1A007 Cashew Nut Anacardium
A tropical tree that is famous for it delicious nuts. It is a very fast grower and will reach
40 ft. quickly in warm climates. It is a very handsome tree that can be raised in
greenhouses for its tropical appearance.
Package of 3 seeds $2.50
E3127 Black Chokeberry ( Aronia melanocarpa )
Black chokeberry is a deciduous shrub that grows to about 6 feet tall in bogs, swamps,
wet woods and occasionally in dry sandy soil of oak woods and pine barrens. It can
tolerate partial shade, but produces the most flowers and fruit, and the brightest red fall
color, in full sun. Best suited for zones 4-9.
The leaves are up to 8 cm long, with finely serrated edges. The flowers bloom in May
and are white, rounded and with a short claw. The flowers are in loose clusters of 8 to 10
up to 5 cm across.
The fruit, which matures by late August, is round, up to 12 mm across, dark purple to
black, and in drooping clusters on long red stalks. The fruit is technically a “pome”, like
an apple or pear, where the seeds are in a stiff core surrounded by fleshy tissue. The fruit
is sour, even when ripe, so that it persists until midwinter as a “last resort” food source
for songbirds, upland game birds and small mammals.
In northern Europe Aronia is commercially grown for bottled fruit juice. The fruit is
valued for its juice which is very high in anthocyanins, blends well with other fruit juices
and is reputed as a source of "phenols, leucoanthocyanins, catachines, flavonoles, and
flavones" that are considered to be bioactive in humans. In the US it’s growing in
popularity as a landscape shrub since it tolerates both wet and dry soil, is attractive from
spring through fall and resists most diseases and pests.
Package of 20 seeds $2.50
E3102 Juneberry, Saskatoon Serviceberry ( Amelanchier alnifolia )
Low water requirements, grows as high as 10,000 feet.
A deciduous shrub that seldom exceeds 15 feet in height and occasionally suckering to
form a slowly spreading clump.
An easily grown plant, it prefers a rich loamy soil and thrives in any soil that is not too
dry or water-logged. The largest yields, and best quality fruits, are produced when the
plant is grown in a sunny position, though it should also do reasonably well in
semi-shade. The plants are fairly lime tolerant and they will also grow well in heavy clay
soils. They are very cold-hardy and will tolerate temperatures down to at least -20°c and
probably much lower.
Flowers in Early Spring, these white flowers are produced before the plants come into
leaf, and are usually produced so abundantly that the whole plant turns white. They look
particularly beautiful at this time. By late June, or more commonly early to mid July, the
plants will usually be carrying large crops of fruits. These fruits are about 15mm in
diameter, they are soft, sweet and juicy with a taste that reminds us of apples. Small
enough to be eaten without problems, though they can add a slightly bitter almond-like
flavour to the fruit if they are crushed whilst eating. The fruit can also be cooked in pies
etc., when dried it is quite sweet and can be used in the same ways as raisins.
Package of 10 seeds $1.95
E3115 Succulent Hawthorn ( Crataegus succulenta )
An attractive shrub growing about 20 ft with some of the largest fruits in the crataegus
genus with specimens up to 1 3/4 inches in diameter. This fruit has a sweet, juicy and
pulpy flesh that is excellent raw or for making jellies.
Attractive flowers in Spring and a nice lawn specimen. Hardy to zone 4. Seeds are slow
to germinate, but well worth the wait!
Package of 10 seeds $2.50
D2209 Chinese Hackberry Celtis sinensis
Tree grows to 10m in cultivation. Fruits are rich orange: stone pitted. A medium growing deciduous tree. Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil. Succeeds on dry gravels and on sandy soils. Trees prefer hotter summers and more sunlight than are normal. Trees can be very long-lived, perhaps to 1000 years. Zones 7-9.
Package of 10 seeds $2.00
SO456 Japanese Persimmon Diospyros kaki
A very popular fruit tree from the Far East that has gained popularity in the US. Easy to
grow from seeds. Can be raised inside in tubs in the north and outside in mild climates.
The fruits are large, up to 3" across and sweet. Zones 7-9.
Package of 6 seeds $2.50
2929 Princess Persimmon ( Diospyros rhombifolia )
Also known as Chinese Persimmon. Persimmon is a decideous fruit tree adapted to warm temperate and sub-tropical climates. Persimmon has a primary center of genetic origin in the mountains of central China and a secondary centre in Japan. The persimmons has small leaves and produces 1" orange-red oval shaped fruit. The foliage that attaches to the fruit looks like the foliage attached to a tomato plant. Decideous, requires cool winter temps between 33F-45F.
Package of 5 seeds $2.50
RHM005 Canyon Grape Vitis arizonica
Sweet black 3/8" grapes in 2 - 4" clusters. Shrubby or scarcely climbing, with small 2 - 4" leaves. SW U.S. Zone 8. Grapes eaten fresh or dried by Indians.
Package of 5 seeds $2.50
RHM007 Brazilian Round Yellow Passion Fruit Passiflora
A sub-tropical passion vine from Brazil; a good producer of large, yellow fruit with sweet-tart yellow pulp; great for drinks. Ornamental vine and flowers.
Package of 5 seeds $2.50
D2212 Tree Tomato Cyphomandra betacea
Egg shaped reddish-yellow fruit, eaten raw or in jam. An exotic fruit and plant. Most like
to the fruit stewed and served as a side dish.
Package of 10 seeds $1.95
D2217 American Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
A hardy tree that delivers large volumes of fruit at an early age. Fruits do not ripen until
after frost in most areas. A slice of persimmon pie is a treat to be savored.
Package of 5 seeds $1.95
2929 Princess Persimmon ( Diospyros rhombifolia )
Also known as Chinese Persimmon. Persimmon is a decideous fruit tree adapted to warm temperate and sub-tropical climates. Persimmon has a primary center of genetic origin in the mountains of central China and a secondary centre in Japan. The persimmons has small leaves and produces 1" orange-red oval shaped fruit. The foliage that attaches to the fruit looks like the foliage attached to a tomato plant. Decideous, requires cool winter temps between 33F-45F. Zones 4-9.
Package of 5 seeds $2.50
D2218 Grape Mahonia Mahonia Evergreen shrub with tough pinnate leaves. Flowers are yellow in dense terminal racemes followed by grape like black-blue berries that can be made into jelly.
Package of 20 seeds $1.95
D2219 Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Although its fruits are used in drinks and to make preserves, it is more sought after for its
white shoots and silver undersides of leaves.
Package of 5 seeds $1.95
D2220 Honey Locusts Gleditsia
This tree is cultivated for its golden fern-like foliage. The pulp is sweet and thus the
name. The pods are often fermented to make beer or to feed to livestock.
Package of 10 seeds $2.50
D2222 Siberian Crabapple Malus baccata
This tree is grown for both its fruit and its ornamental value. Fruits are red or yellow and
about 1 cm in size. Also called Flowering Crabapple. Very hardy and easy to grow.
Package of 20 seeds $1.95
D2225 Russian Mulberrry Tree Morus Alba
This tree is grown for its abundance of fruit as well as its ornamental value. Its most
important use however, is probably its leaves as a source of food for silkworms.
Package of 50 seeds $1.95
D2226 Black Mulberry Morus nigra
A heavy fruiter like the Russian Mulberry but is preferred because it grows only a third as
tall and is easier to harvest. Great pies and wine can be made from the fruit.
Package of 50 seeds $1.95
D2228 Common Olive Olea europaea
A most useful tree that can be grown in any temperate climate. It also can be grown in containers. The tree itself is attractive and usually becomes gnarled with age. It bears the olive of commerce that reach up to 1½" in dia. and are filled with oil. The flowers are tiny and yellow, the foliage a light grey-green.
Package of 5 seeds $2.50
D2230 Old Homestead Apple Malus pumila var. Wrigthii
These apple trees have been growing in the south for generations providing cooking and
fresh eating apples. The apples have a sweet/tart flavor that is unique to their strain.
Excellent for pies. A heavy bearing fruit tree.
Package of 10 seeds $2.00
2687 Antanovka Apple Malus var. antanovka
Hardy to zone 3. The most popular winter hardy rootstock for commercial plantings. It also produces a delicious, tart apple, found in many old rural homestead sites.
Package of 20 seeds $2.50
2688 Borowinka Rootstock Apple Malus var. borowinka
Another domestic apple famed for it's rootstock use, it also produces a good, but tart, edible apple. Hardy to zone 3, grows in a wide range of soils and climates.
Package of 20 seeds $2.50
PR20 Peach NemaguardPrunus Persica "Nemaguard"
An excellent rootstock plant. This rootstock is used in the Coastal Plains, because of widespread root-knot nematode problems.
Package of 10 seeds $3.50
D2249 Carob Tree Ceratonia
An evergreen tree that grows to 50 ft. Grows well in dry soils. The edible pods can be
made into flour, which makes delicious candies, cakes, pastries and drinks.
Package of
5 seeds $1.95
1A030 Chinese Jujube Zizyphus jujuba
The tree has a weeping ornamental growth pattern. The fruits are smooth and round like
an apple and can be eaten right off the tree. Very high in vitamin C. Very fragrant
flowers.
Package of 5 seeds $1.95
2125 Inidan Jujube Zizyphus mauritania
A smaller version of the Chinese Jujube, it needs zone 9 and higher to produce fruit.
A bushy, deciduous tree to 20' with ovate leaves. It's 1 inch, acidic tasting fruits are used preserved, dried, pickled, and in confections. Fragrant flowers.
Package of
5 seeds $2.50
D2267 Pomegranate Punica
A very decorative ornamental that has a pleasant tasting fruit. It has vermilion red
flowers and small glossy leaves.
Package of 20 seeds $1.95
D2277 Chokeberry Prunus melanocarpa
A very nice little bush that gives off loads of fruit and is easy to raise.
Package of
5seeds $1.95
D2285 Strawberry Tree Arbutus
A beautiful evergreen tree that is very attractive. The strawberry shaped fruits make a
stimulating wine.
Package of 10 seeds $1.95
2193 Silver Buffaloberry Sheperdia argentia
Hardy to Zone 3. Grows to12ft. tall x 6ft.wide. Silver foliage (similar to Russian olive)
offers multiple uses for this hardy shrub. Small yellowish flowers. Female has bright
red fruit that are edible to people and birds. Note: We recommend CAPE seed germination primer be used for these seeds.
Package of 10 seeds $1.95
2640 Giant Granadilla Passiflora quadrangularis
The Giant Granadilla forms a larger leaf and is a more vigorous grower than the yellow passion fruit. This plant derives its botanical name from the fact that the stems are quad rangular in cross section. It is a vigorous grower that can grow 50 feet or more in a single season, for zones 10 and higher, or warm greenhouses.
Fruit of the giant granadilla reach a length of up to 12 inches and turn yellow when mature. The pulp around the seeds is used to flavor ice cream and to make a cooling drink. In addition, the flesh of this fruit is edible. The green fruit is boiled and eaten as a vegetable. The fully ripe flesh is eaten alone or in combination with such fruits as papaya and pineapple.
$2.95 ( 10 seeds per pack )
D2297 Pepino Tree Solanum muricatum
A shrubby plant growing to 3 ft. that produces fruit that resembles a cream colored egg.
The fruit has a slightly sweet taste, very good for salads or stews.
Package of 5 seeds $1.95
Hickory Trees
FRD11 Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory is probably the most distinctive of all the hickories because of its
loose-plated bark. Common names include shellbark hickory, scalybark hickory,
shagbark, and upland hickory. Shagbark hickory is evenly distributed throughout the
Eastern States and, together with pignut hickory, furnishes the bulk of the commercial
hickory. The tough resilient properties of the wood make it suitable for products subject
to impact and stress. The sweet nuts, once a staple food for American Indians, provide
food for wildlife. Zones 5-8A.
Package of 5 seeds $3.50
Package of 50 seeds $19.50
Walnut Trees
FRD03 English Walnut Juglans regia carp.
A fast growing, spreading tree with pinnate, aromatic leaves and glossy leaflets, bronze-purple when young. Native to S.E. Europe, China and Russia. Prized for it's edible, sweet nuts. Good for zones 3-7.
Package of 5 seeds $4.50
Package of 50 seeds $29.50
FRD08 Black Walnut Juglans nigra
One of the most popular nut trees in the US. It is abundant in hedgerows and oldfields, as
well as river bottoms and coves. In the open, walnut has a short main stem with a broad
crown. With even moderate competition, walnut forms a tall, stately tree. On poor sites,
walnut will become established and persist, but will not become a canopy tree and is
eventually snuffed out by competition.
Black walnut produces seed crops every year, and heavy seed crops intermittently. Seeds
are highly sought by squirrels, which cache seeds by burying them. Germination occurs
the following year. Seeds can form a long-term seed bank. Black walnut is intolerant and
grows moderately fast. First reproduction may occur by ten years. Few walnuts live
longer than 200 years, though a few persist for up to 250 years. Stems are usually short
and forked unless grown with competition.
Walnut seeds are an important food item for grey squirrels. Walnut leaves are host
to a number of insects and diseases, which cause the leaves to drop in late summer. Black
walnut is famous for its allelopathic inhibition of the growth of nearby plants. Despite
this, the effect is not commonly observed in the field.
Black walnut is the premier hardwood species in North America, and one of the
most valuable woods in the world. Supplies of quality walnut are declining, as a result of
overharvesting. Attempts to grow walnut in plantations for fine wood production have
met with limited succcess. Walnut wood is dark and hard, but workable, with fine grain.
It is prized for gunstocks, furniture and face veneer. The nuts are collected throughout the
midwest, and are used in baking and ice cream making.
Native Americans and European settlers prized the rich nuts. Native Americans
harvested the buttery fat left from boiling the nuts, which may be up to 60% fat.
Cherokees dried the nuts for winter use, and made porridge from ground nuts mixed with
hominy and beans. Iroquois made beverages, soups, breads, pies and puddings from the
nuts. Native Americans of many tribes also made dye from fruit husks, roots, barks and
charred wood, and used many parts for drugs. Hardy to zone 4.
Package of 5 seeds $3.50
Package of 50 seeds $19.50
Filberts
FRD15 American Filbert Corylus americana
Good for Zones 4-9. Multi stemmed, branching shrub to about 10 ft. tall. Attractive,
pointed, toothed, dark green leaves. Bears loads of edible nuts in fall. Native to Eastern
US.
$3.50 Per Pack 10 Seeds
$9.50 Per Pack 50 Seeds
FDR16 European Filbert Corylus avellana
A close relative of our American Hazelnut, this plant produces larger trees and more fruit. It is cold hardy and resistant to most diseases. According to research books, it should start bearing fruit in 3-4 years from seeds. Does well in most soils.
Package of 5 seeds $3.50
Package of 50 seeds $19.50
FDR17 Turkish Hazelnut Corylus colurna
Turkish Hazel is a 40 to 50-foot-tall, occasionally 80-foot-tall (in its native habitat), deciduous tree with a beautiful pyramidal shape, the thick, tan to grey, short trunk supporting the dense horizontal branches. Growth rate is usually slow. Like many trees with horizontal branches, the main limbs are quite small in diameter in relationship to the typically straight trunk, and arise at almost a 90-degree angle. This should make the tree quite durable in urban areas and helps maintain a symmetrical crown so prized by landscape architects. The lush, dark green leaves are five inches long and stay on the tree long into the fall, finally turning a pale yellow/green before dropping, but fall color is far from striking. Inconspicuous female flowers and two to three-inch-long, attractive male catkins are produced in early spring and are followed by the production of clustered fruits which are quite irresistible to squirrels. On some older trees, the bark becomes ridged and corky, peeling off in sections to expose the orange/brown bark beneath. But this characteristic varies from one tree to the next. Best for zones 5-7.
Package of 5 seeds $3.50
Package of 50 seeds $19.50
