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| APPLES |
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Ashmeads Kernel |
Widely regarded as one of the all-time
best-flavored apples. Small to medium-sized fruit; variable shape,
often lop-sided. Greenish to golden brown russet skin with reddish
highlights. Creamy yellow flesh is aromatic, crisp and sweet.
Fruit picked early is somewhat sharp and acidic, but mellows after
a few weeks off the tree. Keeps 3-4 months. Used for dessert,
cider and sauce. From England, discovered in the early 1700s.
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Jonagold |
Superb flavor - connoisseurs'
choice. A cross of Jonathan and Golden Delicious. Yellow
with red-orange blush. Crisp, juicy, subacid, all-purpose.
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Calville Blanc |
Classic French dessert apple, also excellent
for cooking and cider. "The best pie and sauce apple." Flattened,
round shape with prominent, uneven ribs near the base. Usually
harvested green, turning yellow and reaching peak flavor a month
or so after picking. Harvest in late mid-season, just after Jonagold.
Origin unknown; planted in France in the early 1600s. |
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Fuji |
Recent introduction from Japan that
quickly became California's favorite apple. Sweet, very crisp
and flavorful, excellent keeper. Dull reddish-orange skin, sometimes
russeted. Ripe mid-September. |
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Golden Delicious |
Long-time favorite for its sweetness
and flavor. Reliable producer, adapted to many climates. Pollenizer
for RedDelicious. Mid-season harvest (September in Central Calif.).continually
until early winter. |
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Gravenstein |
Famous for sauce and baking, also used
fresh. Crisp, juicy, flavorful, tart. Early bloom, early harvest. |
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Pink Pearl |
Unusual pink-fleshed, highly aromatic
fruit. Medium size, cream and pale green skin, sometimes blushed
red. Tart to sweet-tart, depending on time of picking. Early fall
harvest. Good keeper. Makes colorful, tasty applesauce. |
| APRICOTS |
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Blenheim |
Blenheim apricots are the most delicious
apricots of all. All-purpose freestone, sweet, aromatic, flavorful.
Long-time No.1 apricot in California. They are hard to find fresh
because of their delicate nature so they are usually dried to
preserve their distinctive sweet-tart flavor and intense color.
Late June harvest. |
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Autumn Glo |
Late season apricot with tremendous
flavor. Ripens in the first two weeks of August. Fruit is medium
sized with good color. One of the highest-scoring apricot varieties
at Dave Wilson Nursery fruit tastings. |
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Moorpark |
Long-time favorite of apricot fanciers
for its exceptionally rich flavor and aroma. Reliable producer.
Used fresh and for canning. |
| CHERRIES |
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Bing |
The heart-shaped cherries. Popular
with kids of all ages. Firm, meaty fruit has distinctively rich
flavor and deep crimson color. Ripens in June and July. |
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Craig's Crimson |
Self-fruitful, natural semi-dwarf,
perhaps the finest sweet cherry: dark red to nearly black, medium
to large size, wonderful spicy flavor, very firm texture. |
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Montmorency |
The classic pie cherry tree. It produces
an abundance of bright red cherries. |
| FIGS |
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Black Mission |
Our favorite. Purplish-black skin, strawberry-
colored flesh, rich flavor. Heavy bearing, long-lived, large tree.
The tree at Rutherford Gardens is at least 80 years old and provides
shade for picnicking visitors. |
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Kadota |
Large, light greenish-yellow 'white'
skin, amber flesh. Very sweet fruit needs hot weather to ripen.
Fresh/dry/can. |
| MULLBERRIES |
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Persian Black |
Large black fruit with sweet, tasty
flesh. The fruit resembles blackberries and is very sweet when
fully ripe. Unripe fruit is quite tart. Excellent fresh, dried,
cooked, or for preserves. Ripens summer. |
| NECTARINES |
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Arctic Star |
Early-season, super sweet, white fleshed
nectarine. Low in acid, no tartness. Rave reviews in trial tastings.
Semi-freestone with beautiful dark red skin. Harvest approximately
June 10th to 30th. |
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Arctic Rose |
Delicious, super-sweet, white nectarine.
Very high-scoring in taste tests. Rich flavor and nice crunchy
texture when firm ripe-extremely sweet when soft ripe. Harvest
mid to late July. |
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Snow Queen |
Sweet, juicy, early season white freestone.
Late June harvest. |
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Independence |
Bright red skin, firm yellow freestone.
Rich flavor, tangy and sweet, one of the best. Consistently very
high-scoring in taste tests. Early July. |
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Fantasia |
Popular, large, yellow freestone. Early
harvest fruit is firm-ripe and tangy, later harvest is sweet,
with rich flavor: high-scoring in taste tests. Late July/early
August. |
| PEACHES |
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Gold Dust |
Earliest top quality peach. Yellow
semi-freestone with exceptional flavor. Mid to late June in Central
Calif. All-purpose, superb for eating fresh. |
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Eva's Pride |
Delicious, fine-flavored peach. Medium
to large-sized yellow freestone - also anearly season peach available
three weeks before July. |
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Snow Beauty |
White-fleshed taste test winner: one
of the all time highest-scoring varieties in blind fruit tastings.
Low acid, high sugar, tantalizing flavor. Large, very firm, attractive
red skin. Harvest early to mid-July in Central California. |
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Sugar Lady |
New white flesh freestone, already a
favorite at fruit stands. Sweet, mild flavor, no tartness, very
firm. Beautiful dark red skin. Harvest mid-July. |
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Suncrest |
A favorite fresh-market variety. Large,
very firm, fine-flavored, yellow freestone. Bright red skin over
yellow. Suncrest is the peach immortalized by the book Epitaph
for a Peach: Four Seasons on my Family Farm, by David
Mas Masumoto (1995). Tree-ripe harvest late July in Central California.
Originated in Fresno, California. Introduced in 1959. |
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Snow Giant |
Very large, sweet, low-acid, white-fleshed
fruit. Creamy white skin with attractive red blush. Fine flavor,
keeps several weeks in refrigerator. Late August harvest. |
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Loring |
Taste test winner. Superb large yellow
freestone. Excellent flavor and texture, low acid. Harvests over
2-3 week period, mid to late July. |
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Strawbery Free |
Long-time favorite white freestone
peach for California. Very sweet, aromatic, juicy, with superb,
delicate flavor. Harvest in early to mid July. |
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O'Henry |
Popular fresh market yellow freestone
now available for home planting. Large, firm, full red skin, superb
flavor. Ripens early to mid-August. in central Calif. |
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Zee Glo |
Taste test winner. Delicious late summer
fruit with classic, zesty, nectarine flavor. Superb balance of
acid and sugar. Attractive, dark red skin. Harvest about two weeks
after Fantasia, mid to late August. |
| PEARS |
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Bartlett |
World's most popular pear. Early mid-season,
high quality, tolerates hot summers. |
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Bosc |
Long & narrow shape, brown skin. Superb
quality, one of the best. Harvest late October. Fresh/cooked.
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Seckel |
Connoisseurs' favorite. Sweet, flavorful,
spicy, aromatic, perhaps the best. Russeted brown skin. |
| PLUMS |
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Elephant Heart |
Home-orchard favorite-large, heart-shaped
fruit with sweet, juicy, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Dark
reddish-purple mottled skin. Long harvest season-September. |
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Howard's Miracle |
Large, firm, juicy, freestone, with
distinctive flavor. Amber flesh; yellow skin blushed with red.
Originated in Montebello, east of Las Angeles. |
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Santa Rosa |
Most popular plum in California & Arizona.
Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged
red. Late June. |
| PLUOTS |
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Flavor Delight |
Apricot-plum hybrid. Resembles an
apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all its own.
Pleasant, lingering after taste. Early June. |
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Dapple Dandy |
Taste test winner. Ranks with Flavor
King and Flavor Supreme PluotsŪ as best-flavored fruit at Dave
Wilson Nursery tastings. Creamy white and red-fleshed freestone
with wonderful plum-apricot flavor. Skin greenish-yellow with
red spots, turning to a maroon and yellow dapple. August harvest. |
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Flavor King |
Taste test winner. Unique plum-apricot
hybrid. Remarkable, spicy bouquet and flavor. Reddish-purple skin,
sweet red flesh. Harvest mid August. |
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Flavor Queen |
Exquisite new fruit, a plum/apricot
hybrid. Candy-like sweetness, wonderfully pleasing flavor. Greenish-yellow
skin, amber-orange flesh. Prolonged harvest: mid-July thru August. |
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Flavor Supreme |
Taste test winner. Plum-apricot hybrid
with sweet, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Greenish-maroon mottled
skin. June harvest. |
| PRUNES |
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French |
California's commercial prune. Reddish-purple
skin, dark amber flesh. Very sweet, high quality fruit-dessert/can/dry. |
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Italian |
Large, purple-skin, freestone. Rich
flavor, very sweet when fully ripe. Fresh, dried or canned. Vigorous,
cold hardy tree. Late bloom. Late summer harvest. |
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