Fruit Trees ...

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Fruiting Apple Trees

Malus ‘Cortland’ CORTLAND SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 4) Dark red apple. White, crisp, juicy flesh with sweet flavor. Ripens late September. Excellent for eating and cooking. Best with any mid-late season pollinator, such as Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Haralred®, Honeycrisp, Liberty, McIntosh, Red Prairie Spy, SnowSweet®, Sweet Sixteen, Winecrisp™, and Yellow Delicious.

Malus 'Granny Smith' GRANNY SMITH APPLE

(Zone 5) Shiny green fruit with a tart flavor makes it perfect for baking! Ripens early October. Best with any late-season pollinator, such as Cortland, Haralred®, Red Delicious, Liberty, and Yellow Delicious. From Australia, 1868.

Malus ‘Honeycrisp™' (P.P.No. 7,197) HONEYCRISP™ SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 4) Very crisp and juicy apple colored red over yellow. Very good for eating or cooking, and an exceptional storage apple. Mid-season bloomer can use Red Delicious for pollinator.

Malus 'Liberty' LIBERTY APPLE

(Zone 4) Crisp and juicy apple with a long storage life. Requires little to no spraying! Selected for its resistance to apple scab and cedar-apple rust. Best with any late-season pollinator, such as Cortland, Haralred, Red Delicious, and Yellow Delicious. Ripens late September. From New York, 1964.

Malus ‘Red Delicious’ RED DELICIOUS SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 5) Most widely grown apple in the U.S. with striped to solid red fruit. Rich, sweet flavor. Flesh is light yellow. Fruit ripens mid-October. Best with any late-season pollinator, such as Cortland, Granny Smith, Haralred®, Liberty, and Yellow Delicious. An 1895 Iowa introduction.

Malus ‘Red McIntosh’ RED MCINTOSH DWARF APPLE

(Zone 4) Bright red medium-sized apple with excellent flavor and white fragrant flesh. Heavy producer and very reliable. Fruit ripens late September and tends to drop when ripe. All-purpose apple. Best with any mid-season pollinator, such as Cortland, Honeycrisp, Liberty, Red Prairie Spy, SnowSweet®, Sweet Sixteen, and Winecrisp™.

Malus ‘Royal Gala’ ROYAL GALA SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 5) Great early season apple. Crisp, fresh apple that is great to eat fresh off the tree or for baking!

Malus ‘Sweet Sixteen’ SWEET SIXTEEN SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 4) This mid-season apple is a cross developed from the Northern Spy Apple. Medium-sized, crisp, red striped fruit. Sweet flavor like cherry candy. Good dessert Apple. Fireblight resistant. Self-fertile.

Malus 'CO-OP 31' (P.P.No. 20,437) WINECRISP™ APPLE

(Zone 4) Red apple with green streaks and a long storage life. Cream-colored flesh with spicy flavors. Very clean variety that requires little to no spraying. Best with any mid-season pollinator, such as Cortland, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Snowsweet, Sweet Sixteen, and Yellow Delicious. From University of Illinois, 1989.

Malus ‘Yellow Delicious’ YELLOW DELICIOUS SEMI-DWARF APPLE

(Zone 4) Golden yellow fruit, white flesh, sweet, full, flavor. Ripens late September. Outstanding dessert quality. Self-pollinating! Best with any mid-late season pollinator, such as Cortland, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Haralred®, Honeycrisp, Liberty, McIntosh, Red Prairie Spy, SnowSweet®, Sweet Sixteen, and Winecrisp™.

Fruiting Cherry Trees

Prunus ‘Black Tartarian’ BLACK TARTARIAN SEMI-DWARF SWEET CHERRY

(Zone 5) A sweet cherry that is one of the earliest cherries to fruit. Bright purplish-black fruit. Medium size, heavy bearer. Requires another sweet cherry such as Stella as a pollinator.

Prunus ‘Montmorency’ MONTMORENCY SEMI-DWARF SOUR CHERRY

(Zone 5) Sour cherry with large red fruit that is ideal for pies or preserves. Ripens mid July. Very productive. Self-fertile.

Prunus ‘Stella’ STELLA SEMI-DWARF SWEET CHERRY

(Zone 5) Sweet cherry with dark skin and flesh. Large fruit that ripens in July. Vigrous grower. Seif-fertile. Good pollinator for other sweet cherries such as Black Tartarian.

Fruiting Peach Trees

Prunus ‘Polly’ POLLY SEMI-DWARF PEACH

(Zone 5) White juicy flesh, white with a red blush skin. Freestone. Self-fertile.

Prunus ‘Reliance’ RELIANCE SEMI-DWARF PEACH

(Zone 5) Bright yellow flesh, soft and juicy medium sized fruit. Freestone. Self-fertile.

Fruiting Pear Trees

Pyrus ‘Anjou’ ANJOU SEMI-DWARF PEAR

(Zone 5) Medium to large, yellow pear with white sweet flesh. Excellent for fresh eating and stores well. Ripens best off the tree. Requires any mid season pollinator such as Bartlett.

Pyrus ‘Bartlett’ BARTLETT SEMI-DWARF PEAR

(Zone 5) Large, golden-yellow pear. Excellent for canning or fresh eating. Usually bears at a young age. Very flavorful. Ripens late August to early Sept. Requires any mid season pollinator such as Moonglow, Duchess, or Bosc. From a seedling found by chance in Berkshire, England.