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Peaches
Freestone Peaches
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Giant Babcock (White Peach) - Fruit is large, skin predominantly red, flesh ivory yellow, streaked outwardly from the stone with shades of red. Ripens approximately July 15th.
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O’Henry - Popular fresh market variety. Large size fruit that is a freestone, round to irregular shape. Skin color is 75% to 100% red blush. Flesh is yellow, streaked with red, superb flavor. It is very firm, stores well and is an excellent shipping peach. Because of the firmness it can be picked just twice. Strong, vigorous, heavy-bearing, self-fruitful tree.
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Cling Peaches |
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Halford - Old standby with consistent heavy production. A very good canning peach, ripens uniformly. Fruit is large and firm, yellow fleshed, non-melting clingstone. Tree is vigorous, large, semi-upright to spreading. Strong limb structure. Ripens late August. Requires 800 hours of chilling. Harvests August 25th.
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Plum |
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Elephant Heart - Very Large. Blood red Skin. Red flesh, excellent flavor-one of the best. Freestone. Fast growing. Needs a pollinizer such as Beauty or Santa Rosa. Requires 650 hours of chilling below 45 F. Ripens: August into September. Ripens approximately 8/10. |
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Santa Rosa - Japanese plum. A standard of the season, both in volume and name recognition. Fruit is medium to large, somewhat heart shaped and can lack firmness during high temperatures. Skin is a dark purplish crimson color with a yellow flesh that has a delicious flavor, fragrant, clingstone, and juicy. Eating quality is very good. Spreading tree of moderate vigor. Blossoms are self-fertile, but produce larger crops when planted with other varieties and is often used as a pollinator. Ripens June 12-20 in Fresno. Requires 300 hours of chilling. |
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Shiro - This tree produces a medium-size yellow plum that ripens early and is very juicy. The tree is hardy and very productive. Ripens approximately 6/10. |
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Nectarine |
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Independence Nectarine - Large, oval fruit is almost completely dark red over a yellow background. Firm, yellow, freestone flesh. Rich, tangy-sweet flavor; one of the best. Productive, moderately vigorous tree. Self-fruitful. Ripens in early July in central California. Requires 700 hours of chilling. Trees and blossom buds are fairly hardy to winter cold. Ripens approximately 7/10.
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Red Gold - High-yielding; uniformly large fruit. Blemish free red fruit. Good size if properly thinned. Firm and juicy. Excellent color and flavor. High quality. Holds its firmness during storage/shipping. Self-fertile.
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Cherry |
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RAINIER (sweet-yellow) - A cross of Van and Bing. Sweet, large, similar to Bing, skin yellow, highly blushed, attractive, flesh firm; fruit with a red blush similar to Royal Ann. Firm, clear to light yellow flesh. Fine textured and distinct flavor. Colorless juice. Vigorous, upright, spreading tree. Early bearing. Very productive. Resists cracking, spurs and doubles. Pollinate with Bing, Black Tartarian, Montmorency, Stella or Van. Ripens 3-7 days before Royal Ann and Bing. Tolerates hot summers. Requires 700 hours of chilling. Ripens approximately 5/20.
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Stella - Large, heart-shaped, moderately firm, dark red fruit. Sweet, juicy flesh. Rich flavor. Ideal for home orchards. Very vigorous, productive tree. First self-fertile sweet cherry. Fine pollinizer for other varieties.
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Pear |
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Bartlett - Leading pear for canning and fresh market sales. Large, golden yellow fruit with a slight blush. Smooth, juicy, tender white flesh. Partially self-fruitful.
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Hailey Red - A sport of the Bartlett pear, Hailey Red is the best Red Bartlett discovered to date. It is just like the Bartlett, except it has an exceptional red color. It ripens the same time as the Bartlett. It is very juicy with white flesh. It does not need a pollinizer. Storage life is better than Bartlett, and holds red color better than other red pear varieties.
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Apricot |
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Royal Blemheim -Yellow to orange-yellow. Fruit is medium-large with an orange flesh that is freestone, juicy and aromatic. Flavor is sweet and sprightly with a firm texture. It is equally valuable for canning, drying or fresh use. Early blooming. Self-fertile. Tree is very productive and can be used as a pollinizer.
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Patterson -It ripens approximately 10 days before Tilton and is a heavy producer. It is good for canning, freezing, drying and fresh market. Has exceptional canning characteristics and flavor. Large, highly-colored fruit with firm flesh. The Patterson's uniform ripening pattern makes it well-suited for mechanical harvesting. And, despite its consistently high crop load, the tree resists fruit dropping. A very popular commercial variety. Ripens approximately 6/15.
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