Fruits
Grow your own fruit and know that it is locally grown! All are easily grown, and make a great learning experience for kids.
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American Hazelnut
Extremely hardy native shrub that can tolerate some shade. The nuts are sweet and may be eaten raw or ground into flour for cake like bread, they have a very high nutritional value and are eaten by squirrels, foxes, deer, northern bobwhites, ruffled grouse, turkeys and pheasants!
Blueberry - Brunswick
Produces small, sky blue berries that are firm and flavorful, similar to that of a wild blueberry. Dense foliage turns brilliant red or orange in the fall.
Blueberry - Patriot
Deep blue fruit rippening in July. Heavy producer, upto 20lbs per bush.
Elderberry
Hardy, rapid growing shrub with clusters of white flowers in spring followed by purple-black fruits. These fruits are excellent for making pies, jam and wine. Native to Ontario.
Blackberry - Black Satin
No need for gloves when you pick these delicious blackberries - the canes and leaves of this variety are completely thornless! The delicious fruits ripen in August and September and are perfect for pies and jams as well as eating fresh.
Blueberry - Duke
Dainty bell shaped flowers. Medium/large, firm, mildy sweet, light blue berreis in early summer.
Blueberry, Wild
Short in stature, and spreads by underground stems. A mature planting can form a dense ground cover. Leaves are glossy blue-green in summer, turning purple in the fall. The sweet, small dark blue berries are used in preserves and pies and are high in antioxidants.
Elderberry - Jonade
Graceful shrub with bright golden serrated foliage turning to a stunning flaming red and orange in late summer and autumn. New shoots are pink-red.
Blueberry - Bluecrop
Light blue blueberries upto 1/2", that ripen in July, with a harvest that goes on for weeks. Producing up to 20lbs per plants.
Blueberry - Northcountry
Early large berries on compact plants. Very adaptable variety. Highly ornamental plant with beautiful flowers and burgundy red fall colour, makes a stunning informal hedge.
Chokeberry, Black
Clusters of small white flowers in May followed by purple black berries that are retained throughout the winter. Berries are edible and are extremely high in antioxidants. Native to Ontario & Quebec.
Elderberry - Scotia
Amazing display of fragrant, delicate white flowers in summer. Small, very sweet fruit is ready to enjoy in the summer.