Apple Trees
Our apple trees, like many fruit trees, are propagated by grafting. There are two parts to an apple tree. The scion is the fruiting part of the tree, which gives you the variety of the apple, and the rootstock, which influences the mature size and hardiness of the tree, and determines the time it takes for the tree to fruit. We sell Standard, Semi-Dwarf, Dwarf, and Mini-Dwarf trees that do not require a lot of space and yet, will bear large fruit.
A few key notes on successful planting methods:
- Trees must be planted in well-drained soil
- Six hours of sunlight; full sun preferred
- Stake all trees for the first two years
- Dwarfs must have permanent stakes
- Tree guards should be used
- Plant at least two different apple tree varieties for Cross-Pollination
- Plant disease-resistant trees for less maintenance; we are happy to help make any suggestions you might need
We categorize our apple trees into at least five sizes: Petite, Maiden, Field Ready, Hand Select, and Container depending on the size of the tree. The Petite tree is our smallest graded tree less than 2 years in age; Maiden trees are usually 2 years old and are branchless. These are also called whips and will bear in 2-3 years. A Field Ready tree is 2-3 years old and might have some lateral branching, be thicker above the graft, and will bear in 1-2 years. The Hand Select trees are only about 20% of trees we have and are 3 year old trees, 6-9’ tall and can be heavily branched. You can expect fruiting on a Hand Select tree in about a year.
Arkansas Black Apple Tree
Introduced 1870 in the orchard of a Mr. Brathwaite, the fruit, a variety of Winesap, round and of medium size. The flesh is yellow, fine grained, c...
View full detailsAshmead's Kernal Apple Tree
First grown from a seedling in Gloucester, England in an orchard owned by William Ashmead. The ‘Kernel’ in the name also suggests it was a chance f...
View full detailsBaker's Delight® Apple Tree
A newer modern apple released in 2017 by the Midwest Apple Improvement Association (MAIA) with parentage of GoldRush and Sweet 16. Bred especially ...
View full detailsBlack Oxford Tree
This Apple hails from Oxford County, Maine and was discovered by Nathanial Haskell in 1790. This very tree, still standing in 1907, is well known t...
View full detailsBlack Twig Apple Tree
Unlike the name suggests, Black Twig apples are neither black nor are they twig shaped. Found by chance in Tennessee in the 1830s, this apple was t...
View full detailsBramley's Seedling Apple Tree
One of the longest lived apple trees with the original specimen still standing in an orchard in Nottinghamshire, UK, having been planted as a seedl...
View full detailsBrown Snout Apple Tree
Discovered in the mid 1850s on the farm of Mr. Dent at Yarkhill, Herefordshire, UK; this is another English Cider Apple. It is on the smaller side,...
View full detailsBrown's Apple Tree
This heritage cider apple, commonly known as Browns, is a vintage-grade, sharp cider variety that originated in South Devon, England, in the early ...
View full detailsCalville Blanc d'Hiver Apple Tree
One of the oldest apples still in existence, the picturesque Calville has been around in France and Germany since the mid 1600s. The Premier French...
View full detailsCameron Select Red Honeycrisp Tree
Please see our main Honeycrisp page for a general description. The difference between the Cameron Select and the standard Honeycrisp is a matter of...
View full detailsCampfield Apple Tree
First discovered in New Jersey in the late 1700s at a farm owned by a Mr. Matthew Campfield (hence the name) and soon because a renowned cider appl...
View full detailsChampagne Apple Tree
First found in a New Mexico Valley in the 1940s, the Champagne has quite the volatile history. The Dixon family began growing this apple as soon as...
View full detailsChieftain Apple Tree
Developed in 1917 by Iowa State University but not released to the public until late 1960's. With parentage of Jonathan and Red Delicious it is sai...
View full detailsClaygate Pearmain Apple Tree
Popular eating apple from Victorian England. Noted for a strong resistance to apple scab. USDA Zone: 4-8 Mature Height: G.935 ~11-13' tall; Dwarf ...
View full detailsCox Orange Pippin Apple Tree
First bred in 1825 in Colnbrook, UK from possibly Ribston Pippin and the Blenheim Orange- the Cox Orange Pippins is the premier English Dessert App...
View full detailsCreston Apple Tree
Developed in the 1990s by the Pacific Agri-Food Centre in British Columbia and is another offspring of the prodigious Golden Delicious. This apple ...
View full detailsCrimsonCrisp® Apple Tree
First created at Rutgers Fruit Research Center in New Jersey in 1971 and is a cross between apple PCF2-134 and PRI 669-205. The CrimsonCrisp® was c...
View full detailsCrunch-a-Bunch® Apple Tree
A yellow dessert apple with a fantastic crunch. Very sweet- coming in at 15-18 Brix. Cloned asexually from a farm in Pataskala, OH in 2010, the tre...
View full detailsDabinett Apple Tree
The Dabinett Apple dates back to a chance discovery by William Dabinett (for whom it is named) in the early 1800s at his orchard in Somerset, Engla...
View full detailsElstar Apple Tree
Dutch dessert apple first crossed in the 1950s. It can count the Golden Delicious in its parentage which gives the apple a well balanced flavor tha...
View full detailsFameuse Snow Apple Trees
While records of this apple date back to the early 1700s, the Fameuse apple truly gained in popularity in the 1850s in Quebec, Canada due to its ex...
View full detailsFirecracker® (NY109) Apple Trees
Also called NY109, the beautiful Firecracker ® is a 2020 Cornell University Apple Breeding Program release. Excellent for eating, baking and cider ...
View full detailsFireside Apple Trees
A cross of McIntosh and Glogerovka developed by Charles Haralson in 1917 at University of Minnesota's Agricultural Experiment Station in Excelsior,...
View full detailsFreedom Apple Trees
Developed from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in the 1950s; the Freedom Apple counts the McIntosh, Macoun, the ever prolific Go...
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