A Triumph over apple scab! Created by crossing ‘Honeycrisp’ and ‘Liberty’, it has excellent scab tolerance with two different genetic forms of resistance. Taste-wise, Triumph™ is a pleasantly tart and well-balanced red apple with good storage life. Excellent for fresh eating. Blooming mid-season, the fruit will be ready to harvest in late September, similar to or slightly later than its parent ‘Honeycrisp’ and is hardy to USDA zone 4.
Russia, 1880. Skin is clear yellow and the flesh is white. Precocious and productive tree. Best used for cooking. Heavy producer. Pick before maturity for better storage life. Scab resistant.
State Fair x Minnesota selection. University of Minnesota, 1998. A wonderful new apple cultivar from the University of MN. At last, an early apple that is crisp and juicy! Best known for its excellent sweet-tart flavor. Has a much longer storage life than other early apples. Excellent for fresh eating and cooking. Ripens in late August in Minnesota.
Thuja occidentalis ‘RutThu5’
Tall Guy is a moderate to fast growing, upright, columnar arborvitae. Tall Guy was bred in Georgia and grows very well there. Happily, it doesn’t mind cold winters, surviving -33°F in Minnesota the winter of January 2019 without any winter burn. The same winter damaged other selections of Thuja occidentalis, some severely. Resistant to Passalora/Cercospora needle blight.
Pyrus ‘Tawara Oriental’
This Asian pear, grown mainly for its edible fruit, has an upright oval form with glossy green foliage which looks great all season long. White flowers in spring make way to the unusual dark tan to light brown fruit, tasting like a cross between apple and pear, with crisp texture. Asian pear cultivars are partially self-fruitful, but better crops are set where two or more cultivars are planted together. Excellent for fresh eating or canning.
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Exhibits the brightest white bark of any birch for a truly distinctive and exciting show! An exceptional tree with a graceful, open-branched, pyramidal form, exquisite peeling bark, and terrific fall color. Toothy, tapered, dark green foliage transforms to a bright yellow in the fall. Showy catkins drape from the tree in spring. Deciduous.
Betula pendula ‘Youngii’
A most unusual small tree with very pendulous branches. The graceful mounding form beautifully displays the dramatic, weeping habit, and develops a noticeable trunk with age. A superior specimen or accent tree. Deciduous.
A beautiful birch with a narrow, upright, dense habit. It boasts white bark and dense, dark green foliage that turns golden in late fall. This fast growing variety is suitable for gardens, screens or boulevards. Tolerant of heat, drought, and alkaline soils, Parkland Pillar™ is an excellent choice for urban landscapes. Its narrow form makes it perfect as an accent tree or it can be planted in multiples to form a privacy screen. This selection of Dakota Pinnacle® was found at Parkland Nurseries in Alberta in 2006.(CPBR #4513,®CA)
This very hardy birch is the most permanent and desirable of all the white-barked birches. Stems are a beautiful red-brown when immature, a perfect chalk-white when older. Fall color is an outstanding landscape feature. Clumps have three or more stems.
This river bottom native also does well on upland soils. Resistant to bronze birch borer, it has nice yellow fall color, and attractive cinnamon-brown exfoliating bark for an interesting winter effect. Clumps have three or more stems.
A most unusual small tree with very pendulous branches. The graceful mounding form beautifully displays the dramatic, weeping habit, and develops a noticeable trunk with age. A superior specimen or accent tree. Deciduous.
Deep, dark red fruit 1″ in diameter and excellent for baking and fresh eating. The fruit is much sweeter than other sour cherries. Extremely hardy buds.