Fruit Trees - B -  Plant Nursery

Bailey Hardy Peach
Bailey Hardy Peach

The Bailey Hardy Peach, Prunus 'Bailey Hardy Peach', grows into a handsome canopy of dark-green rich foliage. Nothing beats the flavor of a fresh peach ripened in your own backyard! Bailey has a cold hardy rootstock with good overall performance; best in the northern states. It develops an abundant root system and is resistant to root lesion nematodes. Bailey is considered to be one of the best rootstocks currently available and is recommended for peaches in Ontario. Tree survival on this rootstock has been good after severe winters. Bailey is a very hardy peach that produces small, white-fleshed, freestone fruits. Bailey propagates easily, is compatible with recommended scions, productive and tolerant to cold winter temperatures. You can delay harvest until fruit is a full round with golden background color. Fruit will hang on the tree for extended periods without fruit drop. Peaches contain antioxidants that are important health considerations in maintaining healthy bodies. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil. Peach trees prefer sandy loam to loamy soils and will do reasonably well in other soils provided they are well drained.

Multi-Fruited Pear Tree 1
Bartlett and Bosc Pears

COMICE, D'ANJOU, BARTLETT AND BOSC PEARS ALL ON THE SAME TREE!!These Multilbudded pear trees are on OHxF333 Rootstock. Included are: Comice, D'Anjou, Bartlett and Bosc Multi-Budded. Always plant the smallest limb to the south/southwest to insure that it gets plenty of sun. Cut back the strongest growing varieties by two thirds. Cut back the weakest variety by one half, or not at all. Do not let one variety takes over, or one of the others may fail. Prune back the more aggressive limbs. Summer-prune when necessary in order to let sunlight get to all the developing varieties. After the third season, maintain the multi-budded tree so that each fruit-type grows in balance with the others. A multi-budded fruit tree will produce more variety and a longer harvest from a limited space.

Bartlett
Bartlett Pear

The Bartlett Pear tree produces a pear that is bright yellow. It is the nations leading pear variety. They tend to bear fruit for up to 50 to 75 years on a good site. The fruit is aromatic and is outstanding for fresh eating. Along with its very sweet and juicy flavor for eating, it is widely used for canning and cooking because of its excellent taste. The Bartlett Pear trees are self-pollinating, however a pollinator will help the tree bare better fruit. They do require bees to help pollinate. Bartlett Pears do not ripen properly on the tree, so growers pick the fruit when it is mature but green.

Beach Plum
Beach Plum

The Beach Plum, Prunus maritima, is a round, dense shrub found normally on the East Coast along the shore. It produces delicious fruit that is dull purple in color and ripens in August. The edible fruit that develops is round and ½ to ¾ inches in diameter. These fruits may be used for jams and jellies. Flowers are white, single or double and bloom in early May. Flowers develop in axillary clusters of two or three. After pollination occurs by bees or wind the flowers become pinkish in color. It is well adapted to droughty sites with moderately fertile, slightly acidic, loamy and sandy soils. Beach plum does not perform well on heavy clay soils, but will tolerate moderately well drained conditions. Once this shrub is established it requires little or no maintenance.

Beacon
Beacon Apple

The Beacon Apple, Malus 'Beacon', is a juicy bright red, medium-sized apple that is wonderful for eating. Its flesh is mildly acid. The Beacon is a hardy, heavy bearing tree, with the fruit having a short storage life. It is a good apple for eating fresh or cooking. It ripens mid to late August and is susceptible to fire blight. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil.

Lime - Bearss
Bearss Lime

The Bearss Lime is a green seedless lime with a juicy lime flavor, and produced year round on an evergreen tree. Its fruit is larger than Mexican lime and does well in cool areas. When in bloom, Bearss Lime produces fragrant white flowers. This is the lime commonly used for drinks and cooking. The Bearss Lime tree is a heavy bearer of juicy, lemon-sized fruit in winter to early spring. Bearss grows into a densely branched, full rounded crown to about 8 feet, or can be pruned to a desired shape. The limes turn to a pale yellow at full maturity and have a thin, smooth rind. This lime variety needs little heat to ripen, making it an excellent choice for backyard plantings or in containers! In colder areas, move tree indoors for the winter. For best fruiting results it needs full sun, and spring fertilization is recommended. The soil should be kept moist, but not wet, especially during the growing season.

Belle De Boskoop Apple
Belle De Boskoop Apple

Coarse, crispy, tangy, highly aromatic flesh, late maturity. The Belle De Boskoop Apple's fruit is large with skin that is greenish yellow with a dark red blush. This Belle De Boskoop Apple is outstanding for dessert, pies, cooking and baking. It sweetens in storage and is an excellent keeper.Belle De Boskoop is a large tree with an open shape with drooping branches. It is very late to harvest, along with Yellow Newton Pippin and Granny Smith. It ripens in November or December, depending on the location. This apple tree needs a pollinator. Belle De Boskoop was named after a small community in southern Holland where it originated. .

Belle of Georgia
Belle of Georgia Peach

The Peach, Belle of Georgia, Prunus persica, produces large, firm, highly flavored fruit with brilliant red flowering. The beautiful springtime blossoms and attractive leaves makes it a valuable landscaping trees. This peach tree proves that edibles can be both ornamental and delicious! In late summer, its large, rosy-red peaches hold sweet, succulent white freestone flesh that's perfect for eating right off the tree, baking in pies, and canning for winter enjoyment. A fast grower, Belle of Georgia will reach a mature height and width of 12 to 14 feet. For best fruiting, provide a well-drained soil in full sun.

Bing
Bing Cherry

The Bing Cherry is one of the finest commercial sweet cherries and it is the most famous sweet cherry variety. It produces a very large, delicious cherry that ranges in color from a deep garnet to almost black. The skin is smooth and glossy and the flesh is firm, juicy, and sweet. Bing cherries are great for cooking as well as out-of-hand eating. The Bing Cherry tree is pollinated by Black Tart, Van, Rainier and Lapins. Also Stella in cooler climates.

Black Tartarian
Black Tartarian Cherry

The Cherry, Black Tartarian, Prunus avium, has firm, sweet, dark purplish-black fruits, and inside the thin skin the flesh is sweet, juicy and extremely flavorful. It is smaller than Bing cherries, but just as flavorful and matures to a black color with a firm semi-acid pulp. It is an early bearer, with an early-to-mid-season June harvest which makes it an excellent choice for the home orchard.The Black Tartarian Cherry tree is very hardy and disease resistant, highly recommended for the South. Pollinate with any other sweet cherry. Plant Black Tartarian in full sun and in well-drained soil. Cherry trees can be used as specimens and shade trees on larger properties.

Blakes Pride
Blakes Pride Pear

The Blake's Pride Pear tree fruit has a sweet, rich taste and aroma, and is lovely to look at as its skin is mostly golden and light-yellow. Blake's Pride Pear is a new pear variety that offers great taste and fireblight resistance. Blake's Pride is moderate in size, averaging almost 3 inches in diameter, with a short, upright stem on the fruit. It harvests about three weeks after Bartlett and it stores very well. The tree for Blake's Pride is moderate in vigor and upright-spreading. Yield is moderate to high, with the first crop three to four years after planting. Suggested pollinators are D'Anjou or Bartlet Pear.

Bosc Pear
Bosc Pear

The Bosc pear is sweet and juicy which is why it is considered one of the favorite all time pears. It has a long and narrow shape with brown skin. It has been a favorite of many backyard gardeners for years.The Bosc Pear does require a pollinator which could be a Bartlett or any other pear variety. Harvest time is September and it requires 800 hours of chill time.

Bradford Flowering Pear
Bradford'

The Bradford Flowernig Pear, Pyrus calleryana, 'Bradford', is an extremely popular, vigorous growing, medium size, shade tree with outstanding clusters of white blooms in spring and very attractive terrific yellow to red to purple foliage color in fall. The Bradford pear is a beautiful garden addition that produces no edible fruit. This flowering tree grows best in full sun. A great benefit of the Bradford is that it is a rapid grower, achieving a 12 to 15 feet increase in height over an 8 to 10 year period. Bradford Pear trees are shallow-rooted and will tolerate most soil types. They are pest and pollution-resistant, and tolerate drought well. It is one of the most fireblight-resistant cultivars of the flowering pears.

Braeburn
Braeburn Apple

The Braeburn Apple has a sweet flavor balanced with a moderate tartness that produces a unique blend. The texture is crisp and firm and juicy. The under color is yellowish green and is shaded by a broadly red-striped color pattern. Braeburn apples are an old-fashioned sweet apple with a smooth and crisp texture. It's great for snacks and salads. It is a late season apple with a long storage life. Its eating qualities make it adaptable for cooking as well as fresh use.

Bramley's Seedling Apple
Bramley's Seedling Apple

Firm, juicy, sharply acid flesh, and late to mature. Bramley's Seedling Apple is a traditional cooking apple of the British Isles. The fruit is large, flat, greenish yellow with broad broken brown and red stripes. Bramley's Seedling cooks to perfection with rich juice and no hard pieces. These qualities make it a good apple for making cider, and it is extremely high in Vitamin C content. The tree is large, a vigorous grower, and has a spreading habit. It blooms late, will survive during a frost period, and is a heavy, regular bearer. It requires a pollinator and ripens early October to early November depending on location. .

Brown Turkey Fig
Brown Turkey Fig

Fig - Brown Turkey, Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey', has the longest ripening season of the recommended varieties. The fruit is medium to large, with a reddish-brown skin tinged with purple. The pulp is reddish-pink and of good quality. It is subject to cracking in wet weather and has a larger eye than Celeste and hence will sour more quickly. The fruit is excellent for making home preserves. Plentiful sunlight is a key to maximizing fruit production. Choose an area that is in the sun most or all of the day.Figs grow extremely well along the Texas Gulf Coast. However, thetrees require cold protection in the far northern and western areas and supplemental irrigation in the state's drier areas. The fig fruit is unique. Unlike most fruit in which the edible structure is matured ovary tissue, the fig's edible structure is actually stem tissue. The fig fruit is an inverted flower with both the male and female flower parts enclosed in stem tissue.

Burbank
Burbank Plum

The Plum, Burbank, Prunus salicina, is a prize variety that was created by the master plant breeder himself, Luther Burbank over 100 years ago. Burbank is a natural semi-dwarf, reaching only 12-15' with a graceful spreading form. It is super-sweet, red mottled yellow in color, and has a deep yellow flesh with a very good flavor. This plum is semi-freestone, which means it partially separates from the pit. Burbank Plum requires minimal pruning which should be done after flowering when the tree is still leafless. It prefers a well drained, loamy, mildly acidic to mildly alkaline soil and does best in full sun.