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APPLESSame price for Dwarf, Semi-Dwarf or Semi-Standard roots
on all apples. Use Price Code for variety.
APPLE Very Early Summer--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Lodi Apple Lodi is an older variety that was introduced to replace Yellow
Transparent, which it resembles somewhat in appearance and
season. It is a good early season apple for pies and sauces,
but as a dessert apple it tends to be very tart and has been
known to have given many a young boy a "belly ache" when
picked too early. It is a better keeper than Yellow Transparent
and is more firm. ZONE 4-8
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Quinte Apple Quinte is one of the earliest quality summer apples to eat.
The fruit is crisp, juicy and tasty with a red blush over a yellow
skin. It doesn't store well, but does harvest over a longer
period and require several pickings. The tree is vigorous and
very hardy. Ripens in July near Lodi and Yellow Transparent.
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Red Astrachan
Apple
Red Astrachan is a small to medium sized apple with a pale
creamy skin striped with red and covered with a heavy bloom.
The white flesh is sometimes striped with red and is excellent
for eating. It is tart and an excellent cooking, sauce and pie
apple. Does not store long. The tree is productive but can be
biennial. Ripens very early in July and through to September.
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Yellow
Transparent
Apple
Yellow Transparent is just about the earliest summer apple. It
is medium-large with translucent pale yellow skin. Some say it
makes the best sauces because of its crisp, very sweet juicy,
white flesh that is very light in texture. It is also wonderful in
pies. Trees are upright, vigorous growers that bear fruit very
young. Ripens from early July to early August. Zone 3-7
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APPLE Early Summer--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Beacon Apple Beacon is an excellent early summer apple with juicy, mild
sub-acid flesh. It is good for fresh eating and cooking, but
does not store well. The fruit is medium to large size and
ripens over a relatively long period in August. The tree is very
hardy, reportedly to -50 degrees. The apple is orangish-red
striped over a yellow background. The tree is vigorous,
productive and heavy bearing. ZONE 2-6
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Benoni Apple Benoni is a late summer apple that is a fine dessert apple. It
is highly flavored, with a mild sub-acid flavor. The fruit is
medium sized, Deep red striped over an orangish-yellow skin.
It is a good bearer, but can be biennial. Ripens in July to
August. ZONE 4-7 AVAILABLE FALL 2012.
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Carroll Apple Carroll is a very hardy apple that ripens early in the summer
season. It is a somewhat dwarfish tree but produces well. It
is an excellent dessert apple and also a good cooking apple.
The fruit is red, medium sized. ZONE 3-6 AVAILABLE
FALL 2012
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Grandpa's
SummerGold™
Apple
Grandpa's SummerGold is one of the best early summer
apples around. Slightly later picking than Lodi, which it
closely resembles. The large fruit ripens early in August. The
flesh is white and the skin yellow-green and smooth. It has
excellent tart flavor early on, but as it hangs on the tree it gets
sweeter and the flavor improves. For a summer apple it
stores quite well and hangs on the trees for several weeks.
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APPLE Early Summer--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
JerseyMac Apple JerseyMac apple is a very early McIntosh type apple that
ripens in early summer in late July. It is an attractive, medium
sized apple with predominantly red skin over a light yellow
background. The flesh is whitish-yellow, crisp, juicy, and has
a tasty, aromatic flavor similar to McIntosh. It is an early
bloomer. Keeps fairly well for such an early, summer apple.
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Norland Apple Norland is another good hardy apple variety for the far north.
Its medium size red fruit are good for both cooking and eating.
It ripens in mid-August, but is a good keeper in cold storage,
lasting up to 16 weeks. ZONE 2-5
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Oriole Apple Oriole is a very hardy, early summer apple with excellent
eating and cooking qualities. The fruit is large, red striped
and resembles Duchess. Very hardy, vigorous, and extremely
productive. Moderately susceptible to fire blight and scab.
Ripens in early summer. Not a good keeper. ZONE 2-5
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Pristine® Apple Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Pristine® is one of the best early
disease resistant varieties for the garden. It is a very early
ripening yellow apple that resembles Yellow Transparent in
appearance, but is much firmer, less acid, and better eating.
The fruit is yellow, very smooth, and attractive. It keeps well
on and off the tree for several weeks. The fruit is tasty and
quite firm and crisp for being so early. It ripens early in
August, just after Lodi. ZONE 5-8
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Williams Pride
Apple
William's Pride is a very early summer season, disease
resistant apple. It is one of the earliest dark red apples,
ripening just after Lodi or Pristine®. It is yellow fleshed with a
mild, sub-acid flavor. Best used for dessert. ZONE 5-8
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APPLESummer- Early Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Akane Apple Akane is a late summer to early fall apple that resembles
Jonathan. It is medium in size, bright red in color, and its
white flesh has a distinctive aroma and sub-acid flavor. It is
an excellent dessert apple. ZONE 5-8
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Blaze Apple Blaze is an earlier Jonathan-type apple that ripens about 3-4
weeks earlier in mid-summer. Medium sized, red over a
bright yellow background, attractive and smooth. The flesh is
yellow, crisp, firm, juicy and good quality. It has a flavor
somewhat like Jonathan but less tart. Vigorous and
productive. Moderately susceptible to scab and cedar apple
rust, but moderately resistant to fire blight and powdery
mildew. ZONE 4-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Centennial
Edible Flowering
Crabapple
Centennial Crab is a very hardy, edible crab that can beautify
the yard also. It is a compact grower that produces small,
crisp, juicy edible crabs that are sweet and nutty flavored
about 1.5 inches in diameter. It ripens in mid-August and is
an excellent pollinizer for other apples, bearing heavy loads of
red flower buds that open into white blossoms. Good for
eating, canning and jelly. It is highly scab resistant. ZONE 3-
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Chenango
Strawberry Apple
Chenango Strawberry is one of the most beautiful summer
apples, with medium to large, conical, shiny, yellowish-
whitish, smooth skinned apples. The skin is almost
translucent. The fruit is firm, juicy and white, but tender and
very aromatic. Pick when the skin stars to turn milky. It picks
over a long period of several weeks, but overripe fruit will get
dry and mealy. Good for eating and sauce. The tree is very
hardy, but very susceptible to fire blight. ZONE 4-9
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APPLESummer- Early Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Dolgo Edible
Ornamental Crab
Apple
Dolgo Crab apple is one of the earliest to bloom in the spring
with its pink buds opening into large white flowers which are
very fragrant. It sets an abundant crop of red, edible
crabapples which are about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. It is
also an excellent ornamental variety! It ripens in late August
to early September. ZONE 3-7
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Duchess Apple Duchess is a very old heritage variety that is still a treat in the
early summer. It is a good cooking apple, but just ordinary for
fresh eating. Duchess is a medium to large, greenish yellow
apple with bright red striping and splashes. It has gusseted
dots that are distinctive. The flesh is white, fine, firm and
juicy. It is not a long term keeper, but is a good seasonal
apple ripening in mid-August. ZONE 4-8
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Ginger Gold®
Apple
Ginger Gold® is an early golden-type apple that ripens in the
summer, late in August to early September. It very much
resembles a Golden Delicious, but has a more spicy flavor
than Golden. The fruit is medium-large and firm and crisp. It
is probably the best golden-type apple in this early season.
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Goodland Apple Goodland is one of the most hardy apples known. It has been
known to withstand -50F with little winter damage. The fruit is
medium size, round, bi-color fruit. Its flesh is tender, crisp,
juicy and aromatic. It makes a delicious aromatic apple sauce
and is well suited for fresh eating. It ripens in early
September. ZONE 2-5
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Irish Peach
Apple
Irish Peach is an ancient apple that came from Ireland. It has
smallish, greenish fruit with faint red stripes. The flesh is
crisp, juicy, aromatic, and has a pleasant rich flavor. Ripens
in mid-summer. ZONE 3-7
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Maiden Blush
Apple
Maiden Blush is a fine heirloom summer apple that produces
regular crops of flattish round yellow apples with a beautiful
crimson blush. The skins are tough, smooth and waxy and
the flesh is crisp, juicy and creamy yellow. It is great for
cooking, eating fresh, drying and making cider. It ripens in
mid-August to early September over a prolonged period. It is
very hardy. ZONE 2-8
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Molly's Delicious
Apple
Molly's Delicious is not a true Red Delicious, but is very
similar in appearance and flavor. It ripens almost three or
more weeks ahead of Gala and McIntosh. It is large and
conic with about one half red blush over a yellow background.
It has a very pleasing flavor and will keep quite well for
several weeks. ZONE 6-8
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Oldenberg or
Duchess Apple
Oldenburg is likely the same variety as Duchess that we also
carry. We have not yet been able to compare the two
cultivars side-by-side. ZONE 4-8
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Red Summer
Rambo Apple
Red Summer Rambo is a "double red" strain of regular
Summer Rambo. It has all the same qualities. The large fruit
is red striped. The flesh is very crisp, juicy, yellowish green,
with a fine, rich, tart, aromatic flavor. Its great for eating and
sauce. The tree is very vigorous, hardy and productive. It
ripens earlier in the season in August to September. ZONE 4-
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Redfree Apple Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Redfree is an excellent tasting,
summer apple with a lot of disease resistance. It is a good
choice for the backyard orchard where you don't want to have
to spray a lot. The fruit is medium sized, red, with some
striping with sweet, tasty, white flesh. Ripens mid to late in
the summer after Pristine(R) ZONE 5-8
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Sansa Apple Sansa in a high quality dessert apple that ripens a week or so
ahead of Gala. The bright red fruit is medium sized, with firm,
white flesh and an excellent sweet, juicy, distinct flavor. It
keeps well for an early apple. ZONE 6-8
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State Fair Apple State Fair is a very high quality late summer apple ripening in
mid-late August. The medium sized fruit is brilliantly striped
orangish-red over a yellowish background color. It has a
creamy flesh that is juicy, sweet, firm and aromatic with a
moderately subacid flavor. It is predominantly used for fresh
eating and will keep rather well for an earlier season apple.
Very hardy. ZONE 3-7
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SummerMac
Apple
SummerMac is an early summer apple ripening in late August
and a few weeks before regular McIntosh. The fruit is
medium to large and has the appearance of a McIntosh,
although not as aromatic and tasty as a regular Mac. The fruit
will keep fairly well. It is a nicely colored red apple. Good for
fresh eating, cooking, and sauce. ZONE 5-7
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Valstar™ brand
Elstar Apple
Valstar™ is an improved red strain of Elstar, which is popular
in Europe. The fruit ripens late in the summer and has
excellent sweet-tart flavor. It is medium sized and keeps well.
The fruit is mostly red striped over a golden background color.
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Wealthy Apple Grandpa's Choice™ Red Wealthy is an old-time favorite in
many cold climates, because it is so hardy. It ripens late in
the summer and is an excellent all purpose apple. The fruit is
a deep red over a pale yellow background, and the flesh is
crisp, juicy, and white with some pink veining. It has a distinct
flavor with a hint of strawberry. It is a favorite old time apple
in many orchards. ZONE 3-8
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Whitney Edible
Crab Apple
Whitney is a good quality edible crabapple that is fine for jelly
or pickling. Medium size crabapples with red stripes over a
yellow background. It picks late in August to early
September. Very hardy. ZONE 3-8
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Zestar!® Apple Grandpa's Choice™ Zestar! is a rather new variety that is
gaining in excitement. It is an early season apple with
excellent, dessert quality. It is very crisp and juicy with an
above average sweet/tart flavor. This apple is 60-85% red on
a yellow background. It will store quite well for several weeks
after being picked in late August in the Midwest. ZONE 3-7
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APPLELate Summer-Early Mid-season-- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Blondee® Apple Blondee® Apple is a very new "golden Gala" type apple that
Grandpa saw a few years ago and was impressed with. The
fruit ripens a few days before regular Gala but has a greenish-
yellow skin that changes to a rich yellow as it ripens. The fruit
is exceptional and has great eating qualities like Gala. It
appears to be denser than Gala and will keep for several
months. The tree is similar to Gala is other respects. ZONE
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Chestnut Edible
Crab Apple
Chestnut is a large, russeted, sweet and juicy edible
crabapple with a rich, nutty like flavor that can be used for
eating, sauce, preserves, and decorative purposes. It ripens
late summer, early September. ZONE 4-8
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Cortland Apple Cortland is an old-time heritage apple that Grandpa grew up
with. Cortland is large, and round and similar in looks to
McIntosh, but its flavor is very distinct. It is fairly crisp and
juicy, but is not a "hard" apple--- easy on the teeth. The tree
is more hardy than most, making it an excellent choice for
colder areas. ZONE 4-8
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APPLELate Summer-Early Mid-season-- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Gala Apple
(Original strain)
The original Gala strain to come into the US is known as
Kidd's D-8 now. It produces medium sized fruit with striping
on a golden yellow-orangish skin that is distinctive. The fruit
is crisp, dense, aromatic and white with an subacid, sweet-tart
flavor that keeps you coming back for more. Gala is now one
of the most popular apples in the world. Ripens in early to
mid-September and it stores well. Very productive and should
be thinned early for good size. ZONE 4-9
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Golden Delicious-
Early Strain
Apple
Grandpa's Early Golden Delicious is a strain of regular Golden
Delicious that ripens a couple weeks ahead of normal.
Grandpa's strain is more russet resistant than the original
Golden Delicious, but has all the same qualities--- large,
sweet, juicy golden yellow fruit. It is a favorite for pies, sauce,
cooking, juice and all purposes. Stores well. Harvests early
in September. ZONE 5-8
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Grandpa's Big
Gala Apple
Grandpa's Big Gala is a special selection of Gala that just
grows larger than a normal Gala. The fruit is similar in other
respects. Not highly colored, but an excellent eating and all
purpose apple. It is suspected to be a tri-ploid, so it requires
pollination from other varieties than Gala and Golden
Delicious. ZONE 5-8
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Grandpa's Early
Red Rezista®
Apple
Grandpa's Early Red Rezista® is an attractive dark red
colored apple. The fruit is crisp, sweet and very juicy with an
good flavor. Picks in early mid-season, in mid-September.
Fruit size is only medium to small and tree is very productive.
There is some similarity in appearance to a Jonathan, but
quality and size is not as good. Very scab resistant.ZONE 5-8
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Grandpa's Gala-
like Rezista®
Apple
Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista® is a striking dark red apple with
subdued stripes. The medium size fruit is very juicy and
medium firm with very good dessert qualities. It has an
appearance and flavor that is very similar to Gala. It picks
mid-season in mid- to late September. It hangs and keeps
well on the tree and will store for several weeks. Very scab
resistant. ZONE 5-8
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Honeycrisp™
Apple
Grandpa's Choice Honeycrisp is the current "star" of the apple
industry and with consumers. It is "explosively crisp" with an
unbeatable sweet, juicy flavor. It is naturally large and will
color well in cooler climates. Color can range from brilliant
red with some striping to mostly red-striped over a straw
yellow background color when ready to pick. Very hardy and
productive. Keeps well when picked in peak condition. If you
like crisp and juicy apples, this one is unbeatable. Harvest
early in fall in mid-September. ZONE 4-8
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Idajon Apple Idajon is a Jonathan-type apple that ripens about 10 days
ahead of regular Jonathan. The fruit is medium-large, round,
firm and crisp. It is carmine red, smooth, and fine grained. It
is somewhat sweet and sub-acid. The tree is productive.
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Initial Apple Initial is a new disease resistant, earlier season apple that is
scab resistant. It is a large apple with lots of red blush over
yellow background. The fruit is crisp and mildly acid. It
matures about a week before Gala. ZONE 5-8
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Jonamac Apple Jonamac is an excellent dessert quality apple ripening about a
week before McIntosh, which is one of its parents. The fruit is
very similar in appearance to Mac, but is more highly colored
and firmer. Eating quality is superior to Mac. The fruit is only
medium sized and will soften in storage. ZONE 3-7
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APPLELate Summer-Early Mid-season-- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Northern Lights
Apple
Northern Lights produces large, attractive, glossy, bright red
blushed apples. It has a flavor similar to McIntosh and with
semi-firm, tasty white flesh.. It is very cold hardy and best
suited to back yard orchards in cold climates. It ripens near
McIntosh season and will keep a few months in cold storage.
It is a good choice for the backyard garden in very cold areas.
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NovaMac Apple Novamac is very similar to McIntosh in season and flavor.
The fruit is medium-large, round, mostly red over a greenish-
yellow background color. The flesh is white, crisp, tender and
juicy with a fine sub-acid flavor similar to a Mac. The tree is
very disease resistant. ZONE 4-8
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Red Baron Apple Red Baron is a nice all purpose hardy apple for northern
climes. The medium to large fruit is cherry red blushed on
creamy yellow background color. It has a pleasant, acidic,
tart flavor and is suitable for most uses. It ripens in
September near Wealthy, and appears to keep fairly well into
December. The tree is moderately vigorous. ZONE 3-5
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Red Gala Apple Grandpa's Choice™ Red Gala apple is our special selection
of the famous Royal Gala™ apple that everyone sees in the
produce department. It harvests late summer into early fall in
September and is one of the finest eating apples there is.
The flesh is yellowish flesh is crisp, juicy and fine tasting. It
can be used for all purposes. It is almost a "must have" for
the backyard orchard. ZONE 5-8
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Red Gravenstein
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Gravenstein is a culinary treat! This
antique variety is well known for cooking, sauce, cider and
eating out of hand. It is large, with crisp white flesh and a
distinct, juicy flavor. It will keep moderately well. The fruit is
orangish with red striping on greenish yellow skin. It ripens
late in the summer to early fall. ZONE 5-8
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Red McIntosh
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Red McIntosh is one of the all-time
favorites for some people. Red McIntosh is an early season
apple with very aromatic, flavorful, white, juicy flesh. It is
somewhat firm, but only will keep for shorter periods during
the fall and early winter. It has a steely-red skin that is
distinctive looking to match its very distinctive flavor. It is only
medium large in size, but sets abundant crops. ZONE 3-8
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Sweet Sixteen
Apple
Sweet Sixteen is a popular apple for very cold northern
regions. It ripens in early fall, just ahead of Honeycrisp™. It
is crisp and juicy with an exotic yellow flesh and a very sweet,
unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor. The fruit
stores for 5 to 8 weeks. It is a good all purpose apple.
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Swiss Gourmet™
Apple
Swiss Gourmet™, as its name suggests, was a very popular
apple in Europe for a good reason. It has a distinct, sweet
and tart flavor. The flesh is creamy white. The fruit is
medium to large size with a nice red blush. In some areas it
will russet badly, but this does not affect the excellent flavor or
eating quality. Harvests early in the fall a couple weeks
before Jonathan. ZONE 5-8
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Wolf River Apple Wolf River apples are enormous, often weighing 1 pound or
more. It has a pale red color over pale yellow skin and soft,
tender, slightly mealy, creamy white flesh. Excellent for baking
whole and drying. Resistant to scab, mildew, fire blight and
cedar apple rust. Trees are very hardy. ZONE 5-7
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APPLE Early Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Auvil Early Fuji™
Apple
If you are a lover of the sweet Fuji apple, but live in the more
northern, shorter season areas, Grandpa's Choice™ Auvil
Early Fuji® is the best Fuji variety for your backyard orchard.
It has all the attributes of regular Fuji, but harvests 5-6
WEEKS earlier, so by mid-September in most areas you can
able picking fully mature, beautiful red Fuji. ZONE 5-8
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Binet Rouge
Sweet Hard Cidre
Apple
Binet Rouge is a French variety that is used for sweet hard
cider base. The tree is very precocious and productive. The
tree is a week grower and matures in early mid-season in
September. It is mildew susceptible. It is late blooming and
suitable for frostier locations. ZONE 5-9
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Black Gilliflower
or Sheepnose
Apple
Black Gilliflower produces large, dark red, almost black
colored fruit. It is large, long and conical in shape. Its
greenish-white flesh has a distinctive aroma and is rich, but
with a mild sweet flavor. It is prized for baking and drying.
The tree is healthy, vigorous and fruitful. Ripens in
September to October. Fruit hangs well, but becomes drier
when overripe. ZONE 6-9
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Burgundy Apple Burgundy produces large, round, solid dark blackish-red fruit.
The skin is smooth and glossy and the red color may bleed
into the flesh somewhat. It is an excellent, crisp, sub-acid
flavored apple. The fruit hangs well up to three weeks, but it
does not store for more than a month after harvest. Ripens in
mid to late September. ZONE 3-7
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Crimson Crisp™
Apple
CrimsonCrisp™ is a new disease resistant apple variety that
should go along well with other Grandpa's Nature Friendly™
varieties. The medium sized fruit is an attractive crimson red
and the flesh is very crisp and firm with a tart but complex
flavor. The fruit matures in the mid-season of fall. ZONE 5-8
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Crimson® Gold
Apple
Crimson® Gold apple is a new disease resistant apple with
excellent qualities. The fruit is bright reddish-orange and
medium sized. The flesh is sweet-tart, white, crisp, and juicy.
It will store well. It ripens about mid-September just ahead of
Golden Delicious. It is very resistant to apple scab. The trees
are moderately vigorous and very productive. ZONE 5-8
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Crimson® Topaz
Apple
Crimson® Topaz is a new disease resistant dessert apple that
harvests about a week before Golden Delicious, in mid-
September. The medium size fruit is an attractive orange-red
stripe over a yellow background. It is juicy and tasty. It is a
vigorous spurry tree that has an upright growth habit. It is
very precocious. The fruit is very resistant to dropping.
Resistant to apple scab and mildew. ZONE 5-8
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Ellis Bitter-Sweet
Hard Cidre Apple
Ellis Bitter is an excellent hard cidre variety with a bittersweet
character. The medium sized yellow fruit ripen in September.
The tree is fairly vigous, precocious and productive. It is a
later bloomer. It does not store for long so should be pressed
shortly after harvest. The tree is susceptible to both fire blight
and scab. ZONE 4-8
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Enigma Apple Enigma has very large, round fruit with yellow skin covered
with a heavy red blush. It ripens in mid-season and is known
for its extreme hardiness. ZONE 3-7 AVAILABLE FALL 2012.
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APPLE Early Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Fameuse or
Snow Apple
Grandma's most fondly remembered apple as a little girl was
Fameuse or as it is commonly called, Snow Apple. It is a very
old heritage variety known for its hardiness, good flavor and
eating quality, and late summer, early fall ripening time. The
old-timers made good use of it for apple cider because of its
aromatic and distinct flavor, and because it is only a fair to
good keeper. The flesh is tender and "snow white" like its
name suggests. The fruit is red over a cream background
color. ZONE 4-8
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Frostbite™ Apple Frostbite(TM) was just recently named by the University of
Minnesota. Known as MN 447, it is an older cultivar that has
been used as a parent in the breeding of other successful U
of MN apple varieties. Because of its unique, sweet,
aromatic, and unusual flavor people who know MN 447 had
been encouraging the University to release it. The fruit is only
small to medium in size, being 2¼ to 2½ inches in diameter,
but is very firm, crisp and juicy. It will store for 3-4 months in
common storage at 34-37°F. The flesh is a creamy, light
yellow. It is an attractive maroon red over a yellow gold
background. It usually exhibits striped coloration, but often
can be somewhat dappled. It sometimes russets lightly,
depending on the season. Like most Minnesota varieties, it is
extremely hardy to USDA Zone 3b (-30 to -35°F). It has low
to medium vigor. The tree is spreading and produces
annually. ZONE 3-7
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Galarina™ Apple Galarina® is a new gala-like disease resistant apple that
shows high tolerance to scab, mildew and fire blight. It is
hardier than Gala and resembles Gala in many respects. The
fruit is medium sized, orangish-red over a yellow background.
The flavor is crisp and sweet. It will store well. It ripens in
later September, almost two weeks after Gala. ZONE 4-8
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Gilliflower Apple This cultivar of Gilliflower may be the same as Black
Gilliflower, but our source attributes it to English origin. We
haven't been able to compare it closely enough with Black
Gilliflower to be sure. ZONE 6-9
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Golden Delicious
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Golden Delicious! Grandpa and many
people rate it still as one of the best all-purpose apples ever
grown. Grandpa's strain is more russet resistant than the
original Golden Delicious, but has all the same qualities---
large, sweet, juicy golden yellow fruit. It is a favorite for pies,
sauce, cooking, juice and all purposes. Stores well. Harvest
mid-season in late September to early October. ZONE 4-9
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Golden Delicious
Apple- Original
strain
Golden Delicious! Grandpa and many people rate it still as
one of the best all-purpose apples every grown. The original
"Mullins" strain is less russet resistant than most strains of
Golden Delicious, but probably has better eating qualities---
large, sweet, juicy golden yellow fruit. It is a favorite for pies,
sauce, cooking, juice and all purposes. Stores well. Harvest
mid-season in late September to early October. ZONE 4-9
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Golden Noble
Apple
Golden Noble is one of the apples with the highest content of
Vitamin C. It is a large, round apple with bright yellow fruit
sometimes spotted with red. Creamy white flesh that cooks
into a nice sauce. The tree is somewhat of a tip bearer,
upright and spreading but with average vigor. Ripens in
September. Deer LOVE Golden Noble and will browse it
extensively. ZONE 6-9
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V-8
APPLE Early Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Honeygold Apple Honeygold is a great substitute for Golden Delicious in colder,
northern areas where it is much more hardy. It is reported to
be able to withstand -50F degrees with little winter damage. It
is medium to large size, with a golden to yellowish green color
and a reddish bronze blush. It has a Golden Delicious flavor,
but is a little sweeter and blander. It is high quality and stores
well. Ripens in October, similar to Golden Delicious. ZONE 3-
7
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Jonafree™ Apple Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Jonafree is one of the scab
immune varieties, that is most like it namesake, with which it
ripens. Jonafree is nearly identical to old-time red Jonathan in
eating quality, flavor, and appearance. It is slightly less acidic
though. It is a bright red apple, with glossy skin and generally
no russetting. It does not develop "Jonathan" spot when
stored, like normal Jonathan does. Can be used as an all
purpose apple. ZONE 5-8
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Jonalicious
Apple
Jonalicious produces large, round, red fruit with a yellow
background. The flesh is juicy, yellow, firm, crisp, subacid
with a distinct aromatic flavor. It ripens just after regular
Jonathan which is resembles. It is a good keeper. The tree is
hardy, productive and vigorous. ZONE 4-8
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Late Strawberry
Apple
Late Strawberry is a small to medium sized apple splashed
with various shades of yellow and red stripes. The fruit is
finely textured, crisp, juicy and creamy white. It has an
excellent, aromatic sub-acid flavor. Ripens in late mid-season
in September to October. ZONE 4-8
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Liberty Apple Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Liberty is very similar to
appearance to McIntosh, but its flavor is more tart and its
flesh is crisper. It has a flavor all its own. It is a good
dependable choice for any backyard orchard because it is
highly productive and resistant to all the major apple
diseases. ZONE 4-8
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Macoun Apple Macoun is a regional favorite in the Northeast and Ohio area.
It is similar to McIntosh in many characteristics, but has better
keeping characteristics, dessert quality and ripens about a
month later. It is very aromatic and flavorful, with white, firm
and juicy flesh. ZONE 5-8
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Mother Apple Mother is a rather large dessert apple that was once very
popular. It has a distinct, spicy, balsamic, sweet-acid,
aromatic flavor. Its flesh is creamy yellow and juicy. It ripens
in mid-season, but doesn't store particularly well. Some scab-
resistance, but susceptible to fire blight. Slow growing, but
bears well from an early age. ZONE 4-9 AVAILABLE FALL
2012
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Norkent Apple Norkent is one of the most hardy apples, and may be hardy to
Zone 2. The medium sized fruit is orangish with red
russetting over a greenish yellow skin. It is excellent for
eating and cooking, and keeps well for several months.
ZONE-3-7
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Norson Apple Norson is one of the hardiest apples and is recommended for
really cold areas. The fruit is somewhat small, but of good
dessert quality and keeps very well. It is a consistent and
annual producer. ZONE 1-5 FALL 2012
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Pitmaston
Pineapple Apple
Pitmaston Pineapple is well named. The small fruit have a
distinct pineapple flavor to them. The fruit is larger than the
typical edible crab, golden yellow in color covered with a fine
bronzy russetting. The fruit is juicy, crunchy, with a sugary
pineapple-like flavor. It is typically used for fresh eating. It
has a compact upright growing habit, and ripens in mid-
September. ZONE 6-9
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V-9
APPLE Early Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Red Jonathan
Apple
Red Jonathan hardly needs a description since it is one of the
most popular heritage apples in the Midwest. Crisp, slightly
striped, but mostly red, juicy and sweet tart. One of the best
varieties for pies and sauce. Our strain is highly colored and
sizes well for this medium sized apple. Ripens early in the
fall. Stores and keeps well. ZONE 4-8
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Sekai-Ichi Apple Sekai-Ichi originated in Japan and will produce huge fruit,
similar in color, appearance, and taste to the old original
Delicious apple, which is one of its parents. The fruit ripens in
mid-season and has high dessert quality. ZONE 5-8
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Spartan Apple Spartan was always one of Grandpa's favorites. It is very
McIntosh-like looking and tasting, but is much firmer and
keeps better. It picks a couple weeks later in the early fall.
The fruit is medium to large, with a dark red mahogany color
and a metallic sheen like McIntosh. The flesh is pure white,
firm, aromatic, and finely flavored. It is a good dessert and
sauce apple. ZONE 4-8
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Valentine Apple Valentine is an old Canadian prairie apple that is very hardy.
The fruit is greenish-yellow with a red flush. The flesh is
rather course but has an excellent taste and is good for fresh
eating or cooking. Ripens in the early mid-season. ZONE 2-8
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Washington
Strawberry Apple
Washington Strawberry is usually large fruited with waxy
yellow skin mottled and striped with red. The fruit is firm,
yellow fleshed and juicy with a nice sub-acid flavor. It ripens
early in the Fall season in September. The tree is hardy,
healthy and a reliable cropper. The apples will keep well into
December. It may be susceptible to fire blight. ZONE 3-6
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Worcester
Pearmain Apple
Worcester Pearmain is a medium to large sized apple with
dark red skin stippled with white dots over a yellow
background color. The flesh is creamy white, subacid with
good eating quality. It ripens unevenly in early September
about 4 weeks before Red Delicious. The tree is productive.
ZONE 4-8
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APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Brown's Bitter-
Sharp Hard Cidre
Apple
Brown's Apple was a favorite English cider apple that
produces a clean crisp, bitter-sharp, tangy, fruity cider. The
apple is dark red and the flesh often has red stains. It ripens
in October, but can be biennial. Scab tolerant and very hardy.
ZONE 4-7
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Connell Red
Fireside Apple
Connell Red is a red sport of Fireside. It has large, round,
solid red fruit with has a sweet, mild and aromatic flavor like
Fireside. It is great for eating and cooking. It stores well into
the spring maintaining its crisp juicy texture. It ripens in
October and is a heavy annual producer. Mid-season bloom.
ZONE 3-5
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Cox Orange
Pippin Apple
The Brits think Cox's is the best! Cox's Orange Pippin is
considered by many to be one of the best dessert apples. It
produces medium sized, conical, somewhat dull looking fruit
with red stripes over a tough, smooth orangish skin.
However, the fruit is firm and tender with juicy, aromatic
yellow flesh. It has a distinctive taste. Excellent for all uses
including cider. An early and heavy bearer, it requires heavy
thinning as it blooms late and misses many of the frosts.
Reported to be self-fruitful. It ripens in mid-September to
October, and has a lower chilling hours requirement than
many apples, suitable for more southern, warm area growing.
ZONE 4-10
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V-10
APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Domaines Bitter
Hard Cidre Apple
Domaines is an excellent hard cidre variety that will impart a
bitter flavor to the cidre blend. The tree is a vigorous and
strong limbed grower. It ripens in early October. It is
susceptible to scab and fire blight. ZONE 5-8
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Empire Apple
(Original strain)
Empire is a McIntosh/Jonathan type apple that has very high
dessert quality. It is also good for baking and is an excellent
cider apple. It is medium sized, with round red fruit that are
firm and shiny. The flesh is creamy white, crisp, juicy and
flavorful. It is a hardy annual producer and somewhat self-
fertile. Thin well for larger size. Ripens in mid-September.
ZONE 4-7
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Foxwhelp Bitter
sharp Cidre
Apple
Foxwhelp is an English bitter sharp apple suitable for cidres.
The fruit is small, red, round and russeted. The fruit is juicy
and tart. Ripens in mid-late season, in mid-October and
stores well. A late bloomer requiring other late blooming
pollinators. ZONE 4-9 AVAILABLE FALL 12
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Freedom Apple As its name suggests, Freedom is another of the disease
resistant varieties. It is an attractive apple with bright red
stripes over a clear yellow background. It harvest in mid-
season along with Empire, Idared, Delicious and Jonagold. It
is excellent for fresh eating, sauce, cooking and juice. The
fruit is large. ZONE 5-8
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Gano Apple Gano is an old-time apple that ripens in late September. The
fruit is handsome, medium large with reddish-purple striping
over a light yellow-red flushed skin. The flesh is whitish, firm,
crisp and juicy, with a brisk sub-acid flavor. It stores well.
ZONE 5-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Golden Russet
Apple
Golden Russet of widely considered to be one of the best
cider varieties because of its excellent flavored, sugary juice.
It also is good for drying, fresh eating and cooking. The
medium sized fruit has crisp, juicy, finely textured yellow flesh
and greenish yellow to bronzy russeted skin. It is an excellent
keeper that can last in proper storage will into the Spring. It is
ripens in October. ZONE 4-6
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Grandpa's
Double Red
Idared Apple
Grandpa's Double Red Idared is a selected strain of regular
Idared that shows improved red color all around. Similar in all
other respects. ZONE 4-8
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Grimes Golden
Apple
Grimes Golden is an excellent, medium sized bright golden
yellow apple with fine, crisp, yellow flesh. It has an aromatic,
spicy flavor that is distinctive. It is good for all uses except for
baking. An excellent keeper into the winter. The trees are
moderately vigorous, precocious and consistent yearly bearer.
Considered self-fertile. Ripens mid-season in September thru
October. ZONE 5-8
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Haas Apple Haas is an old-time variety with medium large, conical fruit
that is slightly ribbed. It has greenish-yellow skin with some
varied red striping. The white flesh is juicy and tender, and
sometimes has some red bleeding under the skin. It stores
well and ripens in October. ZONE 5-8 AVAILABLE FALL
2012
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Harelson Apple Grandpa's Choice™ Red Harelson is a very hardy, heritage
variety that has stood the test of time. Our strain is a very
attractive red color that has less russetting and ripens earlier
than the original Haralson. The fruit is crisp and juicy and the
flesh white and firm. It has a mild, pleasant flavor. It is good
for all uses. It stores well into the winter. It is extremely hardy
and good for areas that have really cold winters. It harvests
late in September to early October in the north. ZONE 3-8
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V-11
APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Hardy
Cumberland
Apple
Hardy Cumberland is a late season variety ripening in mid-
October. The fruit is medium large with a good crisp, sub-acid
flavor. The flesh is white. It is a bright red blushed apple over
a greenish yellow background. The tree is a mid-season
bloomer. It is quite resistant to apple scab. ZONE 4-9
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Hawkeye Red
Delicious Apple
Hawkeye is the original Red Delicious apple that
revolutionized the apple world when discovered. The fruit is
large, conical, with smooth yellowish skin striped red. The
flesh is delicious and has a sweet distinct flavor that cannot
be matched by newer strains of Red Delicious. It is a unique
experience. ZONE 4-8
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Hopa Edible
Ornamental Crab
Apple
Hopa Crab apple is an edible crab that is also widely planted
as an ornamental. It produces one inch fruit that are bright
red. ZONE 4-7
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Hubbardston
Apple
Hubbardston was a famous and popular New England apple
that produces nice crops of large, excellently flavored apples.
The fruit is hard, crisp, fine-grained, and has a mild, sweet,
sprightly, rich flavor. The skin is mostly red, over a rich yellow
background. It is an excellent winter apple ripening later in
the season during October. ZONE 5-10
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Hyslop Edible
Crab Apple
Hyslop Crab apple is an edible crab that can also be planted
as an ornamental. The tree is vigorous and very hardy with a
bluish bloom. It produces one inch fruit that are deep crimson
red. The fruit is juicy upon ripening, but tends to become dry
and mealy if stored. Ripens later in the season in October.
Good for jelly, pickling, and cider blending. ZONE 3-7
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Idagold Apple Idagold is a medium to large sized, oblong apple with a clear
yellow skin and faint reddish blush. The flesh is rich, cream
colored, somewhat course, but firm, juicy, sweet and
aromatic. Idagold ripens just ahead of Rome. It has good
keeping qualities and is an excellent dessert apple. The tree
is vigorous and spreading. ZONE 4-7
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Idared Apple-
Original strain
Idared is an excellent apple that is quite like Jonathan in
flavor, but its flesh is crisp and white. It has a sweet-tart flavor
and is very juicy and flavorful. It has a pinkish red color with a
little striping. It can be used for all purposes and is commonly
used in the commercial pie industry. It stores well and is one
of the most dependable producers of large fruit. ZONE 4-8
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Jonagold Apple-
Original strain
The original Jonagold is one of the finest eating and cooking
apples to ripen in the fall. The golden fruit is unusually large,
with juicy yellow-white flesh. The flavor is very similar to
Jonathan. It will keep for several months, but will tend to get
a "greasy" feeling skin when it gets overripe. Pick earlier if
you plan to store them for long periods, otherwise, eat them in
the fall and early winter when they are at their prime. The less
highly red color strains of Jonagold like this one tend to be
better flavored since they have less red skin pigment. ZONE 5-
8
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Kandil Sinap
Apple
Kandil Sinap produces oblong, creamy yellow fruit with
smooth, porcelain like skin with a washed red blush. The
flesh is finely grained, crisp, juicy and has excellent flavor.
The tree is productive and a regular bearer, but has a
somewhat dwarfish aspect being tall and cylindrical. ZONE 6-
9
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V-12
APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Kingston Black
Bitter-Sharp Hard
Cidre Apple
Kingston Black is one of the few English Cidre apples that can
be used for single-variety cidre. It has a good sugar content
with a bitter sharp flavor class. It has a distinctive flavor all its
own. The fruit is medium sized, round with a dark crimson-
purple color over a yellowish-orange background color. The
tree is vigorous, but is considered a more challenging variety
to grow, requiring careful pruning. It ripens from mid-Sept to
mid-Oct. ZONE 4-6
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Kinsei Apple Kinsei is a Japanese selection that resembles Golden
Delicious, but with more russet and a sweeter flavor. The
apples are slightly aromatic and low acid with firm creamy,
white flesh. It is reported to store quite well. We are not sure
of the ripening or bloom time at this time. ZONE 5-8
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Kogetsu Apple Kogetsu is a Japanese selection that ripens with Gala. The
red medium-large fruit has a creamy white flesh with a nice
sugar to acid balance. It has excellent flavor. It stores well,
but shows some dropping tendencies as it ripens. ZONE 5-8
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Melrose Apple Melrose is a popular apple in Ohio where is originated, but will
grow well in all parts of the country where it is more humid
and rainy. It is an excellent dessert quality apple with great
keeping qualities. It resembles Jonathan in appearance, but
ripens later in the season before Red Rome time. Can be
used for all purposes. ZONE-5-8
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Michelin Bitter-
Sweet Hard Cidre
Apple
Michelin is an old English cider variety that has been found to
be great for cider blending. It has a bittersweet flavor. The
fruits are medium sized, round and yellowish. The tree is an
upright, somewhat spurry grower. It is a heavy, reliable
cropper that ripens in mid-late season, mid-October. It
blooms in mid-season. ZONE 5-8
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Noels des
Champs Bitter-
Sweet Hard Cidre
Apple
Noel des Champs is a hard cidre variety with a bittersweet
character. The tree is hardy, vigorous, precocious and
productive. It is a late bloomer and ripens in late mid-season,
September to October. It appears to be quite disease
tolerant. ZONE 4-8
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Northwest
Greening Apple
Northwest Greening is an old heritage variety that Grandpa
grew up with. It was a popular old winter variety that could
sometimes produce exceptionally large apples almost 5"
across. The fruit is a pale green, that turns yellow when fully
mature. It has a waxy, smooth handsome finish. It is well
known as a good keeper into the winter. It is a good all
purpose sauce, cooking and pie apple with a mild, sub-acid
flavor, but isn't a great fresh eating apple. It ripens mid-late in
the fall. ZONE 3-7
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Nova EasyGro
Apple
Nova EasyGro resembles Cortland in looks and ripening
period. The fruit is only medium sized, round, with a stripy
blush over a pale greenish yellow background. The flesh is
creamy white, smooth, firm, crisp, moderately juicy with a sub-
acid pleasant flavor. It keeps well and is an excellent choice
for the backyard orchard as it is scab resistant. Ripens in
early October. Blooms with McIntosh. ZONE 2-8
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Old Nonpareil
Apple
Old Nonpareil is a good cider apple with excellent flavor. The
apple is small and oblate, with greenish-yellow skin and an
orangish blush. Often it has some streaky russetting. It
ripens late in the season in October. ZONE 4-8
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V-13
APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Pound Sweet
Apple
Pound Sweet is not to be confused with Pumpkin Sweet,
although it often shared common names. Pound Sweet is a
very large golden-amber apple with firm yellowish flesh. It has
a sweet unusual flavor and is fine for eating, but best when
baked. The fruit ripens in late mid-season--- September to
October. ZONE 4-7
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Red Delicious
Apple- Non-spur
type
Grandpa's Choice™" Red Delicious is an all-time favorite with
everyone and hardly needs a description. Red Delicious has
been a staple variety in the produce department for years.
Our regular Red Delicious is an older non-spur strain that
retains the crisp white flesh and great taste of Red Delicious.
The tree is vigorous and ripens in mid-season in the fall. Let it
hang to develop best flavor. ZONE 5-8
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Red Delicious
Apple--- Spur
type
Grandpa also offers Spur Red Delicious, which is a more
compact strain of our regular Red Delicious. It is better for
smaller spaces, being almost 2/3 the size of our non-spur
strain. Blooms and harvests the same times. Flavor and
quality is the same. ZONE 5-8
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Red Empire
Apple
Empire is one of the best eating apples you will find. Only
medium in size, it is a steady bearer on grower friendly trees.
The red fruit has a McIntosh-Jonathan like look. The flavor is
excellent with white flesh. The fruit can be used for all
purposes. ZONE 4-8
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Red Jonagold
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Jonagold is one of the finest eating
and cooking apples to ripen in the fall. The red fruit is
unusually large, with juicy yellow-white flesh. The flavor is
very similar to Jonathan. It will keep for several months, but
will tend to get a "greasy" feeling skin when it gets overripe.
Pick earlier if you plan to store them for long periods,
otherwise, eat them in the fall and early winter when they are
at their prime. ZONE 5-8
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Red Westfield
Seek-No-Further
Apple
Red Westfield Seek-No-Further is well suited for fresh eating
and drying. The dried apple has an intensified flavor over the
fresh one. The fruit is medium large with streaky red and
russet over yellow. It is crispy, juicy and aromatic with a
distinctive flavor. It keeps fairly well. Ripens in later
September to October. The tree is hardy and vigorous. ZONE
3-9
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Regent Apple Regent is a hardy, all purpose apple that resembles Red
Delicious somewhat in flavor and shape, but it stands by itself.
The medium sized fruit is bright red over a yellow skin. It has
a pleasing texture and flavor, and is superior to Harelson in
appearance and storage qualities. The tree is vigorous and
productive. Not quite as hardy as others from Minnesota. It
ripens in mid-October. ZONE 4-7
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Roxbury Russet
Apple
Roxbury Russet is a grand old all purpose apple that makes
excellent cider also. The fruit is large, greenish and covered
with a light bronzy russet. The flesh is firm, tender and yellow-
white. It is very sugary and well known for its cider qualities
and its ability to keep into the Spring. Ripens in late
September to October. Quite hardy and vigorous, but with a
tendency to biennial bearing. ZONE 4-8
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Smokehouse
Apple
Smokehouse is a rather flattish, red-striped, yellow apple with
tender, firm, yellowish, very juicy flesh. It has a flavor like
fresh cider. It is very good for cooking, baking, and eating. It
is a long-term keeping lasting into March. The tree is
vigorous and productive. Ripens in September and is very
hardy. ZONE 3-8
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APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
SnowSweet™
Apple
Snowsweet™ is a new apple from Minnesota which ripens
several weeks after Honeycrisp™. Its most outstanding
feature is its flavor, which is described as sweet with a tart
balance and rich overtones, almost buttery. The tree is
extremely hardy and will grow well in cold climates. The fruit
is large, oblate, with a beautiful red-bronze blush over a
greenish yellow background. ZONE 4-8
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Spigold Apple Farmers who grew Spigold loved the apple, but it never made
it commercially. Spigold is an exceptionally high quality with
firm, fine grained, crisp yellow flesh. It stores very well. It has
a flavor that combines Northern Spy and Golden Delicious
into a superior blend. It is good for fresh eating, cooking and
baking. The tree is a strong, hardy grower. It blooms late and
requires a pollinizer as it is a triploid. Ripens in October
about a week before Northern Spy. ZONE 3-10
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Sweet Coppin
Sweet Cider
Apple
Sweet Coppin is predominantly known for is good sweet cider
characteristics, but it can also be eaten fresh. The medium
large apples are yellow, but somewhat soft fleshed. They are
low in tannin and acid content. It makes a good full bodied
cider without blending other varieties. Ripens in mid-October
and appears tolerant of fire blight. ZONE 4-7
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Tolman Sweet
Apple
Tolman Sweet has always been a highly prized apple for
baking, stewing and cider. The fruit is medium large, round,
with a pale yellow skin that make show some blushing and
russetting. Often there is a distinct suture line running from
top to bottom. The fruit is quite hard, firm, white fleshed and
rather fine. It has an excellent sweet flavor that makes good
cider. The tree is a reliable bearer and a late bloomer. It can
be somewhat biennial. Very hardy and healthy, but somewhat
susceptible to fire blight. ZONE 3-6
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Tompkins
County King
Apple
Tomkins County King is a very large apple that has proven
good for all uses from dessert, pies, sauce, cider and drying.
The fruit is smooth, yellow with an orangish red, and some
striping. The flesh is yellow, tender and course, but has a
rich, sub-acid balanced flavor. It is not a good storage apple,
showing water-core and greasiness overtime. The tree is
dwarfish, but precocious and somewhat vigorous. The variety
is a tri-ploid so requires cross pollinator with another normal
variety. ZONE 4-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Tremlett's Bitter
Sweet Cider
Apple
Tremlett's Bitter is a classic, bitter-sweet hard cider variety.
The medium sized fruit is firm and the juice is bittersweet.
Great for blending. It blooms very early and requires another
early pollinator. Ripens over a two week period in October. It
is scab tolerant. ZONE 6-9
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Turley Winesap
Apple
Turley Winesap is similar to Stayman Winesap, but ripens
about a week earlier. It does not crack like ordinary Stayman.
The fruit is large, firm, white fleshed, crisp and juicy. It is a
multi-purpose apple, but does not have as "winey" a flavor as
Stayman or regular Winesap. The tree is strong and
vigorous. ZONE 5-8
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Twenty Ounce
Apple
Twenty Ounce used to be one of the premier cooking apples
for over a 100 years. It is also a high quality dessert apple.
The fruit is very large--- greenish with attractive broad red
stripes. The flesh is fairly firm and white. The tree is medium
sized but vigorous. It is an early and productive bearer. It
ripens unevenly through September and October.. ZONE 4-8
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APPLE Fall-Mid-season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Wagener Apple Wagener is a medium to large size, distinctly knobby,
irregular five sided flat fruit. It has thin, glassy smooth skin
which is light yellow with pale red striping and mottling. The
flesh is tender, crisp, firm, fine grained and has a subacid
aromatic flavor that resembles Northern Spy. It is a great
sauce and cider variety. The tree is smallish, hardy, early and
prolific bearing. It keeps for long periods. Ripens in late
season, mid-late October. ZONE 4-9
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Yellow Bellflower
Apple
Yellow Bellflower is a fine winter dessert apple. It is lemon-
yellow with white russety dots and a slight pink blush. The
fruit is usually large, elongated and sometimes lopsided. It
can bruise easily. The creamy flesh is crisp and firm with a
sweet, subacid flavor. It can be used for all purposes. When
picked early on the tart side it will keeps for several months
and mellow up. The tree is healthy and vigorous. Ripens in
October. ZONE 4-8
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APPLE Fall-Late season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Ashmead's
Kernel Apple
Ashmead's Kernel bears medium sized, greenish yellow fruits
often with a heavy brownish russet. It is usually a flattish,
round apple, but sometimes it can be conical. The yellowish
flesh is crisp, sweet, juicy and aromatic, but is somewhat tart
when harvested in late October. It reaches peak flavor in
early November. For flavor it is highly rated. It is a good cider
variety and the fruit will keep for several months. Very hardy
to about -40 degrees. The tree appears vigorous and early
bearing. ZONE 3-7
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Baldwin Apple Baldwin is a large winter apple with bright red skin. The
yellow flesh is crispy, aromatic and juicy. It is an excellent all
purpose heirloom apple and keeps well. The tree is very
vigorous. It is a triploid variety so needs pollination from
regular varieties. Ripens mid-to late season. ZONE 4-7
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Black Twig Apple Black Twig has medium-large fruit that is red flushed over a
greenish-yellow skin. It is very firm with yellow flesh. It is
quite tart, but excellent for eating and cider. Reported
resistant to many apple diseases. Ripens in mid-late season.
ZONE 6-9 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Boskoop Apple Boskoop has been a well known and favorite old all purpose
apple in England for years. It has large, greenish-yellow fruit
with red blush. It is crisp and tangy and highly aromatic.
Great for dessert, cooking and baking. It keeps well and
mellows and sweetens in storage. It is late ripening in
November. Boskoop is a triploid variety and needs to be
pollinated with another non-triploid variety. ZONE 3-6
ALL
ROOTS
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Bramley's Sharp
Hard Cidre Apple
Bramley's Seedling is a large, flat, firm apple with greenish-
yellow skin. It is great for baking and cooking as well as being
a good cider apple, with firm, juicy, sharply acidic flesh. It is
high in Vitamin C. It is scab and mildew resistant, blooms
late, but is a triploid, so must be pollinated by other late
blooming apples. It bears heavily, but can be biennial. It can
become greasy skinned in storage and is only a fair keeper.
Ripens in late October to November. ZONE 4-9
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ROOTS
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Brown Snout
Bitter-Sweet
Hard Cidre Apple
Brown Snout is a strictly cider variety that produces a
bittersweet cider. The fruit is smallish with greenish-yellow
skin. It often has a patch of russet at the blossom end that
identifies it by its name. Susceptible to fire blight. Late
ripening in October to November. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
G
V-16
APPLE Fall-Late season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Brown Thorn
Bitter-Sweet
Hard Cidre Apple
Brown Thorn is a cider apple that produces a bitter-sweet
cidre. The trees is only moderately vigorous and is very
susceptible to fire blight. It ripens late in the season. It is a
late bloomer. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
G
Cameo® Apple Grandpa's Choice™ Cameo® is a new variety that almost
everyone likes. It is a large, fairly attractive red-striped apple
with excellent, sweet-tart flavor and crisp, juicy flesh. It stores
well, even in the refrigerator. It picks quite late in the fall, so
don't rush to pick it before its time. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Criterion Apple Criterion is a very attractive golden delicious type apple with a
reddish pink bluish. Good for all uses. The flesh is creamy,
with a mildly sweet aromatic flavor. The tree is large,
spreading and productive. The fruit is conical like a red
delicious. Ripens in late mid-season in mid-October in
Michigan. ZONE 5-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Enterprise Apple Enterprise is a excellent, red color, disease resistant variety,
with medium to large size and good keeping qualities.
Resembles an Idared or Red Spy in appearance. Flavor is
moderately acid when harvested, but mellows nicely after
storage. It harvests late in the fall season with Rome. ZONE
5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Esopus
Spitzenburg
Apple
Esopus Spitzenburg is a connoisseurs delight with medium to
large, round, orangish red fruits. The skin is tough and has
russety dots and hard to see stripes. The flesh is juicy, crisp,
fine grained and yellow with a spicy, aromatic flavor which
improves with storage. It ripens unevenly from October
through November, but keeps well in storage through spring.
ZONE 4-10
ALL
ROOTS
G
Grandpa's
Golden Rezista®
Apple
Grandpa's Golden Rezista® is an attractive yellow-green
apple. It is a high quality dessert apple, with a very unique
lemony, spicy taste unlike any other. The fruit is finely
textured and very juicy. The medium large size fruit will
change to yellow during storage, and it holds well. It harvests
in mid-season, a few days after Yellow Delicious and will hang
well on the tree. It is hardier than most yellow apples. Scab
resistant but susceptible to fire blight. ZONE 4-8
ALL
ROOTS
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Grandpa's Rome-
like Rezista®
Apple
Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista® is an attractive bright red and
yellow bi-colored apple. It is only medium in size. The fruit is
finely textured, juicy, and sweet tart with a slightly spicy taste.
It stores and holds well on and off the tree. Harvest in early to
mid-October. It is reported to be hardy to Zone 4. Scab
resistant, but susceptible to fire blight. ZONE 4-8
ALL
ROOTS
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Keepsake Apple Keepsake may not be the prettiest apple to look at, but it is a
good one for the northern backyard because it is a heavy
cropper of medium sized red apples that keep thru to Spring.
When picked the fruit is hard and very crisp with a strong
aromatic flavor. It mellows with storage and becomes a fine
eating apple in January. Ripens late in the season in
October. ZONE 3-8
ALL
ROOTS
E
King David Apple King David produces dark red fruit over a greenish
background color. The fruit is medium sized, firm, crisp,
spicy, juicy, yellow fleshed and is very flavorful. It is good for
all uses from cider to sauce, pies, and eating. It is a late
ripening variety but never seems to drop. Pick when fully red
colored. Resistant to fire blight. ZONE 5-8 AVAILABLE
FALL 2012
ALL
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V-17
APPLE Fall-Late season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Mutsu or Crispin
Apple
Mutsu, or Crispin as it is called in New York and out East, was
one of Grandpa's favorites, but not good enough to be a
"Choice" variety. Mutsu is a very large, golden apple that
picks late in the season. It can produce prodigious amounts
of apples. The fruit is very similar to Golden Delicious in
flavor when it mellows after a few weeks of storage. ZONE 5-
8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Northern Spy
Apple
Northern Spy may be one of the world's ugliest fruits, but it
sure makes great pies! Northern Spy is a large, round,
somewhat flat apple with greenish-yellow fruit and some red
blushing and striping. The fruit is fine grained, very firm and
crisp, and somewhat yellow fleshed. The flavor is tart and
sub acid. It keeps for exceptional lengths and is a favorite for
pie making since it keeps its texture so well after baking. It is
very hardy, well adapted to cold climes, because of its late
bloom. Picks late in the fall. ZONE 4-8
ALL
ROOTS
C
NovaSpy Apple Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ NovaSpy is a good scab
resistant alternative to Northern Spy, which it resembles. The
fruit is medium size with some stripy, dark red blush. The
flesh is creamy yellow, fine textured and very firm and crisp.
It is moderately juicy, slightly acidic and has very good flavor.
Excellent for fresh eating or pies, like Spy is. Ripens after
Red Delicious and before regular Northern Spy. It stores and
holds well. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Opalescent
Apple
Opalescent is a large fruited apple with smooth skin that is
completely red, turning to carmine or purplish. The fruit is
firm, juicy, mildly subacid with yellow flesh. It t ripens in late
fall. The skin becomes greasy in storage. ZONE 5-7
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
ALL
ROOTS
G
Prairie Spy Apple Prairie Spy is an attractive Northern Spy-type apple. It has
large fruit that are red over a yellow background. The fruit is
very crisp, juicy, and has an excellent flavor. It can be used
for most purposes. It stores well for several months and the
flavor improves with storage. The tree is very hardy, vigorous
, and productive. It bears earlier than Northern Spy. It is a
late bloomer, and suitable for frostier locations. An excellent
alternative to Northern Spy for the backyard! ZONE 3-9
ALL
ROOTS
G
Querina® Apple Querina® is a new scab and mildew resistant late ripening
variety. The fruit is firm, juicy and tasty. It usually ripens into
a solid red color. It ripens 2-3 weeks after Golden Delicious in
mid-late October. The tree is vigorous and somewhat upright.
ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
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Red Rome Apple Grandpa's Choice (TM) Red Rome is an old time favorite for
cooking, baking, cider and drying. Rome is a medium to large
size apple, with all red skin, and very firm, hard, white flesh. It
ripens late in the season. Its fresh flavor is appreciated by
some, but Grandpa always swore that if he ate one right off
the tree, he would have to buy new dentures because they
were so hard. But, after mellowing and ripening, they have a
nice, sub-acid pleasant flavor. ZONE 4-8
ALL
ROOTS
A
Red Stayman
Apple
Red Stayman is a real old time variety that is still very popular
in the south. It is a medium to large apple with a tart, rich,
wine-like flavor. The fruit is a dull red, and the skin is often
rather rough, not taking a real shine like most apples. It
ripens late in the season and is an excellent keeper. Most
people like it for baking and cider, but others like its unique
flavor as a dessert apple. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
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APPLE Fall-Late season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Red Winesap
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Winesap is an old-time favorite in
many places. It is a medium size, dark red apple that is great
for cooking and cider because of its aromatic fragrance and
rich, spicy flavor. Resistant to fire blight and ripens mid-
October-early November. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Spijon Apple Spijon resembles Jonathan in flavor and quality, but ripens
later in the season with Northern Spy. It is a large, dark red,
blushed apple with firm, light yellow flesh. The fruit is
subacid, slightly tart, but with very good eating and processing
qualities. It will store for several months. The tree is
productive. ZONE 4-8
ALL
ROOTS
G
WineCrisp™
'Co-op 31' Apple
WineCrisp™ is one of the newest disease resistant apples.
As its name suggests, it is reminiscent of the old Winesap. It
has medium sized, deep red, non-glossy fruits that ripen a
couple weeks after Red Delicious in mid-October. The flesh
is crisp and has a good mix of sweet and tart. It will store for
a long period. The tree is moderately vigorous and semi-
spreading. It is resistant to fire blight and mildew, but
somewhat susceptible to cedar apple rust. ZONE 4-9
ALL
ROOTS
D
Winesap
Heirloom Apple
Winesap is a favorite apple in the South where it is well
known for it long keeping characteristics. It is only a medium
sized dark red fruit. The flesh is very crisp, juicy, yellow with a
spicy, wine-like flavor and aroma. It can be used for many
purposes including cider. It is a heavy producer. It ripens in
October. Requires a pollinator and should not be relied on to
pollinate other varieties. It shows some resistance to fire
blight and cedar apple rust. ZONE 5-10
ALL
ROOTS
G
Winter Banana
Apple
Winter Banana is one of the most beautiful apples in
appearance. It is a large apple with strikingly beautiful pale
yellow, waxy skin usually blushed with a delicate rosy pink.
Flesh is moderately firm, slightly coarse, crisp, tangy and
juicy. It's distinctive, aromatic flavor, similar to a banana, is a
favorite for cider and fresh eating. Ripens during October and
November. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
York Apple York is a popular eating, cooking and processing apple in the
Northeast. Grandpa's strain is highly colored and quite spurry
and more compact than ordinary York. ZONE 4-7
ALL
ROOTS
D
APPLE Very Late Fall season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Arkansas Black
Apple
Arkansas Black is a old-time heritage variety that has been a
favorite in the south for years. It is very late maturing, along
with Granny Smith and Braeburn. When mature it has very
dark, almost black skin. The fruit has a distinctive tart flavor
and can be used for many purposes. ZONE 6-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Ben Davis Apple Ben Davis was one of the most widely grown apples after the
Civil War. It is a large red-striped fruit with hard, course, white
flesh. It is known as an exceptional keeper, reportedly lasting
into June and July. It ripens late and is a good pollinator for
other apples. Hardy to Zone 3. It has some disease
resistance. ZONE 3-7 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
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Braeburn Apple Braeburn is one of the most popular apples in the produce
section. It is a large, conical, very dense fleshed red apple
with a nice sweet, but tart flavor. Reminiscent of Jonathan in
some ways. Very crisp and juicy. It is one of the latest
picking apples in the fall. Wait as long as possible for the
best quality--- wait for its background color to change from
green to yellow. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
V-19
APPLE Very Late Fall season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Caville Blanc
Apple
Caville Blanc was a favorite apple of Thomas Jefferson and
France's Louis XIII. It an excellent sauce, cooking and
dessert apple with tender, sweet-spicy, yellowish-white flesh
with a flavorful, banana-like aroma. It is reported to have
more Vitamin C than an orange. The fruit is only medium-
large sized with pale red dots on its greenish-white skin. It is
an excellent keeper. It is resistant to scab, but not to cedar
apple rust. Late ripening around November. ZONE 5-9
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ROOTS
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GoldRush Apple GoldRush is a very fine, high quality disease resistant golden
apple with a pretty blush. It is one of the latest harvesting
apples, so may not ripen properly in many northern areas.
However, letting it hang as long as possible and storing for a
while before eating will allow it to mellow. It is very firm, crisp
and juicy. Tart at harvest it will develop a very rich, well
balanced flavor after a few weeks of storage. It stores very
well. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Granny Smith
Apple
Grandpa's Choice™ Granny Smith is another of the most
popular varieties that almost needs no description. Go into
any produce department and Grannies will be right next to
Red and Golden Delicious. The popularity of Granny is that it
is a brilliant green, very crisp, very tart apple. It can be used
for many purposes. Granny Smith is one of the latest ripening
varieties, so "let it hang" until the first snow flurries in early
November for the best flavor. Ripens better in longer growing
seasons. In many cooler climates, it will get a little red blush
rather than stay totally bright green. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
A
Lady Decorative
Hard Cidre Apple
Lady Apple is a very unique apple. The fruit looks miniature
with a glossy red cheek on a creamy yellow smooth skin. It
has crisp, juicy, highly aromatic flesh that should not be
peeled as much of the fragrance is in the skin. It is an
excellent cider variety also. It keeps well through May,
ripening late in November. It is often used in decorations as
the fruit looks just like a miniature, waxed apple! ZONE 4-9
ALL
ROOTS
G
Newtown or
Yellow Pippin
Apple
Newtown or Yellow Pippin is not the most beautiful apple in
the world, but has a rich, juicy flavor with a piney tartness. It
is medium to large and has excellent dessert quality. The fruit
is green, breaking to light yellow when ripe. It ripens late in
the season, just ahead of Granny Smith. ZONE 5-8
ALL
ROOTS
D
Red Fuji Apple-
Main season
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Fuji apple is our selection of the
world famous late harvesting Fuji that everyone sees in the
produce store. It ripens late in the fall season, with Braeburn
and Granny Smith. It can be very successfully grown in most
Zone 5 areas, but will not mature to its full sweetness usually.
Flavor though is excellent. ZONE 6-8
ALL
ROOTS
C
PEARSPears on Semi-Standard OHxF 87 or 97 roots- use Price
Code for variety. ADD $ 2 for Semi-Dwarf OHxF 333.
PEAR Very Early Summer--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Clapp's Favorite
Pear
Clapp's Favorite Pear is very large, elongated, long-necked
fruit that is green colored when immature, but ripens to a
lemony yellow. It's white flesh is fine-grained, very sweet and
highly flavored - great for dessert, fresh eating and canning.
Trees are strong, sturdy, very hardy and vigorous. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
V-20
Harrow Delight
Pear
Harrow Delight is an excellent, early ripening backyard pear.
The fruit is medium size with an attractive red blush over a
yellow background. The flesh is very smooth and less gritty
than most pears. It is highly fire-blight resistant!! Ripens near
or ahead of Clapp's in early August. ZONE 4-7
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
Red Clapp's or
Kalle Pear
The same pear as Clapp's Favorite, but with a beautiful red
skin and finish. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
EUbileen Pear Ubileen is a large, early season pear, ripening in early to mid-
July. The fruit is large. The flesh is buttery and smooth and
of good flavor. A great dessert pear that doesn't store for long
periods. The tree is vigorous and disease resistant. ZONE 5-
9 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
PEAR Summer--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Bartlett Pear Grandpa's Choice™ Bartlett Pear is the "gold" standard of
pears. A favorite dessert and canning pear, it's large fruit has
a smooth, attractive appearance that is highlighted by its
golden color and classic shape. It is smooth, juicy and white
fleshed, with just a bit of tartness. These long-lived trees are
medium sized, compact, upright and highly productive early
bearers of fruit that ripen in mid-August to mid-September.
ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
A
Semi-
Dwarf
C
Hudar Pear Hudar is known for its extreme hardiness, almost to -50. The
fruit is yellow, sweet and juicy. Good for fresh eating and
canning. It ripens in the very early season. ZONE 3-8
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Moonglow Pear Grandpa's Nature's Friendly™ Moonglow Pear is for home
gardens. It is a medium-large, dull yellow fruit with a pink
blush and it's white flesh is mildly juicy, soft and has a smooth
texture. It's excellent, mild flavor with almost no grit cells
makes it an excellent pear for fresh use and canning. Ripens
from mid August to mid September, just before Bartlett.
ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
Red Bartlett Pear The same pear as regular Bartlett, but a red strain that has
much better red color and a beautiful finish. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
EShinseiki Asian
Pear
Shinseiki Asian Pear is an early season Asian pear with
yellow skin and very little russet. The fruit is medium in size
with smooth creamy white flesh and a sweet, mild taste.
Shinseiki is one of the earliest Asian pears, ripening in mid-
summer a couple weeks before Twentieth Century or Hosui.
ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
Shinsui Asian
Pear
Shinsui is one of the earliest ripening Asian pears, ripening
before Shinseiki in mid-August. The fruit is medium sized,
globular to oblate, with smooth yellow skin covered in an
orange-brown russet. The fruit is crisp and juicy and has
good flavor for an early pear. The fruit will keep for up to six
weeks. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Stacey Pear Stacey is a small pear that is very sweet and early. Ripens in
early-mid August. Harvest the fruit before fully ripened and let
ripen in cool storage. It is a vigorous grower. ZONE 2-6
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Summercrisp
Pear
Summercrisp is a medium sized pear, that when eaten green
resembles Asian pears with its sweet, crisp flesh. Harvested
green it will store for a couple months. Fire blight resistant
and a good annual producer. Ripens in mid-August. Not a
good canner, for fresh eating only. ZONE 4-8 AVAILABLE
FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
V-21
PEAR Summer--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Sunrise Pear Sunrise is a fire blight resistant early season pear that ripens
a couple weeks before Bartlett, close to Clapp's Favorite time.
It has a yellow skin with a slight pink blush and little
russetting. The fruit has a sweet pleasant flavor and will store
for a couple months. Harvests in mid-late August. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Twentieth
Century Asian
Pear
In Japan they call it Nijisseikii, but the English translation is
Twentieth Century. Now you know some Japanese! Asian
pears are sometimes called apple pears, because they
typically are round, juicy and more crunchy like apples. There
is no graininess in this variety. The fruit is smooth skinned
and ripens from a greenish to a semi-glossy, greenish yellow
color. It is sweet, but rather bland. Ripens late in the
summer, hangs well, and stores well. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
PEAR Early Fall season-- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Blake's Pride
Pear
Blake's Pride is a fire blight resistant pear that ripens about a
week after Bartlett. The fruit is medium sized. Its yellow fruit
is aromatic and excellent. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Douglas Pear Douglas pear is fire blight proof and disease resistant. The
fruit is golden yellow, sweet, juicy, and white fleshed. It is
best used fresh. The tree is very precocious, often fruiting the
first year after planting. Good for areas where pear growing is
difficult. ZONE 4-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Easter Pear Easter pear is an old-time heirloom pear. It is known for its
excellent keeping qualities. It is a large yellow pear with a red
cheek. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
FHosui Asian Pear Hosui Asian Pear is an attractive fruit with golden gusseted
skin. It's flesh is firm, juicy, sweet, and mildly flavored with
good quality. Trees are vigorous and spreading. Ripens from
mid-August to late September depending on location. ZONE 6-
8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
Kosui Asian Pear Kosui is a medium-large Asian pear that ripens in late August,
just after Hosui. The fruit is covered with a yellowish-bronze
russet and is crisp, sweet, juicy and low-acid. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Magness Pear Magness is a medium size, short, oval, greenish-yellow pear
with dark spots and light russetting. It has soft, juicy flesh that
is almost free of grit cells and it's tough skin red reduces
insect damage and helps it store well. Trees are moderately
vigorous, spreading, and very resistant to fire blight. It ripens
about a week after Bartlett. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Naju Asian Pear Naju is a very large, gusseted Asian pear. It is very sweet,
crisp and juicy. It ripens after Twentieth Century in mid-
September. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Potomac Pear Potomac has moderate sized, light green fruit with a buttery,
fine textured flesh. The flavor is pleasingly sub acid with a
mild aroma. Trees are moderately vigorous with good fire
blight resistance. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
V-22
PEARLate season- Early Fall--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Anjou Pear Anjou Pear is a favorite European winter eating pear with
large, conical, short-necked fruit that is light green with slightly
brown russetting. It has mild, fine textured white flesh with a
delicate aroma. Trees are large, vigorous, hardy, very
productive and early bearers that ripen in late September.
Fruit will store for very long periods, and actually improve in
quality after a couple months of proper storage. ZOINE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
A
Semi-
Dwarf
C
Atago Asian Pear Atago is a large, golden gusseted Asian pear ripening in mid-
September. It is very firm, crisp, and juicy. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Bosc Pear The Bosc Pear is medium to large, dark yellow fruit with
brownish gusseted skin and a long, gourd-shaped neck. It is
tender, aromatic, juicy, smooth textured and white fleshed
with a rich, slightly acid flavor that is great for eating, baking
and drying. Trees are large, upright, slow growing and late
blooming, but are also very productive and reliable. It
harvests very late in September. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
A
Semi-
Dwarf
C
Forelle or
German Pear
Forelle pear is a small to medium sized winter pear that has a
green background color, with red "trout-like" speckles. When
ripe it turns a golden yellow with a bright red blush. The flesh
is high quality and good for fresh eating. The fruit is known
for its long keeping qualities and can be stored into the spring.
ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
Golden Russet®
Bosc Pear
Golden Russet® Bosc Pear is a sport of the Bosc Pear and is
long and symmetrical with a uniform, golden russet. It's flesh
is yellowish-white and ripens about the same time as Anjou.
The trees are large and vigorous. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
Harrow Sweet
Pear
Harrow Sweet is an excellent late season pear, ripening with
Bosc. It is known for its high quality fruit and early production.
It has very good cold hardiness and resistance to fire blight.
The fruit is yellow skinned with a red blush and only a very
slight russetting. The flesh is white, very sweet and juicy and
flavorful. It will keep well. ZONE 4-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
Kieffer Pear Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Kieffer pear is an old-time
favorite of pear lovers. It has large, long golden-yellow fruit
often with some crimson blush. It has crisp, juicy, white flesh
that is slightly course, with a musky aroma. It is excellent for
canning, baking, pear honey and preserves. It is extra hardy,
but does well even in hotter climates. It is practically immune
to fire blight! Ripens in mid-September to October. ZONE 4-9
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
Lincoln Pear Lincoln Pear is a mid-late season ripening pear in September.
The fruit is large and golden. The tree is exceptionally hardy
and reliable and reportedly resistant to fire blight. Somewhat
resembles Bartlett. ZONE 4-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Luscious Pear Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Luscious pear is very hardy and
resistant to fire blight. It is an excellent dessert pear, but not
well suited to canning. The fruit is medium size, bright yellow
with a little red blush. Flavor is similar but more intense than
Bartlett. It is a juicy, pleasant and sweet flavored pear that is
good for northern, cold climates. It ripens in late September.
ZONE 4-7
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
V-23
PEARLate season- Early Fall--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Parker Pear Parker Pear is very hardy and ripens in early September in
mid-season. The fruit is medium-large, yellow-bronze with
some red blush. The flesh is fine grained, tender, sweet and
juicy and the visible grit cells soften with maturity.
Susceptible to scab and fire blight. ZONE 3-7
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Patten Pear Patten Pear is one of the hardiest pears and is suitable for
cold regions. The fruit resembles Bartlett and is medium
large ad good quality. Good for eating, but only fair for
canning. It should be picked about a week before maturity
and then allowed to ripen. It is a good pollinator for other
pears. It is moderately resistant to fire blight. It ripens in late
September. ZONE 2-5 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Savignac Pear Savignac is an extremely hardy pear with excellent eating
quality. The fruit is very sweet and juicy with little grit. Ripens
in September. ZONE 2-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Seckel or Sugar
Pear
Seckel is commonly called a Sugar Pear and although it isn't
the prettiest fruit, it is one of the best quality dessert pears. It
is small and yellowish brown with fine grained, smooth, and
extremely sweet juicy flesh. It has a distinctive, spicy, rich,
aromatic flavor and is also ideal for pickling, spicing and
canning whole. This fruit ripens in September and the trees
are productive, slow growing and reliable. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
A
Semi-
Dwarf
C
Shenandoah
Pear
Shenandoah is a fire blight resistant European pear that
ripens in mid-late September, about a month after Bartlett. It
is a large pear that has a Bartlett like shape. The fruit has
greenish-yellow skin speckled with dots. It stores very well for
several months. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
Sierra Pear Sierra is an excellent pear, similar to Bartlett, but of finer
quality. It is fine texture, thin skinned, and must be grown with
care because of its tender fruit quality. Ripens with Anjou in
mid-September. Stores well. Moderately scab and fire blight
resistant. Good for the backyard grower. ZONE 4-8
AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Vermont Beauty
Pear
Vermont Beauty is an old pear variety that is known for its
hardiness and rich flavor. It ripens about a week after Seckel
pear. The fruit is medium sized, yellow with a bright red
cheek. The flesh is tender and juicy. ZONE 3-7 AVAILABLE
FALL 2012
Semi-
Standard
G Semi-
Dwarf
I
Yoinashi™ Asian
Pear
Yoinashi™ is an excellent, large Asian pear that ripens in Mid-
September. The fruit is orangish-brown with a russety finish.
It has an excellent crisp, rich, aromatic flavor. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
PEAR Late Season- Fall--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Comice Pear Comice pear is a premium dessert pear with rich, juicy, firm,
sweet, fine-textured flesh. Fruit is large, broad based, narrow
necked and greenish yellow with a red blush and light russet.
This erratic cropper has large, very vigorous trees. Ripens
late in the season after Bosc. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
Concorde® Pear Concorde® is an excellent new fresh variety from England. It
has very attractive, long yellow fruit. The fruit is medium sized
with excellent crisp, white flesh. It has excellent flavor and
keeps well. It ripens late in the season after Comice and
Bosc. ZONE 5-8
Semi-
Standard
D
Semi-
Dwarf
F
V-24
Flemish Beauty
Pear
Grandpa's Choice TM) Flemish Beauty Pear is an excellent
hardy pear for cold locations. Large, roundish and uniform in
size and shape. Reddish blushed color on a clear yellow skin.
The yellowish-white flesh is firm, but tender--- becoming
melting when riper. Sweet and aromatic with a musky flavor.
Good for eating out of hand and drying. Strong growing,
productive, very hardy, and an early and heavy producer.
Ripens in early fall from mid-September through early
October. ZONE 4-8
Semi-
Standard
C
Semi-
Dwarf
E
New Arirang
Asian Pear
New Arirang is very large, gusseted Asian pear. Fruits
sometimes can average over 1 pound. It has an excellent,
distinctive flavor and a high sugar content. It remains crisp
even if kept in non-refrigerated coolers up into late March. It
ripens late in the season in mid-October. ZONE 6-8
Semi-
Standard
E Semi-
Dwarf
G
CHERRYCherries on Standard Mazzard or Mahaleb roots--- use
Price Code for variety. ADD $ 4 for Dwarf or Semi-Dwarf
Gisela® roots.
CHERRY Very Early Season--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Black Tartarian
Dark Sweet
Cherry
Black Tartarian Cherry is an excellent dark, juicy, sweet
cherry for the backyard orchard. It is an early bearer, and an
excellent producer of good crops of sweet, full flavored
cherries. It is an excellent pollinator for other sweet cherries.
It ripens early in the season. Zone 5-7
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Grandpa's Early
Black™ Sweet
Cherry
Grandpa's Early Black™ Sweet Cherry is one of the earliest
ripening dark sweet cherries suitable for the eastern growing
areas. It is crack resistant, hardy, and a good eater. Zone 5/8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
CHERRYEarly Season--- Bing Season--- Listed
AlphabeticallyCODE
Benton™ Dark
Sweet Cherry
(Self-fertile)
Benton™ is an excellent self-fertile dark sweet cherry that
ripens in the Bing season. The fruit has exceptional flavor
that is both sweet and acidic. Blooms later than Bing. Zone 5-
8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Bing Dark Sweet
Cherry
Grandpa's Choice™ Bing Dark Sweet Cherry is a deep
mahogany colored fruit that is firm and juicy. Known as the
standard for flavor, it has meaty, purple flesh. Bing has a
moderate cracking tendency, and is recommended for areas
with less rainfall during harvest season. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Emperor Francis
Blush Sweet
Cherry
Emperor Francis Blush Sweet Cherries ripen in June with an
outstanding flavor. Fruit is large, high quality and yellowish-
white. Trees are very hardy, productive and reliable. quite
crack resistant. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Kristin Dark
Sweet Cherry
Kristin Dark Sweet Cherry is known for being one of the
hardiest cherries. It does well in Zone 5 and in the milder
parts of Zone 4. It has large dark purplish fruit approaching 1
inch, which is meaty, juicy and tasty. It is a good producer
and is recommended for tough sweet cherry growing areas. It
ripens early in the season with Schmidt, Van, and Emperor
Francis. Zone 4-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Schmidt's
Bigarreau Dark
Sweet Cherry
Schmidt's Bigarreau Dark Sweet Cherry is one of the earliest
of the large, hard fleshed sweet cherries. It is a deep
mahogany fruit with a pleasingly sweet and rich flavor. The
trees are vigorous and hardy. Ripens in early July. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Summit Dark
Sweet Cherry
Summit Dark Sweet Cherry is a large, heart shaped, small
pitted sweet cherry with good flavor. fairly resistant to
cracking. Ripens in mid-June around Bing time. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
V-25
CHERRY Mid- Season--- Listed Alphabetically CODE
BlackGold™
Dark Sweet
Cherry (Self-
fertile)
Grandpa's Choice™ BlackGold™ Dark Sweet Cherry is a
large, black sweet cherry that ripens one week after Bing and
is self-fertile and an excellent pollinator for other late blooming
varieties. The tree is frost resistant and very hardy.
BlackGold™ is quite crack resistant. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Danube® Tart
Cherry
Danube® Tart Cherry is a new cultivar for the United States.
The fruit is medium to large, dark red, and sweeter than
Montmorency. The trees are very productive. It ripens earlier
than Montmorency and has red juice and flesh. It is great for
eating out of hand or cooking. It has good keeping qualities
for a tart cherry. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Hedelfingen Dark
Sweet Cherry
The Hedelfingen Dark Sweet Cherry is an old European
variety good for fresh eating, freezing and canning. Fruit is
large, firm and black. Trees are vigorous, healthy early
bearing reliable producers that ripen midseason. It is quite
crack resistant. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Hudson Dark
Sweet Cherry
Hudson is a good, sweet black sweet cherry that is more
crack-resistant than most cherries. It ripens later in the
season and hangs well on the tree. It is moderately
productive and hardy. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Jubileum® Tart
Cherry
Jubileum® Tart Cherry is a very early maturing, dark purplish-
red tart cherry variety, ripening ten days before Montmorency.
It is dark fleshed and excellent to start the season. It hangs
very well on the tree, just getting sweeter and sweeter. Great
for fresh eating or any use. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Rainier Blush
Sweet Cherry
Grandpa's Choice™ Rainier Blush Sweet Cherry's skin color
is golden yellow with a considerable amount of red blush. The
fruit is very large and firm, and it's clear colored flesh has a
distinctly different flavor. The tree is vigorous, hardy, and
productive. Rainier is reported to be quite crack resistant, but
is not as hardy in cold areas as most other blush varieties.
Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Royal Anne
Blush Sweet
Cherry
Grandpa's Choice™ Royal Anne Blush Sweet Cherry is a very
old French variety. It has large, firm, light yellow fruit with a
beautiful rose blush. Is considered one of the best for
canning because of it's firm, juicy and sweet flesh. It does not
tend to crack as much as other blush cherries and so is good
for the eastern areas. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Stella Dark Sweet
Cherry (Self-
fertile)
Grandpa's Choice™ Stella Dark Sweet Cherry is a large, good
quality fruit from vigorous and productive trees. It is self-fertile
so requires no pollinators. It is somewhat susceptible to
cracking. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Ulster Dark
Sweet Cherry
Ulster is an excellent dark sweet cherry for the east and
Midwest. It is more crack tolerant than most varieties and the
tree is quite hardy. It ripens in early mid-season and is large,
crisp, sweet and tasty. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Van Dark Sweet
Cherry
Van is one of the hardier sweet cherries, and will do better
than Bing in the colder areas. The fruit is Bing type, but
slightly smaller. Ripens a week or so after Bing. It is a heavy
producer and excellent pollinator for many other cherries.
Resists cracking. Good for all uses. Zone 4-9
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
WhiteGold™
Blush Sweet
Cherry (Self-
fertile)
Grandpa's Choice™ WhiteGold™ Blush Sweet Cherry is a
new self-fertile sweet cherry that bears large, yellow fruit with
a shiny red blush. Trees are very hardy and frost tolerant. It is
a very good choice for a self-fertile, blush sweet cherry. Zone
5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
V-26
CHERRYLate Season--- Montmorency season--- Listed
AlphabeticallyCODE
Evans or Bali
Tart Cherry
Evans Bali Tart cherry is one of the hardiest tart cherries to be
found. It is a naturally compact, dwarfish tree that will
withstand the cold north winters and produce an abundance of
tart pie cherries which are bright red. If left on the tree to
hang, they will develop more sugar and become a great
snacking cherry. It is self-fertile and requires no other
pollinator. It is highly productive and ripens with most other
tart cherries. Zone 3-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Gold Sweet
Cherry
The Gold Sweet Cherry has small, firm fruit that is very crack
resistance and has light golden skin. These trees are heavy
producers and excellent pollinators that ripen in early June.
Flavor is not as good as others in its season. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Lapins Dark
Sweet Cherry
(Self-fertile)
Lapins Dark Sweet Cherry is a firm, excellent quality, crack
resistant fruit that is as large as Bing. They have a rich flavor
and ripen in late July. Trees are heavy producers, self-fertile
and resists late frosts. Zone 5-8
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Montmorency
Tart Cherry
Grandpa's Choice™ Montmorency Tart Cherry has long been
recognized as the standard of the tart cherry industry. The
fruit is bright red, medium in size and have a clear, juicy flesh.
The trees are self-fruitful, winter hardy, very productive and
ripen in late June. Zone 4-8
Standard A
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf E
Northstar Tart
Cherry
North Star is one of the hardiest of the tart cherries and is an
excellent choice for the far north where winters really get cold.
It can withstand -40F and produce an excellent crop of large,
morello-type, red-fleshed, freestone fruit. Excellent for pies
and baking. Zone 3-6
Standard D
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf H
Schneider Dark
Sweet Cherry
Schneider Dark Sweet Cherry is a late ripening cherry that is
very crack resistant. It is large and firm. It is gaining in
popularity in the eastern US because of its good qualities.
Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Skeena™ Dark
Sweet Cherry
(Self-fertile)
Skeena™ is an excellent self-fertile dark sweet cherry that
shows good tolerance to splitting from the rain. It ripens a
couple weeks after Bing. The fruit is large, attractive and
excellent eating. Could be a good choice for rainy areas.
Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Surefire™ Tart
Cherry
Surefire™ Tart Cherry is relatively new to the industry. It is a
late blooming tart cherry with resistance to spring frosts. The
fruit is bright red, medium in size, and very tart. The trees are
vigorous and productive. Zone 4-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
CHERRY Very Late Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Balaton® Tart
Cherry
Balaton® Tart Cherry is an interesting tart cherry with more
flavor and "body" than Montmorency. It is well flavored and is
firmer and not as juicy as Montmorency. It makes a great
dried tart cherry and is good for fresh eating and pies too. It
ripens a week or more later than Montmorency. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
English Morello
Tart Cherry
English Morello is an antique tart cherry variety known for its
cold hardiness and heavy cropping. Its medium size cherries
have dark red flesh and juice. It is very productive and ripens
about 10 days after Montmorency. Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Mesabi Tart
Cherry
Mesabi is a nice hardy tart cherry that resembles Meteor
somewhat. The tree is dwarfish, very hardy and a heavy
producer. The fruit is bright red, with pinkish-red flesh that
has a sugar content between normal sweet and sour cherries.
It has a small pit, ripens in mid-July and is good for sauce and
pies. Zone 4-8 AVAILABLE FALL 2012
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
V-27
Meteor Tart
Cherry
Meteor is a natural genetic dwarf that will grow about half as
much as other tart cherries. It produces a nice, tart, juicy,
meaty pie cherry that resembles Montmorency. It is
extremely hardy. It blooms and ripens a week after
Montmorency. Zone 3-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Regina™ Dark
Sweet Cherry
Regina(TM) is a new dark sweet cherry bred in Europe and
recently introduced to the United States. It is dark red with
reddish flesh and sweet tart flavor. The large fruit is
exceptionally firm and more crack and split resistant than
most sweet cherries. It ripens late in the season about 10-14
days after Bing and must be pollinated by another late
blooming sweet cherry. Not pollen compatible with Van. Zone
5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Sunset Bing®
Dark Sweet
Cherry
Sunset Bing® is a very late ripening sport of the famous Bing
cherry. It has all the same qualities, but ripens 3-4 weeks
later! It is a good variety to finish off the cherry season with.
Zone 5-8
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
Sweetheart™
Dark Sweet
Cherry (Self-
fertile)
Sweetheart™ is very precocious dark red sweet cherry that is
self-fertile. The fruit ripens very late. Sweetheart can tend to
over-produce, so pruning to reduce the crop may be
necessary. It is self-fertile. Zone 5-9
Standard E
Semi-Dwf &
Dwarf I
PEACH-
NECTARINE
Peaches and Nectarines are all on standard peach roots.
Use Price Code for the variety.V-28
Very Early Season--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Flamin'Fury® PF
1™ Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 1™ is one of the earliest ripening peaches
offered. Good quality fruit with a high, red color blush over
yellow background. This partial clingstone has few split pits
and resistance to bacterial spot and brown rot. It ripens
almost a month ahead of Redhaven. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Stellar®
Earlystar® Peach
Earlystar® peach ripens about 18 days ahead of Redhaven in
early July when there are few good quality peaches to eat. It
is a very attractive red, medium sized peach with semi-
freestone quality. Some years it may be free, while others it
still may cling to the pit. It is recommended for fresh use only.
Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Early Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Early Redhaven
Peach
Grandpa's Choice™ Early Redhaven is a mutation of
Redhaven that ripens about two weeks earlier. This early,
very attractive peach is cold hardy with brilliant red, semi
clingstone fruit that is firm and yellow fleshed. It is a good
choice for an early peach for the backyard gardener. Not
recommended for canning, but for fresh eating, pies, and
similar uses. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Grandpa's
Golden
Monarch™
Peach
Grandpa's Golden Monarch™ is an early ripening peach that
ripens 10-14 days before Redhaven. It has good size,
excellent flavor, and is more freestone than most early
varieties. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS D
Independence
Nectarine
Independence nectarine has a freestone, large oval fruit that
is gold, blushed with a brilliant cherry red. One of the best
nectarines because of its rich, tangy-sweet flavor.
Independence ripens very early in the season, well ahead of
Redhaven peach. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Stellar®
Brightstar®
Peach
Brightstar® peach ripens about 12 days ahead of Redhaven
in early July when there are few good quality peaches to eat.
It is a very attractive red, medium sized peach with semi-
freestone quality. Some years it may be free, while others it
still may cling to the pit. It is recommended for fresh use only.
Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
V-28
Stellar®
Risingstar®
Peach
Risingstar® ripens about 5-7 days ahead of Red Haven and is
a large, round, freestone peach with an 80% rich, red color.
Flesh is yellow with a pleasing sugar/acid flavor balance. The
tree is spreading and very hardy, with resistance to bacterial
spot and canker. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Main Redhaven Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Avalon Pride
Leaf-Curl
Resistant Peach
Grandpa's Nature's Friendly™ Avalon Pride peach is a leaf
curl resistant variety, so if you are not able or don't want to
spray for leaf curl, this is an excellent choice. Avalon Pride is
similar in appearance to Redhaven. It produces medium to
large fruit with prominent red blush and a superior eating
quality. It ripens slightly ahead of Redhaven, so may still cling
to the pit somewhat. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Firebright
Nectarine
Firebright nectarine is an early-maturing variety with a yellow,
semi-cling flesh with a bright red skin over a golden yellow
background. The tree is moderately vigorous and highly
productive with a good resistance to bacterial spot. Firebright
ripens near Redhaven peach time. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Flamin'Fury® PF
15A Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 15A ripens in Redhaven season. It is very
hardy and productive. Excellent flavor, high red color, good
firmness, and size. It is freestone. Shows good resistance to
bacterial spot. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Flamin'Fury® PF
9A-007 Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 9A-007 peach is a great peach that ripens in
Redhaven season. It is larger and requires less thinning than
Redhaven to get size. A good all around peach that rivals
Redhaven. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Flamin'Fury® PF
Lucky 13™
Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF Lucky 13™ peach delivers both high red
color and firm, quality freestone fruit. The peach is sweet and
juicy with an excellent flavor, ripening about one week after
Redhaven. The tree is spreading and very productive with
good resistance to bacterial spot. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS EAsk us about other
Flamin'Fury® varieties.
We try to carry almost
all of them.
Hardired
Nectarine
Grandpa's Choice™ Hardired nectarine ripens in early August
with a smooth skin that is 90% red. It has yellow, freestone
flesh that has good texture and flavor. The tree is vigorous,
very productive, and resistant to brown rot and bacterial leaf
spot. Hardired is known for its excellent hardiness, similar to
Reliance peach, so can be planted in marginal peach and
nectarine areas. Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Raritan Rose
Peach
Raritan Rose is a white fleshed, freestone peach that melts in
your mouth with its tender, juicy rich honeysweet flavor. It is a
large, round, bright red over creamy-white peach that is
vigorous, strong and productive. An excellent early white
peach for fresh use or freezing. Ripens just behind
Redhaven. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS D
Redhaven Peach Grandpa's Choice Redhaven peach is a must have for any
backyard orchard. It has replaced Elberta as the "gold
standard" to compare all peaches to. When Grandpa first
saw Redhaven, he couldn't wait to test it, and found that it met
and surpassed all his expectations at the time. Redhaven
ripens early in the season and is usually freestone, although
some years it can be a little "clingy". It has a wonderful red
color over a yellow background. The flesh is yellow with a
little red near the pit. It is juicy, sweet, and very tasty. The
tree is one of the more hardy varieties, very productive. Good
resistance to bacteria spot. Used for all purposes. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
V-29
Main Redhaven Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Reliance Peach Grandpa's Choice™ Reliance peach is a medium sized fruit
that is dark red splashed over a yellow background. This
freestone peach is good for canning, freezing and fresh use.
The tree is vigorous, fast growing, and has showy, bright pink
blossoms. It is one of the most hardy peaches and can be
grown in areas where most varieties are marginal. Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Saturn Peento or
Donut Peach
Saturn is a yellow, freestone peach with a tangy flavor. When
it's tiny pit is removed, the peach looks like a doughnut, or like
Saturn's rings. The tree is vigorous, spreading, and resistant
to bacterial leaf spot. Ripens in late July, early August with
Redhaven. It is very hardy, along the lines of Redhaven and
Reliance. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS D
Stellar®
Blazingstar®
Peach
Blazingstar™ is a completely freestone peach with 90%,
blushed, bright red fruit. It has a small pit and yellow, non-
browning flesh. The tree is both bacterial spot and peach
canker resistant and very hardy. Blazingstar™ ripens with
Redhaven. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Stellar®
Redstar® Peach
Redstar® ripens with Red Haven and is a large, round,
freestone peach with an 80% rich, red color. Flesh is yellow
with a pleasing sugar/acid flavor balance. The tree is
spreading and very hardy, with resistance to bacterial spot
and canker. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Stellar® Starfire®
Peach
Starfire™ is a hardy, grower friendly tree with resistance to
bacterial spot and canker. This heavy cropper will produce an
80% red peach with yellow, non-browning flesh, great flavor
and storage characteristics. It ripens a few days after
Redhaven starts. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
SummerBeaut
Nectarine
SummerBeaut nectarine is excellent quality and ripens in the
Redhaven season. The tree is vigorous, spreading and a
reliable cropper. It is medium sized and well flavored.
Freestone and maintains good firmness. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Late Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Baby Gold #5
Clingstone
Peach
Babygold #5 is an excellent quality, good size processing
peach. It has a yellow, clingstone flesh. The tree is highly
productive, vigorous and upright. While many clingstone
peaches lack beauty, Baby Gold #5 is very attractive. Zone 5-
8
ALL
ROOTS A
Canadian
Harmony Peach
Grandpa's Choice™ Canadian Harmony is an attractive peach
that develops 80% bright red color when it matures in mid to
late August. The fruit is very large round, firm and has good
texture. The tree is large and upright with a hardiness similar
to Redhaven. Harvest when the background color turns from
light green to yellow. It is freestone and good for any use.
Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Contender Peach Contender is known as one of the more hardy peaches
because of its later blooming dates and hardy, more frost
resistant buds. Most report it to be hardy enough for Zone 4.
Contender ripens close to Canadian Harmony or about 20
days after Redhaven. It is large, firm, excellent quality and
freestone. We recommend it for areas that routinely suffer
late frosts that hurt many other peach varieties. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS D
Cresthaven
Peach
The Cresthaven peach is a firm, yellow to red highly colored
variety for late season. The fruit is yellow-fleshed, freestone,
and shows considerable red around the pit. This is a vigorous,
productive tree that has fair tolerance to bacterial spot. Good
for canning and freezing. While many varieties have better
color than Cresthaven, its flavor is one of the best and many
people raise it still for farm markets. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
V-30
Late Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Flamin'Fury® PF
23 Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 23 ripens after Redhaven season. It is very
hardy and productive. Excellent flavor, high red color, good
firmness, and size. It is freestone. Shows good resistance to
bacterial spot. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Flamin'Fury® PF
24-007™ Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 24-007™ peach is an extremely large
freestone peach that features an 80% red blush. Resistant to
bacterial spot, this tree requires very little pruning or thinning
and yields few split pits. PF 24-007 ripens in mid-season, and
is the holder of a Guinness Book of World Records title for
being the largest peach! Zone 5-8
ALL
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Flamin'Fury® PF
24C-"Cold
Hardy" Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 24C-Cold Hardy Peach is touted by its
breeder as being one of the most cold hardy and frost
resistant peaches he has ever seen. It has attractive large,
red fruit that have excellent flavor and quality. Zone 4?-7
ALL
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Flavortop
Nectarine
Flavortop is a yellow fleshed, freestone nectarine that is firm,
smooth-textured and of excellent quality. It's skin is mostly red
over a bright yellow background. The tree is vigorous,
productive and self-fertile with large, showy blossoms.
Flavortop ripens in mid-season, before Fantasia and after
Firebrite. Zone 5-8
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Frost® Leaf Curl
Resistant Peach
Frost® is a relatively new introduction that has been found to
be highly resistant to peach leaf curl. It has medium to large
sized yellow fruit. It is semi-freestone, and is good for fresh
eating or drying. It ripens in mid-season. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Glohaven Peach The Glohaven peach is a large, nearly round, uniform peach
with very little fuzz. Its skin color is mostly red with a golden
background. The flesh is yellow and is a favorite for canning
and freezing because it resists browning. Tree is vigorous,
productive and hardy. It ripens right on the heels of
Redhaven. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Golden Jubilee
Peach
Golden Jubilee is an old variety that once was very popular for
home use, canning, freezing, and preserves. The flesh is fine
grained, tender and juicy. The size is medium to large. The
fruit is freestone with soft, yellow skin with a red blush. It
ripens about three weeks before Elberta or a week or two after
Redhaven starts. Zone 5-8
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Halehaven Peach Halehaven was well known as an excellent canning and
freezing peach in its day. The fruit is large and orangish
yellow with a deep crimson blush. It has a tough skin and the
flesh is sweet, juicy, firm and tender. The tree is hardy and a
consistent producer. It ripens about three weeks after
Redhaven or a couple weeks before Elberta. Zone 5-8
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Loring Peach Loring peach is a very attractive, large yellow peach with a
hint on red blush. It has very firm, melting yellow flesh with
excellent flavor. It is freestone and ripens in mid-season
about midway between Redhaven and Elberta. It has gained
a good reputation as one of the better eating peaches. Zone 6-
8
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Madison Peach Madison peach is a medium sized, bright red freestone fruit.
This high quality fruit has slightly fibrous, firm orange-yellow
flesh that is mild and rich in flavor. Tree is hardy, vigorous,
frost resistant and self-pollinating. Recommended for
Northern climates. It ripens late in mid-season. Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS C
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Late Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Red Globe Peach Grandpa's Choice™ Red Globe peach is an exception variety
that ripens in mid-season, about three weeks after Redhaven.
It is well suited to areas where bacterial spot is not a problem.
The fruit it medium large and almost perfectly round. It has a
very bright red skin color, with yellow flesh that is free from
red through the flesh, but with a little red around the stone. It
is very firm, fine textured, and freestone. It can be used for
any purpose. The tree is productive, but the buds can be
susceptible to early frosts. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Stellar® Allstar®
Peach
Allstar® ripens mid-season between Loring and Cresthaven.
This peach has an 80-100% rich, bright red, blushed skin with
a very firm, clear yellow flesh. Resistant to both bacterial spot
and peach canker, this tree is also very high yielding with a
medium vigor. It is completely freestone and good for all uses.
Zone 5-8
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Stellar®
Blushingstar®
Peach
Blushingstar® is an incredible white fleshed peach with a
fantastic aroma that can permeate a room and a very pleasing
flavor. The skin is a beautiful 60-80% pinkish red blush. The
tree is very hardy and has good resistance to bacterial spot.
It ripens in mid-season close to Cresthaven. Zone 5-8
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Stellar®
Coralstar® Peach
The Coralstar® peach has it all; beautiful appearance, size
and flavor. 80% bright orange-red with a coral stripe with great
flavor and aroma. The tree is canker resistant, productive and
hardy. It ripens early mid-season, close to Canadian
Harmony, just after Redhaven. Zone 5-8
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Stellar®
Glowingstar®
Peach
Glowingstar® is a completely freestone peach with a glowing,
80% dark red over yellow skin. This peach matures during
Cresthaven season and is firm with yellow, non-browning
flesh. The tree is vigorous and resistant to bacterial spot.
Zone 5-8
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Suncrest Peach Suncrest Peach is an excellent choice for western areas. It
ripens in mid-season about 10 days before Elberta and a few
days before Cresthaven. It has large, round, firm fleshed,
freestone fruit. It is sweet and very tasty. Mostly red over a
yellow background. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Veteran Peach Veteran peach is a "old-timer" well known for its extreme cold
hardiness, even in the chilly Midwest areas where peaches
are hard to grow. It is an excellent canner as well as an
excellent tasting fresh eating peach. It is a medium large,
golden yellow fruit with hardly any red. It ripens in late mid-
season in late August. It's not much to look at, but is a good
one for the backyard fruit grower who wants to try growing
peaches in a cold area. Zone 4-7
ALL
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Late Elberta Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Elberta Peach Elberta used to be the "Queen of Peaches" before Redhaven
was developed, but many still think it is. It still is an excellent
quality, juicy, yellow freestone peach suitable for all uses. In
California it ripens in late July to early August, but in the east
it is much later, ripening more in late August to early
September. Still, it is an excellent choice for the backyard
fruit grower who doesn't care so much about how "pretty" the
fruit is, but is interested in sweet, juicy, full flavored fruit. Zone
5-8
ALL
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Fantasia
Nectarine
Fantasia is a large, egg-shaped, freestone nectarine with very
smooth skin. It is 70% bright red overlaid on brilliant yellow.
Excellent quality yellow, smooth textured flesh with a sweet
and tangy flavor. Fantasia ripens later in the season, around
Labor Day in the East. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Flamin'Fury® PF
27A™ Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 27A™ peach is a late season peach that
produces large fruit. This freestone peach has high blush
color, is firm and produces big yields. Resistant to bacterial
spot like most peach varieties in the Flamin'Fury® Series.
Zone 5-8
ALL
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Flamin'Fury® PF
28-007 Peach
Flamin'Fury® PF 28-007 peach, like all of the "007" line has
large size that is acquired without excessive thinning. It is
naturally large, with excellent color, firmness, and flavor. It
ripens later in the season, a month after Redhaven.
Freestone with bacterial spot resistance. Zone 5-8
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Georgia Belle
Peach
Georgia Belle is also known as Belle of Georgia. It is an old-
time favorite with large, white fruit with a reddish blush. The
flesh is white and creamy with tinges of red. Although firm, it
bruises easily. It is highly flavored and aromatic. Good for all
uses. It is freestone. Ripens a few days before Elberta, late
in the season. It is a hardy and reliable producer that is self-
fertile. Zone 5-8
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JH Hale Peach J.H. Hale is still an excellent flavored, freestone, eating and
canning peach. It ripens quite late, with Elberta. It has large,
golden yellow fruit with a carmine overlay. The flesh is fine
and deep grained and hangs and keeps well. The only peach
we know that needs another variety to pollinate it. Zone 5-8
ALL
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O'Henry Peach Grandpa's Choice™ O'Henry is a brightly colored, large peach
with only a slight fuzz. The flesh is yellow, sweet and juicy
with a little red streaking. The fruit is large, bright red, very
firm and will keep well. The tree is productive and moderately
vigorous. It is well suited to western areas, where it has been
very popular. O'Henry ripens late in the season between J.H.
Hale and Rio Osa Gem. Zone 5-8
ALL
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RedGold
Nectarine
RedGold is one of the most well known of the nectarines. It is
a large, glossy, highly colored fruit with firm and juicy
freestone flesh. It stores and keeps well. Ripens later in the
season a couple weeks before Elberta. While it is fairly hardy,
it is not recommended for eastern areas where bacterial spot
is a problem. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Redskin Peach Redskin is a nice late peach that ripened around Labor Day
on Grandpa's Farm. It gets good size and will get good taste
if picked ripe from the tree. It is mostly yellow, with a nice red
cheeks. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Very Late Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Flamin'Fury® PF
35-007 Peach-
"Fat Lady"
Flamin'Fury® Fat Lady™ is one of the latest peaches we
offer. It is large, with great sweet flavor and excellent color. It
holds well in storage and refrigeration. It ripens 40 days after
Redhaven when there are few high quality peaches to be
had. "It ain't over 'til the Fat Lady sings!" Zone 5-8
ALL
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Stellar®
Autumnstar®
Peach
Autumnstar® is an excellent new addition to the Stellar®
peach line that ripens late in the season in mid-September,
after Rio-Osa-Gem. It is large and firm. The fruit is mostly
red over a yellow background. It has good flavor and can be
used for all purposes. It is a nice late peach that has great
tree and bud hardiness for east of the Mississippi. Zone 5-8
ALL
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SweetCap®
Peento/Donut
Peach
SweetCap® is a new Peento-type or "donut" peach. It is flat
with almost no pit, like a normal peach. It has attractive large,
white fleshed fruit that are rosy red on a creamy white
background. The white flesh is very firm and fine eating. It is
juicy and aromatic with a nice acid and sugar balance. It
ripens late in the season. Even though it is considered a
"semi-clingstone", the pit is very small. Zone 5-8
ALL
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APRICOTAll Apricots are on standard roots (either peach or
myrobalan). Use Price Code for variety.V-34
Very Early Season--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Apache Apricot Apache is one of the newest and earliest apricots. The fruit is
average sized with a pinkish-orange skin. The orange flesh is
smooth and finely textured. It is freestone. Recommended
for drier, western climates at this time. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
OrangeRed®
Apricot
OrangeRed® Apricot ripens about a week before Harcot . It
has a beautiful reddish blush over a bright orange
background. The fruit is firm and of high quality. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Jerseycot Apricot Jerseycot is a newer introduction that ripens early in the
season a couple weeks ahead of Goldcot. It is freestone and
disease resistant. The fruit is medium, round, pale orange
with no blush and has good quality and a distinctive
cantaloupe aroma. It is reported to be self-fertile. Zone 4-8
ALL
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APRICOT Early Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Chinese Apricot Grandpa's Choice™ Chinese apricot is an early bearing,
heavy producing variety that is recommended for difficult
climates prone to late spring frosts. The fruit is of good quality
and medium to large in size with a yellow to medium-orange
skin and flesh. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Goldcot Apricot Grandpa's Choice™ Goldcot apricot is an open-pollinated
seedling of Perfection. The medium sized, round fruit with a
moderately tough golden skin has a firm orange flesh. It's
tangy flavor is great for fresh use, freezing, canning or for
baby food processing. Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Harcot Apricot Grandpa's Choice™ Harcot apricot is a vigorous, productive,
self-fertile tree that is cold hardy and has a good resistance to
perennial canker, bacterial spot and brown rot. It is an early
ripener with medium to large, oblong, orange fruit with a slight
red blush and a very good, sweet flavor. Ripens a few days
before Goldcot. Zone 4-8
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APRICOT Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Perfection
Apricot
Perfection is a well known apricot in the west. It produces
large, light orange yellow fruit with no blush. The flesh is
bright orange, firm, and good quality and flavor. It is
freestone. Ripens in mid-season for apricots. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Rival Apricot Rival apricot is an early-mid-season apricot with large,
attractive light orange fruit with a red blush. The flesh is firm,
fine textured and deep orange with a mild, sub-acid flavor.
The tree is vigorous and productive and hardier than
Wenatchee Moorpark. It ripens ahead of Wenatchee. Zone 5-
8
ALL
ROOTS A
Tilton Apricot Grandpa's Choice™ Tilton apricot is an excellent variety for
drying and canning. It has medium to small, golden-yellow
fruit with a dark red blush and a distinctive flavor. It is a great
for canning and drying. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Harogem Apricot The Harogem apricot has small to medium, glossy orange
fruit with a bright red blush. Fruit is very firm with orange,
freestone flesh and good texture and flavor. The tree is
consistently productive, cold hardy, and resistant to perennial
canker and brown rot. Zone 4-8
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APRICOT Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Afghanistan
White-fleshed
Apricot
Afghanistan is a self-fertile, white fleshed apricot that has
performed well in some colder, eastern climates. It is medium
sized and many describe it as one of the best flavored,
sweetest apricots. The fruit is very tender. Zone 4-8
ALL
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Henderson
Apricot
Henderson is an old-time semi-clingstone apricot with good
quality fruit. It is large and round. The tree is vigorous and
hardy. It is self-fertile. Zone 4-8
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Precious Apricot Precious is a very hardy variety that is smallish, yellow orange
and with softer flesh. Good for cold marginal areas. It ripens
in mid-season and is self-fertile. Zone 2-7
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Skaha Apricot Skaha is an early ripening apricot with large, orange with a
blush fruit. The flesh is firm with good flavor. Ripens about a
week before Wenatchee Moorpark and is as hardy. The tree
is very vigorous and productive. Zone 5-8
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Sulphany White-
fleshed Apricot
Sulphany is a white-fleshed apricot that is very hardy and
reported to have a fine flavor like Riesling wine. It is self-
fertile. Zone 3-7
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Westcot Apricot Westcot is a very hardy apricot that does nest in cooler
climates. The fruit is medium sized, orangish with a blush,
well flavored and attractive. The flesh is juicy, sweet and
freestone. Ripens in mid-season. It is self-fertile. Zone 2-6
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APRICOT Late Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Wenatchee
Moorpark Apricot
Wenatchee Moorpark is well known in Washington and
Oregon for its ability to set crops in areas bothered by spring
rain and frost. It is self-fruitful and a good pollinator for
Perfection, Tilton and others. The fruit is large with yellow
skin and flesh. Good flavor. Excellent for home use, fresh
eating, drying and canning. The tree is more compact than
other apricots. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Hargrande
Apricot
Hargrande apricot has very large fruit with dull orange skin
with a speckled blush. It's flesh is firm, smooth, orange and
freestone. It is a productive, cold hardy tree tolerant to brown
rot, bacterial spot and perennial canker that ripens in late July.
Zone 4-8
ALL
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Curtis Apricot Curtis Apricot is a very attractive golden color with a red
blush. The fruit is medium sized and good eating. It is
freestone and ripens one to two weeks after Chinese, late in
the season. Zone 4-8
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DR-606 Apricot DR-606 is a very hardy apricot that ripens late in the season.
Reportedly good flavored. It is self-fertile. Zone 3-7
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Montrose Apricot Montrose apricot is both self-fertile and late blooming,
requiring a lot of heat units to break dormancy. The fruit is
good quality and ripens late in the season. It is self-fertile.
Zone 4-8
ALL
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Morden 604
Apricot
Morden 604 appears to be one of the hardier apricots for
colder areas. The fruit is large, with thick orange flesh and
good flavor. Suitable for most uses. The tree is very hardy,
vigorous, and spreading, ripening late in the season. It is
reported to be self-fertile. Zone 3-7
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Sundrop Apricot Sundrop is an excellent quality apricot with medium round,
bright orange fruit with firm flesh. It is hardy, productive and
vigorous. It ripens late in the season. Zone 5-7 AVAILABLE
FALL 2012
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APRICOT Very Late Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Harlayne Apricot Harlayne apricot is a productive, cold hardy tree that ripens in
late August. Fruit is medium sized, orange with a moderate
red blush, and suitable for fresh use or processing. It is
resistant to perennial canker, brown rot and bacterial spot.
Zone 4-8
ALL
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V-35
PLUM -
PRUNE
All Plums and Prunes are on standard roots (either peach
or myrobalan). Use Price Code for variety.
Very Early Season--- Listed alphabetically.PRICE
CODE
Shiro Plum
(Japanese)
Grandpa's Choice™ Shiro plum, known for its large, round
bright yellow fruit, has a mild sweet flavor. Excellent for fresh
eating, cooking, canning, preserves and desserts, it is a
consistent bearer of fruit. It is one of the earliest ripening
plums. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Methley Plum
(Japanese)
Methley is one of the few Japanese plums that is self-fruitful.
It produces medium to large, reddish-purple fruit of fine quality
that are good for fresh eating or jelly. It is an early bloomer
and is a good pollinator for Shiro, Santa Rosa and other early
blooming Japanese plums. It ripens just ahead of Shiro. Zone
5-9
ALL
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Early Golden
Plum (Japanese)
Early Golden is one of the earliest Japanese plums, ripening a
couple weeks before Shiro. The fruit is medium sized, golden
with a red blush. The fruit is freestone and of fair quality. The
tree is a vigorous, heavy, consistent producer. Zone 5-10
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PLUM-PRUNE Early Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Santa Rosa Plum
(Japanese)
Grandpa's Choice Santa Rosa Plum is an old-time proven
favorite. Large, round red fleshed fruit and very sweet and
juicy. Very high quality fruit suitable for eating or canning.
The tree is fast growing and vigorous. Somewhat self-fruitful,
but should be planted with other Japanese plums for
pollination. It may be a somewhat shy bearer under eastern
conditions, but bears prolifically in the west. Ripens mid-
season after Shiro and before Stanley. Zone 5-8
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Black Amber
Plum (Japanese)
The Black Amber plum is a high quality fruit with a rapid
growing, heavy bearing tree. It has round, firm dark purple
fruit that closely resembles a Friar plum. It ripens with Santa
Rosa and is a good companion for that variety. Zone 5-8
ALL
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BlackIce™
Hybrid Plum
BlackIce™ is a brand new variety that exhibits great cold
hardiness and California-type plum qualities. It ripens early in
the season, is medium size with dark red skin and red flesh.
Flavor is excellent. Pollinates with other hybrid plums. Zone 3-
8
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PLUM-PRUNE Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Alderman Hybrid
Plum
Alderman is one of the nicest hybrid, hardy plums. The fruit is
large, dark-red skinned with amber flesh and firm. It keeps
well. Ripens in mid-season. Pollinates best with Superior,
Toka, or Bubblegum Plum®. Zone 3-8
ALL
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Bubblegum
Plum® (Hybrid)
The Bubblegum Plum® is known for it's distinct old-time
"bazooka" bubblegum flavor when you bite into it. It has
reddish bronze fruit and with a bluish bloom. It is a
moderately vigorous tree and a heavy bearer of fruit. It's
aromatic fruit has a rich, spicy, sweet flavor. Ripens from late
August to September. Zone 4-8
ALL
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Duarte Plum
(Japanese)
Grandpa's Choice™ Duarte plum is a large, heart-shaped,
deep red fruit with a sweet blood-red flesh that is excellent for
fresh eating or canning. A vigorous and hardy tree. It ripens
in mid-season ahead of Italian and Stanley. It is well adapted
to western conditions. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Satsuma Plum
(Japanese)
The Satsuma plum has medium to large, round, dark red fruit
with a small pit. The firm, juicy fruit has a sweet and lively
flavor that is excellent for fresh eating, cooking, canning or
preserves. It ripens in early to mid-season. Zone 5-8
ALL
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PLUM-PRUNE Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Wickson Plum
(Japanese)
The Wickson plum is a large, heart-shaped, greenish yellow
fruit that is firm and very sweet. It is very popular for fresh
eating. Zone 5-8
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Vanier Plum
(Japanese)
Vanier Japanese plum is a nice bright red plum with high
quality, orangish-yellow flesh. It is semi-clingstone and only
medium sized. It ripens in mid-summer with Wickson and
Satsuma. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Kaga Hybrid
Plum
Kaga is an excellent pollinator for other hybrid plums. The
fruit is purple-black and about an inch in diameter. The flesh
is meaty. A dense, bush like tree. Zone 3-8
ALL
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LaCrescent
Hybrid Plum
LaCrescent has small tender yellow fruit with a slight red
blush. The flesh is yellow, freestone and melting. It was a
sweet aromatic flavor with a hint of apricot. Good for eating or
jam. Ripens early and needs other hybrid pollinators like
Superior, Toka, Bubblegum Plum(R) or Alderman. Zone 3-8
ALL
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Pembina Hybrid
Plum
Pembina is a very hardy, early blooming plum that is a good
pollinator of other early bloomers like Pipestone and
Alderman. The fruit is small, red, yellow fleshed and
clingstone. Good fro fresh eating, but fair for other uses. A
slower growing tree. Zone 3-8
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PLUM-PRUNE Late Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Friar Plum
(Japanese)
The Friar plum is a heavy bearer of large, round dark purple
fruit that is resistant to cracking. It also has a sweet, firm,
amber flesh. Friar is a good dependable producer, ripening
early to mid-season Zone 5-8
ALL
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Green Gage
Plum (European)
The Green Gage plum has been an American favorite since
the time of Jefferson. It's yellowish-green fruit is small to
medium and oval in shape with a juicy, smooth texture, amber
flesh. Considered the ideal dessert plum, it is also good
cooked, canned, or preserved. Ripens ahead of Stanley and
Italian prunes. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Italian Prune
(European)
Grandpa's Choice™ Italian Prune is often used for drying. It
ripens in mid-season, just ahead of Stanley time, and is a
beautiful dark purple, with sweet, firm yellow flesh. It is more
suited for western areas than Stanley, but will grow well in the
east to. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Mount Royal
Plum (European)
Mount Royal is very hardy bluish-black freestone plum. It is
meaty, tender, sweet and juicy. It is good for all uses,
including drying as prunes. It ripens in mid-season in late
August. One of the best and hardiest plums for the backyard.
Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Pipestone Hybrid
Plum
The Pipestone plum is one of the best plums for Northern
growers. It has large fruit with a tough, red skin that peels
easily and a sweet, juicy, golden yellow flesh. It is a vigorous,
productive tree. Zone 4-8
ALL
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Ruby Queen
Plum (Japanese)
Ruby Queen has outstanding flavor. It has reddish-black skin
and firm red flesh. It has shown good disease resistance and
is well suited for humid conditions. Ripens in early
September, about 3-4 weeks after Santa Rosa. Requires
other Japanese plums for pollination. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Simka Plum
(Japanese)
The Simka plum has large, uniform, purplish-red fruit with very
firm, set, yellowish-white flesh. Zone 5-8
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Superior Plum
(Hybrid)
Grandpa's Choice ™ Superior plum got it's name for a
reason! This Japanese x American hybrid was selected for it's
extreme size, vigor and hardiness. The tree grows faster and
larger than most and has a large, golden fruit that develops a
deep red blush. Good fresh or for preserves. Ripens in late
mid-season. Zone 4-8
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PLUM-PRUNE Late Main Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Yellow Egg Plum
(European)
Yellow Egg is an outstanding plum with large, oval, golden
fruit that has a rich, sweet flavor when fully ripe. The fruit
ripens from late August to mid-September. Fruit is great for
fresh use or canning. Zone 5-8
ALL
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Count Althan's
Gage Plum
(European)
Count Althan's Gage is an heirloom purple European plum
that has dark crimson-purple skin shaded with brown and a
bluish bloom. The flesh is very sweet, juicy and a golden
orange. Zone 5-8
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Gracious Hybrid
Plum
Gracious has attractive yellow-orange, mottled fruit with
yellow-orange flesh. It is a semi-clingstone, with firm, sweet,
pleasing flavor, good for all uses. The tree is vigorous and
hardy. Later blooming and seems to pollinate well with
Superior. Zone 3-8
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Howard Miracle
Plum (Japanese)
Howard Miracle is a true Japanese plum that is reported to be
hardy into Zone 4. The large fruit is red blushed with yellow
flesh. It has a tart pineapple flavor. It ripens in mid-season.
Approx. 300-400 chilling hours. Zone 4-8
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Kahinta Hybrid
Plum
Kahinta has large yellow fruit overlaid with a speckling of red
and bluish bloom. The yellow flesh is sweet, spicy, and
refreshing with a nectar-like flavor. The fruit is firm, but can
sometimes split. Ripens in mid-season after Superior. Zone
3-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Silver Prune
(European)
Silver Prune has a lavender cast color with a heavy bloom on
the skin. It is very productive. The fruit is tear drop shaped
with excellent flavor and is good for fresh eating or drying.
Self-fertile. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Yakima Plum
(European)
Yakima is a very large, red skinned European plum with
yellow, sweet, tender, firm flesh. It is freestone and good
quality. It benefits from pollination by other European plums
to set bigger crops. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
PLUM-PRUNELate Summer-Early Fall Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Stanley Prune
(European)
Grandpa's Choice ™ Stanley prune is a fine prune-type plum
with excellent quality suited for fresh eating, canning,
preserves and drying. Fruit is large in size, with dark blue skin
and a greenish-yellow, fine grained flesh. The tree is early
bearing and a heavy, annual bearer of fruit. It is quite hardy
and ripens around Labor Day. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS A
Damson Plum
(European)
The Damson plum has a tart, juicy golden yellow flesh with
bluish-purple skin. The self-fertile, vigorous tree crops heavy
and ripens from August to early September. Damson is a
great little plum for jelly. If you like plums with "pucker factor",
you can eat them fresh too. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Elephant Heart
Plum (Japanese)
The Elephant Heart plum is known for it's large, heart-shaped
fruit with a thick, bronze-green skin that turns reddish purple
when completely ripe. It's juicy, blood-red flesh has a rich and
distinctive flavor that is good for fresh eating, canning and
freezing. Ripens in mid-season. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Sugar or German
Prune
(European)
The Sugar prune has medium sized, reddish purple fruit with
greenish yellow flesh. Very sweet and highly flavored. Fruit
can be used fresh or for canning. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
BlueFre Plum
(European)
BlueFre plums were grown by Grandpa to help lengthen the
plum season after Stanley. BlueFre is a good quality purple
plum, much larger than Stanley with excellent sweet flavor.
The tree is vigorous and extremely hardy. Somewhat self-
fertile, but will set better crops with a pollinator. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
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PLUM-PRUNELate Summer-Early Fall Season--- Listed
alphabetically.CODE
Grandpa's
European Prune
Grandpa's Prune is a Stanley type that seems to have added
resistance to black knot. Seems to have almost all the same
qualities as Stanley, but slightly smaller and sweeter. Self-
fertile and disease resistant. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Hanska Hybrid
Plum
Hanska plum is red skinned with a bluish bloom and yellow
fleshed. The fruit is semi-freestone, large and great for
canning. Ripens in late mid-season in September. Zone 4-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Northern Blue
Plum (European)
Northern Blue is a very hardy, self-fertile European plum
similar to Mount Royal. It ripens in mid-season in early
September. Self-fertile and precocious. Zone 3-8
ALL
ROOTS E
Todd Plum
(European)
Todd is a very hardy European plum that ripens in early
September in mid-season. The fruit is large and deep blue
and the flesh is yellow-orange. Good for fresh eating or
canning. Self-fertile. Zone 3-7
ALL
ROOTS E
PLUM-PRUNE Fall Season--- Listed alphabetically. CODE
Autumn Sweet
Plum (European)
Autumn Sweet plum is a newer variety that is similar in
appearance and flavor to the Italian prune, but is larger and is
clingstone. It is late blooming and very sweet. Ripens late in
the season after Italian and Stanley. It has high sugar content
when ripe and dries well. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
Empress Plum
(European)
The Empress plum ripens in early September and produces a
deep blue fruit that is larger than the President plum. The
strong, vigorous tree bears a firm, fine textured, yellow fleshed
fruit. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
President Plum
(European)
The President plum is a late ripening fruit that is a large,
round to oblong fruit with blue-black skin. Flesh is fine-
textured and yellow. It is a vigorous, upright tree that is a
heavy producer. It is one of the last plums to ripen in the
season. Zone 5-8
ALL
ROOTS C
SUPPLIES PRICE
"Backyard Fruit
Production"
by
David R.
Schlabach
An Illustrated Fruit Growing Guide
One of Grandpa's nurseryman friends wrote this book, which
is an excellent starter book for the Backyard Fruit Grower.
Easy to read and well organized. Covers everything from
variety selection, planting, pruning, spraying, harvesting, etc.
Even has sections on small fruits! CAN BE SHIPPED WITH
TREE ORDER FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE OR MAILED
SEPARATELY FOR $5.00--- shipping and handling.
$ 13.95 each
24" long plastic
Spiral Tree
Protector Wraps
Protect your young trees from mouse, rabbit, and other rodent
damage. These 24" long tree wraps are easy to put on and
do a good job of protecting the trunks from chewing and other
mechanical damage. They also help keep herbicides from
contacting young bark. These can be shipped with your trees.
Grandpa always used them on all his orchards.
$ .95 each
25-count
$19.95 48-
count
$36.99
96-count
$71.99
Maggot
Barriers™
(300 count bags)
Maggot Barriers are a new product Grandpa has learned about that he
thinks is perfect for the backyard fruit grower. A 300 count zip lock bag
should provide about enough barriers for a common semi-dwarf tree if
the fruit is properly thinned out to achieve good size.
There are many burrowing insects, like apple maggot, codling moth,
oriental fruit fly, etc. that will burrow into growing fruit and eventually ruin
the fruit. Often you don't know of the infestation until it is too late, and
the insects are already doing their damage.
Chemical controls for these kinds of insects are expensive and have to
be applied often. Knowing when to properly time applications of
insecticides to control these insects is challenging even for commercial
growers of fruit. Also, some of the chemicals and insecticides used are
harsh, expensive, and often the insect becomes resistant to the
insecticide over time.
1-300 ct bag
$19.95 5-
300 ct bags
$89.95 10-
300 ct bag
$ 159.95
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Red & Silver
Mylar Tape
Apparently deer don't like to think that people are around, and
this red and silver reflective tape rustles in the slightest of
breeze in the orchard and makes the deer think there is
someone there. Highly reflective, the silver side catches
flashes of moon or star light and reflects it. A whole orchard
of it is an entertaining sight! It may not be widely available, so
we offer it. It can be shipped with your fruit trees. Just
another trick in the book to use!
$8.00 each
ROOTSTOCK FOR GRAFTING PRICE V-40
BUD 118 Semi-
Standard Apple
Rootstock
Bud 118 (Budagovsky 118) [80-85%]--- This is a very hardy apple rootstock that is
gaining in popularity. Produces almost a full-sized tree (approx 80-85% of
standard). It is quite precocious, bearing much earlier than EMLA 111 which it
compares to. Does not require any support. Very resistant to winter frost or
damage. It is still relatively new, and its susceptibility to fire blight is not well
known at this time.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
BUD 9 Full Dwarf
Apple Rootstock
Bud 9 (Budagovsky 9) [35-40%]--- This is a very hardy full dwarf apple rootstock
that is gaining in popularity. Produces a full dwarf tree (approx 35-40%% of
standard). Precocious. Requires support--- staking or trellising. Reported to be
resistant to collar rot, powdery mildew and apple scab. Very resistant to winter
frost or damage. Originally reported to be susceptible to fire blight, but
experiences in 2000 in Michigan have indicated that it seems to be quite tolerant
and much less susceptible than most other Malling 9 clones. Does well in most
soils, but irrigation is recommended in light soils.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
Geneva® 11
Dwarf Apple
Rootstock
Geneva 11™ [35-45%] --- This new Geneva rootstock is notable for its excellent
resistant to fire blight and crown rot. Very precocious and should always be
supported. It is slightly smaller than EMLA 26.. Not widely available in the
commercial fruit tree nursery trade because of its relative "newness", but would be
one to work with in a grower's own nursery if the need is for fire blight resistance in
a dwarf orchard. It does not appear to have the range of nursery problems that
Geneva 30 does.
$ 4.59 each
Bundle-10 $
39.00 Bundle-25
$ 75.00
Geneva® 30
Semi-Dwarf
Apple Rootstock
Geneva 30™ [45-55%] --- This new Geneva rootstock is notable for its excellent
resistance to fire blight and crown rot. Very precocious with fair anchorage.
Should have support because of its early cropping characteristics. Approx. 50% of
a standard tree. This rootstock could be an excellent replacement for M 7 as it is
in the same size category and is much more precocious. Not widely available in
the commercial fruit tree nursery trade because of several nursery production
problems, but would be one to work with in a grower's own nursery if the need is
for fire blight resistance in a semi-dwarf orchard.
$ 4.59 each
Bundle-10 $
39.00 Bundle-25
$ 75.00
Malling 106 Semi-
Dwarf/Standard
Rootstock
EMLA 106 (60-70%) rootstock is slightly more vigorous than EMLA 7 and slightly
less vigorous than EMLA 111. It is productive and completely free-standing. It
does NOT tolerate wet conditions, so it should only be planted in well drained soils
where standing water does not occur. It is often used by growers with proper sites
who wish to avoid the common problems of EMLA 7--- tipping and suckering---
neither of which is a problem with EMLA 106. It is only slightly susceptible to fire
blight, but is highly susceptible to phytophthera.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
Malling 7 Semi-
Dwarf Apple
Rootstock
EMLA 7 [50-60%] --- This virus-free clone of Malling 7 has proven itself to be one
of the most popular rootstocks in the commercial industry, mostly due to its approx.
50-60% of standard size. It tolerates a wide range of soils that are well drained,
but does best with adequate moisture thru the summer. Moderately resistant to
collar rot. Excellent winter hardiness. Only moderately well anchored. This is an
excellent beginners rootstock because of its versatility..
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
Mazzard
Standard-size
Cherry Rootstock
Mazzard (Prunus avium) [100%]---The most common standard-size sweet cherry
rootstock. Produces a very vigorous tree with good anchorage. Some tolerance to
phytophthera and moderately resistant to oak root fungus. Will grow on a wide
range of soils. Susceptible to crown gall and bacterial canker. Very few suckers.
Typically used for sweet cherries, but also can be used for Montmorency and tart
cherries to be planted in wetter, poorly drained sites where mahaleb cannot grow.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
Myrobalan
Standard Plum
Rootstock
Myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera)--- An improved selection of the most common
seedling rootstock used for plums, prunes, and sometimes peaches. Vigorous and
not considered a dwarfing rootstock. Resistant to armillaria root rot (oak root
fungus) and nematodes. Adaptable to a wide range of soils. Usually well
anchored, but somewhat shallow rooted. Prone to suckering. Not used or
recommended for commercial peach plantings, normally, unless wetter, poorly
drained soil conditions warrant.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
OHxF® 333 Semi-
Dwarf Pear
Rootstock
OHxF 333 [50-70%]--- A superior selection to replace Province Quince as it is
much more hardy. 50-70% of standard size. Resistant to fire blight and pear
decline. Does not sucker. Well anchored and productive. Does well on a variety
of soils.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
OHxF® 97 Semi-
Standard Pear
Rootstock
OHxF 97 [95-100%]--- This Old Home x Farmingdale selection is replacing
common pear seedling. Similar in vigor and size control it will produce almost
standard trees which are very productive. Well anchored.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
OHxF® 87 Semi-
Standard Pear
Rootstock
OHxF 97 [90-95%]--- This Old Home x Farmingdale selection is replacing common
pear seedling. Similar in vigor and size control it will produce almost standard
trees which are very productive. Well anchored. OHxF 87 is only slightly more
dwarfing, but some say it is more precocious.
$ 3.99 each
Bundle-10 $
29.00 Bundle-25
$ 59.00
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