Apples |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Granny Smith |
400-600 |
Yes |
Late September – Early October |
Bright green apple with pink blush. Excellent for eating, cooking, and sauce. High juice content and stores very well. |
Mollies Red Delicious |
400 |
Yes |
Late August – Early September |
Firm, sweet, juicy, light yellow flesh of excellent quality. Well-adapted to mild minter areas. |
Gala |
500 |
Partial Self-Pollinizer |
Late July – Early August |
Top-quality, crisp, sweet apple. Gold skin with red blush. Will take summer heat. Plant more than one for better production. |
Fuji |
350-400 |
Yes |
Early to Late September |
Dense, sweet flesh, crisp with long shelf life. Medium reddish-green skin. Will take summer heat. |
Nectarines |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Flavortop |
600-700 |
Self-fertile |
mid July |
Freestone. Consistently a top scorer in taste taste. Fruit is yellow fleshed, gold with red blush. Great for fresh eating. |
Plums |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Burbank |
400 |
Yes |
July – August |
Produces a large purplish red fruit with sweet amber cling-stone flesh. Very good for eating and canning. |
Methley |
250 |
Self-fertile |
Late May – Early June |
Small to medium size with a mottled purple peel and juicy red flesh with sweet flavor. One of the best to use as a pollinizer. |
Santa Rosa |
400 |
Self-fertile |
Late June |
Large, oval fruit with purplish-red skin. Firm flesh, yellow to dark red near skin. Rich, pleasing, tart flavor. |
Morris |
650 |
Yes |
Early June |
Mediums-sized red to purple plum with red flesh. Good for eating, canning and preserves. Tx. A & M introduction. |
Plums |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Bruce |
500 |
Yes |
Early June |
Large red fruit with yellow to orange flesh. Ripens early with sweet flesh. |
Pomegranate |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Wonderful |
150-200 |
no |
October |
Extra large fruit with blush red skin. Flesh red,juicy with sharp flavor. Most well-known of the Pomegranates. |
Austin |
150-200 |
no |
October |
Large friut with pink skin, high juice content. Sweet with hint of tart. |
Pink Satin |
150-200 |
no |
September |
Med-large fruit with silky red skin. Light-colored, non-staining juice with punchlike flavor. |
Pears |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Ayers |
600 |
yes |
August-September |
Small to medium size fruit that is yellow with a red blush. Sweet, soft flesh. Excellent for eating fresh.. |
Bartlett |
800 |
yes |
Late August |
A large, yellow pear of excellent quality. It is a favorite for canning and eating. It is a heavy-bearer, but is susceptible to fireblight. Partially self-fertile. |
Kieffer |
400 |
yes |
October-November |
Large fruit with greenish-yellow skin blushed red. Coarse,crisp and juicy white flesh with mild pear flavor. Stores well. Good resistance to fireblight. |
Peaches |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Early Elberta |
750 |
Self-fertile |
Early July |
Large fruit with golden-yellow skin blushed red. Sweet yellow flesh. Freestone. Good all around peach. |
Harvester |
750 |
Self-fertile |
Late June |
Freestone. Medium to large. Resistant to bacterial leaf spot. Acidic, good quality peach with sweet yellow flesh. |
June Gold |
450 |
Self-fertile |
Late May – Early June |
Clingstone to semi-freestone. Fruit is large with yellow flesh and good flavor. |
Loring |
800 |
Self-fertile |
Mid-July |
Large, yellow skin and flesh with red blush. Flesh yellow, firm, melting, an extremely good flavor. Resistant to bacteriosis. |
Peaches |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Redskin |
750 |
Self-fertile |
Early August |
Skin is deep red over yellow wiath yellow flesh. Large freestone fruit, resistant to bacteriosis. Excellent for eating, shipping and canning. |
La Feliciana |
400-500 |
Self-fertile |
Late June – Early July |
Freestone. Medium to large peach. Dark red blush on skin. Frim flesh with great texture and flavor. Yellow flesh with red specks. |
Figs |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Black Italian |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Early Summer and again in Late Summer |
Large 25′ tree with red pulped, black-skinned fruit. Two crops each year. First on old wood, second crop on new wood. |
Brown Turkey |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
August through frost |
Medium to large fruit with purple brown skin. Sweet strawberry colored flesh. Best eaten fresh. |
Celeste |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
August through frost |
Small to medium fruit with purple brown skin. Flesh white with rose center. Firm, juicy, and very sweet. Most frost resistant variety. |
Little Miss Figgy |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Late summer |
4-6′ x 3-4′ dwarf form. Great in containers with dark purple fruits. |
Blackberries |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Arapaho |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Mid-June |
Thornless variety. Disease resistant with a long shelf life. Fast grower. Sweet flavor. |
Apache |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Mid-June |
Thornless with very upright canes. Very large fruit. Excellent flavor. |
Brazos |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Mid-late May |
More acidic and better for canning than fresh eating. Heavy producer of large berries developed at TX A&M. Has thorns. |
Natchez |
N/A |
Self-fertile |
Mid-June |
Thornless variety, large berries that store well. Semi-upright. |
Blueberries |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Brightwell |
350-400 |
yes/no |
early June-early July |
Self-fruitful but pollinizer recommended for better yields. (Austin is pollinizer.) Medium-sized fruit, mid to late season Rabbiteye cultivar, can reach 6′-10′. |
Blueberries |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Austin |
500-550 |
yes |
June |
Productive plant with medium-large fruit which is less firm than some. (Brightwell is recommended pollinizer.) |
Powder Blue |
550-650 |
yes |
late June-late July |
Medium sized, light blue fruit with good production. (Use Brightwell as pollinizer.) |
Tiffblue |
600-650 |
yes/n0 |
late June-late July |
Self-fruitful but pollinizer recommended for better yields. (Brightwell is pollinizer.) Small-medium-sized berries are tart if not fully ripe. |
Grapes |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Black Spanish |
N/A |
no |
August-September |
Small blackish blue, heavy producer, good for jellies |
Blanc du Bois |
N/A |
no |
July |
Popular for making white table wine, jelly, or juice. Hints of citrus flavor. Disease resistant. |
Champanel |
N/A |
no |
Early July |
Large, vigorous red grape with high heat tolerance. Tolerant of akaline soils. Great for jelly. |
Apricots |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Early Golden |
300-400 |
no |
Early July |
Early Golden is an old variety known for its high sugar content and sweet taste. It has large fruit which ripen in early July. |
Moorpark |
600-700 |
no |
Late June-Early July |
Large fruit with yellow skin with red blush. Sweet, juicy with excellent flavor. |
Persimmon |
Chilling Hours |
Pollinizer Required? |
Ripening Period |
Description |
Fuyu Jiro |
200 |
no |
Oct.15-Nov. 30 |
Medium sized, flat shaped fruit. Crunchy when ripe. Non-astringent. |