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Fruits Even with the limitations of Wyoming’s erratic climate, fruit growing is a lost art worthy of reconsideration, bringing simple pleasures and surprises to all who give it a chance!
‘Autumn Britten’ An extra large sweet red raspberry, it starts bearing two weeks earlier than Heritage, the standard for which all other hardy red raspberries are judged. Golden fruited ‘Anne’ is everbearing, highly branched with excellent flavor and sweetness. You don’t see the golden ones at the stores because they don’t travel well. They hold together well enough to go from garden to table but they taste so good many will never make it that far! For both raspberries, cut back the old canes in early spring as fruit develops on new wood.
Zone 4
Plant Select® 2008 Excellent flavor characterizes this purple slip-skin table grape from Elmer Swenson’s breeding trials in Wisconsin. Ripening in early September, fruit may contain a crunchy bit small enough to still allow the “seedless” designation. Tolerant of alkaline soil, the vine is vigorous enough for wonderful arbor coverage and for screens.
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Developed by Elmer Swenson from the University of Wisconsin, this vine is winter hardy and a great choice if your palate craves red grapes in salads or for dessert! The fruit is large, round, red, and crisp with a high sugar content and non-slip skins.
Zone 4
Medium large somewhat loose clusters. Large thick skinned, yellow green berries. Good sugar content and medium acidity, a great hardy wine grape but sweet and juicy enough for eating our of hand!
Zone 4
This has such good flavor for fresh eating or jam making. Fruit is medium sized, richly flavored with apricot colored skin and red flesh. Delicious! Ripens in early autumn. Expect your first crop in a couple years from this semi-dwarf tree. Self pollinating but expect higher yields with cross pollination! Height: 10-13’ Width: 10-13’
Zone 3
A dwarf apple-crab tree that is very hardy and productive! As with all dwarf trees fruit production starts in a year or two. The small red apples are just the right size and flavor to send in a youngster’s lunch with good keeping quality for long Wyoming winters. Decorative blushed pink blooms, narrow, upright habit and excellent fireblight resistance.
H: 7-10’ W: 4-7’
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This fireblight resistant semi-dwarf tree produces large, sweet bright red apples excellent for fresh eating, juicing and good winter storage. H: 16.5’ W: 13’
Zone 3
Semi dwarf tree with flavor and texture reminiscent of the name. Fruit ripens late in September. This one is a sweet one not a tart one so the sugar content in the fruit helps to prevent freeze damage. Exhibits good fireblight resistance. Perhaps you’ve tried this form the grocery store and noticed their premium pricing - grow your own and avoid the high cost! Great winter storage.
Height: 12—16’ Width: 12-16’ Shape: Rounded
Zone 4
Any two apples or crab apple combinations that bloom at the same time will cross pollinate resulting in ample fruit production. Our selections work well together. Expect fruit production from dwarf trees in a year or two and the semi dwarfs two to three years. Pear trees also need cross pollination from two different varieties of pear. Fruit production will take about 5 years. Our Cherry tree selection is self pollinating—no other tree is needed. Fruit production in about 3 years. Plums get a bit more confusing but suffice to say that the Toka is self-pollinating.Fruit production in about 2—3 years. As a rule Japanese plums need Japanese plum varieties to pollinate.American Plums need American plums. Blue Plums are self fruitful.Many plums pollinate with sand cherries. Confusing, isn’t it?
Early maturing—green-gold fruit for fresh eating and preserves. Enjoy beautiful white flower production in spring with glossy green leaves in summer turning yellow to purple in autumn. Pears are so decorative many people have planted only one just to enjoy the show with out fruit production. Good Fireblight Resistance.
Height 20’ Width: 16’ Shape: Upright oval
Zone 3
A small, golden pear for canning and preserves. This tree is blanketed with luminous white flowers. Long thorns on branches help keep the deer away with glossy green foliage which turns orange in autumn. Good Fireblight resistance.
Height: 23’ Width: 16’ Shape: Upright oval
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Semi dwarfed size, one of the most dependable fruit trees for Rocky Mountain culture. Bright red tart pie cherries ripen in June to early July from mid May blooming white flowers. Makes a wonderful decorative tree for a small yard! Good fireblight resistance.
Height: 12—16’ Width: 12—16’ Shape Rounded
Zone 4
If trees and shrubs are in your future, consider dormant planting in March and April. There is less heat and water stress associated with planting then for you and your trees! When ever possible we will work with you to secure your woody’s for early spring delivery. When ordering please indicate on the order form you want to plant early. Rain Gauge Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
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Raspberries (Rubus species)
+ Full sun
Swenson Red Grape (Vitis ‘Swenson Red’)
Swenson
Toka Plum (Prunus ‘Toka’)
Kerr Apple (Malus ‘Kerr’)
September Ruby Apple (Malus ‘September Ruby’)
Honeycrisp Apple (malus ‘Honeycrisp’)
Early Gold Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis ‘early gold’)
Golden Spice Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis ‘Golden Spice’) 
Montmorency Cherry (Prunus ‘Montmorency’)
These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant death.
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these.
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