WW-01104 Reviewed 2009

Fruits for Minnesota

Emily Hoover and Michael Zins

The fruit cultivars listed here are recommended on the basis of availability and winter hardiness for Minnesota (see map). To improve productivity of apples, pears, apricots, hybrid plums, and cherry plums include at least two cultivars of each fruit in the planting since each cultivar requires pollen from a different cultivar for fruit set. Some hybrid plums do not have viable pollen and cannot be used as a pollen source. European plums, tart cherries, and Nanking cherries are self-fruitful: no pollen source is needed. Small fruits such as gooseberries, currants, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes are usually self-fruitful. Blueberries have increased yield if more than one cultivar is planted.

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Figure 1. Minnesota Fruit Zones

Apple Early Season	Fruit Zone
Apple Early Season	1	2	3	4
Mantet	X	X	X	X
Oriole	X	X	X	X
Duchess	X	X	X	-
State Fair	X	X	X	X
Paulared	X	X	-	-
Beacon	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Apple Midseason	Fruit Zone				Apple Midseason	Fruit Zone
Apple Midseason	1	2	3	4	Apple Midseason	1	2	3	4
Chestnut Crab	X	X	X	X	McIntosh	X	X	-	-
Whitney Crab	X	X	X	X	Honeycrisp	X	X	X	-
Wealthy	X	X	X	X	Cortland	X	X	X	-
Minjon	X	X	X	X	Northwestern Greening	-	X	X	X
Red Baron	X	X	X	X	Redwell	X	X	X	X
Lakeland	X	X	X	X	Prairie Spy	X	X	X	-
Sweet 16	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Apple Late Season	Fruit Zone
Apple Late Season	1	2	3	4
Haralson	X	X	X	X
Honeygold	X	X	X	-
Red Delicious	X	-	-	-
Regent	X	-	-	-
Fireside	X	X	X	-
Connell Red	X	X	X	-
Keepsake	X	X	X	-
X - recommended

Pear	Fruit Zone
Pear	1	2	3	4
Golden Spice	X	X	X	-
Gourmet	X	X	X	T
Luscious	X	X	T	-
Parker	X	X	-	-
Patten	X	X	-	-
Summercrisp	X	X	X	T
X - recommended; T - trial

Apricot	Fruit Zone
Apricot	1	2	3	4
Moongold	X	X	-	-
Sungold	X	X	-	-
X - recommended

European Plum	Fruit Zone
European Plum	1	2	3	4
Mount Royal	X	X	-	-
Stanley	X	X	-	-
X - recommended

Hybrid Plum	Fruit Zone				Hybrid Plum	Fruit Zone
Hybrid Plum	1	2	3	4	Hybrid Plum	1	2	3	4
Alderman	X	X	X	-	South Dakota	X	X	X	X
LaCrescent	X	X	X	-	Superior	X	X	X	-
Pipestone	X	X	X	-	Toka	X	X	X	X
Redglow	X	X	X	-	Underwood	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Cherry Plum	Fruit Zone
Cherry Plum	1	2	3	4
Compass	X	X	X	X
Opata	X	X	X	X
Red Diamond	T	T	T	T
Sapa	T	T	-	-
Sapalta	X	X	X	X
X - recommended; T - trial

Tart Cherry	Fruit Zone
Tart Cherry	1	2	3	4
Mesabi	X	X	X	T
Meteor	X	X	X	-
Northstar	X	X	X	-
X - recommended; T - trial

Raspberry Summer-bearing	Fruit Zone				Raspberry Summer-bearing	Fruit Zone
Raspberry Summer-bearing	1	2	3	4	Raspberry Summer-bearing	1	2	3	4
Latham (red)	X	X	X	X	Killarney (red)	X	X	X	X
Boyne (red)	X	X	X	X	Royalty (purple)	X	X	-	-
Nordic (red)	X	X	X	X	Brandywine (purple)	X	X	X	-
Festival (red)	X	X	X	X	Bristol (black)	X	X	-	-
Haida (red)	X	X	X	-	Blackhawk (black)	X	X	-	-
Liberty (red)	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Raspberry Fall-bearing	Fruit Zone
Raspberry Fall-bearing	1	2	3	4
Heritage (red)	X	X	X	-
Fall Red (red)	X	X	X	X
Amity (red)	X	X	X	-
Redwing (red)	X	X	X	X
Fallgold (yellow)	X	X	X	X
Summitt (red)	X	X	X	X
Autumn Bliss (red)	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Strawberry June-bearing	Fruit Zone				Strawberry June-bearing	Fruit Zone
Strawberry June-bearing	1	2	3	4	Strawberry June-bearing	1	2	3	4
Allstar	XP	XP	-	-	Honeoye	XP	XP	XP	XP
Annapolis	XP	XP	XP	XP	Jewel	XP	XP	XP	XP
Blomidon	XP	XP	XP	-	Kent	XP	XP	XP	XP
Crimson King	XP	XP	XP	XP	Lateglow	XP	XP	XP	XP
Earliglow	XP	XP	XP	-	Sparkle	XP	XP	XP	XP
Glooscap	XP	XP	XP	XP	Trumpeter	XP	XP	XP	XP
Gov. Simcoe	XP	XP	-	-	Veestar	XP	XP	XP	XP
Holiday	XP	-	-	-
X - recommended; P - winter protection desirable

Strawberry Everbearing or Day Neutral	Fruit Zone
Strawberry Everbearing or Day Neutral	1	2	3	4
Ft. Laramie	XP	XP	XP	XP
Ogallala	XP	XP	XP	XP
Tribute	XP	XP	XP	XP
Tristar	XP	XP	XP	XP
X - recommended; P - winter protection desirable

Blueberry (acid soil conditions are needed)	Fruit Zone
Blueberry (acid soil conditions are needed)	1	2	3	4
Northblue	X	X	X	X
Northcountry	X	X	X	X
Northland	X	X	X	X
Northsky	X	X	X	X
St. Cloud	X	X	X	T
X - recommended; T - trial

Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seeded	Fruit Zone				Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seeded	Fruit Zone
Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seeded	1	2	3	4	Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seeded	1	2	3	4
Beta (black)	X	X	X	XP	Fredonia (blue)	X	XP	XP	-
Bluebell (blue)	X	X	TP	-	Swenson (red)	X	XP	XP	-
Concord (blue)	X	XP	-	-	Valiant (black)	X	X	T	TP
Edelweiss (white)	X	X	XP	XP	Worden (blue)	X	X	XP	-
X - recommended; T - trial; P - winter protection desirable

Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seedless	Fruit Zone
Grape table, juice, and jelly types Seedless	1	2	3	4
Canadice (red)	XP	XP	-	-
Himrod (white)	XP	XP	-	-
Reliance (red)	TP	TP	-	-
Vanessa (red)	TP	TP	-	-
X - recommended; T - trial; P - winter protection desirable

Mulberry (Morus sp.)	Fruit Zone
Mulberry (Morus sp.)	1	2	3	4
Illinois Everbearing	T	T	-	-
Wellington	T	T	-	-
T - trial

Juneberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)	Fruit Zone
Juneberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)	1	2	3	4
Honeywood	X	X	X	X
Northline	X	X	X	X
Pembina	X	X	X	X
Regent	X	X	X	X
Smokey	X	X	X	X
Theissen	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Black Currant (Ribes nigrum)	Fruit Zone
Black Currant (Ribes nigrum)	1	2	3	4
Consort	T	T	T	-
Coronet	T	T	T	-
Crusader	T	T	T	-
T - trial

Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)	Fruit Zone
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)	1	2	3	4
Adams	X	X	T	-
Nova	X	X	T	-
York	X	X	T	-
X - recommended; T - trial

Gooseberry	Fruit Zone
Gooseberry	1	2	3	4
Pixwell	X	X	X	X
Poorman	X	X	X	X
Welcome	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Red Currant	Fruit Zone
Red Currant	1	2	3	4
MN 71	X	X	X	X
Red Lake	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)	Fruit Zone
	1	2	3	4
	X	X	X	X
X - recommended

Emily Hoover
Professor
Department of Horticultural Science Michael Zins
Extension Educator and Assistant Professor
Department of Horticultural Science

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