Organic Soft-Fruit Plants Range
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Availability
See under each fruit. PLEASE NOTE THE SEASONALITY OF SUPPLY
Delivery
Plants are available in packs of 10 or 25, and are delivered directly from the grower. Order in the normal way from our on-line shop, but please order separately from other produce.
Organic Strawberry Plants
(PHPS Elite Certificate)
Our top quality strawberry plants are supplied as "fresh-dug".
Plant Availability : End October until early May (We can also supply cold-stored plants from May to early July if ordered before early March)
There are eight strawberry varieties available for the 2007/8 season:
Early Mid-Summer
'Haneoye' - Still the main early variety that has a good upright growth habit. It seems to perform particularly well in the north and the west. Lovely flavoured fruit, best picked regularly. Can sometimes be susceptible to mildew under stress.
Mid-Summer
'Cambridge Favourite' - Fruiting early to late July. 'Cambridge Favourite' is one of the well-known older varieties, still earning its place because of its reliability and tolerance. The fruit is paler than the modern varieties, but the juiciness and sweet flavour makes it still the favourite for many. Its dense growing habit makes it susceptible to botrytis in wet seasons.
'Pegasus' - Probably one of the best disease resistant mid-season varieties, preferring slightly heavier soils. Has excellent resistance to wilt, crown rot and mildew. Fruits are of high quality and excellent flavour.'Hapil'
Heavy yields of large, glossy, sweet fruit. Crops especially well on lighter soils and in drier conditions. It has as an upright growth habit but can occasionally be susceptible to mildew and also to verticillium wilt .
Late Mid-Season
'Alice' - An exciting selection from HRI East Malling. It is a few days earlier than Symphony and Florence, and has a very long picking season. The plant has an upright habit and has excellent disease resistance particularly to wilt and crown rot and seems to have good mildew resistance too. The fruit are large, sweet and juicy and evenly sized. Looks an impressive new variety and looks good for organic growing conditions.
Late Summer
'Symphony' - A high-yielding Scottish late season variety producing high quality bright red fruit with excellent flavour. The plants have very good disease resistance, especially against red core. An excellent choice for the west and north, it seems to excel in the damper conditions. An excellent choice for organic growers.
'Florence' - An East Malling variety with outstanding , vigorous plants showing excellent disease resistance, especially against mildew. Large, bright firm but juicy red berries with an excellent flavour. A must for the organic grower. Also shows some resistance to vine weevil, we are told.
'Sophie' - A very late season variety (late july - early August) from HRI East Malling that can usefully extend the season. A dense foliage but with high yields of well presented, good quality fruit. Found to be an excellent growing variety by Sian and Nigel Fronant.
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Organic Raspberry Canes 
(PHPS 'A' Certificate)
Availability : November until late March.
Early-Mid Season
'Malling Jewel' - This well-established variety is known for its old-fashioned, juicy fruit which has a lovely flavour. The canes are tolerant of most conditions and it is still highly recommended as a garden and organic variety.
Mid Season
'Julia' - This East Malling variety has been recommended for organic growing because of its impressive resistance against many of the cane diseases. It has high yields of large fruit which freeze well.
Late season
'Tulameen' -
The variety with the highest quality fruit and a long picking season. Tall canes produce very large aromatic, juicy fruit. Bred in Canada it has good winter hardiness, but needs careful establishment. Crops through July and into August.
'Autumn Bliss'
This is the most reliable late season raspberry cultivar, and it is also is a heavy-cropping one.
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Organic Gooseberry Plants
Availability : November to late March
'Martlet'
Late season; A medium-sized bush with excellent resistance to foliar disease. It has high yields of smooth-skinned red dessert fruit of good flavour. A new variety which has been found to be good for organic growing.
'Greenfinch'
Mid season; A compact bush which produces heavy yields of smooth, green fruit with a superb flavour. This culinary variety has excellent resistance to foliar diseases.
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Organic Blackcurrant Plants
Availability : November to late March
Early season
'Ben Connan'
This variety has high yields of exceptionally large fruit, which makes easy picking. It has outstanding resistance to the foliar diseases and also to leaf curling midge, which is a big asset to the organic grower. A medium-sized bush, bred at SCRI.
'Ben Sarek'
A very compact bush that has high yields of very large fruit of excellent flavour. An ideal variety for the smaller garden.
Late mid-season
'Ben Alder'
A very high yielding variety, with a high level of disease resistance, particularly to foliar problems. Compliments our two other varieties by fruiting later. A medium sized bush with medium sized berries. Also bred in Scotland by SCRI.
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Organic Red & White Currants
Availability: November to late March
'Jonkheer van Tets'
Early season; A popular early Redcurrant, with high yields of large berries that have good flavour. The vigorous bushes have excellent resistance to foliar diseases.
'Red Start'
An upright bush that gives heavy yields of medium sized red fruit which hang well for August harvesting. Excellent resistance against foliar diseases and its late flowering helps to avoid any frost damage.
'White Versailles'
Large white sweet, juicy berries on an upright bush. Again disease resistance is very good. A delicious desert fruit which also makes excellent wines and jelly.
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Organic Jostaberry
Availability : November - late March
A thornless blackcurrant/gooseberry hybrid with a shiny black fruit the size of a small gooseberry. The bushes are very vigorous and resistant to big-bud and foliar diseases. They can grow to over 2.5 metres high so they need to be spaced 2 metres apart. The flower early and so need to be protected from frosts at that time. the fruit makes beautiful jam or jelly. Very high levels of vitamin C.
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Related Products
- Org strawberry plants - 'Sophie' (25)
- Org Gooseberry plants - 'Martlett' (3)
- Org White Currant plants - 'White Versailles' (1)
- Org Raspberry plants - 'Malling Jewel' (10)
