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Apple Trees

Looking to add apple trees to your yard? Questions about purchasing the right trees for your orchard? Blake Nursery can help. There are many reasons why apple trees are a great addition to your landscape, from their beautiful blooms in the spring to the tasty fruit they provide in the fall. Our team can help you choose the perfect variety and provide guidance on planting and care.

Want to compare bloom season, ripening dates, and which varieties are best for pies, fresh eating, and storing? We have all the information you need.
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Apple Tree Catalog

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Goodland

A sweet and crisp Canadian variety excellent for eating and sauce – one of our favorites; ripens mid September; very hardy.

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Haralred

The improved Haralson – redder, earlier and sweeter; juicy, tart, firm; stores amazingly well, in fact after five months in our cooler they’re still delicious and crisp; extremely hardy and fireblight resistant; one of the best winter apples for Montana; ripens mid-October.

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Honeycrisp

An outstanding apple that’s sweet, crisp, and juicy; stores well; ripens late September, early October.

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McIntosh

A delicious fall apple; an old favorite (developed in Ontario, Canada in 1870) which is always popular because of its quality fruit; the national apple of Canada.

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Norkent

A large sized zone 2 cold hardy apple; excellent for higher elevations with short growing season; sweet and crisp apple often compared to Golden Delicious in flavor; ripens in late August.

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Norland

A medium sized apple from Saskatchewan, Canada; quality red fruit good for eating or cooking; excellent for higher elevations with short growing season; one of the few that are both hardy and dwarf; ripens in August.

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Red Baron

A yellow-red fall apple; excellent for eating or cooking; crisp and sweet; very hardy; fireblight resistant.

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Red Duchess

A favorite summer apple; red selection of 'Duchess of Oldenburg'; tart and juicy; good for eating fresh, pie and sauce; heavy producer; fireblight resistant; very hardy.

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State Fair

A summer apple; all-purpose, bright red fruit; juicy; good texture; semi-acid to sweet; excellent choice for higher elevations.

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Sweet Sixteen

A sweet, crisp and juicy dark red fall apple; has unusual aromatic flavor; stores well; fireblight resistant; ripens mid September.

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Wealthy

An all purpose red apple with fabulous flavor – probably our favorite tasting apple grown in Montana; developed by horticulturist Peter Gideon in Minnesota in 1868; very hardy; ripens in September; stores well.

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Yellow Transparent

A medium sized, greenish-yellow summer apple – first to ripen; excellent for pies; heavy producer; an old variety that's still in demand – developed in Russia in 1880.

All plants must be picked up in person or delivered by nursery staff.
We do not mail plants.
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Apple Tree Varieties

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Variety
Blooms
Ripens
Flavor
Fresh Eating
Pies
Storage
Goodland
Mid
Mid September
Sweet
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Haralred
Late
Early October
Tart
Very Good
Very Good
Very Good
Honeycrisp
Mid
Late September
Sweet
Very Good
Very Good
Very Good
McIntosh
Mid
Mid September
Sweet/Tart
Very Good
Good
Fair
Norland
Early
Late August
Sweet
Good
Good
Poor
Red Baron
Mid
Mid September
Sweet
Good
Good
Fair
Red Duchess
Early
Late August
Tart
Good
Good
Poor
State Fair
Early
Late August
Tart
Very Good
Very Good
Poor
Sweet Sixteen
Mid
Mid September
Sweet
Very Good
Very Good
Fair
Wealthy
Early
Early September
Tart
Very Good
Very Good
Fair
Yellow Transparent
Early
Mid August
Sweet
Good
Good
Poor
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