Columbia Basin Nursery, LLC’s 2008 Variety Showcase

Banning Red Fuji

Banning Red Fuji is a high-coloring stripe type of red Fuji. Harvest timing is the same as standard Fuji in late October. The flavor is sweet and juicy. The skin coloring is bright red with a stripe pattern. This is one of the best stripe choices to date. USPP#16,624.

Buckeye® Gala

This Gala sport starts coloring a month earlier than its parent, Imperial Gala. Buckeye develops color well through summer heat and the fruit finishes with a bright, 90% to 100% full-red color. The fruit flavor, texture, size, and handling qualities remain the same as its parent. Simmons cltv., USPP#10,840.

Early Robin®

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Early Robin is an early season, Rainier-type cherry maturing seven to 10 days ahead of Rainier. The fruit shows other distinct characteristics, more heart-shaped appearance, milder flavor, and a semi-freestone pit. Size is medium to large. The tree is not self-fertile and requires a pollinator. USPP#13,951.

Honeycrispâ„¢

Developed at the University of Minnesota, this Macoun and Honey Gold cross is 50% to 90% red over a yellow background. Flesh is cream-colored with an exceptionally crisp and juicy texture, sub-acid flavor, and mild aroma. This is a high-quality apple that keeps well for five to six months in common storage, and the tree has been shown to be winter hardy. USPP#7,197.

Midnight® Spur Red Delicious

This high-coloring sport gives you a solid bright-red colored apple days before other Red Delicious strains. Because of its early coloring and sizing, it fits well into the early fruit pools.

Morning Mistâ„¢ Fuji

Morning Mist Fuji is an early ripening sport of Fuji and has a sweet flavor similar to standard Fuji. The color pattern is a thin striping pattern which, in high-coloring areas, might color over. USPP#16,270.

RubyMacâ„¢

 Ruby Mac is an outstanding limb sport of Redmax that develops a bright, rich blush red over 100% of the fruit with no striping, coloring weeks ahead of all other Mac strains. It is a true McIntosh and while it colors weeks ahead of its maturity date, it ripens with other McIntosh varieties, and holds its firmness and hangs on the tree longer than any Mac we have seen. An
IPM* variety. USPPAF.

Skeenaâ„¢

Skeena is a large, round, firm cherry with dark red-to-black skin. It ripens 10 to 14 days after Bing. Fruit is juicy, sweet, and of good eating quality. It appears to have tolerance to cracking and is self-fertile. USPP#11,392.

Ultimaâ„¢ Gala

Discovered in East Wenatchee, WA, Ultima Gala has 90% to 100% red color with a strong stripe. With its early and high color, this Gala can be picked at proper maturity for best possible storage and flavor retention. Other fruit characteristics and tree growth are similar to Royal Gala. USPP#13,753.