ROOTSTOCK OPTIONS
Dwarf
BUD 9: The most dwarfing rootstock we currently offer. Bud 9 is very early precocity, winter hardy, resistant to collar rot fire blight. Tree support is recommended when using this rootstock. Tree will be 6-10ft tall at maturity.
Semi-dwarf
EMLA 106: 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. 12-16 ft tall at maturity.
G 969: Resistant to fireblight, collar rot, and woolly apple aphid. A very productive, freestanding tree. Burr knots and suckering are minimal. 12-14' tall at maturity.
Different varieties are offered on different rootstocks! (see below)
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Ashmead's Kernel: English dessert favorite. Highly russeted yellow skin, crisp, aromatic. You won’t find an uglier or better tasting apple. ***
Available as: Semi-dwarf
Baldwin: Classic New England apple from 1740 Massachusetts. Good keeper with large red fruit for eating, cooking, or cider. ***
Available as: Semi-dwarf
Belle de Boskoop: Slightly russeted red apple with outstanding aroma and tangy flavor. Crisp, late, a keeper. From Boskoop, Holland. ***
Available as: Semi-dwarf
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. ***
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: 2 YO Dwarf, 2 YO Semi-dwarf
3 YO Semi-dwarf
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. Originates from 1800s siberia.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Geneva Early: Earliest ripening apple most years. Achieves the full, fresh eating flavor most often missing from very early fruit. Red with yellow streaks.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Gravenstein: A classic high quality dessert and cooking fruit. Fruit is yellow-red, ripens early, and very delicious. ***
Available as: Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Jonagold: Top scores in taste tests and quickly becoming a new leading PNW commercial variety. Yellow/green skin with red stripes, rich full flavor. ***
Available as: Dwarf
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.
Available as: Semi-dwarf
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. Though this variety is new to us, we are super excited to trial this very rare fruit. Be brave, join us in the trial!
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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. ***
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Roxbury Russet: Said to be the oldest American apple, dating back to 1649 Massachusetts. High sugar content, good winter keeper. ***
Available as: Semi-dwarf
Shaphran Letnij: A Russian variety with a reputed nutty, rich, cardamom aroma! Another from Nick Botner’s orchard in Yoncalla, Oregon. Though this variety is new to us, we are super excited to trial this very rare fruit. Be brave and join us in the trial!
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Spartan: Disease resistant McIntosh cross. Abundant crops of dark red, medium fruit. Juicy texture, aromatic flavor. Mid-late ripening. Good keeper.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Winecrisp: Late season sweet dense apple with stunning deep purple skin. Very sweet rich flavor with a hint of spice.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
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.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf
Zabergäu Renette: Delicious, dependable with large russeted brown fruit. Dense crips texture with rich nutty flavor. Scab free. From Wurtenburg, Germany ***.
Available as: Dwarf or Semi-dwarf