttings, stool beds and other techniques.

Learn to start your own plants from seed or understand nursery propagation. Included is a list of thousands of plants, including those in our catalog and instructions for propagating each one. #S080 $34.95

GREAT GRAPES

by Anne Proulx, 32 pages. Learn how to plant, trellis, care for and harvest grapes in your backyard. A Garden Way booklet. #S180 $3.95

GROWING WINE GRAPES IN MARITIME WESTERN WA.

By G.A. Moulton and J. King, 24 pages, full color. WSU EB2001 For the professional or serious amateur. Includes detailed information on varieties, site selection, rootstocks, trellis structure, vine training, and disease control. A calendar lists grape-growing tasks by month. #S182 Each $4

NATURAL WINEMAKING AT HOME

THE GRAPE GROWER

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FRUIT GROWING

PRUNING & TRAINING REVISED EDITION

By Christopher Brickell and David Joyce, 336 pages.

A definitive guide covering all trees, shrubs and vines with great illustrated sections on pruning and care of the fruit trees and It presents all the techniques you need in easy to follow, step by step explanations. #S325 Each $22.95

THE BACKYARD ORCHARDIST

FROM VINES TO WINES “A Complete Guide to Growing Grapes & Making Your Own Wine.” by Jeff Cox, 253 pages. Using 90 “how to” drawings, Cox explains how to plant, trellis, prune, control pests, select regional varieties and make fine wine. #S150 $18.95

By Anine Grumbles, 147 pages For years the author has advised home winemakers about making wines without sulfites. She has recipes for wines from many fruits and she outlines all the ingredients and equipment a home winemaker will need. #S149 Each $19.95

By Peter Blackburne-Maze, 128 pages This practical British guide helps you with pruning, cultivar selection, soil preparation, and planting to pollination, pest control, and harvesting. It includes most of the fruits in the Raintree catalog and covers growing fruit in greenhouses. #S172 Each $22.95

Or char d Car e Orchar chard Care

Grape Gr owing Guides Growing (Books on making sweet and hard ciders are on page 27!)

See the catalog Fruit Tree Section, pages 21-47 for other orcharding books!

by Stella Otto, 235 pages Otto explains in easy to understand language how to grow many kinds of tree fruits. Included are sections on pruning, fertilization, thinning, harvest, storage, pest identification and control and growing fruit in containers. #S043 Each $16.95

BUDDING & GRAFTING 8 pages. Closeup photos and text on how to bud & graft fruit trees. #S050 $2.95

TRAINING & PRUNING YOUR HOME ORCHARD Pacific Northwest Extension, 14 pages. Dr. Robert Stebbins uses clear diagrams to show you how to prune your backyard fruit trees. #S335 $3

THE HOME ORCHARD

By C. Ingels, 202 pages, A new comprehensive book for the home fruit and nut orchardist with special emphasis on organic and non toxic pest management and fertilization methods. Learn about irrigation, pruning, grafting, thinning, harvesting and all you need to succeed. Includes many instructive diagrams and photos.

Written for California but widely applicable. #S141 $25.00

THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD

By Michael Phillips; 432 pages.

Phillips, an organic orchardist in New Hampshire, adds to the information in his book the Apple Grower (See page 27). The Holistic Orchard explains the complex web of life that surrounds your orchard. It covers all the major tree fruits and also many types of berries. Topics include choosing the right varieties for your climate, skills such as grafting, planting and pruning, companion planting, encouraging beneficial insects and pest control. #S145 Each $39.95

By Lon Rombough, “A Guide to Organic Viticulture”. 304 pages. Everything you need to know; planting, training, propagating, pest control, folklore and choosing the best varieties for each climate, from a long time expert! #S185 $35

Videos THE GRAPE GROWER VIDEO

by Lon Rombough, This two DVD set teaches you how to prune grapes to spurs or to canes, and how to train your vines to suit any situation, trellis, or climate. (See book listed above.) #S525 $28.50

EASY STEPS TO FRUIT TREE PRUNING

Gary Moulton

By Jacky King and Gary Moulton, 50 minutes.

To learn how to prune, you need to see it done...and then see it again. Gary Moulton from the Washington State University Research and Experiment Unit at Mt. Vernon shows you how. He starts with how to use the right tools properly. He demonstrates how to prune the tree from the day you get it from Raintree. Learn how to prune and shape it for maximum fruit production. Learn how to bring old trees back into production and how to work with espaliers. Gary covers both central leader and open center systems and explains the differences in pruning different types of fruit trees. Fruit tree pruning will no longer be a mystery. DVD #S520D $34.50

GROWING GREENS FOR LOVE AND MONEY

by Susan Moser. A delightfully updated instructional DVD and booklet explaining commercial, organic salad greens gardening using an unheated 30 x 72' greenhouse. The set details a successful, part time, one-person gardening operation requiring relatively little capital investment, low maintenance, while providing a speedy return. You can have a clean, safe, quiet workspace using minimal equipment, help provide low fat, high nutrition food, contribute to local food security, and lower our collective carbon foot print…and get paid well for doing it. And, you can eat what you grow! Marketing ideas offered, including the popular, expanding national farm-to-cafeteria program. The purchaser is invited to call Susan for encouragement. #S530D DVD $54

CONTROL OF APPLE ANTHRACNOSE This DVD shows how to control cankers. See page 30. #S522 $12

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Books For Maritime Gar deners Gardeners FROM TREE TO TABLE

By Edwards and Olivella; 206 pages Subtitled Growing Backyard Fruit Trees In the Pacific Maritime Climate.

If you are a beginner wanting to successfully grow fruit who lives between Monterey Bay in California, north to Vancouver Canada, this is the book for you. The authors rely on information from Raintree Nursery, however they include much more information than we have room for in our catalog. Get recommendations on the best varieties to grow in each area and the best techniques to use to be successful. Also enjoy excellent recipes. This book is a great companion to the Raintree website, catalog and Plant Owner’s Manual. #S173 Each $18.95

FRUIT HANDBOOK FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON

By G. A. Moulton and J. King, 40 pages full color. WSU EB0937 Like a much expanded Raintree catalog, it discusses tree, vine and unusual fruit cultivars and rootstocks, site selection, soils, pollination, and pests. It provides bloom charts for apples, pears, plums, and cherries, and a month by month orchard calendar. #S347 Each $6

NEW ALTERNATIVE FRUIT CROPS FOR WESTERN WA. WSU Bulletin EB2002 by Gary Moulton and Jacky King, 18 pages, Learn which fruit crops are good for maritime commercial growers and home gardeners. Covers marketing and cultural practices for wine grapes, hardy kiwis, cider apples, stone fruits, berries and unusual fruits. #S344 $3

MONTH BY MONTH GARDENING IN WA & OR

by Robson and Pfeiffer, 300 pages, full color, #S067 $24.99

PACIFIC COASTAL GARDENING

by Jerry Holcomb, 80 pages, An inspiring labor of love. #S085 $24.99

FREE RANGE CHICKEN GARDENS

By Jessi Bloom 234 pages. Subtitled How to Create A Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard. Landscape designer and Raintree collaborator Bloom explains how to care for chickens and how to integrate poultry into your garden. #S174 Each $19.95

Berries THE BACKYARD BERRY BOOK

by Stella Otto, 284 pages Using easy to understand language and illustrations, Otto explains the basics of growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, kiwis, currants and gooseberries, lingonberries and rhubarb. Included is the needed information on pest control, propagation, pruning and other cultural practices. #S041 $17.95

THE BERRY GROWERS COMPANION

by Barbara Bowling, 308 pages.

The expert author explains cultivar selection, diseases, soils, pruning and using berries in your landscape. It even includes grapes, currants, gooseberries and minor fruits. Beautiful photos and illustrations. A must for the serious home berry grower’s library. #S045 $19.95

A GARDENER’S GUIDE TO BLUEBERRIES Pocket Sized, 40 pages A great pocket guide to carry as you care for your blueberry plants. It includes info on soil prep, planting, pollination, mulching, watering, pruning, fertilizing, pests, varieties and also growing in containers. Everything you need to know to be successful. #S103 $4.99 See the catalog Berry Section, pages 4-20 for other berry books!

Container & Gr eenhouse Fruit Gr owing Greenhouse Growing THE POLYTUNNEL HANDBOOK

By Gatter & McKee, 128 pages, from England A poly tunnel is an inexpensive greenhouse you can build yourself. This book shows you how to build it. The extra heat you trap and weather you moderate, enables you to grow food year round in moderate climates and extends your season in very cold winter climates. We include a handout of how to cheaply obtain the materials in the United States. #S188 Each $18.95

GROW FOOD IN YOUR POLYTUNNEL ALL YEAR ROUND

By Gatter & McKee, 192 pages, from England This companion book shows you the techniques to successfully grow fruits and vegetables organically year round in a polytunnel greenhouse. #S187 Each $19.95

BOUNTIFUL CONTAINERS

Food for Thought & V ice V ersa Vice Versa TEAMING WITH MICROBES

By Lowenfels & Lewis, forward by Elaine Ingham 220 pages, revised Subtitled "A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web", 88 color images, are used to take readers on a "Fantastic Voyage", exploring the microscopic world of the soil. The authors explain how to apply this knowledge to have healthy living soil in your own garden. Put compost teas and predatory nematodes to work for you. #S221 Each $24.95

GAIA’S GARDEN

By Toby Hemenway 320 pages. 2nd edition. The best book if you want to learn about the principles of permaculture and how to apply them to your yard or farm. It’s practical and visionary. #S120 Each $29.95

THE ONE STRAW REVOLUTION

By Masanobu Fukuoka 185 pages. Wendell Berry in his preface says this newly re-released book is at once both practical and philosophical. It is one of the founding documents of the alternative food movement.

Fukuoka writes a spellbinding tale of his philosophy of daily life and his farming innovations. The translator and editor Larry Korn is a friend of Raintree. #S069 $15.95

THE BOTANY OF DESIRE

By Michael Pollan, 271 pages. A fascinating read for anyone interested in plants. Pollan explains how plants manipulate animals, including humans, into helping them perpetuate themselves. The book gives amazing insights about the apple and other plants. #S070 $13.95

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By Rose Marie Nichols McGee & Maggie Stucky, 432 pages.

Subtitled “Create container gardens of vegetables, herbs, fruits and edible flowers”. The authors explain choosing the proper pot, planting, fertilizing, disease control, pollination and appropriate cultivars. #S186 Each $21.95

REVISED RAINTREE PLANT OWNER’S MANUAL

By Raintree staff, 16 pages...FREE with each order! Also on our website!

Information to successfully grow the plants in the catalog!

Books Listed in other sections of the Catalog!

GROW THE BEST BERRIES Storey Books, 32 pages each. A great series of “how to” books listed throughout the catalog. Subjects include, Strawberries (#S200) See page 11), Rasp & Black berries (#S040) See page 13, Grapes (#S180) See page 85; Asparagus (#S205) See page 61. Each is $3.95; Also Blueberries See Page 7. Each $4.99 UNCOMMON FRUITS #S346 $24.95, page 20 THE APPLE GROWER #S005 $39.95, page 27 THE APPLE COOKBOOK #S007 $10.95, page 30 CIDER #S340 $14.95, page 27 HARD CIDER IN PACIFIC NW #S343 $8, page 27 GROWING KIWIFRUIT #S240 $4.50, page 67 CHESTNUT COOKBOOK #S027 $12.95, page 79 BAMBOO IN THE GARDEN #S024 $39.95, page 81 CITRUS #S064 $39.95, page 82 POLLINATION WITH MASON BEES #S427 $11.95, page 89 A GUIDE TO NUT CULTURE #S155 $49.95, page 79 THE HAZEL TREE #S160 $16.50, page 76 BANANAS YOU CAN GROW #S009 $19.95, page 58 POMEGRANATE ROADS #S329 $18, page 54

Supplies

PROFESSIONAL FRUIT PICKING BAG

The Deluxe Smith Bag holds a bushel of fruit. The handsome bag is 30” long and is made of RipStop polyester material which has a water resistant coating on the inside. It is Ultra Violet and mildew resistant, lightweight, durable, and easy to clean.

The bottom conveniently folds up and releases to gently drop the picked fruit into a box. This leaves both hands free to pick. It will last a lifetime. The bag has a steeel hoop and is completely leather bound to protect all the areas of heaviest wear, and the shoulder straps are a heavy 1-3/4 inch webbing. #T025 Each $45

ORCHARD LADDER The perfect ladder for picking fruit or pruning your dwarf fruit trees or for other jobs around the yard. Even a shorter person can reach 10-12 feet, safely and comfortably, standing 4 feet off the ground on this 5 1/2’ tall sturdy, lightweight aluminum tripod style, orchard ladder. The 26 inch base width and tripod leg provides stability on the uneven ground of your orchard.

This commercial orchard ladder was made less than 6’ tall, for Raintree customers, so it is UPS shippable. Please order this item separately. Allow 6 weeks for delivery. #T122Q $149

TREE SUPPORT Tree Mate provides flexible support for trees in the ground up to 2" caliper or in up to 25 gallon pots. It clips on a standard metal fence post. Many fruit growers use one when first planting new trees. #T363 Each $8.50; Five or more $6.50 each.

CHERRY & SMALL FRUIT HARNESS Attach the sturdy clips of this comfortable professional pickers cotton harness to holes drilled in your 1 to 3 gallon bucket and ergonomically pick cherries and small fruits with both hands free. #T030 Each $14.50

FELCO LEATHER HOLSTER Prune partner!!! If you want to be the fastest, best looking and most accurate pruner in the west (or east) you need a holster for your pruners. Attach through your belt. #T275 Each $12.50

FELCO PRUNERS These are the pruners used by professionals throughout the world. Each person at our nursery packs a pair in a holster on their hip. They are of unsurpassed quality and Swiss made precision workmanship. Solid forged metal alloy handles are complemented by a hardened cutting blade. A hardened bolt and nut assure exact adjustment of both the cutting and anvil blades. A rubber cushion and shock absorber provide smooth working and soft closing. All major parts are replaceable and the blade is easily sharpened. They make a smooth cut every time and are easy on the trees and shrubs and on you. FELCO 8, righthanded #T190 $48; FELCO 9, #T200 $48 ( lefthanded)

BIRD SCARE TAPE This tough shining metallic tape is red on one side and silver on the other. Each roll is 250' long and 7/16 inch wide. Tie several strands to the top of a tree and it shimmers in the wind and looks like fire to the birds. Each roll will do 8 semi-dwarf fruit trees or a row of berry bushes. (The birdies get repelled and go elsewhere, hopefully to neighbors who have purchased our bird attracting items.) #T080 Each roll $4.95

BIRD NETTING Birds love to eat the fruit from blueberry bushes, cherry trees and grape vines.

Get your share by putting netting over your plants. 14' x 25' piece of netting, enough to cover two dwarf cherry trees or lots of bushes. #T430 Each $14.50

COMMERCIAL BIRD NETTING BY THE FOOT We have long rolls of bird netting 17 feet wide.

This medium weight green commercial grade netting has a 10 year UV rating. Tell us how many feet of length you want per piece. Stretch to fit over grapes or build a structure over blueberries or dwarf cherry trees. Secure with clothes pins at the bottom. (Cut to order, 25’ minimum length per piece in 5’ increments.) #T432, 65 cents per foot of length! We give you abour 20% extra length which you may need when you are stretching it to 17’ wide.

Quality Pruning Saws & Loppers

KNIFE & PRUNER SHARPENER Corona AC8300 blade sharpener. This five inch super carbide file with no slip handle fits easily in your pocket. It works great on your grafting knife or on your pruners insuring clean orchard cuts. #T767 Each $8.95

GRAPE CLUSTER PRUNING SHEAR Made in France, by Bahco, this small pruning tool is used to cut clusters of grapes at harvest. It comes with a plastic belt holster #T188 Each $15

HOME ORCHARD DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM This system includes the filter, regulator and all fittings necessary to set up your drip irrigation system for 10 trees or shrubs. As your orchard expands and/or the trees grow, the system can work for up to 50 trees with additional tubing. Instructions included. #T36 5Q $90.

The ORBIT Battery Dial Timer is optional. It attaches to your hose pipe and lets you choose the watering duration and interval from several times a day up to once a week. #T367Q $45

Made in Switzerland and designed and tested in the vineyards and orchards of Europe. These tools are extra heavy duty and the choice of horticultural professionals and discerning gardeners throughout the world. Make a lifetime investment and buy a top quality set of loppers and a saw. You will save time and your orchard will thrive when you make clean pruning cuts.

FELCO SAW WITH SHEATH This saw has a 12 1/2 inch long steel blade and a curved non-fatiguing plastic grip handle. It comes with a sturdy plastic sheath and belt loop and is easy to carry into a tree. Cuts branches, on the pull stroke, up to several inches in size. #T519 Each $49.95

FELCO FOLDING SAW The folding, locking 6” long quality steel blade folds into its sturdy ergonomic plastic handle. Easy to carry! #T518 Each $29.95

ZENPORT ORCHARD LOPPERS A 32 inch lopper that can cut up to 1 1/2 inch branches. It has light, super strong aluminum handles allow for a long reach and overhead cutting. The curved forged alloy steel cutting head and counterblade stand the stress of intensive use.

Make quick smooth cuts. For larger branches use the saw. #T514 Each $54

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Build A T Trrellis The brace pictured can be used to anchor many types of trellises including “T” bar. See the “Tree Owners Manual” and varietal catalog listings for the number and spacing of the wires. We offer 14 gauge soft berry wire. When possible, twist and tie wire to itself. If you are expecting very cold temperatures, it pays to loosen the wires. Put the end posts three feet in the ground and set in concrete or use the “fence anchor.” Use concrete, recycled plastic or pressure treated 4" or larger wooden posts for trellises 50' or more in length. All posts are not the same environmentally. Ask your supplier.

BERRY WIRE We offer 14 gauge commercial zinc galvanized soft berry wire to trellis your kiwis, grapes, espaliers or berries. We cut it to your specifications. #T070 10 cents a foot (Minimum 200 ft.) #T070R 2,900 ft roll $160

GRAPE & BERRY CROSS ARM A two foot long, two inch wide piece of steel with slots and holes designed for berry wire. Attach them, with the included U bolt and nuts, to heavy duty metal fence posts. Braced at the row ends, they make a quick effective grape or berry trellis. They rust and blend in. #T214 Each $6

New Organic Apple Maggot Contr ol Control APPLE MAGGOT CONTROL BAGS Protect your Apples and Pears from Apple Maggot infestations. While thinning to one per cluster, usually in May or early June, slip the opening of the nylon bag, with your two index fingers, just enough to completely cover the new, ideally nickel size fruitlet.

The bag will fill with the growing fruit and protect it.

This product has been used succesfully here at Raintree and by many fruit hobbyists. They are quick and easy to use! Includes Instructions! These new heavier weave bags provide extra codling moth protection. Some growers recommend dipping bags in a surround mixture for extra protection. #T167 Contains 144 bags Price $12.50

GRAFTING & TRAINING SUPPLIES VICTORINOX BUDDING/GRAFTING KNIFE Excellent quality Swiss folding knife with a stainless steel blade. This high quality, economical right-handed knife makes propagating easier. #T750 Each $19.50 Victorinox Folding Tina Folding Blade

FENCE TENSIONER Not tense enough? Use with each strand of berry wire. This round sprocket takes up the slack in the line. Adjust the tension using a crescent wrench. #T205 Each $6; 5 or more $4.25 each

FENCE ANCHOR Screw this steel auger into the ground 18 inches past your last post and diagonally connect with wire. Eliminates the need for brace posts.

1. Treated end & brace posts 8' or 10'. #T210 Each $22.50 2. 8'-10' long 4x4 or round top rail brace.

3. Diagonal wire loop tightened with a fence tensioner.

4. Posts set 3' in ground.

5. Wire with tensioner.

Build a Deer Fence As any gardener who lives where deer are knows, the only way to have a garden or orchard is to fence out the deer. This fencing is made of UV resistant black polypropylene and its much stronger than most regular plastic deer fencing.

Attach it to posts or existing trees. It is still effective for 15 years. Its breaking load is approximately 700 pounds per square foot. Because it is black, it is unobtrusive. If a falling tree destroys a section, simply cut and add a patch. How to install: Instructions are included; also see fence instructions above. The heavy duty fencing allows you to space the posts up to 20’ apart. Raintree offers 14 gage wire above. Purchase enough wire to put a wire at the bottom, middle and top of your fence, all the way around.

Attach the wires to the fenceposts and the fencing to each wire every three feet with self locking poly ties or hog rings. You can make an entrance gate or purchase one. We also offer standard UV resistant deer fencing which works for small gardens or light deer areas if you place the posts 10’ apart.

HEAVY DUTY DEER FENCE Mesh size 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch. Roll is 7.5 feet high and 165 feet (50 meters) long. Weight 40 lbs. #T503Q $225 Heavy Duty Deer Mesh

STANDARD DEER FENCE Mesh size 2x2 inches. #T502Q 330 foot roll; 7.5’ high $295; #T501Q 100 foot roll; 7.5’ high $120 CHIP BUDDING TAPE Use this clear stretchy plastic tape for chip budding or grafting. One roll is enough for hundreds of grafts. #T150 Each roll $3.75

GRAFTING BANDS For people purchasing rootstocks, we offer photodegradable 8 inch by 3/8 inch by .020 inch grafting bands. With these you can quickly wrap grafts without wax. #T240 Price 10/$1.50

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Tina Stationary Blade

TINA PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING KNIVES Professional right handed walnut handle grafting knives from Germany. They hold the best edge. We have used one knife at Raintree for 25 years!

Stationary blade. We’ve used them for decades at Raintree. #T755 Each $37.50 Folding blade, handle perfectly shaped to fit your hand. #T760 Each $75 #T763 Left Handed folding grafting knife. Each $75

GRAFTING TOOL A high quality plier-like tool from Italy. Tested by area amateur fruit growing groups. You can achieve over a 90% grafting success rate. Safely and easily operated by one strong hand, it makes either a key hole type notch or a V cut on both the rootstock and the scion wood, making it possible to successfully graft without using a knife. It only works well if you select wood that is approximately 1/4" in diameter and approximately matched in size. #T245 Each $75

FARWELL’S TREE HEAL This green tree healing paint is used by orchardists and nurserymen. Brush it on and it dries in 30 minutes to form a flexible long lasting, rot resistant coating impervious to water and air. Store it so it doesn’t freeze. We use it for large pruning cuts. Also, we dilute it to coat scionwood that we don't want to break dormancy. It is recommended as a sealant over mushroom spawn dowel plugs. #T180 (1 quart size ) $19.95

TREE SEALER Tanglefoot asphalt tree pruner sealer seals pruning and grafting cuts with a waterproof seal. It is an asphalt based black paint and comes in a small 8 oz can with a cap brush applicator which makes it easy to use. #T183 Each $9.50

BRANCH SPREADERS Commercial orchardists routinely spread the limbs of fruit trees to maximize their strength and productivity. Now you can do the same. (All spreaders come in bundles of 25 only.) After a few months the branches will adjust and the wooden spreaders can be removed and reused. #T610 4 inch pointed 25/$9.95; #T640 1 foot notched 25/$16.50

LIMB TRAINING BANDS Loop these UV degradable large heavy duty rubber bands around the trunk of your young fruit tree and the branch you wish to pull down. You don’t need to untie them, they will photo-degrade in several months after they have spread the limbs. Package of 50 to 60 bands. #T497 $4.50

BUDDING BANDS 5 by 1/4 by .016 inch bands for T budding. #T090 Bundle of 20; $1.50

Or der online at www .raintr eenursery .com . Or call (800) 391 - 8892 Order www.raintr .raintreenursery eenursery.com

Home Or char d Ecological Pr oducts Orchar chard Products MYCO PAKS Place a teabag-like mycorrhizae pack at the bottom of your planting hole or pot, next to the roots. Use one pack for each (existing) foot in height of your plant. Mycorrhizal fungi enable the root system to increase in size and capacity to absorb the nutrients already in your soil. Building up your soil with organic matter allows mycorrhizae to thrive. #T185 Each 75¢; Package of 10, $3.50; Pkg of 30, $7.50; Pkg of 100, $20

CODLING MOTH TRAPS Contains two sticky traps with lures which draw codling moths to their doom. Hang these 6" long non-toxic tents in your apple trees when they begin to bloom. Use two traps per mature tree. #T161 Each $9.95

APPLE MAGGOT TRAPS Each kit is designed to protect one mature fruit tree. Kit includes three red spheres and hangers, three pheromone lures, instructions and a large tube of glue. Set traps out in mid-April. Non toxic. #T163 Each $17.95

APPLE MAGGOT LURES The three lures, offered in a kit above, are each in a tiny plastic container.

You can twist tie them to red spheres, like the ones we sell to further trap apple maggot males. #T164 Each $7.99

TANGLE TRAP One quart of brushable Tangle Trap for the home orchardist. Use it on apple maggot or codling moth traps, red spheres or purchased small red apples to hang in your trees, or anywhere else you need a non-toxic sticky surface! Cleans up with mineral spirits. Use it on paper bands around tree trunks to create a barrier to climbing ants. Quart size. #T166 Each $17.50 CITRA-SOLV Citrus based solvent removes tangle trap. 8 oz. #T171 $8.50

SURROUND This super fine kaolin clay, mixed with water and sprayed on fruit, forms an “organic” clay film barrier that interferes with insects feeding or depositing eggs.

It is effective against apple maggot, plum curculio, pear psylla, Japanese beetles, and other pests. Surround does not inhibit fruit ripening, harm bees or beneficial insects, and is also used to reduce sunburn damage. Apply the first spray when the fruit is small. Directions are included. How much to use? One pound will spray four 12-20’ trees one time. Up to 4 sprays are needed per year as the fruit enlarges or rain washes off the clay, so plan on 1 pound per tree. For our customers east of the Rockies, Surround will be shipped via Zone Skipping March through May. #T168 5 lb bag $20; 3 or more $16.50 each; #T170 25 lb bag $70; 3 or more bags $60 each

Biological Pest Contr ol Control SPINOSAD Spinosad is a mixture of metabolites derived from a common soil bacterium.

When contacted, caterpillars (including codling moth, apple maggot, plum curculio, and currant worm) and thrips are quickly paralyzed and controlled.

Apply spray 2-4 weeks after bloom, repeat at 10-14 day intervals up to 6 times per year. This is a broad spectrum quick acting insecticide, most useful when there is a high level of infestation. Properly timed applications will not be harmful to bees and other beneficial insects. One pint makes 8 gallons of spray. #T177 One pint concentrate Each $19.95

MASON BEE BLOCK AND BEES POLLINATION means MORE & BETTER FRUIT! You have invested time, money, and love in your fruit trees and berries. Now help them do their best for you!

Mason Bees, also called Blue Orchard Bees (“BOBS”) are safe, easy-to-use native pollinators that you can manage.

Mason bees don’t produce honey and they don’t sting but they are superior pollinators for any orchard, flying in cool spring weather that would ground a honey bee. The bees nest in small holes and lay eggs that hatch out to pollinate your trees the next spring. They do this year after year! Get started with a powerful permanent pollination force that can become the equivalent of a whole hive of honey bees. You don’t have to be a beekeeper to get the best fruit you’ve ever seen. Just let the BOBs do the job! We cannot ship live bees after March 1.

ROYAL BEE HOUSE WITH CORN ECO TRAYS The attractive wooden shelter contains 4 interlocking trays with 30 nesting holes. providing space for females to lay up to 144 offspring. The trays which will be functional for about ten years, are made of biodegradable CORN material. The space above the nesting trays can be used as a safe release point to place 6” straws with bees. Sets of straws without bees are not needed. The kit includes the house and 4 CORN trays (without bees) #T332 $35 Calm Bee Nation – includes the Royal Bee House and eco trays along with 30 bees in straws. #T349 Each $69

JUST THE BEES PLEASE #T343B Bees in 3 Straws (includes 15 bees) Price $20 #T343A Bees in 4 to 6 Straws (includes 30 bees) Price $36

CORN ECO STACKED TRAYS New bio degradable stackable trays with 30 nesting holes. This system allows you to see what is in each hole in the fall and is easily cleaned and reused each year.

The Royal Bee House comes with a set of trays. Place the trays inside an open ended weatherproof container under an overhang on the east side of a building, out of direct rain and wind. #T331 Each $17.50

STARTER COTTAGE WITH STRAWS The wooden Cottage comes with 20, 6” long straws. A removable front piece provides safe entrance and exit for the bees. It has room for the 6” straws with bees we also sell.

Affix the Cottage to a wall with the bracket provided. Each season you will need new 6” straws. #T333 $15

POLLINATION WITH MASON BEES 134 pages; By Margriet Dogterom; 2nd Edition. A great book on understanding mason bees and managing them for pollination and fruit production. #S427 Each $15

BEE MOVIE; ‘‘HOW TO” MASON BEE DVD A 30 minute fascinating step by step instructive video from Dr. Margriet Dogterom on attracting and caring for mason bees. Watch close ups of the bees laying eggs and building their nests. #S422 Each $19.95

REPLACEMENT PARTS These items are replacement parts for the wooden bee boxes sold in previous years. #T343E 4” long Release box Price $5 #T348 One set of 6” replacement straws (100 Straws) without bees $13.50 #T345 One set of 3 1/2” straws (40 Straws) without bees $6.50

SAFER BIONEEM BOTANICAL INSECTICIDE Derived from the seed of the Neem tree and effective against currant worm, codling moth, aphid, and other soft-bodied sucking insects. This waterbased extracted form of Neem is gentle on plants and beneficial insects.

For best results apply 2-3 times at 7 day intervals. Covers up to 6,000 sq. ft. #T172 16 oz. concentrate Each $19.95

Mor e Biological Pest Contr ol More Control Disrupt codling moths with Trichogramma wasps which deposit their eggs in the eggs of codling moths. Beneficial nematodes interrupt the over wintering stage of apple maggots by treating the ground under fruit trees. Learn and order these and more effective treatments at arbico.com

Expert Pollination Advice A vailable!

Available!

We offer how-to support through our bee expert, Dr. Evan Sugden Ph.D. in bee biology and pollination. If you have an orchard or berry field and want the best, lasting advice on pollination, contact Entomo-Logic at 425-280-0423 (info@entomologic.com). Site visits may be possible in western WA & OR.

Supplies Listed in other sections of the Catalog!

BLOSSOM BAGS 2 per pkg. #T221 $4.95, page 11 HERB PICKING RAKE #T315 $65, page 60 BAMBOO FENCE #T040Q $85.00 page 81 KENKEL NUT CRACKER #T360 $49.50 page 78

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Mor e Supplies for the Fruit Gr ower More Grower Lightweight Berry Rakes These rakes are handmade in Maine and specially designed for the most efficient harvesting of a specific size of berry. Each is extremely strong, made of sturdy lightweight aluminum with spring steel teeth.

Hiker’s Rake

HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY RAKE For highbush blueberries. 1 1/2 lbs., 6" wide x 5" deep x 3" high with 4 1/2" long, 6.1 mm spaced spring steel teeth. A great holiday gift! #T310 $54.

HUCKLEBERRY RAKE Designed for efficient harvesting of huckleberries. With spring steel 6.1 mm spaced teeth. 6" wide. Has a well for collecting berries. #T320 $65

LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY RAKE Low Bush Blueberry Rake

This 20 tooth rake is designed to pick Maine wild blueberries. Its tooth spacing has also proven itself on cranberries and lingonberries. The curved steel teeth work great on berries close to the ground. It is aluminum, 6" wide with teeth spaced at 4.5 mm. #T325 $54

HIKER’S MINI BERRY RAKE Hand made tough like the other rakes but only 4.5" wide and one pound with a reversible handle and 4.5 mm steel tooth spacing. Fits perfectly in a back pack. The ideal holiday gift. #T330 $44

LINGONBERRY RAKE A very well made red plastic rake with wire tines that makes picking lingonberries, currants, huckleberries, and other small fruit easy. Rake it over the branch and the berries fall into the container. It will save many hours of picking. 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” wide and 5” deep.

Rakes are imported from Sweden. #T300 Each $20

CHILDREN’S BERRY RAKE Exactly like the rake described above except with tough plastic tines and in a smaller children’s size. 6” high x 4” wide x 3 1/2” deep. #T307 Price $12.50

LEAF & STEM SHAKING TRAY Place lingon, blue or other berries in this sturdy plastic 13" round, two inch high red sieve with slotted bottom. Then shake. Most of the leaves and stems shake out the bottom. Imported from Sweden. #T305 Price $8.50

Organic Fertilizers ORGANIC TUBE SYSTEM FERTILIZER Granulated chicken manure (4-3-3) is good for starting strawberry or vegetable plants in the tubes, however only use one teaspoon per level of plants. Also add 4 myco paks per 3’ tube. See page 91! Two pound bag. #T296 Each $3.50

NATURAL CITRUS FERTILIZER A well balanced plant food developed for use on citrus. For a few plants, a box should last for several years. 4 lb. box. (7-4-2) #T145 Price $11.50

Organic Optimum Blends We offer Black Lake Organic Mixes. Each matches the ideal macro and micro nutrients for its specific class of plants. Instructions are included on each bag. (Mix and Match any 4, five lb bags and save since it lowers our shipping costs.) Price $13.95; Pkg of 4 bags, $10.50 per bag.

ORGANIC BLUEBERRY FERTILIZER Blueberries, lingonberries, tea and other acid loving plants. 5 lb bag. (3-2-4) #T143 Price $13.95; Pkg of 4, each bag $10.50

REFRACTOMETER This scientific instrument measures the soluble solids percentage in fruit, also called the Brix level. It allows you to pick your fruit at the proper sweetness and maturity. It measures from 0 to 32%. This ATC model automatically compensates for temperature. You simply put a drop of juice from the fruit on the glass and hold the meter up to the light to read the brix levels. This tool is invaluable to wine and cider makers but is also used by growers of all fruits. For example each fruit varies by variety but apples are generally picked at a brix of 12-17%. Blueberries about 12% and grapes and plums at 20-25% or even higher. A general chart of expected brix levels for various ripe fruits is included. #T215 Each $109

FRUIT STRAINER & SAUCE MAKER Make fresh, homemade sauces with this new Victorio 250 food strainer! Put your cooked fruit in the top and it removes the seeds, giving you pureed fruit at the bottom. This high quality stainless steel, aluminum and plastic strainer comes with a durable screen that makes apple, tomato and other sauces. #T387 Each $59.95 Purchase the additional 4 Pack stainless steel screens: Berry, Pumpkin, Salsa and Grape. #T388 4 pack $39.95

APPLE PEELER & CORER Peel, slice and core your apples in seconds. It is made of cast iron with a burgundy red baked enamel finish with stainless steel blades, a quality wood handle and a rubber padded suction base. It peels and cores apples in one quick motion and gives you the option of cutting the apple into circular slices. It also quickly peels potatoes. #T390 Each $22.50

CHERRY PITTER The “Progressive Cherrry Pitter” quickly pits up to 4 cherries at once while keeping counters clean and mess free. It is dishwasher safe. #T380 $12.50

ORGANIC TREE & SHRUB MIX For flower and fruit development. 5 pound bag. (3-4-4) #T109 Price $13.95; Pkg of 4, each bag $10.50

ORGANIC CANE & STRAWBERRY MIX Mix &Match Mineral augmentation for strong flowering and fruiting. 5 pound any 4, five lb bag. (4-4-2) #T140 Price $13.95; Pkg of 4, each bag $10.50 bags ORGANIC ALL VEGETABLES MIX

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Aids in growing nutritious, tasty vegetables. No Lime. 5 pound bag. (4-5-3) #T139 Price $13.95; Pkg of 4, each bag $10.50

GREEN JEAN GARDEN CHAPS Whether you’re herding cows or rhubarb, these rugged chaps with built in knee pads keep you clean and dry, protect your clothing and best of all protect your knees when you are gardening. Made of heavy coated nylon used in quality backpacks. Use the convenient front pockets for your pruners or other tools. #T226AQ Waist 28-34” Each $45 #T226BQ Waist 35-43’ Each $45

Gr ow Mor e in Less Space Grow More PERMANENT LABELS Flexible plastic labels are readable for less than a year. We offer sturdy aluminum labels with malleable wire. These labels will be readable and stay on the tree for years. Use a pencil or ballpoint pen to inscribe variety name, rootstock etc. They are useable on both sides. Order one for each of the plants you purchase. Tie each loosely around a side branch so it won’t girdle the branch as it grows. #T485 Price 10 for $2.50 #T485B Box of 100 Each $15

PLANT MARKERS Each stands 10" high and is easily read as a permanent row or tree marker. The nice looking copper writing surface measures 1" high by 2 1/2" wide. Use a pen to write and at the same time emboss the plant name on the label. #T448 Bundle of 10 $9.50

TREE GUARDS Protects young trees and vines!

These guards protect the trunk of newly planted trees or vines from sun scald and cracking. Simply wind the tree guard around the lower two feet of the trunk. Get one for each new tree. #T364 Each $2.50; 5 or more $2.00 each; 10 or more $1.50 each; 25 or more $1.00 each

HOME SOIL TEST KIT Help your plants by testing the soil. The kit provides four pH tests and two each for Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash. Most plants we offer prefer a pH of 6.0 to 7.0. #T496 Each $4.75

RED WORMS Nature’s composters, “Eisenia fetida” or red wiggle worms eat and digest organic wastes and excrete worm castings which are a highly valued soil conditioner. One pound of worms are the ideal amount of venture capital to start your “Worm Factory”. You can also mix the worms in your compost pile. They will more finely digest your compost giving you a finer product. (Please order the worms and/or the Worm Factory separately from the rest of your order.) #T490Q 1 lb. red worms Each $19.95

WORM FACTORY 360 ® COMPOST BIN Turn your kitchen wastes into beautiful worm casting compost. The worms compost up to two pounds of kitchen scraps a day, more than the amount generated by most families and turn the vegetable matter into compost. All without offensive odor or mess. Keep the worms outside the house but in a covered area that doesn’t freeze. A garage, carport or shed works well. Made of recycled Black, Green or Terra Cotta colored plastic including a flat lid and handle. It is made in the USA with high quality recycled materials and includes a 10 year warranty. A great project for kids! Each Worm Factory Compost Bin includes: • 4 stacking trays to contain the worms. • Moisture collecting tray and exit spout.

• Starter bedding of coconut fiber, shredded paper and vermiculite.

• Complete 16 page book and instructional DVD makes it easy to succeed.

• Worms not included. (It’s recommended you start with one pound of worms.)

(Please order the worms and/or the Worm Factory separately from the rest of your order.) Black color. #T491Q Each $95.00 Terra Cotta color. #T491TQ Each $95.00 Green color. #T491GQ Each $95.00 “My little worm buddies stood up and waved when I told them that their new townhouse was almost ready. They are moving from an old wooden “ranch” without modern plumbing and are quite excited.” K. M. Vancouver WA

PLANT CADDY This 17” iron plant dolly with casters has a plastic reservoir to catch water. Perfect under citrus and other plants in large pots. #T265 Each $26.50

These innovative complete systems enable you to grow lots of food organically in a small space. Each tube has hose connected drip irrigation.

Hook up one or a series. Instructions are included.

STRAWBERRY GROWING SYSTEMS Grow lots of the best tasting strawberries. Tom Wood designed this system where each planter has a full length drip tube inside it. You plant by filling up to the first set of holes with potting soil. Then you put the roots of each plant through a hole while adding more potting soil, fertilizer and myco paks from the top until all the holes are filled with plants. Using this system, Woods grows high density fruits and vegetables in an unheated greenhouse which ripen very early and extend the growing season. (Use one myco pak for each layer of plants) #T295 32 holes 3’ tube. Each $39.95 #T297 (5’ tall tube with 96 holes) Each $65 (See page 10 for EVERSWEET strawberry plants.) #E417, Bundle of 25 plants $9.95; Organic Strawberry Fertilizer; #T296 $3.50 (Page 90.) #T185 Myco Paks 30 for $7 (See page 89.)

VEGETABLE GROWING SYSTEMS These 3’ long tubes are the same and used the same way as the strawberry tubes but with a different number and size of holes. The tomato, pepper and cucumber model has 6 holes. #T298 Each $39.95. The herb, lettuce and bush bean tube has 16 holes #T299 Each $39.95

COMPANION A great orchard ground cover. A mixture of dwarf perennial ryegrass and creeping red fescue. Inherently low growing and extremely dense, it recovers quickly from heavy traffic and needs mowing only 2 or 3 times a year. Apply 2-5 lbs seed per 1000 square feet. #T135 $6.50 per lb. (Prohibited to CA)

ROOT CONTROL BAGS Perfect if you want to plant a tree but will be moving in 2-4 years. Plant the tree in or above the ground in this 20" diameter sturdy white mesh bag with handles.

It will contain the growing roots and is ideal for growing an 8-10' tall tree up to 2 1/2" in caliper. Two people can lift and transplant it, by cutting the bag, without disturbing the roots. Or, cut slits and plant strawberry plants in each slot. It becomes a patio everbearing strawberry planter.The 14” diameter is great for blueberry and other small to medium plants. #T290 20” diameter; Each $8.95; 5 or more $6 each #T291 14" diameter Each $4.95; 5+ $3.50 each

A Gr eat Gift for the Fruit Gr ower Great Grower FIDDLE WITH FRUIT TEE SHIRTS These high quality 100% heavy pre shrunk cotton tee’s show an apple playing a fiddle and allow the passionate fruit hobbyists to display their love of fruit. Look at www.raintreenursery.com for more designs and colors.

Specify S, M, L, XL or XXL. #TSS10 Each $12.50

Mor e Jams and Syrups More You may have to wait for your plants to start producing. Why not enjoy the delicious flavors now. The following are listed throughout the catalog. Go www.raintreenursery.com to also find a variety of jellies we have made here at Raintree from the fruit we list in our catalog and grow in our orchard. #W150 Gooseberry Jam (8 oz.) $4.85 See page 16 #T084 Elderberry Syrup (4 oz.) $12.50 See page 9 #W155 Lingonberry Jam (7.5 oz.) $7.95 See page 8 #T082 Lingonberry Syrup (8 oz.) $9.95 See page 8 #W170 Quince Jelly (8 oz.) $4.85 See page 51

ELK DROPPINGS The label says “Elk Poop” but instead chocolate covered and honey roasted peanuts are inside. 4 oz. Very poopular! #W195 $3.95

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VISIT THE RAINTREE NURSERY GARDEN CENTER GARDEN CENTER HOURS

Map is NOT to scale.

January 19 through June 3; Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

June 6-December: Closed Friday & Sunday, open other days 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

December through January 18; Open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Phone (800) 391-8892; See back cover for our seasonal phone hours!

Please come visit us near Morton! January through April is the optimum time to plant bare root fruit trees and berries. We dig our trees in December, after they lose their leaves and go dormant. We keep bare root plants dormant in cold storage through June 5. Amazingly, the bareroot trees listed throughout the catalog can be wrapped to fit in a compact car. If you elect to bring a pickup truck without a canopy, please bring a tarp, or we have tarps for sale. We have many plants that are not listed in the catalog; be sure to ask about them when you visit the nursery. It is not neccessary to order ahead, just come down! If you want a specific plant, please call for availability! Come early in the season for the best selection. Popular items often sell out!

If ordering ahead, you must pay when placing your order and tell us when you plan to pick it up. If you don’t contact us and reschedule or pick it up within 10 days of when you say you will, we will cancel your existing order.

We hire fruit hobbyists who live within commuting distance. Call if you’re interested.

Mileage to Nursery From Olympia 60 miles Portland 100 miles Seattle 100 miles Morton 10 miles

GARDEN CENTER WELCOME Shop our beautiful indoor Garden Center/ Greenhouse complex for a wide variety of potted plants and supplies. Many are not in the catalog.

GARDEN CENTER CLASSES Each Saturday, upon request at 1 p.m. FebMay, our horticulturist will demonstrate how to prune, plant and care for your new Raintree plants and then answer your questions. For in depth information, attend our classes. See page 93 for the schedule.

Too Large to Ship Plants Can’ der ed Ahead Can’tt be Or Order dered

SUPPLIES: We have pots, potting soil, & other supplies too big to ship.

You must come to the nursery to select and purchase these extra large specimen plants. Call ahead to check availability. You can’t order ahead because each is different and you need to pick the ones you like best.

BLUEBERRIES & ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: We have too large to ship bearing blueberry bushes, as well as ornamentals at the nursery! Bring a van, SUV or a pickup truck with a tarp to take these beautiful specimens home.

INSTANT ORCHARD; BEARING FRUIT TREES: We have apples, plums, pears, peaches, cherries, mulberries and other large fruit trees in large, ready to plant, tree bags. Call for cultivar availability. Bring a large van or pickup with tarp or cover. We also have a selection of fruit trees in fiber pots, ideal for transplanting in the fall. See our selections on the web at www.raintreenursery.com

CITRUS & SUBTROPICALS: We have subtropicals in our warm room at the nursery. We do not have Citrus. Order Citrus and they will be shipped to you.

FOOD & DRINK: We are 10 miles from the nearest restaurant, which is located in Morton. We do have free coffee and tea and healthy snacks.

INFORMATION CENTER: We have an Information Center where you can sit down and look at useful fruit growing information. The books and supplies in the catalog as well as reference books, videos and reprints are on display.

BARE ROOT PLANTS ARE IN COLD STORAGE: In January until June, the Garden Center bare root trees and berry plants, instead of being outside in sawdust, are being kept fully dormant in optimal condition in cold storage as we already do for our mail order customers. Sit in our comfortable Information Center and fill out your order for bareroot plants. We will gather your plants while you browse our Garden Center greenhouse filled with interesting potted plants or wander among our large bearing tree bag fruit trees.

SECONDS ARE A GREAT VALUE: We have a lot of healthy fruit trees, especially apples, available only at the nursery, February-June, that don’t quite meet our #1 grade. They are a great value at $10 or less each. They are not guaranteed.

EACH SEASON AT THE GARDEN CENTER Late Winter & early Spring is when you will find the best selection! All of our plants are available by February and we slowly run out as the season progresses. If possible, plant early in the spring. Early planting gets your roots off to a good start before the tops of the plants start growing.

Fall is also a good time to plant! Many potted plants are available in summer and fall.

We pot up fruit trees for your fall planting, though many varieties of fruit trees are not available. In summer and fall, the Garden Center is mostly self service and a horticulturist is not available. Check current inventory online at www.raintreenursery.com or Call us at 800 391 8892

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CUSTOM GRAFTING: You must call our horticulturist ahead to reserve time and learn the correct type of scionwood to bring. See page 48!

THE PLANTS LOVE RAINY DAYS: People prefer to shop on sunny days but remember that the plants are less stressed when moved and transplanted during overcast or rainy spells.

“AT NURSERY ONLY” SPECIALS: We offer overstock items at reduced prices and also unusual varieties not listed in the catalog.

COLD STORAGE CLEARANCE SALE: On June 2 & 3, bare root plants are half price as we clean out cold storage and every plant finds a home. At that time we also donate to non-profit groups. Call us for availability and details.

Make Raintree part of your weekend in the mountains!

Though only two hours from Seattle or Portland, Raintree is located on the way to White Pass ski area and near Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. Nearby are bed & breakfasts and motels.

You can make the beautiful drive to Raintree an easy day trip, or a 1/2 hour detour from I-5.

Check Sale Prices & Events at the Nursery at www .raintr eenursery .com www.raintr .raintreenursery eenursery.com

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

FULL DA Y OF CLASSES, MARCH 10, 2012 DAY

For more complete Class Descriptions go to www.raintreenursery.com Bring a lunch to the classes. Coffee and snacks are available at Raintree.

Pr e Registration; $10 per adult Pre Register the day of the class $15 per adult

EDIBLE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP Cost $20 per family. Saturday #Z225 February 25, 9 am to 2 pm A garden designer teaches the concepts you need to design and implement your own landscape, helping you decide what to plant and where and how to plant it!

The class includes Permacultural principles including zonation, plant selection, vermiculture, utilizing microclimates, pathways and companion planting. We send you a questionnaire and instructions prior to the class so you can draw a rough “to scale” map of the part of your property you want to concentrate on. This is a great class to attend before you design and plant your landscape. It can save you countless hours of undoing mistakes in the future. (Class is at Raintree.)

“All Y ou Can Lear n Buf fet of Helpful Information” You Learn Buffet Classes are at the ONALASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL RAINTREE OPEN 7:30 a.m. to dark on class day.

HOW TO REGISTER: Call us, send in your check or register online at www.raintreenursery.com (Item #Z310) People under 21 are free!

Consult map on page 92. The classes are at Onalaska Middle School. From Highway 508, in Onalaska go North six blocks. The middle school is on the left.

Books, supplies, rootstocks and scionwood are on sale at the classes.

SPECIAL CLASS DAY SALE: At the classes we will have a flyer listing dozens of items offered at the nursery at class day only sale prices!

PROPAGATION WORKSHOP Saturday March 24, 9-12:30 Hands on sessions showing you how to propagate edible plants from seeds, cuttings and by grafting. Will include starting new trees and top working existing trees to new varieties. Each participant will go home with free plants they have propagated. Rootstocks, scionwood & cutting material is available. #Z324A. Cost $15.

PRUNING WORKSHOP Saturday March 24, 1:30-4 p.m. Hands on and classroom learning on how to prune your backyard fruit trees and berries. Learn to establish young trees and rehabilitate old trees. #Z324B Cost $10. (Both classes are at Raintree.)

ABOUT THE CLASSES Taught by Raintree staff, edible landscapers, experienced growers and WSU scientists, the classes have become famous for teaching what you need to know to succeed in home fruit growing. We cover many of the same basic subjects each year, but the content is always new, fun and informative, with plenty of time for answering your questions. If you wish, bring a tape recorder or video camera.

Plan time for visiting the nursery! 8 a.m. to Dark: SHOP AT RAINTREE! 9:00-2:30 GRAFTING (See below left) Ongoing small groups! Scionwood available.

BEGINNER’S HOME ORCHARD & BERRY PATCH Saturday April 7; 9 a.m. to-noon. (At Raintree) A great class for the inexperienced gardener. If you’re putting in a new home orchard and berry patch and aren’t sure about varieties, rootstocks, pollination, spacing, soils, siting, method of planting, irrigation, staking; come visit with our experienced horticulturist and get started right. #Z407 Cost $5 (At Raintree.)

RAISING FRUITS &, BERRIES IN CONTAINERS Saturday April 21, #Z421 Cost $15 9 am to noon: (At Raintree) Tom Woods has invented unique growing systems that allow him to grow huge quantities of delicious fruit in pots in unheated greenhouses that are ripe long before they would be outdoors. He and Raintree horticulturist Theresa Knutsen will discuss all aspects including best cultivars, potting techniques, pollination, fertilization and pruning. At 2:30 p.m. tour his operation near Centralia.

GROWING MUSHROOMS & WASABI Sat. May 5, 12:30-3:30 p.m. A mushroom expert provides hands on instruction. Learn to grow shiitake and other mushrooms on logs, stumps and wood chips. Logs, spawn and dowels are for sale. Also learn to grow Wasabi plants. #Z505 $10 (At Raintree)

9:00 CHOOSE THE BEST CULTIVARS: We show great photos and rate the best fruit varieties for flavor and ease of growing and explore what’s new and promising!

9:00 FOR THE BEGINNER: All the basics to successfully start growing fruit trees and berries in your yard!

10:00 PLANT PROPAGATION: Raintree staff shows you propagation from seeds, cuttings, layering, budding, & grafting.

10:00 BERRIES- BLUE, BLACK, ELDER, GOOSE, RASP and STRAW: Learn to prune, train, select and plant them.

11:00 GROWING NUT TREES: Learn what to grow and how.

11:00 PESTS AND DISEASES: Learn to control fungus, insects including the new fruit fly, weeds and deer in your fruit garden using ecological methods!

WINE MAKING Sat. May 19, 9-1 #Z519 $15 Expert wine maker Anine Grumbles (See her book on page 85) will show you how. Class will cover fruit and grape wines, grape growing and cider making. (At Raintree)

12:00 LUNCH: Healthy lunches are sold on site! Or bring a lunch.

ABOUT GRAFTING LESSONS

12:30 GROWING GRAPES: Best varieties, rootstocks, growing & training methods. The latest from WSU Mt. Vernon station testing!

We will be giving hands-on grafting lessons at our March 24 workshop and our March 10 classes. We supply for your use, Omega grafting tools that ready-make grafts. Grafting knives, grafting tools, rootstocks and other supplies are for sale. We bring scionwood of many (not all) of the fruit varieties in our catalog. We give four free scions to each grafter. Additional scions $2 each. (Bring scionwood from any tree you want to preserve. Page 48 tells you how.) We custom graft up to 5 trees at a time per family.

Gary Moulton will Cost $2.50 per graft. (Note: demonstrate pruning people can be cut while March 10. grafting with a knife. Graft at your own risk. We will not be liable for any injuries.)

CLASSES AT WSU MT. VERNON WA. (See NWFruit.org for details.)

On March 3 from 9-2:30, learn about grafting and pruning; August 18 Late Summer Fruit festival, & October 13 Apple and Pear sampling!

12:30 MASON BEES Learn all about how to care for them!

1:30 MAKING CIDER: WSU cider expert explains how to choose and grow the best cider varieties and how to make wonderful apple and pear ciders.

1:30 GROWING IN CONTAINERS: Learn which fruits grow best in containers and lots of tricks about how to keep all your potted plants healthy.

2:30 FRUIT TREE PRUNING: Gary Moulton from WSU Mt. Vernon station explains how to prune all fruits including young and old trees.

3:45-4:30 HANDS ON PRUNING: Learn to prune a large overgrown fruit tree.

4:30-5:00 TOP WORK FRUIT TREES: Learn to graft on existing trees.

(All the classes listed above are at the Onalaska Middle School) FREE SUMMER & FALL EVENTS: (On Saturday’s at Raintree) Harvest Days: (Noon to 2 p. m.) Come to Raintree. Tour the orchard and sample the fruit of the season: August 11, September 22 and October 27.

October 27 only: Cider Making & Food Preserving, 11-2; Tour 2:30 p.m.

CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR OTHER INTERESTING CLASSES

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WE SHIP AT THE BEST TIME FOR YOUR AREA! Simply place your order! We will select the best shipping time for your area. Call us if you have any questions! Having your plants arrive at your door in great shape and at the right time has been Raintree’s job for 39 years. We ship potted plants and also bare root plants kept fully dormant, in cold storage, from January through early June. We ship potted plants also in the fall and books and supplies year around.

ZONE SKIPPING EAST OF THE ROCKIES: Every other week from March through May we send a climate controlled truck to a UPS or Fed Ex eastern hub where your order is then delivered to you in a couple of days. This is quicker and less expensive than regular ground shipping. On page 95, choose among the zone skipping days and save!

ALASKA & PUERTO RICO: We use priority mail for most of your orders. Most orders can be shipped for the amount listed, however if shipping is much more than indicated, we reserve the right to call you and ask for your approval to charge the actual shipping charges. HAWAII: Your Agricultural Inspectors prohibit potted plants. We can only ship you bare root plants. Please call in your order!

MAIL ORDERS

FAX ORDERS

Enclose a check or money order for the full amount, or include your credit card information. We do not bill. If ordering with a credit card be sure to put the number and expiration date in the place provided on the order form. If we are sold out of that item, you have the option of specifying a second choice in the appropriate box at the bottom of the order form.

Raintree Nursery 391 Butts Rd Morton, WA 98356

Toll-Free 1-800-391-8892 You can place your order 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Include your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover number and expiration date. Include your fax number and we will fax a confirmation. Please include your Key Code and Customer # from the back cover of this catalog!

PHONE ORDER (HOURS)

ONLINE ORDERS

800 391 8892 (All times are Pacific Time) Jan. 2 through June 3, Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm.

Saturday 8 am-4 pm; Sunday 10 am-4 pm.

June 4 through Dec. Mon-Thurs. 9 am- 4 pm.

Please have your order ready. Organize it first on the order form so we can enter it quickly. Please give us your customer number and key code located on the back cover of this catalog. We will assign you an order number, which is your confirmation.You may charge the phone order to your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. Sorry, no C.O.D.

www.raintreenursery.com • Place your order online using our web-site.

• Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover accepted.

• Secure ordering-Verisign secure site.

• Lots more useful growers information online.

• Check our website for online only sales.

GIFT OPTIONS

Gift Certificates, edible plants, books and garden tools make wonderful gifts for Christmas or other occasions. Call (800 391 Washington residents only: The new law states that the tax rate is determined by where the package ships 8892) go on line or see back cover for details! to, not the the rate at the nursery!

WASHINGTON STATE SALES TAX

HAVE A GARDEN DESIGNER VISIT YOU A service for Western Washington gardeners: (There are excellent Permaculture and garden designers in many parts of the nation. To find them try googling “permaculture” or “edible landscape” and your state.) A great home garden and landscape starts with a well thought out design. We work with a great group of experienced and affordable professional landscape and garden designers. Each of them is a well trained professional, with in the dirt experience and a deep special interest in using organic methods. They are friendly and easy to talk with. They realize that each homesite is unique. They can help you to clarify the values, needs and wants of your household so your unique landscape supports your family's way of living. Not limited to fruit trees, they can help you with all aspects of your garden and landscape. Too many people end up planting their trees in the wrong spot and then have to work around their past errors. Getting a little help when you start will save lots of time and money later and a 2-3 hour consultation and basic starting plan is all some do it yourself-er’s need to start on the road to success. Each is self-employed and does not work for Raintree. Each is busy, so call one now to discuss your project and their affordable rates and make an appointment. Please note that there may be a mileage charge to your site. The garden designer will discuss it with you when you call. Another option is to call Raintree and schedule a private consultation at the nursery! Note: If you are developing an ecological multi-unit complex or subdivision anywhere in the nation, contact Sam at Raintree. who can network with landscapers. If you don’t live in the Pacific Northwest you can still call or email a garden designer and have them help you with plans and ideas via the phone and/or internet.

FOLLOW-UP SERVICES: They do ongoing design consultation and can provide a rough design or a detailed design and blueprints. They can develop a long range plan and implement it over time or assist you as you implement the design yourself. Most do cost estimates for installations and continuing care.

The Garden Designer can: A Garden Designer Will • Help select the right plants for the right places in your yard.

Visit Your Site!

• Help select fruit varieties, rootstocks, pollination & spacing.

It’s affordable and it’s fun! The • Help with planting, pruning and pest control. designer will tailor the visit to meet • Help design garden structures like arbors and fences. your needs. If you are investing in • Act as your personal garden expert and help when you need it. quality plant material, consider also

Cascade Tree Experts

getting your landscape off to a great start! Call and make an appointment.

Serving Western Washington from Olympia All tree & shrub pruning!

Fruit, nut tree, vine & berry pruning!

Planting and site preparation!

Hazard tree evaluation and removal! cascadetreeexperts@hotmail.com Internationally Certified Arborist (ISA) Licensed, bonded & insured!

Edible Landscape Installation & Maintenance; Creating Residential & Commercial Vegetable Gardens, MiniOrchards, & Chicken Coops

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CANDICE COSLER (360) 385-4313

Earthwise Landscape Planning & Management Specializing in edible, native & drought-tolerant landscapes design * installation * maintenance * consultation

Huckleberry & Friends Natural building, edible landscaping, expert pruning, local edible botany, forest gardening, ecosystem regeneration, vermiculture, biochar, compost tea, erosion repair & more.

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