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Blueberries are wonderful in so many forms - cobbler, pie, jam, muffins, over ice cream - but they are not just delicious! The plants are very ornamental with attractive spring flowers, autumnal color and, of course, the berries themselves. They also lend themselves perfectly to container growing, particularly Sunshine Blue, a dwarf variety that gets only three to four feet tall. |
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Blueberries have enormous health benefits, being high in vitamins C and A and minerals as well as antioxidants that combat cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. In fact, the same can be said of other berries, too. Blackberries have been found to be a very potent source of antioxidants while raspberries are among the top anti-cancer foods, along with grapes, cherries and apples.
This season, we have added two new blueberries, Emerald and Legacy, giving you a choice of eleven varieties, and a new thornless blackberry, Ouachita. |
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The Bella Gold Peacotum
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This season brings the very exciting introduction of a brand new type of fruit from Zaiger Genetics, the Bella Gold Peacotum. |
This is the first peacotum to be released for home orchards and we are delighted to offer it to our customers. |
| This is a peach/apricot/plum cross with rich tropical and apricot flavors. The fruit is lovely with bright yellow skin, an orange-red blush and sweet, juicy flesh. Ripens in early July. Pollinated by Flavor Grenade. 500 hrs. Available on: Cit. |
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Beverly Hills Apple
Long time favorite summer apple for coastal Southern California. Pale yellow with red blush or stripes. Medium size, slightly tart. Use fresh or cooked. 300 hrs. Self-fruitful. Available on: M111. |
Inca Plum
Inca, a colorful and delicious plum... Medium, heart shaped. Skin is golden with magenta specks and magenta blush around the stem end when ripe. Flesh is rich, dense and crisp. Unique flavor with a perfect balance of tart and sweet. Ripens early to mid August. Available on: Mari.
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Burgundy Apple
Medium-large. Glossy and dark red like a Bing cherry. Flesh is cream colored, firm, crisp and juicy. An excellent dessert apple. Ripens in early August in coastal central California. Pollinate with Gala, Red Delicious or McIntosh. Available on: Apple. |
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Ischia Green Fig
Small to medium, thin skinned greenish yellow fruit. Strawberry red flesh with fine flavor and excellent quality. Fruit is resistant to damage by weather and insects and is not attractive to birds. Excellent fresh or dried. Tree is somewhat dwarf and does very well in pots. Heavy bearer. |
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Sugar Cane Jujubes
We are expecting a much more ample supply of Sugar Cane jujubes this time around, so if you have missed out over the past couple of years, this is your chance to get one into your orchard! |
Ume Double Pink Apricot
Also in the Asian fruit department, Ume Double Pink apricot has been added to the very popular fruiting and flowering apricot selections. Small fruit ¾ to 1" in diameter. Used primarily for pickling. Pink, double flowers have a spicy fragrance and bloom from late January to early February. Ripens in mid May. Available on: Mari. |
Minnie Royal and Royal Lee Cherries Now Available on 3CR178 Rootstock
Last season saw the introduction of 3CR178, the new dwarfing rootstock for cherries that limits the height of unpruned trees to eight feet. We are very pleased to add Minnie Royal and Royal Lee to the varieties previously available on this new rootstock, Bing, Craig's Crimson, Lapins and Rainier. They both require only 2-300 chilling hours so this is excellent for those of you who want to grow cherries, but live in low chill areas and do not have a great deal of space. |
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New Rootstock: M 27
Extremely dwarfing rootstock for apples. Trees dwarfed to 50% of standard. Ideal for high density planting, small spaces in garden and tub growing. Induces early and heavy bearing of slightly smaller than normal fruit. Shallow root system; young trees require staking. Prefers well drained soil and requires constant soil moisture. Rarely suckers. Resistant to fireblight. Winter hardy in cold areas if roots can be protected from severe soil heaving.
New Lower Chill Hours
We would like to point out that chill hours on many varieties have been lowered to reflect actual experience.
What you see on our website is the latest information from Dave Wilson Nursery. Some of the more noteworthy changes are on the sour cherries North Star Dwarf, Montmorency and English Morello, Arctic Jay nectarine, Donut and Double Jewel peaches and the August ripening apricots, Autumn Glo and Earliautumn, which extend the apricot season.
Please be advised that the tags that arrive with your trees will almost certainly state the old chill hours so do not despair when the information is not the same! |
New Berries
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Ouachita Blackberry
Excellent release from University of Arkansas. Large berries with very good flavor and quality. Consistent, high yielding, very erect canes. Compares to or exceeds yields of Apache and Navajo. Ripens mid season with about five weeks of harvest. Cold hardy to USDA zone 6. |
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Emerald Blueberry
Southern highbush variety with high yields of large, firm dark blue berries. Flavor is sweet and subacid. Vigorous bush with upright and slightly spreading habit. Ripens early and needs very little chill, similar to Sharpblue. |
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Legacy Blueberry
Evergreen variety bears heavy yields of medium to large flavorful fruit. Ripens in August. Orange foliage over winter. Grows to six feet tall. Zones 5-9. |
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