Dave Wilson Nursery 2015 Variety Showcase [Slideshow]
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Honeylicious, Dave Wilson Nursery
Honeylicious is a large, yellow flesh, clingstone nectarine. It has excellent eating quality and an attractive dark-red skin color. Ripening the end of June into July with 700 chill hours, this fruit is a great choice for commercial farmers. USPP Pending.
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Summer Gold, Dave Wilson Nursery
Summer Gold is a large, firm, yellow-flesh, clingstone peach with an attractive red skin color. It ripens the first week of August and requires 750 chill hours. USPP#24,777.
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Honey Punch, Dave Wilson Nursery
The Honey Punch pluot ripens early to mid August. This red-speckled pluot has heavy bloom on the skin and red flesh with red streaking originating from the skin. The fruit is sweet and juicy with a high Brix. The pluot is sized at 2 5/16 inches to 2 5/8 inches and is firm to the touch. The trees are heavy producers and it is recommended to pollinate with Crimson Royal pluot. Estimated chilling requirement is 700 hours. USPP#19,596.
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Kylese-Cot Aprium®, Dave Wilson Nursery
A new Aprium® interspecific apricot from Zaiger Genetics, the self-fertile Kylese-Cot is drawing attention for its extra-early harvest (early May), good size and attractive orange skin. The orange freestone flesh has a balanced acidic-sweet flavor. Kylese-Cot has good storage and shipping characteristics. Estimated chilling requirement is 450 hours. USPP#23,123.
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Royal Lynn, Dave Wilson Nursery
This very early cherry promises high-quality fruit. The medium-large, mahogany red cherry matures 16 to 18 days ahead of Bing with a sweet, rich flavor and beautiful long stems. An extremely firm cherry, not prone to cracks, spurs, or doubles. Growers report good sizing, with most fruit packing between 10.5 and 9.5 row. Can be cross-pollinated by Minnie Royal or Royal Lee, but is most commonly planted with Royal Hazel. Low chilling requirement.
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Independence®, Dave Wilson Nursery
The Independence self-fertile almond blooms with Nonpareil and is harvested two to three days before Nonpareil. This variety requires only one planting and one harvest. Research shows that growers can attain full commercial cropping from Independence with fewer bees. The nut is a very large, high-quality almond with a light color. This almond yields an excellent, sweet flavor and blanches well. USPP#20,295.
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Royal Hazel, Dave Wilson Nursery
Royal Hazel is a low-chill variety that bears consistently and sets uniformly. The highly flavored cherry matures in the second week of May with a medium-sized uniform shape. It yields high packouts with very few doubles and spurs. This upright tree sets very firm fruit on long stems with a low instance of rain cracking and excellent shipping qualities. A pollenizer is required. This cherry has an estimated chilling requirement of 500 hours. USPP#19,920.
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Coral Cot, Dave Wilson Nursery
The freestone Coral Cot Aprium averages an impressive 133.5 grams in weight. Coral Cot matures from the first week of June with firm orange flesh and nearly smooth skin. The self-fertile Coral Cot tree is vigorous and semi-spreading with an estimated chilling requirement of 600 hours. USPP#19,563.
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Honey Lite, Dave Wilson Nursery
Honey Lite is a yellow-flesh low-acid, sweet, with 19 Brix nectarine. With a high degree of attractive red skin, it ripens the first to second week of June and is a heavy producer with sizing of 2 5/8 to 3 inches with a chilling requirement of 800 hours. USPP#18,400.
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Dave Wilson Nursery
For information about these varieties, contact Dave Wilson Nursery: 19701 Lake Rd. , Hickman, CA 95323; 800-654-5854; DaveWilson.com
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Honeylicious, Dave Wilson Nursery
Summer Gold, Dave Wilson Nursery
Honey Punch, Dave Wilson Nursery
Kylese-Cot Aprium®, Dave Wilson Nursery
Royal Lynn, Dave Wilson Nursery
Independence®, Dave Wilson Nursery
Royal Hazel, Dave Wilson Nursery
Coral Cot, Dave Wilson Nursery
Honey Lite, Dave Wilson Nursery
Dave Wilson Nursery
For information about these varieties, contact Dave Wilson Nursery:
Dave Wilson Nursery
19701 Lake Rd.
Hickman, CA 95323
Phone: 800-654-5854
Website: DaveWilson.com
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Christina Herrick is former Editor of American Fruit Grower magazine and Western Fruit Grower magazine, published by Meister Media Worldwide. See all author stories here.