Pruning the Orchard
Home Orchard Pest Management Guide
Suggested Fruit Varieties for Southern Utah:
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Apple | Apricot | Cherry | Fig | Grape | Nectarine | Peach | Pear | Pecan | Persimmon | Plum | Prune | Raspberry | Strawberry
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Apples
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Cameo
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Late September
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Large, sweet
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Gala
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August
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Best early variety
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Golden Delicious
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September
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All-purpose
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Granny Smith
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October-November
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Tart
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Jonagold
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September-October
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All-purpose
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Lodi
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Mid-July
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Soft flesh
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Red Delicious
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September
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Stores well
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Fuji
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September
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Keeps well sweet
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Apricot
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Chinese
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Late June-Early July
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Self-fertile
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Harcot
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June
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Self-fertile
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Moorpark
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Late June
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Self-fertile
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Tilton
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Late June-Early July
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Self-fertile
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Cherry
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Bing
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Late May
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Needs a pollinator
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Black Tartarian
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Mid-May
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Needs a pollinator
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Lambert
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Early June
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Needs a pollinator
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Montmorency
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Late June
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Tart cherry
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Ranier
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Mid-May
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Needs a pollinator
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Royal Ann
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Late-May
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Needs a pollinator
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Sonata
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Mid-June
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Self-fertile
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Stella
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Mid-June
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Self-fertile
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Utah Giant
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Mid-June
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Needs a pollinator
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Fig
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Black Mission
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August
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Dries well
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Brown Turkey
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August
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Dries well
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Kadota
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August
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Dries well
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Grape
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Black Monuka
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August
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Small seeded grape
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Canadice
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Mid-September
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Red variety
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Concord
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September
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Seeded, purple
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Flame
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September
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Tender, red
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Glenora
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August
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Seeded, large, purple
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Himrod
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September
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Tender, green
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Interlaken
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August
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Small, green
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Perlette
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August
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Small, green
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Thompson
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August
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Tender, green
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Nectarine
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Fantasia
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Early August
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Pest problems
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Peach
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Belle of Georgia
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September
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White-fleshed variety
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Canadian Harmony
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Mid-August
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Large fruit, good for freezing
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Early Elberta
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Mid-August
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Two weeks earlier than Elberta
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Elberta
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Late August
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Popular Western variety, multi-use
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Fairtime
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October
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Very large, late ripening
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J. H. Hale
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August - Early October
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Large, firm-fleshed variety
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Red Globe
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Early August
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Deep red, med-large size
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Red Haven
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Early August
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Early freestone
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Reliance
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Early August
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Winter hardy
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Rio Oso Gem
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Late September
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Large fruit, late ripening
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Pear
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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20th Century
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September
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Asian Variety
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Anjou
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October
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Winter
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Bartlett
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August
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Summer
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Bosc
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October
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Summer
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Pecan
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Burkett
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December
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Needs cross pollination
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Choctaw
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November-Early December
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Needs cross pollination
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Western Schley
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November-Early December
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Needs cross pollination
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Persimmon
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Fuyu
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October - November
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Sensitive to cold
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Hachiya
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October - November
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Sensitive to cold
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Plum
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Elephant Heart
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September
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Fresh eating
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Green Gage
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August
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Fresh eating
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Santa Rosa
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July
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Fresh eating
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Satsuma
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August
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Fresh eating
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Prune
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Italian
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September
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Dries well
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Raspberry
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Canby Thornless
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Summer
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Needs cool temperatures
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Fall Gold
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Spring & Fall (until frost)
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Needs cool temperatures
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Heritage
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July & September
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Needs cool temperatures
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Strawberry
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Variety
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Ripening Date
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Comments
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Fern
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Ever bearing
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Nice ground cover
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Quinalt
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May - October
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Nice ground cover
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Sequoia
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May & October
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Nice ground cover
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