For pollination you need to have two different apple varieties! Apples with the exception of the Queen Cox self fertile don’t pollinize themselves. Apples also don’t pollinize other fruits!

All the apples listed in BOLD ITALICS are triploids. These will not pollinate other varieties or themselves. However they are pollinized by other apple varieties. So Gravenstein which is a triploid won’t pollinize any other variety. However it can be pollinized by another variety that blooms near the same time.

How to read the lists! We have listed the apple varieties we offer from the earliest bloomer which is WSU AxP, to the latest bloomer which is King Edward.

The EARLY SEASON bloomers and the LATE SEASON bloomers won’t cross pollinate because their bloom time is too far apart and the early varieties will be done blooming before the late ones start.

It is best to pick a pollinizer in the same half of the total list. The closer the two varieties are in bloom time, the more their bloom will overlap and the more likely you will get pollination and therefore fruit set.

What is important is to choose a pollinizer that is not too far in bloom time from your variety. For instance Liberty and Dayton are close enough to count on for pollination whereas Liberty and Fiesta are far enough away to often work but not always. Zestar and King Edward would rarely if ever overlap in bloom. While the bloom order stays generally similar in different parts of the nation and in different years, the actual bloom dates change year to year depending on the weather.

WSU AxP, Gravenstein, Zestar, Brown Russett, Alkemene, William's Pride

Louisa, Pink Cloud, NY 75414, Sunrise, Scarlet Sentinel, Dolgo, Liberty, Silken, Centennial, Sansa, Akane

Enterprise, Jonagold, Pink Pearl, Golden Sentinel, Belmac, North Pole, Rebella, Sweet Sixteen, Resi, Red Boskoop, Shizuka, Greensleeves, Beni Shogun, Corail, Dayton, Ashmead's, Hudson's, Releika, Freyburg, September Wonder, Rubinette, Karmijn

Hatsuaki, Red Flesh, Red Cort, Michelin, Shay, Honeycrisp, Foxwhelp, Tsugaru, Melrose, Queen Cox, Goldstar, Kingston Black, Wolf River, Fiesta, Ellison's, Dabinette

King, Bramley, King Edward

August

1. Dolgo Crab
2. Centennial
3. William's Pride
4. Zestar
5. Pristine
6. Sansa
7. Sunrise

Early September

1. Almata
2. Akane
3. Silken
4. Ellison's Orange
5. Gravenstein
6. Roger's Mac
7. Queen Cox

Mid-Late September

1. Chehalis
2. Dayton
3. Fiesta
4. North Pole
5. Wolf River
6. Beni Shogun
7. September Wonder
8. Rebella
9. Greensleeves
10. Resi
11. Tsugaru
12. Scarlet Sentinel
13. Shay
14. Red Cort
15. Alkamemne

Early October

1. Belman
2. G. Sentinel
3. Honeycrisp
4. King Edward
5. Liberty
6. King
7. NY 75414
8. Corail
9. Releika
10. Brown Snout
11. Rubinette
12. Spartan

Mid October

1. Jonagold
2. Karmijn
3. Sweet Sixteen
4. Ashmead's
5. Kingston
6. Gold Star
7. Foxwhelp
8. Shizuka
9. Roxbury

Late October

1. Dabinette
2. Evereste
3. Melrose
4. Enterprise
5. Boskoop
6. Hudson's
7. Brown Russett