Hardy fruit topic at garden club
Prairie Rose Gardening Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, located east of Alfred Dickey Library. The program this month is “Berry Bushes and Fruits” and Kathy Wiederholt will speak. She is the fruit project manager at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center, and will speak about the Northern Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project.
Prairie Rose Gardening Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, located east of Alfred Dickey Library.
The program this month is “Berry Bushes and Fruits” and Kathy Wiederholt will speak. She is the fruit project manager at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center, and will speak about the Northern Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project.
The fruit project was established in 2006 to introduce and demonstrate alternative, economically-viable fruits that will grow in North Dakota. The project features grape, black currant and Juneberry variety trials as well as demonstration plantings of University of Saskatchewan cherries, haskaps, apples, aronia, red, black and white currants; elderberries, gooseberries, honeyberries and plums.
The 14 types of fruits in the 2 1/2-acre orchard are all hardy to central North Dakota weather, easy to grow and contain nutritious antioxidants. This program is open to the public so anyone who is thinking about planting any fruits or is already growing fruits and wants to learn more or has questions is encouraged to attend. Wiederholt said this program will be beneficial to the homeowner or potential commercial fruit grower.
Programs and meetings are open to the public. The program will be first and then a coffee break follows. This month’s hostess is Sherry Bracken. Afterward the coffee break, the club will hold a business meeting. For further questions, contact Betty at 252-4582 or Gloria at 320-9557.
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