An apple is a round tree fruit which has crisp white flesh, with red veins. The skin colour of an apple can vary from yellow to green to red. An apple is a pome fruit, as is a pear. A pome fruit has multiple seeds protected by a core. There are over 100 varieties of apples grown in North America. The varieties grown for BC's production are Red and Gold Delicious, McIntosh and Spartan. Newer varieties now being widely planted include Jonagold, Gala, Braeburn, Fuji, Ambrosia and Honey Crisp .

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The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium. The name 'cherry', often as the compound term 'cherry tree', may also be applied to many other members of the genus Prunus, or to all members of the genus as a collective term.

The peach is a round juicy stone fruit with a fuzzy cream or yellow skin flushed with red. A stone fruit is a single seed enclosed in a protective layer called a pit. The flesh that we eat is the pulp that protects and nurtures the young seed. One of the most popular types of peaches is the Freestone peach, so named as the flesh easily separates from the pit. The most widely grown variety in BC is Redhaven.

A pear is a fruit that varies from apple shaped to teardrop shaped. Its skin colour ranges from light yellow through red and brown. The flesh of pears is juicy and in some varieties, such as Asian pears, almost translucent. Pears are grown in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Kootenay valleys. Pears grow best on heavy soils. This limits the areas where they can be grown.

A plum is a smooth skinned elliptical, heart-shaped, oblong or round fruit with a flat seed. Prune plums are dark blue in colour with yellow flesh. Other plums have red, golden or black skins with red or yellow flesh. Plums are grown in the Okanagan, Similkameen, and Kootenay Valleys.BC produces about 2 million kilograms of plums, including about one-half of the Canadian prune plum crop.

The fruit we call nectarines is virtually identical to the fruit we call peaches, except for one noticeable feature. The skin of most peaches contains fuzz, while the skin of nectarines is smooth. The same mutation responsible for the smooth skin is also responsible for the spicier taste and slightly smaller size of nectarines. Nectarines and peaches both grow from the same parent peach trees, which have been known to produce examples of both fruits at the same time. Essentially there are no nectarine trees, only peach trees with a genetic mutation.

Blackberries have always been known as a wild berry, picked late in summer when they're juicy and sweet. Now we have domestic varieties with that same wild taste and appeal. They are often used for jams and jellies, but are also delicious in any recipe calling for fresh summer berries.

Berries are in season from July to the end of September but can go longer depending on weather.

Blueberries are small, round dark blue berries. A berry is a small juicy fruit without a stone.
99% of BC blueberries are grown in the Fraser Valley in Richmond, Pitt Meadows, Matsqui Prairie and Surrey.BC produces about 95% of the Canadian production of cultivated blueberries. This is about 9 million kilograms per year. About 70% of these are processed; the others are bought fresh for export and local consumption through stores and farmgate outlets. In BC, about 2045 ha are farmed by over 450 farm families.

Berries are in season from July to the end of September but can go longer depending on weather.

Raspberries are a perennial bush-type plant that produces fruit on woody stems or canes. The fruit may be red, yellow, black or purple, but only the red raspberry is important in BC and world-wide it is the most popular form. Raspberries are an aggregate fruit. Each raspberry is a fruit cluster with many bead-like fruits called druplets clustered around a core or receptacle. Each druplet contains one seed and a well developed berry generally has 100 to 120 seeds. When the berry is picked the receptacle remains on the bush and the berry resembles a hollow cone.

Berries are in season from July to the end of September but can go longer depending on weather.

Strawberries are red cone-shaped fruit with a seed-studded surface. Each berry is an aggregate fruit comprised of approximately 100 single seeded fruit. Each seed on the outside of a strawberry is technically a fruit and must be pollinated separately. The red fleshy part we eat is the swollen central part of the flower or the peduncle to which the seeds are attached.

Berries are in season from June to August but can go longer depending on weather.