Prunes 
Burton Late August-September 
Fruit extra large in size. Especially good 
for fancy packing. Very sweet and of 
good quality. 
Coates 1418 August-September 
(XX, French, Cox, Date, Saratoga.) The 
prune of many names. It is very similar 
to French in color and shape, but is larger 
in size. 
Early Italian Late August 
Fruit is very large in size. Identical to 
the regular Italian only it ripens 10 days 
earlier. 
French Improved August-September 
Fruit is medium in size with dark blue, 
tender skin. Flesh is rich and sugary, of 
fine texture. California’s leading drying 
plum. 
Imperial August-September 
One of the largest of California prunes. 
Reddish, or light purple color, thin skin, 
sweet and of high flavor. Contains more 
sugar than French. 
Italian August-September 
Medium to large in size, oval, tapering at 
both ends, blue in color, freestone. In the 
Northwest this prune is used extensively 
for canning and shipping. 
Robe de Sargent August-September 
Fruit is oval, very dark in color, with 
light greenish-yellow flesh; of distinc- 
tive flavor. 
Standard August-September 
A large, dark purple prune with fine- 
grained, juicy and sweet flesh. 
Stanley Early September 
A large prune with deep, bluish-purple 
skin. The greenish-yellow flesh is firm 
and sweet. A recent introduction to the 
Pacific Coast. 
Sugar Early August 
Earliest prune to ripen. The fruit is extra 
large, oval, dark purple, with yellow 
flesh; tender and rich in sugar. 

A apes 
Apples are mostly pro- 
duced in the Mountains 
and Coastal areas. How- 
ever, certain varieties, as 
listed below, do quite well 
in the Interior Valleys. 
Apple trees in your own 
back yard will greatly re- 
pay you for the care you 
give them. Besides the 
fruit you will greatly en- 
joy the masses of fragrant 
blossoms produced in the 
early Spring. 
Double Red Delicious 
October-November 
The skin is of a deeper red 
than the Red Delicious; 
crisp, fine-grained flesh. 
Gravenstein July-August 
Large in size, skin is green- 
ish-yellow, freely marked 
with light and dark red 
stripes when mature. Flesh 
is whitish-yellow, tender, 
crisp, with a delightful dis- 
tinctive aroma. 
Jonathan September-October 
Fruit medium sized, bright red, some- 
times reddish-brown. Creamy flesh of 
excellent flavor. 
Mammoth Black Twig October-November 
Extra large in size; round; skin smooth 
yellowish covered with deep red. Flesh 
tender, tinged with ellow, crisp, subacid, 
aromatic and fine-flavored. 
Red Astrachan July 
Large, roundish, deep crimson. The flesh 
is juicy though rather acid. An early and 
abundant bearer. Does well in Interior 
Valleys. 
Red Delicious October-November 
A large, dark red apple with crisp, fine- 
grained flesh of excellent quality and fla- 
vor. All Delicious apples are identified 
by the five points on the blossom end of 
the fruit. These points are commercially 
called “Sheep Nose’’. 
Red June July 
Fruit is of medium size, red suffused with 
yellow. Flesh white, tender and slightly 
subacid. Does well in Interior Valleys. 
Staymen Winesap November-December 
Fruit large, round, yellow, well covered 
with dark red. Flesh greenish-yellow, 
firm and quite tart. 
White Astrachan July 
Quite large, roundish, very smooth and 
nearly white. Flesh highly acid making it 
one of the best of the cooking apples. 
Does well in Interior Valleys. 
White Winter Pearmain Oct.-Nov. 
Fruit oblong, rather large with pale yel- 
low skin overlaid with pink blush. Russet 
dots all over. Yellow flesh, fine-grained, 
tender and juicy. 


DELICIOUS APPLE 
Winter Banana October-November 
Medium to large; golden yellow, usually 
shaded crimson. Flesh fine-grained with 
a very rich, subacid flavor. 
Yellow Bellflower September-October 
Fruits large, oblong and ribbed. Skin ye!}- 
low touched with green. Has a pink blush. 
Flesh white, firm, tender and juicy. Very 
aromatic. 
Yellow Delicious September 
Fruit golden yellow. Flesh very firm and 
crisp. Excellent keeper. 
Yellow Newton Pippin December 
Large, yellow with brownish red cheek. 
Flesh firm, crisp, juicy with a rich high 
flavor. Excellent either cooked or fresh. 
Yellow Transparent July-August 
Medium sized; clear yellow skin. White 
flesh. Slightly acid flavor. The tree is 
very hearty and somewhat of a dwarf 
grower. 
After Pruning 
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