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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton | Apricot | Medium size, flattened at stem end, pale apricot colour. Pale, firm flesh, softens quickly. Freestone, well balanced flavour. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time.Sets well, needs thinning. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. |
| Champion | Quince | Large, pear shaped, mild flavoured quince. | ||
| Chataignier | Apple | Fruit has firm, white flesh with a fairly sweet, subacid flavour. A stripy red apple with a yellow background, they are a medium sized, flattish apple. | Spur bearer | |
| Chelan | Cherry | Medium to large, dark red cherry with good flavour. | ||
| Chenango Strawberry | Apple | Medium to large fruit, yellowish or greenish-white skin striped with crimson. Very sweet flavour with strawberry tones | Grows in zones 4-9 | |
| Chieftain | Apple | Spur bearer | ||
| China Flat | Peach | |||
| Choju (Nashi) | Pear | Medium-sized, roundish, with russetted brown skin. Flesh is crisp and tender, quite sweet, low acid. | Don't keep very well, best eaten fresh. | More resistant to Codling moth than apples. Susceptible to Pseudomonas (pear blast). |
| Cinnamon-Spice | Apple | |||
| Clapps Favourite | Pear | Greenish yellow with bright red blush on skin. Tender, soft, juicy, excellent quality. Unlike most pears, doesn't need cold storage after picking to ripen. | Vigorous upright tree. | Susceptible to fire blight, blossom blast and scab. Moderately resistant to mites. |
| Cleopatra, also called Ortley | Apple | Medium-large, pale yellow, crisp, sweet and a bit acid. | Tree is moderately vigorous, upright, spreading. A good cropper. | |
| Coe's Golden Drop | Plum | Small, roundish European-type plum with bright yellow skin. Fruit is quite astringent until completely ripe, so it's important to let it ripen on the tree. When ripe, flesh is yellow, soft and very sweet. | Fruit is prone to split in rainy weather | |
| Comice (Doyenne du Comice) | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear). Sweet, aromatic and lovely smooth creamy flesh that isn't grainy, really good flavour - known as one of the sweetest pears. These heritage pears are quite squat with a short neck. The skin is green with a red blush, go yel | Grows well in USDA zones 5 to 9. | |
| Concorde | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear), pyriform shape similar to Conference. Skin is green with a yellow background colour and excellent skin finish. Firm, juicy and sweet. | An upright tree with medium vigour. Heavy cropper, superior to Conference, may crop heavily on quince rootstock, at the expense of growth. Store at -1C. | Moderately resistant to black spot, moderately susceptible to pear blast (Pseudomonas syringae) and fire blight. |
| Conference | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear) | Resistant to black spot (pear scab), moderately resistant to pear blast (Pseudomonas syringae) and mites, susceptible to fire blight. |