| COMMON NAME |
VARIETY |
Comments |
| Apples |
Gala Apple |
Dessert apple: crisp, sweet, tart; rich flavor. Skin reddish-orange over yellow. Mid - late August. Good pollenizer for other varieties. Self-fruitful. |
| Apples |
Gravenstein Apple |
The applesauce apple, also great for cooking. Fine for fresh eating if picked a little underripe. Late July - August harvest. Sets larger crops if another type of apple is nearby. |
| Apples |
Red Gravenstein Apple |
Red variant of the applesauce apple, also great for cooking. Fine for fresh eating if picked a little underripe. Late July - August harvest. Sets larger crops if another type of apple is nearby. |
| Crabapple, fruiting/flowering |
Transcendent Crabapple |
Fragrant white blossoms; small tree. High quality, pretty bright yellow to red fruit which ripens in August. Pollenizes regular apples. Fruit eaten fresh, preserved, or for jam. |
| Grapes, table |
Autumn Seedless Grape |
Late-ripening variant of Thompson Seedless released by the USDA. Ripens late August - September. |
| Grapes, table |
Black Monukka Grape |
Seedless black table grape, very sweet with crisp texture. August - September. |
| Grapes, table |
Eastern Concord Seedless Grape |
Blue black seedless grapes with strong, rich flavor. Popular for juice, jelly. Attractive foliage; nice for arbors. August - September. |
| Grapes, table |
Fantasy Grape |
Large black seedless grapes with outstanding flavor and texture. Early August. Very vigorous vine with attractive foliage. |
| Grapes, table |
Flame Seedless Grape |
VERY vigorous, productive red seedless grape with good flavor and texture.
Ripens August - September |
| Grapes, table |
Niabell Grape |
Large blue black grapes like Concord. Very pretty foliage; great for arbors. August. |
| Grapes, table |
Summer Royal Grape |
Seedless black table grape. Late August. |
| Grapes, table |
Thompson Seedless Grape |
The seedless grape everyone knows. Easy to grow. Thin the clusters for larger fruit. Early August. |
| Nectarines |
Arctic Fantasy Nectarine |
Great new white-flesh nectarine. Large rich-flavored red fruit. Early August. |
| Nectarines |
Goldmine Nectarine |
Large, attractive juicy fruit with white flesh and rich, sweet flavor. Early August. |
| Peaches |
Champagne Peach |
Medium-large light red fruit with white flesh. Melting texture. Good balance of sweet and tangy flavor. A gourmet peach! Mid-August. |
| Peaches |
Fantastic Elberta Peach |
Beautiful flowers and heavy production of outstanding Elberta peaches on this dual-purpose landscape tree. Good all-purpose peach. Early August. |
| Peaches |
Fay (Late) Elberta Peach |
(aka Late Elberta) Heavy production of outstanding Elberta peaches on this late variant. Very rich, distinctive flavor; good all-purpose peach. Early August. |
| Peaches |
Indian Blood Peach |
Old cling variety with extra-rich flavor. Flesh streaked with red. Late August, holds into September. |
| Peaches |
J.H. Hale |
Very large fruit, extra rich flavor, little fuzz. Firm flesh keeps well. Needs a pollenizer (any other peach will do). Early August. |
| Peaches |
O Henry Peach |
Large showy flowers. Very productive, firm texture, very good quality fruit. Excellent all-purpose peach. Late August. |
| Peaches |
Red Baron Peach |
Stunning double red blooms--the showiest of all. Wonderful landscape tree. Very good sweet, juicy fruit. Mid-July to early August. |
| Peaches |
Rio Oso Gem Peach |
Very large fruit with firm texture and excellent flavor, on a naturally small tree. The best late variety. Mid-August. |
| Pears, Asian |
20th Century Pear (Asian) |
(aka Nijisseiki, "Apple Pear") Earliest variety. Juicy fruit with pleasant flavor. Self-fruitful. Late July - mid-August. |
| Pears, Asian |
Hosui Pear (Asian) |
Medium-large golden fruit with juicy sweet flavor and good texture. Very popular! Early - late August. |
| Pears, Asian |
Shinko Pear (Asian) |
Medium - large brownish fruit. Very rich, sweet with good texture. One of the best. August - mid-September. |
| Pears, Asian |
Shinseiki Pear (Asian) |
Medium size yellow, juicy fruit with mild flavor. Self-fruitful. Late July - mid-August. |
| Pears, European |
Moonglow Pear (European) |
Large brownish fruit like Bartlett. Soft flesh, little grit. Very fireblight resistant. Early August. |
| Plums |
Emerald Beaut Plum |
Taste test winner! Greenish-yellow skin and flesh. Firm flesh gets sweeter but stays crisp as fruit ripens. Long harvest--late August through September. Pollenize with Nubiana or Late Santa Rosa plums, or Flavor King Pluot. |
| Plums, prune |
French Plum (Prune) |
Large fruit with dark blue skin. Tender, great texture, very sweet. One of the commercial prune varieties. Self-fruitful. August. |
| Plums, prune |
Italian Plum (Prune) |
Large fruit with dark purple skin. A commercial prune variety with excellent sweet flavor. Self-fruitful. August - mid-September. |
| Pluots |
Dapple Dandy Pluot |
Taste test winner! Mottled red and yellowish fruit with tangy sweet plum-apricot flavor. Outstanding! Pollenize with Flavor Supreme, or Santa Rosa plum. August. |
| Pluots |
Flavor King Pluot |
Taste test winner! Red-purple fruit, red flesh. Small tree. Very sweet. Pollenize with Flavor Supreme, or Santa Rosa plum. Mid-August. |
