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Pick the right fruit trees for you!
Some Helpful Hints:
Pollinator: Refers to cross pollination by a different variety of fruit. Planting 2 or more varieties of fruit trees increases the number of fruit produced.
Chill Hours: Fruit trees need chill hours in the winter for flower buds to open in the spring (the flowers turn into the fruit). Trees with longer chill hours may not produce as much fruit during a warmer than usual winter.
Freestone or cling peaches: Freestone means the flesh is not attached to the pit while a cling peach’s fruit is woven into the pit.
Ripening time: Different varieties will ripen during different months. Choose early, mid and late fruiting varieties to lengthen your harvest time.
Peach Trees*
*these trees DO NOT require a pollinator
'Junegold' - Ripens in late may/early June. Good size yellow flesh peach with strong market acceptance. Clingstone. Requires 450 chill hours to produce.
'Belle of Georgia' - Ripens in late June. White flesh with a red blush when ripe. Freestone. Requires 840 chill hours to produce.
'Redskin' - Ripens in mid-July. Yellow flesh and almost solid red skin. Freestone. Requires 750 chill hours to produce.
'Early Elberta' - Ripens in early July. Yellow flesh peach and golden yellow red skin, large tree. Freestone. Requires 750 chill hours to produce.
'Florida King' - Ripens in mid May. Good flavor. Yellow skin/red blush. Clingstone. Requires 300 chill hours to produce.
'Harvester' - Ripens in June. One of the highest yielding. Reddish-yellow fruit with yellow, sweet flesh. Freestone. Requires 750 chill hours to produce.
'Florida Prince' - Ripens in late may/early June. Golden flesh with red blush skin. Semi-Freestone. Requires 150 chill hours to produce.
Apple Trees**
**these trees require a pollinator
'Gala' - Ripens in September. Make large crisp apple. Good pollinator variety. Requires 600 chill hours to produce.
'Red Delicious' - Ripens Mid-September to Mid-October. Tender, crisp, & sweet. Pollinate with Yellow Delicious. Requires 800 chill hours to produce.
'Yellow Delicious' - Ripens in late September. Yellow fruit, medium crispy fruit with a sweet taste. Dependable pollinator. Requires 700 chill hours to produce.
'Pink Lady' - Ripens in late October. Medium yellow/pink skin with unique tart/sweet flavor. Pollinate with Red Delicious. Requires 600 chill hours to produce.
Pear Trees**
**these trees require a pollinator
'Ayers' - High quality fruit with a few grit cells. Good fire blight resistance.
'Kieffer' - Takes a while to ripen. Good fire blight resistance. Green/Yellow skin with white flesh. Requires 400 chill hours to produce, does not need a pollinator.
'Moonglow' - High quality fruit with good fire blight resistance. Soft flesh. Requires 500 chill hours to produce.
'Orient' - Large smooth round yellow fruit- red cheek and thick skin. Juicy /creamy-mild flavor. Requires 300 chill hours to produce.
Plum Trees**
**these trees require a pollinator
'Bruce' - Late May. Large red plum for fresh eating or making jam. Must have pollinator. Pollinates w/ Santa Rosa.
'Santa Rosa' - Late May. Large red plum for fresh eating or making jam. Great pollinator. Pollinates w/ Bruce or All Red. *Does not need a pollinator.
'Au Rosa' - Early July. Excellent quality fresh/canned. Disease/scald resistant. Pollinates w/ Methley. *Does not need a pollinator.
'Methley' - Early June. Medium sized deep purple with red flesh. Disease resistant Pollinates w/ Au Rosa.
Fig Trees*
*these trees DO NOT require a pollinator
'Texas Everbearing' - Deep purple, pear-shaped fruit, ripens in May, harvest in June through August.
'Brown Turkey' - Medium sized, good for preserving or eating. Possibly 2 crops per season. Heat tolerant, hardy to 10 degrees
'Celeste' - Very sweet fruit, tree is pest/disease resistant, cold and heat resistant, ripen in July.
'LSU Purple' - Medium sized , white flesh fruit. Vigorous, upright grower, pest/disease-resistant. Ripens from July through frost.
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