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Fruit trees
Indian Summer The Indian Summer Crabapple has abundant pink flowers with an extended blooming period. It blooms with King bloom of Red Delicious apple tree. Attractive rose-red flowers in spring followed by bright red fruit 3/4" in diameter. Excellent disease resistance. Indian Summer crabapples can take cold, shifts in temperatures, semi-arid climate and brisk winds. With sweeping branches, symmetrical shapes and modest proportions they add beauty as well as providing good pollen.
Autumn Sweet The Autumn Sweet plum is a new variety and it produces larger plums than Italian. The fruit is oval, fully purple colored, firm and very sweet. It is late blooming and will need a pollinator. This plum dries well and has an excellent shelf life.
Bartlett It is the nations leading pear variety. They tend to bear fruit for up to 50 to 75 years on a good site. The fruit is aromatic and is outstanding for fresh eating. They do require bees to help pollinate. Bartlett Pears do not ripen properly on the tree, so growers pick the fruit when it is mature but green.
Bing It produces a very large, delicious cherry that ranges in color from a deep garnet to almost black. The skin is smooth and glossy and the flesh firm and sweet. Bing cherries are good for cooking as well as out-of-hand eating. The flesh is very solid, reddish-purple in color, and is flavorful and juicy. The Bing Cherry tree requires cross-pollination to produce fruit.
Braeburn The Braeburn Apple has a sweet flavor balanced with a moderate tartness that produces a unique blend. The texture is crisp and firm and juicy. The under color is yellowish green and is shaded by a broadly red-striped color pattern. It is a late season apple with a long storage life. Its eating qualities make it adaptable for cooking as well as fresh use.
Chestnut The Chestnut Crabapple blooms in early to mid-May. Outstanding flavor and good texture for fresh eating as well as being a pollinator. A very hardy plant with a medium storage life. It is a very productive annual bearer, and is loaded with white blooms in the bloom stage. The fruit quality holds well on the tree, being quite spritely at first and becoming sweeter later on.
Lapin These are some of the largest, juciest cherries that grow on trees. They are great for snacking, and so big, one cherry is a mouthful! The skin is bright in appearance and it is split resistant due to flexible skin.
Comice The Comice Pear produces a large pear with a very juicy, melting flesh. Grow these and put them in your own gift boxes.
Cortland The Cortland Apple tree is rated as an excellent dessert and processing apple. It is sweet with a hint of tartness.
D Anjou The D'Anjo Pear is a large pear. The best flavor is realized when stored 1-2 months. The D'Anjou does not change color as it ripens.
Damson They are semi-shade tolerant and they grow to 12-14 ft.
Early Italian The Early Italian prune has dark purple skin with yellow-greenish flesh that runs dark wine color when cooked.
Elberta In the spring, rose-red blossoms will fill the air with fragrance.
Fantasia They are self fruitful and very vigorous.
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