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Late ripening apples & pears
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coolbrze
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July 26, 2022 - 7:12 am

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!

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davem
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July 26, 2022 - 12:45 pm

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:

NameScoreNotesDate
Frequin Audievre9Planted west of path near top of zipline fall 2012 
Golden Russet9very tasty! 
Gravenstein9  
King of Tompkins County (Tompkins King)9  
Tsugaru9Planted at base of slope fall 2012 
Zestar9Grafted 3/20/201610/17/2015
Akane8  
Ambrosia8Started seeds from Natural Grocers apple 3/20203/2020
Calville Rouge of Autumn8  
Cox’s Orange Pippin8Already grafted onto Jessamine 
Freedom8big, healthy 
Fuji8  
Glockenapfel8big, tart Not available 
Honeycrisp8Planted next to Winter Banana site fall 2012 
Kandil Sinap8cool shape 
Melrose8  
Mendocino Cox8Grafted 3/20/201610/17/2015
Opalescent8red, large 
Queen Cox8juicy 
Sansa8  
Wheelers Gold8Grafted 3/20/201610/17/2015
Wolf River8  
Ashmead’s Kernal7  
Davey7Grafted 3/20/2016 
Golden Sentinel7  
Hatsuaki7big, red 
Holstein7  
Pinata7  
Pinova7  
Scarlet Sentinel7  
Seek no further7  
Spartan7  
Spitzenberg7  
Calville Blanc D’Hiver6  
Liberty6  
Tollgate Alexander6 10/17/2015
Kingston Black5Pollinator for Frequin Audievre 
North Pole5  
Twenty Ounce5 10/17/2015
Doux Normandie4Pollinator for Frequin Audievre. Small.10/17/2015
Enterprise4  
Harry Masters' Jersey4Pollinator for Frequin Audievre10/17/2015

Pears:

NameScoreNotesDate
Colette10grafted2014
Comice10grafted2014
Rogue Red10  
bosc9  
directeur hardy9  
Flemish Beauty9 2014
honey sweet9  
leopardo morettini9  
RX-199Huge10/17/2015
Taylors gold9  
Worden Seckle9 10/17/2015
beurre d'amanlis panachee8  
buttide de austu8  
El Dorado8 10/17/2015
highland8  
Howell sport8  
Itala Pirovano8 2014
longue vert8  
madam bon fond8  
Madame Verte8 10/17/2015
orcas8  
patrick barry8late ripening 
president hardy8 10/15/2016
president heron8 10/15/2016
princess8Scored 7 in 2016 
romania8  
seckel8Scored 5 in 201410/15/2016
surecrop8  
vodenjac8  
White Doyenne8 10/17/2015
ankou-columbia red7  
Conference7sweet2014
Duchesse de mouchy7  
emancipation7  
hofrath's birne7  
madam boutant7  
max red Bartlett7  
nova7 10/15/2016
NY 102627 10/15/2016
okolo7  
poire d'anus7  
porporata7  
president deviolaine7 10/15/2016
president hardy7Scored 8 in 2016 
princess7 10/15/2016
republica7  
rocha7 10/15/2016
success de la meillerage7  
Tait Dropmore7Hard10/17/2015
USDA 4637  
Vermont beauty7 10/15/2016
warren7 10/15/2016
winioska saska7  
Winkle man (el dorado?)7  
butirra d'rome6  
cascade6  
maries Louise d'uccle6 10/15/2016
michurin beurre zimnaya6  
Miller seedling6  
Pierce corneille6 10/15/2016
pineapple6 10/15/2016
president loubet6 10/15/2016
regal red comice6  
rescue6 10/15/2016
sarteau rogue6 10/15/2016
Elliot5 10/17/2015
Favorite Morel5 10/17/2015
Maxie5grainy2014
nic-20813-india5 10/15/2016
Orcas5huge2014
paraow5 10/15/2016
Seckel5blah2014
starking delicious5 10/15/2016
Winnals longdon5 10/15/2016
Dixie4 10/17/2015
president osmonville 404 10/15/2016
winter nelis4  
Roi Charles de Wurtemberg3Huge, dry10/17/2015
Winnals longdon3Scored 5 in 2016 

 

Grapes:

NameScoreNotesDatePlanted
Canadian muscat10 10/15/2016 
chamborcin10 10/15/2016 
Swenson red10 10/15/2016 
Venus10
Planted SW arbor post fall 2012. Planted NE arbor post spring 2020.
 spring 2020 (2) - arbor
bell9 10/15/2016 
buffalo9 10/15/2016 
cakemont9seedless10/15/2016 
canadice9seedless10/15/2016 
century9seedless10/15/2016 
challenger9seedless10/15/2016 
downing9 10/15/2016 
Elmer Swenson 2839 10/15/2016 
Fiesta s/l9seedless10/15/2016 
joannes seyve 23-4169 10/15/2016 
Jupiter Seedless9 2014 
perlette9seedless10/15/2016 
vanessa9seedless10/15/20163/22/2020
xlnta9 10/15/2016 
“64”8Tiny seeds, big grape2014 
bath8 10/15/2016 
cayuga8 10/15/2016 
colobel8 10/15/2016 
Couderc noir8 10/15/2016 
Cuong's grape8From Cuong 3/22/2020
delaware8 10/15/2016 
dianax8 10/15/2016 
dianax8 10/15/2016 
early wonder8 10/15/2016 
eden8 10/15/2016 
espirit8 10/15/2016 
eureka8 10/15/2016 
Glenora8black2014 
herbert8 10/15/2016 
hopkins8 10/15/2016 
iona8 10/15/2016 
isabel de csaba8 10/15/2016 
Kuhlmann 187-18 10/15/2016 
Landot 45118 10/15/2016 
melody8 10/15/2016 
neron8 10/15/2016 
Rosa bella8 10/15/2016 
watkins8 10/15/2016 
64 eug7huge10/15/2016 
barry7 10/15/2016 
berkmans7 10/15/2016 
black eagle7 10/15/2016 
blue eye7 10/15/2016 
brilliant7 10/15/2016 
Canada pink7 10/15/2016 
Canadice7 2014 
Couderc7 10/15/2016 
dm 831347 10/15/2016 
Dunkirk7 10/15/2016 
eden7 10/15/2016 
Einset7tastes like wine2014 
goff7 10/15/2016 
golden muscat7 10/15/2016 
greek perfume7 10/15/2016 
long john7 10/15/2016 
marquis7huge10/15/2016 
Mars s/l7 10/15/2016 
mission arbor7 10/15/2016 
munson7 10/15/2016 
NY muscat7 10/15/2016 
osbu7lots of seeds10/15/2016 
pontiac7 10/15/2016 
red banana7 10/15/2016 
regal7 10/15/2016 
seyre villard 1-727 10/15/2016 
sweet blue7lots of seeds10/15/2016 
athens6 10/15/2016 
baco blanc6 10/15/2016 
bailey6 10/15/2016 
Beauty Seedless6 2014 
burdin 1104326 10/15/2016 
Campbell early6 10/15/2016 
captivator6 10/15/2016 
Concord eastern6 10/15/2016 
cook6 10/15/2016 
dm 831346 10/15/2016 
early catawba6 10/15/2016 
edelweiss6 10/15/2016 
excellente6 10/15/2016 
Gilbert 256-286 10/15/2016 
isabella6 10/15/2016 
mills6 10/15/2016 
Mitchell6 10/15/2016 
othello6 10/15/2016 
paul revere6 10/15/2016 
portland6 10/15/2016 
Reliance6tastes like wine10/17/2015 
Seibel 296 10/15/2016 
seyre villard 20-3656 10/15/2016 
sheridan6big10/15/2016 
sonoma6 10/15/2016 
Steuben6 10/15/2016 
alden5 10/15/2016 
catawba5 10/15/2016 
Christmas5 10/15/2016 
dottier st. vallier5 10/15/2016 
golden giant5 10/15/2016 
Neptune5sour2014 
piney5 10/15/2016 
Suffolk Red5blah10/17/2015 
Цыца устойчивая (CICA)4
Has seeds. Cracks & molds easily. Planted fall 2012. Will graft better varieties at the base.
  
Allen HOEC class1/15/2022 
Bronx HOEC class1/15/2022 
Himrod HOEC class1/15/2022 
NY-48 HOEC class1/15/2022 
Verdelet HOEC class1/15/2022 
Monukka (Black Monukka)
 
Planted NW arbor post spring 2020.
 
spring 2020 - arbor
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coolbrze
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July 27, 2022 - 1:29 pm

Awesome, thanks davem!

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jafar
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July 27, 2022 - 7:50 pm

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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John S
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July 31, 2022 - 5:27 pm

Some of my favorite apples are Topaz, Gold Rush, Jonathan and Egremont Russet.

I notice less of a difference with the pears.  I got the different varieties and keep them to improve pollination.

John S
PDX OR

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