The brutal winters in Alaska make it seem that no yield plants could ever survive , but every summertime brings a miracle of copiousness relied on by orchards , subsistence harvesters , bears and birds likewise . To find the best fruit plant life for out-of-door grow in Alaska , the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at the University of Alaska Fairbanks direct trial and collects entropy from its extension agents and the State Department ’s master gardeners . Some varieties of cultivated fruits may only survive in well-disposed situation facing south and protected by the tip .
Apples
The Carroll , Norland , Parkland , Prairie Magic and Silken varieties of Malus pumila will grow alfresco in Alaska . The Alaska Pioneer ’s Fruit Growers Association outrank the Simonet variety as the top apple for yield and endurance in the Last Frontier . The University of Alaska Fairbanks ranks the Parkland , Westland , Nor - Series and Golden Uralian as deliver beneficial yields , all of which are grown at the Clair ’s Cultivars orchard outside Fairbanks .
Other Large Fruit
Plums ( Clair ’s Cultivars grows the Assinboine , Manchurian , Dandy and Salicina No . 2 varieties ) , cherries , yellowish pink , Juneberry and pears are hardy in interior Alaska ’s clime , which pass over USDA Zones 2 , 3 and Zone 4 . Evans cerise tree will grow , as well as Red Jade currant and Jahns Prairie gooseberries .
Small Fruit
Pickyourown.org note that currants , hemangioma simplex and raspberries grow at ranches at Talkeetna , well north of Anchorage . The University of Alaska Fairbanks reports that the land ’s agriculturalist come after with the Alaska Pioneer and Toklat strawberry miscellanea . Some nurseries raise grape , gooseberries , boo and Kiwi vines .
Wild Berries
Bears , moose and bird , as well as Alaska occupant who cherish the state ’s later - summertime tradition of Chuck Berry picking , harvest the state ’s late summertime crops of blueberries , lingonberries , cloudberries and crowberries . Agricultural investigator seek room to commercially raise wild berry or to manage existing wild viewpoint , grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks .
Rarities
Peach Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree occasionally survive the winter , grant to the Alaska Pioneer ’s Fruit Growers Association .
