Fruit Tree List 2012

Apple

Ashmead's Kernel Apple
An old English Winter Russet with small lop-sided fruit. Sweet, aromatic, and highly regarded for its crisp, dense flesh and intense flavor. Fine choice for East Bay gardens. Partly self-fruitful. Ripens September - October.

Braeburn Apple
Medium to large fruit of high culinary value—excellent when eaten out of hand, fabulous for pie, and great in our climate. Orange-red blush over green-yellow background. Crisp, tangy, aromatic. Best selling apple of New Zealand. November - December harvest. Self-fruitful.

Cox Orange Pippin Apple
Long prized dessert apple, and an old English favorite: firm, juicy, sweet, rich flavor, not tart, distinctive aroma. Skin is orange-red to bright red over yellow, usually striped. Excellent cool summer apple. Mid-season harvest. Self-fruitful.

Empire Apple
A sprightly Macintosh, Red Delicious cross for cooking and eating fresh. Brought in at Shana's request based on her experience with a North Berkeley tree—crisp, juicy, aromatic, fine for our region. Good pollinizer. Fall harvest. Self-fruitful.

Fuji Apple
Sweet, always crisp and flavorful, excellent keeper. Best flavor with warm autumns; ripens early winter. Excellent pollinizer for other apples. Self-fruitful.

Gala Apple
Beautiful dessert apple from New Zealand. Crisp texture, aromatic, rich flavor with a perfect balance of sweet and tart. Reddish-orange stripes over yellow. Good pollinizer. Late July harvest. Self-fruitful.

Golden Delicious Apple
Long time favorite for sweetness and flavor—exceptional quality when home grown. Excellent East Bay apple. Reliable, long season producer. Highly recommended. August through October harvest. Self-fruitful.

Gordon Apple
Large, greenish-yellow fruit, blushed red. Sweet-tart flavor, crisp, juicy, firm texture, excellent for baking or eating fresh. Ripens September. Low-chill and self-fruitful.

Granny Smith Apple
Large, green, all-purpose heirloom. Firm, crisp, juicy, tart, excellent keeper—sweetens in storage. November harvest. Self fruitful.

Gravenstein Apple
Famous for sauce and baking. Can also be used fresh. Crisp, juicy, flavorful, aromatic. Choice apple for East Bay. Late July harvest. Requires pollinizer: Fuji, Gala.

Hudson's Golden Gem
One of the largest and best flavored russets. Delicious, crisp, sugary, juicy. Described as nutty by some, pear-like by others. Excellent in East Bay. Resistant to scab, mildew, fireblight. Ripens in October and holds on tree well into winter.

Pink Lady Apple
Crisp, juicy, sweet-tart with white flesh that resists browning. Pretty pinkish-red blush over green skin. Keeps well—mellows in storage. Good fresh, baked, as sauce. Ripens November, December.

Pink Pearl Apple
Unusual pink-fleshed, highly aromatic fruit. Cream and pale green skin, sometimes blushed red. Tart to sweet, depending on picking time. Excellent coastal variety. Profuse pink blossoms in spring. Fall harvest. Requires pollinizer.

Snow 'Fameuse' Apple
Famous for its pure white flesh, aroma, and spicy, subacid flavor. Eat fresh or use for pie or cider. Small to medium fruit with red stripes over cream. Low chill. Larger crops with a pollinizer.

White Winter Pearmain Apple
High quality, all-purpose heirloom. Excellent coastal apple. Pale yellow skin with a red blush. Crisp, very juicy and aromatic with a rich flavor. Healthy, vigorous, spreading, heavy-bearing tree. Excellent pollinizer. Believed to be the oldest known English apple. Late fall harvest. Self-fruitful.

Yellow Bellflower Apple
Excellent low-chill heirloom, long time favorite for pie, sauce, and fresh eating. Yellow skin, creamy flesh. Rich, snappy flavor when fresh, mellows in storage--great keeper. Lop-sided fruits of varying sizes. Needs pollinizer.

Yellow Newton Pippin Apple
An old New York variety still in great demand because of its versatility. Green skin, firm, crisp, slightly tart with superb flavor. For peak acid to sugar balance let fruit hang on tree until fruit is blushed yellow. Famous for cooking, cider, excellent fresh or dried, good keeper. Vigorous. Late harvest. Self-fruitful.

Apricot

Blenheim Apricot
Number one California apricot and for good reason. All purpose freestone, large, sweet, aromatic, sprightly. Excellent for all uses. Productive. Low chill. Late June harvest. Self-fruitful.

Nugget Apricot
Highly flavored yellow heirloom on a vigorous and productive tree. Freestone. Low chill and less susceptible to brown rot than most. June harvest. Self-fruitful.

Royal Rosa Apricot
Vigorous, disease resistant apricot with especially nice fruit: sweet, low acid, fine flavor. Excellent backyard apricot. Early harvest. Self-fruitful.

Cherry

Lapins Cherry
Self fruitful, dark red, sweet cherry with large, firm fruit and good flavor. Purported to perform well in our cherry hostile climate.

Fig

Black Jack Fig
Large purplish-brown figs with sweet, juicy, strawberry-pink flesh. Great flavor similar to Black Mission. Naturally small tree, ideal for containers, small Bay Area gardens.

Black Mission Fig
Purple-black figs with strawberry-colored flesh. Favored for dependability and excellent flavor, fresh and dry use. Heavy bearing, long lived tree.

Brown Turkey
Large fruit with coppery-brown skin, pink flesh with few seeds. Sweet, rich flavor, best used fresh. Naturally small tree, prune to any shape.

Conadria Fig
Choice thin-skinned light fig blushed violet with firm, pink flesh. Sweet rich flavor, used fresh or dried. Vigorous and long lived. Excellent coastal fig.

Excel Fig
Superb all-purpose fig. Medium-sized yellow fruit with amber pulp. Sweet rich flavor.

King Fig
Large fruit with dark green skin, violet-pink flesh for fresh eating. Late summer crop. Rich flavor, excellent quality in cool coastal climates.

White Genoa Fig
A favorite for cool coastal valleys, California coast. Good quality. Greenish yellow skin, amber flesh with few seeds, distinctive flavor.

Mulberry

Persian Mulberry
Large, juicy blackberry like fruit on a large, dense, fast-growing, spreading tree.

Nectarine

Arctic Rose Nectarine
Delicious, very sweet white nectarine. Rich flavor and nice crunchy texture when firm ripe, extremely sweet when soft ripe. Nectarines like heat. For best results plant in an open, sunny place only in the warmest parts of the region. Low chill. Self fruitful. July harvest.

Peach

Kim Elberta Peach
Juicy, sweet, flavorful yellow freestone for canning, freezing, and fresh use developed by Luther Burbank. Peaches like heat. For best results plant in an open, sunny place in the warmest parts of the region. Mid-season harvest. Low chill and self-fruitful.

Pear

Bartlett Pear
World's most popular pear. Medium to large fruit, green to pale yellow skin. Fine-grained, juicy with a strong musky flavor. Late August harvest. Self-fruitful in most Western climates.

Comice Pear
Sweet, aromatic, superb flavor and quality—one of the best. Stout fruit with a short neck, greenish yellow skin with a red blush. Provide period of cold storage. Late harvest. Self-fruitful.

Seckel Pear
Connoisseurs' favorite. Small, oval round fruit. Sweet rich, aromatic, spicy flavor; melting, buttery flesh, perhaps the best. Russeted brown skin. Excellent coastal, home orchard pear. Resists fireblight. Late September harvest. Self-fruitful.

20th Century
Asian Pear A flat greenish-yellow pear is mild-flavored, firm, tender, juicy, and sweet; crisp like an apple. Easy to grow, heavy bearing tree. Mid-September harvest. Self-fruitful.

Persimmon

Fuyu Persimmon
Medium sized, shiny orange red, flattened fruit, crunchy when ripe. Hardy, attractive landscape tree, practically pest free.

Hachiya Persimmon
Large, deep orange-red, acorn-shaped. Sweet, rich, and flavorful, astringent until soft-ripe. Excellent when dried. Attractive landscape tree.

Plum

Burgundy Plum
Small round fruit with maroon-colored skin and flesh. Sweet with little or no tartness, mild flavor. Four stars for flavor; scores high in taste tests. Productive, prolonged harvest. Great for home gardens. Late August harvest. Self-fruitful.

French Prune Plum
Excellent sweet, high quality fruit for canning, freezing, delicious baked in cakes and pie. California's commercial prune.

Italian Prune Plum
Large purple skinned freestone, yellow flesh which turns red when cooked. Delicious-- very sweet and rich. High quality fruit for dessert, cooking, drying. Great for pie. Late summer harvest.
Self-fruitful.

Green Gage Plum
Long time favorite for dessert, cooking, canning. Richly flavored, aromatic, very sweet. Excellent fresh and for cooking. Originated in Belgium in 19th Century. Self fruitful.

Mariposa Plum
Great low-chill heirloom originated as a chance seedling in Pasadena. Large, red-fleshed, sweet with slight acidity, juicy, firm, delicious. Small pit, nearly freestone. Mottled maroon over green skin. Use fresh or cooked. Fruit holds well on tree. Late summer harvest. Pollinizer required. Plant with Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa Plum
Most popular plum in California and one of the best. Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged red. Tree is vigorous and productive. Mid-July harvest. Self-fruitful.

Weeping Santa Rosa Plum
One of the most flavorful, aromatic plums when fully ripe. Beautiful eight to ten foot tree with weeping habit – slender limbs bow gracefully to the ground. Easy for espalier. Self-fruitful.

Pluot

Dapple Dandy Pluot
Taste test winner. As pretty as it is flavorful. Skin greenish-yellow with red spots, turning to a maroon and yellow dapple. Creamy white flesh streaked crimson. Late August harvest. Pollinate with another pluot or a Santa Rosa or Burgundy plum.

Flavor Queen Pluot
Very sweet with a wonderfully pleasing flavor. Greenish yellow skin, amber orange flesh. Excellent in home gardens for harvest over a long season. Pollinated by early blooming pluot or Japanese plum.

Quince

Smyrna Quince Unavailable due to crop failure
Strongly aromatic, large, round to oblong fruit with white flesh. This attractive pear relation is an excellent landscape plant with dark foliage, good form, and showy blooms.