Results of apple tasting:

ist of fruit trees we are interested in getting

Apples

Golden delicious

Fuji

Braeburn

Gala

Nectarines

Cherries

Pear

Citrus

Mandaring oranges

Lime

Lemon

Visited Fruit Trees and More - a fruit tree nursery in North Saanich with a great many interesting fruit trees.  Spoke at length with Bob Duncan.  Fascinating fellow with some interesting ideas that appear to work:

We joined the BC Fruit Tester's Association today.  The BC Fruit Tester's Association tries out new and interesting fruits for the area, and shares information about fruit growing.  They also provide root stock and bud wood for making your own grafts, and sometimes berry and other plants.  They had an interesting exhibit at the Westshore Mall today (and yesterday) featuring about 100 sample apple types, information on diseases, and apple identification.  Turns out our yellow-green apples at the farm are Golden Delicious, which I rather suspected but nice to have it confirmed.