2022 Dayton Nursery Catalog

Overleese A very large, oval fruit with delicious, creamy, yel low-orange flesh, Overleese Pawpaw was selected by W. B Ward in 1950 in the wild in Rushville, IN. Height: 12-15’ 032252 C15 $149.99 032251 C5 $89.99 Potomac A special late-summer treat. Rich, sweet, melting fruit is similar to a cherimoya, but more flavorful and much larger: Potomac® pawpaws often weigh 12 ounces or more apiece. The medium-yellow fruit is packed with minerals and micronutrients, but is low in calories. Enjoy the fruit fresh, or purée it and freeze for later use. Height/ Spread: 12-15’ 032256 C15 $149.99 032255 C5 $89.99 Shenandoah™ This patented new Southern variety is one of the largest and most flavorful to date, with individual fruits weighing up to 1 pound each! The fruit ripens in mid season and is sweet and flavorful with creamy-yellow, custard-like flesh. Height: 10-15’ 032258 C15 $149.99 032257 C5 $89.99 Susquehanna® Breeders' favorite, due to its large fruit size, few seeds, rich and sweet paw paw flavor, and firm but melting texture. Reliable yields and a durable skin round out this Southern beauty's desirable charac teristics. Late to ripen, and well worth the wait! Height: 10-15’ 032260 C10 $129.99 032259 C5 $89.99 Wabash® Named after the famous Wabash Cannon ball. One of the best-flavored pawpaws, this round “cannonball” fruit is very fleshy, sweet and rich with a low seed-to-fruit ratio. Exquisite texture is medi um-firm, creamy and smooth – eat it with a spoon, just like custard. Pretty sunset-colored yellow orange hue. Wabash fruits are typically 8-12 ounc es each, and there will be many of them! 032261 C5 $89.99 Peach Prunus persica Big Red zones 5-7 A large yellow-flesh Peach with a yellow to red or blush skin that ripens in the fall. An attractive free stone variety with a traditional southern Peach flavor. Reaches 10 to 15 feet tall and wide. 032514 C3 STD $39.99 Bonanza (Dwf) zones 5-9 Bonanza Dwarf Peach Tree is a true genet ic dwarf peach that will only reach 5-6' in height at maturity. The Bonanza Dwarf Peach has medium to large sized fruits that are yellow with a red blush. Bonanza Peach has sweet, juicy, yellow flesh that's freestone and is a delicious treat when ripe in mid-to-late June. Bonanza Peach trees can be profuse producers and may need some fruits re moved so to increase the size of the remaining fruits. 032522 C5 $59.99 Country Sweet zones 6-9 Country Sweet is a yellow-fleshed cling stone peach with a sweet, low acid flavor. Harvest ed in the 3rd week of June, Country Sweet is a very heavy producer. The fruit has large size 2-5/8" to 3-1/4". Height: 12-15’, Spread: 12-15’ 032515 C5 STD $59.99 NEW NEW NEW NEW

Haskaps Lonicera caerulea Images found in the Vine section. Zones 3-7 Yezberry Honey Bunch® These easy-going shrubs are one of the first plants to bloom in spring. Their tubular yellow flowers develop into elongated blue berries that taste like a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. They're so sweet, you'll eat them right off the bush as soon as they ripen in early summer! Height: 3-5’, Spread: 3-5’ 029069 PW2 $25.00 Yezberry Sugar Pie® One of the earliest plants to bloom each spring, tubular yellow blooms mature into elongated that ripen to blue in early summer. They're sweet enough to eat right off the plant, but they're also good for drying, processing, or cooking. This tough, deer-resistant edible is native to North America and requires no special care to bear fruit every year. Height: 3-4’, Spread: 3-4’ 028895 PW2 $25.00 Horseradish Armoracia rusticana Big Top zones 3-8 After the first frost in fall kills the leaves, dig the root and harvest. Harvest the main root but leave one or more large off shoots of the main root to replant. The spicy hot roots will keep for months in the refrigerator. 014852 C2 $8.99 Jostaberry Plant the berries roughly 2 inches deeper than they originally were in the pot. Zones 3-8 Jostaberry Take the looks of a gooseberry, removes the thorns, and makes it sweeter. It combines the vig orous growth and rich flavor of a black currant with disease resistance. The tangy-sweet flavor of a Jostaberry is a mix of grape, blueberry, and kiwi fruit. Can easily grow 6’ tall. 026653 C3 19.99

Nectarine Nectarine trees are a type of peach tree, differing only slightly in its genes, providing delicious free stoned fruit and an attractive and pleasing tree. Zones 5-8 June Princess An attractive tree that produces firm, sweet freestone medium size fruit that has a red skin and yellowish flesh. During the springtime your nectar ine tree will have gorgeous pink blossoms adding to your landscape. Harvest occurs during June and July. The June Princess Nectarine is self-fertile and disease resistant. Height: 12-15’ 032513 C5 STD $59.99 Pawpaw Asimina triloba Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, acidic, fertile soils. Will grow in shade but becomes leggy. Zones 5-9 triloba Cup-shaped, purple flowers appear in spring, and give way to edible, oblong, yellowish green fruits which mature in early autumn to a dark brown. Flavor and fleshy consistency of the sweet-flavored fruits resembles bananas. Fruits are frequently eaten raw or used in ice creams or pies, although they can produce nausea in some people. Height: 15-30’, Spread: 15-30’ 031902 1¾” BB $349.00 028390 1½” BB $249.00 Allegheny® Very productive and flavorful, Allegheny® features large fruit (up to 1/2 lb.) and deli cious, sweet, creamy-yellow flesh. Allegheny ap pears to be the earliest ripening of the Peterson Pawpaw™ varieties. Height: 12-15’ 032254 C15 $149.99 032253 C5 $89.99 NEW NEW

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‘Yezberry Honey Bunch®’

Paw Paw Fruit

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