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One of the earliest cold hardy varieties in Minnesota (though not from the University!). In the 1860s, Peter Gideon was finally able to cross his l...

Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' for those interested, is the name for the Weeping Beech. Currently at heights barely hovering above 8', this deciduous tr...

Developed in Geneva, New York in the early 2000s, this cherry is a cross between a Stella and Emperor Francis sweet cherries. It is hardy to Zone 5...

Commonly called the Eastern White Pine- this soft needled evergreen tree is a common sight around the forests of the Great Lakes in North America. ...

Form is rounded like a lollipop with a dwarf, compact head. Disease resistant. Dense foliage with profuse white blooms. Golden-amber fruit. Persist...

A.R. Whitney of Whitney Nursery first grew this crabapple from seed in 1865 and it is one of the only crabapples one can eat off the tree. It is pr...

Bred on the farm of Albert Etter, a Californian Pomologist, in Northern California in 1947. Etter is famous for his cultivation of red fleshed appl...

First developed at Purdue University Breeding Program in the 1970s and released to the public in 1988, the PRI2845-1 apple is another excellent exa...

The original seeding to yield the WineCrisp apple tree was first crossed in 1969 by L.F. Hough at Rutgers University; he used the unremarkably name...

This is an enormous apple. First discovered in 1875 along the Wolf River in Wisconsin- this apple soon became a popular baking apple because you on...

A late October apple of superb fresh eating quality. The large golden-yellow apples have a snow-white, juicy, very sweet flesh. While best known fo...

A very recent, like within the last 2 years, sport of the ever popular Honeycrisp Apple. Except this apple is yellow. Similar in flavor and size to...

The Yellow Newton is a chance seedling from an older English variety brought to the US in 1755 by Dr. Thomas Walker. The apple grew well in Albemar...

This apple was one of several cold hardy varieties imported from Russia to help with Western Expansion. In the 1870s, as Americans moved into colde...

The York Elderberry is bushier than other elderberry varieties. The plant is larger than other elderberry varieties and therefore can produce more ...

For a lengthy history and description of the Zestar Apple, please see its main apple page. Scionwood is ~10-12" long, at least ¼" in caliper, and s...

Introduced in 1999 by the University of Minnesota as another cold hardy apple. The Zestar, also called Minnewashta, is a cross between the State Fa...