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Recommended Fruit Varieties

Apples: Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jersey Mac, Mollies Delicious, Red Delicious

Blackberries: Apache, Brazos, Kiowa, Rosborough, Shawnee

Blueberries (require soil pH of between 4.5-5.5): Briteblue, Climax, Delite, Tifblue

Raspberries: Dorman Red

Figs: Alma, Brown Turkey, Celeste, Texas Everbearing

Grapes: Black Spanish, Blanc du Bois, Champanel, Favorite, Rouconeuf

Pears: Kieffer, Orient, Warren, Hosui, Shinko Shineseiki, Twentieth Century (Nijisseiki)

Peaches: Bicentennial, Florida King, Harvester, LaFeliciana, Loring, Texstar, Melba, Palace

Plums: Allred, Bruce, Methley, Santa Rosa

Apricots: Blenheim, Royal
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Pollination Requirements of Fruit Crops:
Self Fruit Pollinating

Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry-Tifblue
Fig
Grape
Jujube
Nectarine
Peach
Persimmon
Plum (Bruce needs a pollinator)
Pomegranate
Strawberry
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Need Pollinators (plant at least two varieties for cross-pollination)

Apple
Blueberry-most
Plum (Japanese)
Walnut
Grape (Muscadine)
Pear
​Pecan



Resources: 
Texas Master Gardener Handbook
www.aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut
www.plantanswers.com