Desert Tree

7550 North Anway Road
Marana, AZ 85653
(520) 682-7600

Fruit Trees
Shade Trees
Flowering Trees
Nut Trees

ANNA APPLE Remarkable fruit for mild-winter climates in So. Calif.,
So. Ariz. Heavy crops of sweet, crisp, flavorful apples even in low desert.
Fresh/cooked. Keeps 2 mos. in refrigerator. 200 hours. Self-fruitful or
pollinated by Dorsett Golden or Einshemer.
DORSETT GOLDEN APPLE Outstanding sweet apple for warm
winter areas. Firm, very flavorful, sweet like Golden Delicious.
Productive throughout So. California and Phoenix, Arizona. Good early
season sweet apple for Central Calif. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
GALA APPLE (Original Gala) Wonderful dessert apple from New
Zealand. Crisp, nice blend of sweetness and tartness, rich flavor. Skin
reddish-orange over yellow. Early harvest, 2-3 weeks before Red
Delicious. Good pollenizer for other varieties. Adapted to cold and
warm-winter climates. Chilling requirement apparently less than 500
hours. Self-fruitful.
BLENHEIM (ROYAL) APRICOT All-purpose freestone, sweet,
aromatic, flavorful. Long-time No. 1 apricot in California. Early bloom.
Late June harvest in Central Calif. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
BLACK MISSION FIG The favorite. Purplish-black skin, strawberrycolored
flesh, rich flavor. Heavy bearing, long-lived, large tree. Coast or
inland. Fresh/dry/can. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
IMPROVED BROWN TURKEY FIG Large, brown skin, pink flesh.
Sweet, rich flavor, used fresh. Widely adapted - coast or inland climate.
Small tree, prune to any shape. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
KADOTA FIG Large, light greenish-yellow `white' skin, amber flesh.
Long-lived, vigorous. Prune to any shape. Very sweet fruit needs hot
weather to ripen. Fresh/dry/can. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
FAY (LATE) ELBERTA PEACH Popular yellow freestone: juicy,
moderately sweet, flavorful. Fresh/can/freeze/dry. Ripens 1-2 days later
than Elberta in Central California (August 1st), but blooms earlier. 700
hours. Self-fruitful.
JULY (KIM) ELBERTA PEACH Also called Early Elberta. Reliable
heavy crops. Juicy, sweet, very flavorful yellow freestone fruit for
canning, freezing, or fresh use. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
BARTLETT PEAR .World's most popular pear. Early mid-season,
high quality, tolerates hot summers. 800 hours. Self-fruitful in most
climates of Western U.S. Elsewhere, pollinated by Bosc, D'Anjou, Winter
Nelis.
20TH CENTURY ASIAN PEAR (Nijisseiki, "Apple Pear") Juicy,
sweet, mild-flavored fruit is crisp like apple. Early to mid-August in
Central Calif. Keeps well. Easy to grow, heavy bearing small tree. 450
hours. Self-fruitful or poll. by Shinseiki, Bartlett, or other.
ALL-IN-ONE GENETIC SEMI-DWARF ALMOND No. 1 almond for
home orchards. Heavy crops of soft-shell nuts with sweet, flavorful
kernels. Hot summer required to ripen. 15 ft. tree, very winter & frost
hardy. 500 hrs. Self-fruitful. Pat. No. 4304. (Zaiger)
KRAUTER VESUVIUS FLOWERING PLUM Dark purple leaves,
light pink blossoms, little or no fruit. Relatively small tree, 18' high, 12'
wide. Favorite purple-leaf plum for California. Foliage of newly planted
trees sometimes greenish til vigorous growth begins.
ARIZONA ASH - Fraxinus velutina Drought tolerant, fast growing to
40', cold hardy to zone 6.
FAN TEXª ASH - Fraxinus velutina `Fan Texª' Superior selection
of Arizona ash. Large dark green leaves, symmetrical canopy, fast
growing, seedless. Good tree for southwestern desert climates. Budded
onto seedling Arizona ash.
MODESTO ASH - Fraxinus velutina glabra Beautiful deciduous shade
tree for arid climates - anthracnose fungus may be a problem elsewhere.
Vigorous, to 50 ft tall and 30 ft wide. Spectacular yellow fall color.
Sunset zones 3-24.
RAYWOOD ASH - Fraxinus oxycarpa `Raywoodi' Fast-growing,
tolerates heat, cold, alkaline soil. Compact, round-headed. Small,
delicate leaves, lacy appearance. Purplish-red fall color. No seeds.
25-35 ft.
SHUMARD RED OAK - Quercus shumardii Closely resembles Scarlet
Oak. Open growth habit, grows moderately fast in good soil to 60 ft. or
more. Deeply cut lobed leaves. Yellow and red fall colors. Tolerant of
acidic and poorly drained soils. Sunset zones 4-9, 12, 14-17.
EASTERN REDBUD - Cercis canadensis Round-headed tree to 25-35
ft. Large, bright green leaves. Spectacular display of purplish-pink
flowers in spring. Fall color in colder climates. Average water. Sunset
zones 1-3, 7-20.
ARIZONA SYCAMORE - Platanus wrightii Medium sizedd tree 60-80
ft. With star shaped leaves having 3-5 sharply pointed lobes. Open,
spreading canopy and exfoliating, "jigsaw puzzle" bark. Native to riparian
areas of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico.