2023 Dayton Nursery Catalog

Apricot Prunus armeniaca

spears are uniform in size, approximately 10 inch es long. They have a delicate, delicious flavor when cooked. Plants take 2 to 3 years to come into full production but then furnish delicious spears every spring. Available early spring only. 017962 C1 $5.99 Millennium zones 3 - 9 A productive perennial garden plant that produces high - quality spears that are tender and delicious. With excellent freezing quality, this versatile veggie can be used in salads, cooked, frozen, pickled, grilled, steamed, and added to stir fry. This variety is cold - hardy and tolerant to harsh winters – but is also a top performer in hot harvesting seasons. Height: 4’, Spread: 1 - 2’ 032751 C1 $12.99 Purple Passion zones 3 - 10 This perennial vegetable is sweet and mild, with 20% more natural sugar. Purple or burgundy as paragus has sweeter stalks than green asparagus! These vitamin - rich spears are so tender, you can eat them right out of your garden. You ’ ll love the unique, nutty flavor. The stalks of purple asparagus turn green when cooked. Purple Passion Aspara gus is cold hardy and heat - tolerant. Height: 3 - 4’ 017963 C1 $8.99 Viking zones 3 - 10 Larger and more tender option to green aspara gus. Wonderfully mild, nutty flavor when cooked; 20% higher sugar content than green varieties makes for a more flavorful asparagus. Height: 2 - 3’ 034563 C1 $5.99 Blackberry Rubus Prune all canes in the fall after they bear fruit and be sure to train on wires or fences. Blackberries bear on last year ’ s growth. NEW Apache THORNLESS. Erect. Produces a sweet, large fruit. Very productive. Zone 5 - 8 034565 C2 $14.99 NEW Arapaho THORNLESS. Erect. Very firm, large fruit with small seeds. excellent flavor. Zone 5 - 9 034564 C2 $14.99 NEW Chester THORNLESS. Semi - erect. Very good winter sur vival, Mild, flavorful medium sized fruit with high yields. Zone 5 - 8 034566 C2 $14.99 NEW Darrow THORNY. Large, sweet berry. Vigorous growing bush is very hardy and is rust resistant. Zone 4 - 8 034568 C2 $14.99 NEW Hull THORNLESS. Trailing. Medium to large fruit with a mild flavor. Good producer. Good winter surviv al. Zone 5 - 8 034567 C2 $14.99 Triple Crown THORNLESS. Semi - erect. Vigorous and winter hardy with large sweet fruit. Productive. Zone 5 - 8 012856 C2 $14.99

NEW Brookcot (Dwf) zones 3 - 8

Bright yellowish orange with a red blush, fruit is juicy with good flavor for fresh eating or canning. Semi - freestone fruit ripens in early August, 1.25" diameter at maturity. Self - fruitful, however yields improve with cross - pollination. 034206 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 1 NEW Harcot zones 5 The sweet, juicy rich flavor of this classic apricot is hard to beat. Late bloom avoids frost damage and crop loss. Of Canadian origin, this time - tested variety resists brown rot and perennial canker. 034408 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 15 NEW Montrose (Dwf) zones 4 This late blooming, frost - resistant, semi - freestone apricot is deliciously sweet right down to the al mond - like, sweet, edible kernel inside its pit. Skin is yellow with a red blush. 034411 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 15 Perfection (Dwf) zones 4 Fruits borne by this productive, hardy tree is very large, sweet, and juicy. More cold hardy than typi cal of apricots, it is a good performer and producer where spring frost is a problem. 034409 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 15 Royal Blenheim zones 7 - 9 This apricot is all - purpose, freestone, sweet, aro matic and flavorful. Early bloomer. It is self - fruitful. 019664 C3 $24.99 NEW Sungold (Dwf) zones 4 - 8 Bright, clear gold, 1.25" fruit. Fruit hangs on tree until ripe. Flavor is mild and sweet. Eating quality is good, sauce fair to good, jam very good. Late vari ety. Upright habit of growth. Blooms 3rd week of April. Use 'Moongold' for a pollinator. Height: 10 15’ Spread: 12 - 18’ 034205 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 1 NEW Tilton zones 5 Firm, medium to large fruits with rich flavor recom mend this widely adapted tree as one of the best apricots for home orchards and the #1 apricot for canning. Fruit is also excellent when eaten fresh or dried. 034410 C10 $99.00 Avail. 7 - 15

Asparagus Asparagus officinalis

Even with the best of care, asparagus beds won't hit stride for several years. But once that happens, the bed will produce an abundant crop of spears spring after spring for the next 20 - 30 years.

Jersey Supreme zones 3 - 8

Can't wait for that first asparagus in the spring? Delicious, large spears are ready earlier than other varieties! This hybrid variety is cold - hardy and disease - resistant, with high yields and superb spear quality. Height: 4 - 5’, Spread: 1 - 2’ 032750 C1 $8.99 Mary Washington zones 3 - 8 A vigorous growing asparagus that has demon strated fairly reliable resistance to rust. Tightly budded stalks hold at peak quality and flavor over an extra - long cutting period. Rich, emerald green

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