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APPLE VARIETIES
Listed in approximate order of ripening
Summer Varieties
EARLIGOLDTM (U.S. Plant Patent No.
4820)
Medium sized apple with smooth skin,
yellowish-green color and fine flavor. High fruit solids
and high acid levels. Great for both the fresh market
and processing. Requires multiple pickings.
GRAVENSTEIN
Large,
red-striped, crisp and juicy. An old-time favorite
cooking apple, especially fine for pies. Hardy.
Fall Varieties
ZESTAR!®
Offered under
a license agreement with the University of Minnesota.
Light, crisp and juicy. Excellent sweet/tart balance
with a brown sugar overtone. Prefers a cooler climate.
Two pick apple that is susceptible to scab.
RUBY JON®
(U.S. Plant Patent No. 10115)(Johnson Cultivar)
Color
starts mid-July and finishes the first part of August.
Red striping over greenish-yellow ground color with the
slightly tart flavor Jonathan lovers want.
PACIFIC GALA® (U.S. Plant Patent
No. 9681)(Olsen two Cultivar)
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BUCKEYE® GALA (U.S. Plant Patent No. 10840)(Simmons
Cultivar)
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IMPROVED McINTOSH
(Worcester Cultivar)
The best early full 100% deep red
McIntosh available. Colors 10 days ahead of other
strains. Fruit is large, juicy and aromatic.
SPARTAN
A very
attractive McIntosh type apple maturing about two weeks
after McIntosh. Has firmer flesh and excellent dessert
quality. Bears early and heavily.
HONEYCRISPTM (U.S. Plant Patent No.
7197)
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Winter Varieties
ROYAL EMPIRE® (U.S. Plant
Patent No. 7820)
Offered under license agreement with
Cornell. A sport of Empire that was discovered on the
Teeple Farms, Wolcott, NY. Royal Empire® shows much
higher, earlier coloring than standard Empire.
SEPTEMBER WONDER® FUJI (U.S. Plant Patent No. 11193) (Fiero
Cultivar)
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GOLDEN DELICIOUS (Mullins
Cultivar)
Fruit large, juicy and of exceptionally good
quality. Heavy, early bearer, fine for commercial
orchardists and just as good for the home garden.
IMPROVED GOLDEN (Gibson Cultivar)
Russet Resistant. The
most russet resistant Golden clone commercially
available. The finish is smoother to the touch in
comparison with a regular Golden. Recommended for areas
where russeting is a problem.
SCARLET SPUR® brand II RED DELICIOUS
For almost 2 decades, Scarlet
Spur® was the most popular Red Delicious. The ‘next
generation’ of this variety finishes coloring about 3
days earlier than its parent, but maintains all the
winning characteristics of the original. Dark color with
crisp white flesh and outstanding type.
SCHLECT SPUR DELICIOUS
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RUBINSTAR® JONAGOLD (U.S.
Plant Patent No. 7590)
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IDARED
A solid, bright
red apple with firm, creamy-white, smooth-textured
flesh. Trees bear young with a heavy, annual yield.
Recommended for an early-blooming pollinizer.
RAMEY YORK
Fruit develops intense, deep, rich full
color ahead of any other Red York strains. Tree is
vigorous. Ramey is the only York to consider for fresh
market and has all the excellent qualities needed for
the processing market.
NORTHERN SPY
A popular
old-time variety. Apple of high quality, firm and
delicious tart flavor. Tree is slow to bear and
biennial. Malling rootstocks improve bearing
characteristics.
SNOWSWEET™ brand (MN 1797
Cultivar)
From the same people who developed
Honeycrisp™ -- ripens two weeks later, however. A
beautiful red blush covers up to 85% of the fruit, with
the flesh bright white. Resists browning. Firm apple
with a sweet/tart flavor. Hardy tree suitable for colder
climates.
EARLY SPUR ROME (U.S. Plant Patent No. 7328)
Has true
Rome flavor, quality and brilliant red color, even in
the heart of the tree. The apple handles and stores
well. Excellent shipper.
MYRA RED FUJI (U.S. PLANT
PATENT NO. 9645)
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NEWTOWN PIPPIN
Fruit
medium to large, uniform in size but variable in form
and coloring. Color green at fruit harvest but light
yellow later. High quality dessert apple.
KUMEU CRIMSON® BRAEBURN
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GRANNY SMITH
A
late-maturing green apple. Large, firm,
bruise-resistant, tart flavor and of excellent quality.
Tree is vigorous, early-bearing and annually productive.
AZTEC FUJI™ (DT2 cultivar)
(U.S. Patent Applied For)
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TopExport® FUJI (U.S.
Plant Patent No. 12098)(Snyder Cultivar)
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PINK LADY® brand (U.S.
Plant Patent No. 7880)(Cripps Pink Cultivar)
Popular
cultivar from Australia. Flavor best described as crisp,
juicy and tangy. Cripps Pink is recommended for areas
with long growing seasons. Available through C & O
Nursery only by growing contract. Licensed through
Brandt’s Fruit Trees, Inc.®
Crabapple Pollinizers
The search for good pollinizers
continues with considerable interest in flowering crabs.
The crabs have a number of potential advantages,
especially the blooming characteristics - most bloom on
both spurs and one-year wood, which extends the blossom
period considerably. In this way, the likelihood of
coinciding with the blossom period of the commercial
variety is increased.
We favor pruning shortly
after bloom so new shoots will grow, and take greater
advantage of the flowers on one year old wood for
pollinizing the following year's crop. This type of
pruning also helps maintain a slender tree.
MANCHURIAN
The white,
medium-size flowers have very heavy pollen. Blooms early
to mid-season, and pollinizes same time frame. Good bee
activity. Tree is vigorous, with upright growth.
INDIAN SUMMER
Abundant pink flowers with extended
bloom period. Blooms with King bloom of Red Delicious.
Pollen germination is good. Tree moderately vigorous and
rangy.
SNOWDRIFT
A very profuse
bloomer. Good pollinizer for medium to late-blooming
commercial varieties. Small to medium-size white flowers
attractive to bees. A bushy, oval-shaped tree if not
trained and of low vigor.
Virus Clean Nursery StockSince the early 1940's C&O has been
working closely with the Washington State Department of
Agriculture developing and producing Certified virus
clean nursery stock. Today most of our fruit trees are
available in Certified stock. Before 1930, few viruses
that affect deciduous fruit trees were known. With
today's technology, virus diseases can now be dealt with
effectively. Both rootstocks and propagating wood used
are systematically indexed to ensure that they are free
of all known viruses. It is in the grower's best
interests to purchase certified virus clean nursery
stock whenever available.
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