Fruit Trees

 

APPLE
(best to have two different varieties for pollination)

AKANE

   Cherry red skin, juicy white crisp flesh, medium sized, zesty flavor. Baking apple.

CONNEL RED

 

Winter, large red fruit, good keeper, used for cooking and eating, heavy bearer.

CORTLAND

 

Fall, bright red, white flesh, crisp, juicy, eating and cooking, heavy bearer. McIntosh family.

DELICIOUS RED

 

Winter, rich sweet flavor, fresh eating, salad.  Number one selling apple in supermarkets.

DELICIOUS YELLOW

 

Winter, bright golden yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, good for eating and cooking.  Tree bears at an early age.

FIRESIDE

 

Winter, striped, red large fruit, good keeper, excellent dessert apple.  Tree is very hard.

GRANNY SMITH

 

Winter, very late maturing, dual purpose.  Hard flesh, crispy, juicy.

HARALRED

 

Improved Haralson.  Juicy, tart, firm, good keeper.  Extremely hardy and fire blight resistant.

HONEYCRISP

 

Mid season, exceptionally crisp and juicy, sweet flavor, stores up to 7 months, ripens in late September.

HONEYGOLD

 

Late season, medium to large yellow fruit, crisp, juicy and sweet. Good for eating and cooking.

MACOUN

 

Winter, medium to large, good dual purpose apple, flesh is white, firm, juicy.

MCINTOSH

 

Fall, widely used, discovered in the early 1800's, medium sized, bright red skin, flesh is sweet, juicy, dual purpose.

NORTHWEST GREENING

 

Large green fruit, dense flesh, tart, keeps well, eating, late ripening.

RED DUCHESS

 

Summer, medium, very hard, red striped, tart, good for sauce and pies.

RED PRAIRIE SPY

 

Winter, tart, crisp, juicy, stores very well, eating and cooking and dessert apple.

WEALTHY

 

Fall, all purpose, bears at an early age, very hard, medium to large, flesh white stained with pink, tart, juicy.

WHITNEY CRAB

 

Yellow with red stripes, eating and pickling, heavy bearer, early ripening.

WOLF RIVER

   Fall, very large, yellow, primarily a cooking apple.  Tree is hardy and long lived.  Originated in Fremont, Wisconsin in the late 1800's.

YELLOW TRANSPARENT

 

Yellow skin, white flesh, best for cooking, heavy early producer.

ZESTAR

   Crisp and juicy, sweet tart flavor, good storage, excellent eating and cooking, ripens late August.
 

APRICOTS
(self pollinating)

SCOUT

   Self pollinating, ripens early August, bronze gold fruit, good for canning, jams and eating.

CHERRIES 
(self pollinating)

BALI

   Very hardy variety, dark red fruit 1" in diameter good for fresh eating.

MESABI

   Semi-sweet cherry, long stemmed red flesh fruit, early July, excellent for cooking, canning, baking

STELLA

   Sweet cherry, black skin and flesh.

PEACHES 
(self pollinating)

BAILEY HARDY

   Good size, good eating, new variety, mostly freestone.  Hardy.  Developed in Minnesota.

RELIANCE

  Medium size, yellow flesh, juicy, good flavor, freestone.

PEARS 
(best to have to different varieties for pollination)
BARTLETT   Large, yellow, juicy, excellent for eating fresh or canning.  Stores well.  Vigorous and very productive.
GOURMET   Good dessert pear, thick tender skin, greenish yellow - ripens late September

LUSCIOUS

  Juicy, sweet, medium sized yellow per. Excellent dessert pear ripens mid-September.  Vigorous and very hardy.

PARKER

  Large yellow-bronze fruit - fine grained, tender, juicy - ripens in August.  Vigorous grower.
PATTEN   Tender and juicy, good pollinator, good size and quality. Ripens Mid-September.

PLUMS 
(best to have two different varieties for pollination)
BLACK ICE   Blue black color, very hardy, ripens early, good size. Tree is compact and easy to manage.
MOUNT ROYAL   Blue, tender, juicy, good eaten fresh or for dessert, jam or jelly, freestone - self fertile.
PIPESTONE   Red attractive fruit with golden blush, sweet juicy yellow flesh, good for eating, jams and jellies, very hardy, mid-season, clingstone

SUPERIOR

  Red, large fruit, yellow flesh, sweet, juicy, for fresh, jam or jelly.

TOKA

   Medium to large, apricot color, very hardy and one of the best pollinators.