Highly rated for flavor. It ripens in early August and is the best of the early apples. The large red fruit has a sweet rich spicy flavor. The tree is very productive with strong well angled branches. Immune to apple scab and resistant to mildew, cedar rust and fireblight. It is an early season bloomer with unusually long lasting blossoms.
Esopus Spitzenberg was Thomas Jefferson's favorite apple, originating in New York state in the 18th century. It is still one the finest eating apples in the world, with a sub-acid spritely taste. Great for fresh eating, cooking and canning.
The skin is mottled orange color with grey dots. Tree has an open spreading to drooping habit. Ripens late October.
It was widely grown in the Pacific Northwest about the turn of the 20th century. It is scab-susceptible. On EMLA 7 rootstock.
A very large, somewhat scab-resistant apple that produces heavy crops each year. A superior cooking and pie apple with a rich combination of sweet and tart flavors.
In Europe, it is prized because it stores all winter, and flavor improves in storage. It originated in Boskoop, Holland, in 1856 and is still a popular commercial variety in Europe.
It is a russetted apple over a red base color. It ripens in late October. On EMLA 26 dwarf rootstock.
A fine cider or dessert apple with great flavor. Roxbury is among the first American varieties developed, originating near Boston in the early 17th century.
Enjoy the beautiful large golden brown, orange blushed fruit each October. USDA Zones 4-9.
With the juicy, crisp, sweet fruit ripening in late August, this Japanese cross of Akane and Gala brings forth the best of both parents.
It has some resistance to both fireblight and scab, is a good keeper, and shows a pretty red blush over a yellow background on its medium-large, conical fruit.
For excellent production and disease resistance on a narrow tree, try Scarlet Sentinel. Large, greenish yellow apples blushed with red follow a rich display of white spring flowers. (Patent Pending)
Like Honeycrisp, from the U. of Minnesota and hardy to Zone 4A. Snowsweet has an excellent balance of sweet and tart flavors and a firm crisp texture. The bronze, red blushed fruit ripens in mid October and has some resistance to scab and fireblight.
The flesh is slow to oxidize when exposed to air making it great for canning, sauces or fruit salads. Its also tops for fresh eating.
Beautiful dark red medium size McIntosh dessert quality apple. Scab and mildew resistant. Trees bear early and regularly. Ripens mid-October. Excellent keeper.
'Espalier' refers to special practices for training trees onto trellises. There are many ways to make your trees into works of art, and the trees we offer have already been trained along the same plane in a 3-tier, T-shape, horizontal cordon. Beautiful when grown against a wall, a building or on an existing fence or wires.
Trees should be spaced an average of 8-10' apart. Branches are at about 1-1/2, 2-1/2 and 3-1/2 feet. Each branch will be labeled. Beautiful dark red medium size McIntosh dessert quality apple. Scab- and mildew-resistant. Trees bear early and regularly.
