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FRUIT TREES COMMON HEIGHT SPREAD DESCRIPTION POLLINATOR ZONE NAME NOTE: Some crabapples can be used to pollinate some apple trees. , , , , Honey Crisp, Large red apple, sweet and tart, white flesh. Good for eating, 5m 4m Jonamac, McIntosh, , . Most 4 cooking and . Late September white-blossom crabapples will also pollinate. Cortland, , , Ida Red, McIntosh, Hazen Dark red, medium firm, juicy. Good for eating, desert, 5m 4m , Spartan, Winecrisp. Most white- 4 (semi-dwarf) cooking. Late August. blossom crabapples will also pollinate.

Cortland, , Fuji, , Granny Smith, , , McIntosh, Red Very large green-yellow fruit. Good for eating, cooking, Delicious, Winecrisp. Most white-blossom (Crispin) 6m 4m 5 baking. Mid-October. crabapples and Dolgo Crabapple will also pollinate. NOTE: Mutsu is a tri-pollinator that requires two other varieties to produce fruit.

Braeburn, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Large red apple, tart, firm flesh. Old-time favourite desert and 5m 4m Jonamac. Most white-blossom crabapples will also 4 baking apple. Mid-October. pollinate.

Braeburn, Cortland, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Large red apple. Crisp skin with soft, sweet flesh. Good Smith, Honeycrisp, Jazz, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Red Delicious 5m 4m 5 eating and desert apple. Great pollinizer. Late September. Spartan, Winecrisp. Most white-blossom crabapples will also pollinate.

Braeburn, Cortland, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Red Delicious, Medium size, dark red, McIntosh type with juicy, sweet flesh. Winecrisp. Most white-blossom crabapples and Spartan 5m 4m 5 Fresh eating & baking. Stores well. Early October. Dolgo Crabapple will also pollinate. NOTE: Spartan is partially fertile, but benefits from having another pollinator.

APRICOT

Goldcot 4m 3m Round orange fruit, eating & canning. Late July. Self-pollinating 5 Medium size, red blush, freestone. Fresh eating, drying, Haroblush 4m 3m Self-pollinating 4 canning. Late July. Resistant to canker. Freestone Fresh eating, drying, canning. Beginning of Harostar 4m 3m August. Resistant to bacterial spot, brown rot and skin Self-pollinating 5 cracking.

NECTARINE

Deed redskin, yellow flesh. Sweet, smooth texture. Semi- Earlidale Self-pollinating. 5 clingstone. Late july.

PEACH

White flesh, firm, freestone, melting texture. Mid to late August Rose August. Tolerant to bacterial leaf spot and constriction Self-pollinating 5 canker.

PEAR

Light green skin, mild flavour, firm flesh. Stores very well. Bartlett, Bennett, Bosc, Clapp’s Favorite, Flemish Anjou 6m 5m 5 Increased resistance to fire blight. Early October. Beauty, Red Clapps Green-brown fruit with flavourful flesh. Long storage life. Anjou, Bartlett, Bennett, Clapp’s Favorite, Flemish Bosc 6m 5m 5 Popular desert pear. Productive tree. Early October. Beauty, Red Clapps

Cold hardy variety with large yellow fruit. Very productive. Anjou, Bartlett, Bennett, Bosc, Flemish Beauty, Clapp 6m 5m 4 Does well in heavy soil. Early September. Red Clapps,

The hardiest variety. Medium green fruit with red blush. Pick Anjou, Ayers, Bartett, Bennett, Bosc, Clapp’s Flemish Beauty 6m 5m 4 as soon as it ripens. Late September. Favorite, Red Clapp

European plums are somewhat self-fruitful, but EUROPEAN benefit from cross-pollination with another European PLUM plum.

Small/medium, purple-blue skin, yellow fruit, semi-freestone. Damson 6m 5m Self-pollinating 5 Best used for preserves, wine. Mid-September.

Medium/large, deep purple-blue skin, green/yellow flesh, Self-pollinating. Will benefit from pollination with Stanley 8m 6m juicy & sweet, freestone. Best used fresh, dried, canning. 5 Vibrant, Violette Heavy producer. Mid-September. Self-pollinating. Will benefit from pollination with other Medium/large, purple skin, yellow flesh, semi-clingstone, Valo Myro European plums such as Italian, Stanley, Valerie, 4 sweet. Mid-September. Vanette, Vibrant, Violette Medium/large, purple-blue skin, freestone, sweet. Best used Mount Royal, Stanley, Valor, Vibrant, Victory, Vanette 6m 5m 5 fresh, dried, preserves, canning. Mid-August. Violette, Vision, Voyageur JAPANESE- AMERICAN HYBRID Medium/large, red-bronze skin, apricot flesh, spicy sweet, Toka 6m 5m 4 fresh eating, baking, jam. Late August. Hardiest plum.