Fruit 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 Gold Standard for Frost-Prone Climates The 'Contender' peach is widely considered the ultimate choice for growers who face the threat of late s...

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...

Originally created in 1964 in New Hampshire as one of the earliest cold hardy peaches. It is freestone and self-fertile. The Peach is medium to lar...

Plant breeder Brian Smith first developed in River Falls, WI in the early 2000s- the patent filed in 2004- as a cold hardy plum option. First cross...

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...

Another freestone peach, the Redhaven Peach ripens in mid July and is the industry standard peach tree. Early or late ripeness depends on how many ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This University of Minnesota variety was introduced in 1977 and is a cross between the Northern Spy and MN 447 (Frostbite) Apples. Commercially via...

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

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

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

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...

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 ap...

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 nam...

The University of Minnesota introduced this cold hardy apple in 2006 and is a cross between the Sharon and Connell Red apples. It is consistently m...

First found in a New Mexico Valley in the 1940s, the Champagne has quite the volatile history. The Dixon family began growing this apple as soon as...

This peach is a firm, yellow to red highly colored variety for late season. The Cresthaven’s fruit is yellow-fleshed, freestone, and shows consider...

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...

A tart bush cherry growing to less than 4' tall. Plant produces cherries along the length of the branch that ripen in late September- this is the l...