Cider Apple Trees
Our apple trees, like many fruit trees, are propagated by grafting. There are two parts to an apple tree. A Scion, which is the fruiting part of the tree, gives you the variety of apple, and the Rootstock, which influences its mature size, 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 but will bear large fruit.
- Trees must be planted in well drained soil
- 6 hours of sunlight Full sun preferred
- Stake all trees for the first 2 years. Dwarfs must have permanent stakes
- Tree guards should be used
- Plant at least 2 Different apples trees for Cross Pollination
- Plant disease resistant trees for less maintenance
For flavor profiles relating to the various Cider apples- we refer to the WSU Cider Performance Database. Cider profiles breakdown to four categories: Sharp, Bitter-sharp, Sweet, and Bitter-sweet based on the amount of Tannic and Malic acid present in the cider. Low Tannin and High Acid content yields a Sharp flavor profile. High Tannin and High Acid profile yields a Bitter-sharp flavor profile. Low Tannin and Low Acid content yields a Sweet profile. Lastly, a High Tannin and Low Acid Profile yields a Bitter-sweet profile.
We categorize our apple trees into four sizes: Maiden, Field Ready, Hand Select, and (3 or 5) Gallon Container depending on the size of the tree. 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.
Pomme Gris Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
A French highly prized russet dessert apple. Smaller, somewhat squat apple covered in brownish-green, drab skin. Inside you will be delighted to di...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Puget Spice Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Introduced in 2012 from the University of Washington, the Puget Spice Apple is much smaller than its parents, the Prima and Alkemene. The apple is ...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Red Gravenstein Apple Tree
Original price
$41.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$41.00
-
$59.00
$41.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$41.00
The Red Gravenstein is a sport of the much older Gravenstein Apple. Originally planted in the 1670s, the Gravenstein apple was used as a cooking an...
View full details
Original price
$41.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$41.00
-
$59.00
$41.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$41.00
Redfield Apple Apple Tree
Original price
$29.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$29.00
-
$99.00
$29.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$29.00
First crossed at the NY Agricultural Experimental Station in 1938, the Redfield apple is a cross between the Wolf River and Niedwetzkyana apples. I...
View full details
Original price
$29.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$29.00
-
$99.00
$29.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$29.00
Reine de Pomme Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$79.00
$35.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$35.00
The Reine des Pommes, translated as the "Queen of the Apples," is an archaic French bittersweet cider variety originating from the La Guerche regio...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$79.00
$35.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$35.00
Roxbury Russet Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
First discovered in Roxbury- part of the Massachusetts Colony- in the mid 1630s; the Roxbury Russet is one of the oldest cultivars in the United St...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Royal Limbertwig Apple Tree
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
Early 1800s Tennessee cider apple. This variety is one of several Limbertwig variants that have regained popularity in the recent decades. First tr...
View full details
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
Smokehouse Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
American Seedling of the Vandevere Apple discovered in Lampeter Township, PA. Discovered near the owner of the farm~ a Mr. William Gibbons'~ smokeh...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Sold out
Somerset Redstreak Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
The Somerset Redstreak is a premier English cider apple that has been a staple in traditional orcharding since the late 19th century. Originating i...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
St. Martin Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Bittersweet Vintage French Cider Apple. Mute red in color with creamy colored flesh. Ingredient in Calvados. Can be used as independent cider or bl...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Stayman Winesap Apple Tree
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$79.00
$19.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$19.00
Discovered simultaneously in Kansas and Ohio in the 1870s as the most desirable sport of the much older Winesap apple tree. This particular variant...
View full details
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$79.00
$19.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$19.00
Stoke Red Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$79.00
$35.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$35.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$79.00
$35.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$35.00
Tolman Sweet Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Sold out
Vilberie Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Traditional French cider apple. Highly astringent producing bittersweet full body cider. High in Tannic Acid. Should be pressed quickly for maximum...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$41.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Wealthy Apple Tree
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
White Winter Pearmain Apple Tree
Original price
$53.00
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$53.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
The White Winter Pearmain is the "antique mystery" of the apple world—a sophisticated heirloom that’s as delicious as it is historic. Whether it tr...
View full details
Original price
$53.00
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$53.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
$35.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$35.00
Sale
Whitney Crabapple Tree
Original price
$17.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$17.00
-
$79.00
$17.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$17.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$17.00
-
Original price
$79.00
Original price
$17.00
-
$79.00
$17.00
-
$79.00
Current price
$17.00
Wickson Crabapple Tree
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$59.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$59.00
$19.00
-
$59.00
Current price
$19.00
Winter Banana Apple Tree
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$99.00
$19.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$19.00
This Midwestern (Indiana) Heirloom apple was discovered on David Flory's orchard in the mid-1870s and became commercially available in 1890. The ap...
View full details
Original price
$19.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$19.00
-
$99.00
$19.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$19.00
Sold out
Yellow Newton Apple Tree
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
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...
View full details
Original price
$35.00
-
Original price
$99.00
Original price
$35.00
-
$99.00
$35.00
-
$99.00
Current price
$35.00
Sold out