Fruit and Nut Varieties for the Tyler, Texas Area
Keith Hansen, CEA - Horticulture; Brian Triplett, CEA -
Agriculture
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
1 PEACHES
(Select on chilling hours)
Regal (700) Derby (750)
Harvester (750)
Dixieland (750)
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Redskin (750)
Frank (750)
Summergold (750)
Carymac (750) Sunprince (800)
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Loring (800)
Ruston Red (800)
Bounty (800)
Majestic (800) Fireprince (800)
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Denman (850) Redglobe (850)
Sentinal (850) Flameprince (850) Ouachita Gold (850)
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1 NECTARINES
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Armking
| Crimson Gold
| Redgold
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1 PLUMS
Morris
Methley
Ozark Premier
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Bruce
Allred
A.U. Producer (Home use)
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A.U. Amber (Home use)
A.U. Roadside (Home use)
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1 APRICOT
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Hungarian
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Moorpark
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Wilson
| Peggy
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2 APPLES
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
Gala
| Super Gala
Smoothee
Prime Gold
| Holland
Jerseymac
Mollies Delicious
| Granny Smith
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2 PEAR
Ayers
Orient
Moonglow
| Kieffer
LeConte
Garber
| Maxine
Tennessee
Savannah
| Warren
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2 ASIAN PEARS
PERSIMMON
(A=Astringent, NA=Non-Astringent)
Eureka (Best commercial variety)
Fuyu (NA)
| Hachiya (A) (Can produce seedless fruit)
Tamopan (A) "
| Tane-nashi (A) "
Chocolate (NA)
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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)
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BLACKBERRIES
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| Brazos
Rosborough
Shawnee
| Cheyenne
Womack
Choctaw
| Navaho (thornless/erect)
Apache (new 1992-thornless/erect)
Arapaho (thornless/erect)
| Black Satin (Semi-erect)
Hull (Semi-erect) |
RASPBERRIES
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Dormanred
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Baba (Trial Only)
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CHESTNUTS
(Chinese Chestnut Hybrids)
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American X Chinese
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Nanking
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Revival
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Dustan Hybrids
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BLACK WALNUTS
Thomas
Ohio
| Myers (Thinnest shell)
Ogden
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Stabler
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2 RABBITEYE BLUEBERRIES
Delite
Tifblue
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Climax
Brightwell
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Briteblue
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BUNCH GRAPES
Orlando Seedless
Blanc du Bois
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Champanel
Norris
| Lake Emerald
Black Spanish (Lenior)
| Cynthiana (Norton)
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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
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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
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MAYHAWS
Super Spur
Big Red (Rust resistant)
| Highway Super Berry
Mason's Super Berry
| T.O. Super Berry
Red and Yellow
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CITRUS
(Containers only - protect during winter)
Mandarins (Satsuma, Owari)
Tangerines
Tangelos
| Calamondin
Limequat (lime-kumquat hybrid)
Kumquat
| Meyer Lemon
Mexican or Key Lime
West Indian Lime
Tangor Temple Orange
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FIGS
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Texas Everbearing (Brown Turkey)
| Celeste
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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.
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