Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Viking Aronia Berry Bareroot

Species: Aronia melanocarpa

History: Viking was developed in Finland around the 1980s, likely looking to increase productivity. They succeeded and Viking is now the most productive of all aronia cultivars.

Why We Grow It: With slightly larger than average berries, very good flavour, and the best productivity of all aronia berries, Viking is a hard variety to turn down. Like other aronia berries, they can be a bit tart for fresh eating but are great when used for cooking, baking, wines, jams, etc.

$29.00

Size

25 in stock

Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Fresh eating, baking, cooking, jams, jellies, sauce, juice, wine

Fruit Size: Large

Storage: Keep about a week in the fridge

Harvest: August

Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

Soil Preferance: Adaptable to most soils except for shallow chalk or very boggy conditions

Flowering Time: Middle

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without a different Aronia variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

Sun/Shade Requirements: Partial shade to full sun (approx. 6-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habit: Upright growth habit, produces heavy crops, hardy. No notable diseases. Harvest August, but fruit sweetens if left on the bush longer.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

Un-grafted plants (berries, seedlings and vines) are graded by year. We follow industry standard. Species specific details will soon be updated to give you a clearer idea of size, as there can be a very large variation by species.

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