Soft Fruit

BlackberryRubus fruticosa£9.00
Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc. Tea made from fresh or dried leaves. Young roots eaten raw in salads or cooked.
BlackcurrantRibes nigrum£10.00
Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc. Tea made from fresh or dried leaves. Leaves used in soups and pickles.
Blueberry  “Elliot”Vaccinium corymbosum£10.00
Fruit eaten raw, cooked in pies, jams, preserves etc or dried like a raisin.  Tea can be made from the leaves and dried fruit.
Blueberry  “Brigitta””Vaccinium corymbosum£10.00
Fruit eaten raw, cooked in pies, jams, preserves etc or dried like a raisin.  Tea can be made from the leaves and dried fruit.      
Blueberry “Dixi”Vaccinium corymbosum£10.00
Fruit eaten raw, cooked in pies, jams, preserves etc or dried like a raisin.  Tea can be made from the leaves and dried fruit.
Chokeberry – blackAronia melanocarpa£10.00
Fruits have a good flavour and are best eated cooked when fully ripe – best after a frost or two. The fruit is high in pectin and makes a good jelly when sugar is added and can be added to fruits that are low in  pectin when making jams etc.
Dog RoseRosa canina£7.00
Fruits eaten raw or cooked in jams, syrups etc.  Dried leaves used to make herbal tea.  Petals eaten raw or cooked. (not technically a climber but has large arching stems)
ElderberrySambucas nigra£15.00
Fruit eaten raw or cooked in pies, jams, preserves. Flowers added to salads, cooked as fritters. Wine and cordials made from flowers and berries. Tea made from dried flowers.
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) Black LaceSambucas nigra£30.00
Beautiful deep purple feathered foliage.  Creamy pink flower clusters from May-June followd by attractive red berries in autumn.   Fruit eaten raw or cooked in pies, jams, preserves. Flowers added to salads, cooked as fritters. Wine and cordials made from flowers and berries. Tea made from dried flowers.
FigBrown Turkey£15.00
Brown Turkey is the classic British fig. Produces masses of large, brown skinned fruits that are pear-shaped. A sugary, rich, red flesh; very tasty! Large, glossy palmate leaves. Good compact habit, very hardy and reliable and easy to grow.
Goji Berry Lycium Barbarum£9.00
Fruit has a mild sweet liquorice flavour and can be eaten raw or cooked.  Shoots and leaves can also be eaten in moderation.
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa£10.00
Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc. Tea made from fresh or dried leaves. Young leaves eaten in salads.    
Japanese WineberryRubus phoenicolasius£10.00
Sweet and juicy fruit are eaten raw or cooked.
JostaberryRibes x macfarl£17.00
Cross between gooseberry and blackcurrant. Fruit eaten raw or cooked in pies, jams, preserves etc. High in vitamin C
Loganberry ThornlessTillia Cordata£8.00
This rampant, scrambling, deciduous shrub produces large, juicy, dark red fruits with a sharp taste in abundance from midsummer until early autumn. The foliage is equally pretty, with large, deeply lobed deep green leaves. Excellent succulent soft culinary berry for fruit pies and jams. They can be eaten fresh but they are quite tart. Great with apple! They ripen after raspberries but before blackberries, filling the gap nicely in your fruit garden..
Mulberry £10.00
Morus nigra is a deciduous Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a slow rate.  It is hardy to UK zone 5. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from August to September.  The plant is self-fertile.  Delicious fruit is juicy and refreshing and can be eaten raw or cooked in jams, pies etc
Raspberry Glen ClovaRubus ideaus£15.00
Summer fruiting.  Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc.  Leaves used for tea ( 5 canes)
Raspberry Autum BlissRubus ideaus£15.00
Autumn fruiting.  Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc.  Leaves used for tea ( 5 canes)
RedcurrantRubus sativum£10.00
Fruit eaten raw or cooked, made into jams, preserves etc.
Tayberry/Loganberry (Rubus loganobaccus) MadanaRubus Loganobaccus£9.00
Fruits eaten raw or cooked in pies, jams, preserves etc.
Thimbleberry (purple flowering raspberry)Rubus odoratus£10.00
Hardy purple flowering raspberry. Fruits can be eaten raw but usually used in jams, jellies and pies, or dried.
WhitecurrantRibes£15.00
Blanka is a heavy cropping, late season cultivar with transparent, ivory coloured fruits that ripen in September. A reliable cropper that fruits freeze well and are perfect for pies and jams.