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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 Toka Plum was created at the University of Minnesota to withstand the colder northern temperatures. Hardy to zone 3, this plum is an excellent ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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 app...

This apple was first bred by the University of Minnesota as early as 1913 and became available to the public in 1923. It is named after one if its ...

This regal apple is named for Grand Duchess Catherine of Oldenburg, sister to Czar Alexander I and originates from the late 17th century in Eastern...

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

Discovered as a chance sapling in 1987 between Red Delicious and Golden Delicious, the Cameo apple’s rise to fame is a quick one. Though we cannot ...

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...

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...

Created at the University of Minnesota in 1949 as a cold hardy apple pollinator. Its most famous off spring is the Wealthy Apple, also of the UofM ...

N.W. Greening is a Wisconsin Native! Jasen Hatch of Iola, WI crossed a Golden Russet with an Alexander in 1849- the seedlings of the new apple were...

The Prairie Magic Apple is a wonderfully cold hardy variety hailing from Jeffries Nurseries in Neepawa, Mantioba. Wilford Drysdale crossed a Goodla...

Introduced in 1936 by R.C. Palmer from the Federal Agriculture Research Station (now the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre) in Summerland, British ...

Developed in the 1990s by the Pacific Agri-Food Centre in British Columbia and is another offspring of the prodigious Golden Delicious. This apple ...

Originally discovered in Deftinge, Belgium during the Napoleonic Wars of 1810 by a Belgian pear 'enthusiast named Jean-Baptiste Van Mons. Van Mons ...

A Mid- Late season bloomer, these white blossomed, single petaled crabapples are small and numerous on the tree. Excellent pollinators for apple tr...

This apple ripens around the time of the Minnesota State Fair, hence the name, and is the parent of another earl variety also of UofM: Zestar. Deve...

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...