Fruits

Bittersweet Gardens
Recommended Fruit Varieties and Sources

Source list prepared by Eddie Rhoades

Varieties

• Blackberry
  • Rubus cv.‘Arapaho’ (thornless)
• Blueberry
  • any rabbiteye or Southern highbush types
• Chinese Che
  • ‘Cudrania tricuspidata’
• Citrus
  • ‘Thomasville citrangequat’, ‘Owari’ Satsuma
• English Walnut
  • Juglans regia ‘Utah Giant’ ‘Rhodes’
• Fig
  • Ficus carica ‘Celeste’ ‘LSU Purple’ or ‘Brown Turkey’
• Jujube
  • Zizyphus jujuba ‘Honey Jar’ ‘Ant Admire’ or ‘GA 866’
• Kiwi
  • actinidia ‘Anna’ (fuzzless) or ‘Hayward’
• Maypop
  • ‘Passiflora incarnata’
• Mulberry
  • Morus ‘Issai’ ‘Gerardi’ ‘Illinois everbearing’ ‘Pakistani’ or ‘Silk Hope’
• Mayhaw
  • Crataegus aestivalis ‘Winnie 2’ or ‘Hearts Desire’
• Pomegranate
  • Punica granatum ‘Parfianka’
• Persimmon – Oriental
  • Diospiros kaki ‘Saijo’ or ‘Meikawa Jiro’ & more
• Persimmon – American seedless
  • Diospiros virginiana ‘Evelyn’ ‘Early Golden’ ‘Yates’ ‘Lehman’
• Persimmon – Hybrids
  • D. virginiana.x kaki ‘Nikki’ ‘Mekawafuyu’ ‘Geneva Red’
• Pawpaw
  • Asimina triloba ‘mango’ ‘Rebecca’s Gold’ or ‘WABASH’ or any named cultivar
• Pineapple Guava
  • Feijoa sellowiana ‘Collidge’ ‘Nazmeth’ ‘Apollo’ ‘Mammoth’ or a seedling

Sources

• www.nafex.org North American Fruit Explorers
• www.crfg.org California Rare Fruit Growers
• Hidden Springs Nursery, Rt. 14, Box 159, Cookville, TN 38501
• Northwoods Nursery, 28696 Cramer Rd., Molalla, OR 97038
• Nolin River Nursery – my personal favorite
• Roger Meyer – jujubes & kiwi xotcfruit@yahoo.com
• Logee’s Greenhouse
• Ison’s Nursery, Raintree, One Green World, Edible Landscaping
• Read Lee Reich’s Uncommon Fruits and Berries