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Apple Tree - Ashmead's Kernel
Apple Tree - Ashmead's Kernel The Apple - Ashmead's Kernel, Malus domestica 'Ashmead's Kernel', has an appearances that can be deceiving. Ashmead's Kernel is lumpy, misshapen, and rather small, but has remained popular for well over 2 centuries, and with good reason: it has a distinctive flavor that you will rave about because it is quite different from most other varieties. This dessert apple is outstandingly rich and tart, flattish in shape, about the size of a Gala or Jonathan, and half-russetted over gold. The apple sweetens as it stores and stores successfully for up to twelve months. The fruit is generally picked in October for use between December and February. It makes a good apple juice or applesauce because of its sweet sharp flavor. It is a late season pollinator which means it is not self-fertile but it can pollinate other apple trees.
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Apple Tree - Yellow Transparent - Sale Price: $171.35 The Yellow Transparent Apple, Malus 'Yellow Transparent', has a skin that is clear yellow, and the flesh is white. The Yellow Transparent tree is very upright, precocious, and productive, so therefore, is a very heavy producer. It is an early yellow apple, ripening the first week in July. The fruit is tender, juicy, and mildly acid, making it a favorite for homemade applesauce and cooking. Pick before maturity for better storage life. Harvest time is mid-June to July. Careful early training, annual pruning and shaping are required to insure a healthy and productive tree. It is scab resistant. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil. |
| Apple Tree - Fuji - Sale Price: $171.35 Spectacular Spring Display and Outstanding Fruit The Fuji Apple tree delivers a spectacular spring display and an outstanding fall harvest. It would look great in your yard as an ornamental focal point, or plant several as a small orchard on the sunny side of your home. The fuji is a cross between the Red Delicious and the Virginia Ralls Genet apple. It grows 8-10 feet tall with an equal spread. Both flowers and fruit are outstanding and you’ll find yourself looking forward to experiencing both seasons with your Fuji. In the spring, delicate white blooms bathed in a pinkish hue will seem to envelope your Fuji’s branches, giving it the appearance of a plant that’s more flowers than tree. This “tree of flowers” will further tantalize your senses as its heavenly scent drifts on the breeze to every spot in your yard. The Fuji will maintain a vibrant green through the summer. You can watch in wonder as your tiny apples slowly reach their maturity. When others are mourning the loss of summer, you’ll look forward to October when your fruit is ready for you to harvest. The flavor of the Fuji is prized, and in fact it’s now one of the favorite apples in the United States. You’ll love that hearty crunch when you bite into your Fuji, followed by the succulent sweet juice that naturally flows from the dense texture of the fruit. There’s nothing like standing under your own apple tree and eating your own apple, fresh-picked. The Fuji apple is a large, round fruit with a bright red color and some yellow highlights. It’s sweet and crisp with a firm texture and long self-life. You don’t even have to refrigerate it in storage. It’s great for snacking as well as a good baking apple. As apple trees go, the Fuji is one of the best. Plant one today and begin your journey toward years of spring and fall wonder. * Spring color* Edible fruit |
| Apple Tree - Haralson - Sale Price: $78.50 The Haralson Apple, Malus 'Haralson', is a hardy substitute for Golden Delicious developed especially for cold northern areas. It has the Golden Delicious flavor, but the Haralson hardiness. It has medium to large golden to greenish fruit with a very smooth finish and reddish bronze blush. The Haralson has a round-conic shape. It has a red color and large, moderately conspicuous dots. Haralson apples are crisp and juicy, having a tart flavor. They are good for eating, cooking, and are an excellent choice for pies. The skin is medium-tough, and the stem is medium. Its flavor is sweeter and more bland than Golden Delicious. High quality and superior storage qualities since it can be stored into March. It often bears fruit the first year after planting. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil. |
| Apple Tree - Mollies Delicious - Sale Price: $171.35 The Mollies Delicious apple is rated one of the best delicious type apples on the market. Mollies Delicious apples are good for fresh eating, pies, and sauces. This apple matures in mid-season and is very productive, vigorous tree. The fruit is sweet, flavorful and very aromatic and the firm flesh has a very memorable sweet-tart taste. This tree produces large fruit with yellow flesh and a red blushing skin. Mollies Delicious is an early blooming variety. It will pollinate all other early blooming varieties and those with mid-season bloom time. This apple is highly recommended for southern locations, even as far south as the Houston Texas area. Suggested pollinators are Fuji, Granny Smith and Beverly Hills. |
| Apple Tree - Liberty - Sale Price: $78.50 The Liberty Apple, Malus 'Liberty', is a deep dark red over 90 percent of the surface. The red is striped rather than blushed. The shape of the fruit is oblate to oblate conic, and the size averages 2 3/4 to 3 inches, although it may be smaller on heavily cropping trees. There are numerous light colored small sunken dots on the surface of the fruit. The flesh is yellowish in color, and the apple is juicy, crisp, and fine. It is a new disease resistant apple, and the name 'Liberty' denotes the freedom from disease. (Since it is not resistant to insects, however, spraying or other means of insect control must still be used.) The flavor is subacid and good. 'Liberty' is considered to be primarily a dessert apple. It makes an excellent applesauce if the skin is left on. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil. |
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