Fruit bearing

Ben Conan is one of the varieties developed by the Scottish Crop Research Institute and known for its excellent quality fruit. Currant berries of this variety can grow as large as 18mm!! Additionally this variety is not susceptible to mildew, which makes it one of our most sought after currants. Best suited for fresh eating, preserves, pie making, or yogurts. Ben Conan is also extremely productive, boasting consistently high yields.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 4ft
• Spread: 3ft
  

Captivator Gooseberry is known as a thornless gooseberry. Although this selection is a nice improvement toward an ultimate thornless varieties, it still carries a few thorns! It has delicious and abundant dark red fruit. This plant is disease resistant and produces some incredibly sweet fruits.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3ft
• Spread: 3ft
  

A garden classic, rhubarb is a long lived perennial that will give you pies for years. Grow in well drained sunny location.

photo courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Kent produces large size, conical sweet berries in June. This is a standard for field production.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6"

• Width: 10 - 12"

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This 'Smokey' Saskatoon bush is extremely hardy variety and features beautiful white flowers in early spring and large , very sweet, berries in June. An Alberta variety, this versatile shrub is suitable for both edible and landscape uses. 

Suckering can occur over time; self-pollinating

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8' 

• Width: 5'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Early fall-bearing raspberry is ready to harvest in August. Extremely productive, with firm and flavourful, medium-to-large fruit. A classic raspberry variety.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 5'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

A great tasting saskatoon with more uniform ripening of the berries. Self pollinating.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8' 

• Width: 5'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Lonicera caerulea 

A tall, upright shrub with fruit larger and sweeter than its counterparts. The fruit boasts a pointed pear shape and ripens in late June. Requires a pollinator. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 7'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

A compact Red Currant shrub ideal for culinary or dessert purposes. It showcases clusters of pale green flowers in spring followed by a bountiful yield of bright red currants. These currants are medium to large in size, juicy, and flavorful, perfect for fresh consumption or processing.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 4' - 5'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

A primocane with large, red berries having a sharp delightful flavor produced on same year wood. Harvest late summer/fall.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 4'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Large fruit with a purple colour with a light, sweet flavour when ripe, usually mid-July. Low suckering habit and very good adaptability. Good substitute for black raspberries when hardiness is a problem.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Large sweet, red fruit produced on same year wood. Great for eating fresh, freezing or preserves. Harvest in July.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 4'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

An ever bearing variety producing a moderate harvest in the summer followed by a heavier crop in the fall. Large, red berries provide very good flavour and firmness.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Evans Cherry is a small tree, it produces sour red cherries which are usually ready for picking in mid summer. Note that the fruits have hard inedible pits inside which must be removed before eating or processing. The fruits have a sour taste and a fleshy texture.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8 - 10'

• Width: 6 - 8'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

You may be surprised to learn that you don't need a large-scale commercial farm or a bog to grow cranberries. But it is important to choose a high-performing cultivar, and that's where Stevens Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Stevens') hits the top of the list. Pilgrim Cranberry is a superior variety prized for its abundant crops of large, tasty, red berries. Both are wonderful additions to any edible garden.

Lonicera caerulea 

A compact, rounded shrub bearing sweet and tangy fruit from mid to late June. Requires a pollinator. Recommended pollinator for borealis & tundra

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 4' - 5'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Lonicera caerulea 

A tall, upright shrub with fruit larger and sweeter than its counterparts. The fruit boasts a pointed pear shape and ripens in late June. Requires a pollinator from other cultivar of haskap.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 7'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Chippewa has large dark blue fruit that ripens a week earlier than cultivar Northblue. Blueberries require an acidic soil with pH in the range of 4.5 to 5.5 for best results. Prairie soils can be amended with peat to lower pH, but poorly drained soils should be avoids. pollinating however planting multiple cultivars often result in larger berries and better yields.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3' - 4'

• Width: 2 - 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Fruit is blue, large, attractive with a good blueberry flavour. Harvest in mid-summer.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Aubin Nursery

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season:  Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 20'
  
• Spread: 6'
  

Zone: 2