Apple trees for USDA zones 3 and 4
Apple trees which may grow successfully in the very cold climates of USDA zone 3 and zone 4.
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Duchess of Oldenburg apple tree
An old culinary variety from Russia, popular in North America, and noted for its winter hardiness.
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Enterprise apple tree
Enterprise is a modern American disease-resistant apple, good for eating fresh and cooking.
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Honeycrisp apple tree
Honeycrisp is a modern cold-hardy fresh-eating apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
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Macoun apple tree
Macoun is one of the best McIntosh-style apples, with the characteristic flowery vinous flavor.
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Spartan apple tree
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavor.
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Wolf River apple tree
Wolf River is the perfect cooking apple for the north - reliable, cold-hardy, disease resistant.More about Apple trees for USDA zones 3 and 4
USDA zones 3 and 4 experience minimum winter temperatures of between -25F to -40F. Many parts of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont fall into these zones.
The extreme winter cold, along with the shorter summer growing season is a challenge for growing apple trees, but there are a number of varieties that can be grown very successfully in these areas.
Make sure you choose a cold-hardy rootstock as well. The Budagovsky and Geneva series rootstocks are usually suitable, the Malling-series are not.