APPLES

I currently have around 130 varieties of apples in my orchard. Some have stood test of time, others I am still waiting to fruit. The information on this page is a work in progress.

My apple trees are grown on a variety of root stocks chosen for their disease resistance and cold hardiness. Trees can be anywhere in size from dwarf to standard full size.

* Means available for sale (as of last inventory)

Alexander	Hardy, Russian heirloom. One of the few apples that generally breeds true to seed. Long bearing period. Zone 2.
Alkmene	Excellent Cox derivative. Flavorful, hardy, does well here. One of my favorite eating apples. Cox flavor with lower disease susceptibility including scab resistant. Poor storing.
Ashmead's Kernel	Connoisseurs favorite. One of the most flavorful apple there is. Firm flesh, russet apple. Old English heirloom. Fails to ripen here in short seasons.
Austin's Apple Crab *	Personal favorite. From my friend's tree, inspired me to start grafting. Probably same as Martha apple crab.Minesota hardy
Autumn Arctic	Early in trials. Hopefully good flavor, extremely hardy, mid-season ripening and scab resistant.
Baldwin	Formerly the most popular apple in America. Somewhat above average flavor, marginal hardiness.
Beacon
Benoni	Highly flavored, ripens July -August. Zones 4-7
Black MacIntosh	Especially dark red MacIntosh.
Blue Pearman	Pear flavored apple. Found in many old Mt orchards
Breaky	Extremely hardy, favorite of a friend in Helena. Below average flavor in Western MT.
Canada Strawberry	Flavorful, mildly tart, large hardy heirlom
Carrol	Extremely hardy, high quality summer apple. One of the first to ripen in the summer.
Centennial	Excellent apple crab. Highly flavorful, extremely hardy. Number 1 choice in numerous local taste tests. Zone 2 hardy.
Chehalis	Like a Golden Delicious, but better. Zone 4 hardy.
Chenango Strawberry	Highly flavorful and sweet. Ripens over a long period, cold hardy. Some find soft texture disagreeable.
Chestnut Apple Crab	Unusually large for an apple crab. Excellent flavor. Zone 2 hardy. A local favorite.
Crimson Beauty	Still testing. Zone 3. Tart cooking and sauce apple. Summer ripening.
Connell Red	Still testing. Improved Macintosh. Keeps longer and hardier.
Co-op 25	From Cornell.
Cox's Orange Pippin	Highly flavored, extremely disease prone. Parent to many modern gourmet apples, such as Rubinette and Alkmene.
Crown Jewel	One of the favorite apples of one of my favorite suppliers of scion wood, has not fruited for me yet. Supposed to be beautiful.
Dakota	Super hardy.
Davey	Still testing. Macintosh seedling with good keeping qualities and disease resistance.
Diane's Rescue	Friends favorite old apple tree. Similar to Haralson.
Duchess	Old heirloom summer apple. Tart, mostly for cooking and pies.
Dunklies Rescue	Still testing. Local dying old tree. Remembered as good quality.
Early Spy	Not as similar to the northern spy as I hoped.
Edward VII	Still testing. Tart English heirloom. Purportedly zone 4 hardy.
Ellison's Orange	Highly recommended in other regions, but hardly edible here in Western MT.
Enigma	My earliest and favorite summer apple
Erwin Bauer	Flavorful old German apple.
Esopus Spitzenburg	Thomas Jefferson's favorite apple. An old, highly flavored heirloom. Cold hardy. Not particularly disease resistant.
Fameuse	Probable parent of MacIntosh. Softer texture. Supposedly reproduces somewhat true to seed.
Freedom	Excellent flavor. Developed at Cornell. Extremely disease resistant. Close relative to Liberty
Freyburg	Cox clan,not fruited yet,doubtful hardiness here.
Frostbite	Interesting spicey flavor
Fuji	To tender and late for here
Goodland	Hardy, highly productive. Developed in the great plains of Canada. Ripens early fall.
Gravenstein	Highly flavored early Fall apple, one of the highest rated apples in Beaches' "Apples of New York" back in the early 1900's.
Haralred	Redder, sweeter, earlier sport of the Zone 3 hardy Haralson. Some disease-resistant, good flavor, limb-breathtakingly productive. Stores well until spring.
Hawkeye	A lot uglier and a lot better than the Red Delicious which preportedly came from it.
Hidden Rose	Unusually high-quality red flesh apple. Beloved by children.
Holstein	Flavorful, more disease-resistant offspring of famous Cox. Supposedly Zone 4 hardy, but it struggles in my level windy site.  A taste test winner
Honeycrisp	Contemporary favorite out of Minnesota. Cold hardy, long keeper, sweet crisp, but to me, uninteresting flavor.
Hudson's Golden Gem	High flavor russet, hardy, disease-resistant, late-ripening, but usually makes it here.
Incarnation	Highly flavorful, beautiful red apple, Catholic Homestead Movement discovery. Similar to the highly flavored Macoun.
Irish Peach
James Grieve
Jonamac	More like the Mac parent, but happily without the preharvest drop.
Jonathan	Heirloom seedling of the heirloom Esopus Spitzinberg, noted for eating , cooking, and keeping. Conveniently a naturaly small tree.
Kerr	Excellent apple-crab, hardy disease-resistant, the best sweet cider. A  Dolgo Haralson cross,thus  the  apple-crab rather  than crabapple designation.
King of Pippins	Not fruited yet.
King of Thompkins County
Lambs Abbey	Early in testing, purportedly, small but exceptionally flavored fruit. English origin, hardiness in doubt.
Laxton's Fortune	Cox clan,even more outstanding flavor than most of the rest of this excellent group
Liberty	Most disease resistant variety, very flavorful (like a MacIntosh). Keeps well. An easy zone 4. A top home orchard choice!
Lodi	Aledged improved Yellow Transparent. Larger, firmer,keeps somewhat longer. Also more tart.
MacFree	Disease resistant, hardy sport of regional favorite Mac.
Macoun	Member of the MacIntosh family - considered by many to be among the most flavorful of all apples.
Maidens Blush
Mantet
Milton	Mac X Yellow Transparent cross. Summer apple, resembles Mac. Good sauce, poor keeper (like most summer apples).
Minnesota 1628	Popular apple in Minnesota, similar to a Keepsake.
Malinda
Mountain Boomer
Newtosh	Cross between the Yellow Newton ( Ben Franklin's favorite apple) and our favorite MacIntosh. Excellent apple.
Norland	Summer apple, developed in Canada. Good flavor and texture. Does not store well.
Northern Lights
Northern Spy	Excellent flavor and firmness, a personal favorite. Many great apples have been derived from it, including Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Keepsake, etc. Seldom ripens on tree before last frost, however the fruits can be picked and ripen in storage, and they keep very well.
Oriole	Early in testing, Minnesota apple, hopefully hardy, flavorful, summer apple similar to local favorite, Duchess.
Parkland	Super cold hardy, beautiful summer apple, keeps better and comes later (late August) than the similiar Norland
Pewakee
Pink Pearl	Quite tart, but flavorful pink fleshed novelty
Pomme Gris	French heirloom discovered in St. Lawrence valley, so confident it can handle our winters. Highly flavored, very small russet (rough textured brown skin).
Pound Sweet
Prairie Spy	Bred for the Canadian prairies, average flavor.
Prima	Another PRI apple, hasn't fruited for me yet.
Priscilla	PRI derivitive of the Red Delicious. smaller less colorful, but much , more disease resistant and flavorful.   surprisingly, a very good apple
Pristine	Part of PRI breeding program for flavorful/ disease resistant trees. Has not fruited here yet.
Quebec Bell
Red Alkmene
Red Cortland
Red Free
Red Gravenstein
Red Jonathan
Red MacIntosh	A more colorful MacIntosh.
Red Wealthy	A more colorful Wealthy.
Ribston Pippin
Roxbury Russet	Early in testing, Massachusetts, high in sugar and hopefully flavorful, hardy and early enough ripening here.
Rubinette	Of the Cox's Orange Pippin clan, more disease resistant than Cox' Orange Pippin. Has not fruited here yet.
Rubymac
Sansa
Scarlet Rose
Shay
Spartan	Another member of the MacIntosh family - ripens later and keeps better, but also prone to pre-harvest drop.
Spicy sweet
Spokane Beauty
Stark
State Fair	Beautiful, flavorful, firm and hardy summer apple. Prone to scab. Needs a sunny summer to bear well.
Summer Rambo	Hasn't fruited yet
Summer Red	"
Summer Scarlet	"
Summer Sweet	"
Suntan	Member of the highly reguarded Coxe clan.Comes with especialy high recomendations, but hasn't fruited for me yet
Sweet Sixteen	Northern spy clan, developed in Minnesota. More precocious, early-ripening and disease-resistant than famous parent.
Tolman Sweet
Transcendent
Twinkling Star
Tydman's Orange	Still waiting
Valentine	Stores until Valentines day, developed in the plains of Canada. Extremely cold hardy, average flavor.
Victoria Sweet	Very sweet apple. Has not fruited for me yet.
Vista Bella	Early in testing, hopefully high-quality, extra hardy summer apple.  Beautiful, but somewhat mealy as are many early apples
Washington Strawberry	Almost indistingable from the Canadian Strawberry. A fine large, somewhat tart apple.
Wealthy	Excellent heirloom, well-adapted to Montana. Many uses, fairly good keeper.
Westfield Seek No Further	One of the most highly rated heirloom apples from New England. Only average quality out here.
White Winter Pearman	Still testing
Wickson	Strong flavored apple crab. High in sugar and acid, considered one of the best cider apples.
Williams	Still testing
Williams Pride	One of the PRI apples, highly disease resistant, excellent firmness and flavor. Long lasting for a summer apple. Good horizontal branching.
Winter Banana	Beautiful apple, slow to ripen, fails to ripen during short seasons.
Yellow Transparent	Extremely hardy Russian summer apple. Makes an excellent applesauce. Gets mealy soon after ripening.  Good substitute for Granny Smith before fully ripe.
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