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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Giant | Cherry | Large dark red cherry, short stem, sweet. | ||
| Valera | Cherry | Medium cherry, rich flavour, dark red. Very sweet, can go soft when very ripe. | Vigorous tree, but variable crops. | |
| Van | Cherry | Medium to large, short stem, dark red cherry, with excellent sweet flavour. | Size decreases on heavy crop trees | |
| Vega | Cherry | Large white flesh cherry, light red skin over yellow-white background colour. Sprightly flavour. | Needs careful handling because bruises easily. | Moderately susceptible to cracking. |
| Venus | Nectarine | Medium large fruit, oblong shaped, yellow flesh, juicy. Average flavour, freestone. | Can suffer splitstones some seasons. | |
| Venus | Cherry | Red to crimson fruit, very sweet, tends to be small. Very long stems. One of the sweeter cherries, but can go soft so not a good candidate for storing, best eaten fresh. | Heavy cropper | Like most cherries, susceptible to splitting in wet weather at harvest or in the 7-10 days before harvest. |
| Vic | Cherry | Small to medium, slightly heart shaped cherry,dark red, good flavour. | Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit hangs on tree well. | Some resistance to weather damage. |
| Vista | Cherry | Large dark red fruit, only fair flavour, doesn't keep as well as other varieties. | Productive | |
| Vista Bella | Apple | Fruit is medium-large, red over a yellowy-green background, with a heavy bloom. The flesh is crisp, fragrant and juicy, with a flavour a little like berries. A choice early apple. | Typical of early season fruit, Vista Bella only has a short shelf-life. The trees are quite vigorous. | Trees have shown some susceptibility to canker, black spot and mildew. |
| Wagener | Apple | Spur bearer. | ||
| Washington Spur | Apple | Spur bearer | ||
| Watkins | Apricot | Round, pale apricot colour with hardly any blush, firm and juicy, ripens from the inside (like Trevatt), good flavour, freestone. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. Lateral bearer. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. |
| Wealthy | Apple | Grows in zones 4-9 | ||
| Westley | Apricot | Large fruit, roundish, even apricot colour, very firm, dry flesh. Average flavour, freestone. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. |
| White Satin | Nectarine |