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No. 060 · heirloom

Silvery Fir Tree

Silvery Fir Tree is a determinate heirloom slicer with fire engine red, slightly flattened fruit. It ripens in about 60 days.

Typeslicer
Habitdeterminate
Days to maturity60
Fruit size2 to 4 oz
Colorfire engine red, slightly flattened
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as having a very pleasant, tangy taste on a small early fruit, grown as much for its ornamental foliage as its flavor. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A Russian heirloom known for its delicate, silver-tinged, fern-like foliage and compact, early habit.

What it does well

  • Ornamental silvery, fern-like foliage
  • Compact determinate plant, 24 to 30 inches, good for containers
  • Early and productive

Where it frustrates

  • Heavy fruit set can flop the plant without some support
  • Small fruit and a concentrated determinate harvest

Like Silvery Fir Tree, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Glacierbut with distinctive ferny foliage and a more ornamental habitStupicebut a compact determinate bush rather than a tall vine

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