coolbrze
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Hi! I've got a small orchard here in the mountains of VA & am looking at hitting max capacity pretty soon (all the cleared / fenced land I have). I've got room for maybe another 20 or so trees. What are your favorite apples, peaches, pears, plums, nectarines, &/or cherries - especially those that may grow well on the East coast (Zone 6b)? I'm mainly interested in consumption quality whether it's eating fresh, canning, baking desserts, etc. Thanks!
davem
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Here's my ordered list. I made notes when I tasted them at the HOS Fruit Shows.
I'm not sure of the ripening dates but I think you could look that up.
My rating scale: 1 = spitter, 10 = best in the world
Apples:
| Name | Score | Notes | Date |
| Frequin Audievre | 9 | Planted west of path near top of zipline fall 2012 | |
| Golden Russet | 9 | very tasty! | |
| Gravenstein | 9 | ||
| King of Tompkins County (Tompkins King) | 9 | ||
| Tsugaru | 9 | Planted at base of slope fall 2012 | |
| Zestar | 9 | Grafted 3/20/2016 | 10/17/2015 |
| Akane | 8 | ||
| Ambrosia | 8 | Started seeds from Natural Grocers apple 3/2020 | 3/2020 |
| Calville Rouge of Autumn | 8 | ||
| Cox’s Orange Pippin | 8 | Already grafted onto Jessamine | |
| Freedom | 8 | big, healthy | |
| Fuji | 8 | ||
| Glockenapfel | 8 | big, tart Not available | |
| Honeycrisp | 8 | Planted next to Winter Banana site fall 2012 | |
| Kandil Sinap | 8 | cool shape | |
| Melrose | 8 | ||
| Mendocino Cox | 8 | Grafted 3/20/2016 | 10/17/2015 |
| Opalescent | 8 | red, large | |
| Queen Cox | 8 | juicy | |
| Sansa | 8 | ||
| Wheelers Gold | 8 | Grafted 3/20/2016 | 10/17/2015 |
| Wolf River | 8 | ||
| Ashmead’s Kernal | 7 | ||
| Davey | 7 | Grafted 3/20/2016 | |
| Golden Sentinel | 7 | ||
| Hatsuaki | 7 | big, red | |
| Holstein | 7 | ||
| Pinata | 7 | ||
| Pinova | 7 | ||
| Scarlet Sentinel | 7 | ||
| Seek no further | 7 | ||
| Spartan | 7 | ||
| Spitzenberg | 7 | ||
| Calville Blanc D’Hiver | 6 | ||
| Liberty | 6 | ||
| Tollgate Alexander | 6 | 10/17/2015 | |
| Kingston Black | 5 | Pollinator for Frequin Audievre | |
| North Pole | 5 | ||
| Twenty Ounce | 5 | 10/17/2015 | |
| Doux Normandie | 4 | Pollinator for Frequin Audievre. Small. | 10/17/2015 |
| Enterprise | 4 | ||
| Harry Masters' Jersey | 4 | Pollinator for Frequin Audievre | 10/17/2015 |
Pears:
| Name | Score | Notes | Date |
| Colette | 10 | grafted | 2014 |
| Comice | 10 | grafted | 2014 |
| Rogue Red | 10 | ||
| bosc | 9 | ||
| directeur hardy | 9 | ||
| Flemish Beauty | 9 | 2014 | |
| honey sweet | 9 | ||
| leopardo morettini | 9 | ||
| RX-19 | 9 | Huge | 10/17/2015 |
| Taylors gold | 9 | ||
| Worden Seckle | 9 | 10/17/2015 | |
| beurre d'amanlis panachee | 8 | ||
| buttide de austu | 8 | ||
| El Dorado | 8 | 10/17/2015 | |
| highland | 8 | ||
| Howell sport | 8 | ||
| Itala Pirovano | 8 | 2014 | |
| longue vert | 8 | ||
| madam bon fond | 8 | ||
| Madame Verte | 8 | 10/17/2015 | |
| orcas | 8 | ||
| patrick barry | 8 | late ripening | |
| president hardy | 8 | 10/15/2016 | |
| president heron | 8 | 10/15/2016 | |
| princess | 8 | Scored 7 in 2016 | |
| romania | 8 | ||
| seckel | 8 | Scored 5 in 2014 | 10/15/2016 |
| surecrop | 8 | ||
| vodenjac | 8 | ||
| White Doyenne | 8 | 10/17/2015 | |
| ankou-columbia red | 7 | ||
| Conference | 7 | sweet | 2014 |
| Duchesse de mouchy | 7 | ||
| emancipation | 7 | ||
| hofrath's birne | 7 | ||
| madam boutant | 7 | ||
| max red Bartlett | 7 | ||
| nova | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| NY 10262 | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| okolo | 7 | ||
| poire d'anus | 7 | ||
| porporata | 7 | ||
| president deviolaine | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| president hardy | 7 | Scored 8 in 2016 | |
| princess | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| republica | 7 | ||
| rocha | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| success de la meillerage | 7 | ||
| Tait Dropmore | 7 | Hard | 10/17/2015 |
| USDA 463 | 7 | ||
| Vermont beauty | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| warren | 7 | 10/15/2016 | |
| winioska saska | 7 | ||
| Winkle man (el dorado?) | 7 | ||
| butirra d'rome | 6 | ||
| cascade | 6 | ||
| maries Louise d'uccle | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| michurin beurre zimnaya | 6 | ||
| Miller seedling | 6 | ||
| Pierce corneille | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| pineapple | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| president loubet | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| regal red comice | 6 | ||
| rescue | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| sarteau rogue | 6 | 10/15/2016 | |
| Elliot | 5 | 10/17/2015 | |
| Favorite Morel | 5 | 10/17/2015 | |
| Maxie | 5 | grainy | 2014 |
| nic-20813-india | 5 | 10/15/2016 | |
| Orcas | 5 | huge | 2014 |
| paraow | 5 | 10/15/2016 | |
| Seckel | 5 | blah | 2014 |
| starking delicious | 5 | 10/15/2016 | |
| Winnals longdon | 5 | 10/15/2016 | |
| Dixie | 4 | 10/17/2015 | |
| president osmonville 40 | 4 | 10/15/2016 | |
| winter nelis | 4 | ||
| Roi Charles de Wurtemberg | 3 | Huge, dry | 10/17/2015 |
| Winnals longdon | 3 | Scored 5 in 2016 |
Grapes:
| Name | Score | Notes | Date | Planted |
| Canadian muscat | 10 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| chamborcin | 10 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Swenson red | 10 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Venus | 10 | Planted SW arbor post fall 2012. Planted NE arbor post spring 2020. | spring 2020 (2) - arbor | |
| bell | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| buffalo | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| cakemont | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| canadice | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| century | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| challenger | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| downing | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Elmer Swenson 283 | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Fiesta s/l | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| joannes seyve 23-416 | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Jupiter Seedless | 9 | 2014 | ||
| perlette | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | |
| vanessa | 9 | seedless | 10/15/2016 | 3/22/2020 |
| xlnta | 9 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| “64” | 8 | Tiny seeds, big grape | 2014 | |
| bath | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| cayuga | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| colobel | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Couderc noir | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Cuong's grape | 8 | From Cuong | 3/22/2020 | |
| delaware | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| dianax | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| dianax | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| early wonder | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| eden | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| espirit | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| eureka | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Glenora | 8 | black | 2014 | |
| herbert | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| hopkins | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| iona | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| isabel de csaba | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Kuhlmann 187-1 | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Landot 4511 | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| melody | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| neron | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Rosa bella | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| watkins | 8 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| 64 eug | 7 | huge | 10/15/2016 | |
| barry | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| berkmans | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| black eagle | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| blue eye | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| brilliant | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Canada pink | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Canadice | 7 | 2014 | ||
| Couderc | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| dm 83134 | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Dunkirk | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| eden | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Einset | 7 | tastes like wine | 2014 | |
| goff | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| golden muscat | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| greek perfume | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| long john | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| marquis | 7 | huge | 10/15/2016 | |
| Mars s/l | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| mission arbor | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| munson | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| NY muscat | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| osbu | 7 | lots of seeds | 10/15/2016 | |
| pontiac | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| red banana | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| regal | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| seyre villard 1-72 | 7 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| sweet blue | 7 | lots of seeds | 10/15/2016 | |
| athens | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| baco blanc | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| bailey | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Beauty Seedless | 6 | 2014 | ||
| burdin 110432 | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Campbell early | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| captivator | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Concord eastern | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| cook | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| dm 83134 | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| early catawba | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| edelweiss | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| excellente | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Gilbert 256-28 | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| isabella | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| mills | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Mitchell | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| othello | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| paul revere | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| portland | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Reliance | 6 | tastes like wine | 10/17/2015 | |
| Seibel 29 | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| seyre villard 20-365 | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| sheridan | 6 | big | 10/15/2016 | |
| sonoma | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Steuben | 6 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| alden | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| catawba | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Christmas | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| dottier st. vallier | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| golden giant | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Neptune | 5 | sour | 2014 | |
| piney | 5 | 10/15/2016 | ||
| Suffolk Red | 5 | blah | 10/17/2015 | |
| Цыца устойчивая (CICA) | 4 | Has seeds. Cracks & molds easily. Planted fall 2012. Will graft better varieties at the base. | ||
| Allen | HOEC class | 1/15/2022 | ||
| Bronx | HOEC class | 1/15/2022 | ||
| Himrod | HOEC class | 1/15/2022 | ||
| NY-48 | HOEC class | 1/15/2022 | ||
| Verdelet | HOEC class | 1/15/2022 | ||
Monukka (Black Monukka) | Planted NW arbor post spring 2020. | spring 2020 - arbor |
jafar
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My favorite apples that I can grow are:
Golden Russet
Freyberg
Rubinette
Goldrush
I also like my neighbor's tree which I'm pretty sure is:
King of Tompkins County: It's a great all around apple makes good single variety fresh cider, baking (I hear), fresh eating, productive
I don't have many pears in production, but:
Thornley is outstanding, and a winner at the Home Orchard Society taste tests
Seckel, Taylor's Gold, and Golden Russet Bosc are ones that haven't fruited yet, but I know are really good pears.
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