Apple Varieties

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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

Crimson Kumeu Braeburn

• 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 Babygold 5 Catherina Virgil Arkansas 9 PF5D Big Venture

Free Stone PF22 PF11 PF25 PF7A Free PF9A Free PF24C PF13 Autumn Star Blazing Star Coral Star All Star Glowing Star Red Star

Semi-Cling (more mature ---> more free stone) Rising Star Starfire Bright Star EarliStar

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