Due to the weather conditions in Rochester the fruit trees will unfortunately not be ready until Monday the 16th

All the fruit trees that are sold at the Garden Factory are on semi-dwarfing root stock.

Apples

Cortland – A mid-season blooming tree. Harvest apples from mid-September to early October. Apples are medium sized, red stripped and are good all purpose apples. They are sweet and juicy with a hint of tartness. Flesh is tender and bright white. Use them for fresh eating, cooking, cider, baking, sauces, and freezing. Excellent for salads as they don't brown quickly when sliced. The tree is an annul bearer and heavy producer. Plant with another apple tree with the same bloom time, such as Red McIntosh for pollination. Hardy Zone 4-8.

Jonathan - Medium sized , sweet-tart fruit. Mid-season flowering and late fruiting. Pollinate with Yellow Delicious or with other mid-season blooming apple. Good for fresh eating, freezing and for all purpose cooking.

Granny Smith – An early blooming tree. Harvest apples in late October. Apples are green with tart, crisp, juicy white flesh. They are excellent for fresh eating, baking and for use in salads as they brown slowly. They keep very well. Plant with another apple that blooms at the same time or with a crabapple. Zone 5-8.

McIntosh – An early blooming tree. Harvest apples in mid-September. Apples are medium to large, bright red with a mildly tart, spicy flavor. They are good for baking, for making applesauce and cider. The apples are thin skinned. The tree is very cold hardy and resistant to cedar apple rust and fireblight. McIntosh is partly a self pollinator but plant with another tree. Gala and Liberty have been suggested. Hardy Zone 4-6.

Red Delicious – A mid-late blooming tree. Harvest apples in late September. A large, waxy, dark red, conical shaped apple that is sweet and good for eating. A high yielding tree that tends to be biennial unless thinned. Plant with another apple that blooms at the same time such as Yellow Delicious. Hardy Zone 5-8.

State Fair - A red semi-sweet tart apple with juicy yellow flesh. Early flowering with fruit in late September-early October. Pollinate with any other early blooming apple tree. A good all purpose apple.

Yellow Delicious – A mid to late season bloomer. Harvest apples in late September. A yellow apple that is a good all purpose apple, with a sweet, tangy flavor. Partially self fertile but still plant with another apple that blooms at the same time. A great pollinator for other apple trees. Hardy Zone 4-7.

Apricots

Moorpark - Juicy, sweet, large fruit. Ripens in late June Freestone. Good for fresh eating, canning, drying. Plant two for proper pollination.

Sungold – Tender golden skin, blushed orange. Rounded, medium sized fruits with a mild, sweet flavor good for fresh eating and for making preserves. Ripens early August. Freestone. Plant with Moorgold as a pollinator. Hardy Zone 4-7.

Cherry

Sweet

Bing - Mid-season, large cherries with burgundy red skin and flesh. Flesh is firm, juicy and sweet. Excellent for eating and canning. Most popular commercial variety. Ripens late June to mid-July. Requires a pollinator such as Black Tartarian or Stella. Hardy Zone 6-8.

Black Tartarian - Medium sized, bright, purplish-black, sweet, juicy cherries. Vigorous and heavy bearing tree. Ripens early June. Excellent pollinator of other cherry trees. Requires pollinator, any sweet, early cherry such as Bing. Hardy Zone 5-8.

Stella – Large black cherries. Flesh is black, sweet, juicy and moderately firm. Vigorous growing tree. Ripens late June to early July. Self-fertile. Good pollinator of other cherries. Hardy Zone 5-8.

Sour

Montmoency – Bright red cherry with yellow flesh. Excellent tart pie cherry. Freezes well. Very productive. Self fertile. Ripens early July. Hardy Zone 4-7.