Melrose Apple is a beautiful, yellow/green skinned apple with dark red streaks and russet spots. Its firm, coarse, juicy, creamy-white flesh has a slightly acidic flavor and is very good for both cooking and in desserts. It continues to ripen off the tree and is best eaten after Christmas. One of the best storers, it can be kept until April at 31°F. It is the official Ohio State apple, where it has been planted extensively since its introduction in 1944. The tree itself is a vigorous, productive annual bearer with a spreading habit and moderate vigor.
The Jonagold Apple is a later-maturing, medium to large, firm-fruited apple with yellow and green skin with red stripes and superb, rich, full flavor. It is the most common cultivar planted in Europe and an excellent hand-eating or cooking apple.
Low Chill Plants are most fruits grown in the US go dormant in late fall. They require a minimum amount of cool weather before they can begin growing normally again in the spring. This cool weather requirement is measured in Chill Hours. Chilling hours are achieved when temperatures are between...
Extremely Hardy Plants for our friends in Alaska and northern regions of the US, the following plants will survive very cold temperatures and many will produce abundant crops of delicious fruit. These plants should all be hardy to minus 25°F. or below. This list is a work in progress and...
Oregon Garden – Harvest Season At the Oregon Garden in Silverton, One Green World maintains a showcase “edible landscape,” completely composed with edible plants from our catalog. Be sure to come and see many mature specimens of our fruiting trees and shrubs in their element. Better yet, you can taste...
A classic and productive variety from Holland, the Breda Giant Medlar Fruit abundant crops of large 1 1/2″-1 3/4″ diameter fruit. Sweet and fine textured, the spicy fruit of Breda Giant Medlar is great for snacks and preserves.
A very productive and attractive variety, Royal Medlar Fruit Tree bears heavy crops of 1-1/2″ diameter, pleasantly sweet-tart, smooth textured fruits. When ripe, the large fruits develop an attractive, dark, nut brown color.”