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.
Standard Apple Tree Starter Collection
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A Standard Apple tree is the largest tree we offer. Either grafted onto an Anotnovka or Seeding rootstocks, these trees can town over other reachin...
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State Fair Apple Tree
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This apple ripens around the time of the Minnesota State Fair, hence the name, and is the parent of another earl variety also of UofM: Zestar. Deve...
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Stayman Winesap Apple Tree
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Discovered simultaneously in Kansas and Ohio in the 1870s as the most desirable sport of the much older Winesap apple tree. This particular variant...
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Stoke Red Apple Tree
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Named for Rodney Stoke in Somerset, England- this is an old cider apple. It finally became popular in the 1920s though the tree was almost certainl...
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Story® Inored Apple Tree
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Made available to the public in the 2000s, the Story® Apple (or Story® Inored) is a disease resistant variety from the Novadi Corporation in France...
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Suncrisp® Apple
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Bred in 1963 at the Rutgers University Horticultural Research Farm by crossing an offspring of Cortland and Cox Orange Pippin with a Golden Delicio...
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Sweet Sixteen Apple Tree
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This University of Minnesota variety was introduced in 1977 and is a cross between the Northern Spy and MN 447 (Frostbite) Apples. Commercially via...
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Tolman Sweet Apple Tree
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A New England heirloom whose early lineage remains a mystery. The earliest reports of its existence date back to before 1700. The medium to large a...
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Triumph Apple Tree
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First available in 2021, the Triumph apple is a recent University of Minnesota variety. A cross between the Honey Crisp and Liberty apples, the Tri...
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Tsugaru Apple Tree
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Released to the public in 1975 from the Aomori Apple Experimental Research Station in northern Japan; it is a cross between the Golden Delicious an...
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Twenty Ounce Apple Tree
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This American heirloom variety has been around since at least the 1840s. George Howland of New Bedford, MA exhibited this apple for the Massachuset...
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Vilberie Apple Tree
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Traditional French cider apple. Highly astringent producing bittersweet full body cider. High in Tannic Acid. Should be pressed quickly for maximum...
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Wealthy Apple Tree
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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...
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Westminister Crabapple Tree
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Discovered at 1913 Kickapoo Orchard and grafted from a single specimen. The crabapples are small, about olive sized, are dark purple in color, and ...
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Wickson Crabapple Tree
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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...
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Winecrisp Apple Tree
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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...
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Winter Banana Apple Tree
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This Midwestern Heirloom apple was discovered on David Flory's orchard in the mid-1870s and became commercially available in 1890. The apple has tw...
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Wolf River Apple Tree
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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...
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Yellow Delicious Apple Tree
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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...
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Yellow Newton Apple Tree
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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...
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Yellow Transparent Apple Tree
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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...
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Zestar Apple Tree
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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...
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