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Hardy Black Blackberry                                 'Northland' Highbush Blueberry





























































                                                                  90 to     100 to
           1.2 m      1 m                   May     August                                         May        July
                                                                 120 cm    110 cm


        Nova Scotia native! This hardy maritimer produces      Incredibly cold-hardy variety that produces
        large, sweet berries late in the summer. If you don’t  medium-sized, sweet, slightly wild-tasting fruit
        eat them all as fast as you can pick them (a serious   early to mid summer. Decorative note: white,
        temptation) they’re wonderful for baking. Plants       bell-shaped flowers in late spring; glossy green
        produce fruit the second year after planting.          foliage that turns shades of gold and orange
                                                               in the fall.








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