Here are the fruit trees and berries we have selected to begin East Bay Nursery’s 2010 bareroot season. We do our best to maintain this selection throughout the year, however, in the later part of summer we may not be able to source all of the varieties as availability become spotty.

This list is not a reflection of our current inventory.
If you are interested in a specific variety,
please call 510.845.6490 for a stock check.

Please note that we are unable to do any mail order.


Apple


Anna
Remarkable fruit for mild-winter climates in So. Calif., So. Ariz. Heavy crops of sweet, crisp, flavorful apples even in low desert. Fresh/cooked. Keeps 2 months in refrigerator. 200 hours. Self-fruitful or pollinated by Dorsett Golden or Einshemer.

Garden Delicious genetic dwarf
Sweet, crisp, superb flavor, even in hot climates. Greenish-yellow with red blush to full red. Dessert/cook, good keeper. September. 8-10 ft. tree, smaller with pruning. 600 hours. Self-fruitful. (Zaiger)

Fuji
Recent introduction from Japan that quickly became California's favorite apple. Sweet, very crisp and flavorful, excellent keeper. Dull reddish-orange skin, sometimes russeted. Ripe mid-September. Excellent pollenizer for other apple varieties. Chilling requirement apparently less than 600 hours. Self fruitful.

Gala (Original Gala)
Wonderful dessert apple from New Zealand. Crisp, nice blend of sweetness and tartness, rich flavor. Skin reddish-orange over yellow. Early harvest, 2-3 weeks before Red Delicious. Good pollenizer for other varieties. 5-600 hours. Self fruitful.

Golden Delicious
Long-time favorite for its sweetness and flavor. Reliable producer, adapted to many climates. Pollenizer for Red Delicious. Mid-season harvest (September in Central Calif.). 700 hours. Self fruitful.

Gordon
Popular variety for Southern Calif. Low chilling requirement, about 400 hours. Red over green skin, good quality. For fresh use and cooking. Self fruitful. Pat. No. 4144.

Granny Smith
From Australia. Large, late, green, all-purpose. Crisp, tart, excellent keeper. Requires long summer. Thrives in hot climates. 600 hours. Prolonged bloom: good pollenizer for other apples. Self fruitful.

Gravenstein (Red Gravenstein)
Famous for sauce and baking, also used fresh. Crisp, juicy, flavorful, tart. Green with red stripes. Early bloom, early harvest. 700 hours. Pollen-sterile: pollinated by Empire, Fuji, Gala or Red Delicious.

Gravenstein (Green Gravenstein)
Famous for sauce and baking, also used fresh. Crisp, juicy, flavorful, tart. Early bloom, early harvest. 700 hours. Pollen-sterile, pollenizer required: Empire, Fuji, Gala, Red Delicious.

Pink Lady (Cripps Pink)
Hot climate apple from Western Australia. Very crisp, sweet-tart, distinct flavor, good keeper. Skin reddish-pink over green when ripe. White flesh resists browning. Harvest begins late October in Central CA, about three weeks after Fuji. Self-fruitful. 4-500 hours. Pat.No. 7880.

Red Delicious

Early fall fruit is sweet, crisp, fine-flavored. Vigorous, productive tree. Good pollenizer for almost all other apples. 700 hours. Pollinated by Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, or Golden Delicious.

4 on 1 - We carry 2 combinations of apple with multiple varieties on one tree.
    Combo 1 -
Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
    Combo 2 -Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious



Apricot


Blenheim (Royal)
All-purpose freestone, sweet, aromatic, flavorful. Long-time No.1 apricot in California. Early bloom. Late June harvest in Central Calif. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.

Earli Autumn
Wonderful flavor both fresh and dried as tested by Dave Wilson Nursery. It will please even the most critical of apricot lovers. Late harvest, first two weeks of August. Pat. #9937 (Zaiger)


Tomcot
The most consistently productive apricot variety at Dave Wilson Nursery 1992-97. Large, orange fruit with firm, sweet flesh. Early harvest, 2-3 weeks before Wenatchee Moorpark. Originated at Prosser, WA, introduced in 1989. 600 hours. Partly self-fruitful; biggest crops if cross-pollinated by another apricot. Pat. No. 7034.

4 on 1 - We carry 1 combination with multiple varieties of apricot on one tree.

    Combos have any 4 of these 5 varieties possible;
               
Tomcot, Katy, Blenheim, Flavor Delight, Royal Rosa



Aprium® (apricot x plum)


Cot-N-Candy Aprium® interspecific
Early season harvest, ripening 1 week later than Flavor Delight Aprium™. Flesh is extra sweet and juicy, with a plumy aftertaste Cot-N-Candy’s size is 2 to 2 ½ inches on average. Self-fruitful. (Patented) (Zaiger)

Flavor Delight Aprium® interspecific
Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all its own. Pleasant, lingering after taste. Early June. 600 hours. Bigger crops if pollinated by any apricot. Pat.No. 7090 (Zaiger)



Asian Pear


20th Century (Nijisseiki "Apple Pear")
Juicy, sweet, mild-flavored fruit is crisp like apple. Early to mid-August in Central Calif. Keeps well. Easy to grow, heavy bearing small tree. 450 hrs. Self-fruitful or pollinated by Shinseiki, Bartlett, or other pear or Asian pear.

Hosui
High-scoring in taste tests: perhaps the tastiest Asian pear. Large, juicy, sweet, flavorful, refreshing, crisp like an apple. Brownish-orange russeted skin. Harvest early to mid-August in Central CA. 450 hours. Pollinated by Shinko, Chojuro, Bartlett, or 20th Century.

Shinseiki
Juicy, sweet, refreshing, crisp like an apple. Easy to grow. Keeps well. Harvest late July/early August in Central Calif. Bright yellow skin. Vigorous, heavy bearing (usually by 2nd year). 350-450 hours. Self-fruitful.

4 on 1 - We carry 1 combination with multiple varieties of asian pear on one tree.

    Hosui, Shinseiki, 20th Century, Chojuro





Blackberry



Black Satin
Thornless Blackberry —Large, firm, glossy black berries. Sweet flavor and excellent quality for jams, jellies, fresh eating and pastries. Heavy yields, semi erect, thornless vines that dose not give rise to the occasional sticky cane like so many of the other thornless blackberry types.



Blueberry



Bluecrop
Northern Highbush - No.1 variety, the standard of excellence. Upright, vigorous bush. Very productive. Large, firm, flavorful fruit does not drop or crack. Tolerates hot summers if soil is moist, acidic, and high in humus. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.

Berkeley
Northern Highbush — One of the most popular varieties for home gardens. Slightly aromic, powder blue firm fruit is slightly less acidic than most. Does well in areas with hot summers. 850 hours.

Blueray
Northern Highbush — Best variety for hot climates. Large, firm fruit, excellent flavor. Upright, vigorous bush, very productive. Blueberry culture requires soil that is moist, acidic, and high in humus. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.

Chandler

Northern Highbush —Chandler  is clearly the world’s largest blueberry. Another great feature is that it will provide you with a bounty of fresh picked fruit for over six weeks. The bush is vigorous with large dark green foliage and a slightly spreading habit. Ripens: Mid continuing into late season.

Earliblue

Northern Highbush —The first to ripen. Large, light blue, very sweet flavored berries. 800 hours.


Elliott
Northern Highbush — Heaviest bearing variety, and latest to ripen. Medium size berries, slightly tart, will not crack or drop. Upright, vigorous bush. Tolerates hot summers if soil is moist, acidic, and high in humus. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.

Jersey
Northern Highbush —The dark blue, small to medium sized fruit is very sweet and a favorite for baking. A reliable producer year after year. Fruit ripens from midseason to late.

Jubilee
Southern Highbush —Has distinguished itself as one of the toughest, performing well in heavier soils through summer heat. Bountiful crops of sky-blue berries presented over the outer periphery of the bush. Berries are medium sized and especially tasty, growing in large clusters that ripen over a two week period.

Misty
Southern Highbush —Early. The sky blue berries are medium to large size and of  excellent quality. Evergreen tendency in areas with mild winters. Yields best when planted with other  blueberries.

Northsky
Half-Highbush —Small to medium, light blue fruit with dusty blooms.  Excellent wild blueberry flavor that is superior to most highbush varieties. Low spreading bush with dense foliage.

Northblue
Half-Highbush —Plump, sweet and firm navy blue fruit. Very good quality fruit with a wild blueberry flavor that is superior to most highbush varieties.

O’Neal
Southern Highbush —Very Early, Large, light blue fruit of terrific quality. Best flavor of the southern highbush types.

Patriot
Northern Highbush — Bears consistent crops of large sized fruit, very late ripening. The berries are dark blue and highly flavored. Low growing, spreading bush to about 4 feet.

Sharpblue
Southern Highbush —In milder zones with fewer than 500 chilling hours, Sharpblue will bloom and fruit almost year-round, and the bush will be nearly evergreen. The berries are dark blue, about the size of a dime, with excellent flavor and texture.

Spartan
Northern Highbush — Early. One of the most attractive and best flavored berries of any cultivar. It is light blue, very large (often covering a quarter) with a delicious tangy sweet flavor.

Sunshine Blue
Southern Highbush —Large crops of dime-sized, delicious blueberries with a unique tangy flavor for up to 9 weeks in the summer. Sunshine Blue tolerates higher pH soils better than other blueberries. It is self pollinating.



Cherry


Bing
Large, firm, juicy, sweet, nearly black when ripe -- superb flavor, the No.1 cherry. Mid-season. Large vigorous tree. Pollenized by: Black Tartarian, Van, Rainier and in colder climates, Stella . Estimated chilling requirement: 700 hours.

Black Tartarian
Medium-sized, nearly black, sprightly flavor, early season. Vigorous, productive tree. Pollenizer required - interfruitful with all popular sweet cherries. Estimated chilling requirement: 700 hours.

Craig's Crimson
Self-fruitful, natural semi-dwarf, perhaps the finest sweet cherry: dark red to nearly black, medium to large size, wonderful spicy flavor, very firm texture. Mature tree size about 2/3 of standard (smaller when budded onto Colt or Mahaleb rootstock). Mid-season. Estimated chilling requirement: 800 hours. Pat. No. 7320.(Zaiger)

Lapins
New, from Canada. Self-fruitful, dark red sweet cherry. Large, firm, good flavor. Similar to Van in color. Sometimes sold as "Self-fertile Bing." Ripens 4 days after Bing. Estimated chilling requirement: 800 hours.

Minnie Royal
Medium-sized red cherry; firm with good flavor: ripens 11-14 days ahead of Bing; tree is very productive with a low chill requirement; mainly used as a pollinizer for Royal Lee. Pollenized by Royal Lee. Estimated chilling requirement: 400 to 500 hours. (US Plant Patent # 12942 – Zaiger)

Montmorency
Sour Cherry.Large, light red skin, yellow flesh. Perfect for cobblers, pies, etc. Extremely winter hardy. Very heavy bearing. Self-fruitful. Estimated chilling requirement: 700 hours.

Royal Ann
Long-time favorite yellow sweet cherry for eating fresh or canning. Pollenizer required. Interfruitful with Van and Black Tart, not Bing. Estimated chilling requirement: 700 hours.

Stella
Self-fruitful - no pollenizer needed. Large, nearly black, richly flavored sweet cherry. Similar to its parent, Lambert. Late harvest. Pollenizes Bing, except in mild winter climates. Estimated chilling requirement: 700 hours.

4 on 1 - We carry 1 combination with multiple varieties of cherry on one tree.

    Black Tartarian, Bing, Lapins, Van



Currants and Gooseberries



Cherry
Red Currant —Large, dark red fruit with acid flavor. Fruit is high quality and excellent for jams, jelly, and sauces. Plants will grow 4 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 5 feet wide.

Oregon Champ
Gooseberry —Medium to large, yellowish green berries. Flavor will sweeten as it ripens. Oregon Champion is excellent for pies, jams, canning, and wine. Productive, vigorous plant will grow 3 to 5 feet tall. Berries hold well on the bush.



Fruit Salad


A fruit salad tree is just that, a complete mix of fruit. Our combination has;

    July Elberta Peach, Fantasia Nectarine, Babcock Peach, Santa Rosa Plum, Blenheim Apricot



Grape

    Eating Grapes

Autumn Royal
The firm and generally seedless Autumn Royal berries are oval shaped and about an inch long. Their black or purple-black skin has a whitish cast or bloom. Inside, the flesh is an attractive, translucent yellow-green. Ripens the first or second week of October.

Crimson Seedless
New late season seedless grape, ripens early October in Fresno, Calif. Medium size, firm, very sweet, excellent quality. Cane prune. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.

Flame Seedless
Medium-sized, light red. Crisp, sweet, excellent flavor. For fresh use or raisins. Needs hot summer. Ripe early, before Thompson. Vigorous. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.

Perlette Seedless
Pale green berry is crisp and juicy. Larger than Thompson and two weeks earlier. Requires less summer heat than Thompson to ripen. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.

   Wine Grapes
Merlot

Black berry, used for distinctive red wines. Best quality in cooler regions. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.



Mulberry


Persian Fruiting Mulberry — Morus nigra
Densely foliated tree to 25-30 ft. Large heart-shaped leaves. Large syncarpous (like a blackberry) fruit is juicy, dark red to black, good for jam.



Nectarine


Arctic Blaze
Taste test winner. One of the best of the new low acid white nectarines: rich flavor and firm texture in early season, very sweet when soft ripe. Large size, red and creamy white skin. Harvest mid to late-August in Central California, after Arctic Queen white nectarine. Tested as 121LB410. Estimated chilling requirement 7-800 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 10174. (Zaiger)


Arctic Star
Early-season, super sweet, white fleshed nectarine. Low in acid, no tartness. Rave reviews in trial tastings. Semi-freestone with beautiful dark red skin. Harvest approximately June 10th to 30th at Hickman, Calif. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 9332. (Zaiger)



Nectaplum


Spice Zee Nectaplum™
SpiceZee packs a pile of amazing fruit into an attractive tree for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and loaded with sugar giving it a spicy sweet flavor. One can detect both Plum and Nectarine traits with ease. Along with great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by dark red leaf in the spring that matures to a rich green-red in late summer. This variety is self-fruitful and very productive. (Patent Pending)



Peach


Babcock
Long-time favorite white-fleshed freestone. Sweet and juicy, aromatic, low in acid. Very high-scoring in taste tests. Ripens mid-July in Central Calif. Widely adapted: (low chill requirement, yet not early blooming). 250-300 hours. Self-fruitful.

Donut (Stark Saturn)
Also called Saucer or Peento Peach. Unique white-fleshed fruit with a sunken center (shaped like a doughnut). Sweet, with a mild flavor described by some as almond-like. Ripens late June to early July in Central Calif. Estimated chilling requirement 400 - 500 hours. Self-fruitful.

Frost™
Resistant to peach leaf curl (10-year trials at Washington State U.). Delicious yellow freestone. Slight red blush over greenish yellow to yellow skin. Heavy bearing, excellent for canning or eating fresh. July. Showy pink bloom in spring. 700 hours. Self-fruitful.

July (Kim) Elberta
Also called Early Elberta. Reliable heavy crops. Juicy, sweet, very flavorful yellow freestone. Very high-scoring in taste tests. For canning, freezing, or fresh use. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.

4 on 1 - We carry 1 combination with multiple varieties of peach on one tree.

    Frost, Q-1-8, Indian Free, Muir



Pear


Bartlett
World's most popular pear. Early mid-season, high quality, tolerates hot summers. 800 hours. Self-fruitful in arid West. Elsewhere, pollinated by Bosc, D'Anjou, Winter Nelis.

Bosc
Long & narrow shape, brown skin. Superb quality, one of the best. Harvest late October. Fresh/cooked. Susceptible to fireblight in warm, moist climates. 800 hours. Pollinated by Bartlett or other pear.

Comice
The gift pack pear. Sweet, aromatic, fine texture, superb flavor and quality - one of the best. Short neck, greenish-yellow skin with red blush. Late harvest. 600 hours. Self-fruitful in arid West or plant with Bartlett.

4 on 1 - We carry 2 combinations with multiple varieties of pear on one tree.

    Warren, Kieffer, Harrow Delight, Blake’s Pride



Persimmon


Fuyu - Jiro ("Apple Persimmon")
Medium size, flat shape, still hard when ripe, non-astringent. Cool or hot climate. Hardy, attractive tree, practically pest free. Fall harvest. 200 hours. Self-fruitful.

Hachiya
Large, deep orange-red, acorn-shaped. Hot summer required to mature the fruit. Sweet, flavorful, astringent til soft-ripe. Mature fruit can be frozen and thawed to ripen. Productive, ornamental. 200 hours. Self-fruitful.



Plum


Santa Rosa
Most popular plum in California & Arizona. Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged red. Late June in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful.

Satsuma
Long-time favorite plum in CA. Mottled maroon over green skin, dark red meaty flesh. Sweet, mild, not tart. Excellent for jam. Harvest late July. 300 hours. Pollinated by Santa Rosa or Beauty.



Pluot (plum x apricot)


Dapple Dandy Pluot® interspecific
Taste test winner. Ranks with Flavor King and Flavor Supreme Pluot® as best-flavored fruit at Dave Wilson Nursery tastings. Creamy white and red-fleshed freestone with wonderful plum-apricot flavor. Skin greenish-yellow with red spots, turning to a maroon and yellow dapple. August harvest in Central Calif. 4-500 hours. Pollenized by Flavor Supreme Pluot®, Santa Rosa or Burgundy Plum. Pat. No. 9254. (Zaiger)

Flavor King Pluot® interspecific
Taste test winner. Unique plum-apricot hybrid. Remarkable, spicy bouquet and flavor. Reddish-purple skin, sweet red flesh. Harvest mid August in Central Calif. Naturally small tree. Estimated chilling requirement: 400 to 500 hours. Pollenized by Flavor Supreme, Santa Rosa or Late Santa Rosa. Pat. No. 8026.(Zaiger)

Flavor Supreme Pluot® interspecific
Taste test winner. Plum-apricot hybrid with sweet, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Greenish-maroon mottled skin. June harvest in Central California, about two weeks before Santa Rosa. 5-600 hours. Pollinized by Santa Rosa, Late Santa Rosa, or other Pluot®. Pat. No. 6763. (Zaiger)

4 on 1 - We carry 1 combination with multiple varieties of pluot on one tree.

    Flavor King, Flavor Queen, Flavor Supreme, Dapple Dandy



Pomegranate


Eversweet
Very sweet, virtually seedless fruit. (Even immature fruits are sweet.) Red skin, clear (non-staining) juice. Harvest late summer through fall. Coast or inland. 8-10 ft. arching shrub, or train as tree or espalier. Large, showy, orange-red flowers. 150 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 5418

Pink Satin
Medium to large size, medium pink to dark red fruit with medium to large, light-pink edible seeds. Wonderful refreshing light-colored juice is non-staining, with a sweet, fruit-punch flavor. Plant is vigorous and can be grown as a shrub or tree and kept any height by summer pruning. Eat fresh, juice or use in salads. Excellent source of antioxidants. Chill requirement 150-200 hours. Self fruitful.

Sweet
Sweeter fruit than Wonderful, more widely adapted (better quality in cool-summer climates). Small, glossy-leafed, ornamental tree with showy orange-red blossoms in late spring. Very suitable to espalier and container growing. Harvest late summer. Unsplit ripe fruit stores in cool, dry place for two months or more. Very low chilling requirement, about 100 hours. Self-fruitful.

Wonderful
Large, purple-red fruit with delicious, tangy flavor. Best quality in hot inland climate. Gaudy red-orange bloom, ornamental foliage. Long-lived, any soil. 150 hours. Self-fruitful.



Raspberry


Amity
Red Ever-Bearing Raspberry —Large, firm, dark red berries with classic raspberry flavor and superior quality. Excellent for fresh market. Amity is good for shipping, freezing, and canning. Can take somewhat heavier soils.

Autumn Bliss
Red Ever-Bearing  Raspberry —An early Autumn fruiting raspberry. Large, oval-conical, medium to dark red berry. This berry has a pleasant mild flavor. Autumn Bliss ripens earlier than Heritage, overlapping in mid-August with the latest summer cropping varieties and continuing into October. Spiny canes are fairly erect and may be grown with little or no support. High yields.

Caroline
Red Ever-Bearing Raspberry —Uniquely flavored, large, firm, and cohesive fruit. Long conical shape berry that fruits earlier than Heritage. It is more tolerant to root rot and yellow rust than Heritage. Plants are very productive and produce fruit over a long period.

Fall Gold
Golden Ever-Bearing  Raspberry —Large, conical, non-crumbling, very sweet, somewhat soft, golden berries. Excellent for processing and fresh eating. Canes are vigorous, productive, and adaptable to a wide variety of soils. Not recommended for extreme northern areas. First crop ripens in July. Second crop from late August.


Heritage
Red Ever-Bearing  Raspberry — Large, sweet, dark red berries with a mild flavor. This superior quality berry is good for fresh eating, freezing, canning, and preserves. Strong, vigorous, very productive, suckers prolifically and spreads rapidly. Fairly tolerant of heavier soils.

Royal Purple
Purple Ever-Bearing  Raspberry —Large, firm, round, very sweet purple berries. Royalty has a dual picking time. Full red stage with a real red raspberry flavor, or a later purple stage with a stronger, sweet purple raspberry flavor. High quality fruit that is good for fresh eating. The tartness of Royalty also make it good jams, jellies, and freezing.

Summit
Red Ever-Bearing  Raspberry —Large, firm, red berries. High yields. Summit has been known to produce a crop the first season. Fruits about two weeks earlier than Heritage.


 

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