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Written by Site Admin
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Monday, 08 February 2010 18:44 |
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Fan-Stil (500)*
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Fan-Stil's are medium, bell-shaped and has a creamy yellow skin with a slight red blush. They are crisp, juicy with a white flesh. They are vigourous, have a very upright growth and bears consistently. Fan-Stil's are more resistant to blight than others and ripen in August. |
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Hood (150-250)*
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Hood's are large, early season fruit with a yellow-green skin and sweet, mil-flavored flesh. They are reported to be highly resistant to fireblight and ripen mid- to late July. |
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Monterey (300)*
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Monterey's are large, apple shaped with a yellow-green skin. They also have a sweet, mild-flavored flesh. They are a vigourous, upright tree from Monterey, Mexico and are good for mild winter areas. Monterey's ripen between August - September. |
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Orient (400)*
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Orient's are fireblight resistant, large, beautiful, nearly round fruits with a shiny yello skin and red blush. The flesh is firm and juicy with a mild flavor and is used mainly for canning. They are a large, vigorous tree first introduced in Chino, CA in 1945. Orient's ripen in August. Does better with pollinizer such as Bartlett. |
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Sugar (300)*
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Sugar's are medium to small and round to bell shaped. The skin is smooth, yellow-brown suffused with russet red. They have a creamy white, textured flesh with a very sweet flavor and are good for preserving. The Sugar Tree's growth is semi-dwarf. It is good for mild winter areas but will fruit heavier with more chilling. They are self-fertile in the arid-west and ripen mid- to late August.
* = Chill hour requirement a Chill Hour is 45 degrees or colder
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:34 |
