Pollenizers for Honeycrisp apple trees

Other compatible varieties

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1. Alexander    check pollinators
   An old and attractive culinary apple, cooks to a puree.
2. Allington Pippin    check pollinators
   A dual-purpose Victorian apple with a good quality aromatic flavour.
3. Ambrosia    check pollinators
   A sweet modern apple variety from western Canada, quite similar to Golden Delicious. Discovered as a chance seedling in an orchard in British Columbia.
4. Annie Elizabeth    check pollinators
   A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
5. Antonovka    check pollinators
   A popular small green culinary apple variety from Russia. Also of importance as a rootstock because of its ability to tolerate extreme cold.
6. Apricot    check pollinators
   An unusual and little-known apple variety noted for its apricot-like flavor.
7. Ard Cairn Russet    check pollinators
   An old apple variety from Ireland, with a flavor reminiscent of bananas.
8. Arlet    check pollinators
   A sweet mid-season dessert apple, developed in Switzerland and related to Golden Delicious.
9. Aroma    check pollinators
   A modern apple from Sweden, developed during the 1950s.
10. Aromatic Russet    check pollinators
    A high quality russet-style variety, sharper than Egremont Russet, with a rich flavour and occasionally a hint of lemon.
11. Arthur Turner    check pollinators
    A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
12. Arthur W Barnes    check pollinators
    An attractive and popular mid-season culinary apple, very versatile in the kitchen, cooks to a puree.
13. Ballarina Flamenco    check pollinators
    The best of the ballerina-style apple trees for eating quality.
14. Barnack Beauty    check pollinators
    A handsome traditional English apple from the village of Barnack near Stamford.
15. Baumann's Reinette    check pollinators
    Sharp/sweet flavour but fairly bland, quite chewy - looks better than it tastes
16. Beacon    check pollinators
    Beacon is a bright red early-season apple with a soft flesh, noted for its cold hardiness.
17. Beauty of Hampshire    check pollinators
    An attractive 19th century dessert apple, possibly related to Blenheim Orange
18. Benoni    check pollinators
    A mid-season heritage variety from Massachusetts, USA, with a pleasant sweet flavor.
19. Black Worcester    check pollinators
    The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.
20. Bloody Ploughman    check pollinators
    A blood red apple from Scotland with a mild but sweet flavour.
21. Blue Pearmain    check pollinators
    An heirloom American apple variety, commonly found in New York state. Named for the blue-colored bloom.
22. Bonza    check pollinators
    A chance seedling discovered in Australia.
23. Bright Future    check pollinators
    A modern late-season English apple with a good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp flesh.
24. Brown's Seedling    check pollinators
    An English culinary variety from Stamford. Rated by Hogg as handsome, excellent for culinary use, and a good keeper.
25. Brownlees russet    check pollinators
    A popular English apple from the Victorian era, widely grown at the time and esteemed for its flavour and blossom.
26. Bushey Grove    check pollinators
    Sharp acidic cooker, very juicy
27. Cameo    check pollinators
    A modern sweet variety, reminscent of Red Delicious.
28. Candy Crisp    check pollinators
    Glossy yellow, and generally russet free apple with an extremely mild, somewhat pear-like flavor. Large, conical fruits is occasionally blushed with soft pink.
29. Cellini    check pollinators
    A little-known Victorian apple variety with an interesting balsam-like flavour.
30. Charles Ross    check pollinators
    Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
31. Cheerfull Gold    check pollinators
    A modern English apple variety, derived from Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious.
32. Chenango Strawberry    check pollinators
    Medium to large fruit smooth, yellowish or greenish-white skin striped with crimson. Flesh juicy, mildly subacid, aromatic with a hint of strawberries. Skin smooth and tough. Pick when skin starts to turn milky.
33. Chivers Delight    check pollinators
    Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
34. Christmas Pippin    check pollinators
    Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a road-side seedling tree.
35. Cockett's Red    check pollinators
    A small but pretty red eating apple from Cambridgeshire, with a somewhat sharp flavour which mellows in storage.
36. Cornish Aromatic    check pollinators
    An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
37. Cornish Gilliflower    check pollinators
    Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
38. Cottenham Seedling    check pollinators
    A well-regarded early 20th century cooking apple from the east of England with a good pedigree.
39. Crawley Beauty    check pollinators
    Primarily a culinary variety, cooks to a puree with a delicate apple flavour - but can be eaten fresh after storing. Good disease resistance and tolerates a wide range of soil types.
40. Cybele Delrouval    check pollinators
    An excellent new variety from France - sweet, crisp, juicy - one of the best mid-season varieties.
41. Dawn    check pollinators
    A good-looking dessert variety, fairly sharp flavour
42. Decio    check pollinators
    Probably the oldest variety in existence, thought to date back to Roman times
43. Delicious    check pollinators
    One of the most famous and important American apple varieties. The original Delicious has a flavor that many find superior to the numerous sports such as Red Delicious that have been developed from it.
44. Diamond Jubilee    check pollinators
    Sharp puree, crisp juicy dessert later in season
45. Discovery    check pollinators
    Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
46. Duke of Devonshire    check pollinators
    An important Victorian russeted apple with a distinctive fruity flavour. Continues to be quietly popular.
47. Dumelow's Seedling    check pollinators
    An traditional English cooking apple, with a very rich sharp flavour. One of our favourite cookers.
48. Ellison's Orange    check pollinators
    Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
49. Emneth Early    check pollinators
    Also known as Early Victoria, Emneth Early is a very early-season "codlin" type apple. It was grown commercially in East Anglia and elsewhere, particularly for jam production.
50. Estivale    check pollinators
    A very good early/mid-season apple from France, also known as Delcorf and Delbarestivale.
51. Falstaff    check pollinators
    Popular garden apple tree, very heavy crops, easy to grow, very juicy.
52. Feltham Beauty    check pollinators
    An early season English apple, ripens in mid-August. The flavour is sweeter than most early varieties.
53. Fiesta    check pollinators
    Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
54. Filippa    check pollinators
    Considered one of the best seedlings of Gravenstein.
55. Freedom    check pollinators
    Good multi-use apple. Medium to large red fruit on almost invisible yellow skin. Crisp, juicy, sweet, good-tasting flesh. Subacid, sprightly flavor.
56. Gavin    check pollinators
    Early attempt to breed a scab-resistant dessert apple, surprisingly good sweet/sharp flavour - an under-rated apple
57. George Cave    check pollinators
    George Cave is one of the earliest-ripening English apples, at its best eaten straight from the tree.
58. Ginger Gold    check pollinators
    An attractive yellow apple from Virginia
59. Gladstone    check pollinators
    A very early-season English summer apple from the 1780s with a fruity sweet/sharp flavour.
60. Glockenapfel    check pollinators
    A very old European apple variety with a distinctive bell-like shape.
61. Golden Noble    check pollinators
    A traditional English cooker, popular in Victorian times, and an attractive tree for the garden.
62. Golden Pippin    check pollinators
    One of the oldest English apples, used for cooking and eating, with a fruity lemony flavour.
63. Golden Reinette    check pollinators
    A very old variety, popular in 18th and 19th centuries, a pleasant mild dry flavour.
64. Green Harvey    check pollinators
    An old green dual-purpose apple with a sweet-sharp flavour. This is probably not related to Harvey or Golden Harvey varieties.
65. Greensleeves    check pollinators
    Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
66. Grenadier    check pollinators
    Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
67. Haralred    check pollinators
    Selection of Red Haralson. Earlier, redder, and sweeter, without the common russeting problem many Haralsons have. Juicy, tart, firm flesh. Good keeper.
68. Haralson    check pollinators
    Good baking, eating and cider apple. Flesh is crisp, juicy, firm. Mildly tart flavor, not acid. Holds its shape and texture in baking. Retains good flavor in keeping.
69. Herefordshire Russet    check pollinators
    Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
70. Howgate Wonder    check pollinators
    Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
71. Ingrid Marie    check pollinators
    A Cox-style apple from Denmark, quite popular in northern Europe.
72. Jazz    check pollinators
    Proof that supermarket apples are no longer bland and boring, Jazz has crisp flesh with a superb rich peardrop flavor.
73. Jester    check pollinators
    An attractive unpretentious apple, crisp and refreshing, nice flavour but rather bland.
74. Katy    check pollinators
    Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
75. Kiku    check pollinators
    A red-sport of Fuji, grown primarily in Italy.
76. King Charles Pearmain    check pollinators
    An attractive 19th century pearmain-shaped apple with a dull golden yellow skin. The flesh is firm, fairly juicy, and strongly flavoured.
77. King of the Pippins    check pollinators
    A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
78. Lady Henniker    check pollinators
    A well-regarded large late-season Victorian apple variety, primarily a cooker.
79. Lady Sudeley    check pollinators
    A well-known and attractive English early-season apple from the late Victorian era.
80. Lane's Prince Albert    check pollinators
    A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
81. Langton's Nonsuch    check pollinators
    An old English variety, originating in Church Langton, Leicestershire, from which its name derives.
82. Laxton's Fortune    check pollinators
    A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
83. Laxton's Superb    check pollinators
    Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
84. Lemon Pippin    check pollinators
    Good for drying. Small, yellow dotted fruit with greenish-white, crisp, acid flesh.
85. Limelight    check pollinators
    Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for gardens.
86. Lobo    check pollinators
    A McIntosh-style apple from Canada, generally believed to be better all-round than its parent.
87. Lord Burghley    check pollinators
    A well-regarded Victorian winter dessert apple, and an excellent keeper.
88. Lord Derby    check pollinators
    Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
89. Lord Hindlip    check pollinators
    A late-Victorian era English apple, and one of the longest-keepers.
90. Maclean's Favourite    check pollinators
    A high quality late-season dessert apple with a rich sweet-sharp flavour. The tree is a heavy cropper but can be disease-prone.
91. Mantet    check pollinators
    An early-season apple variety from Canada.
92. Margil    check pollinators
    An 18th century French apple variety with an aromatic and complex flavor.
93. Meridian    check pollinators
    Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
94. Merton Knave    check pollinators
    An early-season English dessert apple, raised in the mid twentieth century.
95. Merton Prolific    check pollinators
    An interesting cross between a cooker (Northern Greening) and a dessert apple (Cox's Orange Pippin).
96. Merton Worcester    check pollinators
    An interesting early/mid season dessert variety, probably deserves to be better known.
97. Miller's Seedling    check pollinators
    A small early-season apple with a juicy sweet-sharp flavour.
98. Morley's Seedling    check pollinators
    A late-season English cooking apple, from Cambrideshire in eastern England.
99. Mother    check pollinators
    An old Massachusetts apple variety rated for its flavor.
100. New Rock Pippin    check pollinators
     An old English late-season dessert apple variety originating from Cambridgeshire. Highly regarded by 19th century writers for its dry firm flesh and rich flavour and hint of anise.
101. Newton Wonder    check pollinators
     A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
102. Norfolk Royal    check pollinators
     A sweet old-fashioned apple, with a delicate melon flavour - very likeable
103. Norfolk Royal Russet    check pollinators
     Norfolk Royal Russet is a glorious golden-russet apple which tastes as good as it looks.
104. Northern Greening    check pollinators
     A very old English apple, widely grown by the 19th century and probably the forebear of many of the major Victorian-era culinary apples.
105. Opal    check pollinators
     A modern apple from the Czech Republic, related to Golden Delicious and Topaz.
106. Opal    check pollinators
     An early-season English apple, with very similar qualities to one of its parents, Worcester Pearmain.
107. Opalescent    check pollinators
     A popular large New England apple, sweet, crunchy, juicy, hint of strawberries - a well-flavoured apple.
108. Oriole    check pollinators
     An early-season American apple from the University of Minnesota.
109. Peasgood's Nonsuch    check pollinators
     Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
110. Pitmaston Pine Apple    check pollinators
     A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
111. Pixie    check pollinators
     Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
112. Prairie Spy    check pollinators
     All purpose. Red over yellow, attractive large fruit. Some russeting may occur. Excellent flavor, improves in storage. Extra long keeping winter apple.
113. Queen Cox    check pollinators
     A popular self-fertile sport of Cox's Orange Pippin, similar excellent flavour but slightly easier to grow.
114. Rajka    check pollinators
     Rajka is a modern disease-resistant heavy-cropping apple variety with a good sweet/sharp flavour.
115. Red Devil    check pollinators
     Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
116. Red Falstaff    check pollinators
     Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
117. Red Jonathan    check pollinators
     A more deeply colored sport of the original Jonathan, with similar good flavor and keeping qualities.
118. Red Rome    check pollinators
     A redder-colored sport of Rome Beauty.
119. Rival    check pollinators
     A Cox-style cooking apple, commercially successful in the 1920s.
120. Rome Beauty    check pollinators
     An extremely attractive and productive red cooking apple, widely-grown in North America.
121. Rosemary Russet    check pollinators
     A classic English russet apple, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
122. Saint Everard    check pollinators
     One of the more unusual Cox-derived apples, Saint Everard is the result of Cox pollinated by a well-regarded old English variety, Margil. As might be expected it has a high quality aromatic flavour. However it suffers from the cultural difficulties of Cox's Orange Pippin and did not achieve commercial success.
123. Sans Pareil    check pollinators
     An English apple variety from the Victorian era, or possibly earlier, with a good flavour, deserves to be more widely grown.
124. Santana    check pollinators
     Santana is a good quality disease-resistant apple, notable for low levels of allergenic compounds.
125. Saturn    check pollinators
     An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
126. Scrumptious    check pollinators
     Scumptious is a new award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
127. Shenandoah    check pollinators
     Quite similar to its parent Opalescent, and a pleasant sweet apple in its own right
128. Sops of Wine    check pollinators
     A very old English culinary and cider apple, named for its red-stained flesh.
129. Splendour    check pollinators
     A popular commercial apple variety in New Zealand.
130. Starkrimson    check pollinators
     Crisp, dense flesh, very sweet, quite juicy - a Delicious-style apple
131. Stirling Castle    check pollinators
     A popular Victorian cooking apple from Stirling in Scotland, produces a good-flavoured puree.
132. Sunset    check pollinators
     Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
133. Thoday's Quarrenden    check pollinators
     A mid/late season English dessert apple, raised in Cambridge in the mid 20th century, but thought to be related to the early-season Devonshire Quarrenden.
134. Tickled Pink    check pollinators
     A late-season red-fleshed apple, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
135. Topaz    check pollinators
     One of the best modern disease-resistant varieties, fairly sharp flavour
136. Tydeman's Early Worcester    check pollinators
     A sweet early-season English apple, grown commercially on a small scale. Has a good flavour and somewhat under-rated.
137. Upton Pyne    check pollinators
     Primarily a cooking variety, notable for a delicate pineapple-like flavour. Cooks to puree.
138. Wayside    check pollinators
     Wayside is a mid-season dessert apple, probably a seedling of Charles Ross, which it resembles in appearance and flavour.
139. Weirouge    check pollinators
     A red-fleshed apple variety which has been used as the basis for commercial development of new red-fleshed apples.
140. William Crump    check pollinators
     A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
141. WineCrisp    check pollinators
     WineCrisp, formerly known as Coop31, is a modern disease-resistant variety developed by the Universities of Prudue, Rutgers and Illinois.
142. Winston    check pollinators
     A Cox-style apple, easy to grow.
143. Winter Gem    check pollinators
     Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
144. Woolbrook Russet    check pollinators
     A cooking apple, related to Bramley's Seedling.
145. Yellow Ingestrie    check pollinators
     One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.

Incompatible varieties

The following varieties are completely incompatible with your Honeycrisp tree. They cannot pollinate your tree, and your tree will not pollinate them either.

Vista Bella, Worcester Pearmain

More advice about pollination

Please note that our whilst our system takes several relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate

Our article on the pollination of fruit trees gives more details of the factors involved in pollination.

Crab apples

It is worth remembering that crab apple trees make excellent pollinators for almost any apple variety. This is because they produce very large quantities of pollen over a long period and are compatible with most apple varieties.

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