Apple Varieties
(Click on the name for a picture)
Crimson (TM) Gala (U.S.P.P. No. 8673)
- Earlier
- Striped
- High colored
Buckeye® Gala (Simmons cv) U.S.P.P. No. 10840
- A striped 100% red color sport that colors early
- Trees are precocious and more spur type than non spur
Ruby Jon ® (U.S.P.P. No. 10115)
- Early coloring Jonathan
- Red blush color that doesn't bleed into the flesh
- Fire blight susceptible
Ambrosia (U.S.P.P. No. 10789)
- A controlled production variety from BC Canada
- Tree is precocious with 80-90% red color fruit of high dessert
Vallee(TM) Spur
- Early coloring (August) Red Delicious with vigorous spur type growth habit
- Blush fruit that is easy to manage and stores well
Honeycrisp® (U.S.P.P. No.7197)
- University of Minnesota introduction with superior dessert characteristics
- Weak growing tree which may require more vigorous rootstock to reduce runting out risk
- This variety does not do well in warm orchard sites
- Ripening is uneven and best color comes on late
- Harvest requires multiple picks
- Sensitivity to fire blight is high
- Matures a little after midseason
Cameo(TM) (Caudle cv) U.S.P.P. No. 09068
- A long storing variety with excellent dessert qualities
- Tree can be spurry but is generally easy to manage
Granny Smith
- Australian import that is the standard green apple in the U.S.
- Keeps very well and can produce high volume yields
- This is a long season variety (>180 days) so not recommended where there are short growing seasons
Jonagold DeCoster® (U.S.P.P. No. 8049)
- Highly colored, stripy apple with very good dessert qualities
- Will not pollinate other varieties and grows best on cooler sites
Ginger Gold® (Mt. Cove cv) U.S.P.P. No. 7063
- Early ripening yellow fruited variety
- Has a short harvest maturity window (3-5 days)
- Tree is hardy and vigorous
Redfree (U.S.P.P. No. 4322)
- A 90% red color summer apple
- Keeps through early season
- This is a disease resistant variety for fire blight, scab, and mildew
Gibson Golden Delicious
- A smooth skinned Golden Delicious that resists russeting
- The tree is easy to manage and the fruit has excellent storage life
Rocket(TM) Red Braeburn
- A red stripe sport of standard Braeburn that keeps well
- More bitter pit and mildew susceptible than other apples
- This variety requires careful vigor control and management
- Dessert quality is excellent
- This variety requires a long growing season
- A very red blush sport of standard Braeburn
- Like all Braeburns, dessert quality is excellent and it keeps well
- Tree vigor and mildew management can be difficult
- This variety requires a long growing season
KIKU® Fugi (BRAK cu.) U.S.P.P. No. 15261P3
- Midseason, highly striped with excellent dessert quality
- Colors early throughout canopy
- Excellent storability with unique flavor for Fugi
Aztec Fuji(TM) (DT2 variety)
- Midseason, blush with excellent dessert quality
- 100% red color
- excellent storability
Pollenizers
Crimson Gold
- White flowers
- Disease resistant
- Mid-to-late blooms
Manchurian
- White flowers
- Early-to- mid season bloom
Indian Summer
- Pink flowers
- Early-to-mid season bloom
Snowdrift
- White flowers
- Mid-to-late season bloom
Frettingham
- White flowers
- Mid-to-late season bloom
Peach Varieties
Cameron Nursery normally propagates the following varieties but not all every year. Varieties available depend on which varieties are currently on order.
Cling Stone
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Free Stone
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Semi-Cling (more mature ---> more free stone)
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Cherry Varieties
Sweet Cherry Varieties
Chelan® (U.S.P.P. No. 8545)
- 1 to 2 weeks earlier ripening than Bing
- Requires a pollenizer( Bing, Van, Black Republican, Lapin, Sweetheart)
- Size moderate(10-11 row)
- Has some rain cracking tolerance
- Don't use Mahaleb rootstock
Tieton(TM) (U.S.P.P. No.11385)
- Large(9-10 row) fruit, mild flavor
- 1 week earlier ripening than Bing
- Requires a pollenizer( Bing, Van, Black Republican, Rainier, not Chelan)
- Same rain cracking tolerance as Bing
Bing
- Industry and market standard
- Requires pollenizer(Van, Black Republican, Rainier)
- Size can be large(9-10 row) and very firm
- Susceptible to rain cracking
Lapin
- Large fruit(9 row) with milder flavor
- Produces fruit in clusters
- 2 weeks later ripening than Bing
- Self-fertile and is an excellent pollen source for other varieties
- Rain cracking resistant
Sweetheart(TM) (U.S.P.P. Applied For)
- Large(9-10 row) fruit and very precocious
- 3 weeks later ripening than Bing
- Self-fertile
- Rain cracking resistant
Rainier
- Large(9-10 row), very firm fruit with yellow/red blush skin
- Distinctive flavor
- 2-10 days later ripening than Bing
- Needs pollenizer (Bing, Lapin, Black Republican)
- Some rain cracking resistance
Tart Cherry Varieties
Montmorency
- Leading commercial processing cherry
- Medium size(11 row) fruit with yellow flesh
- Self-fertile
Balaton(TM)
- Larger(10 row), firmer fruit than Montmorency
- Tree is very vigorous
