3-YEAR-OLD TREES: $46.95
(newly branched out, 4-5' tall)
4-YEAR-OLD TREES: $58.95 (developed side branches, 5-6' tall)
ROOTSTOCK OPTIONS
EMLA 106: Semi-dwarf. Well-developed root system, with excellent anchoring. Produces an early fruiting tree with heavy cropping potential, moderate vigor, resistance to woolly apple aphids. Susceptible to collar rot, so cannot tolerate very wet soils. Grows up to 12-16’. A tried and true rootstock for growing near the Salish Sea.
POLLINATION
Most of the offered varieties cross-pollinate each other with the following exception:
*** - Indicates the variety is a triploid. Triploids are considered pollen sterile meaning they cannot pollinate other varieties. Plant a triploid apple with 2 other varieties that can cross-pollinate each other as well as the tripod variety.
I am happy to provide more info on apple pollination or give confirmation of cross-pollination when you order!
AVAILABLE VARIETIES
Airlie Red Flesh: Discovered near Airlie, OR in the 1960s. Incredibly beautiful fruit with bright green/yellow skin with a hot pink flesh. Delicious sweet-tart tropical flavor, great fresh eating or makes rosé applesauce or cider. Easy to grow. Also known as Mountain Rose.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Akane: Very reliable, scab-free, early red apple from Japan. One of the best disease resistant varieties! Crisp white flesh, McIntosh-like flavor.
Almata: Is it a crab apple, or not a crab apple? This fruit straddles the line, but what it is for sure is a very stunning tree with pink blossoms, dark purple green leaves, and red fleshed tart sweet fruit. A good ornamental tree with abundant fruit, great fresh or for rosé cider or sauce.
Ashmead's Kernel: English dessert favorite. Highly russeted yellow skin, crisp, aromatic. You won’t find an uglier or better tasting apple. ***
Belle de Boskoop: Slightly russeted red apple with outstanding aroma and tangy flavor. Crisp, late, a keeper. From Boskoop, Holland. ***
Black Oxford: Antique, all-purpose apple with stunning almost black skin. Beautiful tree with light pink blossoms. From The Apples of Maine: “Black Oxford was found as a seedling by Nathaniel Haskell on the farm of one Valentine, a nailmaker and farmer of Paris in Oxford County, about 1790 and the original tree was still standing in 1907, the farm being then owned by John Swett.”
Brambley's Seedling: The “definitive” English cooking apple. Its high acidity makes for light and fluffy textured purées. A productive tree with large scab free red and yellow juicy fruit, also good for cider. ***
Crimson Topaz: A late ripening, super crisp deep red fruit with a tropical aroma. A super delicious fresh eating apple and a great keeper. Developed in the Czech Republic in the 1990s.
Dolgo: Early ripening, vigorous, disease resistant, crabapple that is great for preserves and cider or eaten fresh! A great pollinator tree with profuse blossoms and beautiful foliage. From 1800s Siberia.
Egremont Russet: A classic Victorian-era English dessert apple first recorded in 1872. Known for its dull gold skin covered in rough brown russet. A dense fruit with rich nutty flavor reminiscent of a firm pear.
Enterprise: A modern, late-ripening fruit with brick red skin and creamy white flesh. Bred for exceptional disease resistance and long-term storage.
GoldRush: A great disease resistant and easy to grow variety for the PNW. Productive crops of sweet-tart crisp golden fruit. Amazing keeper and good in cider. Developed at Purdue U in 1972.
Gravenstein: A classic high quality dessert and cooking fruit. Fruit is yellow-red, ripens early, and very delicious. ***
Hudson's Golden Gem: Discovered in a hedgerow in Tangent, Oregon. Large golden brown russeted fruit has an appealing sweet nutty flavor, reminiscent of a pear. Disease resistant and a good keeper.
Jonagold: Top scores in taste tests and quickly becoming a new leading PNW commercial variety. Yellow/green skin with red stripes, rich full flavor. ***
Karmijin de Sonnaville: Incredibly aromatic flavor. Brick red over yellow green fruit. Good winter keeper. A cross of Cox Orange Pippin x Jonathon developed in the Netherlands.
Lemon Pippin: Reported to be “off the charts” in Vitamin C, this is a nutrient dense, very tart apple for fresh eating, cooking, and cider. From Nick Botner’s legendary orchard in Yoncalla, Oregon. Botner has the largest private collection of apples in N America including many you’ve never heard of.
Liberty: Free yourself from apple scab and other diseases! One of the most dependable varieties to grow in the PNW. Beautiful dark red skin with crisp bright white flesh. Great for fresh eating and baking.
Mutsu: A Japanese apple with yellow-green skin. Crisp, juicy, and coarse-textured flesh with a sweet, sharp, and spicy flavor profile. A versitile fruit that stores well. ***
Newtown Pippin: One of the oldest American heirlooms, well known in the 18-19th centuries. Very versatile fruit with excellent flavor, good fresh, cooked or in cider. Late ripener, very vigorous tree once established. ***
Pendragon: A tangy, deeply red fleshed apple dating back to the 1100s in SW England. This ancient apple has a very complex flavor with right red juicy flesh with slightly tannic skin. Propagation from Nick Botner’s orchard in Yoncalla, Oregon. Botner has the largest private collection of apples in N America including many you’ve never heard of.
Porter's Perfection: This is an iconic English bittersharp cider variety with beautiful dark red skin. An excellent addition to your next craft batch of cider.
Red Emma: A large crab apple with dark red skin and very deep red flesh. Larger and less tart than Almata crab. Truly beautiful PNW original apple. First documented by Delbert McCombs of Earth’s Rising Nursery in 2016.
Roxbury Russet: Said to be the oldest American apple, dating back to 1649 Massachusetts. High sugar content, good winter keeper. ***
Shaphran Letnij AKA Summer Saffron: A Russian variety with a reputed nutty, rich, cardamom aroma! Another from Nick Botner’s orchard in Yoncalla, Oregon. Bears heavy crops of beautiful early season fruit.
Shay: Scab immune, crisp, sweet elongated red fruit. Developed by the late Dr. Ralph Shay at Oregon State University from a planting at Purdue.
Spartan: Disease resistant McIntosh cross. Abundant crops of dark red, medium fruit. Juicy texture, aromatic flavor. Mid-late ripening. Good keeper.
Sweet 16: From U of Minnesota: Crisp and juicy with yellow flesh and a very sweet, unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor. Stores for 5 to 8 weeks. Introduced in 1977. Ripens late September.
Wickson's Crabapple: Incredibly sweet crabapple with a tropical tang. Prolific blossoms and abundant fruit. Fruit keeps on the tree. My personal favorite crab.
Wynoochee Early: Discovered in Aberdeen, WA! Super dependable, very early variety with awesome flavor. Delicious fresh or cooked. Tastes and keeps better than many early apples. A must have for the PNW orchard.
Zabergäu Reinette: Delicious, dependable with large russeted brown fruit. Dense crips texture with rich nutty flavor. Scab free. From Wurtenburg, Germany ***.
