What's Growing in My Pomegranate Orchard:

Name	Synonyms	Origin	Skin	Arils	Seed	Notes	Source
Angel Red		California, USA	Red	Red	Soft	Discovered as a sport by Greg Smith; fruit ripens nearly a month ahead of 'Wonderful'; received as bareroot, early 2009; earlier attempt in 2008 failed (not related to freeze issues).	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Desertnyi	DPUN 108	Turkmenistan	Light orange-colored	Dark Red	Soft	New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring; rated high for taste and juice quality.	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Eve	DPUN 089	California, USA	Red	Red	Hard	Developed at the University of California, selected and named by Dr. John Lovell; New veriety for 2009; received as cutting in early spring. Considered to be top from among 7 varieties for hardiness and taste by a long time enthusiast in North Carolina.	Enthusiast, Laurinburg, NC
Eversweet		Camarillo, California, USA	Pink	Bright scarlet	Inconspicuous seeds	Bred for coastal climates by John Chater; Received 2003 as bareroot; freezes back easily in Washington, DC.	Raintree Nursery, Morton, WA, USA
Favorite	Lyubimyi (DPUN 121)	Turkmenistan	Red	Red	Hard	Received as bareroot in early 2003, first bloom/fruit in 2008; suffers no freeze damage here in Washington, DC.	One Green World, Molalla, OR, USA
Garnet Sash	Parfianka (DPUN 15)	Turkmenistan	Red	Red	Soft	New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring.	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Granada		Lindsay, California	Red	Red	Soft	Bud mutation of Wonderful pomegranate, Introduced 1966; Resembles Wonderful with deeper red blossoms, a red crown even while in the immature green state, and ripens one month earlier; Fruit is a darker color and less tart; Received as bareroot in early 2008; froze back winter 2008/09, resprouted.	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Kabul		Afghanistan				New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring. A red, sweet-tart pomegranate with a slight after taste. Fairly cold hardy.	Oak Creek Orchard, TX, USA
Red Silk	Crab (DPUN 085)	California, USA	Bronze-red	Deep red		New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring.	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Salavatsky		Turkmenistan				New veriety for 2009; received as cutting in early spring. This variety was rated high for these characteristics from among the pomegranates in the collection at the Turkmenian Experimental Station: High juice quality; High pulp matter (in juice) (19-20% and more); Large fruit (3500 g).	Enthusiast, Bethlehem, PA
Sharp Velvet	Purple Heart (DPUN 056)	Camarillo, California, USA	Red	Red		New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring; developed by John Chater.	Bay Laurel, Atascadero, CA, USA
Texas Rose		Unknown				New veriety for 2009; received as bareroot in early spring. This variety came from a California grower as'Spanish Sweet' via an enthusiast in NC to my source in Texas. Upon maturity it did not match the description and so was re-named to 'Texas Rose'.	Oak Creek Orchard, TX, USA
Varieties for 2010						I hope to try these varieties from UC-Davis next spring: DPUN 59 'Sakerdze' DPUN 60 'Al-sirin-nar' DPUN 63 'Kaj-acik-anor' DPUN 66 'Kara bala miursal' DPUN 117 'Vkusnyi' DPUN 118 'Kara-Kalinskii' DPUN 123 'Saharnyi' DPUN 151 'Sirenevyi' DPUN 154 'Chernaya Roza' DPUN 155 'Kara Gul'