Honey Bee Food Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Minneapolis

* Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to Ontario , and south to Georgia and Alabama .

* The fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C. * 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots.

* This is one of the apple varieties thta does bext under low chill conditions. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples.

This particular species is known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, and (ambiguously) as "black huckleberry".

* 3" leaves, blue green or gray green; reddish-yellow fruit; native to western Asia, southeast Europe. Established plants are very drought resistant. * Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil.

* An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. * The berries or seeds have been used in the treatment of grass sickness, low fever, headaches and weight loss. * Sabal palmetto , also known as Cabbage Palm , Palmetto , Cabbage Palmetto , Palmetto...

* A low shrub found on dry slopes and prairies. * The fruit is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers.

* The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low a concentration as 30 ppm.

* Ivan Bunin's early short story, Antonovka Apples (1900), is a sort of ode to this apple cultivar. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth...

* Rhamnus caroliniana ( syn. * Carolina buckthorn is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10-15' (infrequently to 30') tall. Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern...

It usually produces abundant crops of fruit every year. * The fruit turns sweeter and so tastes best after a frost. It is best to keep them in pots in a cold frame for their first winter and then plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring.

The fruit is up to 11mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters. * A very easily grown plant, it prefers a well-drained moisture retentive loamy soil but is not at all fussy. A very pleasant flavour, it is slightly mealy but juicy and can be eaten...

* A shrub or small tree, thick-shelled round nuts, 3/4"; native to south central U.S. and northern Mexico. * Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black Walnut (literally the Jupiter's acorn with small nuts) is a large shrub...

* White or pink flowers to 2 1/2"; pear-shaped 1/3-2/3" hips, shiny red or red-orange; suckers to form thickets; native to woods, dunes, and prairies from Nova Scotia to Maryland and Texas * It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing...

* The plant grows to 1–5 m (3 ft 3 in–16 ft 5 in) tall. Oregon-grape is resistant to summer drought, tolerates poor soils, and does not create excessive leaf litter. Dark green, violet and dark blue-purple dyes are obtained from the fruit.

* Corylus heterophylla , the Asian Hazel , is a species of hazel native to eastern Asia , from northern China , eastern Mongolia , Korea , Japan , and southeastern Siberia . The seed, which has a hard shell, is of relatively good flavour.

* Resembles the species but among the earliest of all crab apples to flower; fruit bright red, to 1/2"; native to Manchuria, China. Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably...

The branchlets are a purplish-brown colour, and are slender and sparsely villous. * Corylus chinensis, common names Chinese filbert and Chinese Hazel, is a deciduous tree native to western China.

* The young plants have many prickles and serrated edged leaves. They are sometimes used in the production of schnapps. * The fruits are 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are somewhat sweet yet sour, bitter and astringent.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc.

They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to eastern North America .

* Common hazel is typically a shrub reaching 3–8 m tall, but can reach 15 m. * The seed can be eaten raw or roasted and used in breads, cakes, biscuits, sweets etc. * Our seed is collected from the variety Jefferson which is open pollinated by the varieties...

The inner bark and the wood are used in the treatment of malaria, debility and menorrhagia. * Maclura tricuspidata is a tree native to East Asia , occasionally grown for its fruit , somewhat similar to that of the related mulberry ( Morus spp.).

* While the seed pods are still green, they are harvested and the seeds eaten boiled in Mexico. * It is known for its large proportions, its expansive, often spherical crown, and its curiously shaped seedpods.

Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree. Resents root disturbance. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates. The seed is mainly distributed by water.

Plums turn from yellow to mauve to purple as they ripen from July through September. * Bigtree or Mexican plum is a single-trunked, non-suckering tree, 15-35 ft. Tall, with fragrant, showy, white flowers displayed before the leaves appear.

One of the hardiest species of passionflower, it is a common wildflower in the southern United States . It is frequently used in the treatment of insomnia, epilepsy, hysteria etc. * Maypops is a valuable sedative and tranquillising herb with a long history...