Fruit Tree Planner

Honeywood is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and large fruit. In this group, it is one of the softer, juicier choices, so it leans more toward fresh eating than long holding. Choose it for fresh eating, baking, and a heavy-producing fruiting variety, but skip it if you want small spaces or purely ornamental plantings where fruiting mass is not the priority. It usually ripens around early July, later than most of the others shown.

Autumn Brilliance is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, it is one of the firmest choices, so it handles baking, slicing, or holding its shape better. Choose it for dual-purpose plantings where ornamental value and edible fruit both matter, but skip it if you want maximum berry yield - this variety is primarily an ornamental with useful fruit as a bonus. It usually ripens around late June, in the middle of this group.

Northline is lightly sweet with a definite tart edge, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for jam, freezing, baking, and cold-climate a heavy-bearing compact plant, but skip it if you want fresh eating where large, mild berries matter most. It usually ripens around mid June, earlier than most of the others shown.

Rainbow Pillar is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, it is one of the firmest choices, so it handles baking, slicing, or holding its shape better. Choose it for narrow spaces, hedgerows, and mixed plantings where the columnar habit is more important than crop volume, but skip it if you want heavy fruiting - this cultivar is grown first for its upright form and fall color, with fruit as a secondary benefit. It usually ripens around mid June, earlier than most of the others shown.

Regent is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and medium fruit. In this group, it is one of the firmest choices, so it handles baking, slicing, or holding its shape better. Choose it for fresh eating and small-space or container plantings where a compact fruiting shrub is needed, but skip it if you want heavy processing crops or the largest individual berries. It usually ripens around late June, in the middle of this group.

Smoky is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and medium fruit. In this group, this is one of the richest-tasting options. Choose it for fresh eating, preserves, baking, and reliable heavy crops, but skip it if you want small-space growers or those who want the absolute largest individual berries. It usually ripens around early July, later than most of the others shown.

Thiessen is very sweet with low acidity, with soft, juicy flesh and large fruit. In this group, it is one of the softer, juicier choices, so it leans more toward fresh eating than long holding. Choose it for fresh eating, baking, jam, and the biggest-fruited serviceberry available, but skip it if you want ornamental purposes or compact spaces, as this variety grows into a large multi-stemmed shrub. It usually ripens around late June, in the middle of this group.