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Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 2-4 business days to process. However, we will not be shipping orders of supplies between June 25 and June 27 as we conduct our annual inventory count. Orders received during those weeks will be shipped subsequently.
Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Very large fruit with fine-grained aromatic flesh. Sweet and crisp. Excellent for sauce. Good keeper. Vigorous tree. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Crisp, firm, juicy with a rich spicy flavor. Stores 6 months or more. Annual bearing, scab immune, resistant to powdery mildew, cider-apple rust and fireblight. Blooms late-season. Z4.
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Malus spp. Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Malus spp. Winter. A nearly perfect all-purpose apple for northernmost areas. Bright red fruit with white firm crisp juicy flesh. Very versatile. Keeps until March. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. Crisp flesh has a balanced sweet-tart flavor for good fresh eating and great dried apples. Stores into the winter. A high-quality apple that needs little care. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Yellow flesh is crisp, firm, juicy, tender and subacid. Recommended for pies and sauce. Very long-lived, healthy and hardy. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. An offspring of Frostbite and Chestnut apples. This russeted dessert apple is small, but packs a lot flavor. We eat them raw or baked whole rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. A tried and true disease-resistant variety. Excellent eating, good cider. Keeps a couple of months. Scab immune. Bears annually. Z4.
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Malus spp. Summer. Modern PRI-bred variety. Mildly tart, spicy and rich flavored. Great fresh eating quality. Disease-resistant, scab immune. Blooms mid-late season. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Winter. A very tart dessert apple and a supremely wonderful midwinter pie apple. Will keep all winter in the root cellar, with peak flavor in Feb. Blooms early-midseason. Z3.
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Malus spp. 20x30' Late Summer. White single flowers on large somewhat weeping tree. Red-blushed roundish 1½-2" fruit good for cooking and cider. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3.
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Malus spp. Winter. Excellent fresh eating. Very large russeted fruit with firm white fine-grained flesh and nutty sweet-sharp flavor. Good keeper. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare English heirloom. Tender sweet astringent juicy flesh. Proven to be hardy in central Maine. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. Sweet cider apple. Complex and honey-sweet with a bit of vanilla or honeysuckle. Low acid. Strong low-maintenance trees with no disease pressure observed. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Sharp juice with some astringency. Consistent heavy cropper. Very scab resistant, also called Neverblight! Blooms late season. Z4.
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Arnica chamissonis 8-12" tall. Low spreading groundcover with bright yellow daisy-like flowers used externally in oils and salves to treat bruises, sprains, inflammation. Z3.
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Vaccinium corymbosum Early-Mid. 5-7'. One of the best blueberries for eating, freezing, canning and preserving. Loose clusters are easy to harvest. Productive bush is vigorous and upright. Disease resistant. Z4.
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Vaccinium corymbosum Early. 5-6'. Good quality early variety with medium-sized very flavorful deep blue berries. Extended ripening season of 4–5 weeks. Upright spreading form. Z4.
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Prunus avium Summer. Classic dessert cherry. Very large. Good fresh or canned. One of the hardiest sweet cherries. Requires second variety for pollination. Z5.
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Hemerocallis 27" tall. Radiant raspberry-purple blossoms with luminous lemon-yellow throat. 4½'" flowers light up the landscape with showstopping color. Early to midseason rebloomer. Z2.
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Hemerocallis 18-24" tall. Broad ruffle-edged petals form 3" flowers. Continuous blooming tendencies and compact habit make this Stella-family member excellent for containers as well as the garden. Z2.
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Cornus alba 6-8' x 5-6'. Luminescent yellow stems are brightest in winter. Great for winter arrangements. Adaptable to wide range of soil conditions. Z3.
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Cornus racemosa 3-8' x 10-15'. Native multi-stemmed thickly branched suckering shrub with rounded domes of small 4-petaled white flowers that bloom in early summer. White berries on bright red fruit stalks. Z4.
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Sambucus canadensis 6-12' x same. Fedco intro. Sourced from a wide swath of plants growing in Aroostook County. Robust elderberry with consistently high fruit yields. Z3.
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Vitis spp. Mid. Medium-size tender juicy berries. Sweet green slip-skin. Good for fresh eating and makes nice wine. High sugar content. Disease resistant. Z3.
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Vitis spp. Early. Loose clusters of golden-green grapes suited for single varietal and blended wines. Fruity, crisp, mineral, hints of apple and pear. Z4/5.
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Humulus lupulus Low-to-moderate bitterness. Spicy and floral aromas great for lagers, pilsners, wheat beers and German- or Belgian-style ales. Z3.
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Hosta 22–24" tall, scapes to 36". Pale lavender flowers are large and fragrant, but the leaves are the main attraction. Rapid grower with good sun tolerance. Colors intensify in light. Z3.
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Syringa vulgaris alba 12-15' x 8-12'. One of only two types you see growing where the old homesteads once stood. May be the oldest loveliest purest white of them all. Gets the job done without messing around. Z2.
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Castanea mollissima 40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4.
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Castanea 40-60' x 30-40'. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage. Parent trees show excellent blight resistance. Begins flowering at 3-5 years. Great flavor, high annual nut production. Z4.
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Morus alba × M. rubra 30x20'. One of the most renowned mulberry varieties. Ripens mid-July and continues into late summer or longer. Self-fruitful grafted cultivar, so only one plant is required for fruit. Z4/5.
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Diospyros virginiana 35-60' x 20-35'. Medium-sized native tree produces edible orange fruit used in pies, jams and jelly. May not always ripen north of Boston. Unsexed seedlings—plant two or more for fruit. Z4/5.
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Rubus odoratus 3-6' x 6-12' Relative of the cultivated raspberry, with fragrant flowers and nutritious fruit. Thornless, long-blooming, attractive to pollinators. Excellent addition to wildlife hedges. Z4.
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Crataegus phaenopyrum 15-20' x 12-20'. Shrubby thorny low-branching dense tree. Used for centuries as a circulatory and cardiovascular tonic herb. Z4.
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Calluna vulgaris 1-2' x 1-2'. Colorful groundcover provides a rainbow tie-dye visual over the course of the season. Among our top favorites! Z4.
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Symphoricarpos albus 5-6' x same. Wildlife and medicinal shrub native to eastern U.S. is quite beautiful all season. Berries are insipid to humans but adored by birds. Easy to grow and adaptable to most conditions. Z3.
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