Your 2008 Order from Dave Wilson Nursery
Fruit Trees
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Grapes
MULTIPLE-BUDDED FRUIT TREES
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(two, three or four varieties on a single tree).
FUJI APPLE Recent introduction from Japan that quickly became
California's favorite apple. Sweet, very crisp and flavorful, excellent
keeper. Dull reddish-orange skin, sometimes russeted. Ripe
mid-September. Excellent pollenizer for other apple varieties. Low
chilling requirement - less than 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
GALA APPLE (Original Gala) Wonderful dessert apple from New
Zealand. Crisp, nice blend of sweetness and tartness, rich flavor. Skin
reddish-orange over yellow. Early harvest, 2-3 weeks before Red
Delicious. Good pollenizer for other varieties. Adapted to cold and
warm-winter climates. Chilling requirement apparently less than 500
hours. Self-fruitful.
GRAVENSTEIN APPLE (Red Gravenstein) Famous for sauce and
baking, also used fresh. Crisp, juicy, flavorful, tart. Green with red
stripes. Early bloom, early harvest. 700 hours. Pollen-sterile, pollenizer
required: Empire, Fuji, Gala, Red Delicious.
RED FUJI APPLE (BC#2) Redder-skinned bud sport of Fuji. Sweet,
very crisp and flavorful, excellent keeper. Ripe September-October in
Central Calif. Excellent pollenizer for other apple varieties. Self-fruitful.
BLENHEIM (ROYAL) APRICOT All-purpose freestone, sweet,
aromatic, flavorful. Long-time No. 1 apricot in California. Early bloom.
Late June harvest in Central Calif. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
BING CHERRY Large, firm, juicy, sweet, nearly black when ripe -
superb flavor, the No. 1 cherry. Mid-season. Large vigorous tree. 700
hours. Poll. by Black Tart, Van, Rainier. Also Stella in colder climates.
CRAIG'S CRIMSON CHERRY Taste test winner. Self-fruitful, natural
semi-dwarf, perhaps the finest sweet cherry. Dark red to nearly black,
medium to large size, wonderful spicy flavor, very firm texture. Mature
tree size about 2/3 of standard (smaller when budded onto Colt or
Mahaleb rootstock). Mid-season. 500-600 hours. Pat. No. 7320.
(Zaiger)
ENGLISH MORELLO SOUR CHERRY Late-ripening tart cherry for
cooking, sometimes eaten fresh when fully ripe. Dark red to nearly black
fruit with dark juice. Small, round-headed tree with drooping branches
(easy to harvest). European origins obscure, introduced to America prior
to 1862. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.
LAPINS CHERRY New, from Canada. Self-fruitful, dark red sweet
cherry. Large, firm, good flavor. Similar to Van in color, Stella in shape.
Sometimes sold as "Self-fertile Bing." Ripens 4 days after Bing. 500
hours.
RAINIER SWEET CHERRY Large, yellow with red blush. Sweet and
flavorful - superior to Royal Ann. Very cold hardy. Mid-season harvest.
700 hours. Pollenizer required -interfruitful with Van, Lambert, Black
Tart, Bing.
ROYAL RAINIER CHERRY Large yellow cherry with slightly more red
blush than Rainier. Excellent flavor, taste test winner. Ripens early,
about 3-5 days ahead of Rainier. Moderate chill requirement, (600-700
hrs. estimated). Pollinates with Bing and Black Tartarian.
VAN CHERRY Very cold hardy, reliable, heavy bearing. Fine fruit
similar to Bing, though usually smaller. 700 hours. Pollenizer required -
interfruitful with all popular sweet cherries.
BLACK MISSION FIG The favorite. Purplish-black skin, strawberry-
colored flesh, rich flavor. Heavy bearing, long-lived, large tree. Coast or
inland. Fresh/dry/can. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
CONADRIA FIG Light greenish-yellow skin, pink flesh. Not as sweet
as Kadota, but resists spoilage. Fresh/dried. Very vigorous, long-lived
tree. Heavy crops coast or inland. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
FLANDERS FIG Medium sized long necked fruit with violet stripes and
scattered white specks; amber to white meat with light strawberry pulp.
Rich flavor, split resistant, highly productive. 100 Hours. Self-fruitful.
KING FIG (Desert King) Light green `white' skin, strawberry-colored
pulp. Rich flavor, excellent fresh-eating quality. Large breba (spring)
crop. Later crop is light in hot climates, heavier in coastal climates.
Prune only lightly, occasionally. (Heavy winter pruning removes breba
crop.) 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
PANACHE 'TIGER' FIG Especially fine flavor! Small to medium sized
fruit with green color and yellow (Tiger) stripes. Strawberry pulp is
blood-red in color. 100 hours. Self-fruitful
VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX FIG Small to medium size purple-black
fruit wirh a very deep strawberry pulp, a distinctive sweet rich flavor.
Brebas are pyriform with a thick, tapering neck; main crop figs are
variable often without neck, Medium eye. Excellent fresh or dried.
Breba crop, hardy. Good for container culture or small spaces. Zones
5-10.
WHITE GENOA FIG Old variety, a favorite in cool coastal areas - also
excellent inland. Greenish-yellow skin, amber flesh, distinctive flavor.
Prune to any shape. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
ARCTIC JAY WHITE NECTARINE Taste test winner: best of all fruits
at the Dave Wilson Nursery blind fruit tasting held July 5, 1996. Very
attractive, firm, freestone fruit is richly flavored, with a balance of acid
and sugar. Ripens between Arctic Glo and Heavenly White white
nectarines. 800 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 9908. (Zaiger)
ARCTIC QUEEN WHITE NECTARINE Delicious, super-sweet white
nectarine, very similar to Arctic Rose, but ripening 3-4 weeks later (early
August in Central Calif.). Rich flavor and nice crunchy texture when firm
ripe - extremely sweet when soft ripe. High-scoring in taste tests. 6-700
hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 8094. (Zaiger)
DOUBLE DELIGHT NECTARINE Sensational fruit - consistently the
best-flavored yellow nectarine - plus magnificent, double pink flowers.
Dark red-skinned, freestone fruit is sweet, with unusually rich flavor -
very high-scoring in taste tests. Heavy-bearing tree. Harvest early to
mid-July in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful. (Zaiger)
SAUZEE KING NECTARINE Nectarine From Zaiger hybrids the first
donut style nectarine! Outstanding early season variety has white flesh
that is sweet and juicy. Tree sets at a young age and produces heavily.
Thinning is required for large fruit size. Red skin over a blush of yellow.
Chilling requirement unknown estimated at 500 hrs. (Patent Pending)
SPICE ZEE NECTAPLUM TM INTERSPECIFIC The first Nectaplum
TM from Zaiger Hybrids. SpiceZee packs a pile of amazing fruit flavors
into an attractive tree for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and
loaded with sugar giving it a spicy sweet flavor. One can detect both Plum
and Nectarine traits with ease. Along with great flavor Spice Zee is a
beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by
dark red leaf in the spring that matures to a rich green-red in late summer.
This variety is self-fruitful and very productive. (Patent Pending)
BABCOCK WHITE PEACH Long-time favorite white-fleshed
freestone. Sweet and juicy, aromatic, low in acid. High-scoring in taste
tests. Ripens mid-July in Central Calif. Widely adapted (low chill
requirement, yet not early blooming). 250-300 hours. Self-fruitful.
DONUT (Stark Saturn) WHITE PEACH Also called Saucer or Peento
Peach. Unique white-fleshed fruit with a sunken center (shaped like a
doughnut). Sweet, with a mild flavor described by some as almond-like.
Ripens late June/early July in Central Calif. Estimated chilling
requirement 4-500 hours. Self-fruitful.
FROST TM PEACH Resistant to peach leaf curl (10-year trials at
Washington State U.). Delicious yellow freestone. Slight red blush over
greenish yellow to yellow skin. Heavy bearing, excellent for canning or
eating fresh. July. Showy pink bloom in spring. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.
O'HENRY PEACH Popular fresh market yellow freestone now available
for home planting. Large, firm, full red skin, superb flavor. Ripens early
to mid-August in Central Calif. Good for freezing. Strong, vigorous,
heavy bearing tree. 750 hours. Self-fruitful.
RED BARON PEACH Flowering/fruiting. Large, juicy, firm, richly
flavored yellow freestone fruit. Showy double red blossoms. Mid-July.
Long-time favorite in Southern California. Low chilling requirement,
250-300 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 4195.
WHITE LADY WHITE PEACH Among the best of the new, low
acid/high sugar white peaches - a farmer's market favorite. Red-skinned
fruits are medium to large, very firm, freestone. Introduced in 1986. 800
hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 5821. (Zaiger)
BARTLETT PEAR World's most popular pear. Early mid-season, high
quality, tolerates hot summers. 800 hours. Self-fruitful in most climates
of Western U.S. Elsewhere, pollinated by Bosc, D'Anjou, Winter Nelis.
20TH CENTURY ASIAN PEAR (Nijisseiki, "Apple Pear") Juicy,
sweet, mild-flavored fruit is crisp like apple. Early to mid-August in
Central Calif. Keeps well. Easy to grow, heavy bearing small tree. 450
hours. Self-fruitful or poll. by Shinseiki, Bartlett, or other.
HOSUI ASIAN PEAR Consistently rated the best-tasting Asian pear at
Dave Wilson Nursery fruit tastings. Large, juicy, sweet, flavorful,
refreshing, crisp like an apple. Brownish-orange russeted skin. Harvest
early to mid-August in Central Calif. 450 hours. Pollinated by Shinko,
Chojuro, Bartlett, or 20th Century.
FUYU PERSIMMON - JIRO ("Apple Persimmon") Medium size, flat
shape, still hard when ripe, non-astringent. Cool or hot climate. Hardy,
attractive tree, practically pest free. Fall harvest. 200 hours. Self-
fruitful.
GIANT FUYU PERSIMMON Larger, not so flat as Fuyu. Crunchy
when ripe like Fuyu. Sweet, flavorful, non-astringent. Easy to grow, cool
or hot climates. Fall harvest. 200 hours. Self-fruitful.
SANTA ROSA PLUM Most popular plum in California & Arizona.
Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged red. Late
June in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
SATSUMA PLUM Long-time favorite plum in California. Mottled
maroon over green skin, dark red meaty flesh. Sweet, mild, not tart.
Excellent for jam. Harvest late July. 300 hours. Pollinated by Santa
Rosa or Beauty.
ITALIAN PRUNE Large, purple-skin, freestone. Rich flavor, very sweet
when fully ripe. Fresh/dried/canned. Vigorous, cold hardy tree. Late
bloom. Late summer harvest. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
COT-N-CANDY APRIUM® INTERSPECIFIC Wonderful new fruit
from Zaiger Hybrids, early season harvest ripening 1 week later than
Flavor Delight ApriumTM. White Flesh is extra sweet and juicy, with a
plumy aftertaste Cot-N-Candy’s size is 2 to 2 1⁄2 inches on average.
Self-fruitful. (Patent Pending)
FLAVOR KING PLUOT® INTERSPECIFIC Taste test winner.
Unique plum-apricot hybrid with sensational bouquet and sweet, spicy
flavor. Reddish-purple skin, crimson flesh. Harvest mid August in
Central Calif. Naturally small tree. 4-500 hours. Pollinated by Flavor
Supreme, Santa Rosa or Late Santa Rosa. Pat. No. 8026. (Zaiger)
AMBROSIA POMEGRANATE Fantastically huge fruits: up to three
times the size of Wonderful. Pale pink skin, purple sweet-tart juice,
similar to Wonderful. Long-lived, any soil. Inland or coastal climate. 150
hours. Self-fruitful
EVERSWEET POMEGRANATE Very sweet, virtually seedless fruit.
(Even immature fruits are sweet.) Red skin, clear (non-staining) juice.
Harvest late summer through fall. Coast or inland. 8-10 ft. arching shrub,
or train as tree or espalier. Large, showy, orange-red flowers. 150 hours.
Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 5418
KASHMIR BLEND POMEGRANATE Medium sized pomegranate
with light pink-red exterior. Ruby red seeds have intense flavor with no
overbearing acidic taste. Plant has a slightly spreading growth habit and
can also be grown as a tree. Keep any height with summer pruning.
Excellent source of antioxidants - eat fresh or use in cooking. Requires
150-200 chill hours. Self-fruitful.
SWEET POMEGRANATE Sweeter fruit than Wonderful, more widely
adapted (better quality in cool-summer climates). Small, glossy-leafed,
ornamental tree with showy orange-red blossoms in late spring. Very
suitable to espalier and container growing. Harvest late summer. Unsplit
ripe fruit stores in cool, dry place for two months or more. Very low
chilling requirement, about 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
WONDERFUL POMEGRANATE Large, purple-red fruit with
delicious, tangy flavor. Best quality in hot inland climate. Gaudy
red-orange bloom, ornamental foliage. Long-lived, any soil. 150 hours.
Self-fruitful.
GARDEN PRINCE GENETIC DWARF ALMOND Compact, lushly
foliated 10-12 ft. tree. Soft shell, kernels especially sweet and tasty.
Bears young and heavy. Large, light pink blossoms. 250 hours.
Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 5146. (Zaiger)
ALL-IN-ONE GENETIC SEMI-DWARF ALMOND No. 1 almond for
home orchards. Heavy crops of soft-shell nuts with sweet, flavorful
kernels. Hot summer required to ripen. 15 ft. tree, very winter & frost
hardy. 500 hrs. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 4304. (Zaiger)
COLOSSAL CHESTNUT Thought to be a hybrid of Asian and
European chestnuts. High quality medium to large size nuts fall easily
from hull, are easy to peel. Large, long-lived, spreading tree. 4-500
hours. Pollinated by Nevada or Colossal seedling.
NEVADA CHESTNUT Pollenizer for Colossal - also a good producer.
One Nevada can pollinate 8-10 Colossal trees. Not tolerant of alkaline
soil. 4-500 hours. Pollinated by Colossal.
AUTUMN ROYAL GRAPE Developed at the Agricultural Research
Service in Fresno California, it ripens around the second week of October.
Purple to black in color, crisp and sweet. Excellent for fresh eating.
BLACK MONUKKA SEEDLESS GRAPE Large, purplish-black,
sweet, crisp. Does not require as much summer heat as Thompson. Fresh
or raisins. Early mid-season. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
CRIMSON SEEDLESS GRAPE New late season seedless grape, ripens
early October in Fresno, Calif. Medium size, firm, very sweet, excellent
quality. Cane prune. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
FANTASY SEEDLESS GRAPE Large, bluish-black, pale green flesh.
Sweet, superb quality. Extremely vigorous vine. Midseason (early
August in Fresno, Calif.). Derived from Emperor, Black Rose, Red
Malaga, Muscat. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
FLAME SEEDLESS GRAPE Medium-sized, light red. Crisp, sweet,
excellent flavor. For fresh use or raisins. Needs hot summer. Ripe early,
before Thompson. Vigorous. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA GRAPE Large, dull green, egg-shaped.
Juicy, distinctive flavor and aroma. Table, wine, raisins. Not suited to
hot desert climates. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
PERLETTE SEEDLESS GRAPE Pale green berry is crisp and juicy.
larger than Thompson and two weeks earlier. Requires less summer heat
than Thompson to ripen. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
RIBIER GRAPE Very large, round, seeded black table grape. Mild
flavor. Harvest early mid-season. Productive. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
RUBY SEEDLESS GRAPE Dark red, sweet, crisp, excellent fresh or
for raisins. Ripens after Thompson Seedless. Requires less summer heat
than Thompson or Flame. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
THOMPSON SEEDLESS GRAPE Most popular grape in Calif.,
Ariz. Fresh & raisins. Pale green, very sweet. Thin the clusters for larger
berries. Needs plenty of heat. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
CONCORD GRAPE (Eastern Concord) Versatile, long-time favorite
American grape. Blue-black berry with rich, distinctive flavor, used for
table, juice, jelly and wine. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON Late season red wine grape, small, black,
strongly flavored berry. Vigorous, upright vine. 100 hours. Self-
fruitful.
CHARDONNAY GRAPE For white burgundy wines. Small round
berry. Best quality where summers are cool. Vigorous vine, Very cold
hardy. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
FRENCH COLUMBARD GRAPE Yellow-green, juicy, for fruity white
wines. Tolerates hot climate, very productive. 50 hours. Self-fruitful.
MERLOT GRAPE Black berry, used for distinctive red wines. Best
quality in cooler regions. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
PINOT NOIR GRAPE Small black berries that yield the famous French
Burgundy wines. Requires cool summers, cane pruning. Early harvest.
100 hours. Self-fruitful.
ZINFANDEL GRAPE For fruity red wines. Medium size, round,
juicy, reddish-black berry, early mid-season. Prefers mild winters, cool
summer. Heavy bearing. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
