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deep in color. sweet and slightly sour. Harvest: When is a orange-red Description: The flesh is red, sweet, Uses: Rind and often used to Spring. Uses: Used in Filipino delicacies like Harvest: January-March. color, from October to December. and not very acidic. make . Uses: Eaten fresh or in , 4-6 Panache Tiger Fig [Ficus carica] palabok, Leyte , and Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Uses: Used in cookies and pudding Harvest: Usually November -April , jams, wines, pies, etc. Origin: Western Asia. . Also used to treat itchy recipes or enjoyed fresh. Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. 3-10 Chandler [ 3-17 Blueberry [Vaccinium Description: Small green figs with scalp, cough, heal insect bites, remove 2-6 Oro Blanco - 3-2 Lane Late Navel Orange [Citrus maxima] corymbosum] yellow stripes and dark red flesh. freckles, deodorize armpits, remove DOUBLE, see 1-3 2-13 Contorted Jujube [Zizyphus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] Origin: Bred at UC Riverside, by Origin: Mississippi. Harvest: August-November. fabric stains, and clear skin of acne. jujuba] Origin: in 1950. crossing a Siamese Pink pomelo and a Description: A hardy bush with Uses: Best eaten fresh. 2-7 Improved Meyer [Citrus Origin: . Description: Smooth, bright orange- Siamese Sweet pomelo. abundant production of moderately 1-6 Indio Mandarinquat [X x meyeri] Description: Walnut-sized fruit, red peel. Bright, juicy, sweet flesh. Description: Large, with thick yellow sized, light blue berries. 4-7 White Genoa Fig [Ficus carica] sp.] Origin: Meyer were brought brown and green peel. Harvest: February-June. peel. Pink, sweet, sightly sour flesh. Harvest: June. Origin: Central . Origin: U.S. Date & Citrus Station, from China to the US by Frank Meyer Harvest: Pick when peel is mostly Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. Harvest: November-June. Uses: Eaten fresh or used in jams or Description: Green skin and sweet, About the Orchard at Indio, CA, 1972. of the USDA in 1908. The Improved brown with only a few green patches. Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. baked goods. juicy, pale pink flesh. Quarry Lakes Rare Fruit Description: Olive-sized, ornamental, variety was released in 1975 by the Uses: Eaten fresh, dried, or candied. 3-3 Moro [Citrus Harvest: July. Grove slightly -shaped fruit. Orange University of . Can be substituted for raisins or dates. sinensis (L.) Osbeck] 3-11 Hachiya Persimmon [Diospyros 3-18 Southmoon Blueberry Uses: Good eaten fresh, dried, or rind. Description: Medium-sized, round Origin: kaki] [Vaccinium x ‘Southmoon’] made into jam.

Harvest: Primarily year round. fruit with thin yellow skin. Small 2-14 Fruiting Mulberry [Morus spp. Description: Medium-sized, with a Origin: China. Origin: . 1-1 Chinotto Flowering Orange Uses: Can be used in food and fragrant white flowers. Moraceae] burgundy-orange peel. Dark red flesh. Description: Unlike the flat and firm Description: Berries are large and 4-8 Unknown Fig [ Rafinesque] or for decorative purposes. Harvest: Year-round. Origin: Eastern and central China. Harvest: January. Fuyu persimmon, the Hachiya is soft, light blue, with hearty, sweet, and tart Origin: Brought to Europe from Uses: Used to make . Juice Description: Tolerant of drought, Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. juicy, and heart-shaped. flavor. 4-9 Tejocote- Mexican Hawthorne China. 1-7 Eustis [X and is used for cooking. pollution, and poor soil. Very sweet Harvest: Ripe when flesh is soft and Harvest: Mid-May. [Craetaegus Mexicana] Description: Small, dark green Citrofortunella sp.] and juicy red fruit when ripe. 3-4 Sanguinelli Blood Orange peel is a deep orange in color. Very Uses: Eaten fresh, or in baked goods. Origin: Mexico. . Small, slightly tart fruit with Origin: of West Indian 2-8 -Citrus Junos [Citrus Harvest: Ripens in late Spring. [Citrus sinenesis (L.) Osbeck] astringent flesh when unripe. Description: Small yellow-orange few . and the round . junos] Uses: The leaves are used to feed Origin: . Uses: Eaten raw or used in deserts. 3-19 Wonderful Pomegranate fruit. Sweet and tart . Harvest: to early spring. Description: Yellow peel, lime-like in Origin: Hubei Province, China. silkworms. Fruit can be used in pies, Description: Dark, purple-red flesh, [Punica granatum] Harvest: February. Uses: Use juice, rind, and zest in food appearance, size, and taste. Description: -sized, thick wines, or eaten fresh or dried. large, seedy, and sweet. 3-12 Lang Jujube [Zizyphus jujuba] Origin: Pomegranates originate from Uses: In Mexico, it’s enjoyed raw, and drink such as marmalade or juice. Harvest: Typically year-round. yellow-orange rind, subtly sweet flesh. Harvest: December-February. Origin: China. northern region. This variety cooked, candied, or canned, or offered

Uses: Ornamental, also used as a Harvest: September-October. 2-15 Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. Description: Reddish-brown and was introduced to California in 1896. to the deceased on Day of the Dead. 1-2 Variegated Pink Fleshed Eureka substitute for limes in food. Uses: Juice and zest is used in [Morus spp. Moraceae] wrinkly when ripe. Sweet, pear- Description: Large, purple-red skin, lemon (Pink Lemonade) [Citrus x cooking when the fruit is still slightly Origin: Illinois, 1947. 3-5 Trovita Orange [Citrus sinensis shaped, and chewy. dark purple juice. Orange-red 4-10 Red Azarole [Crataegus limon L. Burm.f.] 2-1 Buddha’s Hand [Citrus green. Description: Sweet, juicy, (L.) Osbeck] Harvest: September-October. blossoms bloom in late spring. azarolus] Origin: Arose from Eureka Lemon in medica var. sarcodactylis] blackberry-like fruit. Origin: The Citrus Research Center in Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Harvest: September-October. Origin: Italy. home garden in Burbank, California. Origin: Northeastern India or China. 2-9 Lime [Citrus hystrix] Harvest: July-September. Riverside, CA, in 1916. Uses: Eaten fresh or in . Description: Small, red berries that Description: Leaves are green and Description: The fruit’s shape looks Origin: India or area. Uses: Used in pies or eaten fresh. Description: Moderately sized, juicy, 3-13 Li Jujube [Zizyphus jujuba] taste like . white. Striped green and cream rind. like fingers closed in prayer. Thorny Description: Small and round, with not too sweet. Origin: China. 4-1 Black Spanish Fig [Ficus carica] Harvest: October-December. Solid yellow rind when fully ripe. branches, fragrant white flowers, thick thick, bumpy, green skin and pale, 2-16 Self Fruiting Che (Chinese Harvest: Early Spring. Description: Similar to the Lang Origin: Spain. Uses: Best eaten fresh. Birds and Light pink, acidic flesh and juice. light orange peel, very acidic. very sour flesh. Melonberry) [Cudrania tricuspidata] Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. jujube, the Li is reddish-brown and Description: Large, mahogany other wild animals feed on this fruit. Harvest: Spring, when rind is yellow. Harvest: November-January. Harvest: Year-round. Origin: Eastern Asia. wrinkly, but is rounder in shape. colored fruit with sweet, red flesh. Uses: Cook with juice, rind, and zest. Uses: Used in China and to Uses: The zest is used in Tahi . Description: Slightly sweet, 3-6 Bearss Lime [Citrus x latifolia] Harvest: September-October. Harvest: July. 4-11 Yellow Azarole [Crataegus

perfume rooms and clothing. Also Leaves are used to flavor chicken and cantalope-flavored fruit. Bumpy red- Origin: Possibly Tahiti. Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Uses: Usually eaten fresh. azarolus] 1-3 Oro Blanco Grapefruit [Citrus used as religious offering in Buddhist other Southeast Asian dishes. Fruit purple skin. Description: White blossoms, and Origin: Mediterranean. paradisi Macfadyen] temples. Zest can be cooked with. can also be candied whole. Harvest: Ripe when maroon-red in moderately large, acidic, juicy flesh. 3-14 Princess Diana Juneberry 4-2 Black Mission Fig [Ficus carica] Description: Small and yellow- Origin: University of Riverside,1958. color, usually October-November. Harvest: Smooth, light yellow rind (Serviceberry) [Amelancier x Origin: Introduced at Mission San orange in color. like Released under patent in 1981. 2-2 Owari Satsuma Mandarin 2-10 Citron [Citrus medica] Uses: Silkworm diets consist of the when ripe. Usually late Fall. grandifolia] Diego by Junipero Serra in 1769. hawthorne. Description: Cross between a seedy [ Marcovitch] Origin: Possibly Persia. leaves of this fruit . Fruit can be Uses: Used in pies, tarts, and juices. Origin: Used by Native Americans in Description: Small, dark-skinned, Harvest: February. grapefruit and an acid-free pomelo Origin: China and Japan. Description: About six inches long eaten fresh, dried, or in baked goods. Northern area. sweet fruit. Uses: Eaten fresh, candied, or cooked variety. Golden yellow, thick peel. Description: Medium size, seedless, and odly shaped when ripe. Pale, 3-7 Lime [Citrus x limonia] Description: Small, round, and purple Harvest: August. down into a jam. Pale yellow, relatively sweet flesh. slightly sweet. Loose, leathery skin. green-yellow, bumpy skin. Dry, bland 2-17 Early Girl Mulberry Origin: Possibly Rangpur, when ripe. Look like blueberries, but Uses: Can be eaten fresh, canned, Harvest: Winter or early spring when Harvest: October-December. flesh. . taste different. dried, or used in baked goods. 4-12 Star Mayhaw [Crataegus rind has turned golden yellow. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Harvest: January. 2-18 Mulberry [Morus Description: Hybrid between lemon Harvest: June. series Aestivales] Uses: Fruit and juice used in desserts, Uses: Used in the Jewish holiday, Macrura] and . Orange colored Uses: Used in pies, jams, and fruit 4-3 Blue Giant Fig [Ficus carica] Origin: North America. salads, or Asian savory dishes, paired 2-3 Mandarin [Citrus . It is wrapped in silk and Origin: Islamabad, Pakistan. peel and flesh. Very acidic. leathers. Also eaten fresh. Origin: Texas. Description: Small red fruit with with sweet and spicy flavors. aurantium] stored in a silver box. The flesh is Description: Very large, ruby-red Harvest: Late Fall. Description: Large fruit with purple yellow flesh. Small white flowers.

Origin: USDA, 1916. later made into a jam and eaten to fruit. Firm and sweet fruit. Uses: Preferred over limes and lemons 3-15 Macrocarpa Medlar [Mespilus skin and honey-colored flesh. Harvest: Late April-May. 1-4 Nagami Kumquat [Fortunella Description: Small and richly sweet. promote healthy childbirth for Harvest: Late spring. in Costa Rica. Germanicus] Harvest: Early Fall. Uses: Used in jellies, jams, wines, ] Some fruit can be slightly necked. pregnant women. Uses: Eaten fresh or used in pastries. Origin: Southwest Asia and Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. teas, and syrups. Origin: Asia-Pacific region. Harvest: November-January. 3-8 Palestine Sweet Lime [Citrus southeastern Europe Description: Olive-sized, ornamental Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. 2-11 Coffee Cake Persimmon 2-19 Silk Floss Tree [Chorisia limettiodes Tan.] Description: Small, with firm brown 4-4 Conardia Fig [Ficus carica] 4-13 Red Sun Chinese Haw fruit. Sweet, edible peel. Sour flesh. [Namura wase] Speciosa] Origin: India. skin. Flesh resembles that of an apple Origin: Developed in 1957 by [Crataegus pinnatifida] Fragrant flowers. 2-4 Fremont Mandarin [Citrus Origin: Japan. Origin: Tropical forests of South Description: Small and round fruit. in taste and appearance. Professor Ira J. Condit. Origin: China. Harvest: Late winter, when the peel is reticulata Blanco] Description: Orange, flat, and firm America. Pale green or orange-yellow peel. Harvest: July-August. Description: Large fruit with light Description: Round, sweet, red fruit completely orange. Origin: Bred by PC Reece at the U.S. when ripe. Flesh is brown-orange and Description: Prickles on branches Juicy and not acidic. Uses: Can be eaten fresh off tree in yellow skin and pink flesh. about one inch in diameter. Tree has Uses: Fruit and peel can be eaten, tree Horticultural Field Station in Orlando, tastes of sweet cinnamon. store water. The are pods that Harvest: November. southern Europe, but in northern Harvest: July-August. small white flower clusters. is used for bonsai. FL. Harvest: September-October. contain small black seeds surrounded Uses: Good for . climates need to ripen off the tree. Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Harvest: December-February.

Description: Small, red-orange fruit. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. by fluffy, silk-like material. Uses: Eaten fresh, dried, or candied. 1-5 Calamondin Harvest: December-January. Harvest: N/A 3-9 Seville Sour Orange [Citrus 3-16 Elegant Cornelian Cherry 4-5 Osborne Prolific Fig [Ficus Used in Chinese medicine to treat [Citrofortunella microcarpa] Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. 2-12 Fuyu Persimmon [Diospyros Uses: Seeds used to make vegetable aurantium L.] [Cornus mas] carica] heart problems. Origin: Southern China. kaki] oil. Silk is used to make paper or rope. Origin: Cultivated in Seville, Spain in Origin: Eastern Europe and western Origin: Western Asia. 4-14 Kuganskaya Russian Quince Description: Also know as Philippine 2-5 Minneola Origin: Brought to CA from China in 3-1 Orange [Citrus the 1100s from Chineses sour oranges. Asia. Description: Medium-sized, brown, [Cydonia oblonga] lime. Small, decorative, sour fruit. Origin: US Dept. of Agriculture, the early 1900s. sinensis (L.) Osbeck] Description: Pale, tart, juicy, slightly Description: Tart, cherry-like flavor. thick-skinned fig. Light yellow flesh. Origin: Caucasus, north of Dense , small leaves, thorns, 1931. Description: Sweet, firm orange fruit. Origin: The Hacienda de Cara Cara in bitter flesh. Fragrant peel. Part of the dogwood family. Harvest: July-August. and Armenia. fragrant blossoms. Description: Fruit is necked, very Skin is often peeled off and not eaten. Valencia, , in 1976. Harvest: December-January. Harvest: Long harvest starts in Uses: Best eaten fresh. Description: Large, round, yellow, Harvest: Late winter, when peel is mildly sweet fruit. Description: Yellow-red skin, sweet, in Japan and CA. armeniaca] tart flavor. pumila] [ domestica] Origin: Bred by Zaiger Genetics. Harvest: October. smooth flesh. Harvest: September. Origin: Central Asia. Harvest: September-February. Origin: Brought to New York in 1953 Origin: Brought to the US by Felix Description: A cross of apricot, Uses: Eaten fresh, preserved, or Harvest: August. Uses: Eaten fresh. Description: Large, sweet orange Uses: Eaten fresh or used in baking, by Irene Dorsett, from Nassua, New Gillett from Clairac, France in 1870. peach, and . baked. Uses: Best eaten fresh. fruit. juices, and alcohol. Providence Island, in . Description: Oval, dark purple fruit Harvest: June. 5-14 Shin Li Asian Pear [Pyrus Harvest: May-June. Description: Small with light yellow with juicy, tender, sweet flesh. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. 4-15 Ivan's Beauty Mountain Ash 5-5 Bartlett Pear [] pyrifolia] Uses: Good eaten fresh or used for 7-1 Apricot Apple and red peel. Sweet, crisp flesh with Harvest: September. [ x Aronia] Origin: Discovered by an English Origin: Bred in CA. canning, drying, and baking. Origin: West Salem, Oregon, in the hints of vanilla. Uses: Good fresh or dried. 9-4 Green Gage/Elephant Heart Origin: Bred by Michurin, a famous schoolmaster, Mr. Stair, in 1765. Description: Large, yellow-green and 1980s. Harvest: June-July. Plum [Prunus spp.] Russian breeder, by crossing Description: Yellow-pink skin when brown skin, with crisp, juicy flesh. 6-7 Pennsylvania Golden Paw Paw Description: Medium sized red- Uses: Eaten fresh or picked when 8-6 French Prune [Prunus Origin: Europe, possibly France. European mountain ash and ripe. Large, juicy and sweet fruit. Harvest: Late September. [Asimina triloba] orange apple with light yellow, crisp unripe to use in baked goods. domestica] Description: Small, and very sweet chokeberry. Harvest: September. Uses: Eaten fresh. Origin: Eastern North America. flesh. Apple taste with hints of Origin: Brought to CA during the and rich in flavor. Description: Dark rich red colored Uses: Eaten fresh or canned. Description: Large, sweet, green- apricot. 7-9 Firecracker Crab Apple [ Rush by Frenchmen, Pierre and Harvest: July-August. fruit. Very astringent. 5-15 Shinko Asian Pear skinned fruit with warm yellow flesh. Harvest: October-November. spp.] Louis Pellier. Uses: Good eaten fresh or paired with Harvest: June-July. 5-6 [Pyrus spp.] Origin: Harvest: Late September. Uses: Best if eaten fresh. Origin: North America. Description: Oval, dark reddish- cheese or used to make jam or baked Uses: Not eaten fresh, only used to Origin: Philadelphia, early 1800s. Description: Golden brown russeted Uses: Good canned and in baked Description: Dark, bright red skin. purple fruit with very sweet, tender goods. make juice. Description: Very small, round fruit Juicy sweet crisp like apple goods. 7-2 Red Apple [Malus Small and crunchy, sweet, tart, yellow flesh. with matte green skin with purple Harvest: September pumila] reddish-yellow flesh. Harvest: August. 9-5 Ash Mishad Apricot 4-16 [Sorbus x Pyrus] splotches. Very sweet and juicy flesh. Uses: Eaten fresh 6-8 Shenandoan Paw Paw [Asimina Origin: South Jutland, Denmark, in Harvest: September. Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Once Origin: Alsace, France, 1619. Harvest: September. triloba] 1669. Uses: Good eaten fresh or used in dried, these prunes were used in 15th 9-6 Self Fertile Bing Cherry [Prunus Description: Cross between European Uses: Eaten fresh or canned whole. 5-16 Eve Pomegranate [Punica Origin: Eastern North America. Description: Green-yellow, red salads, juices, or baked goods. century France to bargain and trade. avium] Pear and Common . granatum] Description: Fragrant, light green striped skin with crisp, white, juicy Origin: Bred by horticulturist, Seth Round, red-yellow fruit. Sweet, 5-7 Moonglow Pear (Burnt Ridge Origin: Southern Asia, spread to India skin with black spots when ripe. Soft flesh. Tart with hints of honey flavor. 7-10 Pink Lady Apple [Malus 8-7 Galaxy Peach [Prunus persica] Lewelling, and his Chinese foreman yellow flesh. Nursery) [Pyrus spp.] and the Mediterranean. Introduced to yellow flesh. Harvest: July-August. pumila] Origin: China. Ah Bing in Milwaukie, Oregon, 1875. Harvest: August-September. Origin: Introduced in 1960 by USDA North America in the 16th century by Harvest: August-October. Uses: Eaten fresh or prepared in Origin: Western Australia’s Description: Bagel-shaped, sweet, Description: Most popular cherry in Uses: Eaten fresh, poached, or by crossing Bartlett and Comice . Jesuit missionaries from Spain. Uses: Flesh can be scooped out and savory meat dishes or baked goods. Department of Agriculture, 1973. juicy white flesh, with hints of the US. candied. Description: Large, sweet, smooth- Description: Red-orange flowers, eaten fresh. Bred by crossing nectarine flavor. Harvest: May-June. fleshed pears. yellow-red skin and purple-red flesh. 7-3 Karmijan de Sonneville Apple and . Harvest: June. Uses: Good eaten fresh or canned and 4-17 Burbank Mountain Ash - Harvest: Ripens off the tree, in Sept. Harvest: October. 6-9 Tompkins King Apple [Malus [Malus pumila] Description: Bright pink skin, and Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. used in pastries. Goldridge [Sorbus domestica] Uses: Eaten fresh. Uses: Eaten fresh or juiced. pumila] Origin: Bred by Piet de Sonnaville in sweet and tart flavor. Origin: Bred by Luther Burbank in Origin: 1804, in Warren County, NJ. the Netherlands, 1949. Harvest: October-November. 8-8 Peach 10-1 Unknown Plum Santa Rosa, CA, in the early 1900s. 5-8 Moonglow Pear (Dave Wilson 6-1 Sweet Treat Pluerry [Prunus Description: Large, with red and Description: Very sweet, but also Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Origin: China. Description: Twice as large as other Nursery)- DOUBLE, see 5-7 ‘Sweet Treat’] yellow skin and crisp yellow flesh. very tart. Description: Yellow-red non-bitter 10-2 Mirrabelle de Nouly Mountain Ash fruits. Green-red skin Origin: Bred by crossing plum, Harvest: September. Harvest: September-October. 7-11 Golden Sentinel Columnar skin. Firm, white, sweet flesh. Plum/Golden Prune [Prunus spp.] and crisp white flesh like a pear. 5-9 Seuri Asian Pear [Pyrus cherry, peach, and apricot. Uses: Eaten fresh or in baked goods. Uses: Eaten fresh but also makes good Apple [Malus pumila] Harvest: June. Origin: Asia Minor. Harvest: Fruit ripens off tree; pick in pyrifolia] Description: Dark red skin, firm, juice. Origin: Developed in the 1990s. Uses: Eaten fresh, canned or baked. Description: Small and oblong with Sept. Origin: China. yellow flesh. Tastes like a mix of 6-10 Unknown Apple Description: Large, yellow, juicy, and dark yellow skin. Uses: Cannot be eaten fresh, only Description: Large, round, yellow- plum, cherry, peach, and apricot. 7-4 Hidden Rose Apple [Malus sweet. 8-9 Tlor-Tsiran Apricot [Prunus Harvest: July-September. used to make juice or jam. brown skin, with white, crisp flesh. Harvest: June-July. 6-11 Apple [Malus pumila] pumila] Harvest: October. armeniaca] Uses: Good eaten fresh, ripe or even Harvest: Late October. Uses: Eaten fresh or in baked goods. Origin: . Origin: Airlie, Oregon in the 1960s. Uses: Best eaten fresh. Origin: Central Asia. unripe (popular unripe in Romania), or 4-18 Sharp Blue Blueberry Uses: Great eaten fresh. Description: Looks and tastes similar Description: Yellow-green skin with Description: Fuzzy, dark purple skin, used in jams, pies, wines, or brandy. [Vaccinium corymbosum] 6-2 Spice Zee Necta-Plum to Golden Delicious. Medium-sized, a tart and slightly sweet taste like 8-1 Flavor Grenade with red and yellow flesh. Origin: North America. 5-10 Atago Asian Pear [Pyrus Origin: Bred by Zaiger Genetics. red-green fruit with pale, sweet flesh. strawberry lemonade. Flesh is bright Origin: Zaiger Genetics, 2001. Harvest: June-July. 10-3 George IV Peach [Prunus Description: Dark blue, medium- pyrifolia] Description: Dark purple skin turns Harvest: June-July. pink to red in color. Description: Large, green and red, Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. persica] sized berries. Origin: Japan. pale pink at full ripeness. Tastes like Uses: Eaten fresh or in baked goods. Harvest: November-December. and slightly oval in shape. Crunchy, Origin: Brought to a Mr. Gill in New Harvest: Late July-August. Description: Large, orange-brown a mix of nectarine and plum. Uses: Can be eaten fresh or paired sweet flesh. 8-10 Pink Lemonade Blueberry York City in 1820. Uses: Eaten fresh or in baked goods. fruit with sweet, juicy, crunchy flesh. Harvest: July-August. 6-12 Fay Elberta Peach [Prunus with cheese or used in baked goods. Harvest: August. [Cyanococcus] Description: Light green to white Harvest: September-October. Uses: Best eaten fresh. persica] Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Origin: US Dept. of Agriculture, skin with pink blotches. White, juicy, 5-1 Warren Pear [Pyrus] Uses: Eaten fresh. Origin: Northwest China. 7-5 Scarlet Apple [Malus 1970. fragrant flesh. Origin: Mississippi. 6-3 Tri-Lite Peach Plum Description: Yellow skin with red pumila] 8-2 Dapple Dandy Pluot Description: Bright pink skin, with Harvest: August. Description: Green skin with a red 5-11 Kikusui Asian Pear [Pyrus Origin: Cross of peach and Japanese blotches. Bittersweet, juicy flesh. Origin: North America. Origin: Bred by Zaiger Genetics. sweet yellow-pink flesh. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. blush. Sweet, tangy, light yellow pyrifolia] plum by Floyd Zaiger. Harvest: July-August. Description: Small, red apple with Description: Pale green or yellow Harvest: August. flesh. Origin: China or Japan. Description: White flesh with hints of Uses: Eaten fresh, canned, or baked. firm, sweet flesh. skin with red patches. Light pink, Uses: Good enjoyed fresh. 10-4 Queen Anne Cherry [Prunus Harvest: August. Description: Medium-sized, yellow- peach and plum. Harvest: September. zesty flesh. avium] Uses: Eaten fresh. green skin, crisp white flesh. Harvest: June-July. 6-13 Smyrna Quince [Cydonia Uses: Eaten fresh. Harvest: Late July-August. 9-1 Elephant Heart Plum [Prunus Origin: France, 1800s. Harvest: September. Uses: Good eaten fresh or canned. oblonga] Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. spp.] Description: Yellow and pink 5-2 Spalding Pear [Pyrus communis] Uses: Eaten fresh. Origin: Ancient Smyrna, Turkey. 7-6 Unknown Apple Origin: Released in 1929 by Stark skinned, with sweet and sour yellow Origin: Europe. 6-4 Cot-n-candy Aprium Found in wall paintings and 8-3 Flavor Supreme Pluot Bros. flesh. Description: Round, light green 5-12 Daisui Li Asian Pear [Pyrus Origin: Zaiger Hybrids of ancient Pompeii, Italy. 7-7 Apple [Malus pumila] Origin: Bred by Zaiger Genetics. Description: Large, purple, sweet Harvest: June-July. pears. pyrifolia] Description: Juicy white flesh, mix Description: Large yellow fruit. Origin: Bred in Fujisaki, Aomori, Description: Mottled green skin with . Uses: Eaten fresh or used to make ice Harvest: September. Origin: Ben Iwakiri in Davis, CA between apricot and plum. Lightly sweet, yellow flesh. Japan at the Tohoku Research Station bright reddish-purple, sweet, juicy Harvest: September. creams, deserts, or maraschino Uses: Eaten fresh. crossed Tsu Li and Kikusui pear Harvest: July. Harvest: October. in the 1930s. flesh. Uses: Good eaten fresh or canned. cherries. varieties. Uses: Eaten fresh. Uses: Eaten cooked, not raw. Used in Description: Cross between Red Harvest: June-July. 5-3 Tennessee Pear [Pyrus Description: Very large, light green pies, jams, ice creams, and cakes. Delicious and Virginia Ralls Genet Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. 9-2 Santa Rosa Plum [Prunus spp.] communis] skin, and sweet crisp flesh. 6-5 Flavor Delight Aprium Described as the “stomach’s apple varieties. Large, with red skin, Origin: Bred in Santa Rosa, CA in Origin: Pacific Northwest. Harvest: Mid-September. Origin: Zaiger Hybrids. comforter” by Shakespeare. and very crisp, juicy, sweet flesh. 8-4 Flavor Queen Pluot 1906 by Luther Burbank by crossing Description: Good, sweet flavor. Uses: Eaten fresh. Description: Yellow, firm flesh. Most popular consumer apple variety. Origin: Bred by Zaiger Genetics. different Asian plum varieties. Harvest: August-September. 5-13 20th Century Asian Pear Tastes like a mix of plum and apricot. 6-14 Sweet Pomegranate [Punica Harvest: November. Description: Light green fruit with Description: Bright, dark red fruit Uses: Best eaten fresh. [] Harvest: Mid-July. granatum] Uses: Good eaten fresh or used in firm, pale yellow flesh. with deep yellow, juicy, sweet flesh. Origin: Japan, 1900. Uses: Eaten fresh. Origin: Iran. Introduced in California baked goods. Harvest: Late July-August. Harvest: July. 5-4 Ubileen Pear [Pyrus communis] Description: Small fruit with crisp, by Spanish missionaries in 1769. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Uses: Eaten fresh, canned or baked. Origin: Bulgaria. white flesh. Most popular Asian pear 6-6 Gold Kist Apricot [Prunus Description: Red-skinned with sweet, 7-8 Apple [Malus 8-5 Imperial Epineuse Prune 9-3 Bella Gold Peacotum