| Apples | Plums | Figs | Pluots | Cherries |
| Peaches | Pears | Quince | Berries | Nectarines |
| Limes | Oranges | Lemons | Mandarins | Pomegranates |
| Tangelos | Persimmons | Guavas | Other Fruits | Other Citrus |
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Bella Gold Peacotum ® interspecific peach x apricot x plum
A new fruit type from Zaiger Hybrids. Slightly fuzzy skin, like that of an apricot, bright yellow with an attractive red blush. Tart skin gives way to mildly sweet amber flesh for a delightful eating experience, a mildly sweet flavor all its own. Naturally semi-dwarf tree. Known to be pollenized by Flavor Grenade Pluot® and Blenheim apricot. 500 hours. (Pat. No. 17826) (Zaiger)
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Flavor Delight Aprium (apricot x plum)
Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all its own. Pleasant, lingering aftertaste. Early June. Bigger crops if pollinated by any apricot. Pat.No. 7090 (Zaiger)
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Cot-n-Candy Aprium®
Wonderful new fruit from Zaiger Hybrids, early season harvest ripening 1 week later than Flavor Delight Aprium®. White Flesh is extra sweet and juicy, with a with a plumy aftertaste. Cot-N-Candy’s size is 2 to 2 1⁄2 inches on average.
Self-fruitful. (Patent Pending)
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KATY
BLENHEIM
ROYAL ROSA
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3 ‘n 1 Apricot (multi-budded) —Katy, Blenheim (Royal), Royal Rosa apricots
Katy Apricot Large, all-purpose flavorful freestone. Tree ripe fruit is subacid (not tart). A favorite apricot for warm-winter climates. Early harvest, 3-4 weeks before Blenheim (Royal). Estimated chill requirement: 200 to 300 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 4339. (Zaiger)
Blenheim (Royal) All-purpose freestone, sweet, aromatic, flavorful. Long-time No.1 apricot in California. Early bloom. Late June harvest in Central Calif. Estimated chill requirement: 400 hours or less. Self-fruitful.
Royal Rosa Apricot Extremely vigorous, more disease tolerant than other apricots. Bears young and heavy. Especially nice fruit: sweet, low acid, fine flavor. Very early harvest (late May in Central Calif.). Excellent backyard apricot. 500 hours. Self-fruitful. (Zaiger)
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Lang Jujube
Also called “Chinese date.”
Pear-shaped fruits are reddish-brown, dry, wrinkled, sweet and chewy (like dates) when fully ripe in early fall. Attractive, easy-to-grow tree: hardy, drought-resistant, virtually pest and disease free. Requires long, hot summer. Pollenized by Li.
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Li Jujube
Also called “Chinese date”. Round-shaped fruits are larger than Lang. Reddish-brown, dry and wrinkled, sweet and chewy (like dates) when fully ripe in early fall. Attractive, easy-to-grow tree: hardy, drought-resistant, virtually pest and disease free. Requires long, hot summer. Partly self-fruitful, or pollenized by Lang.
Fashion: An exotic contorted form with delicate foliage that is dense enough to provide moderate wind reduction.
Function: Very hardy ornamental that gives a thorny barrier and produces a delightful, sweet fruit that can be eaten fresh and crunchy in the fall or dried like a date. Use Li Jujube as an angular shade or to block a view.
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Sugar Cane Jujube
“Chinese date.” Round fruit is smaller than Li. Sweet, crunchy flesh. Tree is precocious, hardy, drought resistant, virtually pest and disease free. Requires long, hot summer. Very low chill requirement. Partly Self-fruitful.
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Pakistan Fruiting Mulberry
Long (3 inches), firm, red to black, sweet syncarpous (like a blackberry) fruit. Non-staining juice. Month-long early summer harvest. Fruit used fresh and for pies, jams and jellies. Large, vigorous, disease-resistant tree.
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Persian Fruiting Mulberry
Densely foliated tree to 25-30 feet. Large heart-shaped leaves. Large syncarpous (like a blackberry) fruit is juicy, dark red to black, good for jam.
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Feijoa Pineapple Guava
Hardy to 12 degrees and native to the tropics of Central and South America, the pineapple guava was exported in the late 19th century to Australia and New Zealand where it has been an important commercial crop for more than 100 years. The fruit is sold domestically and to foreign markets worldwide.
Pineapple guava is a beautiful, evergreen shrub or small tree (growing to 15 feet), which may also serve as a landscape accent or backdrop due to its silvery-blue foliage and cinnamon-colored “peely”-textured bark. The flowers, borne in May and June, are 1-1/2″ to 2 inches in diameter and striking crimson-pink on white. The thick waxy flower petals are edible, with a subtle flavor similar to a mild honeysuckle, making them perfect when used as a garnish or sprinkled on salads and desserts.
The fruit is ripe in the fall, from October to December. Oblong in shape, these fruits weigh from 1-1/2 to 6 ounces, depending on the cultivar. On the tree, the fruit is sometimes hard to spot, as it is the same silvery-blue color as the foliage, even when ripe. Harvest when the fruits begin to drop—don’t worry if they fall, they’ll be at peak flavor. In sunny locations, pick them up immediately, however, as ripe fruit on the ground is susceptible to sunburn. The flesh has the texture of a pear and tastes like a blend of pineapple, strawberry and banana.
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Chocolate Persimmon
Small to medium size, oblong, bright red skin. Sweet, spicy, firm, brown flesh, superb flavor—the choice of connoisseurs. Astringent until ripe. Good pollenizer for Coffeecake™ (Nishimura Wase). 200 hours. Self-fruitful.
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Coffee Cake Persimmon: Coffeecake™ (Nishimura Wase)
Unique spicy-sweet flavor that instantly evokes images of cinnamon pastry, hot coffee and morning sunshine. Ripens about the same time as Chocolate and about three weeks to one month earlier than Fuyu. Coffeecake™ is non-astringent and can be eaten while still firm. Hardy, attractive tree, practically free of pests and disease. Another persimmon variety required as a pollinizer. Gosho or Chocolate Persimmon are the best pollenizers for Coffeecake™ .
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Fuyu – Jiro (“Apple Persimmon”)
Medium size, flat shape, still hard when ripe, non-astringent. Cool or hot climate. Hardy, attractive tree, practically pest free. Fall harvest. Self-fruitful.
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Giant Fuyu Persimmon
Larger, not so flat as Fuyu. Crunchy when ripe like Fuyu. Sweet, flavorful, non-astringent. Easy to grow, cool or hot climates. Fall harvest. 200 hours. Self-fruitful.
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Hachiya PersimmonGood for drying too, as seen here.
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Smyrna Quince
Extremely large fruit. Light yellow flesh, bright yellow skin. Attractive tree (or multi-stemmed shrub) has dark green foliage, very showy bloom. Tolerates wet soil. Self-fruitful.
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Orange Quince
Large, round, bright yellow fruits often exceed one pound. Flavorful, aromatic, excellent for cooking. Early harvest. Old variety, widely planted in Eastern U.S. Cold hardy, yet low chilling requirement: 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
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Pineapple Quince
Heavy crops of large, tart fruit used in baking, jams, and jellies. Profuse, ornamental bloom. Cold hardy, yet low chilling requirement 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
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Spice Zee Nectaplum® (nectarine x plum)
The first Nectaplum® from Zaiger Hybrids. SpiceZee packs a pile of amazing fruit into an attractive tree for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and loaded with sugar giving it a spicy sweet flavor. One can detect both Plum and Nectarine traits with ease. Along with great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by dark red leaf in the spring that matures to a rich green-red in late summer. This variety is self-fruitful and very productive. (Patent Pending)
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Tri-Lite (Peach x Plum hybrid)
A popular and tasty variety. This white-fleshed peach/plum hybrid can be eaten firm. It has a mild, classic flavor with a wonderful plum aftertaste that makes this a unique treat. Early ripening in June. Superior quality canning clingstone.
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20th Century (Nijisseiki “Apple Pear”)
Juicy, sweet, mild-flavored fruit is crisp like an apple. Early to mid-August in Central Calif. Keeps well. Easy to grow, heavy bearing small tree. Self-fruitful or pollenized by Shinseiki, Bartlett, or other pear or Asian pear
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Hosui Asian Pear
Consistently rated the best-tasting Asian pear at fruit tastings. Large, juicy, sweet, flavorful, refreshing, crisp like an apple. Brownish-orange russeted skin. Harvest early to mid-August. Pollenized by Shinko, Chojuro, Bartlett, or 20th Century.
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All-in-One Almond
No.1 almond for home orchards. Heavy crops of soft-shell nuts with sweet, flavorful kernels. Hot summer required to ripen. 15 ft. tree, very winter & frost hardy. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 4304. (Zaiger)
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Kerman Female Pistachio
Long hot summers required to ripen. Plant from containers only, do not disturb root ball when handling. Very slow-growing to 20-30ft. Drought-resistant. Pollenized by Peters Male Pistachio.
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Peters Male Pistachio
Pollenizer for Kerman. Does not bear fruit. One Peters pollenizes up to eleven females. Plant from containers only. Drought-resistant once established.
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Contorted Filbert Corylus avellana “Contorta” (Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick)
Very unusual and distinctive small tree to 8-10 feet. Picturesquely twisted and gnarled branches, small leaves. Interesting container plant. Sunset Zones 1-9, 14-20.
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Cavendish Banana
In an area protected from frost, and given plenty of food and water, it can produce ripe fruit in Napa. So far that has not happened at Main Street Trees. But it is possible—with luck, care, a winter-cozy warm spot and a sunny summer spot. In the summer and fall, even without getting ripe bananas, you will enjoy the tropical look of this pseudo-stem. Without winter comfort, it will partially die down for the cold months and look a bit shaby. A banana plant is not a tree, but rather an herbaceous plant.
Without winter comfort, it will partially die down for the cold months and look a bit shaby. A banana plant is not a tree, but rather a herbaceous plant.
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