Mt. Garfield Greenhouse and Nursery

3162 "F" Road
Grand Junction, CO 81504
(970) 434-2788

Fruit Trees
Shade Trees
Nut Trees

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.
GLEASON EARLY ELBERTA PEACH Also called Improved Elberta
or Lemon Elberta. Reliable frost hardy yellow freestone for Utah and
Pacific NW. Juicy, rich flavor. Harvest 10 days before Elberta.
Can/freeze/fresh. 800 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.
ELEPHANT HEART PLUM Home-orchard favorite - large,
heart-shaped fruit with sweet, juicy, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Dark
reddish-purple mottled skin. Long harvest season - September in Central
Calif. Hardy, heavy bearing. 500 hours. Pollinate with Beauty or Santa
Rosa.
FRIAR PLUM Large, round, black skin, amber flesh. Harvest is
prolonged - fruit is hard-ripe 4-5 weeks after Santa Rosa, but sweetest and
most delicious several weeks later (mid to late August in Central Calif.).
400 hours. Self-fruitful or plant with Santa Rosa.
LATE SANTA ROSA PLUM Medium to large reddish-purple skin,
red-streaked amber flesh. Tart-sweet with rich flavor when fully ripe.
Harvest about one month after Santa Rosa. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
FLAVOR DELIGHT APRIUM® INTERSPECIFIC Apricot-plum
hybrid. Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all
its own. High taste-test scores - one of the most flavorful early season
fruits. Early June. Very low chilling requirement. Less than 300 hours.
Self-fruitful, but biggest crops if pollinated by any apricot. Pat. No. 7090.
(Zaiger)
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)
NONPAREIL ALMOND No. 1 commercial almond, the standard of
quality. Interfruitful with Price, Mission, All-In-One, Carmel. (Neplus in
Northern California only.) 400 hours. Pollenizer required.
PEERLESS ALMOND Attractive hard shell; the leading in-shell variety.
Blooms early, with Neplus. Medium-sized, upright tree. 400 hours.
Pollenizer required: Neplus, Nonpareil.
BURGUNDY DESERT WILLOW - Chilopsis linearis ‘Burgundy’
Small tree grows moderately fast to 20 ft. Long narrow leaves, distinctive
crooked trunks with shaggy bark. Open growing, casts light shade.
Attractive, large, trumpet-shaped, fragrant, reddish-purple flowers attract
hummingbirds. Long flowering season, spring to fall. Sunset zones
11-13, 18-21.
PINK DAWN CHITALPA - X Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn'
(Catalpa x Chilopsis) Very fast-growing, relatively small single or
multi-trunked tree, reaches approximately 20 ft. x 20 ft. Very drought
tolerant. Large clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers in summer are pale
purplish-pink with pale yellow throat. Long, narrow, attractive, glossy
green leaves. Hybridized in Russia. Adapted to Southern Calif. and low
desert climates of the southwestern U.S.
FRUITLESS MULBERRY - Morus alba `Fruitless' Fast-growing, to 40
x 50 ft., dense shade. Tolerates summer heat, alkaline soil. Drought
tolerant, but best with ample water and feeding. Not necessary to prune
back to trunk each winter. All zones.
PERSIAN FRUITING MULBERRY - Morus nigra Densely foliated tree
to 25-30 ft. Large heart-shaped leaves. Large syncarpous (like a
blackberry) fruit is juicy, dark red to black, good for jam.