Fruit Trees & Nuts – Food Forest & Green Living Engineers

Black Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:07:06 +0000

Black walnuts have higher levels of antioxidants, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and other health-promoting compounds than the more common English walnuts, making them useful in reducing the risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six feet) with pH between 6-7. After planting in winter/spring and watering …

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Nonpareli Almond Tree

staceyrama — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:03:25 +0000

The Nonpareil Almond Tree is a very popular almond tree, and with a large, thick shelled almond, this almond is the #1 commercial almond around, being adapted to most localities. It’s a heavy bearer that blooms in mid-season, and it needs a pollinizer as well. Almond trees are deep rooted and should be planted in …

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Seedless White Remaily Grape Vine

staceyrama — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:39:15 +0000

This variety produces large, light green, oval-shaped, seedless grapes with excellent texture and flavor on extra-large clusters. Remaily Seedless is named for Mr. George Remaily, a retired member of the Department of Pomology and Viticulture at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. This grape is resistant to cracking. For best results, plant your grape …

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Yellow Egg European Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:53:42 +0000

Yellow Egg European Plum Tree Extend the fresh eating plum season with Yellow Egg European Plum. Fruits are egg-shaped, large and beautifully golden yellow inside and out. Known in England as ‘Pershore Egg’, the Yellow Egg has often been seen only as a cooking plum but when properly ripened on the tree it rivals the …

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Thundercloud Flowering Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:53:17 +0000

A stunning landscape specimen with splendid coppery purple foliage that holds its color into fall. Pale pink, single blooms blanket the stems in the spring before the foliage emerges. Produces small, red edible fruit. A wonderfully versatile deciduous tree. Useful in all areas of landscape: lawn, patio, and terrace. Plums are a delectable addition to …

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Stanley European Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:52:47 +0000

The Stanley Plum Tree, also known as the Stanley Prune Plum Tree, is a showstopping, late September plum that has become the standard for which all plums are measured by. Easy to grow, beautiful to look upon, and a consistent producer, the Stanley Plum Tree is a must-have addition to your home orchard or edible …

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Shiro Japanese Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:52:14 +0000

The best of yellow plums. This variety beats all others in appearance and taste. Luminous yellow skin covers sweet, juicy flesh. A heavy bearer, Shiro grows clusters of plums all throughout the tree. Heat-tolerant. Clingstone. Introduced to America in 1899. Ripens in late July. Plums are a delectable addition to any home garden. Growing plum …

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Seneca European Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:50:43 +0000

This extraordinarily large plum is sweet, luscious, and freestone! Featuring beautiful purple/red skin and rich amber flesh, individual fruits can weigh up to 3 ounces each! Enjoy the fruit fresh, preserved as chutney or an amazing fruit topping, or canned solo. Seneca is a regular bearer on an upright, vigorous tree. It needs a pollinizer …

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Satsuma Japanese Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:50:18 +0000

The Satsuma Plum tree is a Japanese plum variety which is one of the more popular blood plum varieties and prized especially in California. These trees produces delicious dark red plums with radiant white flowers in the spring. Plums are a delectable addition to any home garden. Growing plum trees is not only rewarding but …

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Santa Rosa Plum Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:49:52 +0000

These trees produce an abundant harvest of sweetly flavored, dark purple fruit each year. Adaptable to most soil types and are self-fertile… cross pollination is not necessary, but will increase fruit production when a second plum tree is planted nearby. The Santa Rosa tree takes up very little space, yet produces bushels of fruit. Santa …

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