Medium to large, oval size. Yellow skin with orange cheek. Pale orange, firm juicy flesh. Quality is similar to Royal/ Blenheim. Valuable as fresh fruit, canning, or drying. Only late apricot known. Not recommended for climates with desert- like summer heat. (500 hours).

Ripens: September.

Extremely popular. Medium to large sized. Apple skin is soft yellow with orange cheek. Flesh is pale orange, juicy, with a delicious flavor. Valuable for canning and drying. (400- 500 hours).

Ripens: Late June to Early July.

Height of tree ranges from 10-15 feet. Fingers are 5-6 inches long and has a yellow skin. 5-7 hands per 25-50 pound bunch. Flavor is identical to the “Brazilian”.

Cherimoya are heart-shaped fruits weighing a pound or more. Each fruit has a green rind with a scale like pattern. When ripe, the fruit is tangy sweet and creamy, best eaten fresh. Cherimoya fruit ripen from fall through early spring. Typically, they are harvested firm and allowed to ripen on the kitchen counter until slightly soft.

Cherimoya develop on vigorous trees that are deciduous for a brief time in late winter. Trees can grow to 30 feet or more, but can be kept smaller. They need a tiny bit of winter chill – roughly 50 to 100 nighttime hours between 32 and 45 degrees – to flower well. Temperatures much below freezing harm the trees, especially young ones. Fragrant flowers form along tree branches and open for four days. For the first 36 hours, it is a female flower; it then closes and reopens as a male. Since the native pollinator doesn't live here, most growers pollinate the flowers by hand with a small paintbrush. Early in the evening, they brush the pollen from the male flower into a bottle. Then, using the same brush, paint the pollen onto female flowers.

Large, dark red, with a nearly black skin. Firm sweet dark red flesh with good flavor and texture. Fruit very similar to Lambert. Resistant to cracking. Tree bears at a young age. Self-fertile. Good pollinator for all sweet cherries. (700-800 hours).

Ripens: Mid-Season.

The most popular fig. Medium to large, pear shaped. Purplish- black colored skin. Flesh strawberry colored and good flavor. Excellent all- purpose fig. Good for fresh or dried fruit. Long lived, large tree. Ranges from coast to inland heat.

Large sized, blue- black color. Seedless. Flavor is wonderful sweet fruitiness with a suggestion of Muscat. Excellent for table, wine, and juice. Very rigorous and good productivity. Spur pruning. Hardy to zone 7.

Ripens: August three weeks before Concord.

Shiny reddish-brown, date like fruit. Sweet apple flavor. When candied, resembles dates. Needs hot summer for fruit to ripen. They are especially good in desert areas. Attractive shiny leaves. Most trees are very thorny. A small tree reaching 15- 20 ft. in 15 years may reach to 30 ft. with more time. Hardy to -10 degrees F.

Ripens : Fall (September - October in Central California).

The number one seller. One and ½ inches long, round-plump. Unlike the large Lang, can be picked yellow-green and will finish ripening off the tree to wrinkled, mahogany color. More arched branching structure than Lang.

Ripens: Fall, mid-season, slightly later than Lang.

Fruit is Medium in size, juicy, slightly sweet when mature, superb flavor, and holds well to the tree. The tree size is small to medium, nearly thorn- less, spreading tendency, and good for hedges and containers. The tree is hardy and practically ever-blooming.

Nut is excellent and has a thin shell. The tree is widely planted for commercial purposes. The nut ripens over a two month period. Spreading tree.

Fruit is medium sized, early, sweet, juicy, fragrant, red-orange color, contains few to many seeds, and peels easily. Also, it holds well to the tree. The tree size is small to medium and has an attractive weeping tendency, with dense foliage.

Medium sized fruit, mid- season, rich in flavor, acidic, few to many seeds, peels and segments easily. The fruit does not hold well to tree. Vigorous medium sized tree with few thorns. It is considered to be the traditional Christmas tangerine.

“King” of fruiting mulberries, producing 3.5 - 5 inch long maroon colored berries. Very sweet and flavorful with a raspberry like flavor. Fruit juice does not stain. Month long production season. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 6.

Ripens: Early summer.

Large, tasty blackberry - like fruit is full of flavor. Dark red to black color. Good for fresh eating and jam. Large tree reaches 25- 30 feet. Dense shade, with large heart shaped leaves. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 4.

Ripens: Early summer.

Fruit is large, flavorful, seedless, juicy, and sections peels easily. Ripens: early, and holds well on tree. Medium sized tree with round top and a drooping tendency. Fruit drops in dry, hot areas. Tree is considered the original and the best variety of navel oranges.

Fruit size is medium to large, very juicy, sweet, and slightly acidic in cooler climates. Fruit ripens late, and holds very well on the tree. The rind may re- green in the summer, however the quality remains the same. The tree is large, upright, and tends toward alternate bearing of heavy crops. Characterized with a very wide range of adaptation the Valencia is a most important sweet orange throughout the world.

An unusual and very hardy, somewhat flattened peach. About 2 ½”: in diameter. It is freestone and has a very sweet, mild white flesh. Bacterial spot resistant. Also known as saucer or Pen-Tao peach. The hardiness level is similar to Reliance Peach. Developed by New Jersey Ag Exp. Station. (450 hours).

Ripens : Late June - Early July with Red Haven.

Most popular fresh eating Japanese persimmons. Large, round, Flatten shape with a reddish- orange skin. Good eating. Non- astringent. Bears as a young tree and is a heavy producer. Does not have male flowers so it will not have seeds unless planted with other varieties.

Ripens: November.

Very large. Round to semi- oblong, dark orange skin. Smooth texture. Non- astringent.

Ripens: November.

Fruit is richly- flavored with a tartness. The rind is reddish orange; flesh is orange, with few seeds. Ripens: late mid- season. The tree size is medium to large that is vigorous, attractive with large pointed leaves, and characterized with a tendency to be rounded. Like so many of our favorite citrus, tangelos are a hybrid, in this case a cross between a mandarin orange (tangerine) and a grapefruit or its cousin, the pumello. The most popular variety is Minneola, with its rich, juicy flavor with a hint of tart. The distinct, narrow neck on the fruit makes it easy to peel.

Like all citrus, tangelo fruit develop on attractive evergreen trees. Trees produce fruit without a pollenizer, but for more fruit, grow two varieties of tangelo, or a tangelo and a tangor together. Trees are fairly cold-resistant, but in areas without enough summer heat (like the coast) fruit may be as sweet. Fruits ripen in late winter and early spring, depending on variety. As for all citrus, grow in full sun with periodic deep water in well-draining soil. Fertilize regularly during the warm months of the year. Mulch.