Fruit and Nut Varieties for the Tyler, Texas Area
Keith Hansen, CEA - Horticulture; Chad Gulley, CEA -
Agriculture/Natural Resources
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
1 PEACHES
(Select on chilling hours )
Regal (700) Derby (750)
Harvester (750)
Dixieland (750) |
Redskin (750)
Frank (750)
Summergold (750)
Carymac (750) Sunprince (800)
|
Loring (800)
Ruston Red (800)
Bounty (800)
Majestic (800) Fireprince (800)
|
Denman (850) Redglobe (850)
Sentinal (850) Flameprince (850) Ouachita Gold (850)
|
1 NECTARINES
|
Armking
| Crimson Gold
| Redgold |
1 PLUMS
Morris
Methley
Ozark Premier
|
Bruce
Allred
A.U. Producer (Home use)
|
A.U. Amber (Home use)
A.U. Roadside (Home use)
|
1 APRICOT
|
Hungarian
|
Moorpark
|
Wilson
| Peggy |
2 APPLES
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
Gala
| Super Gala
Smoothee
Prime Gold
| Holland
Jerseymac
Mollies Delicious
| Granny Smith |
2 PEAR
Ayers
Orient
Moonglow
| Kieffer
LeConte
Garber
| Maxine
Tennessee
Savannah
| Warren |
2 ASIAN PEARS
PERSIMMON
(A=Astringent, NA=Non-Astringent)
Eureka (Best commercial variety)
Fuyu (NA)
| Hachiya (A)
Tamopan (A) "
| Tane-nashi (A) "
Chocolate (NA) |
STRAWBERRIES
(*Best commercial varieties)
*Chandler
*Pajaro
| Cardinal (Home gardens)
Sunrise (Home gardens)
Allstar (Home gardens)
| Tioga (Home gardens)
Fort Laramie (Home gardens)
Sequoia (Home gardens) |
BLACKBERRIES
(click here for variety descriptions, etc)
Brazos
Rosborough
Brison
Shawnee | Cheyenne
Womack
Choctaw
Chickasaw
| Navaho (thornless)
Apache (thornless)
Arapaho (thornless)
|
Ouachita (thornless)
Natchez (thornless - 2007 release; Tx Superstar) |
RASPBERRIES
CHESTNUTS
(Chinese Chestnut Hybrids)
|
American X Chinese
|
Nanking
|
Revival
|
Dustan Hybrids |
BLACK WALNUTS
Thomas
Ohio
| Myers (Thinnest shell)
Ogden
|
Stabler |
2 RABBITEYE BLUEBERRIES
Delite
Tifblue
|
Climax
Brightwell
|
Briteblue |
BUNCH GRAPES
Orlando Seedless
Blanc du Bois
|
Champanel
Norris
| Lake Emerald
Black Spanish (Lenior)
| Cynthiana (Norton) |
3 MUSCADINE GRAPES
(*Probably the best for fresh fruit market)
Regale
*Summit
*Fry
Cowart | Higgins
Magnolia
Jumbo
Dixie | Southland
*Triumph
Watergate
Hunt | Sugargate
Doreen
Ison
*Nesbit | Senoia
*Granny Val
Sweet
Jenny
*Scuppernog | Welder
Noble
|
PECANS
(**Trial only & leading varieties in Louisiana)
Desirable
Cape Fear
| Caddo
Choctaw
Pawnee
| Osage (Trial only/good disease resistance)
Houma (Trial only/good disease resistance)
| Elliott (Home orchard only)
Melrose (Trial only)
Oconee (Trial only)
**Moreland
| **Candy
**Jackson
**Sumner
| Forkert
Prilop |
MAYHAWS
Super Spur
Big Red (Rust resistant)
| Highway Super Berry
Mason's Super Berry
| T.O. Super Berry
Red and Yellow |
CITRUS
(Containers only - protect during winter)
Mandarins (Satsuma, Owari)
Tangerines
Tangelos
| Calamondin
Limequat
Kumquat
| Meyer Lemon
Mexican or Key Lime
West Indian Lime
Tangor Temple Orange |
FIGS
|
Texas Everbearing (Brown Turkey)
| Celeste |
POMEGRANATE
JUJUBES
1 If soil is deep sand, variety should be grafted onto Nemaguard or
Nemared rootstock.
2 Need more than one variety for pollination
3 Certain muscadines can be self-fertile or female only. Plant
1 self-fertile variety for every 6 female varieties. |
