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Almata sold out
101  Late Summer. Beautiful Arcade x Fluke 38 crab. NE Hansen intro, SD Exp Stn, Brookings, SD, 1942.

Watermelon-pink flesh is soft, juicy, brisk and

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Api Etoile sold out
102 Winter. European heirloom. Popular for its unusual shape and prized for its flavor and storage ability. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Arkansas Black sold out
103  Winter. Thought to be a seedling of Winesap, found in Benton County, AR, before 1870, and later widely grown throughout the state and in... read more

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Ashmead’s Kernel unavailable
104 Winter. Medium-small fresh-eating apple of unparalleled quality. Intense, aromatic, sharp & sweet. Good keeper. Scab-resistant. Z4. read more

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Baldwin Ordering closed for the season
106 Winter. Large crisp juicy fruit. Excellent for fresh eating, cooking, and hard cider. Keeps till spring. Biennial bearer. Z4. read more

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Belle de Boskoop sold out
108  Winter. Bud mutation of Montfort. Boskoop, Holland, 1856.

For generations every European backyard had a Boskoop. Even today, chefs in Europe know

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Black Oxford unavailable
112 Winter. Uniquely dark fruit with well-balanced flavor. Excellent pies and cider. Maine heirloom. Best eating late Dec. to March. Great keeper. Z4. read more

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Blue Pearmain Ordering closed for the season
113 Fall-Winter. Medium to very large apple has a good balance of sweet and tart with hints of pear. All-purpose. Keeps until midwinter. Z4. read more

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Burgundy sold out
114 Late Summer-Early Fall. Large glossy purplish-red fruit. Firm juicy flesh. Aromatic tart zingy flavor. Good for cooking and fresh cider. Stores 2 months. Z3. read more

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Calville Blanc d’Hiver Ordering closed for the season
115 Winter. Large fruit with fine-grained juicy flesh. Famous dessert and cooking apple. All-purpose. Keeps till midwinter. Z4. read more

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Canada Reinette sold out
116 Winter. Medium-large all-purpose russet apple. Firm, moderately tender, coarse, juicy, subacid, and very good. Still a very popular commercial variety in Europe. Great keeper. Hardy. Z3/4. read more

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Canadian Strawberry Ordering closed for the season
117 Fall. Medium-to-large full-flavored apple. Surprisingly juicy, distinctly tart. Superb fresh-eating. Keeps about a month. Z4. read more

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Charette sold out
118 Fall. Very large Maine or French-Canadian heirloom. Wonderfully-balanced flavor. Tart, spicy, aromatic. Eat it cooked, fresh or dried. Tastes like bananas flambé when baked! Z3. read more

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Cherryfield Ordering closed for the season
119 Fall-Winter. All-purpose. Relatively tart, great for pies, sauce and pizza! Very nice fresh too. Good keeper. Z4. read more

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Chestnut Ordering closed for the season
120 Early Fall. Firm, crisp, juicy dessert crab excellent for fresh eating, pickles and sauce. Stores a month. Beautiful mid-late blooms. Z3. read more

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Childs sold out
121 Fall-Winter. A prized historical variety from Maine’s Belgrade Lakes region. Excellent dessert quality. Highly recommended. Z4. read more

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Cole’s Quince Ordering closed for the season
122 Summer. Large bright yellow apple often with a brownish blush. Excellent midsummer cooking apple. Blooms early. Z4. read more

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Cora’s Grand Greening sold out
123 Fall. Very large blocky fruit resembles bell peppers. Probably originated on North Haven Island, ME, before 1850. Great fresh or cooked. Z4. read more

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Cortland unavailable
124 Fall-Winter. Medium-large size, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy. All-purpose. Annual producer of heavy crops. Bears young. Z4. read more

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Cox’s Orange Pippin unavailable
125 Fall. Medium-sized apple. Perfectly balanced flavor, aromatic crisp juicy tender flesh. All-purpose. Tree bears young and annually. Z4. read more

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Duchess of Oldenburg
128 Late Summer. From Russia, well before 1800. Known in New England as one of the very best pie apples! Extremely hardy. Scab resistant. Z3. read more

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Esopus Spitzenburg
130 Fall-Winter. Medium-large, slightly tart, crisp and juicy. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite. Good acid source for cider. All-purpose. Good keeper. Z4. read more

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Etter’s Gold
131  Fall. Wagener x Transcendent Crab. Albert Etter intro, Humboldt County, CA, 1944.

Large round slightly ribbed fruit ripens to golden yellow.

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Fameuse
132 Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3. read more

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Frostbite
133 Fall-Winter. The most distinctive, complex, unusually flavored apple you'll ever try! Hardy, productive, reliable. A staff favorite. Z3. read more

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Gideon
134 Late Summer. Large sweet juicy pear-flavored fruit is wonderful fresh and for sauce. Does not keep. Z3. read more

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Ginger Gold
135  Late Summer. Golden Delicious x unknown (possibly Newtown Pippin). Nelson County, VA, 1969.

One of the first commercial varieties to ripen. Large

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Golden Russet
137 Winter. Medium-sized russet apple. The champagne of cider apples, and excellent for eating. Keeps well into spring. Scab-resistant. Z4. read more

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GoldRush
138 Winter. Medium-to-large dessert apple is hard, very crisp, juicy, tart. Keeps till May. Highly disease-resistant. Blooms midseason to late. Z4. read more

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Gravenstein
139 Late Summer. Famous pie apple. Med/large fruit makes outstanding eating and cooking. Flavorful and tart. Z4/5. read more

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Gray Pearmain
140 Fall-Winter. Medium size, firm white juicy mildly tart flesh. Delicious distinct pear flavor. Keeps all winter. Annual bearer. Z4. read more

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Green Monster
141  Winter. Tolman Sweet x open-pollinated.

Ancient seedling tree estimated to be more than 100 years old found in an abandoned orchard in Waldo, ME.

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Grimes Golden
142 Fall. Medium-sized tart citrusy crisp dense firm fruit. Excellent for dessert and cooking. All-purpose. Good keeper. Annual bearer. Z4. read more

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Holstein
143  Fall. Cox’s Orange Pippin x open-pollinated. Discovered in Euitin, Holstein, Germany, 1918, and introduced in 1950, to became one of the most... read more

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Honeycrisp
144 Winter. Medium-large apple. Sweet, juicy, snappy fresh eating. Keeps up to seven months. Tends to bear annually. Scab-resistant. Z3. read more

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Hudson’s Golden Gem
145 Fall. Medium-to-large apple. Sweet juicy crisp smooth pear-like flesh. Exceptional flavor. Stores several months. Disease-resistant. Z4. read more

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Hurlbut
146  Late Fall. Unknown parentage. General Leonard Hurlbut intro, Winchester, CT, before 1848.

High-quality fall dessert variety. Beach calls it

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I-95
147  Fall. Possible Red Delicious seedling. Waterville, ME, 1987.

A tasty and rugged dessert apple found growing on a sucker from a neglected

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Iowa Beauty
194 Late Summer. A close relative of classic pie apple Duchess of Oldenburg. Wonderful for fresh eating and cooking. Rich firm yellowish flesh is very juicy, sweet and tangy. Z4. read more

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Kandil Sinap
148 Fall-Winter. Originated in Turkey. Unusual tall, narrow shape. Sweet-tart with high flavor. Suitable for smaller gardens and yards. Z4. read more

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Keepsake
149 Winter. Medium-sized dessert apple is hard, crisp, juicy and sweet. One of the best keepers. Blooms late. Z3. read more

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Kennebec Russet
150  Fall. Kennebec County, ME, 1869. Also called Kennebec.

Medium-sized russet with little acidity is used for cider and makes excellent sauce. Leave

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King David
151 Fall-Winter. Medium-sized intensely flavored apple is fine, juicy and tender. Keeps till January. Blooms early-midseason. Z4. read more

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Koidu Reinette
152  Late Summer-Early Fall. Tartu region, Estonia.

Medium-sized flattened fruit is light yellow with a pink blush. Flesh is white, dense, juicy, tart

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Liberty
153 Late Summer-Fall. Medium size, crisp white flesh. All-purpose. Keeps till late fall. Scab-immune. Annual bearer, begins at early age. Z4. read more

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Macoun
154 Fall. Medium-sized, very juicy aromatic white flesh. Crisp with rich sweet flavor. Excellent fresh eating. Vigorous tree. Z4. read more

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McIntosh
156 Fall. The most important apple in the Northeast. Delicious and aromatic. All-purpose. Annual bearer. Very susceptible to scab. Z4. read more

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Northern Spy
159 Winter. Famous heirloom apple. Very large, juicy, tender. Makes a great single-variety pie! All-purpose. Good keeper. Scab-resistant. Z4. read more

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Norton Greening
160  Late Fall. From the seed of an unknown variety, planted c. 1930 in Harpswell, ME, on the occasion of the birth of Helen Norton.

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Opalescent
161 Fall. Supremely flavorful dessert apple. Large brilliant deep red fruit. Crisp, sweet, tart and juicy. Best eaten fresh, but also considered a good cooking apple. Good keeper. Z4. read more

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Pink Duke
191 Summer. A perfect sauce apple. Nice and tart but noticeably sweeter than most summer apples. Previously mistaken for Duchess of Oldenburg. Z4. read more

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Pipsqueak
163  Fall. MN 447 (Frostbite) x open-pollinated. Super Chilly Farm, Palermo, ME, 2009.

Adorable wee fresh-eating russeted crab with a long stem and a

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Pomme d’Or
164  Late Summer. Unknown parentage, probably originating in Québec before 1870.

Uniquely shaped, beautiful and rare, this extremely hardy large

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Pristine
165  Summer. Co-op 32 (Co-op 10 x Camuzat). PRI Co-op, 1994.

Disease-resistant medium-large roundish-oblate clear-yellow fruit is mildly subacid,

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Red Astrachan
166 Summer. The standard Maine summer cooking apple, especially pies. Medium-sized dark red fruit. Juicy subacid white flesh tinged with red. Z3. read more

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Redfield
167 Fall. Medium-large red-fleshed apple. Use for sauce, pies. Very sharp and bitter in cider. Two-toned flowers, bronze-red foliage. Z3. read more

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Rhode Island Greening
168 Fall-Winter. Large, crisp and tart. Classic New England cooking apple; also great fresh eating. Keeps well into winter. Z4. read more

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Ribston Pippin
169 Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4. read more

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Richmond Pink
170  Late Summer. An obvious stand-out among scattered seedling trees discovered growing in Richmond, ME, by Tom Vigue back in 1993. Tom collected... read more

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Roxbury Russet
171 Winter. Medium-large, rich, spicy and juicy. A great late-winter dessert apple; good cooking. Stores until summer. Scab resistant. Z4. read more

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Rubicon
172 Winter. Also called Paw Paw. A fine all-purpose apple. Excellent for fresh eating and pies. Good keeper. Extremely hardy. Z3. read more

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Spigold
174  Fall-Winter. NYE6 (Red Spy x Golden Delicious). NY Stn, 1962.

Outstanding modern dessert variety, also excellent for cooking. Very large (even

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St. Edmund’s Russet
175  Early Fall. First discovered in the orchard of Richard Harvey, Bury St. Edmunds, England, about 1870. Received a first-class certificate from the... read more

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Stewardship Apple
204 Be the proud keeper of a sister tree to one of many rare varieties planted at the Maine Heritage Orchard. $30 from the sale supports the project. read more

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Summer Sweeting
176 Summer. Medium-small fruit with distinctly interesting flavor best for summertime fresh eating. Hints of tropical flavor in cooked sauce. Vigorous compact productive tree. Z4. read more

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Sweet Sixteen
177 Fall. Medium-sized apple. Sweet, nutty and spicy flavors. Fine-textured crisp flesh. Keeps till midwinter. Some resistance to scab. Z3. read more

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Tetofsky
178  Summer. Unknown parentage.

One of the four super-hardy pioneer Russian varieties imported to the U.S. by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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Tolman Sweet
179 Fall-Early Winter. One of the first American varieties. Unforgettably peculiar sweet flavor. Very low acidity. Truly all-purpose. Z4. read more

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Trailman
180 Summer. Size and shape of an egg. Crisp, crunchy with spicy sweet flavor. Exceptional fresh-eating! Precocious, annually productive. Z2/3. read more

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Wealthy
181 Fall. Medium-sized. Perfect texture and complex flavor. Famous all-purpose variety. Especially good pies. Small-med size tree. Z3. read more

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Whitney Crab
182  Late Summer. Franklin Grove, IL, before 1869.

Considered a crab for its size, but definitely suitable for the kitchen and the lunch box. Intense

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Wickson
183 Fall. Small but flavorful. Crisp, juicy, tart, tangy, spicy. Good in hard cider. Keeps until January. Bears young, heavily, annually. Z4. read more

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Williams Pride
184 Summer. Nice balance of tart and sweet. Crisp and juicy fresh-eating; fine cooking. Disease-resistant; scab immune. Z4. read more

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Windham Russet
185 Late Fall. Distinctly bumpy rough texture. Highly flavored. Excellent dessert apple for the connoisseur. Z4. read more

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Winekist
186 Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3. read more

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Wolf River
187 Fall. Famous old-time apple. Huge fruit with firm but tender flesh. Aromatic tart flavor. Excellent cooking and drying. Scab-resistant. Z3. read more

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Yellow Bellflower
188 Winter. Large firm crisp fine-grained juicy aromatic all-purpose apple does everything well, including keeping all winter. Blooms early-midseason. Z4. read more

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Zabergau Reinette
189  Winter. Württemberg, Germany, 1885.

One of the most famous of all European heirlooms. Excellent fresh eating and good for cooking. Very large,

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Zestar
190 Late Summer. Medium-sized, highly-flavored fruit. Good balance of acid/sweet. Crisp and juicy fresh-eating. Stores up to seven weeks. Z3. read more

Cider Apples

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Cider Apple
Ashton Bitter
205 Early Fall. Full bittersweet cider apple. Medium-sized astringent fruit with strong tannin, high sugar and low acidity. Best blended. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Beech Hill Bittersweet
206  Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Bedan x unknown.

A rare find in coastal Maine—magnificent spreading multi-trunked tree residing at the College of

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Cider Apple
Binet Rouge
207 Late Fall. Traditional French bittersweet cider apple. Small fruit recommended for trial in most cider-apple growing districts. Blooms mid-late season. Probably Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Breakwell’s Seedling
208  Early Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Seedling discovered near Monmouth, Wales, c. 1890. Grafted by George Breakwell and later propagated and sold... read more

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Cider Apple
Cherry Norman
209  Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare, this classic English heirloom bittersweet probably originated in Herefordshire well before 1880.... read more

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Cider Apple
Chisel Jersey
210 Late Fall. Small bittersweet cider apple. Medium acidity, highly astringent, harsh and high in tannins. Not for eating fresh. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Dabinett
211 Late Fall. Medium-sized, medium-bittersweet cider apple. One of the most popular cider varieties. Not for eating fresh. Annual bearer. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Ellis Bitter
212 Early Fall. Medium bittersweet cider apple. Sweet, crisp and juicy. Soft, astringent, tannin. Useful for its early ripening. Midseason bloomer. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Hagloe Crab
213  Fall. Vintage bittersweet cider apple. Hagloe, Gloucestershire, England.

One of the most famous of all English cider apples. In his 1884 The

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Cider Apple
Harrison
214 Mid-Late Fall. Medium-small vintage cider apple. Rich firm dry yellow flesh. Famous cider said to be better than champagne! Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Harry Masters Jersey
215  Fall. Medium-full bittersweet cider apple. Often called Port Wine in north Somerset. Probably introduced by Harry Masters, Yarlington Mill,... read more

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Cider Apple
Hewe’s Virginia Crab
216 Fall. Sharp cider apple. One of few good for single varietal cider. Incredibly vigorous, productive. Hardy. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Kingston Black
217 Fall. Medium-sized bittersharp cider apple. Full-bodied vintage cider with nice blend of acid, tannins and sugar. Decent fresh-eating. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Old Fertile
219  Fall. Sweet cider apple. Wilmington, VT. From the Gnarly Pippins wild-apple collection.

Matt Kaminsky, aka Gnarly Pippins, is an adept forager

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Cider Apple
Otterson
220 Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Porter’s Perfection
221 Late Fall. Small medium-bittersharp cider apple. Heavy cropper. Scab resistant. Z4. read more

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Cider Apple
Spirit Tree
222  Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Greeley Corner, Palermo, ME. From a huge old seedling tree, tremendous bittersweet cider potential.

Medium-sized

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Cider Apple
Sweet Alford
223  Fall-Winter. Vintage cider apple. Devon, England, 18th c.

Often planted in commercial cider orchards, Sweet Alford produces a sweet juice that

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Cider Apple
Tarecap Bitter
224  Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Unknown parentage. Old seedling tree discovered by Thomas Foote, Hiram, ME.

Mildly astringent, mellowing after

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White Jersey
226  Late Summer-Early Fall. Mild bittersweet cider apple. Somerset, England, 19th c.

Small yellow round-conic fruit ripens early and should be

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Rootstock

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Rootstock
Malus Antonovka
257 Hardy Russian seedling rootstock for full-sized “standard” apple trees. The hardiest rootstock we offer. Space trees 20-30' apart. Z3. read more

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Rootstock
Malus Budagovsky 118
258 Also called Bud 118 or B118. Semi-dwarf rootstock, similar in size to M111 (about 85-90% of standard). Space trees 20-25' apart. Z3. read more

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Rootstock
Malus Budagovsky 9
261 Dwarfing rootstock, produces a tree about a quarter the size of a standard tree. Space trees 5-10' apart. Z4. read more

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Rootstock
Malus Geneva 11
260 Also called G11. Dwarf rootstock produces a tree about a third the size of standard. Space trees 8-10' apart. Z4/5. read more

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Malus M111
259 Very popular semi-dwarf rootstock produces a tree about 65-80% of standard. Space trees 15-20' apart. Hardy to Z3/4. read more