Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Varieties
Avoid spraying as much and grow more organically with these varieties.

New Items, Sales & Special Deals!

Sometimes Grandpa has too much of one item, or wants to offer other special deals. Here they are!

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Contender Peach

Contender Peach

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Contender'

Contender is known as one of the more hardy peaches because of its later blooming dates and hardy, more frost resistant buds.  Most report it to be hardy enough for Zone 4.   Contender ripens clode to Canadian Harmon


Cortland Apple--- 2 YEAR GRADE TREES ON SALE!

Cortland Apple--- 2 YEAR GRADE TREES ON SALE!

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Cortland'
Cortland is an old-time heritage apple that Grandpa grew up with. Cortland is large, and round and similar in looks to McIntosh, but its flavor is very distinct. It is fiarly crisp and juicy, but is not a

Evans Bali Tart Cherry

Evans Bali Tart Cherry

Botanical Name: Prunus cerasus 'Evans Bali'

Evans Bali Tart cherry is one of the hardiest tart cherries to be found.  It is a naturally compact, dwarfish tree that will withstand the cold north winters and produce an abundance of tart pie cherries which are bright red.&


Flamin'Fury(R) PF- 24C-

Flamin'Fury(R) PF- 24C- "Cold Hardy" Peach

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Flamin'Fury(R) PF- 24C- "Cold Hardy"'
Flamin'Fury® PF 24C-Cold Hardy Peach is touted by its breeder as being one of the most cold hardy and frost resistant peaches he has ever seen. It has attractive large, red fruit that have excellent flavor and quality.

Flamin'Fury® PF 11 Nectarine

Flamin'Fury® PF 11 Nectarine

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Flamin'Fury® PF'

Flamin'Fury® PF 11-Nectarine ripens several days before Redhaven peach.  There are few other high quality nectarines that are this early and of such good eating quality.  Grandpa highly recommends it.  Seems to be quite resistan


Flavortop Nectarine

Flavortop Nectarine

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Flavortop'
Flavortop is a yellow fleshed, freestone nectarine that is firm, smooth-textured and of excellent quality. It's skin is mostly red over a bright yellow background. The tree is vigorous, productive and self-fertile with large, showy blossoms. Flavort

Frostbite™  Apple

Frostbite™ Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Frostbite™'

Frostbite(TM) was just recently named by the University of Minnesota.  Known as MN 447, it is an older cultivar that has been used as a parent in the breeding of other successful U of MN apple varieties.  Because of its u


Georgia Belle Peach

Georgia Belle Peach

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Georgia Belle'

Georgia Belle is also known as Belle of Georgia.  It is an old-time favorite with large, white fruit with a reddish blush.  The flesh is white and creamy with tinges of red.  Although firm, it bruises easily.  I


Grandpa's Choice Hard Cidre Apple Orchard

Grandpa's Choice Hard Cidre Apple Orchard

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Assorted Hard Cidre Apple Collections'
When Grandpa was out selling trees to his commercial grower friends, many of them made a little hard cider. Of course, Grandpa wouldn't refuse a "taste" because it would have been rude! But, of course, the hard cidre connoisseur knows that there is

Grandpa's Choice Heirloom Apple Orchard

Grandpa's Choice Heirloom Apple Orchard

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Assorted Heirloom Collections'
Grandpa always loved testing something new. There are thousands of named varieties in the world, so one could go on and on learning about new varieties. When you go into the produce department, there are only a handful of apple varieties on the s

Naju Asian Pear

Naju Asian Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus pyrifolia 'Naju'
Naju is a very large, russetted Asian pear. It is very swwet, crisp and juicy. It ripens after Twentieth Century in mid-September.

Niitaka Asian Pear

Niitaka Asian Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus pyrifolia 'Niitaka'

Niitaka Asian Pear is heavily russeted with an orange brown color.  It has excellent size.  The fruit is juicy and sweet, and has more texture than most other asian pears.  It will keep in storage for up to four months.  The tr


Redgold Nectarine

Redgold Nectarine

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Redgold'

Redgold is one of the most well known of the nectarines.  It is a large, glossy, highly colored fruit with firm and juicy freestone flesh.  It stores and keeps well.  Ripens later in the season a couple weeks before


Redskin Peach--- ON SALE!

Redskin Peach--- ON SALE!

Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Redskin'
Redskin is a nice late peach that ripened around Labor Day on Grandpa's Farm. It gets good size and will get good taste if picked ripe from the tree. It is mostly yellow, with a nice red cheeks.

Superior Hybrid Plum

Superior Hybrid Plum

Botanical Name: Prunus salicina hybrid 'Superior'
Grandpa's Choice ™ Superior plum got it's name for a reason! This Japanese x American hybrid was selected for it's extreme size, vigor and hardiness. The tree grows faster and larger than most and has a large, golden fruit that develops

Vanier Japanese Plum

Vanier Japanese Plum

Botanical Name: Prunus salicina 'Vanier'

Vanier Japanese plum is a nice bright red plum with high quality, orangish-yellow flesh.  It is semi-clingstone and only medium sized.  It ripens in mid-summer with Wickson and Satsuma.