Food

Food Information

Fruit

DECIDUOUS

The deciduous fruit trees grow in the earth's Temperate Zones. They havea three-month dormant season during which they shed their leaves. They yieldbut one crop of fruit per year.

There are two types of deciduous fruits. Those that have a single seed areknown as stone fruits, or drupes. These include apricots, cherries, nectarines,peaches, and plums. The other type is multiseeded and includes apples, pears,and quince.

Apples

Cortland
Empire
Golden Delicious
Granny Smith
Jonathan
McIntosh
Mutsu
Northern Spy
Pippon
Red Delicious
Rhode Island Greening
Rome Beauty
Stayman
Winesap
York Imperial

Apricots
Cherries
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears

Bartlett
Anjou (Buerre D'Anjou)
Comice
Bosc (Buerre du Bosc)
Sekel
Forelle
Packham Triumph
Clapps Favorite
Winter Nelis
Asian (Japanese Pears)

Plums
Quince