About Our Apple Trees
A note from Lisa…folks, remember that there are over 7500 varieties of apple trees in the world! Your standard store varieties are nice, but let me encourage you to help keep important genetic diversity alive and consider other varieties that may also suit your needs!
Apple Tree Pricing
*Bareroot apple trees are $38 and include a tree guard and myco root dip.
**Potted apple trees are $59 and may be available in-store on a very limited basis. Please note that our potted trees are the same trees as our bareroot trees and we highly recommend you plant bareroot.
Apple Tree Sizes
Apple Tree Rootstocks
Dwarf: B9, G935 – 8-12′ maturity, typically produces in 1-2 years. NOT appropriate for wildlife plots. These do also require staking.
Semi-Dwarf: M7 12-18′ maturity typically produces in 2-4 years
Standard: Antonovka – 30′ maturity typically produces in 6-9 years.
Apple Tree Sizes: There is variability in the tree sizes, but they are generally a ¾” caliper minimum with light to moderate branching (feathering). Height is usually at least 5′, but often over 7′.
Nursery Hours/Dates
Pre-Orders available for pickup beginning April 17th .
Regular Store hours will be April 23rd – May 31st.
BAREROOT MUST BE PICKED UP BY MAY 23rd
Akane
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Late August to Early September
Uses: Fresh eating, drying, cider
Cross between a Jonathan and Worcester Pearmain. Developed in Japan, it is pronounced “Ah KAH nay”. Crisp, juicy, spicy apple with excellent disease resistance. Precocious (bears early), but definitely needs thinning to produce large apples.
Cortland
Sizes: Dwarf B9, Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late September
Uses: Fresh Eating, Sauces, Baking, Cider
Ben Davis x McIntosh cross. Medium to large, bright red fruit with a unique sweet-tart flavor. Excellent eating or cooking apple. Holds its form in pies. One of Lisa’s favorite pie apples!
Connell Red
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid-October
Uses: Fresh Eating, Sauces (chunky)
University of MN introduction in 1943. McIntosh x Longfield cross. A red blush mutation of the Fireside. Eating or cooking apple with distinctive, mild taste that can keep well into April or May. Hardy, heavy bearer. Large fruit size. Not a suitable pollinator for Fireside.
Enterprise
Sizes: Semi Dwarf M7, Dwarf B9
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zones: 4-7
Ripens: Mid-October
Uses: Fresh Eating, Cooking, Baking
Extremely disease resistant apple that keeps for 5-6 months in cold storage. Firm, crisp flesh with a mild amount of tartness. Lisa is looking forward to establishing this variety at Grandview.
Esopus Spitzenburg
Sizes: Semi Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zones: 4-9
Ripens: Mid to late October
Uses: Fresh eating, baking, cider
Forever famous as Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple, this was a chance seedling discovered over 200 years ago in New York. Classic, outstanding fresh eating apple also very valuable for sweet and hard ciders. Distinctive orange-red apple with gray spots.
Fireside
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid-October
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces
McIntosh x Longfield cross introduced by the U of MN in 1943. Large, red-striped fruit with a sweet flavor. Excellent storage life and resistant to cedar apple rust. Very popular MN apple. Not a suitable pollinator for Connell Red.
Freedom
Sizes: Semi Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, cider
A 1985 introduction that Lisa is excited to try at Grandview. Large, red crispy fruit with a slight tart flavor. Good storage apple. Vigorous and productive tree that was developed for disease resistance. Immune to apple scab and excellent resistance to mildew, cedar-apple rust and fireblight. This is a cross between the tasty Macoun and the Antonovka.
Frostbite
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7, Standard
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 3-7
Ripens: Early October
Uses:
This is a very popular tree for food plots. A 1936 Minnesota apple that is just being introduced. Zone 3 apple that is crisp, juicy with a very sweet, intense taste! Great fresh eating, cider or cooking.
Haralred
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 3-7
Ripens: Late Sept./Early Oct.
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
Introduced by Bailey Nurseries, this is a red selection of the Haralson. Redder and earlier than the standard Haralson. Juicy, tart, firm, good keeper, extremely hardy and fireblight resistant. Unsuitable pollinator for Haralson.
Haralson
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 3
Ripens: Mid October
Uses: Pies, Sauces, Fresh Eating
Crisp, firm, tart. Spectacular pie apple. This is also a great fresh eating apple if you like tart. Fruit tends to be slightly russetted. Excellent storage apple. Will NOT cross pollinate with Haralred.
Honeycrisp
Sizes: Dwarf B9, Semi-dwarf M7, Standard
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
U of MN 1991 introduction. Sweet, exceptionally crisp and juicy. Outstanding storage life, up to seven months. Honeycrisp should not be used to pollinate Kinderkrisp.
Honeygold
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Early/Mid-Oct
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
Golden Delicious x Haralson cross introduced by the U of MN in 1969. Medium to large yellow apple. Crisp, juicy and sweet. Good storage life.
Jonagold
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Mid to late October
Uses: Fresh eating, cooking, cider
Very crisp, firm and sweet. Heavy producer. Good keeper. This is a cross between a Golden Delicious and Jonathan.
KinderKrisp
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late August
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
KinderKrisp has exceptional flavor and crisp texture like its parent Honeycrisp, but this early ripening variety features a smaller fruit.
Liberty
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7, Dwarf B9
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
Macoun x Perdue 54-12 cross introduced in New York in 1964. A productive variety that is very disease resistant. Crisp and juicy with a sprightly flavor. Keeps well into February.
Macoun
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid-October
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces
McIntosh x Jersey Black cross introduced in New York in 1923. Aromatic, dessert-type apple. Medium-sized with crisp texture and well-balanced flavor.
McIntosh
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
Fameuse x Detroit Red cross introduced in Ontario, Canada in 1870. Well-known, older apple with a sprightly flavor. Popular baking apple. Medium storage life.
Newtown Pippen
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Mid to late October
Uses: Fresh eating, baking, cider
Late maturing apple that stores well for months. This was one of the first commercially grown apples in the United States and was discovered as a seedling in the late 1600’s. Yellow skinned apple that is firm, crisp and juicy.
Norland
Sizes: Standard, but naturally semi-dwarfing
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 2
Ripens: Late August
Uses: Fresh eating, cooking
Naturally semi-dwarfing tree originating from Saskatchewan. Extremely cold hardy. Zone 2!!! Precocious, productive tree produces small to medium sized fruit. Good cooking or eating apple, early maturing.
Northern Spy
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Mid to late October
Uses: Fresh eating, baking, cider
Late blooming and ripening apple. One of the best keepers, this large red apple has thin skin and has fine, crisp flesh. Excellent eating and baking apple. The Northern Spy originated from a seedling planted around 1800 in New York.
Redfree
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Late August
Uses: Fresh eating, sauce, cider
This is an early, scab resistant bright red apple that is easy to grow. The fruit is very sweet and is a fantastic fresh eating apple that is also very popular with Grandview customers for sauce. Like many early apples, it is not a good storage apple and last for about 3 weeks before getting a little soft.
Red Regent
Sizes: Semi-dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4
Ripens: Early October
Uses: Fresh Eating, Pies, Sauces
This is simply a fantastic all purpose apple. Very robust sweet/tart balance that is crisp and juicy. This is an interesting Duchess/Red Delicious cross that seemed to pick up only the good traits of both! Good storage apple that is becoming very popular in the colder regions. This apple went into the apple mix for many of the Grandview pies, it is a favorite among many who make sauce and it was one of the favorite fresh eating apples of the Grandview picking crew this last year!
SnowSweet
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7, Standard
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid/Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
Sharon x Connell Red cross from the U of MN. Delicious sweet, slightly tart taste. Above average resistance to scab and fire blight.
Spartan
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Early October
Uses: Fresh eating, sauce, baking, cider
This is a very popular apple at Grandview Orchard with pick your own customers. Beautiful dark red apple with a robust, sprightly flavor. Many of these are continuing to be replanted at Grandview Orchard!
Sweet Sixteen
Sizes: Semi dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid/Late September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking
MN447 x Northern Spy cross introduced by the U of MN in 1978. Unusual “cherry candy” taste. Medium-sized red striped apple with a crisp, juicy texture. Success in Zone 3B.
Wealthy
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Mid-September
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking
Cherry Crab x Sops of Wine cross introduced in MN in 1860. This was the first commercial variety of apple developed in MN. Often bears in the first year, good success in Zone 3B. Multi-purpose apple with a tart balanced flavor especially good for cooking. Excellent storage.
Winesap
Sizes: Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-9
Ripens: Mid to late October
Uses: Fresh eating, sauce, baking, cider
Tart, spicey flavor. This crisp apple will store into spring and is excellent for cider and other processing. Great fresh eating if you like a tart apple. Large fruit.
Zestar
Sizes: Dwarf B9, Semi-Dwarf M7
Prices: Bare Root: $38.00 Potted: $59.00
Zone: 4-7
Ripens: Late August
Uses: Fresh eating, sauces, baking, cider
1998 University of MN introduction. Early apple, crisp and juicy with an outstanding sweet tart flavor. Excellent storage life. Lisa’s favorite fresh eating apple!