Usask Fruit Program Plant Sale, June 1, 2018, 9am to 2pm th St. Saskatoon. Apples. Strawberries. Other Fruits. Asparagus.

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1 Usask Fruit Program Plant Sale, June 1, 2018, 9am to 2pm th St. Saskatoon Proceeds from our plant sale help to fund hiring of 2 summer students and part of our greenhouse bill. Most of the fruit plants were propagated by our student while most of our ornamentals were propagated by volunteers from the Saskatchewan Horticulture society and the U of SK Master Gardeners Program. For full descriptions of our varieties visit our website Fruit Plant Availability Haskap Tons of Beast Lots of Aurora Only some of Honeybee, Beauty and Blizzard and Indigo Gem It is noteworthy that Beast has the highest flavour ratings of our current varieties As a midseason bloomer, it cross pollinates with most other varieties, including Aurora. It ripens in mid-july most years. Aurora has the lowest acidity rating so it tastes the sweetest. It ripens in late June /early July most years. Beast and Aurora are fast growers and will get about 5 ft tall and 3 feet wide. Dwarf Sour Cherries Lots of Juliet, Romeo, Cupid and Valentine Just a few trays of Crimson Passion and Carmine Jewel Apples 300 grafted trees, mostly Prairie Sensation and Autumn Delight Strawberries Mostly Seascape with small numbers of other day-neutral varieties. Day neutral varieties mean that they produce flowers and fruit all season long. But these varieties don t runner as much so plant a few more. We are selling them as bare rooted plants in groups of 5 for $5. Other Fruits Lots of hazelnuts, Valiant grapes, Nanking cherries, Double flowering plums (ornamental) Some: plums, apricots, saskatoons There will be other plants not on this list, but because number of these are so low we are not listing them. Asparagus This is food to buy and eat, not plants to grow Books for sale *New* Growing fruit in Northern gardens by Sara Williams and Bob Bors. Copies are signed by the authors. $40. Fruit & Berries Special edition of the Prairie Garden in It has 28 fruit articles by various authors. Bob Bors was the guest editor. $15. Cooking with cherries from the prairies edited by Loretta Bors, Lily Sawatzky and Cecillia Kachkowski. With over 340 recipes, it is believed to be the world s largest cherry cookbook! $20.

2 Annual Ornamental Plants All of the plants that follow should be considered annuals in Saskatchewan. Many of them are perennials in warmer climates and some could be overwintered inside. Figure 3. African Sunset cannas. This variety is often used as a border next to or in shallow areas of ponds but can also be grown in the garden or containers. It grows about 4 feet tall and has bright orange flowers. It will send out side shoots and become a multi-stem clump. Its not hardy in Saskatchewan but its roots can be overwintered indoors. Figure 1. Lulo (Solanium quiteose). This relative of the tomato is native to Brazil. It can get 5 feet tall with huge leaves as long as 2 feet long and 1 foot wide. The plant has thorns on its leaves and stems. The purple veins and large leaves make it an attractive, unusual plant for a container or garden. It is not cold hardy. Figure 4. 'Under the Sea' coleus. In this photo a few verbena plants are interspersed. These coleus were bred at the U of SK. Search Under the Sea coleus on the internet and one can find many stories about them. Figure 2. Fruit of Lulo is edible but covered with prickles. Inside it tastes like a super sweet tomato. But wear gloves if you want to pick it. Figure 5. Purple oxalis grow only about 6 inches tall. Ideal as a houseplant year round but can also be grown as an annual in containers or the garden. They bear small orange bulblets that can be stored inside during winter.

3 Figure 6. Double flowered geraniums. These are heritage varieties. We have 3 kinds: Orange red, Light red with pink under petals, and Apple Blossom (White with edges of pink) Figure 9. Succulents: some individuals but most are in a variety of containers such as clay pot, colanders, baskets, teacups, ornamental ceramics.. Figure 7. Verbena. We have 10 different colours. we think they would work well with our coleus in planters. Most verbena have a weeping habit. We told that they can self seed in the garden. Figure 8. Elephant Ear and Taro. These can be used as a pond/bog plant or in the garden They get about a meter tall with very large leaves. Figure 10. Canada Planters. Each has a tall 'Sturdy Tree' coleus and a few other plants to match.

4 volunteer seedlings. It has white flower in spring. It has a burgundy bark (like sour cherries) but bark is papery (like Amur Cherries). It is fast growing and has shown no winter kill in Saskatoon. Figure 11. Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), is a floating ornamental plant for a water garden. It looks like lettuce but it is not lettuce. It is edible as a cooked vegetable but we have never tried it. Figure 12. We have 2 kinds of papyrus. One looks grassy (above) and the other has very thin leaves but thick stems. This is a water/bog plant and is the same species used by ancient Egyptians to make paper. Figure 13. 'Ming' Ornamental Cherry. This one is 8 years old and about 18 feet tall. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs Muckle Plum: Beautiful dark pink flowers in spring. No fruit. Can be grown as small tree or large bush. Grows about 8 feet tall. Double Flowered Plums: Doubled flowered light pink coloured. Makes some seeds but nothing to eat. Can get 10 feet tall. Dwarf Russian Almond: Small shrub 3 or 4 feet tall. Cute double pink flowers. Ming Cherry: a naturally occurring hybrid between Amur and Sour cherries discovered at the U of SK. It may replace chokecherries for landscape purposes: It doesn t get Black Knot, It only makes a few fruit if amur cherries are in the area so no messy fruit or annoying

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