One of the best. An original Luther Burbank pollination in 1887. The large heart shaped fruits are deeply delicious, juicy, sweet and flavorful. The green fruit evolve to a crispy firm yellow flesh with a pleasant sweet/tart balance before they mature into a super sweet melty mess of orange flesh. The sunny side blushes a slight red. They have a cute little tail.

Wickson was developed by Luther Burbank in 1887 and was originally named ‘Perfection’ but it was changed to Wickson in honor of the famed pomologist Edward J. Wickson. The tree grows in the Sierras, in the orchard of our friend and avid orchardist Mark Fowler. He stewards a small heirloom orchard from the early 1900’s and has grafted many other heirloom varieties from the historic homesteads he finds.