Fruit Tree Database

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Variety/Cultivar	Fruit Type	Fruit Description	Production Notes	Disease Susceptibility
Beurre Bosc (Kaiser Alexander, Calebasse Bosc, Beurre Rose, Bosc's Butterbirne)	pear	Pyrus communis (European pear), fruit is medium to large, elongated shape, and has brown skin that is heavily russeted. Flesh is cream coloured, tender, melting, sweet, and juicy with a slightly grainy texture.	Large, vigorous, upright trees. A moderately good storing pear but may suffer from internal breakdown if stored for too long. Inclined to be biennial bearing. Important to get the harvest time right as the fruit can drop when it's almost mature. The trees can take a long time to start bearing regular crops.	Susceptible to fire blight, stony pit virus, pear blast (Pseudomonas syringae) and black spot (pear scab), moderately susceptible to mites.
Beurre Hardy	Pear	Pyrus communis (European pear), ovate pyriform shaped fruit, cinammon russet. Flesh is flavourful, tender, melting, sweet and juicy.	A very vigorous spreading tree, is often used as an interstem on quince with other non-compatible varieties. Not a long storing pear, gets internal breakdown.	Moderately resistant to black spot and mites, moderately susceptible to pear blast (Pseudomonas syringae), susceptible to fire blight.
Beverley Hills	Apple	Green apple.	Does well in USDA zones 6 to 9
Bienvenue	Peach	Very dark red skin over light cream background, white flesh, good flavour, freestone.	Doesn't always crop well.
Bing	Cherry	Medium to large, dark red cherry. Lovely sweet fruit.	A reliable croppery that hangs well and keeps very well, an all round excellent cherry.	Like all cherries, susceptible to cracking.
Bisbee	Apple		Partial spur and partial tip bearer
Black Amber	Plum	Japanese, medium to large, slightly flat plum. Purple skin with pale yellow flesh, good flavour when ripe, sour if unripe, clingstone.	Productive	Very susceptible to bacterial spot
Black Doris	Plum	Medium to large fruit, purple-black skin, hearth shaped, dark red flesh. Freestone. Excellent flavour. Known to be good for bottling.	Vigorous, upright habit. Medium to light cropper if weather is poor during pollination.	Susceptible to bacterial blast. Tree becomes weak if infected.
Black Douglas	Cherry	Medium to large, black cherry, tough skin. Reasonable flavour but can have slightly 'woody' characteristics in some districts.	Unreliable cropper (may be related to chill factor)	Moderately resistant to cracking
Black Friar	Plum	Japanese plum with black skin and light amber flesh. Small pit and very juicy and sweet, contrasting with sour skin. Looks similar to Angeleno plum. Softens slowly after harvest. Semi-freestone.	Allow fruit to ripen before storage or flesh goes mealy. Heavy, regular production. Needs heavy, early thinning. Fruit colours well before harvest.	Can suffer from bacterial diseases in susceptible areas. Very susceptible to bacterial spot.
Black Santa Rosa	Plum			Slightly resistant to bacterial spot.
Blenheim Orange	Apple	Beautiful fruit that is large, orange blushed, a little striped, and a little russeted. Sweet with a tartness. Fair keeper. "One of the best all-round apples grown."	Mainly spur bearing and partial tip-bearing on young laterals. Tree is vigorous and spreading. Young trees are shy croppers but improve with age.
Blenheim, also known as Royal	Apricot	Fruit is medium to large, orange with red spots, and tends to keep a green shoulder, not getting the full apricot colour all over. Like Trevatt, ripens from the inside which means it gets the full apricot flavour and is lovely and sweet, aromatic, and juicy. Freestone.		Like all apricots, very prone to blossom blight if wet weather during blossom time.
Bonza	Apple	Medium-sized, bright red apple with a yellow background colour. The flesh is white, firm, lovely and sweet and crunchy. Conical shape. A popular Australian apple.	Tip bearer. Fruit tends to store well on the tree, and also store quite well after it's picked.	Natural resistance to black spot (apple scab).
Boskoop Rouge (Belle de Boskoop, Gold Reinette)	Apple	Medium-large, yellow, flushed and russeted. Flesh is crisp and the apples keep well.	Spur bearer. Tree is large, upright and spreading. Much sought after by people of European background.	Very resistant to black spot (apple scab)