Apple Trees

Choosing the Right Apple Trees

Apple varieties differ wildly in flavor, storage life, disease resistance, and pollination timing. Start with rootstock size and local disease pressure, then choose cultivars for use: fresh eating, baking, cider, or long storage.

Most apples need a compatible pollination partner and enough chill hours to bloom well. In humid climates, resistance to fire blight, scab, cedar apple rust, and mildew can save years of frustration.

How to Use This Category

• Choose rootstock for mature size and harvest height.
• Pair bloom times so pollen is available when flowers open.
• Use ripening charts to spread harvest from summer apples through late keepers.
• There are 45 varieties in this category today; use the sidebar filters to narrow by climate, use, size, pollination, and stock status.