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Fruit trees
Italian The Italian Plum has medium to large fruit. The fruit has a dark purple skin with yellow-greenish flesh that runs dark wine color when cooked. Italian plum fruit separates freely from the pit. These large, freestone purple plums are very sweet, perfect for drying, eating fresh, or canning. It is one of the most widely planted plum varieties in the West. This excellent shipping prune is a heavy bearer and good for both canning and drying.
Autumn Sweet The Autumn Sweet plum is a new variety and it produces larger plums than Italian. The fruit is oval, fully purple colored, firm and very sweet. It is late blooming and will need a pollinator. This plum dries well and has an excellent shelf life.
Bartlett It is the nations leading pear variety. They tend to bear fruit for up to 50 to 75 years on a good site. The fruit is aromatic and is outstanding for fresh eating. Along with its very sweet and juicy flavor for eating, it is widely used for canning and cooking because of its excellent taste. The Bartlett Pear trees are self-pollinating, however a pollinator will help the tree bare better fruit. Bartlett Pears do not ripen properly on the tree, so growers pick the fruit when it is mature but green.
Bing The Bing Cherry is one of the finest commercial sweet cherries and it is the most famous sweet cherry variety. It produces a very large, delicious cherry that ranges in color from a deep garnet to almost black. The skin is smooth and glossy and the flesh firm and sweet. Bing cherries are good for cooking as well as out-of-hand eating. The Bing Cherry tree requires cross-pollination to produce fruit.
Braeburn The texture is crisp and firm and juicy. The under color is yellowish green and is shaded by a broadly red-striped color pattern. Braeburn apples are an old-fashioned sweet apple with a smooth and crisp texture. It is a late season apple with a long storage life. Its eating qualities make it adaptable for cooking as well as fresh use.
Chestnut It has a pleasant nut-like flavor. It produces a very large crabapple, up to 2" in diameter that ripens in early September. A very hardy plant with a medium storage life. It usually has a partially russeted skin and hangs well on the tree. It is a very productive annual bearer, and is loaded with white blooms in the bloom stage. An excellent pollinator for other fruit apples.
Lapin These are some of the largest, juciest cherries that grow on trees. They are great for snacking, and so big, one cherry is a mouthful! The skin is bright in appearance and it is split resistant due to flexible skin. The Lapin is an excellent pollinator and is a heavy bearer.
Comice The Comice Pear produces a large pear with a very juicy, melting flesh. It’s also blight-resistant.
Cortland The Cortland Apple tree is rated as an excellent dessert and processing apple. Cortland apples are wonderful for kabobs, fruit plates and garnishes because they don't turn brown quickly when cut. The Cortland apple is an attractive large red-striped apple that can be best described as juicy.
D Anjou The flesh is white with abundant juice and a sweet brisk flavor. It is a naturally sweet pear, light green in color with a yellow tinge when ripe. The best flavor is realized when stored 1-2 months.
Damson Damsons are mostly self-fertile and cross-pollinate with plums.
Early Italian It is used as fresh, dried or canned prunes.
Elberta .
Fantasia Why settle for store bought fruit? Grow one of your own.
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