California Rare Fruit Growers. Fruit Cultivar Registry

Regisration #	Year	Applicant	Common name	Cultivar	Species
1	1970	Paul Thomson	Mango	Edgehill	Magnifera indica
2	1970	Paul Thomson	Apple	Makepeace	Malus pumila
3	1970	Paul Thomson	White Sapote	Edgehill	Casimiroa edulis
4	1971	John Delavoryas	Cherimoya	Dorothea Wilkinson	Annona cherimoya
5	1971	Nelson E. Westree	Black mulberry	Kaester	Morus nigra
6	1971	Nelson E. Westree	Surinam Cherry	Lolita, 317	Eugenia uniflora
7	1971	Nelson E. Westree	Surinam Cherry	Nacha, 194	Eugenia uniflora
8	1971	Nelson E. Westree	Surinam Cherry	369	Eugenia uniflora
9	1971	Nelson E. Westree	Surinam Cherry	404	Eugenia uniflora
10	1971	John. M. Riley	Peach	Katrina, 1071	Prunus persica
11	1971	Jerry H. Staedeli	Mango	Reliable, 1171	Magnifera indica
12	1971	Jerry H. Staedeli	Mango	Diego, 1271	Magnifera indica
13	1972	Joe Massidda	Pineapple guava	Jackson	Feijoa selowiana
14	1973	John Brown	Cherimoya	Bonita	Annona cherimoya
15	1973	Paul Thomson	Macadamia	Cate	Macadamia tetraphilla
16	1973	Paul Thomson	Macadamia	Palomar	Macadamia tetraphilla
17	1974	Orton Engelhart	Avocado	Creamhart	Persea americana
18	1974	Orton Engelhart	Peach	El Dulce	Prunus persica
19	1975	Jerry H. Staedeli	Mango	Aloha	Magnifera indica
20	1975	Jerry H. Staedeli	Mango	Surprise	Magnifera indica
21	1976	Arlo Hale Smith	Tangor	San Bernandino	Citrus spp hybrid
22	1977	Paul Thomson	Pineapple guava	Nazemetz	Feijoa selowiana
23	1977	Paul Thomson	Avocado	Stearns	Persea americana
24	1976	Orton Engelhart	White Sapote	Lemon Gold	Casimiroa edulis
25	1976	Orton Engelhart	Cherimoya	Honeyhart	Annona cherimoya
26	1979	John. M. Riley	Paw paw	Rebecca's Gold	Asimina triloba
27	1979	Jim Neitzel	Cherimoya	Sabor	Annona cherimoya
28	1979	Jim Neitzel	Cherimoya	Big Sister	Annona cherimoya
29	1984	Orton Engelhart	Avocado	Ortonio	Persea americana
30	1985	George F. Emerich, Jr	Cherimoya	Nata	Annona cherimoya
31	1985	George F. Emerich, Jr	Pineapple guava	King	Feijoa selowiana
32	1985	C. T. Kennedy	Loquat	Grant Road	Eriobotrya japonica
33	1985	C. T. Kennedy	Strawberry guava	John Riley	Psidium littorale var longipes
34	1985	Peggy Winter	Mango	Harold Winter	Magnifera indica
35	1985	Elaine Williams	Apple	Elaine	Malus pumila
36	1986	Florence Strange	Tamarillo (Tree Tomato)	Rothamer	Cyphomandra betacea
37	1986	Rudy Haluza	Cherimoya	El Bumpo	Annona cherimoya
38	1986	Rudy Haluza	Cherimoya	Libby	Annona cherimoya
39	1988	Orton Engelhart	Grapefruit	Pomona	Citrus grandis hybrid
40	1988	Orton Engelhart	Grapefruit	Pico	Citrus grandis hybrid
41	1988	Dorothea Logan	Grape	Sweet Gracie	Vitis labrusca
42	1988	Den/Pat Kearney	Carambola, Starfruit	Florita	Averrhoa carambola
43	1988	Sally Konstan	Apple	Konstan	Malus domestica
44	1990	Samuel/Carmela Grossberger	Cherimoya	Lucida	Annona cherimoya
45	1990	Samuel/Carmela Grossberger	Cherimoya	Santa Rosa	Annona cherimoya
46	1990	Samuel/Carmela Grossberger	Cherimoya	Carmela	Annona cherimoya
47	1990	John. M. Riley	Pitanga tuba	Say What	Eugenia selloi
48	1990	Ray Hammerand	Macadamia	Pearl	Macadamia intergipholia
49	1992	Carol O. Aguilar	Peach	Pink Baronesse	Prunus persica
50	1992	Carol O. Aguilar	Peach	Pink Snow	Prunus persica
51	1992	U. Sherman Johnson	Mango	Oro	Magnifera indica
52	1992	Lee L. Findley	Blackberry	Findley Thornless Blackberry	Rubus hybrid
53	1992	Rob Brocaw/California Cherimoya Association	Cherimoya	Pierce	Annona cherimoya
54	1992	Rob Brocaw/California Cherimoya Association	Cherimoya	Knight	Annona cherimoya
55	1992	Maynard J. Omerberg	Mango	True Love	Magnifera indica
56	1992	Quang Ong	Tropical Guava	Ong	Psidium guajava
57	1995	Sharon Adams	Surinam Cherry	Plum Perfect	Eugenia uniflora
58	1998	Robert Holzinger	Passion fruit	Purple Tiger	Passiflora hybrid (P. alata X P. quadrangularis)
59	1998	Robert Holzinger	Passion fruit	Frederick	Passiflora hybrid (P. edulis X P. flavicarpa X P. edulis)
60	1998	Robert Holzinger	Passion fruit	Red Rover	Passiflora hybrid (P. edulis X P. flavicarpa X P. edulis)
61	2000	William Kloppe	Apricot	Rosie's Delight	Prunus armeniaca
62	2000	David Silber	Wampee	McHenry Sweet	Clausena lansium
63	2000	L. G. Allen	Lychee	Sweet Song	Litchi sinensis
64	1986	Lee Anderson	Loquat	Suzanne	Eriobotrya japonica
65	1986	Lee Anderson	Loquat	Gillespie	Eriobotrya japonica
66	1986	Paul A. Dewenter	Pummelo	Dewenter	Citrus maxima
67	1993	Robert L. Grindstaff	Asian Plum	Ruth's Sweet Heart	Prunus salicina
68	1996	Eunice Messner	Mango	Carnival	Magnifera indica
69	1997	Nino Cupaiuolo	Cherimoya	Fortuna	Annona cherimoya
70	1999	David Silber	Kei Apple	Arcadian	Dovyalis caffra
71	2001	Eunice Messner	Cherimoya	Elixir	Annona cherimoya
72	2001	Sassin John Charter	Pomegranate	Prideful	Punica granatum
73	2019	Richard Frost	Grape	Gold Monukka	Vitis X hybrid
74	2019	Charles W. Portney	Banana	Becky’s Mystery Banana	Musa sp.
75	2019	Rolf Dethlefsen and Connie Lee	Apple	Ronnie	Malus pumila
76	2019	Marta Matvienko	Surinam Cherry, pitanga	Guaruja Red	Eugenia uniflora
77	2019	Deborah Oisboid	Fig	Stroz	Ficus carica
78	2019	Margaret Frane	White Sapote	Coleman Apple Sapote	Casimiroa edulis
79	2019	Harvey Correia	White Sapote	Delta Gold (Harvey B3)	Casimiroa edulis
80	2019	Bruce N. Goren	Tomato	San Francisco Sunrise	Solanum lycopersicum
81	2020	Catherine Anderson	Elaeagnus	Catherine’s Find	Elaeagnus hybrid
82	2020	Cassandra Auerbach	Loquat	Dick Watts	Eriobotrya japonica
83	2020	Marta Matvienko	Avocado	Royal Wright	Persea americana
84	2021	Ellen Maisen	Fig	Fico Viola Argentato	Ficus carica
85	2021	Ellen Maisen	Fig	Don Sadon South	Ficus carica
86	2021	Ellen Maisen	Fig	February Surprise	Ficus carica
87	2021	Ellen Maisen	Fig	Goose Foot Green	Ficus carica
88	2021	Harvey Correia	Pomegranate	Linda	Punica granatum
89	2021	Jay Ruskey	Avocado	Ruskey	Persea americana
90	2021	Marta Matvienko for Leonard Brown	Avocado	Long South Gate	Persea americana
91	2021	Marta Matvienko	Feijoa	Cosmos	Acca sellowiana
92	2021	Marta Matvienko	Feijoa	Oktoberfest	Acca sellowiana
93	2021	Margaret Frane	Tamarillo	Glen’s Orange	Cyphomandra betacea
94	2022	David Ulmer for Eric Snyder	European pear	Barlow	Pyrus communis
95	2024	Michael Ruybal	Avocado	Santa Clara Gold	Persea americana
96	2024	Charles Portney	Cherimoya	Portney/Storch Self-pollinating	Annona cherimola

Check the Really Good Plants sales site if we have the cuttings available for some of these reallygoodplants.com

David Ulmer talk on Pears for Sacramento Chapter of CRFG

December 6, 2019

Audio recording from two different recorders

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xOuVdR0l50JENoUBfb50B890osmmjUKo

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vF9bMRORDM8N1ED22DlnPlnt0dFAp56v

Pomegranates. My seedling of Vkusnyi, Balegal, Girkanets, and Kandahar

The seedling of Vkusnyi and Balegal are plain sweet with soft seeds. Girkanets is very complex with good amounts of sugar and acid, and the Kandahar is plain sweet.  The later two have hard seeds.

Positions for the opened fruits picture:

My seedling of Vkusnyi - top left, Balegal - top right

Girkanets - bottom left, Kandahar - bottom right

My seedling of Vkusnyi was started from seed in 2014. I am still evaluating this one. Very productive, the fruits are light colored and more flat than a typical pomegranate shape. Sweet, not complex, might need a bit more maturation. The seeds are very soft. The arils are bright red. Very attractive when cut.

Balegal Productive, medium sized pink fruits. The arils are bright pink, sweet, with soft seeds. This variety originated in San Diego.

Girkanets Very dark fruits with dark arils.  The flavor is excellent, complex, sweet-sour.  The seeds are hard. Originated at the Experimental Station of Plant Genetic Resources, Garrygala, Turkmenistan (USSR).

Kandahar Very attractive bright red large fruits. The variety came to me as Kandahar Early, but the fruits don't seems to be fully ripe even by the end of November.  The arils are bright red with simple sweet flavor and large hard seeds. Lots of white pulp between the sections. Clearly, this is not the best selection from the Kandahar province of Afghanistan that is known for its good quality of pomegranates.

Pomegranates. Azadi, Myatadzhy, and Vina

All these are mostly sweet to very sweet and soft-seeded

Myatadzhy - top, 

Azadi - left, and Vina - right.

'Azadi' Sweet and simple flavor, soft seeds, pale red arils, gold or light pink skin, late season, good keeper. Originated at the Experimental Station of Plant Genetic Resources, Garrygala, Turkmenistan (USSR)

'Myatadzhy' Sweet with just enough acid for interest, soft seeds, dark red arils, dark red skin, early season. Originated at the Experimental Station of Plant Genetic Resources, Garrygala, Turkmenistan (USSR)

'Vina' Papershell type with pink skin. Very sweet arils are bright red with soft seeds. Mid to late season. Originally from the Trappist Monastery in Vina, CA, USA

Side notes

I find it peculiar that Richard Ashton in his book THE INCREDIBLE POMEGRANATE PLANT & FRUIT describes some acidity in Azadi: "DPUN 135 Azadi – Very sweet, medium sized fruit. Name means ‘freedom’ in Persian. Peach colored gold fruit. Light pink sweet soft seeds with a little pleasant astringency." I suspect they picked the fruit a bit early. I usually pick this fruit from mid November. Maybe I should try it earlier too.

The opposite goes for Myatadzhy. Here is his description: "DPUN 134 Myatadzhy – Very sweet. Soft seeds. Seeds have nutty taste." In my experience, Myatadzhy picked at it's prime time in early October has the best flavor with some mild acidity.  Myatadzhy picked in mid-late November will be mostly sweet.

The propagation wood is usually available during our winter sale at reallygoodplants.com

Feijoa taste tests

Seedlings from Mark Albert fruits

In fall of 2015 Mark Albert brought loads of fruits from his selections to the talk he was giving for the Golden Gate Chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers . I planted the seeds from his best tasting fruit, and I grew 12 seedling trees in Vacaville. Some of them already fruited in 2018, and most are fruiting this year, 2019. Some are more precocious and productive than others. Seedlings 1, 2, and 12 didn't produce any fruit this year. Some are earlier ripening than others. Seedlings 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 are early ripening. Seedlings 8, 9, and 11 are late ripening.

I asked few friends to help evaluating the flavor to find the ones that deserve to be kept and may become good selections. In total, four people tasted them, and all of us found that 10, 7, and 6 (in this order) are the best selections from the early ripening seedlings.

The first picture here is from Chuck Chan with the fruits I sent him to evaluate

And here are the cut fruits in same order from my taste test

The taste notes Chuck:

I should add that 6, 7, and 10 have good production, with #10 having the largest fruits with the most consistent shape and size. #10 also has the thickest rind.

I compared how 7 and 10 taste versus one of my favorite named cultivars, Apollo. They seem to be on a par with Apollo. I could not place them higher or lower. These all seem to be very good fruits with unique profiles. I now call these seedlings Marta 7 (this became Cosmos after the registration with CRFG) and Marta 10 (Became Oktoberfest) and have the wood available at reallygoodplants.com

Evaluation of named feijoa cultivars

The fruits in the below picture were obtained from a friend growing them in Isleton. Left to right here: Albert Pride, Nazemetz, Unique, Moore, Genesis, and A9 (a seedling tree).

My favorites from this tasting were Moore and A9. Albert Pride was nice, but probably under-ripe. Unique does not have enough acid for me.  Genesis was probably not ripe yet. Nazemetz is very mild and gritty with the most thick rind.


Below are fruits from my young trees in Vacaville

Flavia had 2 fruits only, and I suspect that both fell prematurely.  They didn't seem to be ripe
Triumph is a very good sweet fruit. I collected them much later than optimal, they all were soft, but still no browning inside.
8 Ball is very nice sweet, smooth fruit, mostly small sized fruits. Good sweet-acid balance.
Albert Pride was very good in this sample. Good balanced fruit, more acidic than 8 Ball. However, it browns fast after softening, limiting it storage

Another feijoa cultivar that I had for a long time is Coolidgei. It might be a seedling of Coolidge, or just a misspelled (on the tag) Coolidge. I'm going to continue calling it Coolidgei, as I bought it under this name 2001.
The tree is partially self-fertile, produces good tasting fruits.  However, they are very variable is size and texture.  They are also very gritty.  Some fruits are very large, like the one below is 173 g.

I started top-working this tree, and already grafted known cultivars onto few large branches.  Since the production is relatively low for this cultivar, its unlikely that I'll be preserving it for future use. 

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October mandarins

In October 2019 three varieties were ready, Okitsu Wase Satsuma, Corsica #2 and Miho Wase Satsuma.

Left to right: Okitsu Wase Satsuma, Corsica #2 and Miho Wase Satsuma

My Corsica #2 is grafted onto a Red Grapefruit.  This is the reason for it being dry.  It's still sweet and tastes OK, but dry. This was my third or fourth year tasting Corsica #2 from this graft. My hopes that it will grow out of this problem, and the fruits will become normal fell short.  This graft has to go.  I'll need to re-graft it onto a mandarin or tangelo.

Both Okitsu Wase Satsuma and Miho Wase Satsuma are very good. Miho Wase is sweeter with more intense flavor.

November mandarins

Listing here my earliest mandarins that were ready in November of 2018.

The first mandarin we started to eat already in October was Myagawa Satsuma, and the fruits became sweeter in November.  By the mid-November, Primorosa mandarin, Miho Wase Satsuma, and Corsica #2 mandarin were ready. S9 satsuma ripened by the end of November.

Left to right here: Myagawa, Primorosa, Miho Wase, Corsica #2.

Indiomandarinquat is on top (not ready in November)

S9 satsuma

They are about the same size as Miho Wase.