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Apples

Apple
Brock
Malus spp. Fall-Winter. ME 7-492 (Golden Delicious × McIntosh) Monmouth, ME, 1966.

Very large conic all-purpose fruit is yellow with deep

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Apple
Malus spp. Late Summer. Lebanon, NY, or possibly Connecticut, c. 1850.

Excellent tender-skinned tender-fleshed dessert and cooking apple ripens

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Apple
Enterprise
Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Coop 30 [PRI 2693-1=(PRI 1661-2 × PRI 1661-1)] PRI Coop, 1993.

From the well-known Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois apple-breeding

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Apple
Fameuse
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. read more

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Apple
Haralson
Malus spp. Winter. MN 90 (Malinda × open-pollinated) U Minn, 1923. One of the first introductions from the Minnesota Horticultural Research Center... read more

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Apple
I-95
Malus spp. Fall. Possible Red Delicious seedling. Waterville, ME, 1987. A tasty and rugged dessert apple found growing on a sucker from a... read more

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Apple
Pewaukee
Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Duchess × Northern Spy. George Peffer intro, Pewaukee, WI, about 1842.

A cross between two of the best culinary apples.

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Apple
Pipsqueak
Malus spp. Fall. MN 447 (Frostbite) × open-pollinated. Super Chilly Farm, Palermo, ME, 2009.

Small russeted dessert apple with a long stem and a

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Apple
Prima
Malus spp. Fall. Coop 2 [PRI 1225-100 (PRI 14-510 × NJ 123249)]. PRI Coop, 1970.

One of the first disease-resistant varieties to hit the market,

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Apple
Pristine
Malus spp. Summer. Coop 32 (Coop 10 × Camuzat). PRI Coop, 1994.

Disease-resistant medium-large roundish-oblate clear-yellow fruit is mildly

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Apple
Ribston Pippin
Malus spp. Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Apple
Scott’s Winter
Malus spp. Winter. Unknown parentage. Newport, VT, 1864.

A very tart dessert apple and a supremely wonderful midwinter pie apple. Small to

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Apple
Transcendent Crab
Malus spp. Late Summer. Thought to be Malus × adstringens (M. baccata × M. pumila). Europe, New York or New England, well before 1840. First known... read more

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Apple
Winekist
Malus spp. Summer. Unknown parentage. Carl A. Hansen intro, Brookings, SD, 1949.

Medium-sized fruit is wine red with patches and stripes of darker

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Apple
Zabergau Reinette
Malus spp. Winter. Württemberg, Germany, 1885. One of the most famous of all European heirlooms.

Excellent fresh eating and good for cooking. Very

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Cider Apples

Cider Apple
Cherry Norman
Malus spp. Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare, this classic English heirloom bittersweet probably originated in Herefordshire well... read more

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Cider Apple
Old Fertile
Malus spp. Fall. Sweet cider apple. Wilmington, VT. From the Gnarly Pippins wild-apple collection.

Matt Kaminsky, aka Gnarly Pippins, is an adept

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Cider Apple
Otterson
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. read more

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Cider Apple
Stoke Red
Malus spp. Late Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Also called Neverblight. May have originated in Rodney Stoke or near Wedmore, Somerset, England.

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Cider Apple
Yarlington Mill
Malus spp. Fall. Medium-bittersweet cider apple. Yarlington, near North Cadbury, Somerset, England, 1898.

Rich brown low-acid juice, mildly

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Cane Fruit

Black Raspberries

Black Raspberry
Jewel
Rubus spp. Midsummer. Bristol × Dundee. Cornell, Geneva, NY, 1973.

High-yielding variety with superb quality and flavor. Glossy large firm juicy

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Summer-Bearing Raspberries

Summer-Bearing Raspberry
Nova
Rubus spp. Mid. Southland × Boyne. Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1981.

In our trials Nova appears as hardy, if not hardier, than Boyne and on

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Cherries

Sweet Cherries

Sweet Cherry
BlackGold
Prunus avium Summer. NY 13791 (Stark Gold × Stella) NY Station, 2001. Also known as Ridgewood.

Large beautiful glossy dark red heart-shaped sweet

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Sweet Cherry
Rainier
Prunus avium Summer. Wash. P1-680 (Bing × Van) Harold W. Fogel intro, WA Ag Exp Stn and USDA, 1960.

Classic dessert cherry. Very large fruit,

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Culinary and Medicinal Herbs

Arnica

Arnica
Arnica chamissonis - Organic
Arnica chamissonis 8-12" tall. Low spreading groundcover with bright yellow daisy-like flowers used externally in oils and salves to treat... read more

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Grapes

Grape
Edelweiss
Vitis spp. Mid. MN78 [(Beta × Witt) × Ontario] Elmer Swenson intro, U Minn, 1980. Considered one of Swenson’s favorite grapes. Sweet green... read more

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Grape
Vitis spp. Early. V-53621 (Cascade × Seyve-Villard 14-287) Ollie A. Bradt intro, Vineland Stn, Ontario, 1953.

Loose medium-sized clusters of

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Groundcovers

Heather

Heather
‘Firefly’
Calluna vulgaris 1-2' × 1-2' In early spring vibrant yellow-green foliage emerges followed by tiny orange-red flower buds in June. As the mauve... read more

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Mulberries

Mulberry
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 required for fruit. Z4/5. read more

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Nuts

Chestnut

Chestnut
Castanea mollisima 40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4. read more

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Chestnut
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. read more

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Peaches

Peach
Prunus persica Early. Medium-to-large yellow-fleshed semi-clingstone peach with excellent flavor. Recommended for colder districts. Z4/5. read more

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Peach
Reliance
Prunus persica Early-Mid. Medium-sized roundish freestone peach. Bright yellow flesh, soft and juicy. Considered the hardiest peach. Z4 and warm pockets in Z3. read more

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Pears

Asian Pears

Asian Pear
Hosui
Pyrus pyrifolia Late Summer. Ri-14 (Kikusui × Yakumo) × Yakumo. Nat’l Hort Res Stn, Tsukuba, Japan, 1972.

Firm crisp fine-textured juicy mild

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European Pears

European Pear
Pyrus communis Mid-Late Summer. Seedling from Commune of Saint-Herblain, Dept of Loire-Inferieure, France, 1827.

Very high-quality summer dessert

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European Pear
Pyrus communis Summer. Uncertain origin.

Very tasty soft-fleshed dessert pear. Medium-sized attractive fruit resembles Vermont Beauty in shape

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European Pear
Pyrus communis Fall. Seedling pear from Normandy, France, c. 1780.

Buttery juicy flesh with some grain and grit. Medium oblong-pyriform fruit with

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European Pear
Nova
Pyrus communis Late Summer. Hammond, NY. Seedling discovered and introduced by Bill MacKentley of St Lawrence Nurseries, Potsdam, NY.

Large yellow

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Perry Pears

Perry Pear
Brandy
Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sharp perry pear. Southwest England, about 1820.

Too bitter for fresh eating but very good for making a strong

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Perennial Plants

Daylilies

Daylily
‘Night Beacon’
Hemerocallis 27" tall. Radiant raspberry-purple blossoms with darker purple eye zone and a large luminous lemon-yellow throat. 4½'" flowers light... read more

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Daylily
‘Purple de Oro’
Hemerocallis 18-24" tall. Lavender-purple tepals with darker purple veins, lighter midribs and a yellow-gold throat. Broad, slightly reflexed and... read more

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Daylily
‘Ruby Stella’
Hemerocallis 14-18" tall. Dark ruby flowers with deep wine-red markings, a striking yellow-bordered greenish throat, and red anthers for... read more

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Garden Peonies

Garden Peony
‘Coral Sunset’
Paeonia lactiflora Early. 28" tall. Semi-double type. Intense sunset coral with rose overtones and fluffy golden stamens. Light fragrance and long... read more

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Garden Peony
‘Nippon Beauty’
Paeonia lactiflora Late. 30" tall. Japanese type. Auten, 1927. Scarlet-red guard petals surround fringed red and gold petaloid centers. It’s a... read more

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Garden Peony
‘Sarah Bernhardt’
Paeonia lactiflora Late. 36" tall. Fully double type. Introduced in 1906. Fragrant flowers open with narrow red lines shot onto light rose-pink.... read more

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Globe Thistle

Globe Thistle
Echinops bannaticus 3-4' tall. Luminous 11/2" steel-blue spiky spheres balance atop stiff stems with deeply divided silvery green leaves. Draws... read more

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Hostas

Hosta
‘Guacamole’
Hosta 22–24" tall, scapes to 36". Pale lavender flowers are large and fragrant, but the leaves are the main attraction. Very substantial and large... read more

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Hosta
‘Velvet Moon’
Hosta 24" tall and 36" wide. Bright golden-yellow leaves with striking dark green centers. We searched far and wide for an interesting hosta that... read more

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Itoh Peonies

Itoh Peony
‘Julia Rose’
Paeonia (Itoh) x 30-36" tall. Cherry-red buds open to 8" fragrant semi-double orange-apricot-pink flowers with subtle purple edging. Blossoms... read more

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Oriental Poppies

Oriental Poppy
Papaver orientale 10-15" tall. Dusky damson-plum–colored blossoms. A short version of the original Patty’s Plum poppy, a compost-pile surprise... read more

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Woodland Phlox

Woodland Phlox
‘Blue Moon’
Phlox divaritica 12-18" tall. Sweet lavender-blue florets that will make you wonder where they’ve been all your life. Selected by Bill Cullina... read more

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Plums

Hybrid Plums

Hybrid Plum
Ember
Prunus persica Late Summer. MN 83 (P. sal. Shiro × P. a. South Dakota #33) U Minn, 1936.

Medium-sized roundish-conic slightly pointed red plum

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Hybrid Plum
Shiro
Prunus spp. Midsummer. Uncertain parentage (thought to be P. simonii × P. sal.). Luther Burbank intro, California, 1899.

Although Shiro’s

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Hybrid Plum
Tecumseh
Prunus spp. Midsummer. P. sal. Shiro × P. hortulana Surprise. NE Hansen intro, SD Stn, 1923.

Excellent fresh-eating clingstone. Round bright red

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Hybrid Plum
Underwood
Prunus spp. Midsummer. MN 91 [(P. sim. × P. sal. Shiro) × P. a. Wyant] U Minn, 1921.

Large 2" dull red fruit. Firm sweet juicy golden-yellow

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Shade Trees

Ginkgo

Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba 50-80'. Slow-growing, long-lived tree with unique fan-shaped foliage. Leaf tea used medicinally. Very adaptable and tolerant. Minimal maintenance required. Z5. read more

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Honeylocust

Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos 50' × 30-35'

Beautiful fast-growing pyramidal leguminous nitrogen-fixing tree. Bright green lacy leaves provide filtered

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Maple

Maple
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum 50-100'. Largest of our native maples. Colorful fall foliage. Valued for shade, syrup and lumber. Boil sap to make real maple syrup. Z3. read more

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Sycamore

Sycamore
American Sycamore
Plantanus occidentalis 75-100' × same. Also called American Planetree, Water Beech or Buttonball-tree.

Extraordinary native shade tree considered

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Small Fruits and Berries

American Black Elderberries

American Black Elderberry
Mattawamkeag
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. read more

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Highbush Blueberries

Highbush Blueberry
Bluejay
Vaccinium corymbosum Early-Mid. 5-7'. HBS400 [Berkeley × Michigan 241 (Pioneer × Taylor)] MI St U, 1978.

Medium-large firm mild-flavored light

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Highbush Blueberry
Sunrise
Vaccinium corymbosum Early. 5-6'. USDA, 1978.

Good quality early variety with medium-sized very flavorful deep blue berries. Extended ripening

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Small Trees and Shrubs

Chokeberries

Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 4-6' × same. Introduced in Sweden.

Upright vigorous high-yielding shrub produces very large dark tasty berries. Genetic testing

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Dogwoods

Dogwood
‘Bud’s Yellow’ Dogwood
Cornus alba 6-8' × 5-6' COPF intro. Selection made from a seedling stand near Boughen Nurseries, Saskatchewan. Also called Tatarian Dogwood.

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Dogwood
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa 3-8' × 10-15' Also called Northern Swamp Dogwood. Native multi-stemmed thickly branched suckering shrub with rounded domes of... read more

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Flowering Raspberry

Flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus 3-6' × 6-12' Also called False Raspberry, Ornamental Raspberry or Purple-flowering Raspberry. Relative of the cultivated raspberry,... read more

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Hawthorn

Hawthorn
Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum 25-30' × 20-25' Widely recommended as one of the best hawthorns.

Rounded oval form with a fragrant white showy bloom in late

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Lilacs

Lilac
Common White
Syringa vulgaris alba 12-15' × 8-12' The only common thing about this lilac is that it is one of only two types you see growing where the old... read more

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Ninebark

Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius 8-10' × same.

An eye-catching native pollinator plant that flowers early when not a lot else is blooming. Buds form in

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Persimmons

Persimmon
American Persimmon Seedling
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. read more

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Roses

Rose
‘Belle Amour’
Rosa damascena 4-5' × 3-4' Parentage unknown. Introduced 1950. Discovered growing on a convent wall in Elboeuf, Normandy, by Nancy Lindsay. Highly... read more

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Rose
‘Cardinal de Richelieu’
Rosa gallica 2-3' × 3-4' Laffay, France, 1840. Unparalleled fragrant deep purple-burgundy very double 3" blooms in midsummer. Densely petaled... read more

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Rose
‘Goldbusch’
Rosa 8x5' Complex hybrid (Golden Glow × Obergärtner Wiebicke hybrid) Reimer Kordes, Germany, 1954. Rare in the trade! Orange-honey pyramidal buds... read more

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Rose
Rosa gallica 4x4' Ancient semi-double deeply fragrant intense deep pink rose is just as medicinal as it is charming. Quite possibly the first rose... read more

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Rose
‘Raubritter’
Rosa macrantha 3-4' × 6-8'. Daisy Hill × Solarium. Kordes, Germany, 1936. Unlike any rose we’ve seen, with clusters of unusual semi-double... read more

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Rose
‘Schneeköppe’
Rosa rugosa 3x3' R. rugosa hybrid. Also knows as Snow Pavement 6446. Baum, Germany, 1986. Soft pink buds open to very faint lilac-white blooms... read more

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Rose
‘Tuscany’
Rosa gallica 3x2' One of the oldest gallicas; has been in cultivation since the 14th century. Often referred to as the Old Velvet Rose. Fragrant... read more

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Snowberry

Snowberry
White Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus 5-6' × same. Also called Common Snowberry or Waxberry. Broad rounded arching spreading wildlife shrub. Inconspicuous pinkish... read more

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Strawberries

June-Bearing Strawberries

June-Bearing Strawberry
Galletta
Fragaria × ananassa Early. NCH87-22 × Earliglow. NCSU, 2010.

This newer variety has quickly gained popularity among strawberry growers in Maine.

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June-Bearing Strawberry
Malwina
Fragaria × ananassa Late. Unnamed seedling × Sophie. Bred by Peter Stoppel, Germany.

Extend your picking season into late June or early July with

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Vines

Hops

Hops
Mt. Hood
Humulus lupulus Hallertau Mittelfrüh × USDA 19058M male. OR St U, 1989. Low to moderate bitterness with 4-7% alpha acid content. Spicy and floral... read more

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