Varieties – Apple | WSU Tree Fruit (2024)

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But only a relative few are suitable to be grown and marketed in Washington and the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The top varieties are Red Delicious

The 5-in-1 Apple Tree combines sweet, juicy goodness with a diversity of apple colors and flavors to satisfy the most demanding apple enthusiasts. An incredible feat in grafting, the 5-in-1 was developed with the purpose of producing the most delicious, mouth-watering combination of choices.

In most cases, the only way to know for certain what variety of apple you have is to have some form of documentation such as a plant label, receipt, letter, or journal entry from the gardener who planted the tree.

If you get an apple tree variety that needs cross-pollination, you will need two apple trees. The trees need to be planted within 50 feet of one another for adequate cross-pollination to occur. The trees don't have to be the same variety.

Originating in Iowa in the 1870s, for more than 50 years the Red Delicious apple has been the number one apple in America.

Red Delicious apples are the healthiest from an antioxidant standpoint, Crumble Smith says. The darker the color of the apple, the richer it'll be in antioxidants. Antioxidants help neutralize the free radicals in our bodies which, when imbalanced, can cause cell damage and lead to disease.

Rarest commercially available would probably be a black apple. These are somewhat common for specalty growers, but hard to produce. So you may see an Arkansas black or a Black Diamond at a rural fruit stand or farmers market, but won't find them through any distributor.

The Sekai-Ichi apple is considered the world's most expensive apple variety, costing around $20 per apple. The name translates to "best in the world" and these apples are known for their large size, appearance, and mild taste.

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Apple trees require full sun, so choose a spot where the sun shines directly on the tree for at least 8 hours each day.

apples of any variety are safe to eat. Apple varieties ripen any where from July through October so w/o knowing your variety, it may be difficult to know when it is ripe. If the apple looks like it might be ripe, you can cut it open; ripe apple seeds are brown; before ripening they are pale greenish.

Trees like red bud, dogwood, yellow poplar, magnolia, apple, cherry, pear, rhododendron and American elm are cosexual. Monoecious trees separate male and female parts into different flowers or cones on the same tree.

How many types of apples exist? You're not going to see this many kinds of apples in the grocery store, but there are 7,500 varieties of apples in existence throughout the world—2,500 of which are grown in the United States. But, where did all of them come from?

Enjoy six different apple varieties on this one tree, espaliered to limit height! You can enjoy extended harvests in a much smaller space, making it perfect for smaller backyard orchards. These varieties are Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Gravenstein, and Red Delicious.

Four Distinct Apple Varieties on One Tree

Enjoy five months of easy-growing, delicious fruit from our 4-in-1 Apple Tree, which is a unique producer that offers apple harvests from summer until fall. That means you get consistent fruiting for almost half the year! And it doesn't take much space to grow.