APPLES
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Lander has always been known for a place that can grow apples well. Many apple trees are over 100 years old in our community. Apples can tollerate both our clay soils and winter conditions. If you plant an apple and there are no other apples in your area, we recommend that you plant a 2nd apple tree to help with pollination. Apples are the easiest to grow fruit tree in our area. We offer both standard and semi-iwarf sizes in apples. If you are interested in growing fruit we highly recommend starting with apples as the success rate is high.
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2022 VARIETIES
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BLOOM SEASONS
When selecting multiple apple trees you want to roughly match bloom seasons for pollination. Usually the earlier blooming an apple is the earlier the fruit comes on in the fall and vise versa. When our springs come they usually come very quickly, meaning that bloom seasons usually overlap. We recommend not using an early season and a late season variety for pollination, but any other combination is usually ok.
early seasonBATTLEFORD
GOODLAND HARCOURT HEYER #12 NORLAND ZESTAR |
mid seasonBATTLEFORD
GLORIA HARCOURT HONEYCRISP MCINTOSH NORKENT SEPTEMBER RUBY SWEET SIXTEEN ZESTAR |
late seasonGLORIA
HARALRED HARALSON |
What is A standard, semi -dwarf, OR dwarf apple?
Apple trees are all grown as a grafted plant. That means that the root is a different apple tree than what is growing on top. This is done as it creates a much healthier, more vigorous plant. The most vigorous apple is a "standard" apple. Standard apples grow around 20' tall. What makes an apple a "standard" apple is it is grown on the most vigorous rootstock. This vigorous root system will actually make the plant hardier as-well. Semi-Dwarf trees grow around 12-15' high in our climate. Semi-dwarf trees are great for smaller areas where you don't want to continuously prune your plant. When it is a semi-dwarf it will be less hardy, but we have still had good success with them in our climate. We don't recommend dwarf varieties in our climate, as being grafted on a not vigorous root makes the plant much less hardy in cold climates.
BATTLEFORD
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A medium-sized, green-yellow apple with red stripes. Late summer apple - good for eating/cooking, with fair storage qualities. Foliage turns yellow in the fall. This cold-hardy apple was developed in the prairies is for growing in colder, northern areas.
RIPENS LATE AUGUST ZONE 3 |
GLORIA
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Medium-sized, red speckled fruit with a sweet and slightly spicy strawberry flavor. Great for fresh eating and cooking.
RIPENS LATE SEPTEMBER-EARLY OCTOBER ZONE 3 |
GOODLAND
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Large, light green apple with a red blush. Crisp, late summer apple for eating fresh, cooking and can be stored for up to 4 months.
RIPENS MID TO LATE AUGUST ZONE 3 |
HARALRED
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Hardy, tart, dark red apple for Northern climates, keeps very well, late harvest. Heavy producer, resistant to fire blight.
RIPENS OCTOBER ZONE 3 |
HARALSON
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Medium-sized, solid red apple with crisp white flesh. Great for fresh eating, ciders and stores well. Great in baking as it holds its shape and texture. Resistant to fireblight and cedar-apple rust.
RIPENS OCTOBER ZONE 3 |
HARCOURT
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An introduction by the University of Alberta, in 1955. A tree that has white with pink tinted Spring flowers. Apples are a lightly waxed bright red with slight stripping. The apples are good eating fresh and for baking into desserts; crisp, juicy white flesh, and a pleasant flavor.
RIPENS AUGUST-EARLY SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
HAYER #12
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A medium, straw-yellow apple which is good for fresh eating and excellent for cooking. This early season, small apple may store well when picked under ripe.
RIPENS AUGUST ZONE 3 |
HONEYCRISP
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Honeycrisp Apples are one of America’s favorites thanks to their crisp, crunchy exterior and delectably juicy interior.
RIPENS SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
MCINTOSH
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Moderately large fruit with an appetizing apple aroma. Tree is a vigorous grower and a precocious bearer. Fruit is vibrant-red, thin, and peels easily and flesh is tender with a sprightly sweet-tart taste. Wonderful apple for fresh-eating, sauces, and cider. Good keeper in proper storage.
RIPENS SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
NORKENT
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Green with red streaks. Good eating fresh, baking and storage qualities. Medium-large, hardy, crisp, juicy, late summer apple tastes similar to Golden Delicious.
RIPENS EARLY-MID SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
NORLAND
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A medium sized green with red striped apple. Good for eating and cooking. Stores well if picked under-ripe. Fruit will drop when ripe in summer.Semi-dwarf habit.
RIPENS MID-LATE AUGUST ZONE 3 |
SEPTEMBER RUBY
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A very hardy dark red apple, good for eating fresh and juicing with good storage qualities. The perfect combination of accent and fruit tree, an abundant producer. Naturally semi-dwarf habit, 16' x 13' at maturity.
RIPENS MID-LATE SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
sweet sixteen
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Developed by the University of Minnesota, this is one of the best-tasting, sweetest, cold-hardy apples. Sweet Sixteen is super sweet with a richly complex flavor—similar to vanilla with just a hint of molasses and fine bourbon. It's a taste-treat like no other. Extra hardy and long lived.
RIPENS MID-LATE SEPTEMBER ZONE 3 |
ZESTAR
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A super cold-hardy red apple with yellow blush. Sweet, crisp white flesh that is great for eating fresh and stores well.
RIPENS AUGUST-EARLY SEPTEMBER ZONE 4 |