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Cold Hardy Fruit Trees Down to Zone 1
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Fruit trees, berries, nuts, vines, natives and garden plants, all picked for cold northern winters.
Fruit Trees
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The short lists
Only the varieties that scored 8 or higher
Pick a Job to See the Short Lists
Every plant on these lists scored 8 or higher out of 10 for the job it is listed under, which is Very good or better on the adapted Beach (1905) grade. 46 lists across 13 jobs.
Canning & Freezing
Cooking & Roasting
Drying
Fresh Eating
Hard Cider
Jams & Jellies
Juice & Sweet Cider
Pies & Baking
Salads & Slicing
Sauce & Butter
Wine
Winter Storage
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Every Plant Sorted by How Cold It Gets
Pick Your Zone
Our zones run on the MFTC scale, built on the coldest night you'll actually get, not the USDA average. Not sure of yours? Look up your address first, then pick your zone on the left.
Zone 1
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Zone 4
Zone 5
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Zone 8
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What you want to make, what your land needs, how a plant pollinates, what it shrugs off and when it ripens. Pick one on the left, or open the Plant Finder and stack as many filters as you like.
Breeding Program
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For Your Land
Harvest & Bloom Season
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What You'll Make
Maps and tools
See what grows where you live
Maps and tools for growing fruit in cold country
Microclimate Maps give you the coldest night to plan for at your address, valley by valley, and the trees that come through it. The pollination, ripening and chill hours maps help you pick pollenizers and spread out the harvest, the disease resistance charts show which varieties hold up to the diseases where you live, and the hard cider calculator works out your ABV and plans a blend from the trees you grow.
Microclimate Maps
Berry & Nut Pollination Charts
When each variety blooms, and which trees pollenize it.
Chill Hours Map and Calculator
How much winter chill each variety needs, with a calculator for your place.
Disease Resistance Charts
How well every variety we sell holds up to the diseases that matter for it, rated 1 to 5 from university research.
Fruit Trees by State
Pick your state and see the cold hardy fruit trees, berries and vines that grow there, matched to our microclimate maps.
Hard Cider Calculator
Work out your cider's ABV and the sugar to add, then plan a blend of apples, crabs and pears by sugar, acid and tannin, and see the trees it takes.
Pollination Maps
Ripening Maps
When each variety ripens, so you can spread the harvest out over the season.
Bulk & orchard pricing
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