These are trees on full-size rootstock. At maturity they will grow from 20 to 40 feet tall and wide. Each makes a majestic yard tree. However they will occupy a lot of space and will take a few years longer to come into production.
Raintree Nursery specializes in growing flavorful, disease-resistant apple varieties of top quality which do extremely well for backyard growers throughout most of the nation. We ship 4-6' bareroot trees.
This wonderful new productive all purpose Canadian cultivar combines flavor and keeping ability with cold and disease resistance. The sweet, medium to large deep red apples ripen in late September/early October and keep three months or more. Like its parent Spartan, it has a delicious sweet/tart McIntosh flavor.
It resists scab, mildew, and cedar apple rust. It thrives in eastern Canada and has also proven a winner in Western Washington.
Bred by Dr. Shahrokh Khanizadeh in Quebec and introduced in 1996. Offered by Raintree under agreement with Ag Canada, Quebec.
Includes $1 royalty per tree. (We can custom grow commercial quantities!) USDA Zones 4-9. Patented by Ag. Canada
The incredible sweet-tart flavor of this superb heirloom apple has made it a connoisseur's favorite. Discovered in Gloucester about 1750, these scab-resistant trees are easy to grow and are grown commercially in England today.
The medium size fruit with brown russetting keeps extremely well. On standard rootstock 3' tree.
This wonderful new productive all purpose Canadian cultivar combines flavor and keeping ability with cold and disease resistance. The sweet, medium to large deep red apples ripen in late September/early October and keep three months or more. Like its parent Spartan, it has a delicious sweet/tart McIntosh flavor.
It resists scab, mildew, and cedar apple rust. It thrives in eastern Canada and has also proven a winner in Western Washington.
Bred by Dr. Shahrokh Khanizadeh in Quebec and introduced in 1996. Offered by Raintree under agreement with Ag Canada, Quebec.
Includes $1 royalty per tree. (We can custom grow commercial quantities!) USDA Zones 4-9. Patented by Ag. Canada
A glossy red apple with an excellent spritely flavor that improves with storage. The tree is productive, vigorous and spreading. Fruit ripens late October.
It is an excellent keeper and is immune to scab and resistant to fire blight, cedar apple rust and mildew. Already a proven winner at the Mt. Vernon station.
This new PRI selection ripens in August, producing large crops of beautiful yellow apples that are crisp and tasty. They are mildly tart and excellent for fresh eating, baking or in applesauce. The trees are very healthy, highly resistant to apple scab and cedar apple rust and somewhat resistant to powdery mildew and fireblight. On full-sized Dolgo rootstock.
This patented self fertile clone has the flavor, mellow aftertaste and aroma of the famed Cox's Orange Pippin. Queen Cox sets bumper crops of delicious fruit each year, without a pollinizer, even when fruit set is poor on other apples, including other Cox type apples.
The fruit of Queen Cox is larger and the tree more disease resistant than Cox's Orange Pippin. The tree is 15% less vigorous than other Cox varieties. Fruit ripens in early September. The only reliably self fertile apple suitable for most American gardeners. On full sized Dolgo rootstock.
The Old-fashioned Gravenstein, known for its wonderful, tangy flavor, is the ideal sauce, pie and cider apple. Allow the vigorous tree some extra room. Fruit ripens in early September, but is biennial, bearing a heavy crop every other year.
We offer the 'Worthen' strain. On Dolgo rootstock.
Known simply as King, the large yellow-green apples with red stripes are excellent for eating fresh, for cooking and for making cider. They also keep well.
This highly prized apple is a tip bearer. (Tip bearer pruning note: Wait to prune until two inches of new growth has begun in spring. Then prune back to 6-8' of last years growth!)