Cold-Hardy Trees for Hunting, Viewing & Conservation
Attract more deer, turkeys, songbirds, and wildlife to your land with trees built for year-round action. Our Wildlife Trees Collection features hardy, fruit- and nut-producing varieties selected to thrive in cold climates like the Midwest, Great Lakes, and beyond. Whether you’re managing a hunting property, restoring habitat, or creating a wildlife-friendly backyard, these rugged trees — including oaks, persimmons, hazelnuts, crabapples, and disease-resistant apples — will help you grow a healthier, busier landscape. Perfect for hunters, conservationists, and wildlife lovers across northern regions and temperate zones.
Wolf River Apple Tree
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...
View full detailsLiberty Apple Trees
Developed in 1955 at the NYSAES as an offspring of the Macoun and Purdue 54-12 (a Japanese flowering crabapple) to create an extremely disease resi...
View full detailsEnterprise Apple Tree
First developed in the Purdue University Horticultural Farm in 1982, the Enterprise Apple is another in several modern apples prized for its diseas...
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Introduced from the Purdue-Rutgers-U of I Apple Breeding Program in 1994, the GoldRush apple is an excellent late season apple. Originally known as...
View full detailsGranny Smith Apple Trees
This large green apple originated in New Zealand or Tasmania the mid-1800s. It is a widely recognized and popular variety, known for its distinctiv...
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...
View full detailsYellow Transparent Apple Tree
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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Developed in the 1970s at the Morioka Research Station in Japan, the Sansa Apple is a standard cross between the Akane and Gala apples. This early ...
View full detailsPrairie Fire Flowering Crabapple Tree
Another newer variety bred to be disease resistant and everblooming. This crabapple is deep sanguine in color with a hint of purple that bloom alon...
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