Your 2009 Order from Dave Wilson Nursery

Ploughshares Nursery

2701 Main Street
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 898-7811

Alameda County

Fruit Trees
Shade Trees
Grapes

MULTIPLE-BUDDED FRUIT TREES
Please inquire about our 2-n-1, 3-n-1 and 4-n-1's
(two, three or four varieties on a single tree).

ARKANSAS BLACK SPUR APPLE Large, late season. Dark red
skin, high quality even where summer nights are warm. For dessert and
cooking. Keeps many months. 800 hours. Partly self-fruitful.
FUJI APPLE Recent introduction from Japan that quickly became
California's favorite apple. Sweet, very crisp and flavorful, excellent
keeper. Dull reddish-orange skin, sometimes russeted. Ripe
mid-September. Excellent pollenizer for other apple varieties. Low
chilling requirement - less than 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
GRANNY SMITH APPLE From New Zealand. Large, late, green,
all-purpose. Crisp, tart, excellent keeper. Requires long summer.
Thrives in hot climates. 600 hours. Prolonged bloom: good pollenizer
for other apples. Self-fruitful.
JONAGOLD APPLE Superb flavor - connoisseurs' choice. A cross of
Jonathan and Golden Delicious. Yellow with red-orange blush. Crisp,
juicy, subacid, all-purpose. 7-800 hours. Pollenized by Fuji, Gala,
Granny Smith or Red Delicious, but not Golden Delicious.
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.
BING CHERRY Large, firm, juicy, sweet, nearly black when ripe -
superb flavor, the No. 1 cherry. Mid-season. Large vigorous tree. 700
hours. Poll. by Black Tart, Van, Rainier. Also Stella in colder climates.
BLACK TARTARIAN CHERRY Medium-sized, nearly black,
sprightly flavor, early season. Vigorous, productive tree. 700 hours.
Pollenizer required -interfruitful with all popular sweet cherries.
CONTORTED JUJUBE Interesting ornamental form: twisted,
contorted branching. Round-shaped edible fruits similar to Li. Fruits
reddish-brown when ripe, eaten firm and crunchy or room-dried to
date-like chewy sweetness. Early fall harvest. Attractive, easy-to-grow
tree: hardy, drought-resistant, virtually pest and disease free. Requires
long, hot summer. Very low chilling requirement. Partly self-fruitful or
pollinated by Lang.
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.
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.
DOUBLE DELIGHT NECTARINE Sensational fruit - consistently the
best-flavored yellow nectarine - plus magnificent, double pink flowers.
Dark red-skinned, freestone fruit is sweet, with unusually rich flavor -
very high-scoring in taste tests. Heavy-bearing tree. Harvest early to
mid-July in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful. (Zaiger)
BABCOCK WHITE PEACH Long-time favorite white-fleshed
freestone. Sweet and juicy, aromatic, low in acid. High-scoring in taste
tests. Ripens mid-July in Central Calif. Widely adapted (low chill
requirement, yet not early blooming). 250-300 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.
BOSC PEAR Long & narrow shape, brown skin. Superb quality, one
of the best. Harvest late October. Fresh/cooked. Susceptible to fireblight
in warm, moist climates. 800 hours. Pollenized by Bartlett or other pear.
FUYU PERSIMMON - JIRO ("Apple Persimmon") Medium size, flat
shape, still hard when ripe, non-astringent. Cool or hot climate. Hardy,
attractive tree, practically pest free. Fall harvest. 200 hours. Selffruitful.
HACHIYA PERSIMMON Large, deep orange-red, acorn-shaped. Hot
summer required to mature the fruit. Sweet, flavorful, astringent til
soft-ripe. Mature fruit can be frozen and thawed to ripen. Productive,
ornamental. 200 hours. Self-fruitful.
SANTA ROSA PLUM Most popular plum in California & Arizona.
Juicy, tangy, flavorful. Reddish-purple skin, amber flesh tinged red. Late
June in Central Calif. 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
FLAVOR DELIGHT APRIUM¨ INTERSPECIFIC Apricot-plum
hybrid. Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all
its own. High taste-test scores - one of the most flavorful early season
fruits. Early June. Very low chilling requirement. Less than 300 hours.
Self-fruitful, but biggest crops if pollinated by any apricot. Pat. No. 7090.
(Zaiger)
EMERALD DROP PLUOT¨ INTERSPECIFIC Medium to large size
with green skin and yellow-orange flesh. Prolonged harvest: early picked
fruit is firm, yet juicy sweet. Left to hang, fruit turns greenish-yellow with
honey-like orange flesh. Upright tree sets heavy crops once established.
Harvest mid-July to late August. Tested as 7HC165. 400 hours.
Pollinator required. Pat. No. 14599 ( Zaiger)
FLAVOR GRENADE PLUOT¨ INTERSPECIFIC Elongated green
fruit with red blush. Crisp texture and explosive flavor. Taste test winner.
Hangs on the tree for 4-6 weeks. Polinate with Japanese plum. Est. 5-600
chill hours.
AMBROSIA POMEGRANATE Fantastically huge fruits: up to three
times the size of Wonderful. Pale pink skin, purple sweet-tart juice,
similar to Wonderful. Long-lived, any soil. Inland or coastal climate. 150
hours. Self-fruitful
WONDERFUL POMEGRANATE Large, purple-red fruit with
delicious, tangy flavor. Best quality in hot inland climate. Gaudy
red-orange bloom, ornamental foliage. Long-lived, any soil. 150 hours.
Self-fruitful.
MISTY BLUBERRY Southern Highbush. Early, in the west Misty is
quite vigorus, growing very well both on the coast and in the inland heat.
This excellent flavord fruit does well in ares with chilling as lows as 150
hours and all areas with mild winters and hot summers.

O'NEAL BLUEBERRY Southern Highbush (low chill req., tolerates
heat). Large fruit is especially sweet and flavorful. Early season. Soil
must be acidic, high in humus. 5-6 ft. bush. 200 hours. Self-fruitful, but
plant 2 varieties for biggest crops.
SHARPBLUE BLUEBERRY Southern Highbush. Nearly evergreen in
mild winter climates. Bares fruit nearly year-round. Vigorous plant to 6
ft. Dime size dark blue fruit. 200 hours.
SUNSHINE BLUE BLUEBERRY Southern Highbush. Evergreen,
compact habit to 3 ft. Showy pink bloom. Heavy crops. Very low
chilling requirement(150 hours) yet frost hardy. Tolerates higher pH soils
better than other varieties.
TOP HAT BLUEBERRY Half-High blueberry. Similar in shape to
mound shaped spiraea. Beautiful plant form with fine quality berries.
Great ornamental for planters or walkways.
RUBY SEEDLESS GRAPE Dark red, sweet, crisp, excellent fresh or
for raisins. Ripens after Thompson Seedless. Requires less summer heat
than Thompson or Flame. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
CONCORD GRAPE (Eastern Concord) Versatile, long-time favorite
American grape. Blue-black berry with rich, distinctive flavor, used for
table, juice, jelly and wine. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
HIMROD SEEDLESS GRAPE Hybrid of Thompson Seedless and
American grape. Highest quality pale green berries. Vine more winter
hardy than Interlaken. Early harvest. Self-fruitful.
FOREST PANSY REDBUD - Cercis canadensis `Forest PansyÕ
Striking scarlet colored new foliage turning maroon and then green as the
leaves mature. Highly valued as a landscape accent. Swelling buds break
pinkish-red along the bare branches, similar to eastern redbud. Moderate
grower to 20 ft. with a spreading habit. Sunset zones 1-3, 7-20.