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Varieties
40 varieties
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- Beginner
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- Apple trees
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Categories
Apples
40
For the northern states
20
For the south-eastern states
2
For California
3
Cider
3
Crab-apples
5
Pears
3
Perry pears
1
Cherries
8
Sweet cherries
3
Tart cheries
5
Plums
6
European plums
2
Stock availability
All
40
In stock
0
Not in stock
40
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
40
Average
72
Experienced
10
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
1
Partially self-fertile
7
Not self-fertile
32
Pollination group
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1
2
8
3
20
4
11
5
1
6
Pollinating others
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Good
4
Average
32
Poor
2
Using
Picking season
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Very early
2
Early
8
Mid
7
Late
20
Very late
4
Uses
Eating fresh
38
Culinary
13
Traditional cooker
3
Dual purpose
2
Juice
16
Hard cider
4
Drying
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
9
2-3 weeks
6
1-2 months
14
3 months or more
11
Disease resistance
General resistance
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Good
31
Average
8
Poor
Fireblight
?
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
20
Some susceptibility
10
Very susceptible
1
Canker
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Scab
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Very resistant
16
Some resistance
13
Some susceptibility
5
Very susceptible
Cedar apple rust
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Very resistant
4
Some resistance
16
Some susceptibility
8
Very susceptible
2
Mildew
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Very resistant
3
Some resistance
16
Some susceptibility
5
Very susceptible
Climate
Cold hardiness (USDA)
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Zone 3 (-40F)
8
Zone 4 (-30F)
21
Zone 5 (-20F)
6
Zone 6 (-10F)
1
Zone 7 (0F)
1
Zone 8 (10F)
1
Summer maximum temperatures
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Cold (< 20C / 67F)
10
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
39
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
34
Hot (>30C / 86F)
6
Chill requirement
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Low-chill
2
High-chill
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
3
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
2
Germany
1
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Japan
2
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Russia
3
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
5
United States
22
Period of origin
1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
3
1850 - 1899
6
1900 - 1949
12
1950 - 1999
16
2000
2
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
4
Golden / Yellow
Pink / Red
Dark red
Fruit color
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
9
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
2
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
2
Orange
Orange / Red
4
Orange flush
2
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
11
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
2
Russet
3
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
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Varieties list
Akane
Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavor.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Alkmene
Alkmene is a mid-season apple from Germany, related to to Cox but with a more robust flavor.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Antonovka
Antonovka is one of the most cold-hardy of all apple varieties.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Chieftain
A quietly popular apple, similar to Delicious but with a better and more complex flavor.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cortland
Developed from McIntosh, Cortland is one of the most widely-grown Mac-style apples.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
CrimsonCrisp
TM
CrimsonCrisp is a modern scab-resistant apple, with a very crisp flesh. It can be picked over a long-period.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
CrimsonTopaz
TM
CrimsonTopaz is a modern scab-resistant variety from the Czech Republic, with a sweet-tart flavor.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Dayton
Dayton is an attractive red modern disease-resistant apple with crisp flesh and a sweet/tart flavor.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Discovery
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Duchess of Oldenburg
An old culinary variety from Russia, popular in North America, and noted for its winter hardiness.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Empire
One of the most widely-planted McIntosh style apples, Empire has the Mac flavor but improves on it.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Enterprise
Enterprise is a modern American disease-resistant apple, good for eating fresh and cooking.
Picking season: Very late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Florina
A modern disease-resistant variety related to Jonathan and Golden Delicious.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Freedom
A modern disease-resistant apple variety, similar to McIntosh.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Galarina
Galarina is best considered an improved, disease-resistant Gala (to which it is closely related).
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gilpin
Gilpin is a traditional American an all-purpose apple, an excellent keeper, useful in the kitchen and for cider too.
Picking season: Very late
Pollination group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ginger Gold
®
One of the first yellow apples to ripen.
Picking season: Very early
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
GoldRush
GoldRush is a modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. It is also one of the best new hard-cider varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hudson's Golden Gem
A large yellow russeted apple with an excellent sweet flavor.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Idared
A popular and versatile apple, especially good for juicing, and an exceptional keeper.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Keepsake
A high-quality late-season eating apple, keeps well, and at its best in mid-winter.
Picking season: Very late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Liberty
Liberty is a popular disease-resistant apple, large crops of bright red apples, similar to McIntosh.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
McIntosh
A traditional versatile apple popular in the northern states of the USA. Also known as Macintosh.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Melrose
Melrose is a Jonathan-style apple, with a sweet flavor and good storage life.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pixie Crunch
TM
Pixie Crunch is a small modern disease-resistant apple with a crisp flesh and great flavor.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Red Delicious
Delicious is one of the most popular red apples, productive and easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Redfree
A disease-resistant and cold-hardy summer apple with a sweet flavor, also known as Co-op 13.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Sansa
A high quality early-season apple variety with a notably sweet flavor.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
SnowSweet
®
A rich sweet-flavored red apple which grows best in the northern states.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, and a delicate "vinous" flavor.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Sunrise
Sunrise is a bright red-flushed Canadian apple with a soft flesh and sweet flavor.
Picking season: Early
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet 16 is a sweet-flavored apple, with good cold hardiness.
Picking season: Mid
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Triumph
TM
Also known as MN80, Triumph is a new release from the well-regarded University of Minnesota apple breeding program.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Tydeman's Late Orange
An excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Wolf River
Wolf River is the perfect cooking apple for the north - reliable, cold-hardy, disease resistant.
Picking season: Late
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavors.
Picking season: Early
Pollination group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Yellow Transparent
A traditional very early-season dual-purpose apple, which is also very winter-hardy.
Picking season: Very early
Pollination group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile