Garden Tools & Supplies

The Reliance Peach is the most cold-hardy peach tree you can get. We'Öve heard, time and again, of this tree producing a heavy fruit load after a frigid northern winter. It was developed in New Hampshire, and we strongly recommend it for most areas from Zone 4 down through Zone 8. This tree bears medium-to-large fruit with a sweet, mild flavor. The Reliance peach tree, after exhibiting beautiful pink flowers in early spring, produces a peach with dark red skin. This is the hardiest yellow-fleshed freestone peach we have.

The Blake's Pride Pear tree fruit has a sweet, rich taste and aroma, and is lovely to look at as its skin is mostly golden and light-yellow. Blake's Pride Pear is a new pear variety that offers great taste and fireblight resistance. Blake's Pride is moderate in size, averaging almost 3 inches in diameter, with a short, upright stem on the fruit. It harvests about three weeks after Bartlett and it stores very well. The tree for Blake's Pride is moderate in vigor and upright-spreading. Yield is moderate to high, with the first crop three to four years after planting. Suggested pollinators are D'Anjou or Bartlet Pear.

The Bartlett Pear tree produces a pear that is bright yellow. It is the nations leading pear variety. They tend to bear fruit for up to 50 to 75 years on a good site. The fruit is aromatic and is outstanding for fresh eating. Along with its very sweet and juicy flavor for eating, it is widely used for canning and cooking because of its excellent taste. The Bartlett Pear trees are self-pollinating, however a pollinator will help the tree bare better fruit. They do require bees to help pollinate. Bartlett Pears do not ripen properly on the tree, so growers pick the fruit when it is mature but green.

The Potomac pear is a Moonglow x Beurre D'ÖAnjou cross which has a pleasingly subacid buttery flavor, and similar to the Beurre D'ÖAnjou in character. The fruit size averages 2 -+'¥. This pear is a great fresh-market pear for commercial growers and homeowners that combines superior resistance to fire blight with good-quality fruit.

The Warren pear is sweet and juicy which is why it is a favorite of many backyard gardeners. Warren pears have exceptional keeping qualities. Extremely resistant to fireblight and is cold hardy to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Medium to large, long-necked fruit with pale green skin, sometimes blushed red. The flesh is smooth (with no grit cells) and the fruit is juicy and buttery with superb flavor. Medium to large, long-necked fruit with pale green skin, sometimes blushed red. Self-fruitful, no pollenizer required.

The Comice Pear produces a large pear with a very juicy, melting flesh. It has an outstanding flavor. The Comice is not self-pollinating and requires a pollinator. Grow these and put them in your own gift boxes. The giant, juicy, rich-flavored pears are golden with a trace of red. It'Ös also blight-resistant. It is sometimes referred to as the "connoisseur'Ös" pear.

The D'Anjo Pear is a large pear. The flesh is white with abundant juice and a sweet brisk flavor. It is a naturally sweet pear, light green in color with a yellow tinge when ripe. Anjou pears have exceptional keeping qualities. The best flavor is realized when stored 1-2 months. The tree is very hardy, large and highly productive. The D'Anjou does not change color as it ripens. Requires cross pollination with Bartlett or any other pear with the same bloom date.

The Gourmet Dwarf produces medium sized fruit that is greenish yellow to yellow in color. It has a thick but tender skin. The flesh is yellowish, crisp juicy and very sweet. It is a perfect pear to serve for dessert. The 'Gourmet' is pollen sterile, which means that it cannot be used to pollinate a second pear tree. The Gourmet trees are upright and medium in size.

The Green Gage Plum Tree, a European plum, is later blooming than Santa Rosa and other Japanese types. The Green Gage has a full-bodied flavor, smooth texture and lime-green color. The cling fruit ripens in early September. It is self-pollinating. This Plum tree is a long-time favorite for dessert, cooking, and canning. The fruit is tender and juicy. Green Gage is a relatively small tree with very good productivity.

The Methley Plum Tree produces juicy, sweet, red flesh with a mild flavor. This early variety has reddish-purple skin and blood red flesh. The Methley plum tree is very attractive in appearance and vigorous. The Methley is self-fruitful so no pollinator is needed. This early variety has red-purple skin and soft, juicy, blood-red flesh. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds and the flowers are fragrant. It is drought-tolerant and is a regular bearer.

The Dapple Dandy Pluot«, (interspecific), 'Prunus pluot', fruit tree is a taste test winner. It ranks with Flavor King and Flavor Supreme Pluot« as a best-tasting fruit. The creamy white and red-fleshed pluot has a wonderful plum-apricot flavor. The fruit skin is greenish-yellow with red spots, turning to a maroon and yellow dapple as it matures . It can be pollenized by Flavor Supreme Pluot«, Santa Rosa or Burgundy Plum. The complex, intense flavor of Pluot« is unique to interspecifics, much like a blend of fruit juices where the mixture is an improvement over any of the separate ingredients. Additionally, the sugar content of the interspecifics is much higher than in any standard plum or apricot--yielding fruit of incomparable sweetness.

The Flavor Grenade Pluot«, (interspecific), 'Prunus pluot', produces an elongated bi-colored fruit with a red blush. The Fire Grenade has a crisp texture and explosive flavor. The fruit is juicy and firm an will hang on the tree for 4 to 6 weeks. Pollenate with a Japanese plum. The stone pit is small and it is a freestone. The complex, intense flavor of Pluot« is unique to interspecifics, much like a blend of fruit juices where the mixture is an improvement over any of the separate ingredients. Additionally, the sugar content of the interspecifics is much higher than in any standard plum or apricot--yielding fruit of incomparable sweetness.