RESEARCH &
EDUCATION
CENTERS (REC)
Selecting and Planting Stone Fruit
Selection - recommended cultivars
| Peaches | Listed in order of ripening |
| Candor | Early, medium-sized fruit. Semi-freestone, resistant to bacterial spot but susceptible to pit splitting. |
Garnet | A sport of Redhaven. Medium-to-large, fuzz-less, red fruit. Firm, yellow, semi-freestone flesh. Vigorous and productive. |
| Reliance | Buds are cold-hardy. Good for gardeners in Northern and Western areas of Maryland. |
| Redhaven | Most popular peach in Mid-Atlantic region. Red, semi-freestone fruit. Requires thorough thinning. |
| Raritan Rose | Large, red fruit with white flesh; excellent quality. Vigorous and productive trees. |
| Loring | Medium-to-large red fruit over a yellow background. Can produce heavy crops but blooms early. |
| Newhaven | Similar to Redhaven. Very reliable with good disease resistance. |
| Cresthaven | Medium-to-large golden fruit overlaid with red. Vigorous trees require thorough thinning. |
| Summerglo | Large, yellow fruit. Vigorous and productive trees with above-average cold hardiness. |
| Sunhigh | Large, oblong fruit turns red over an orange background. Important commercial cultivar. Susceptible to bacterial spot. |
| Redskin | Large fruit, very high quality. Blooms over a long period. Vigorous tree developed at the University of Maryland in 1931. |
| Red Rose | Medium-sized, red fruit with white flesh. Vigorous, hardy trees. |
| White Hale | Similar to J.H. Hale but with white flesh. Large, high-quality fruit; productive trees. |
| Plums | European |
| Stanley | Medium-sized, dark-blue freestone, oval in shape. Greenish-yellow flesh. Good for fresh eating, drying, and canning. Ripens mid-August. |
| Bluefre | Later and larger than Stanley. Yellow, freestone flesh. |
| Italian Prune | Medium-to-large, purple-black fruit. Excellent quality, freestone flesh. Productive trees. |
| Japanese | |
| Shiro | Round, yellow fruits sometimes with pink blush. Very juicy clingstone that ripens late July. |
| Santa Rosa | Very large, round, red-purplish fruit. Very high-quality, clingstone flesh. |
| Methley | Round, purple fruit with red blush. Ripens early to mid-July. Vigorous tree. |
Ozark | Large, red fruit with yellow clingstone flesh. Harvest early-to mid-August. |
| Cherries | Sweet Cherry |
| Ulster | Medium-sized fruit with dark skin and flesh. |
| Hedelfingen | Very productive trees that begin bearing quickly. Good quality, black fruit with some cracking resistance. |
| Van | Fruit similar to Bing, but firmer. Vigorous, productive tree can tolerate harsh weather. |
| Sam | Early ripening, large, black cherry. Large, vigorous, upright trees. Blooms later than most other cultivars. |
| Stella | Self-fertile, vigorous large trees (25 - 30 ft.). Large, dark-red fruit. |
| Lapins | Self-fertile, heavy producer. Fruit has good crack-resistance and ripens mid-July. |
| Starkrimson | Self-fertile tree that only reaches 12 - 14 ft. in height. Large, red fruit ripens in early June. |
| Royal Ann | Very old yellow cherry with pink blush. Large, productive trees. |
| Sour Cherries | |
| Montmorency | Very old, standard cultivar. Red fruit with yellow flesh. Tree reaches 15 ft. at maturity with a spreading habit. Ripens in mid- to late-June. |
| Meteor | Genetic dwarf, reaches 8 - 12 ft. at maturity. Fruit similar to Montmorency. |
| North Star | Genetic dwarf, reaches 6 - 12 ft. Heavy producer that often begins bearing in second year. Mahogany-colored fruit is crack resistant and can remain ripe on the tree for up to two weeks. |
| Apricots | |
| Harcot | Early ripening, productive trees. |
| Veecot | Medium-to-large fruit with orange, freestone flesh. |
| Harlayne | Medium-sized fruit with orange, freestone flesh. Productive and cold-hardy. |
Tree Fruit Pollination
Planting of Fruit Trees
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