Summit Tree Sales’s 2008 Variety Showcase

Autumnstar®

Autumnstar ripens 39 days after Redhaven or six days after Encore. It is large, round, and averages 3 inches in size. Coloring is 70% to 80% blushed red with a bright yellow undercolor. The tree is vigorous and canker resistant, with exceptional hardiness in both bud and tree. The fruits are extremely flavorful with clear, yellow firm flesh. Autumnstar peaches have great shipping and storage qualities. An IPM* Variety. USPP#14,439.

BlackGoldâ„¢

BlackGold, a Cornell University introduction, is a large, black sweet cherry that is completely self-fertile and an excellent pollenizer for other late blooming varieties. It is hardy and very late blooming, making it frost resistant. BlackGold has good flavor and quality and is a great fit for U-pick and direct markets and as a pollenizer for other commercial varieties. An IPM* Variety. USPP#17,301.

Blondee®

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Blondee is smooth, round, and yellow with an occasional blush on exposed cheeks. It handles, grades, and ships well, and does not bruise easily. The flavor is sweet-tart with exceptionally firm and crunchy flesh. It makes an excellent choice for retail operations because it holds two to three weeks on the tree during a season when a good yellow apple is not available. The tree is strong, upright, annual, and grower friendly. An IPM* Variety. USPP#19,007.

Brightstar®

Brightstar is a Stellar Series peach ripening 12 days before Redhaven. It is bright red with a very attractive bright yellow/orange ground color. The fruit sizes well for this season, averaging 2½ inches and larger with very few split pits. It is an excellent choice for early season, fresh markets. It is a very strong, vigorous tree with good canker resistance. An IPM* Variety.

Dandee Red®

Dandee Red is an exceptional new early apple for fresh market. Fruit is 80% to 100% full, with bright-red blush with shiny skin. It has pleasingly tart, crisp, creamy white flesh that eats like a fall apple. The fruit size is large and has a round, somewhat flattened shape. Dandee Red will hold up to three months in storage. An IPM* Variety. USPP#16,620.

Earlystar®

Earlystar is a Stellar Series peach ripening 18 days before Redhaven. The fruit is round with a full deep-red color and no tip. Earlystar is clinging when firm-ripe and partially free when fully ripe with excellent flavor, very minimal fibers, and few split pits. An IPM* Variety.

Rising Sun® Fuji

Rising Sun is a beautiful early Fuji that has a bright pinkish-red blush over 70% to 80% of the fruit surface. It has a brighter, smoother finish than most other early Fujis, and ripens five weeks ahead of regular Fuji. Rising Sun Fuji has the mild, sweet Fuji flavor that consumers love, with creamy white flesh and that great Fuji crunch. It is a perfect fit for fresh market growers who need Fuji in September. An IPM* Variety.

RubyMac®

RubyMac is an outstanding McIntosh 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 ever seen. An IPM* Variety. USPP applied for.

WhiteGold®

WhiteGold, a Cornell University introduction, is a beautiful white sweet cherry with a shiny red blush over yellow skin. It is extremely hardy and completely self-fertile. It blooms and ripens with Emperor Francis and is an excellent pollenizer for that variety. WhiteGold is the perfect cherry for Emperor Francis processing blocks or as a self-fertile, white sweet cherry for direct markets. An IPM* Variety. USPP#18,892.