Heirloom Apples

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 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 developed at the Univ. of Idaho's Agricultural Experimental Station in 1942 as a cross between the Jonathon and Wagener apples. The Idared ...

First saved from Albert Etter's orchard in Ettersberg, CA, the Rubaiyat was almost decimated by cows and lost to history. The apple is bright red i...

Dutch settlers discovered this apple along the Hudson River near a settlement called Esopus- hence its name- which stands about halfway between New...

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...

The Jonathan apple is a seedling of the Esopus Spitzenburg discovered in 1826 on Philip Ricks' farm in Woodstock, NY. A different person, Jonathan ...

While records of this apple date back to the early 1700s, the Fameuse apple truly gained in popularity in the 1850s in Quebec, Canada due to its ex...

The Hudson’s Golden Gem apple is a unique and heirloom variety known for its distinct appearance, texture, and flavor. The apple is believed to hav...

First crossed at the NY Agricultural Experimental Station in 1938, the Redfield apple is a cross between the Wolf River and Niedwetzkyana apples. I...

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

This American heirloom variety has been around since at least the 1840s. George Howland of New Bedford, MA exhibited this apple for the Massachuset...

Discovered at 1913 Kickapoo Orchard and grafted from a single specimen. The crabapples are small, about olive sized, are dark purple in color, and ...

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...

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: ...

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...

This American heirloom variety can trace its lineage back to Rhode Island in the mid 1650s and was discovered on the farm of a Mr. Green near Middl...

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...

Developed at the Atlantic Food and Horticultural Research Centre in Kentville, Nova Scotia in 1986, the Nova Spy became commercially available in 1...

A New England heirloom whose early lineage remains a mystery. The earliest reports of its existence date back to before 1700. The medium to large a...

While there is no traditional definition of 'Heirloom' the standard in the apple world is the cultivars found or created pre-World War II fit that ...

Small, juicy with some tannic acid giving it a dry-ish consistency, coarse grained, white fleshed, sweet but not too sweet, little to no tang, chew...

This seedling tree was discovered in the high Sierra Mountains in California and thought to be a left over from the 1840s Gold Rush. Therefore, the...

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...