Are you mostly interested in fruit? The NC State Cooperative Extension
Service has a few publications giving recommended varieties and growing
guidelines for North Carolina:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag28.html
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/h...uit-index.html
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/h...uit-index.html

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Thanks for the info, Steve. I am looking mostly for fruits. We already
have a large apple orchard, so I am mainly looking for hardy varieties of
pear, plum, cherry . . and anything else that might do well.
I just had my first fresh figs of the year off a neighbor's plant - mmm! I
can't wait till our garden is growing out at the farm.
Thanks for your suggestions!
Hannah