Workshops help you plan for the future
Learn about pruning, plant selection, grafting, landscape design, and other topics, by attending classes at Raintree Nursery this year. Find out when and where by visiting our Raintree Workshops page....
View ArticlePrune d’Ente: best tasting fruit in America
Prune d’Ente The Prune d’ Ente could be the best tasting fruit in America. We acquired this wonderful variety from our friend Andy Mariani. In France it is called French Prune #777. This is because...
View ArticleQ-1-8 Peach: sweet and flavorful
The Q-1-8 Peach is a leaf curl resistant peach. It was tested for years at the Washington State University Mt. Vernon Station. It is self fertile and has white flesh and very good flavor. The Q-18 is...
View ArticleSeascape: large, everbearing strawberry
The Seascape strawberry is no longer under-appreciated at Raintree Nursery. The Raintree Inventory Manager Tina Cline’s hand is pictured on our spring cover surrounded by delicious and as you can see...
View ArticleKarmijn de Sonnaville apple: both sweet and tart
Karmijn de Sonnaville apple Some people love the taste of sweet apples; others find sweet apples too bland and they prefer the taste of tart apples. However, the best tasting apples, according to...
View ArticleDayton apple: early ripening, summer dessert apple
Dayton apple. This is a really good year for apple production here at Raintree Nursery and the early ripening apples are abundant. William’s Pride and Pristine are already ripe and have been collected....
View ArticleCornus Mas: an edible dogwood
Redstone Cornus Mas (D568) These edible dogwoods — Cornus Mas (also known as Cornelian Cherry) have a big seed and delicious pungently flavored flesh. We offer both red and yellow fruited varieties and...
View ArticleMedlars: A delicious snack
In the winter, when all the fruit is long since picked and frosts have long since hit, attention can turn to the lowly Medlar. The Medlar fruit is roundish and often only 1 1/2 inches in diameter. They...
View ArticleVisit Raintree Nursery at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, Feb. 5-9
Visit the Raintree Nursery booth at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in the Washington State Convention Center, booths 2344-8 in the North Hall, February 5-9. And, if you are there on Wednesday...
View ArticleSam Benowitz’s Top 12 Apples
Apples are an all-American success story-each of us eats more than 19 pounds of them annually.(Photo credit: Wikipedia) 1. Akane: Disease resistant and produces a good crop each year even when others...
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