Dwarf Apple Trees

If you've ever heard of an apple- its probably the Honeycrisp. The University of Minnesota introduced this cold hardy apple variety in 1991 and it ...

The apple cultivar ‘Enterprise’ (Malus × domestica Borkh.) is a late-maturing, red dessert apple notable for its high fruit quality and broad-spect...

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...

Discovered as a chance seedling in the Similkameen Valley in British Columbia, Canada in the 1990s. Because it was discovered by chance, there is n...

James H. Kidd first discovered the Gala Apple as one of several seedlings that results from a breeding program in New Zealand. The Gala first gaine...

Said to have been discovered in the late 18th century in Philadelphia on a fruit farm owned by Peter Kieffer but now is planted widely across the e...

The Bing cherry is a popular variety of sweet cherry that originated in Oregon, USA, in the late 19th century. It is named after Ah Bing, a Chinese...

First bred in the 1930s, this apple has grown to be one of the most popular apples sold around the world. Its lengthy storage abilities and crisp t...

Developed from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in the 1950s; the Freedom Apple counts the McIntosh, Macoun, the ever prolific Go...

Created at Cornell University’s Agricultural Station in 1898, the Cortland Apple is a popular tree around the Great Lakes even today. It is now the...

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...

Bred at the Department of Agriculture in Western Australia in 1970 by researcher John Cripps. He crossed the red Australian apple Lady Williams wit...

Please see our main Honeycrisp page for a general description. The difference between the Cameron Select and the standard Honeycrisp is a matter of...

First discovered in Clay County, West Virginia in the late 1890s as a chance seedling of a Grimes Golden or Golden Reinette. When it became commerc...

Pixie Crunch, or Co-op 33, is a 1971 cultivar of the PRI Institute grown at Purdue University. Descended from the Golden Delicious and Red Rome app...

Developed at the University of Minnesota Agriculture Research Center by crossing a Golden Delicious with a cold-hardy Haralson. The result was a Go...

Hosui pears are consistent taste-test winners. The golden russeted skin has juicy, sweet, very flavorful flesh. Hosui is a best seller in Japan. Th...

Its hardiness down to zone 4 makes this cherry popular in northern climates. The trees grows vase shape (taller than wide) with smaller, bright red...

Discovered simultaneously in Kansas and Ohio in the 1870s as the most desirable sport of the much older Winesap apple tree. This particular variant...

First available in 2021, the Triumph™  apple is a recent University of Minnesota variety. A cross between the Honey Crisp and Liberty apples, the T...

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...

First introduced to England from Circassia, Russia in the late 1700s by a man named Hugh Ronalds. Originally called Ronald’s Large Black Heart, the...

Also known as Beurré Bosc Pear originating from France in the early 1800s; Louis Bosc named this pear describing its buttery texture. It is truly b...

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...