(Apple)

An antique apple variety rarely grown today, this presumed seedling of 'Fameuse' originated in Vernon, Michigan, sometime before 1850. It produces modest to heavy crops of medium to large, flattish apples with red-blushed, carmine-streaked, pale yellow skin. The white, crisp, fine-textured flesh of this dessert apple is juicy and tender with a full, slightly tart flavor. The fruits ripen in early to mid-fall and keep until early winter. This variety typically produces large crops in alternate years....

(Apple, Cooking Apple)

There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own apple trees. The domestic apple is most commonly a medium-sized tree with a rounded to oval canopy. It originates from southeastern Europe, Siberia, and southwestern Asia and has been in cultivation for thousands of years. In spring, these trees offer sweet, fragrant flowers of light pink, white or rose, and in fall reward us with crisp, juicy apples.

These fruits have a wide variety of colors, textures and flavors and may be eaten out-of-hand,...

(Apple, Dessert Apple)

There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own apple trees. The domestic apple is most commonly a medium-sized tree with a rounded to oval canopy. It originates from southeastern Europe, Siberia, and southwestern Asia and has been in cultivation for thousands of years. In spring, these trees offer sweet, fragrant flowers of light pink, white or rose, and in fall reward us with crisp, juicy apples.

These fruits have a wide variety of colors, textures and flavors and may be eaten out-of-hand,...

(Apple, Dessert Apple)

This late-ripening, long-keeping apple originated in New York's Hudson Valley in the eighteenth century, and is still considered one of the best for the table. The medium to large, rounded fruits have greenish skin that yellows as they ripen in mid-fall, and that turns deep yellow in storage. The firm, fine-textured, yellow flesh of this dessert apple is juicy and tender with a rich flavor that develops in storage. Harvested fruits keep until late winter. Swaar apple trees are relatively weak-growing...

(Apple, Dessert Apple)

Rarely grown today, this dessert and cooking apple originated in Sussex, England. The medium-sized, conical fruits have greenish-yellow, red-blushed, gray-dotted skin and crisp, juicy, sweet-flavored flesh. They ripen in mid-autumn and keep in storage through winter. Plant 'Winter Pearmain' near other apple varieties to insure cross-pollination and maximum fruiting. It makes a good choice for home and specialty growers of rare antique apples.

There is nothing more satisfying than growing your...

(Apple, Cider Apple, Cooking Apple, Yellow Eating Apple, Yellow Horse Apple)

Also known as 'Horse', this summer-ripening, heat-tolerant apple has long been grown and cherished by backyard gardeners in the Southeast United States. The medium to large, slightly flattened fruits have thick yellow skin and firm, juicy, tart/sweet flesh. They are good for eating, drying, cooking, and preserving. Plant this heirloom cultivar near other apple varieties to insure cross-pollination and maximum fruiting. It makes a good choice for home and specialty growers in areas with mild winters...

(Apple, Cider Apple, Yellow Eating Apple, Yellow Transparent Apple)

An long-time favorite in much of the United States, this tart-flavored, early-ripening apple was introduced from Russia in 1870. The medium-sized, tapered fruits have waxy, pale yellow skin and juicy, tender, pure white flesh. They ripen in early to midsummer and are poor keepers. The apples are abundantly borne on small, scab-resistant trees that grow well in most climatic regions of the United States. Plant this partially self-fertile cultivar near other apple varieties to insure cross-pollination...

(Apple, Cooking Apple, York Apple)

The old cultivar, ‘York,’ is a medium-sized, mild-flavored apple that keeps extremely well, holding its crisp texture and growing sweeter in cold storage. It is often called ‘York Imperial,’ with "imperial" referring to its keeping quality rather than flavor. This apple has a distinctive lop-sided shape. Its skin is yellow overlaid with red, and the flesh is cream colored and coarse. Fruits mature in late fall, hang on the tree well into winter and are used most often for sauce, baking and pies....

(Adirondack Crabapple, Hall's Crabapple)

Delicate and pretty with pink flowers and emerging reddish leaves in mid-spring, Hall crabapple is well-known for it use in traditional bonsai specimens. This small deciduous tree that will produce thickets is native to streambanks in southeastern China, although some authorities feel this ornamental was originally found only in Japan. The bark is smooth and gray and youngest branch twigs are violet-tinted.

In mid-spring the branches fill with newly emerging leaves that are briefly purple and...

(Iowa Crabapple, Prairie Crabapple)

An upright-branching but broad deciduous tree with pink springtime flowers, prairie crabapple is native to the central United States. The leaves are green with fuzzy, whitened undersides and shaped like a reversed tear-drop with small jagged teeth. In spring, before leaves emerge, pale pink buds are found on the twigs, opening to fragrant, white, five-petaled flowers that will be pollinated by honeybees. The fruits that ensue are small and mature to a greasy-skinned, yellow-green. The flesh is sour...