Let It Grow Nursery

90 North Mildred Road
Cortez, CO 81321
(970) 565-3099

Fruit Trees

NORTHPOLE TM COLUMNAR APPLE Large, red-skinned
McIntosh-type fruit is crisp, juicy and aromatic. Attractive, distinctive,
narrow-growing (columnar) tree, grows to about ten feet. Trees topped
for height control develop upright side limbs. Easily adapted to container
growing. Estimated chilling requirement 800 hours. Pollinated by Scarlet
SentinelTM or other apple varieties.
SCARLET SENTINEL COLUMNAR APPLE TM Dense clusters of
white blossoms followed by large, delicious, red-blushed, greenish-yellow
fruit. Attractive, distinctive, narrow-growing (columnar) tree, grows to
about ten feet. Trees topped for height control develop upright side limbs.
Easily adapted to container growing. Estimated chilling requirement 800
hours. Pollinated by NorthpoleTM or other apple varieties.
ARKANSAS BLACK SPUR APPLE Large, late season. Dark red skin,
high quality even where summer nights are warm. For dessert and
cooking. Keeps many months. 800 hours. Partly self-fruitful.
KING APPLE (Tompkins King) Large, old-time red-striped apple with
classic apple flavor. Its coarse, crisp flesh is subacid, sweet and distinctly
perfumed. Used for dessert, cooking and cider. Well-colored fruits are a
very attractive red with some contrasting yellow. Fairly rectangular
shape, with ribs near the base. Ripens mid-season, about with Golden
Delicious. Keeps several months, but at its best soon after harvest.
Horizontal limbs, spreading growth habit. Originated in New Jersey prior
to 1804. Estimated chilling requirement 800-1000 hours. Sterile pollen;
cross-pollination required.
SPITZENBURG (ESOPUS) APPLE Old variety, regarded by some
connoisseurs as the very best dessert apple. Red over yellow skin,
yellowish flesh. Firm, juicy, moderately sweet, renowned flavor. Good
keeper. 800 hours. Pollenizer required.
CHINESE (MORMON) APRICOT Cold hardy, frost hardy, sets heavy
crops of small to medium size sweet fruit. Recommended for difficult,
spring frost-prone climates. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.
WENATCHEE MOORPARK APRICOT Long-time favorite in western
OR & WA. Recommended for other western climates where spring rains
and frosts limit apricot culture. Flavorful fruit used fresh, dried, canned.
700 hours. Self-fruitful.
MONTMORENCY SOUR CHERRY Large, light red skin, yellow flesh.
Perfect for cobblers, pies, etc. Extremely winter hardy. Very heavy
bearing. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.
NORTH STAR DWARF SOUR CHERRY Attractive, densely foliated,
naturally small tree grows to about 8-10 ft. Hardy to -40oF, very
productive, resists cracking and brown rot. Often bears in second year.
Large, meaty, tart, red-skinned fruit with red juice. Excellent for pies and
cobblers, also used fresh when fully ripe. From Minnesota, introduced in
1950. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
ROYAL ANN CHERRY Long-time favorite yellow sweet cherry for
eating fresh or canning. 700 hours. Pollenizer required - interfruitful
with Van and Black Tart, not Bing.
STELLA CHERRY Self-fruitful - no pollenizer needed. Large, nearly
black, richly flavored sweet cherry similar to its parent, Lambert. Late
harvest. 500-600 hours. Pollinates Bing, except in mild winter climates.
MERICREST NECTARINE Very cold hardy, frost hardy, late bloom.
Crops after sub-zero winters. Large, red-skinned yellow freestone, rich
tangy flavor - very high scoring in taste tests. Highly recommended.
Mid-July in Central Calif. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
BABY CRAWFORD PEACH The best-flavored peach, according to
California Rare Fruit Growers in the Santa Clara Valley area. Small,
intensely flavored yellow freestone. Golden orange skin with slight blush.
Harvest late July in Central Calif., about one week before Elberta. 800
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.
INDIAN FREE PEACH Taste test winner, and one of the all-time
highest rated fruits at Dave Wilson Nursery fruit tastings. Large
freestone, firm crimson and cream colored flesh. Tart until fully ripe, then
highly aromatic with a rich, distinctive flavor. Highly resistant to peach
leaf curl. Late season. 700 hours. Another nectarine or peach needed to
pollinate.
J.H. HALE PEACH Old variety, still one of the best. Very large, firm,
superb flavor. Fresh/canned. Ripe August 1st in Central Calif. Excellent
frost hardiness. 800 hours. Another nectarine or peach needed to
pollinate.
POLLY WHITE PEACH One of the most winter hardy peach varieties.
Developed in Iowa, hardy to -20oF. Reliable crops of tasty, sweet,
medium-sized, white-fleshed fruit. Crimson-blushed white skin. 1,000
hours. Self-fruitful.
RANGER PEACH One of the best late-blooming/frost hardy peaches
for cold climates. Medium size, full-flavored, high quality yellow
freestone. Mid-season, 1 week after Redhaven. Fresh/can/freeze. 900
hours. Self-fruitful.
RELIANCE PEACH Late blooming. Very cold hardy/frost hardy.
Sweet, flavorful yellow freestone - best choice for climates having severe
cold in winter and spring. Harvest 2-3 weeks before Elberta. Showy
bloom. 1000 hours. Self-fruitful.
RIO OSO GEM PEACH Favorite late yellow freestone. Large, sweet,
rich flavor, like J.H. Hale. Fresh/freeze. Small tree. Showy bloom.
Mid-August in Central Calif. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
SUNCREST PEACH Large, very firm, fine-flavored, yellow freestone.
Bright red skin over yellow. Suncrest is the peach immortalized by the
book Epitaph for a Peach: four seasons on my family farm, by David Mas
Masumoto (1995). Tree-ripe harvest late July in Central California. Frost
hardy blossoms, consistent producer. Originated in Fresno, Calif.
Introduced in 1959. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.
BOSC PEAR Long & narrow shape, brown skin. Superb quality, one of
the best. Harvest late October. Fresh/cooked. Susceptible to fireblight in
warm, moist climates. 800 hours. Pollinated by Bartlett or other pear.
COMICE PEAR The gift pack pear. Sweet, aromatic, fine texture,
superb flavor and quality - one of the best. Short neck, greenish-yellow
skin with red blush. Late harvest. 600 hours. Self-fruitful in most
climates of Western U.S. or plant with Bartlett.
SECKEL PEAR Connoisseurs' favorite. Sweet, flavorful, aromatic,
spicy, perhaps the best. Russeted brown skin. Resists fireblight. 500
hours. Full crop 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
WINTER NELIS PEAR Small, roundish, russeted fruit. Juicy, aromatic,
sweet. Harvest late fall, keeps well. Small tree. Good pollenizer for
Bartlett. 700 hours. Pollenizer required.
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.
BURBANK PLUM Red and golden yellow skin. Yellow-orange
(apricot colored) flesh is firm, sweet, aromatic, juicy and uniquely
flavored. Relatively small tree, cold hardy. Imported from Japan by
Luther Burbank. 400 hours. Pollinated by Santa Rosa.
WEEPING SANTA ROSA SEMI-DWARF PLUM One of the most
flavorful, aromatic Japanese plums when fully ripe. Beautiful 8-10 ft.
tree, weeping growth habit - long slender limbs bow gracefully to the
ground. Easily espaliered. 400 hours. Self-fruitful.
BLUE DAMSON PLUM Very old variety, rugged and dependable.
Small, blue-black tart plums for jams & jellies. Late blooming, cold
hardy, heavy bearing. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.