Fruit Trees

Want to start a backyard orchard but don't know where to start. We have our recommendations for an excellent variety of fruit trees that pollinate ...

The Dabinett Apple dates back to a chance discovery by William Dabinett (for whom it is named) in the early 1800s at his orchard in Somerset, Engla...

This is a medium sized apple that ripens in early September. It is yellow covered with a ruby red blush and is a great making and eating apple. It ...

A late October apple of superb fresh eating quality. The large golden-yellow apples have a snow-white, juicy, very sweet flesh. While best known fo...

A late dropping apple. Very sweet and juicy. Apple is medium in size and quite crunchy- though not too crunchy. Easy to eat and stores decently but...

Developed by Freeman Howlett at the Ohio AES in 1944, the Melrose apple is the official state apple of Ohio. Its late harvest time makes this a goo...

Your standard globular golden Asian pear- the Shinseiki Pear is native to east Asia and Japan. Hardy down to USDA Zone 5, this Pear makes a great a...

Want something colorful for your back yard orchard? These red-fleshed apples would help set your orchard apart or add a delightfully versatile coll...

William Butters found this chance apple tree near Wood Hill (close to modern day Wilmington, MA). Research suggests Butters discovered this apple a...

Made available to the public in the 2000s, the Story® Apple (or Story® Inored) is a disease resistant variety from the Novadi Corporation in France...

Grafted from trees at 1913 Kickapoo's Orchard~ this apple is cold hardy and makes a great pie. The apple is quite large, nearly 4" across and is ve...

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

The Red Gravenstein is a sport of the much older Gravenstein Apple. Originally planted in the 1670s, the Gravenstein apple was used as a cooking an...

Bred in 1963 at the Rutgers University Horticultural Research Farm by crossing an offspring of Cortland and Cox Orange Pippin with a Golden Delicio...

Description Coming Soon! USDA Zone: 5-10 Mature Height: 8-10' Seedling Sun: Full Sun Ripening Time:  Pollination: Tree is self fertile Semi-Dwarf R...

Similar origin story to the Balafon Cherry- first developed in central Hungary and introduced to the US via Dr. Amy Iezzoni. It ripens about 10 day...

The golf ball sized, round fruit is similar to other Asian pears. It is firm and crunchy with more russeting than the Hosui. It is very sweet and g...

Discovered in Kawasaki, Japan in 1895 appearing redder than other pears nearby. Round and golden in color- the Chojuro pear is similar to other Asi...

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...

The Bonanza peach tree is a fruit-bearing tree that is known for producing medium to large-sized peaches with a bright red skin and juicy, sweet fl...

Description Coming Soon. USDA Zone: 4-8 Mature Heights:  EMLA.7 ~15-17' tall; Semi-Dwarf M.111 ~18-21' tall; Semi-Dwarf Sun: Full Sun Bloom Group: ...

An old English (Essex) variety bred in 1888 by crossing a Peasgood's Nonsuch (probably the coolest apple name ever) with a Dumelow's Seedling and c...

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...