Fruit Crops


Overview of Fruit Crops at the Long Shot Farm

Blackberries
We currently have 1000 blackberry plants on over one acre:
  • in the Spring of 2010 we planted 500 Apache thornless blackberries
  • in the Spring of 2011 we added 500 Triple Crown thornless blackberries


Blackberries May 2013



Grapes
We have over 4 acres of grapevines

  • Planted 200 Chambourcin grape vines in 2011
  • Planted 500 Vidal Blanc grape vines in 2012
  • Planted 240 Chambourcin vines in 2013
  • Planted 190 Concord vines in 2013
  • Planted 220 Chardonel vines in 2014
  • Planted 50 Chadonel vines in 2015
  • Planted 150 Corot Noir vines in 2015
  • Planted 150 Niagara vines in 2016
  • Planted 200 Traminette vines in 2016
  • Planted 200 Chambourcin vines in 2017
  • Planted 200 Traminette vines in 2018

Chambourcin - June 2013






Blueberries
12 blueberry bushes, multiple varieties, including Duke, Chippewa, Misty, Bluecrop, and Reka
(planted in 2010, along fence by the barn)





After a major weeding and mulching project in August 2011 



Elderberries
Started with 25 elderberries in 2010, 25 planted in Spring 2011, another 20 in the Spring of 2012 ( these were all wild/native and we think Adams variety)

15 Wyldewood-1 and 15 Samdal-Samdal  Elderberries were added in 2013

Cuttings from all varieties were taken every year since and about 20 new bushes have been added each year,

Elderberries on July 4
Other Berries:
We have several black currant and gooseberry bushes, as well as a nice sized patch of black raspberries and red raspberries.


Fruit Trees
  • 1 Sour Cherry (Montmorency)
  • 4 Bosc - Golden Russet Pears
  • 4 Bartlett Pears
  • 2 Asian Pear Trees (Hosui)
  • 2 Stanley Plum
in 2013 we planted another 6 Bartlett Pear trees