{"title":"The Mixed Orchard","description":"\u003cp\u003eDifferent species, origins, bloom times and disease susceptibilities, so one bad spring or one pathogen cannot take everything.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"turkish-pink-plum","title":"Turkish Pink Plum","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pink Japanese-type plum, grafted here in Cumming. The name suggests a Turkish connection; where and when the cultivar arose is not recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrial record.\u003c\/strong\u003e The only trial data is from our own trees. It blooms early, like the Japanese plums it resembles, so it carries frost exposure in a cold spring. Assume it needs a pollinator until we can confirm otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrunus salicina\u003c\/em\u003e type\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWhat is not known\u003c\/span\u003e Where and when the cultivar originated, and its parentage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Early. Site away from frost pockets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Assume a pollinator is needed. Plant another early-blooming Japanese-type plum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eStorage\u003c\/span\u003e Short, like most Japanese-type plums. Best fresh soon after picking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Standard Japanese plum cautions apply: brown rot, black knot, bacterial spot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e Myro 29C\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Myro 29C \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905881420008,"sku":"PLM-TURKI-MYR-M","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Myro 29C \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905881452776,"sku":"PLM-TURKI-MYR-L","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/turkish-pink-plum-photo_b5f560c2-83f6-4b98-bc61-b49bf0c26f0a.jpg?v=1791232707"},{"product_id":"rosseyanka-persimmon","title":"Rosseyanka Persimmon","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hybrid persimmon grown for cold climates. It is widely grown in zone 5 plantings across the upper Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike other hybrid persimmons it is astringent until fully soft, then sweet; it does not need frost to ripen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eDiospyros virginiana\u003c\/em\u003e × \u003cem\u003ekaki\u003c\/em\u003e 'Rosseyanka'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Nikita Botanical Garden, Crimea. Bred by Arkady Konstantinovich Pasenkov, 1959\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eCold record\u003c\/span\u003e Survived −25°F in documented trials\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Female. Plant a male American persimmon nearby for pollination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e October, without needing hard frost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Medium to large, round, orange. Astringent until fully soft, then sweet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Fresh eating, baking, drying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e 90-chromosome American persimmon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"90-Chromosome American Persimmon Rootstock \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905881714920,"sku":"PSM-ROSSE-90P-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90-Chromosome American Persimmon Rootstock \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905881747688,"sku":"PSM-ROSSE-90P-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_cb30497415734fa987b59eb907827f9d_mv2.jpg?v=1786929930"},{"product_id":"hartoot-mulberry","title":"Hartoot Mulberry","description":"\u003cp\u003eHartoot is a large-fruited mulberry producing large, elongated fruit over a long season from early summer into autumn. It is not the everbearing Illinois type but a distinct selection, grown for its large fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn its origin.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is sold in North America as a Lebanese selection, but it is usually listed under \u003cem\u003eMorus macroura\u003c\/em\u003e, a species native to the Himalaya and southern China and widely known as Shahtoot, the king mulberry. Hartoot may simply be a variant of that name. No source settles where it came from, so we list its origin as unconfirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMorus\u003c\/em\u003e sp. 'Hartoot' (often listed as \u003cem\u003eMorus macroura\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e Zone 6 to 9. Zone 5 untested; plant in a warm, sheltered spot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Unconfirmed. Sold as Lebanese; the species it is listed under is Himalayan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Self-fertile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e Over a long season, summer through autumn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Large and elongated, red in grower photographs; fully ripe color not yet documented. Sweet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Fresh eating, jam, baking, birds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e Hybrid mulberry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Hybrid Mulberry Rootstock \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905882075368,"sku":"MUL-HARTO-HMB-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hybrid Mulberry Rootstock \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905882108136,"sku":"MUL-HARTO-HMB-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_8e01b26427ba46d69b0e1da2e51aaaee_mv2.jpg?v=1786929938"},{"product_id":"american-chestnut","title":"American Chestnut","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican chestnut was once the dominant hardwood of the eastern forest, and the blight introduced around 1904 took an estimated four billion trees. The species survives mostly as root sprouts that die back before they can fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe offer seedlings from blight-aware and regionally preserved genetic lines, sold as an orchard nut tree and as a way of taking part in a restoration effort that will outlast everyone now working on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlight.\u003c\/strong\u003e Breeding lines vary in how much protection they carry, and none of the material available to a small nursery is immune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant more than one.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two is the minimum, three is better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eCastanea dentata\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to eastern North America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Self-incompatible. Two or more genetically distinct trees, or no filled nuts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBlight\u003c\/span\u003e The species is susceptible to \u003cem\u003eCryphonectria parasitica\u003c\/em\u003e. Our stock comes from blight-aware or partially resistant lines, but resistance varies and none is immune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNut\u003c\/span\u003e Sweet and rich. Roasting, flour, stuffing, confection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seed-grown, container-grown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905882337512,"sku":"CHT-AMERI-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905882370280,"sku":"CHT-AMERI-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/i0.jpg?v=1789864002"},{"product_id":"benny-s-favorite-paw-paw","title":"Benny's Favorite Pawpaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pawpaw from Jerry Lehman's breeding orchard at Terre Haute, Indiana, carried in his numbered series as 275-56, from a cross of Prolific and Sam Norris-15. Lehman spent decades crossing and evaluating pawpaws on his own ground. Entered as Bennie's Favorite, it took first place in the Ohio Pawpaw Festival's best pawpaw contest in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou need two, and they must be different.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pawpaws require cross-pollination from a genetically distinct variety; two grafted trees of the same selection will not set fruit. The flowers are fly-pollinated and natural set is often poor, so hand-pollination with a small brush is worth doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eAsimina triloba\u003c\/em\u003e \"Benny's Favorite\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSelection\u003c\/span\u003e Jerry Lehman, Terre Haute, Indiana. Lehman selection 275-56\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eParentage\u003c\/span\u003e Prolific × Sam Norris-15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to eastern North America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Fruits best in full sun; also grows in dappled sun or partial shade (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Larval host of the zebra swallowtail. Songbirds, wild turkeys, squirrels, raccoons and foxes eat the fruit (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Requires a genetically distinct second variety. Hand-pollination recommended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e Mid to late season, late September in Indiana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Medium, about 6 to 8 oz. Sweet, smooth, creamy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e No significant disease problems. The pawpaw peduncle borer can destroy flowers (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e Pawpaw seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eMature size\u003c\/span\u003e About 15 to 30 feet (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Seedling Rootstock \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905882730728,"sku":"PAW-BENNY-SDL-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Seedling Rootstock \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905882763496,"sku":"PAW-BENNY-SDL-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_b3f92779dfe84d3aae12ce1385311d90_mv2.jpg?v=1786929948"},{"product_id":"almata-apple","title":"Almata Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003eA red-fleshed apple raised in South Dakota from \u003cem\u003eMalus niedzwetzkyana\u003c\/em\u003e stock, the wild red-fleshed apple of the Tian Shan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is crimson the whole way through: skin, flesh, juice and core. Tart and aromatic, and the source of pink-red applesauce and cider that needs no explaining to anyone who sees it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMalus domestica\u003c\/em\u003e 'Almata'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings. Bred by Niels E. Hansen from (Beautiful Arcade x Fluke 38) crossed with Redflesh; introduced 1942\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Requires a pollinator. Apples are almost all self-incompatible; plant a second cultivar of overlapping bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSeason\u003c\/span\u003e Early winter, per the South Dakota station release notes and a 1963 USDA survey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Scab has been recorded on it in South Dakota\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Medium, red-fleshed throughout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Sauce, cider, fresh eating if you like them sharp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"G.11 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48956641738984,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G11-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.11 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48956641771752,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G11-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.214 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905883910376,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G21-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.214 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905883943144,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G21-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.969 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905883975912,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G96-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.969 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905884008680,"sku":"APL-ALMAT-G96-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_69d50df194494b36b39c61f1e4a31b1e_mv2.jpg?v=1786929962"},{"product_id":"ashmead-s-kernel-apple","title":"Ashmead's Kernel Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003eA connoisseur's apple, and proof that a russeted, unglamorous fruit can carry intense flavor. Ashmead's Kernel was raised from seed in the gardens of what became Ashmead House in Gloucester, England, in the early eighteenth century, and it has been sought out by people who care about flavor ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flesh is dense, crisp and nutty, with an intense honeyed sweet-tartness high in both sugar and acid, sometimes described as sharp pear drops or aged cider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMalus domestica\u003c\/em\u003e \"Ashmead's Kernel\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Gloucester, England, early eighteenth century. Sources give both about 1700 and about 1720\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eA note on the name\u003c\/span\u003e Long credited to a Dr Thomas Ashmead, an eminent physician. No physician of that name is documented in Gloucester at the time. The Gloucestershire Orchard Group points instead to William Ashmead, an attorney, born 1721 and died 1782. Attorneys were addressed as Doctor, as doctors of law, which explains the old name Doctor Ashmead's Kernel. In 1861 the Reverend Samuel Lysons named William Ashmead, some time town clerk of the city, who planted the first tree near Clarence Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eParentage\u003c\/span\u003e Reported as a seedling of Nolan Pippin. Triploid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eChilling\u003c\/span\u003e About 800 to 1,000 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom group\u003c\/span\u003e Mid to late, group 3 to 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Triploid. Plant two other diploid cultivars of compatible bloom. Do not rely on Ashmead's to pollinate anything\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e October. Best from December into February, peaking weeks after harvest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Small to medium, round, honey-green skin heavily covered in brown russet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFlavor and texture\u003c\/span\u003e Dense, crisp, fine-grained. Intense honeyed sweet-tart with nutty and pear-drop notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eStorage\u003c\/span\u003e Excellent. Months in cool storage, and the flavor improves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Moderately resistant to scab and fire blight and resistant to juniper rusts in extension trials, but susceptible to powdery mildew. Susceptible to bitter pit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"G.11 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48956646785256,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G11-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.11 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48956646818024,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G11-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.214 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905884991720,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G21-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.214 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905885024488,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G21-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.969 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905885057256,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G96-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"G.969 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905885090024,"sku":"APL-ASHME-G96-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/a7x6ez.jpg?v=1790137374"},{"product_id":"kirchensaller-mostbirne-pear","title":"Kirchensaller Mostbirne Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eA perry pear of southern Germany. Kirchensaller Mostbirne arose as a chance seedling in the Hohenlohe country near the village of Kirchensall in Baden-Württemberg, and was first recorded in orchard books in 1910. It became a mainstay of the region's \u003cem\u003eStreuobstwiesen\u003c\/em\u003e, the traditional standard-tree meadow orchards that still define that landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts name says what it is for. \u003cem\u003eMostbirne\u003c\/em\u003e is a pressing pear for \u003cem\u003eMost\u003c\/em\u003e, the fermented pear must that becomes Birnenmost, the German perry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a dessert pear.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fruit is small to medium, greenish-yellow, and carries the tannin and acid a good perry needs rather than the sugar and butter of an eating pear. Astringent eaten fresh. Gathered when it drops or comes off easily and milled soon after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant it as a century tree.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes off a big, vigorous, long-lived and frost-tolerant tree that thrives in poor and chalky soils where finer pears sulk. Grow it for perry, for wildlife, and as the kind of tree that outlives the person who plants it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing: Kirchensaller Mostbirne is itself the standard seedling rootstock for full-standard pears across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, so it is as often grown under other varieties as for its own fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003ePyrus communis\u003c\/em\u003e 'Kirchensaller Mostbirne'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e A chance seedling found near Kirchensall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. First recorded in orchard books in 1910\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Not self-fertile. Plant a second European pear with overlapping bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e Autumn. Gathered rather than picked, and milled soon after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eStorage\u003c\/span\u003e Not a keeper. Pressed soon after harvest, like all perry pears\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eUse\u003c\/span\u003e Perry above all. Also juice and blending, with real value as a wildlife and landscape tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePerry class\u003c\/span\u003e High tannin, high acid. Brings body and structure to a blend rather than sweetness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Adaptable, with a known susceptibility to pear decline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e OHxF 333, 87 or 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"OHxF 333 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905889153256,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O33-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 333 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905889186024,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O33-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 87 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905889218792,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O87-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 87 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905889251560,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O87-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 97 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905889284328,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O97-M","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 97 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905889317096,"sku":"PER-KIRCH-O97-L","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_0f46627bd8494d00add5e338fb0f6027_mv2.jpg?v=1786930006"},{"product_id":"hunza-apricot","title":"Hunza Apricot","description":"\u003cp\u003eHunza is a cold-hardy apricot from the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan, one of the world’s great apricot-growing regions at elevations of 7,000 to 9,000 feet with severe cold winters. Dried Hunza apricots are a staple food of the Hunza people, eaten through winter when fresh food is unavailable. This represents a genetically distinct Central Asian apricot lineage separate from the European and Russian apricot traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrunus armeniaca\u003c\/em\u003e (Hunza Valley selection)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Hunza Valley, northern Pakistan. Karakoram mountain region, 7,000 to 9,000 ft elevation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e Zone 4 to 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Self-fertile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e Late July\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Small to medium, orange-gold, freestone. Sweet and aromatic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Fresh eating and drying. Traditional Hunza dried apricot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Brown rot is the main apricot disease; bacterial canker, bacterial leaf spot and powdery mildew also occur (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e American Plum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"American Plum Rootstock \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905889415400,"sku":"APR-HUNZA-AMP-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"American Plum Rootstock \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905889448168,"sku":"APR-HUNZA-AMP-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_ea69489e66ac47f591c415653aff3bf3_mv2.webp?v=1786930008"},{"product_id":"bereczki-quince","title":"Bereczki Quince","description":"\u003cp\u003eBereczki is a Hungarian quince with large fruit, often close to a pound each. Mild and aromatic for a quince, with high pectin content, which makes it a jelly and membrillo fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eCydonia oblonga\u003c\/em\u003e 'Bereczki'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Hungary, nineteenth century heirloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNamed for\u003c\/span\u003e The Hungarian pomologist Máté Bereczki (1824 to 1895) of Mezőberény\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Partially self-fertile. A second quince improves yield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Very large, up to a pound. Golden-yellow, aromatic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Jelly, paste, poaching, membrillo, baking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e BA 29C Provence quince\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock note\u003c\/span\u003e Zone ratings describe the variety. Quince rootstocks, BA 29C included, are less root-hardy than pear seedling, so in zone 5 plant on a sheltered, well-drained site and mulch the root zone in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"BA 29C Provence Rootstock \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905889743080,"sku":"QUI-BEREC-B29-M","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"BA 29C Provence Rootstock \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905889775848,"sku":"QUI-BEREC-B29-L","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_7a19d681e8754f8c817a8840f680d8ee_mv2.jpg?v=1786930014"},{"product_id":"du-li-birch-leaf-pear","title":"Du Li Birch-Leaf Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eDu Li is the Chinese birch-leaf pear, \u003cem\u003ePyrus betulifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the wild species used as the principal pear rootstock across northern China. It has the distinctive birch-like leaves that give it its name and is cold-hardy, drought-tolerant and adaptable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWild collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most birch-leaf pear in the trade is anonymous seedling rootstock; material with a recorded wild provenance is hard to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFruit.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a specimen of the wild genetics underlying Asian pear culture, and a rootstock species in its own right, rather than a fruiting pear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003ePyrus betulifolia\u003c\/em\u003e 'Du Li'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Huanglong Mountains, northwest Shaanxi, China. Wild-collected February 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Needs an Asian pear partner for fruit set\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Small, round, wild-type. Edible but astringent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eTree\u003c\/span\u003e Birch-like leaves. Cold-hardy, adaptable, drought-tolerant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRootstock\u003c\/span\u003e OHxF 333, 87 or 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Grafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"OHxF 333 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48988677865704,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O33-M","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 333 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48988677898472,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O33-L","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 87 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48988677931240,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O87-M","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 87 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48988677964008,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O87-L","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 97 \/ Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48988677996776,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O97-M","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"OHxF 97 \/ Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48988678029544,"sku":"PER-DULIB-O97-L","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/du-li-birch-leaf-pear-photo.jpg?v=1791216757"},{"product_id":"georgian-medlar","title":"Georgian Medlar","description":"\u003cp\u003eA medlar collected in the Republic of Georgia in 2004, as part of an ongoing collection effort in the Caucasus. Georgia has one of the world’s oldest fruit-growing traditions, and Caucasian medlars are poorly documented outside the region. This is a preservation planting from a specific collected genotype.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMespilus germanica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Collected in the Republic of Georgia, 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e Zone 5 to 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Self-fertile; a second tree improves yield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eStatus\u003c\/span\u003e Conservation planting. 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