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(@helicopilot)
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Not so much what I grow but what I inherited on the property we bought...

Valiant grapes (I find them to have a poor seed:flesh ratio but decent for jellies)
Apples (2 kinds, unknown)
Plums
Saskatoons
Raspberries
Haskaps (I thought they were odd-shaped blueberries)
Red currants (make a really good syrup, will try other options later)

On a somewhat unrelated note, I was surprised that the previous owners planted hops. Other than for beer-making, does anyone know if there are purposes for hops?



   
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(@tharkun)
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Strawberries I'm done with. Chipmunks 😀
Planted 4 UofSask sour cherries this year, 4 Haskap, 2 Elderberry, 2 currants and 1 gooseberry. A small cranberry patch to try out as well. 2 red raspberries and 2 black raspberries.

I would really need to cut down more trees and replace them with fruit trees but the town doesn't like that 😉

Had 3 blueberries planted last year but something (rabbit I guess) bit off the branches. 1 looked good again this year but the other two look unhealthy. Browning wilting leaves and such. The Haskap didn't look too happy either. I'm guessing acidity level problems in the sandy soil here. The Elderberries grew all by themselves. Didn't even water them during the dry spells are grew while the rest looked almost dead despite daily watering in summer.



   
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RachelM
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Second year in a row I've bought some sour cherry trees. And I'm pretty sure for the second year in a row they will die. Year One my father 'accidentally' ran it over with a tractor and dropped a round bale of hay on it. This year, I bought 2 nice trees. He insisted he was going to plant them for me in a safe, non-run-over-able place to pay me back for killing the first one, and he didn't like my suggested planting spots. They're currently still sitting in their pots, frozen, by the garden. I don't know if they're actually dead or not, so I guess I'll find out come spring...



   
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(@farmgal)
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Best of luck on your cherry tree's normally if you can't get them planted, its best to dig a hole and drop the pot into it if possible to overwinter them.. let us know if they make the winter..


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(@helicopilot)
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Fruits:

Apples,
Pear (well, there is a pear tree that's still quite small, let's see if I'll get something this year)
Cherries
Plums

Berries:

Saskatoons
Strawberries
Raspberries
Haskaps (really looking forward to tasting those!!)
Red currants
Valiant grapes
Blueberries
Sea bucktorn (looking forward to taste those too)

I've inherited all of those with the property, but I'm planning on planting a few more Saskatoon bushes since the Mrs loves them.

The apple trees really need a good pruning, but I have to admit being more than a little apprehensive about this.



   
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(@thecrownsown)
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I've got an Apple Tree (4 grafted types of apples on it) and a Peach Tree! The apple tree bared fruit last year..the Peach tree nope..I was told I babied it to much and need to stress it a bit more this season. 🙂

Looking forward to the upcoming growing season...I've just gotten into gardening and the like and was so happy with last years outcome its got me geared to expand this season!


https://www.internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=7738


   
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 Syn
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BC zone 7B I have young trees planted this last year, multiple pears, apples, cherries, asian pears, figs, persimmon and plum . I am hoping my olives survived the winter in the green house in pots to plant out in the coming year, even if they are not fruit. I have blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries and hopefully my strawberries survived the big freeze and a couple of cranberry vines . I am planting a grape and kiwi vineyard this spring from plants I started other years that are still in pots .



   
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RachelM
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After our nice warm weekend little buds are starting to form on all the trees around, including my cherries so I think I got lucky! Maybe they'll actually get planted this year too!



   
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althetrainer
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Our backyard is very small. We have a small apple tree that yields small apples (not crap but small) and berries (strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry). I have seen someone in our neighborhood growing melons and blueberry but I never have any luck with those. Technically tomato is a fruit, I have a couple of them every summer.



   
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(@farmgal)
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I am starting a number of the cane fruits this year from seed, that is a first for me, I have always either bought canes, or traded for canes or been offered babies, or wild craft found babies that could be moved back to my gardens.

It will be very interesting to do this, I have some that I bought for new kinds and I also have some that I processed myself, it would be ideal if you could take the seeds of high quality fruiting canes and put them into storage on rotation.. its a lot easier to have the seeds in a kit then the plant.

Just one more explaining skill in the garden to work on.


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(@danux)
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So, I recently stumbled onto a website for a nursery north of Montreal, specializing in cold-hardy trees. They have a fine selection of apples & pears, among other things things. I am keen to get a few of the Zone 3 green grape vines they offer, in a year or two. The apples, pears, and plums all come pre-grafted on hardy rootstock, which is handy. Not inexpensive, shipped via Canada Post.
http://www.hardyfruittrees.ca/

I ordered a few apples, pears, and white currants from them, am keen to try some of the other apple varieties they offer, next year. The Fort Mac Mac & September Ruby sound particularly well suited for "northern" climates.

FYI, if anyone is looking for cold-hardy fruit trees.

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