Disease Resistant Apples
Our apple trees, like many fruit trees, are propagated by grafting. There are 2 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 the mature size of the tree and hardiness of the tree, 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
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.
Liberty Apple
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...
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First developed in the Purdue University Horticultural Farm in 1982, the Enterprise Apple is another in several modern apples prized for its disea...
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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 detailsCrimsonCrisp® Apple
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 detailsFreedom Apple
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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Discovered by chance in an orchard in Washington County, Arkansas in 1893, the King David Apple is probably an offspring of Jonathan and Arkansas B...
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The Golden Russet apple is a classic American heirloom variety that dates back to the 1700s. It is a medium-sized apple with a yellow-golden skin c...
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A relatively newer apple with the iconic red flesh, the Red King is a distant offspring of the Red Delicious. It retains the Red Delicious' shape b...
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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...
View full detailsYellow Transparent Apple
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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The Empire is a hybrid of the McIntosh and Red Delicious apple varieties, and was developed by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station i...
View full detailsPrairie Magic Apple
The Prairie Magic Apple is a wonderfully cold hardy variety hailing from Jeffries Nurseries in Neepawa, Mantioba. Wilfrid Drysdale crossed a Goodl...
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First crossed at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Angers, France in 1985 as a disease resistant offspring of the Gala Apple. It...
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First developed in the mid 2000s and available to the public in 2009 by the Purdue University Apple Breeding Program. It is a cross between Rock 41...
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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 ...
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A prolific bloomer, the Mont Blanc Crabapple's bud is a bright pink in color that opens to a snow white flower after many other blooms have opened....
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Also known as the Querina-Florina, this apple was created at the Station D’Arboriculture Fruitière at Beaucouze for the Institute National de la Re...
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This French cider apple was first propagated in 1872 in Yvetot, Normandy and is named for pomologist Henri Michelin. The apple tree is actually no...
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Description coming soon! USDA Zone: 4-8 Mature Height: G.969~ 15-17' or 60% of Standard; Semi-Dwarf Sun: Full Sun Bloom Group: 3, Mid Season Ripeni...
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Originally planted in 1958 at the Illinois Experiment Station in Urbana (a sub-section of the PRI Breeding Program) and was named Coop 2. The 'Prim...
View full detailsCoat Jersey Apple
Excellent Cider Apple best used with other, less flavorful apples. Flesh is yellow with strong Banana flavors. Resistant to apple scab. USDA Zone:...
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