It is often assumed that in our prairie climate our fruit tree options are limited. While it is true that we cannot grow oranges and bananas, take heart. There is an amazing variety of fruits that we can grow, many of which are surprising.
Did you know that there are prairie hardy apricots and pears? Listed below are some of the varieties that we carry at the greenhouse.
We hope that you are inspired by the surprising variety of fruits that we can grow in our prairie climate and start your very own fruit orchard!
Pears
Pears not only produce fruit but make an excellent ornamental tree. These ones are hardy for our climate and produce small fruit that taste like a mini-Bartlett.
- Early Gold - Early maturing golden fruit. Hardy to zone 2.
- Navigator - An ornamental tree that produces small pears. Hardy to zone 2.
- Ure - Small fruit ripens in mid-September. Hardy to zone 3.
Apricots
- Manchurian - Golden -yellow fruit on a cold hardy tree. Hardy to zone 3.
- Casino - Orange-yellow fruit is good for eating fresh or preserving. harvest mid-August. Hardy to zone 3.
Plums
- Pembina - Large red-blue fruit that are great for eating fresh or preserving. Hardy to zone 3.
- Brook Gold - Medium size, golden free-stone fruit for fresh eating or cooking. Hardy to zone 2.
- Brook Red - Medium sized dark-red fruit for fresh eating or cooking. Hardy to zone 2.
- Sapalta - Medium sized purple fruit. Cross pollinates with Mustang Cherry Plum. Hardy to zone 3.
- Mustang - A cherry plum that is used for a pollinator for Sapalta Cherry Plum. Hardy to zone 3.