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Species: Myrica pensylvanica
History: Northern Bayberry can be found from Ontario to Newfoundland and south to North Carolina, most frequently growing along the west coast. Its berries are a food source for several birds and small mammals. The berries also produce a waxy coating that European colonists used to make candles.
Why We Grow It: This hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrub is a great addition to fencelines, native gardens, and areas that need erosion control. The berries are a good food source for several species and the crafty gardener can also use the berries to make clean-burning candles. They will spread over time.
Species: Catalpa speciosa
History: Northern Catalpa is native to the midwestern US where it was cultivated starting in the 1750s due to its resistance to rotting. This made it useful as fence posts and, rather unsuccessfully, as railroad ties. This tree has since expanded far beyond its original range as a commonly planted ornamental tree.
Why We Grow It: Catalpas make lovely ornamental trees, featuring large, heart-shaped leaves and twisting trunks. To further the visual appeal, they bloom annually with large, white flowers which turn into dangling bean pods.
History: Northern Spy was first discovered in New York around 1800. It tends to be irregularly shaped and bruises easily, so it is not a popular commercial apple but it is still commonly grown in certain regions in the States today. It is featured in several poems and in 1953 a box of Northern Spy apples was sent to Senator Joseph McCarthy by the Toronto Globe and Mail during his infamous hunt for 'communist spies.'
Why We Grow It: Northern Spy apples are juicy with a balanced sweet-tart honeyed flavour, although they do tend to bruise easily due to their thin skin. To make up for that, they are known for making wonderful pies. The trees are cold hardy and vigorous.
History: Northern Spy was first discovered in New York around 1800. It tends to be irregularly shaped and bruises easily, so it is not a popular commercial apple but it is still commonly grown in certain regions in the States today. It is featured in several poems and in 1953 a box of Northern Spy apples was sent to Senator Joseph McCarthy by the Toronto Globe and Mail during his infamous hunt for 'communist spies.'
Why We Grow It: Northern Spy apples are juicy with a balanced sweet-tart honeyed flavour, although they do tend to bruise easily due to their thin skin. To make up for that, they are known for making wonderful pies. The trees are cold hardy and vigorous.
Species: Amelanchier alnifolia (aka Western Serviceberry)
History: Northline was developed by John Wallace at Beaverlodge Nursery in Beaverlodge, Alberta during the 1950s. Selected for its large berries and good flavour, Northline was later introduced in 1960.
Why We Grow It: Northline's large, sweet purpley-blue berries are excellent enjoyed fresh! Northline grows in an upright fashion and reaches about 2.5m tall, this making for an ideal u-pick bush. The fragrant showy flowers add aesthetic charm to the bush, along with the deep green foliage which turns fiery orange in the fall. Saskatoons by nature are slow growing, and while they will bear fruit in 3-5 years, it can take up to 15 years for a full crop.
History: Northwest Greening was grown from seed in 1849 by Jasen Hatch in Wisconsin with the intention of using it as rootstock. The graft ultimately failed and the rootstock grew into its own tree which grabbed the attention of E.W. Daniels in the 1870s when he sampled the fruit. He introduced Northwest Greening commercially in 1872 and it gained moderate success in the US.
Why We Grow It: Northwest Greening produces a medium to large green apple that is firm, dnese, and crisp. It has a sweet-tart flavour that is best suited to making pies and cider, both of which it is known for. The tree itself boasts decent disease-resistance and cold hardiness.
History: Nova Easygro was developed at the AAFC Kentville Research and Development Station in Nova Scotia and introduced in 1971.
Why We Grow It: Living up to its name, Nova Easygro is hard to beat if you're looking for a low-maintenance backyard tree or a clear winner for organic orchards. This variety is resistant to numerous common apple diseases and tastes great. The flavour is pleasant and sweet and the flesh is firm and white with the perfect texture, earning this apple favourable reviews at our tasting event.
Species: Rubus sp.
History: Nova red raspberries were developed at the AAFC Research and Development Centre in Kentville, Nova Scotia as part of a breeding program. They were bred as a cross between Southland and Boyne raspberries and released in 1981.
Why We Grow It: These nearly thornless canes bear a plentiful yield of bright red, large-sized berries. The finer textured fruit is less crumbly and has a bold flavour. Nova red raspberries are very hardy and are summer-bearing in colder climates and ever-bearing in warmer ones!
The second product photo shows Nova (right) compared to Heritage (left).
The third photo shows a Heritage and Nova raspberry tart Steph made!
History: Novamac apples were developed at the AAFC Kentville Research and Development Centre in Nova Scotia and introduced in 1978.
Why We Grow It: Novamac is a variety that definitely deserved more attention. They are generally disease resistant and have proven to be very easy to grow in our test orchard where they are performing well. This apple has a nice vibrant tang but also lots of sweetness and notes of berry. The flesh is firmer than its namesake McIntosh, which it is descended from.
History: Novaspy (aka Nova Spy) was developed at the AAFC Kentville Research and Development Centre in Nova Scotia by A.C. Crowe. It was bred to be a more disease-resistant version of Northern Spy and has Northern Spy, Nova Easygro, and Golden Delicious heritage. It was commercially released in 1986, its name referencing its province of origin and the apple it was trying to replicate.
Why We Grow It: As with other apples released from the AAFC breeding program in Kentville, NS, you can expect excellent disease-resistance from Novaspy. However, its resemblance to Northern Spy is not close enough to warrant the name-- think of Novaspy as having its own new identity to try out. Tree comes into bearing early in life and is an easy one to take care of. Highly recommended for small-scale organic orchards.
Species: Aesculus glabra
History: Ohio Buckeye is native to Walpole Island in Ontario and some central and southern states in the United States. The Shawnee name for the tree is 'hetuck' which means 'eye of the buck' due to the nut's resemblance to a deer's eye. Indigenous peoples such as the Lenape traditionally use the nuts for medicinal uses, tanning leather, and jewellery. Ohio Buckeye is the state tree of Ohio and people from Ohio and graduates of Ohio State University are sometimes called 'buckeyes'. Unsurprisingly, the nuts have an important cultural place in Ohio. There is a candy resembling the nuts called 'buckeyes' that are popular and the nuts make numerous appearances in Calvin and Hobbes whose author is from Ohio. Its wood is too soft to be used for much and it has limited uses as a street tree since it is considered messy due to the nuts it drops.
Why We Grow It: Ohio Buckeye is an attractive ornamental tree with its large, palmate leaves and notable yellow flowers in spring. Although the tree is toxic and generally not fed on by wildlife, the large flowers are very attractive to a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds!
Species: Rubus occidentalis
History: Ohio's Treasure was developed by Dale Stokes and Dr. Harry Schwartz in an effort to create an everbearing black raspberry. The original cross was made in 2006 and the seedling was grown on a raspberry farm in Wilmington, Ohio. Successful in their efforts, the variety was released in 2015.
Why We Grow It: Ohio's Treasure produces medium-sized black raspberries with an excellent sweet flavour. Ohio's Treasure is unique amongst black raspberries in that it is an everbearing variety, producing a main crop through late summer into fall and then another crop on the second year wood in July, around when Jewel ripens. Although not firm enough for largescale commercial shipping, this is an excellent variety for the garden or local market growers who want to extend the black raspberry season.
History: The 'Old Home' pear (Pyrus communis) is an Illinois-native cultivar discovered in the early 20th century, renowned for its exceptional fire blight resistance and widely used in developing the common OHxF (Old Home x Farmingdale) rootstock series. Identified by F.E. Reimer around 1915, it became a staple in North American pear production for grafting.
Why We Grow It: Old Home is a great option for interstem grafting between dwarf rootstocks such as Provence Quince, which are incompatible with some pears, such as Bartlett.
History: Discovered in Olympia, Washington by Denny McGaughy in 2014, this variety doesn't match any of the 200+ registered varieties in the Department of Agriculture's National Clonal Germplasm Repository, making Olympian figs true age unknown, and quite possibly heirloom despite its recent popularity.
Why We Grow It: Large purple-red figs have excellent flavour, reminiscent of peaches! Very vigorous and productive, producing a strong breba crop on the pervious seasons growth.
Species: Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Western sandcherry) x P. salicina (Japanese Plum)
History: Opata was developed by Dr. N.E. Hansen who was a professor of horticulture at South Dakota State University from 1895 to 1950. He helped pioneer chum development in an effort to create plants hardy enough to survive in the northern prairies. Opata is the Sioux word for 'bouquet', following Hansen's tradition of naming his native plant crosses after words from local indigenous cultures.
Why We Grow It: Opata produces a red chum with yellow flesh that is freestone, firm, juicy, and considered to be one of the better tasting chums. It is pleasantly sweet with only a hint of acidity. It is good for fresh eating as well as jams, jellies, preserves, and pies. Like other chums, the shrub itself is compact, cold hardy, and relatively free of pests and disease.
Species: Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Western sandcherry) x P. salicina (Japanese Plum)
History: Opata was developed by Dr. N.E. Hansen who was a professor of horticulture at South Dakota State University from 1895 to 1950. He helped pioneer chum development in an effort to create plants hardy enough to survive in the northern prairies. Opata is the Sioux word for 'bouquet', following Hansen's tradition of naming his native plant crosses after words from local indigenous cultures.
Why We Grow It: Opata produces a red chum with yellow flesh that is freestone, firm, juicy, and considered to be one of the better tasting chums. It is pleasantly sweet with only a hint of acidity. It is good for fresh eating as well as jams, jellies, preserves, and pies. Like other chums, the shrub itself is compact, cold hardy, and relatively free of pests and disease.
Species: Actinidia arguta
History: There appears to be little information available on the origin of Opitz. It has likely been propagated for its late bloom time, making it compatible with some female varieties that are not pollinated by earlier blooming male varieties.
Why We Grow It: Opitz is a later blooming male variety that is helpful for pollinating late blooming female Hardy Kiwis like Anna and Chang Bai. It grows vigorously and is known to flower profusely.
Break the fungal cycle in your orchard by using our Orchard Floor Digester Bundle (our Fungal Buster) in the Fall to stop the disease cycle by next Spring.
Fungal spores do not magically appear in the spring; they wake up from the dead, diseased leaves sitting on the ground directly beneath the tree. If those leaves decompose completely before spring, the disease is functionally eliminated.
In late October or November, after all the leaves have fallen, run over them with a lawnmower to shred them. Then, drench the shredded leaves and the soil beneath the canopy with this heavy biological digester spray.
The Fall Digester Mix (per 4 Liters / 1 Gallon of water):
- 60 ml (2 oz) EM-1 or TerraBiosa
- 60 ml (2 oz) Pacific Naturals Fish Hydrolysate
- 30 ml (1 oz) Blackstrap Molasses
When you spray this heavy dose of biology, fish, and sugars onto the fallen leaves, you incite a microbial feeding frenzy. The soil microbes use the nitrogen from the fish to rapidly devour the carbon-heavy leaf litter, converting the diseased tissue into rich, clean topsoil before the ground freezes hard. Come spring, there will be no scab spores left to infect your new buds.
We will send you our full 3-Step Regenerative Protocol & Spray Schedule for Apple Fungal Spotting when you order any of our Fungal Bundles.
Note: For 2026, we will be offering our Fruit Tasting Boxes on a first come, first served basis for attendees of our Thanksgiving Fruit Tasting Open House here at the Nursery.
We may offer additional boxes at a later date, so please check back!
Sample your way through 15 unique varieties of apples, pears and various other fruits, all of which are grown organically in our test orchards, and none of which you would find at the grocery store!
We will focus each box on what is ripe, abundant, and uncommon, that you might explore the wilder side of the harvest! As ripening dates vary from year to year, we cannot offer a predetermined list of what will be in each box, but we do hope to include the likes of sea buckthorn berries, pawpaw, blackberries, plums, sunchokes, various nuts, fresh raw honeycomb and more as the harvest provides.
Boxes must be ordered at least 3 days ahead of the pick-up date so we can be organized, and availability is limited so get your order in ASAP!
Early September: TBD
Late September: TBD
Mid October: TBD
Each box will be a different surprise, bursting with a variety of flavours, smells, textures and colours. Just a reminder we manage the orchard in ‘minimalist organic’ method, and some of our fruit may have some minor pest damage.
Included will be a little pamphlet on the orchard and our farm, and suggested food pairings for your tasting.
Shipping vs. Pick up: Orders will be available for pick up on the Saturday dates listed during store hours. Additional fruit may be for sale on these dates at the nursery as available. Orders requiring shipping will be shipped the following Monday to pick-up date. Shipping fees are calculated per order, therefore if more than one box is on an order but shipping on seperate dates, additional fees may apply prior to shipment. We will contact you within a few days of placing the order if this may be the case.
Unsulphured blackstrap molasses are a great way of getting some much-needed nutrients to your trees in a more natural way, generally being considered high in iron, calcium, and magnesium. It is also a key ingredient in our Holistic Spray if you are using effective microbes.
Please note the molasses we carry is not food grade.
Contents: Organic, unsulphured, pasteurized, non-GMO blackstrap molasses
Size: 945mL bottle
Application:
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Root Drench - 1tsp per 1L of water during vegetative state every 7-14 days
- Root Drench During Bloom - 2tsp per 1L of water every 7-14 days
- Foliar - 1/4tsp of water per 1L of water every 14 days
Soil: Any
Species: Maclura pomifera
History: Osage Orange is originally native to a small portion of Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. It was first introduced to European colonizers in the early 1800s by the Osage Nation, hence the name of the tree, who prized it for its use in making bows. It was then widely planted across the US in hedgerows thanks to the dense, thorny hedges it forms when pruned that were impenetrable to livestock. It was in fact one of the primary trees included in President Franklin Roosevelt's Great Plains Shelterbelt project which started in 1934 and by 1942 had resulted in 220 million trees being planted. The hard, rot-resistant, yellow wood was also useful for making fence posts, tool handles, and dye.
Why We Grow It: Although the fruit produced by the Osage Orange is not considered edible, this tree has plenty of other uses! It is still commonly planted as an ornamental tree and the bright yellow inner wood adds an extra level of appeal.
Species: Vitis vinifera x V. rupestris x V. ripraria x V. labrusca
History: Osceola Muscat/ES.8-2-43 was bred by renowned grape breeder Elmer Swenson as part of his effort to mix French and North American grapes to create high-quality varieties that grow well in cooler climates. Osceola Muscat is a cross between four different species: Common grape (Vitis vinifera), Vitis rupestris, Riverbank grape (Vitis riparia) and Fox grape (Vitis labrusca). Swenson bred it on his farm near Osceola, Wisconsin and in 2010 the variety was named after the town. The grape's alternate name, Muscat de Swenson, is named after Swenson himself who passed away in 2004.
Why We Grow It: Osceola Muscat produces loose clusters of seeded, intensely aromatic grapes with notes of peach and apricot. The small-medium, thin skinned fruit is suitable for fresh eating or juice and wine. This is one of the hardiest 'muscat' varieties available and is relatively vigorous.
History: Ozark Premier plums were developed by the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station and introduced in 1946. They are a cross between Burbank and Methley plums.
Why We Grow It: This Japanese plum produces exceptionally large semi-clingstone fruit which are juicy and firm with a flavour that is sweet with a mild tartness. These plums are great for cooking, fresh eating, and canning. The tree has good disease resistance and reliable crops.
History: Ozark Premier plums were developed by the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station and introduced in 1946. They are a cross between Burbank and Methley plums.
Why We Grow It: This Japanese plum produces exceptionally large semi-clingstone fruit which are juicy and firm with a flavour that is sweet with a mild tartness. These plums are great for cooking, fresh eating, and canning. The tree has good disease resistance and reliable crops.
Species: Hamamelis vernalis
History: Ozark Witch-Hazel is native to the Ozark Plateau in the United States for which it is named. It has been cultivated ornamentally for its strong scent and unique flowering time, blooming from mid/late winter into spring. The name comes form a misspelling of the English word 'wyche' which means 'pliable' and 'hazel' due to the shrub resembling hazelnut shrubs. Interestingly, 'water witches' in the area did use Ozark Witch-Hazel branches in their water-finding rituals to divine the best locations to dig wells.
Why We Grow It: Witch-hazels are a unique plant for any property, sprouting stringy yellow flowers in the winter when nothing else is flowering. They produce woody capsules that forcibly pop open, launching the hard, black seeds up to 10m away.
The high oil content of a fish hydrolysate is known to benefit the development of soil mycorrhizae, which are excellent in themselves at breaking down organic soil matter and releasing the valuable nutrients into the soil.
We use this in our orchard for all trees (both in our experimental orchard and nursery stock) as part of our holistic spray system. You can download the holistic spray recipe here.
Fish Hydrolysate, in its simplest form, is ground up fish transformed into a liquid, by means of a cold process, where the breakdown of molecular bonds occurs through various biological and enzymatic processes. This breaks down the smaller pcs of fish body- bones, cartilage and meat- into a nutrient rich soup that also contains a high concentration of valuable fish oil.
Fish hydrolysate is different from fish emulsion. The latter is also made from ground up fish waste. However this is commonly done under a heated process, where the fish meal and more importantly, the fish oil are then removed and sold separately. This makes fish emulsion a less desirable product for soil and plant health than fish hydrolysate.
The fish used for the production of our fish hydrolysate are wild fish waste from the cold waters of the Pacific West Coast.
This product is approved for organic use.
History: Packham's Triumph were created by Charles Packham in 1896 in the town of Molong, located in Australia. His goal was to create a late-ripening pear and this popular pear proves he was indeed triumphant. This pear is most commonly grown in the southern hemisphere and the town of Molong is quite proud that such a beloved variety is part of their history.
Why We Grow It: Packham's Triumph is bright-yellow with russet mottling and smooth, white, juicy flesh that has an excellent flavour and smooth texture. The tree produces heavy and reliable crops.
History: Packham's Triumph were created by Charles Packham in 1896 in the town of Molong, located in Australia. His goal was to create a late-ripening pear and this popular pear proves he was indeed triumphant. This pear is most commonly grown in the southern hemisphere and the town of Molong is quite proud that such a beloved variety is part of their history.
Why We Grow It: Packham's Triumph is bright-yellow with russet mottling and smooth, white, juicy flesh that has an excellent flavour and smooth texture. The tree produces heavy and reliable crops.