2011 Annual 4-H Plant Sale NAME ADDRESS

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2011 Annual 4-H Plant Sale

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Apple Trees: Arkansas Black

Golden Delicious

Granny Smith

X $15.00 each

X $15.00 each

X $15.00 each

Cherry Trees:

Blackberry:

Stamen-winesap

Gala

Jonagold

Montmorency

Black Tartarian

X $15.00 each

X $15.00 each

__________X $15.00 each________

__________X $17.50 each________

__________X $17.50 each________

Navaho (thornless) X $ 4.00 each

Arapaho (thornless) X $ 4.00 each

Blueberry Plants: Tiftblue

Powder Blue

Premiere

X $ 6.00 each

X $ 6.00 each

X $ 6.00 each

Grapes: (both seedless) Vanessa– (Black) X $ 6.00 each

Himrod-(white) X $ 6.00 each

Raspberry plants: Heritage – red

Strawberry plants: Sweet Charlie

Ozark

X $ 4.00 each

X $ 6.00 per 25

X $ 6.00 per 25

Peach Trees:

Pear Trees:

Elberta variety

Keiffer

X $15.00 each

_________ X $15.00 each__________

Flowering trees: Kwanzan Cherry X $18.00 each

Yoshino Cherry X $18.00 each

TOTAL ORDER

AMOUNT PAID

TO PLACE YOUR ORDER: Come by our office, call us at 837-2210, fax it to 837-2172, or mail it to NC Cooperative Extension, 39 Peachtree St., Suite 103, Murphy, NC 28906. This is a fundraiser and there is no guarantee on plants . Pre-payment is necessary on all plant orders.

All orders should be in our office by February 25, 2011. All proceeds from this sale will go to Cherokee County 4-H.

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Apples: Rich, fertile, loamy soil with good drainage. Can be grown in sandy or clay soil as long as good drainage. Full sun. Apples need cross-pollinating with another variety to ensure good crop set. Plant standard 25 ʼ -30 ʼ apart. Bears in 3-4 years. Pollinators marked below.

For correct pollination order varieties with the same pollination code.

Arkansas Black – Pollinator: Ripens in late season. Firm, crisp and extra juicy. Flesh is yellow. Dark red to black skin and keeps very good. A heavy bearer. Tart, good cooking and eating apple. Pollination Code C.

Yellow Delicious – Pollinator.

Most popular yellow apple. Excellent flavor. Firm, sweet and juicy. Excellent for cider. Ripens one to two weeks after Red Delicious.

Good for fresh eating and pies. Ripens mid season. Pollination Code C.

Granny Smith – Pollinator. Bright, glossy, green, medium to large size. A firm, juicy apple with a tart taste. The favorite tart apple in the grocery stores. Ripens early

season. Pollination Code B.

Stamen Winesap – Large, juicy, moderately tart wine-like flavor. Bright red skin. Firm, crisp flesh. Ripens mid season. Good for cooking or eating fresh. Pollination Code C.

Gala – Pollinator. Reddish orange striping with sweet, crisp flesh season. Stores well. Pollination Code B.

. Gala is becoming more popular and demands higher prices in the stores. Ripens early

Jonagold – Extra large, light scarlet red skin. Flesh is crisp with an outstanding flavor.

First to sell-out at roadside fruit stands but often too large for commercial packaging for markets. Frequent taste test winner. Needs pollinator. Use Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith or

Red Delicious. Ripens late September. Pollination Code C.

Cherry Trees : Plant in full sun with well drained soil. Plant 25' apart.Tart cherries are selffruitful but sweet cherries require crosspollination. Cherry ʼ s ripen mid June – early July.

Montmorency - The most popular pie and dessert cherry in North America. Self-fertile.

Large bright red skin, firm yellow flesh. Very cold hardy and disease resistant. Heavy producer. Great for canning and pies. Good pollinizer. Ripens late season.

Black Tartarian - The best sweet cherry available. Blackish red in color, good size, sweet, juicy and rich. Excellent for fresh eating and pies. Ripensvery early. Bears at early age. Needs pollinator.

Blackberries: Should be planted 3-5 ft apart in full sun. Trailing varieties need spacing of 8-10 ft between plants and trellised. Bears 2-3 years. Fruit yield 2-4 quarts per vine.

Navaho - Thornless, late ripening. Has quality equal to Cheyenne and Shawnee.

Best overall variety. Stands temperatures down to (-9) degrees F.

Arapaho - Thornless, cold hardy, disease resistant, well rooted. Excellent quality.

Ripens 11 days prior to Navaho.

Blueberries: **Need at least 2 varieties to pollinate** Full sun in well-drained soil does best. Plant 3-5' apart. Begin fertilizing in April with azalea food.

Tiftblue - Mid to late season. Berries are large, firm, light blue and very highly flavored.

Powder Blue - Mid season ripening, highly productive with medium to large size, sweet fruit, darker blue in color. Excellent quality.

Premiere - Early to mid season. Large berries, high quality. Keeps well, Good for upick and fresh market. Bright green foliage make it good for ornamental. Highly productive.

Grapes: Requires full sun. Plant vines 4-8 inches deep. After growth starts, select strongest shoot and let grow pruning of remaining branches. Bears in 2-3 years.

Fruit yield: 15 lbs. per vine.

Vanessa Black Seedless. A wonderful grape with large sweet fruit. Develops in large clusters. Very disease resistant. Resists cracking. Winter hardy. Ripens 28 days earlier than Concord.

Himrod - The hardiest and best quality of the white grapes. Flavor is excellent with sweet,juicy grapes. Berries are large and make excellent raisins. Pale green to yellow fruit. Seedless and ripens 28 days before Concord.

Raspberries: Should be planted 3-5 ft apart in full sun. Trailing varieties need spacing of 8-10 ft between plants and trellised. Bears 2-3 years. Fruit yield 2-4 quarts per vine.

HeritageUpright and a good ever-bearing red raspberry. Berries are large, firm and extremely attractive. Disease resistant. Produces vigorous canes. Late season.

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Strawberries: Need well drained, fertile soil in full sun. Rake, till and smooth and let water settle bed. A week or two later, lay off two rows four feet apart, two feet from edge of the bed. Set plants two foot apart in rows with crown just above soil line. Pinch off blooms first year.

Sweet Charlie - Large, sweet and vibrant red berry. Taste like they have sugar on them fresh from the field. Performs excellent in heat and humidity. Bears early in the season,

7-10 days before Chandler.

Ozark- Bears throughout the summer until frost. Juicy red berries great for fresh eating as well as freezing. Large, bright red, and sweet. Hardy and vigorous.

Peaches: Plant in full sun about 16-20 apart. Self-pollinating and begin bearing approximately in 2-3 years. Annual pruning will help to maintain vigor since fruit bears on previous years growth. Thinning is required to ensure maximum fruit size and quality.

Elberta -Yellow melting freestone under a yellow with red blush skin. Excellent quality.

Very productive.

Pear: Grows and produces best in well-drained sandy-loamy soil. Will also grow in clay soil, light sandy soil or dry soil with irrigation. Don ʼ t over fertilize. Can promote fireblight.

Full sun. Plant 25- 35 feet apart. Requires cross pollination from a different variety. Bears in

2-3 years.

Kieffer: Large. Greenish-yellow skin blushed red. Coarse, crisp, juicy, white flesh.

Stores well. Self-fertile. Ripens October to November.

Flowering trees:

Kwanzan Cherry : 3-4' – Most popular and the hardiest oriental cherries. Has deep pink, double blooms which are 2 1/2” in diameter. Grows to about 25'. New growth is reddish copper, turning to green.

Yoshino Cherry; 3-4' – Bright green glossy foliage, turning yellow in fall. Flowers are white with single blossoms. Very fragrant. Upright spreading branches, rounded crown reaches heights of 40'

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