Edible

Almond Russian (Prunus tenella) - Shrub Seedling

A compact, spreading shrub valued for its very showy bright pink flowers in early spring which smother the bare branches followed by sparse but curious fuzzy fruit.  Some suckering.  It does best in full sun and well-drained soil.

Buffaloberry Silver (Shepherdia argentea) - Shrub Seedling

A rugged shrub that can handle a wide variety of growing conditions.  It has attractive fuzzy, narrow silver foliage on thorny branches.  Produces bright red edible fruit.

Cherry Amur (Prunus maackii) - Tree Seedling

Is a beautiful, fast-growing ornamental tree. It features attractive bronze/red bark that peels horizontally in strips.This hardy tree bears white flowers in the spring, black fruit held in clusters in the late summer, and pointy leaves that turn yellow in the fall.

Cherry Carmine Jewel SK (Prunus x kerrasis) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy deciduous shrub and hybrid variety of sour cherry from the University of Saskatchewan.  It produces dark, black cherries with a sweet tart flavour.  Great for for pies, jams and jellies, and wine making.  It is often the first cherry ready in the summer. The hardiest of the dwarf sour cherry varieties makes a beautiful accent or landscape/orchard tree.

Cherry Cupid (Prunus) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy deciduous hybrid shrub variety of Sour Cherry. Produces the largest fruit of all the sour cherries which is dark/red fruit and perfect for fresh eating but it tends to be a bit later than other varieties.

Cherry Juliet (Prunus) - Shrub Seedling

Hardy deciduous shrub and hybrid variety of the University of Saskatchewan Sour Cherry. It blooms earlier than the other Romance varieties, and produces highly desirable, delicious dark red fruit for production with high yields. Is ideal as a landscape or accent tree.

Cherry Nanking (Prunus tomentosa)

A small deciduous shrub known for its attractive blush colored blossoms and edible fruit. A winter hardy, moderately fast-growing plant. Its dark, red fruit is excellent for pies, jellies, and canning.

Cherry Prinsepia (Prinsepia sinensis) - Shrub Seedling

Is an attractive, cold hardy shrub with thorny stems and a rounded shape.Primarily used for its shrub and hedge characteristics, Cherry Prinsepia is also grown for its ornamental fruit. Tart in flavor, the red berries are edible and enjoyed by birds and humans alike.

Cherry Romeo (Prunus x kerrasis) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy hybrid shrub variety of sour cherry from the University of Saskatchewan.  Medium sized dark red/black flavorful fruit.  Suitable for fresh eating, processing, or juice.  The shrub is great as an accent or landscape tree.  Self-pollinating but better results obtained when two varieties are planted.

Cherry Sandcherry (Prunus besseyi) - Shrub Seedling

Known for its unique, leathery grey-green foliage which turns an attractive reddish-purple in fall.  Beautiful blanket of white blossoms.  Popular as an ornamental shrub in parks and front yards.  Edible small purple-black cherries. Is suitable as an under planting or groundcover.

Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) - Shrub Seedling

Commonly called black chokeberry.  A small, compact, spreading shrub with an upright growth habit.  Noted for its abundance of 5-6 flowered clusters of white flowers in spring.  Glossy dark green leaves turn purple/red in the fall.  The edible, blackish-purple fruit is tart and bitter and persists throughout fall and well into winter.  May be used to make jams and jellies.  Only one plant is required for abundant fruiting.  An excellent wildlife shrub. Tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. Great for mass planting and general garden use.

Chokecherry Robert (Prunus virginiana) - Shrub Seedling

A shrub or small tree that produces very large berries.  One of the sweeter chokecherries.  Good yield.  The berries are great for fresh eating, making jams, jellies, and wine.  Red foliage makes for a beautiful addition to any landscape.

Cranberry Highbush (Viburnum trilobum) - Shrub Seedling

Profuse, attractive blooms in the form of large clusters with small yellow flowers in the center surrounded by larger white blooms in spring.  Dark green, three-lobed foliage turns yellow to purplish-red in fall.  Produces pendulous clusters of small red edible berries similar in appearance and taste to cranberries.  The fruit are best used for making jams, preserves or sauces and can also be a useful cooking ingredient.  Excellent ornamental plants.

Currant Ben Nevis (Ribes nigrum) - Shrub Seedling

A medium-sized shrub grown for its tart black berries.  The clusters of black round berries are usually ready for picking from mid to late summer.  Ideal for jam and also used for fresh eating, cooking, baking, wine making, and sauces.

Currant Red Lake (Ribes rubrum)

A red currant cultivar which is grown primarily for fruit production.  It is a compact, mounding, deciduous shrub grown for its tasty red berries. Clusters of greenish-yellow flowers bloom in spring, and are noticeable but not particularly ornamental.  Medium green leaves are 3-5 lobed, and are aromatic when crushed.  Flowers give way to long, pendant clusters of bright red currants which ripen in July.  The berries have a tart taste and juicy texture.  Good for preserves and wine making.

Elderberry Adams (Sambucus canadensis) - Shrub Seedling

Produces attractive, very large, purple-black fruit that grow in large clusters, up to 6 inches in diameter.  The fruit ripen late August to early September.  Stems grow to eight feet and are well branched.  Requires a second elderberry for pollination.  Adams compliments Johns Elderberry in pollination.  The berries can be eaten when cooked and used to make jams, pies, teas, and wines.  Elderberries are often used in cold remedies.

Elderberry Johns (Sambucus canadensis) - Shrub Seedling

Fragrant flowers emerge in spring followed by clusters of larger, sweet, nearly black berries on a more vigorous growing plant.  The fruit ripen about two weeks earlier than Adams.  Stems grow to eight feet and are well branched.  Requires one wild elderberry to pollinate 12 Johns.  Johns compliments Adams Elderberry in pollination.  Ornamental.  The berries are ideal for pies, jam, juices, and wine.  Elderberries are often used in cold remedies.

Flowering Crabapple Columbia (Malus) - Tree Seedling

An upright rounded tree with abundant fragrant white blooms. Persistent fruit.

Flowering Crabapple Dolgo (Malus) - Tree Seedling

Soft pink buds sprout in early April that open to an explosion of fragrant, self-pollinating, white flowers.  Deep green foliage turns a stunning bright yellow in fall.  Gorgeous ornamental tree.  Used as a very hardy understock.

Flowering Crabapple Siberian (Malus baccata) - Tree Seedling

White to light pinkish/white flowers appear in June, followed by very small persistent crabapples.

Grape Manitoba (Vitis) - Vine Seedling

This is one of the hardiest varieties of grape. Dark purple fruit, ideal for jellies or juice. Climbing growth habit makes this plant excellent for trellises or arbors. 

Haskap (Honeyberry) Aurora (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Considered one of the best tasting early season varieties.  Sweet berries with half the acidity of other varieties.  The berries can be used for eating fresh, baking, jams and jellies, and freezing.  Pollinator variety.  Great companion for Borealis.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Boreal Blizzard (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Known for its excellent taste and is the most similar to the Aurora Haskap. The flavour of Haskaps is generally described as a cross between a blueberry and a raspberry. Boreal Blizzard Haskaps are well suited to fresh eating, freezing, baking, and preserves.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Borealis (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Very large berries that have an excellent flavour; a taste between raspberry and blueberry.  A cold hardy, fast growing shrub.  Ready to harvest at the end of June.  Pollinator required.  Pair with other early pollinators to achieve a higher yield.  Aurora is a great companion for Borealis.  Bred at the University of Saskatchewan.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Tundra (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy, fast growing, high yielding, deciduous shrub with large, sweet, tart flavoured fruit that mature in early summer.  Of all the varieties, Tundra has the firmest fruit, making it great for commercial production.  Like Borealis, Tundra does not self-pollinate well. We recommend another variety such as Berry Blue.  Cold hardy.

Hawthorn Arnold (Crataegus arnoldiana) - Tree Seedling

A broadly rounded, low-branched tree with wide-spreading, horizontal branches.  The leaves are simple, oval-shaped, with serrated edges.  Beautiful clusters of white flowers in spring are followed by bright red berries mid-summer.  An attractive ornamental tree.  Also used in windbreaks and riparian planting.  The fruit can be made into jams and jellies.

Hawthorn Douglas (Crataegus douglasii) - Tree Seedling

A small tree with a long trunk and compact, round-topped crown. A profusion of flat-topped clusters of white flowers in late spring to early summer, followed by edible, deep red fruits which ripen to black in late summer. Glossy foliage. Also called Black Hawthorn. Ornamental. Good for soil stabilization.

Hazelnut Beaked (Corylus cornuta) - Shrub Seedling

Medium-sized shrub commonly grown for its edible qualities.  Hazelnuts have always grown in Saskatchewan.  The nuts are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall.  Hardiest species of hazelnut.

Nannyberry (Viburnum)

Hardy shrub known for attracting bees, birds, and other wildlife. Its clusters of white flowers bloom in late spring followed by tasty blue-black berries that can be eaten fresh or used in baking and preserves.

Plum American (Prunus) - Shrub Seedling

In spring, masses of fragrant, white flowers in showy, flat-topped clusters emerge followed by shiny, bright red fruit that ripen in late summer.  The sour and sweet fruit is good for jams and jellies, preserves, pies, and fresh eating.

Raspberry Boyne (Rubus) - Shrub Seedling

Large dark red, sweet, juicy berries.  Excellent for eating fresh, freezing, or making into preserves.  Cold-hardy.  Self-pollinating.

Raspberry Honeyqueen (Rubus) - Shrub Seedling

Known for its sweet honey flavour and unique amber-yellow colour.  One of the hardiest yellow raspberries.  Excellent for jams and eating fresh.

Raspberry Joan (Rubus) - Shrub Seedling

Large, firm, deep red, cone-shaped berries. Excellent flavor and are great for eating fresh or freezing. Fall-bearing, thornless shrub.

Raspberry Red Bounty (Rubus) - Shrub Seedling

Large deep red berries with great taste.  High yielding.  Excellent for eating fresh, jams, or making into preserves.  Cold-hardy.  Self-pollinating.

Raspberry Red Mammoth (Rubus) - Shrub Seedling

Introduced by the University of Saskatchewan.  Large red, super sweet berries.  Thornless canes for easy picking.  Excellent for eating fresh, baking, cooking, jams, making into preserves, or freezing.  High yielding.  Self-pollinating.

Saskatoon Berry Native (Amelanchier alnifolia) - Shrub Seedling

A very hard, native, deciduous shrub.  White spring blooms followed by dark blue berries.  Excellent for fresh eating, baking, and preserves.

Saskatoon Berry Northline (Amelanchier alnifolia) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy shrub with leathery green foliage that turn orange in the fall.  Creamy white spring blooms are followed by edible black fruit that is good for fresh eating, pies, and jams.

Saskatoon Berry Smoky (Amelanchier alnifolia) - Shrub Seedling

Great for ornamental use with large white blooms in spring and glossy green foliage that changes to yellow-red colour in the fall.  Produces purplish-blue berries that can be used for fresh eating, pies, and jams.  Highest sugar to acid ratio.  Self-pollinating.  Cold hardy.

Saskatoon Berry Thiessen (Amelanchier alnifolia) - Shrub Seedling

One of the most productive saskatoons.  Great for ornamental use with white spring blooms and  glossy green foliage that turns yellow-red in fall.  Produces large, purplish-blue, full-flavoured fruit that can be used for fresh eating, pies, and preserves.  Self-pollinating.  Cold hardy.

Sea Buckthorn Harvest Moon (female - fruit bearing) (Hippophae rhamnoides) - Shrub Seedling

Female – produces fruit.  A Canadian hybrid producing large, tart fruit with some sweetness.  Fewer thorns then most other varieties making the fruit easier to pick.  Highly ornamental.  This multi-stemmed shrub features large clusters of reddish-orange berries form late summer and fall.  Great for hedges, screening, or shelterbelts, or as an accent shrub.  Ability to grow in and improve poor soils.

Sea Buckthorn Prairie Sunset (female - fruit bearing) (Hippophae rhamnoides) - Shrub Seedling

Female – fruit producing.  Striking orange berries are highly nutritional and contain healthy antioxidants.  Silver foliage.  A great shrub for a dry area.  Cold tolerant.

Strawberry Kent (Fragaria) - Shrub Seedling

June-bearing strawberry.  Hardy plant with firm red fruit is vigorous and productive.  Milder flavour; lighter color, and runners don’t spread as much as other types.  Freezes well.

Strawberry Seascape (Fragaria ananassa) - Shrub Seedling

Everbearing strawberry.  The plants yield large, juicy, well-shaped berries with superb flavour over a long season.  They are considered the best strawberries for growing in containers.  Excellent variety for home gardeners. Heat tolerant.  Extremely hardy.

Walnut Black (Juglans nigra) - Tree Seedling

The walnuts are cultivated for their distinctive and desirable taste.  Compound leaves with 14-22 leaflets on short, almost hairless, stalks with the last leaflet being smaller than the rest.  The grey-black bark is deeply furrowed into thin ridges giving it a diamond shaped pattern.  The round fruit (nut) ripens in autumn and falling in October or November.  Most parts of the tree have a very characteristic pungent or spicy odor.  Seedlings emerge in April or May and typically grow 90cm their first year and even more in the second year.