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Self-fertile and prolific.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Medium (1-2 ft)","offer_id":49826387165472,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (2-3 ft)","offer_id":49826387198240,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Extra-large (3-4 ft)","offer_id":51396547084576,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Pink_currant2.jpg?v=1741534836"},{"product_id":"black-currant","title":"Black currant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRibes nigrum\u003c\/em\u003e. A deciduous berry bush, hardy to zone 3. Berries are dark-purple, almost black. Berries can be eaten as-is off the bush, processed into smoothies, jams, jellies, or syrup, made into cakes and pies. Freeze extremely well for later use. These bushes grow up to 5 ft in height and 4-5 ft in width. The bushes are very productive and hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Medium (1-2 ft)","offer_id":49826325299488,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (2-3 ft)","offer_id":49826328379680,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Extra large and branching (3-4 ft)","offer_id":49987908862240,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Black_currant5.jpg?v=1741534865"},{"product_id":"red-currant","title":"Red currant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRibes viburnum\u003c\/em\u003e. A deciduous shrub growing to ~5 ft tall and 3-5 ft wide. An established bush can produce up to 9 lbs of berries in a season. Plants are hardy to zone 3. Berries hang in clusters of up to 20 berries, and are ready for picking when slightly translucent and juicy. Berries can be eaten as-is from the bush, for that perfect sweet-tart flavour, or processed into jam or jelly, and also make wonderful fruit leather treats and cordials. Self-fertile and prolific.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Medium (1-2 ft)","offer_id":49826389524768,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large (2-3 ft)","offer_id":49826389557536,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Extra-large (3-4 ft)","offer_id":49987903914272,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Red_currant4.jpg?v=1741534900"},{"product_id":"grapes-concord","title":"Grapes - Concord","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVitis labrusca\u003c\/em\u003e 'Concord'. Grapes are deep-purple, flavourful, and sweet enough to eat out of hand (but also make fantastic juice and jellies). The Concord grape is hardy to zone 4 and will thrive with just a little care. The grapes are self-fertile and have seeds. Provide a trellis, fence, or a house wall for them to climb, and enjoy a combination of shade and a bountiful delicious harvest. Plants are great for a summertime privacy screen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Regular (2 ft)","offer_id":50763230052640,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Extra-large (\u003e3 ft)","offer_id":50763230085408,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Concord_grapes1.jpg?v=1741534960"},{"product_id":"grapes-magenta","title":"Grapes - Magenta","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrapes are deep-red, seedless, and very sweet. A great table \/ dessert grape. Very prolific and vigorous. This grape is hardy to zone 4. The grapes are self-fertile. Provide a trellis, fence, or a house wall for them to climb, and enjoy a combination of shade and a bountiful delicious harvest. Plants are great for a summertime privacy screen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"1-year old vine","offer_id":51396552851744,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"2-year old vine","offer_id":51396552884512,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Magenta_grapes2.jpg?v=1741534976"},{"product_id":"highbush-cranberry","title":"Highbush cranberry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eViburnum trilobum\u003c\/em\u003e. A native Canadian species, and a great option for a wildlife or privacy hedge. A deciduous shrub, growing up to ~13 ft in height. Beautiful, snow-white flowers in the spring, followed by bright-red berries and red foliage in the fall, this plant is beautiful. Berries are favoured by many bird species, including waxwings. The berries are sour and high in vitamin C, with a large, flat seed. Best used processed into jams and sauces or for making cordials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49826308718880,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Highbush_cranberry.jpg?v=1741534993"},{"product_id":"elderberry","title":"Elderberry (Ranch)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcellent for tough sites, very resilient, can handle just about any soil type. Requires a pollenizer (Marge) for maximum production. This is a smaller variety, growing to no more than 6-10 ft, depending on the conditions. Unlike many other black elderberries, it does not sucker, which reduces maintenance needs. Produces enormous clusters of flowers that become small berries. Great choice for tough sites, and a fantastic choice for a showy specimen that will keep your elderflower syrup bottles full. The berries ripen earlier than the variety Marge and the harvest window is tighter - convenient if you're looking to pick as much as possible all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSambucus nigra x S. canadenis\u003c\/em\u003e. A cross between the native American elderberry and the highly-nutritious European elderberries. These trees are a fantastic addition to the pantry - from making elderberry flower syrup to making jam and syrup from the berries. The berries are highly nutritious, with high antioxidant content. And to round it off, elderberries also make beautiful garden specimens, with their huge, creamy white flowers, lacy leaves, and large bunches of dark berries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Small (2-3 ft)","offer_id":49826341617952,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Medium (3-4 ft)","offer_id":49826341716256,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4-6 ft)","offer_id":51396576510240,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Extra-large (6+ ft)","offer_id":51396576543008,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/3f3f322f-50a4-4008-871a-5e297ce8abca.jpg?v=1759590689"},{"product_id":"yellow-raspberries","title":"Yellow raspberries - Anne","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur favourite raspberry variety to date! 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The berries are known to be packed in vitamins A, C, and E, as well as omega-3, 6, 7, and 9 fatty acids, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese trees are nitrogen fixers, which means that they can thrive on soils that are low in fertility. In fact, they will help feed other trees around them as well! Note that for sea buckthorn, \"thriving\" also means spreading through root suckers, so make sure to mow around the trees once a year to prevent a thorny thicket from forming. Sea buckthorn loves sandy or gravely soils (=faster suckering), and is held back by heavy or wet soils. It also requires full sun. This means that you can use soil type and sun exposure to limits its spreading via suckering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA male tree is required for pollination; a single male can pollinate up to 7 female trees. Pollination is wind-based, and distance between male and female trees is critical, as planting the male too far from the females would reduce or even prevent pollination. 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It also produces (small) plums that make great jams and jellies, and it can even be used as a rootstock for plums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardy to zone 2, this small tree grows to 15 ft tall, and puts on a show of a profusion of beautiful flowers in the spring. 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And to round it off, elderberries also make beautiful garden specimens, with their huge, creamy white flowers, lacy leaves, and large bunches of dark berries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Small (1-2 ft)","offer_id":49987689939232,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Medium (2-3 ft)","offer_id":49987689972000,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (3-4 ft)","offer_id":49987690004768,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Extra large (4-6 ft)","offer_id":49988150853920,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Elderberry.jpg?v=1739958534"},{"product_id":"flowering-quince","title":"Flowering quince","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChaenomeles speciosa\u003c\/em\u003e. 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The plants are seedlings and plant characteristics, including flower colour, will vary between individual plants; the pictures show flowers of some of the parent trees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sima's Roots and Fruits","offers":[{"title":"Medium (1-2 ft)","offer_id":50015838601504,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (2-3 ft)","offer_id":51396571136288,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Floweringquince.jpg?v=1742134090"},{"product_id":"chinese-peach-tree","title":"Chinese peach tree","description":"\u003cp class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus persica\u003c\/em\u003e. A delicious peach, hardy to zone 5a that grows to ~20 ft tall. 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Instead, plant your peach trees to the north side of a building or a group of evergreen trees, so that the tree is shaded from the low winter sun, but enjoys full sun during the summer, when sun is high. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sima's Roots and Fruits","offers":[{"title":"Small (\u003c1 ft)","offer_id":50042392314144,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Medium (\u003e1 ft)","offer_id":50042392346912,"sku":"","price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/eaf6d42c-1c9c-4ccf-8413-0a3f34362fff.jpg?v=1770172243"},{"product_id":"goumi-berry-bush","title":"Goumi berry bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eEleagnus multiflora\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eFinally, a berry bush that is a nitrogen fixer, produces tasty fruit, and is not known for any invasive behaviour. Very productive, goumi bushes produce a profusion of elongated red berries with a slight silvery surface. Hardy to zone 4b, these bushes are an ideal companion in a food forest, providing fertilizer to other fruit trees. The bushes are only 6' tall, and do not spread - making them a great understory plant in a food forest, or a part of a food-producing hedge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bushes are said to be either fully or partially self-fertile. They will set lots of fruit without needing a second variety. That said, you might get heavier fruit loads with 2 different varieties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe berries contain a single, large seed, and have a complex flavour - sweetness, tartness, and some astringency. We like eating them as-is off the bush, they're great in preserves where their astringency can be reduced. 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We've had ours produce heavy fruit loads year after year. Hardy to zone 4b, this compact tree is a showstopper in the spring, with a profusion of pink flowers that attract pollinators, including hummingbirds. In mid- to late-August, enjoy a couple of weeks of picking delicious, juicy, flavourful peaches. These peaches are yellow-fleshed with a red blush, and are freestone, which makes them easier to cut and process. The trees are self-pollinating, so only one tree is plenty for a large annual yield. Our one tree produces enough for us to have our fill of fresh peaches, gift lots to family and friends, and freeze or process the rest. \u003cspan\u003eThe tree will be 4-6 ft at pickup time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecific planting instructions\u003c\/strong\u003e: like all peaches, \u003cspan\u003emake sure to plant them where they're protected from the cold, desiccating winter winds. Whatever you do, do NOT plant these trees in a sheltered, warm corner of the south or west side of a house or garage - these locations will make the tree wake up too early in the spring, and will get hit by a late frost. Instead, plant your peach trees to the north side of a building or a group of evergreen trees, so that the tree is shaded from the low winter sun, but enjoys full sun during the summer, when sun is high.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing instructions\u003c\/strong\u003e: do not let your tree set fruit for the first couple of years, so that it has a chance to establish good roots. Once it is allowed to fruit, make sure to thin out the little fruitlets when they're the size of a marble - if you leave too many fruits to mature, your ripe peaches will be small and you'll run the risk of the tree breaking under the weight. Thinning them out preserves tree health and results in larger fruit. As a rule of thumb - make a fist with your thumb extended outward, and wherever you can touch 2 peach fruitlets at once, remove the smaller of the two. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sima's Roots and Fruits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51197434888480,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4631\/0176\/files\/Reliance4.jpg?v=1770172329"},{"product_id":"peach-tree-contender","title":"Peach tree - Contender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContender is a delicious, freestone peach with a beautiful red blush. Hardy to zone 4b, this variety flowers a little later, which makes it an attractive option in the Maritime climate with its late frosts. Fruit matures in early September (late-season peach). The trees are self-pollinating, so only one tree is plenty for a large annual yield. 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