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Stone fruit & pomes

7 cultivars trialed in Queen Creek, AZ (zone 9b).

Katy Apricot

Prunus armeniaca

Large vivid-orange fruit with a rosy blush; tree-ripe fruit is subacid (sweet, not tart); freestone pit; self-fruitful; early harvest,…

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Red Baron Peach

Prunus persica

Spectacular double red, carnation-like spring blossoms make it a top ornamental peach.

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Spice Zee Nectaplum

Prunus hybrid

White-fleshed, smooth-skinned fruit with dark maroon skin turning pale pink at full ripeness; both nectarine and plum flavors detectable.

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Pluots

Prunus hybrid

Plum-like smooth skin in many colors; fruit usually larger and sweeter than plums with intense flavor.

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Pluerries

Prunus hybrid

Larger than a cherry, slightly small for a plum; Sweet Treat has maroon skin with yellow flesh and a cherry-sweet, plum-zingy flavor.

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Santa Rosa Plum

Prunus salicina

Large dark reddish-purple fruit with fragrant amber-yellow flesh, sweet-tart and juicy; showy white-pink spring bloom; self-fertile,…

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Hybrid Pear 'Tennosui'

Pyrus × 'Tennosui'

Bell-shaped, crisp Asian-style fruit that stays crisp and resists browning after cutting, with mixed Asian/European flavor notes.

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