FAVORITE FRUIT TREES FOR CLIMATE ZONE 3 - INLAND
Hot summer, Cold winter - Includes Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Walnut Creek
Chill hours: 600-1500
FRUIT
APPLE
VARIETY / # OF VOTES
Fuji (2)
Granny Smith (1)
Gravenstein (1)
MacIntosh (1)
Rubinette (1)
Yellow Delicious (1)
Red Delicious (1)
APRICOT
BERRY
Blueberry
Raspberry
CHERRY, SWEET
CITRUS
Grapefruit
Lemon
1 comment: "Espaliered; sweet, crisp fruit" (AS)
"Very productive, codling moth damage because I garden organically and don't spray
with chemicals" (AS)
Blenheim (1)
Un-named variety (1)
AVOCADO
COMMENTS
"Vigorous tree; Eutypa damage decreases fruit production; now will prune only in
dry weather, usually summertime" (AS)
Bacon (1)
O'Neal (1)
Unknown variety (1)
"Can grow in Concord weather in containers" (EC)
Caroline (1)
Bing (1)
Republican (1)
Stella (1)
"Very productive; Tulle is put up to protect from SWD; economical for 1-2 trees" (AS)
Pink (1)
Improved Meyer (1)
Meyer (2)
1 comment - "Does very well. One crop/yr only" (EC)
Lime
Un-named variety (1)
Mandarin, Sour
Rangpur Lime (1)
"Won't survive" (EC)
Orange
Blood Orange (1)
Moro Blood Orange (1)
1 comment: "Survives in container" (EC)
Trovita (1)
Washington Navel (1)
Tangelo
FIG
GRAPE
GUAVA, PINEAPPLE
(Feijoa)
GUAVA,
STRAWBERRY
JUJUBE
"Took at least 10 years to produce. Perhaps needed fertilizer. Bumper crop this year"
(AS)
Minneola (1)
Black Ischia (1)
Brown Turkey (1)
"Green" fig (1)
Mission (1)
Panache (1)
General Comment
"All varieties do well in Contra Costa" (EC)
Red Flame (1)
Thompson Seedless (2)
"Have not figured out how to prevent fungal diseases without copper spraying" (AS)
1 comment - "Does very well" (EC)
Coolidge (1)
Nazemetz (1)
Un-named cultivar (1)
Chico (1)
Honey Jar (1)
Sugar Cane (1)
"Very small fruit" (EC)
PEACH
Rio Oso Gem (1)
PEAR, ASIAN
Shinko (1)
Shinseiki (1)
20th Century (1)
Ya Li (1)
"Vigorous and productive of mild, crisp fruit; unfortunately severely hit by fire blight
this year (2014) so that it needed to be pruned several times." (AS)
"Vigorous and productive of mild, crisp fruit; sustained mild fire blight damage
this year (2014)" (AS)
PEAR, EUROPEAN
Bartlett (1)
Beurre d'Anjou (1)
Comice (1)
"Hasn't fruited yet" (VH)
PERSIMMON
Fuyu (1)
1st comment: "Does very well. It absolutely took 7 years to bear fruit!" (EC)
2nd comment: "Took 8-10 yrs to bear fruit; was told in too shady of a spot; generally
bearing big, beautiful fruit, although none this year (2014)" (AS)
Hachiya (1)
PLUM, ASIAN
Broken Heart (1)
Elephant Heart (1)
Santa Rosa (1)
Shiro (1)
Weeping Santa Rosa (1)
Wickson (1)
PLUM, EUROPEAN
Greengage (1)
Prune Plum (1)
POMEGRANATE
Mae (1)
Wonderful (1)