Fedco Trees: Returning Items

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Malus spp. Late fall, golden skin, yellowish flesh. European heirloom. Crisp fine-grained flesh with bold citrusy pineapple flavor. Good for dessert, cooking and pressing. Stores well. Z4.

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Api Etoile Apple

Malus spp. Winter, red-blushed skin, cream flesh. European heirloom. Popular for its unusual shape and prized for its flavor and storage ability. Blooms midseason. Z4.

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Black Gilliflower Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter, purplish red skin. Aromatic dry fruit historically used for mincemeat. Recommended for drying. Shaped like a sheep’s nose! Good keeper. Z4.

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Black Twig Apple

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Malus spp. Fall, deep red skin, yellowish flesh. A popular historic variety from the South. Great for fresh eating, cider and cooking. Reaches peak flavor in storage. Natural resistance to many pests and diseases. Z4.

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Egremont Russet Apple

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Malus spp. Late fall, russeted yellow skin. High-quality flavorful dessert apple. Rugged, reliable and hardy, it has produced for us here in central Maine for nearly 30 years. Z4.

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Fireside Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Winter, red skin, yellow flesh. Excellent storage apple with firm crisp juicy mild yellow flesh. Good for fresh eating and baking. Z3.

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Freedom Apple

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Malus spp. Early fall, red-striped skin. Very high-quality and highly disease-resistant all-purpose apple. Juicy, firm, spicy flesh. Ripens early October, keeps until New Year. Productive and annually bearing. Z4.

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Idared Apple

Malus spp. Winter, red skin, white flesh. A popular all-purpose commercial apple in New England. Delicious fresh eating, cooks well in pies and sauce and keeps until late spring. Z4.

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Kandil Sinap Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter, red-blushed yellow skin. Originated in Turkey. Unusual fruit shape. Sweet-tart with high flavor. A good tree for smaller spaces. Z4.

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Kennebec Russet Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall, russeted yellow skin. From an ancient tree in Waterville, ME. Sweet with little acidity, excellent for cider and sauce. Z4.

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Lodi Apple

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Malus spp. Summer, light green skin, white flesh. Bred from Yellow Transparent. Attractive, smooth skinned light green apple that appears to glow on the tree when ripe in mid summer. Very tart fresh eating. Great for sauce, summer pies. Z3.

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Milo Gibson Apple

Pitmaston Pineapple Apple

Malus spp. Late fall-winter, orange-russeted greenish yellow skin. Intensely flavorful dessert variety. Tastes like licorice! Keeps till the New Year. Z4.

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Early fall, russeted yellow skin. These small russeted aromatic juicy apples are an incredible treat! Flavor described as sugary, honeyed, nutty, rich, intense, pineapple-like. Scab resistant. Z4.

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Reinette Simirenko Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Winter, grass green skin, greenish yellow flesh. Ukranian dessert apple. Tender crisp fine-grained flesh makes excellent fresh eating. Like a Granny Smith for the North! Stores well. Z4.

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Shizuka Apple

Malus spp. Fall-winter, yellow skin. Large high-quality sweet dessert fruit. A modern apple worthy of the grocery-store world. Keeps most of the winter. Z4.

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Smokehouse Apple

St. Edmund’s Russet Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter, reddish-brown-blushed skin. All-purpose apple from Pennsylvania. Especially great for pies. Store into late winter. Z4.

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Malus spp. Early fall, russeted yellow skin, creamy white flesh. Crisp fine-textured creamy-white-yellowish juicy aromatic flesh has pear-like flavor. Z4.

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St. Lawrence Apple

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Malus spp. Early fall, red-striped skin. All-purpose and visually striking. Crisp, juicy, tender, fine-grained flesh. For dessert, pies, or sauce. Z3.

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Sweet Delicious Apple

Malus spp. Fall, red skin, yellow flesh. Very sweet with low acidity. Creamy yellow aromatic flesh suitable for fresh eating or cooking. Presses into a sweet juice. Z4.

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Tumanga Apple

Westfield Seek-No-Further Apple

Malus spp. Fall-winter, blushed yellow skin. Medium-sized, crisp, juicy, sweet dessert apple from Germany. Intense rich flavor. Stores till midwinter. Z5.

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Malus spp. Fall, rusty red-striped skin. Medium-sized firm crisp juicy apple is highly flavored. Famous heirloom dessert apple. Keeps till early winter. Blooms midseason. Z4.

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White Pippin Apple

Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Winter, greenish white skin, yellow-tinged flesh. Very rare! Large fruit is firm, tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly tart. Good keeper. Z3/4.

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Winesap Apple

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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Winter, red skin. One of the oldest American apples. Reddish juice is great for cider. Outstanding pies. Excellent keeper. Z4.

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Bramtot Cider Apple

Cellar Hole Bitter Cider Apple

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Malus spp. Fall, russeted green skin, creamy white flesh. Excellent bittersweet for blending in hard cider. Juicy firm quite bitter very astringent flesh has a very high sugar content. Rare. Z4.

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Malus spp. Fall, pink-spotted yellow skin. Full bittersweet cider apple. Very bitter yellow fruit with spots of pink and orange when fully ripe in mid-October. Intense tannins. Some specimens measured 21 brix. Heavy annual crops. Z4.

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Fuel Service Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall, yellow skin. Bittersweet cider apple. Fedco intro. Medium juicy, medium crisp and high in tannins. Not for eating fresh. Z4.

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Major Cider Apple

Robert’s Crabapple Cider Apple

Malus spp. Early fall, pinkish rosy red skin. Full bittersweet cider apple. Sweet, soft, woolly, juicy, bitter. Vigorous tree, scab-resistant. Z4.

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Malus spp. Fall, deep purple skin, red flesh. One of the darkest apples we know of, inside and out. Great for rosé cider, jams and jellies. Z4.

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Shavel Sharp Cider Apple

Malus spp. Fall, red-striped skin. Bittersharp cider apple. Small astringent very juicy fruit. The most bitter apple you’ll ever taste. Not for eating fresh! Z4.

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Vilberie Cider Apple

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Malus spp. Late fall, green skin. Full bittersweet cider apple. Low acidity and a nice astringency. If you’ve been looking for late-ripening bittersweets, try this one. Z4.

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Adams Crabapple

Hatchet Mountain Crabapple

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Malus Dark red skin. 20 × 20'. Deep pink buds and deep clear red-pink single flowers. Birds will love the abundant persistent fruit! Excellent disease resistance. Z4.

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Malus spp. Orange-red skin. Fedco intro! Magnificent large red blossoms. Culinary 1" orange-red fruits. Red-veined foliage has summer-long multicolored effect. Z3/4.

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Polar Bear Crabapple

Malus spp. Rare! Very large double white flowers look like little white roses. Persistent fruit. Z3/4.

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Westcot Apricot

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Prunus armeniaca Summer, yellow-orange skin. Small roundish yellow-orange apricot with a red blush. Smooth juicy freestone flesh with a mild sweet flavor. Extremely hardy. Z3.

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Bonus Highbush Blueberry

Chandler Highbush Blueberry

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Vaccinium corymbosum Mid-Late. 5-6'. Extra-large sweet berries. High-yielding upright bush. Fills a quart fast! Z4.

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Vaccinium corymbosum Mid-Late. 5-6'. Huge excellent dark blue berries. Extended growing season. High-yielding vigorous upright bushes. Z5.

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Bristol Black Raspberry

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Rubus spp. Midsummer. Medium-large fruit with excellent sweet blackberry-like flavor very distinct from reds. Hardy, vigorous and high-yielding. High in antioxidants. Tolerant of powdery mildew. Z4.

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Mac Black Raspberry

Killarney Summer-Bearing Raspberry

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Rubus spp. Late. Medium-large flavorful juicy firm berries. Upright productive canes. Good season extender. Z4/5.

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Prelude Summer-bearing Raspberry

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Rubus spp. Early. Excellent quality medium-to-large round deep-red crumbly berries. Sturdy 4' canes. Consistent yields. Z4.

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Rubus spp.

Early. NY 1009 (NY 817 x Hilton) NY Stn, 1998.

Ripens very early and produces a second small crop in the fall, just when we start to

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Leningrad Sweet Cherry

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Prunus avium Summer, dark red skin. Good-quality dark red fruit. Survived –30° with minimal winterkill in central Maine. Vigorous. Requires second variety for pollination. Z4.

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WhiteGold Sweet Cherry

‘McKenzie’ Black Chokeberry

Prunus avium Summer, red-blushed gold skin. All-around excellent sweet cherry for the Northeast. Sweet light-colored flesh. Good size, great flavor and heavy cropping. Disease and crack resistant. Self-pollinating. Z4.

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Aronia melanocarpa 5-10' x same. Cultivar selected for use in windbreaks and wildlife conservation plantings. Fruits abundantly. Medicinal and edible. Z3/4.

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Dawn Redwood Conifer

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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 100'. A spectacular ornamental tree! Wide trunk with iridescent golden-orange bark and bright green deciduous needles turn orange in the fall. Highly adaptable. Z4.

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Jack Pine

‘Arctic Fire’ Maiden Pinks -

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Pinus banksiana

50-60' Northernmost growing of all the American pines. Commonly seen in downeast and northern Maine. Branches are spreading and

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Dianthus deltoides 6-8" tall. Spicy clove-scented blossoms. Makes a carefree and tidy border plant. A cottage-garden fave. Z3.

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Frontenac Grape

Vitis spp. Mid-Late. Very large loose clusters of small grapes for red wine. Also excellent for fresh eating. Z4/5.

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Prairie Star Grape

‘Major Wheeler’ Trumpet Honeysuckle

Vitis spp.

Mid. Swenson intro, U Minn, 2000.

Long slightly loose clusters of medium-sized lush white fruit. Excellent sugar content and acidity for

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