Fruit Tree Database

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Variety/Cultivar	Fruit Type	Fruit Description	Production Notes	Disease Susceptibility
Pink Lady (Cripps Pink, also Pink Kiss, Rosy Glow)	Apple	Medium-sized bright pink apples with a pale yellow background colour. Pink Lady’s have a lively sweetish sprightly flavour, that becomes sweeter as the season progresses. They have creamy white flesh and are best picked before they become overripe on the tree.	Vigorous, upright tree.	Susceptible to apple scab/black spot
Pink Pearl	Apple	Green apple with bright pink flesh, crisp with a sweet/tart flavour, almost too tart for an eating apple, makes a good cooker.	Grows in zones 6-10. Best for temperate climates
Pizzazz	Plum	Japanese, medium, round, dark purple with light yellow flesh. Sweet and very aromatic when ripe.Clingstone.
Plumcot	Plum-Apricot Hybrids	50:50 hybrid between plum and apricot, skin and flesh colour can vary from dark purple to red, green or yellow, depending on the variety. Like plums in appearance and texture, with distinctive flavour.
Poppicot	Apricot	Medium, oval, bright orange apricot. Good flavour, but can go mealy if left on the tree to ripen. Best to pick when almost fully ripe but still slightly green (fruit should be sweet though skin might still be a bit sour), and finish ripening off the tree	Apricots need protection from frost. Poppicot achieve a uniform orange colour early in the ripening process, so colour alone is not a good indicator of when to pick this variety. Fruit drop, checking for flavour or brix testing will help to determine the right time to pick.
Precoce di Fiorani	Pear	Pyrus communis (European pear)		Susceptible to mites.
President	Plum	European-type plum, quite large and oval-shaped with a strong bloom. The skin is a deep purple which colours quite early in the season. Flesh is yellow, soft-textured, juicy, and sweet if allowed to ripen on the tree. Can go soft and floury as it ripens after picking. Freestone with a large cavity. Keeps well and handles well.	A very regular, reliable, and heavy cropper. Tree has a strong upright habit.
Priana (Ouardi)	Apricot	Medium size, pale colour with a red blush, freestone, melting flesh, good flavour for early apricot.	Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time.	Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight.
Prima	Apple	Fruit is medium-large, red, crisp, juicy, and aromatic. Red flushed skin over a yellow background.	Fruit doesn't keep well, either on the tree or in the fridge for any length of time. Best eaten fresh within a week or two of ripening. Tree is spur-bearing.	This apple used to be highly resistant to black spot and powdery mildew, however it is now less resistant to black spot as the fungus has evolved around that resistance. Some resistance to cedar apple rust, fire blight, and mildew.
Prune d'Agen	Plum	Small European plum, oval, reddish skin with pale lemon flesh. Good flavour, very sweet, even when not completely ripe. Freestone.	Very productive and reliable croper	Slight tendency to split in the rain.
Punica Granatum. There are many different varieties (see descriptions of some of them below)	Pomegranate	The round red fruit is actually a false berry. It contains red grains (arils) and segments. The arils contain a seed surrounded by edible juicy pulp.Seeds may be either soft or hard, depending on the variety. Juice can be either very acidic or very sweet, or somewhere in between! Fruit size is also very dependent on variety.Some of the most common varieties include: Ben Hur (BH) - new patented variety, very large fruit, bright red, sweet and juicy. Berri (B) - large, unattractive skin, grain not highly coloured, not juicy, mild flavoured, not good variety. Elche (E) - medium, pale pink, very high in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, excellent flavour, much be picked at the right time (see below). Griffith (G) - large, claret red skin, red grains, rich flavour, slightly too acidic, not a bad variety. Gulosha Azerbaijani (GA)- large, pink skin, slightly elongated, large red grains, juicy. Gulosha Rosavaya (GR)- large, light pink skin, large red grains, juicy, excellent flavour. Iran (I) - large, orangey red, thick skin, good size grains, sweet, juicy, less vulnerable to fruit fly. Midnight Velvet (MV) - new patented variety with dark red skin, deep red flesh and juice, hardy. Parfianka - small to medium, red, small seeds, excellent flavour, high juice content, naturally dwarfing. Red Velvet (RV) - a new patented variety with medium fruit, dark pink to red skin, rich red flesh and juice. Veles (V) - medium, squarish shape, pink-red skin, juicy, rich flavour, very acidic. Victorian Giant (VG) - medium, claret red, more acidic than GR, not a good variety. Wonderful (W) - medium, claret red skin, more acidic than GR, best variety for combination of sweetness, acidity, and appearance.	Pomegranates are deciduous, and grow into a large shrub or small tree up to 5m high. The natural habit of pomegranates is to grow as a multi-trunked tree, however, they can also be pruned into a more regular tree shape e.g. a single-trunked 'vase' shaped tree. Branches tend to be slender and thorny. Leaves are dark green, glossy.Pomegranates do not usually start to have fruit for 3 or 4 years after planting, because they bear on mature wood (2-3 years old and older), so be careful not to prune too much wood out.Can be grown as a seedlings, but fruit variable. Can easily be grown as cuttings (but this should not be done with patented varieties).Not particularly heavy feeders. Good drought tolerance, higher salt tolerance than most fruit crops.Pick fruit by clipping the stem close to the fruit.	Pomegranates have few pest and disease issues, but are surprisingly attractive to Queensland and Mediterranean fruit fly, if the fruit is cracked to allow ingress. Fruit will crack if too mature, there's irregular watering, too much rainfall in autumn, hi
Purple Gage	Plum	Small, European-type plum with dark purple skin that has a light bloom. The flesh is yellow and soft, quite astringent until properly ripe, definitely needs ripening on the tree. Even when ripe the fruit it is slightly astringent. Slightly pointed shape.	Easy to grow, good cropper, fairly consistent
Queen Cox	Apple			Moderately resistant to black spot (apple scab)
Queen Giant	Nectarine	Modern white freestone nectarine, oblong shape, brilliant scarlet skin over a cream background, with white flesh. Sweet, firm until ripe, then goes soft quite quickly, needs handling carefully.	Crops well, usually needs thinning to achieve good fruit size.	None known.
Queen Rosa	Plum	Japanese, medium to large, round, dark red over a green background, spots, yellow flesh. Average flavour, clingstone	Takes a while for young trees to start bearing.	Susceptible to shot hole and bacterial spot in some areas.