Apple Cultivars

Apple cultivars (scions) collected so far...

Sweet 16

Ripens: Sept	Zone: 3 - 6
Uniquely flavored sweet, crisp apple with good storage qualities.

Zestar

Origin: University of Minnesota - 1999	Ripens: Late August	Zone: 2 - 2
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Sauce
A medium sized, red apple with light, crisp and juicy flesh. Taste has an excellent sweet-tart balance with a brown sugar overtone. The tree is very cold hardy.

Honeycrisp

Origin: Minnesota 1991 (Macoun x Honeygold) Patent #7917	Ripens: Sept/Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Skin is mottled red over yellow. The flesh is very crisp and is excellent for eating. Good keeper - up to 5 months. Topped with McIntosh and Delicious for fresh eating in taste tests.

Earligold

Origin: Washington	Ripens: August	Zone: 4 - 8
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Sauce
Similar to Lodi but firmer. A yellow-green apple with tart, crisp flesh.

Goodland

Origin: Manitoba 1948	Ripens: Sept	Zone: 3 - 6
Flesh crisp, juicy and tender, makes delicious aromatic sauce and is also an excellent eating apple. Productive, annual bearer.

Golden Russett

Origin: New York prior to 1845	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
An old American cider apple, also good for eating and drying, and attractive for a russet. Tree medium to large, fruit medium to above. The sugary, dense flesh of this apple is the essence of the European reinettes.

Arkansas Black

Origin: Arkansas before 1850's	Ripens: Oct/Nov	Zone: 4 - 7
Very large, attractive,dark red fruit. Excellent for storage. Tart and hard when picked, favor sweetens with age.

Northern Spy

Origin: New York 1800	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Salads, Sauce
Large vigorous tree. One of the best winter apples in the East, also does well in Northern California. Fruit large, attractive, red and yellow, thin-skinned. Flesh yellowish, rather firm, very tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly subacid. Stores well. Good for pies or eating out of hand.

Prairie Spy

Origin: Minnesota 1940	Ripens: Oct	Zone: 3 - 6
Large fruit, crisp & juicy with excellent flavor which develops and improves while in storage. Keeps until Spring. Tree bears very young. Some resistance to scab and cedar apple rust.