Heirloom Apples

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...

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

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...

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...

Created in 1940 by Albert Etter after combing through seedlings from a 'Surprise' apple. He eventually settled on seedling #39- its properties were...

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...

Introduced by the NYSAES in 1923, the Macoun is a cross of McIntosh and Jersey Black. It is named after Canadian horticulturalist W.T. Macoun but w...

One of the oldest apples still in existence, the picturesque Calville has been around in France and Germany since the mid 1600s. The Premier French...

Long known to be one of the parents of the prodigious Golden Delicious~ the Grimes Golden apple was originally discovered in an orchard in West Vir...

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

First discovered in Roxbury- part of the Massachusetts Colony- in the mid 1630s; the Roxbury Russet is one of the oldest cultivars in the United St...

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...

First grown from a seedling in Gloucester, England in an orchard owned by William Ashmead. The ‘Kernel’ in the name also suggests it was a chance f...

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...

Named for Rodney Stoke in Somerset, England- this is an old cider apple. It finally became popular in the 1920s though the tree was almost certainl...

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...

One of the longest lived apple trees with the original specimen still standing in an orchard in Nottinghamshire, UK, having been planted as a seedl...

Discovered in the Sinop Peninsula- modern day Turkey- in the 1700s. The apple is strikingly long and oblong in shape; similar to an early Strawberr...

This Apple hails from Oxford County, Maine and was discovered by Nathanial Haskell in 1790. This very tree, still standing in 1907, is well known t...

Dutch dessert apple first crossed in the 1950s. It can count the Golden Delicious in its parentage which gives the apple a well balanced flavor tha...

Discovered in the mid 1850s on the farm of Mr. Dent at Yarkhill, Herefordshire, UK; this is another English Cider Apple. It is on the smaller side,...

An English cider apple producing a full bittersweet juice.  USDA Zone: 4-9 Mature Height: G.41 ~12-14' Dwarf Sun: Full Sun Bloom Group: 3 Mid Seaso...

Popular eating apple from Victorian England. Noted for a strong resistance to apple scab.  USDA Zone: 4-8 Mature Height: G.935 ~11-13' tall; Dwarf ...