Gooseberries and Currants - Hardy and easy to grow, these sweet-tart fruits make excellent jams, pies, and jellies.

Elderberries - Rich in phosphorus, potassium, and Vitamin C. Elderberry plants are generally free of pests, which makes them great for landscape plantings

Hardy Kiwifruit - Similar in flavor to commercially grown varieties, yet smaller, smoother, and easier to eat. Note: Hardy kiwifruit may smother neighboring trees if plantings are abandoned. This may have occurred once in Massachusetts and again in New York on Long Island. The plant grows as a smothering vine in these two locations.

Persimmons - Attractive fall foliage, brightly colored fruit, and bark with interesting texture make persimmons a good accent plant in landscaping.

Pawpaws - Also called the Poor Man's Banana, pawpaws are the largest edible fruit native to America.

Mulberries - Used for jelly, wine and desserts, these berries can be easily gathered by covering the ground with a sheet or canvas and shaking the tree.

Juneberries - Also known as shadbush, Alleghany serviceberry, sugar pear and Saskatoon, there are more than 25 species native to North America.

Cornelian Cherries - The only species of dogwood that produces edible fruit, Cornelian Cherries deliver twice as much Vitamin C by weight as oranges.

Beach Plums - This native shrub is common to coastal sand dunes from Maryland to southern Maine and is often used to make jams and jellies.

Highbush Cranberries - Known as the American Cranberry Bush. Makes a great hedge or privacy screen.

Buffaloberries - Early settlers served these berries as a sauce with buffalo meat. A silvery appearance and attractive fruit make this plant a pleasing ornamental.

Quinces - Fragrant yellow fruit commonly used to make jelly.