Backyard Tree Fruit

Tree Fruit: The Gardeners Challenge! Frost susceptible Pollination requirement High pest pressure –Insects, fungi, bacteria, and weeds High maintenance requirement –training –pruning –thinning –mulch & fertilizer

Site Requirements Full sun –Photosynthesis, fruit color –Quick drying of rain/dew = less disease Soil: well-drained, loamy, pH 6.5 Good air drainage, movement –frost & disease avoidance

Avoid low frost pockets

Self pollination – same variety Cross pollination – 2 varieties

POLLINATION REQUIREMENTS SELF-FRUITFUL –Peaches –Nectarines SELF-UNFRUITFUL –apples –pears –plums

A wide variety of apples can be grown in Georgia, including store-bought varieties

Apple VarietiesZoneUsesPollination Code Anna5Early, dessert, red blushA Dorsett Golden5Early, dessert, yellowA Jerserymac1,2,3Fresh, sauce and piesB Redgold1,2,3DessertB Priscilla1,2,3Sub-acid dessertC Mollies Delicious3,4Fresh, sauce and piesB Ozark Gold1,2,3Dessert, yellowC Red Delicious1,2,3,4Sweet, fresh, or saladsB Golden Delicious1,2,3,4Sub-acid, yellow, all purposeC Stayman1,2,3Tart, all purposeC-sterile Yates1,2,3,4Small, subacid, mellow, juicyB Granny Smith1,2,3,4Yellow green, all purposeC Jonagold (C) and Mutzu (B) are also pollen sterile

PEARS European- No Hybrid- Yes Asian- Some Types For Georgia?

OrientCarrick WaiteKieffer HoodFlordahome MagnessBaldwin DawnMaxine WarrenSpalding Moonglow ShinkoChojuro HosuiKosui Fire Blight Resistant PEAR VARIETIES Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou Fire Blight Susceptible

ASIAN PEARS Shinko 3 Chojuro 1,3 Hosui 1,2 Kosui 2,3 Golden, russeted fruit Brown orange fruit Golden brown fruit Green yellow fruit Variety Pollinizer Characteristics

Georgia ranks 3 rd in peach production, but that doesnt mean theyre easy to grow! Nectarine White-fleshed peach Yellow-fleshed peach

PEACH VARIETIES

NECTARINE VARIETIES Higher disease pressure (no fuzz)

HYBRID plum varieties are adapted to Georgias climate NOT European NOT pure Japanese PLUMS

Plum VarietiesZone Methley (self-fruitful)1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A.U. Releases: Amber Rosa Roadside Homeside Rubrum 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Morris1, 2, 3, 4 Ozark Premier1, 2, 3, 4 Wade1, 2, 3, 4 Frontier1, 2, 3, 4 Byron Gold1, 2, 3, 4 Crimson1, 2, 3, 4 Plums need cross pollination

Scion Rootstock Bud union