2015, Providing Hardy Fruit Plants for Cold Climates since 1982!
LEWIS’S HARDY FRUIT TREES & GIANT PUMPKINS
Global Greening, Plant by Plant
New Address: 2500 Regional Road 55 (old Trans-Canada Hwy 17), Naughton, ON P0M 2M0, Canada
(formerly at Hudson Street in New Sudbury, and more recently at Simon Lake Drive, Naughton)
Treemail: [email protected] Phone: 705-692-4592 (email preferred).
Web site & Videos – Google Search: Ron’s fruit trees
Good News!
These hardy fruit trees, bred on the Prairies, thrive in the colder Agriculture Canada climate zones 2 or 3,
and produce bountiful crops of high quality, full-sized fruit, in the north! Their fruits rival or even surpass the quality of Ontario supermarket fare!
APPLES
(For cross-pollination: 2 or more varieties recommended)
DEXTER JACKSON Apple (semi-compact tree size): Medium-size fruit. Amber with red
streaking. Similar to Norland. Very resistant to disease, especially fireblight and scab. Very
good for eating, good for cooking and storage. Harvest mid- to late-August. Hardy to zone 3.
GEMINI Apple (standard tree size): Medium to large size fruit. Red over pale yellow. A cross
between Norland and Haralson. Crisp and juicy for fresh eating. Stores well into the new year.
Harvest late-August. Hardy to zone 2.
GOODLAND Apple (standard tree size): Large fruit. Creamy yellow skin, red blush. Firm,
sweet, slightly acidic, crisp flesh; superb, mellow, pear-like taste. Excellent for eating, very
good for cooking, good for storage. Harvest early- to mid-September. Hardy to zone 3.
HARCOURT Apple (semi-compact tree): Medium-size fruit. Green washed with bright red.
Exceptionally crisp and juicy, with a pleasant flavour. Very good for eating, cooking, and
storage. Harvest late-August. Hardy to zone 3.
MILLSTREAM Apple (standard tree size): Very large fruit (3”-5”, or 10 cm). Yellow skin,
washed with red. Good for pies and fresh eating. Stores well. Harvest early- to mid-September.
Hardy to zone 3.
NORKENT Apple (semi-compact or compact tree size): Large fruit. Red with orange stripes.
Crisp, sweet, excellent for eating, good for cooking, very good for storage. Often called a
‘hardy Gala’. Harvest mid-September. Hardy to zone 2.
NORLAND Apple (semi-compact tree size): Medium-size fruit. Red, with sweet, juicy flesh.
Excellent for fresh eating, cooking, and juicing. Very productive. Stores well if picked early.
Harvest mid-August (very early) - before camps or cottages are closed up for the winter. Hardy
to zone 2.
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ODYSSEY Apple [New] (standard tree size): Medium-size fruit. Crisp fruit, possibly the
sweetest of the prairie apples. Stores well. Harvest late-August. Hardy to zone 3.
PRAIRIE MAGIC Apple (standard tree size): Medium-size fruit. Exceptional texture and
flavour: crisp, sweet (like Goodland, its parent), and juicy. Harvest mid-September. Hardy to
zone 3.
RED SPARKLE Apple (standard tree size): Medium-size fruit, with fully red skin. Excellent
for fresh eating, cooking, and juicing. Stores well.
Harvest mid-September. Hardy to zone 3.
---------------------------------------------------CHERRIES:
A horticultural breakthrough (dare I say, ‘miracle’) from the breeding programs at the
University of Saskatchewan. These ultra-hardy, compact trees produce very nutritious and
delicious dark cherries, high in antioxidants, high in cherry flavour and citric acid, but also
in sugar content that compares to ‘sweet’ cherries and to harvest grapes.
(Self-pollinating: only one tree required for fruit production)
CARMINE JEWEL Cherry (compact tree size): Medium-size (3.5 grams) fruit, with a small
pit. Dark red skin and flesh. Awesome for juice, pies, preserves, wine, flavouring for ice cream
or yogurt, and good for fresh-eating. Brix (sweetness) # 17. Plant height is 7’ (2.1 m). Harvest
late-July to mid-August. Hardy to zone 2.
JULIET Cherry (compact tree size): Large (5 grams), dark red fruits. Excellent for fresh eating
and for juice. Brix (sweetness) # 20, comparable to grapes at harvest; and to Bing cherries, but
more flavourful! Highly productive. Height is 7’ (2.1 m). Harvest early- to mid-August. Hardy
to zone 2.
CUPID Cherry (compact tree size): Large (6.5 grams), flavourful, dark red to black fruit. Firm
meaty flesh. Excellent for fresh eating. Good for processing. Brix (sweetness) # 19. Plant
height: is 7’ (2.1 m). Ripens late-August to early-September. Hardy to zone 2.
---------------------------------------------------CHERRY-PLUMS
These are small plums that grow on large bushes.
(For cross-pollination: 2 or more varieties required!)
CONVOY Cherry-Plum (bush): An upright, narrow, shrub; growing to 2 m tall. Fruit is
2.5 to 3.0 cm in diameter. Scarlet skin and yellowish flesh. Semi-sweet, somewhat
freestone. Good for fresh-eating and canning. Harvest late-August. Hardy to zone 3.
MANOR Cherry-Plum (bush): A spreading shrub, not as tall as Convoy. Fruit is 2.5-3.0
cm in diameter. Dark purple-red fruit and flesh. Sweet and juicy; excellent for fresh
eating and for preserves. Harvest mid-August. Hardy to zone 3.
---------------------------------------------------GRAPES
(Self-pollinating; only one vine required for fruit production)
VALIANT Grape (vine - requiring support from wires, pergola, fence, or trellis, etc.):
Blue grapes that are sweet to eat when fully ripe. Intensely flavourful for superb jelly.
Make very good red wine. Ripen extra early: late-August to mid-September, before hard
frosts. Hardy to zone 2.
---------------------------------------------------HASKAPS:
These superfruits ripen in June, even before strawberries! New to us, but already very
popular in Japan, Korea, and Siberia, haskaps (aka 'honeyberries') produce large
crops of blue-skinned, red-fleshed berries, larger than blueberries, and whose taste
somewhat resembles blueberry + raspberry. Used the same way as blueberries: fresh
eating, pie, jam, wine, etc. Unlike blueberries, they are not fussy about the type of soil
they grow in. An extremely winter-hardy bush (to -50ºC).
(For cross-pollination: 2 or more varieties required)
AURORA (bush): Flavourful, sweet, productive large-fruited. Bush height to 6’ (180
cm). High yield. A valuable pollinator for all other varieties, it also has excellent fruit.
Harvest mid- to late-June. Hardy to zone 2.
BOREALIS (bush): Excellent fresh flavour. Bush height is 5’ to 6’ (150 cm to 180 cm).
High yield. Harvest mid- to late-June. Hardy to zone 2.
CINDERELLA (bush): Excellent fresh flavour. Berry shape is elongated. Bush height is
3’ to 4’ (100 cm to 130 cm). Good yield. Harvest mid- to late-June. Hardy to zone 2.
INDIGO GEM (bush): Excellent flavour, chewy texture, firm skin. Especially suitable for
processing. Berry shape is plump. Bush height is 3’ to 4’ (100 cm to 130 cm). Good
yield. Harvest mid- to late-June. Hardy to zone 2.
INDIGO TREAT (bush): Excellent (plum) flavour with a subtle sweetness and slightly
smooth texture; firm skin. Berry shape is plump. Bush height is 3’ to 4’ (100 cm to 130
cm). Harvest late-June. Hardy to zone 2.
---------------------------------------------------PUMPKINS
ATLANTIC GIANT Pumpkin (giant fruits in fall only): Excellent for big displays, these
pumpkins usually range from huge to enormous (500+ lb), depending on growing
conditions. In 2002, the biggest ever grown at this nursery weighed in at 730.5 lb at the
Port Elgin PumpkinFest. Organically grown, they are suitable for cooking when fully
ripe, and treasured for seeds to eat or to plant.
PIE / JACK-O’LANTERN Pumpkin (fruits in fall only): These range in size from 2 lb to
35 lb. Excellent for carving. Organically grown, they are great for pies, soups, etc.
---------------------------------------------------SPECIAL REQUESTS (New feature for 2014!)
• For hardy plants not listed, including ornamentals (!) and herbs (!); I will either: 1) try
to obtain it for you; or, 2) point you to an alternate source.
[See 2015 prices on page two of this flyer.]
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2015, Providing Hardy Fruit Plants for Cold Climates since 1982!
LEWIS’S HARDY FRUIT TREES & GIANT PUMPKINS
Global Greening, Plant by Plant
New Address: 2500 Regional Road 55 (old Trans-Canada Hwy 17), Naughton, ON P0M 2M0, Canada
(formerly at Hudson Street in New Sudbury, and more recently at Simon Lake Drive, Naughton)
Treemail: [email protected] Phone: 705-692-4592 (email preferred).
Web site & Videos – Google Search: Ron’s fruit trees
2015 Prices
Services for Hire
(Full prices – no extra taxes or fees)
Please note: All my fruit trees, bushes, and vines are
now potted, except possibly for Aurora haskaps. Barerooted trees are no longer available from my major
suppliers.
FRUIT PLANTS
• Apple trees ……...............
• Cherry trees .....................
• Cherry-Plum bushes ..…..
• Grape vines …….............
• Haskap bushes ….……....
$50.00 each
$25.00 each
$20.00 each
$20.00 each
$20.00 each
(Note: While the Aurora haskaps are much smaller now
that the others, they are sold at the same price because
they a) are very hard to get, and b) are excellent
pollinators for all the others, which do not crosspollinate among themselves nearly so well. c) Aurora
also produces excellent fruit of its own, which other
haskap pollinators often do not do.)
-----------------------------------------------GRAFTING WOOD
• Scions (early spring only)
- hardy varieties.
.. $1.00 per one-foot piece, plus shipping
-----------------------------------------------SUNDRY ITEMS / SPECIALS
(as available)
• Occasionally a currant or raspberry bush, a
perennial such as hollyhock, etc., not otherwise
listed, becomes available in very limited
quantities – ask for the daily specials when on
site.
…..........................individually priced
-----------------------------------------------PRODUCE
• Pumpkins - organically grown
(Available: Thanksgiving to Halloween,
very limited supplies)
- Giant……….....…50¢/lb (minimum)
- Pie/Jack-O’-Lantern
……...……....…...individually priced
-----------------------------------------------SPECIAL REQUESTS
• For hardy plants that I do not list; I will:
i) Try to obtain it for you; or,
ii) Point you to an alternate source.
If you receive a quote from me and if you
accept my terms, pre-payment of 80% is
required.
-----------------------------------------------FREE SERVICES
• Tree Care Tips
…Free, just email me your questions.
• Organic Vegetable Gardening Tips
…Free, just email me your questions.
-------------------------------------------WORKSHOPS*
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- Workshops, Presentations, Consulting (spring & summer & fall)
• fruit growing
• organic gardening
• sustainable horticulture
(Idea: Rent or borrow a data projector & get a group of friends together
for a weekend presentation at your place!)
- Fruit Tree Grafting & Demonstrations (April, May, and August only)
- Garden Tilling, Planting, & Cultivating (spring, summer, fall)
- Fruit Tree Pruning (spring, fall)
Experience:
- 42 years of northern organic gardening and fruit tending;
- hundreds of garden/orchard tours conducted;
- frequent speaker at horticultural events.
Rates: $125/h; plus travel (Special rates for horticultural societies.)
Favourite Quotes
“Full flavour in any fruit is achieved only when that fruit is grown well, then harvested at the right moment
— and the way to experience that rich flavour is to grow the fruit yourself.”
- Author unknown.
“Trees provide food, oxygen, shelter, shade, comfort, fuel and beauty.”
- Buckeyetree.net
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now / Is hung with bloom along the bough.”
- A. E. Housman
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter.
Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.”
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"...the ripening sloe, yet blue,
Takes the bright varnish of the morning dew,"
- George Crabbe (1754-1832)
“We have pumpkins at morning and pumpkins at noon; ‘fit was not for pumpkins, we would be undoon.”
- Author unknoon
FRUIT GROWING, and
ORGANIC GARDENING
• See descriptions at right. ---->>
• Admission is a contribution to me of
nutritious, non-perishable food, or a
monetary donation to me, for local food
banks or soup kitchens.
*Fruit Growing and Organic Gardening Workshops
(specific times & dates & places to be published later)
Pruning fruit trees Cleft-Grafting and Spring Pruning Basics – early-May, 2015
Bud-Grafting of Apple & Pear – mid-August, 2015
Fruit-Tasting / Pumpkin-Viewing – mid-September, 2015
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