| Species |
Latin |
Description |
Width |
Height |
Zone |
| Cortland Apple |
Malus 'Cortland' |
Large fruit with attractive red-striped skin. Firm, white, nonbrowning flesh makes this an excellent dessert and processing apple. After McIntosh, this is the most popular variety in Ontario. Fruit keeps well in cold storage and the tree is very hardy. A heavy, annual bearer. Harvest dates: Sept. 25 - Oct. 5. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Empire Apple |
Malus ‘Empire’ |
Red Delicious x MacIntosh cross. October apple. High quality fruit, dark red, medium size. |
10’ |
12’ |
4b |
| Golden Delicious Apple |
Malus 'Golden Delicious' |
Mid-October. Hiqh quality dessert apple with golden skin. Tree is a moderate grower but quite productive. Spur type. |
15' |
15' |
5 |
| Golden Russet Apple |
Malus ‘Golden Russet’ |
A popular old English variety from the 1700’s. A moderate sized apple with golden-brown skin. The fine-grained, yellow flesh has a unique aroma and is firm and crisp with a tart flavour. Excellent for eating fresh and is great for cider. A very good keeper. The tree is vigorous and has a tendency to bear the most fruit biennially. Oct. 20 - Nov. 10. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Honeygold |
Malus ‘Honeygold’ |
This beautiful yellow apple is a Golden Delicious type that is hardy to colder areas. Good flavour. Late season. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Jerseymac |
Malus ‘Jerseymac’ |
A McIntosh variety that ripens in mid-August. Good eating apple, but not a good keeper. Produces fruit annually. |
10’ |
15’ |
5 |
| Lodi Apple |
Malus 'Lodi' |
An excellent, early yellow apple that is similar to Yellow Tranparent only larger. The crisp fruit is especially good for sauce and pies. One of the first to provide apples in the summer. Thinning is required to keep it bearing annually. Fruit ripens in August. |
15' |
15' |
4 |
| Marshall McIntosh |
Malus ‘Marshall Mcintosh’ |
The most popular variety in Canada, with good reason. This hardy tree produces sweet dessert and eating apples that ripens in late September. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| McIntosh Apple |
Malus ‘Mcintosh’ |
The classic, Canadian apple that was discovered by John McIntosh in Dundas County, Ontario. A hardy tree producing sweet dessert apples. Keeps well for two to four months. Ripens from September through October. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| McIntosh (spur-type) |
Malus ‘Mcintosh’ |
The classic, Canadian apple that was discovered by John McIntosh in Dundas County, Ontario. A hardy tree producing sweet dessert apples. Keeps well for two to four months. The fruit ripens from September through October on short “spurs” on the branches. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Northern Spy Apple |
Malus ‘Northern Spy’ |
Large, green apples overlaid with red stripes. The tart fruit is very popular for cooking and number one for pies. Harvest in mid-October. |
15' |
15' |
4 |
| Paulared Apple |
Malus 'Paulared' |
This McIntosh seedling is a very hardy and productive apple tree. The medium-sized, red fruit has firm flesh that is tart and suitable for cooking. Ripens in early September, about two to three weeks earlier than Macintosh. |
15' |
15' |
4 |
| Pumpkin Sweet |
Malus ‘Pumpkin Sweet’ |
This long-lived and hardy tree was discovered in Manchester, Connecticut. The fruit is very large and turns yellow when ripe. The flesh is very sweet with a unique aroma and is exceptional for baking and canning. Harvest in October. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Quinte Apple |
Malus 'Quinte' |
Aug. apple. Excellent eating, with attractive bright-red blush over a yellow background. Cream-coloured flesh. Good shelf life. On MM111 understock, Quinte is of moderate size and quite hardy. Biennial bearer. |
15' |
15' |
4 |
| Red Astrachan |
Malus ‘Red Astrachn’ |
Originally from Sweden, this is a very popular early summer apple with a unique, aromatic flavour. A reliable cropper. One of the best heritage varieties. |
15’ |
15’ |
3 |
| Red Delicious Apple |
Malus 'Red Delicious' |
Mid-October dessert apple. On MM111 understock, Red Delicious is of moderate size and reasonably hardy. |
15' |
15' |
5 |
| Red Gravenstein |
Malus ‘Red Gravenstein’ |
Fruit sets from mid-September through November, and the apples don’t all ripen at the same time. Fruit has red blush with some yellow. Good size, firm and crisp, and a good keeper, but the tree is not reliably hardy in this area without winter protection. |
10’ |
15’ |
5b |
| Red Spy Apple |
Malus 'Red Spy' |
Ripens in early October. Similar to Northern Spy -- excellent for cooking and pies.
|
15' |
15' |
5 |
| Smoothie Apple |
Malus ‘Smoothie’ |
A MacIntosh variety, but a little earlier to ripen. |
10’ |
15’ |
5 |
| Snow Apple |
Malus ‘Snow’ |
An 300-year old Canadian variety of apple that is also known as ‘Fameuse’. An aromatic, sweet dessert apple similar to McIntosh. Ripens in September. A great heritage apple. |
10’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Spartan Apple |
Malus ‘Spartan’ |
Moderate size fruit with a uniform, dark-red blush. The fruit is firm and stores well for up to four months. Good eating quality. The fruit will tend to be small unless they are heavily thinned. Quite scab resistant and hardier than McIntosh. Ripens in early October. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Wealthy Apple |
Malus ‘Wealthy’ |
An extremely hardy and adaptable tree, a superior choice for colder regions. The skin is a bright red-green and the flesh is white tinged with red. The fruit of this heritage apple is crisp, tender, juicy, and aromatic. Scab resistant. Ripenes in mid-September. |
15’ |
15’ |
4 |
| Wolf River |
Malus ‘Wolf River’ |
This older variety is noted for the tremendous size of its fruit. It is a fair eating apple that is used more commonly as a cooking apple. The fruit of this very hardy and healthy tree ripens in October. |
15’ |
15’ |
3 |
| Yellow Transparent Apple |
Malus ‘Yellow Transparent’ |
Imported from Russia in 1870, this small tree is very hardy and bears clear yellow apples. Its tender, melting flesh is a favourite for pies and sauces, and good for early summer eating. Ripens from late July to early August. |
10’ |
12’ |
3 |
