FRUIT TREE 

MALUS: APPLE

There are 3 types of  edible apples - the  regular-sized eating apples, medium sized apple-crabs and smaller crab apples.  

These edible apple varieties require two different cultivars in order to cross pollinate so that they can produce a good quantity of fruit.  

Bees and insects can cross pollinate your tree from other apple trees growing in the neighborhood if they are within 150 metres (450 feet) of your tree.  

In the spring, apple trees display a beautiful show of fragrant white flowers, making them useful as an ornamental tree as well as a fruit tree.  Apples prefer to be planted in well drained soil in a sunny location.

 Apple Cultivars for the Prairies

Cultivar Name  

Zone

Fruit

Description

Photograph

 

Battleford Apple

Malus x 'Battleford'

   2 Large fruit, striped red over light yellow Tasty, crisp apples that are excellent for eating fresh or for cooking. Flowers on this hardy tree bloom  in the early spring and are white with a pinkish tinge.  The apples mature in late August.   
Collet Apple

Malus x 'Collet'

   3 Medium to large fruit. Medium red over creamy green color The Collet apple  is excellent for eating fresh or for cooking.  It also stores well. This is one of the best apples for planting in a sheltered location.   
Fall Red Apple

Malus x 'Fall Red'

   3 Large fruit.  Dull red with white flesh The Fall Red Apple ripens in mid-September.  It is a good quality apple with a nice texture for eating fresh or for cooking. Also makes delicious apple juice.  This vigorous grower blooms in the spring with flowers that are white with a pinkish tint.  
Goodland Apple

Malus x 'Goodland'

   3 Large fruit. Creamy yellow with a splash of red, flesh is white This apple tree is very productive with apples that ripen in late August.  They store well and are excellent for eating fresh or  cooking.    
Norkent Apple

Malus 'Norkent'

   2 Large fruit. Green streaked with red The Norkent apple is crisp and sweet with a pleasant apple/pear taste that is similar to the Golden Delicious. Makes a great dessert fruit.  It is ideal for eating fresh or for cooking. The apples mature in late August and store well - keeping up to 12 weeks. Very hardy tree that has a natural semi-dwarf growth habit.   
Norland Apple

Malus 'Norland'

   2 Large fruit.   Red over creamy green This semi-dwarf apple tree produces fruit that  ripens in early August.  It starts fruiting early in life and continues to fruit heavily each year. It is a sweet apple that stores well.  The Norland is  excellent for eating fresh and also for  juice and sauce.   Pick the apples just prior to ripeness.   
Prairie Magic Apple

Malus 'Prairie Magic'

   3 Medium to large fruit. This crisp and delicious apple is the very best fruit we have tasted from a hardy apple.  The apples mature in mid-September and keep well.  This medium sized tree has good cold hardiness and disease resistance.    
Red Sparkle Apple

Malus 'Red Sparkle'

   3 Medium size fruit. The Red Sparkle apple matures in early September with a nutty/fruity taste that comes from a Trail x McIntosh cross.  It stores well and  makes an excellent dessert apple.  
September Ruby Apple

Malus       'September Ruby'

   3 Medium fruit. Bright red with light green ribbing & light green flesh This vigorous grower produces fruit that ripens in early September.  The apples are excellent for eating fresh & in cooking. They store well.  

Compiled by Rachel Giesbrecht on July 16, 2004

 

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