Apple (Berries, minor fruits and fruit trees)

Late

Its green and red striped skin marks easily, which makes it difficult to transport. Its white flesh is juicy, crunchy, fragrant, sweet and slightly acidic. The fruit is mature by mid-October and keeps very well because of its low sugar content. Resistant to bacterial blight. It is an apple that can be used as a knife apple as well as a cider apple.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4 (ideally 5)

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Apple tree producing large red apples. Good for cooking, juicing and eating fresh. Keeps for 4 weeks. Very cold resistant apple tree. Crunchy and tasty flesh. Fruit 8 cm in diameter. Not very susceptible to bacterial blight.

Pollination: Requires a second apple tree of a different variety for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2b-3a

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early/mid-season

Red fruit of medium size with white and sweet flesh, slightly acid. Resistant to scab and fire blight in part, the apples keep well. Harvesting is done towards the end of September.

Pollination: Requires another apple tree of a different variety for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3b-4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-late season

Beautiful fruit tree with a narrow habit that can be grown in pots or in restricted areas. White flowers followed by firm, juicy red fruit.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Ripening at the end of September, just before Golden Delicious, Cox's Orange is a variety of very good taste. The flesh is firm, crunchy, juicy and very fragrant. The fruit is round and slightly flattened with a short stalk. The skin is light yellow with red stripes.

The Cox's Orange apple tree has a semi-erect, slightly drooping habit. It bears fruit on all types of wood, on inclined or horizontal branches. At the end of winter, to limit the risks of canker, it is preferable to carry out the renewal pruning in dry weather.

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4b-5

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

Columnar tree (very small and oblong). Columnar apple trees can also be grown in pots.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

This narrow bearing fruit tree produces firm juicy red fruits and excellent juice. It is very prolific, dense and fast growing. Red fruit with a sweet taste, ideal for preserves. It should be pruned in winter and dead branches removed. Regular watering especially in dry periods and when the plant is young.

Pollination: Self-fertile.

Hardiness zone : 4

Sunshine : Full sun.

Soil: Requires a well drained soil, ideally with a light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Red fruit tree recommended for fresh consumption or for juices. The flesh is crisp and juicy with a sweet and sour taste. Preservation until January in cold storage. Resistant to scab. Some resistance to bacterial blight. Harvest from September to early October.

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

The intense sweetness of its apricot-orange flesh has been described as tasting like molasses or even sugar cane! Aromatic and extra juicy, the barely medium sized fruit is dark red with a blue-purple tint. An unforgettable apple for fresh eating, cooking or cider. Extremely hardy, productive and reliable.

Pollination: Requires another apple tree of a different variety with a similar bloom time for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Harvest period : Beginning of October

Mid-late season

Its name describes very well what differentiates Ginger Gold from other varieties; it is yellow in color and has a spicy taste. It is ideal for salads as its flesh turns brown very slowly in the air. The apple keeps for 6 months. Susceptible to bacterial blight and scab.

Introduced in orchards in 1989, this apple comes from a chance seedling discovered near a Delicious Yellow orchard in Virginia. An excellent apple to have in your orchard!

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early/mid-season

The Golden Delicious apple tree is harvested at the end of September and the beginning of October. The apple has a regular shape, truncated cone to rounded, yellow-green color becoming golden yellow at maturity with sometimes a pink face in hillsides or in medium altitude (diurnal-night thermal amplitude before the harvest).
The Golden apple is consumable as soon as it is harvested. It has a fine, crunchy and juicy flesh, of medium firmness and has a fragrant and balanced flavor (sweet and a little acidulous).

The Golden Delicious apple tree is a diploid variety originating from the USA (random sowing) around 1880.

Of medium to strong vigor, Golden Delicious has a fast and regular fruiting, it is not very sensitive to bacterial fire, sensitive to scab and quite sensitive to powdery mildew and depending on the weather conditions to roughness.

Pollination: Self-fertile.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone : 5

Sunshine : Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years for fruiting: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Older variety, many also grow it in zone 3b. Gives a sweet, crisp and aromatic apple. Firm apple, high concentration of pectin with a particular flavor: fresh, you either like it or you don't. Essential to incorporate in a cider, for pies or to eat fresh. Very late brown apple that keeps until January. A little sensitive to fire blight and not very sensitive to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4a

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Very popular green apple but not very hardy for Quebec. Very late ripening. Good to eat fresh. The apple keeps for 6 to 7 months. Sensitive to scab and fire blight.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 5b

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Excellent variety of hardy apple in Quebec. Bright red striped fruit. The size of the fruit is 7 cm.
The flesh is firm, sweet and tasty. Good for chewing and cooking. Sensitive to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-late season

Apple tree producing white flowers, red-yellow apples with firm flesh. Harvest end of September and beginning of October. Scab resistant.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

***This variety is not a good pollinator for other apple trees.

It is a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the crimson-red Jonathan. It is a calvilliform apple, with a medium thin skin, large and fragrant. Its flesh is medium-firm, very red with green spots near the stem. This juicy apple has a sweet and slightly acid taste, very pleasant. Delicious to make desserts or to eat fresh.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 5

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Very productive. The flesh is yellowish in color, juicy, crunchy, fine. The flavor is subacid and good. The pit is medium in size and slightly to widely open. Quality was rated as good. 
Red apple, firm and crisp, to be eaten fresh or in pies, for making cider and ice cider in some regions (remains hanging on the tree). Best after a frost. Keeps for about 3 months. Resistant to diseases.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early/mid-season

Very hardy and productive apple tree. Fruits are very aromatic, the taste reminds of pears. Good to eat fresh, processed and in juice. Shelf life between 2 to 3 months. Not very sensitive to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Hardy apple tree producing a green fruit streaked with red. Cream-colored flesh, dotted with green currents. Good for cooking or eating fresh. Ripens in mid-August, keeps for about 2 months.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

Apple with a taste similar to the McIntosh, sweet, juicy and crunchy. Ready one week before the McIntosh. To be eaten fresh, in pies, in compote or in juice. Shelf life about 4 months. Resistant to scab and bacterial blight.

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early 

Very hardy apple tree, it produces fruit at a young age. Small to medium size apple, good to eat fresh, in compote and in the kitchen. The fruit keeps for 2 months. Moderately susceptible to fire blight and susceptible to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Bright red fruit with crisp aromatic yellow flesh is good for fresh eating and cooking. Will keep until mid-winter. Good disease resistance.

Pollination: Requires another apple tree of a different variety with a similar bloom time for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Harvest period: Mid-September

Early/mid-season

Apple tree, resistant to scab, pyramidal-round shape. Very productive tree. Apple similar to the Paulared. Harvested at the end of August, keeps for about 2 months. Flesh of cream color, juicy, soft, crunchy.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Excellent for cider production.

Reinette Russet' is being released to replace 'Golden Russet' which is currently grown in Eastern Canada for cider production and specialty markets. This new cultivar produces larger apples than 'Golden Russet', is hardier than 'Golden Russet' and is partially resistant to scab. The apple is pleasant tasting and very sweet, characteristics that should position it as a specialty product.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

Its medium-sized fruits, which keep well until January, are very sweet, bright red with greenish flesh. Excellent fresh or for processing. To be harvested towards the end of September. Very hardy and very abundant production.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-late season

Shamrock is a crisp, juicy, tart green apple. At its peak, Shamrock develops a light blush. The flesh is light green and creamy, and it has a coarse texture with a flavor similar to McIntosh, but more tart. Good for both eating fresh and cooking, but enjoy them close to harvest as they have a short shelf life. Shamrock is an excellent choice to include with other apples in pies and sauce.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Bright red apple with creamy white flesh, firm and juicy, good to crunch. Apple tree producing a quality fruit, sweet and aromatic. Ripens in early October, keeps well. Delicious fresh and for cider. Very crunchy. Good resistance to bacterial blight, scab and powdery mildew. Keeps its shape during cooking.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Large fruit with red stripes and firm white flesh. Sweet, extra juicy and acidic flavor. Excellent apple for desserts, cooking and cider making. Good resistance to browning. Very hardy and productive. Fruit keeps for 4 months. Pruning is done towards the end of March like all other apple and fruit trees. In the fall, install a spiral on the trunk to protect it from sunburn and rodents (field mice), for the first years. A stake may also be necessary. Sensitive to scab and fire blight.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Goodland is a semi-sweet apple with a creamy green skin and a little red blush. It is a good size apple, between 6 and 8 cm on average. Its white flesh is tender and juicy, has a fine texture and can be eaten very well fresh, but is also a marvel for compotes, as it is pleasantly flavored. Goodland keeps for a long time in cold storage, up to 20 weeks after harvest. It is an early apple that can be harvested from mid to late August. Somewhat susceptible to scab, but some resistance to fire blight.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between the two trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 2

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late 

Crunchy and juicy apple. Hardy in zone 3. Harvested at the end of September. Keeps for 6 months. Continues to ripen in storage and is at its best by the end of December. Early: bears fruit in the 3rd year.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

The Sweet Sixteen apple tree produces a crisp, juicy and very sweet apple with a unique aniseed flavor. Can be eaten fresh or cooked. Shelf life about 3 months. Not very sensitive to scab and bacterial blight.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree nearby for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3b

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Excellent for eating fresh or processed and in salads, the flesh is resistant to browning, crisp, juicy, sweet and tasty. The fruit keeps for about 3 to 4 months. Sensitive to scab and bacterial blight. Beware, it can be sensitive to dormant oil.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 5

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

This is a McIntosh type tree without some of the disadvantages of this family. Although not as easy to grow as the McIntosh, it is a very early cultivar capable of producing consistently every year. The apples are firmer and redder than McIntosh and store well. The tree is not prone to heavy vegetative growth when mature. In addition, its overall growth slows down once it enters production. Empire apples naturally have good coloring when grown on an aerated tree; premature drop is not a problem and fruit harvested with care at the right stage of ripeness has good shelf life (5 to 6 months). Susceptible to scab and bacterial blight.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4b

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Honeycrisp is a very popular variety with consumers because it is exceptionally crisp and juicy. It owes its name to the fine honey taste that characterizes it. The flesh is cream-colored and not very sensitive to oxidation. The fruits are usually of large size. Shelf life of about 5 months. It is the ideal knife apple, to be eaten in quarters on any occasion. Sensitive to fire blight. Some resistance to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

This well known greenish-red apple has a slightly flattened shape, a soft and melting flesh. It is very fragrant, sweet but also with a touch of acidity. It is better to cook it than to eat it as is. It is ready to be picked towards the end of August, therefore very early. It is one of the earliest apples among our varieties in Canada but does not keep very long. 

Pollination: Self-fertile.

Hardiness zone : 3a

Sunshine : Full sun.

Soil: Requires a well drained soil, ideally with a light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

The fruit is sweet, slightly acid and crunchy. Its taste improves with storage. Eat fresh, in pies or salads. Keeps for about 5 months. Resistant to scab and bacterial blight.

Pollination: Requires a second different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

Wealthy is a very juicy apple with a sweet-sour flavor with strawberry aromas. Its abundant and long flowering period makes it an excellent pollinator for other apple trees. Wealthy is one of the highest quality apples for the North, some say they are addicted to it! Susceptible to fire blight and has some resistance to scab.

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree nearby for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Late season

Wolf River' is red and green with a pale greenish-yellow ring around the stem. Wolf River' is more or less interesting to eat fresh, but is a hit after cooking. It is also a good candidate for dehydration and apple butter. The apple is sweet with a touch of tartness; the longer it is left on the tree in cold weather, the more it develops its sugars. Excellent resistance to diseases. 

Pollination: Requires a second, different apple tree for pollination.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

Rather than being overlooked, this high-quality early season apple has gained a lot of fans. The Minnesota hardiness factor combined with a crisp texture and top-notch flavor (described as "sweet, but bright, with tart citrus notes") well deserves a place in commercial and home orchards. Considerable resistance to diseases other than scab. Keeps for about 2 months.

Pollination: Self-sterile. Must be planted with another apple variety with a similar bloom time for fruiting.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Exposure : Full sun, half sun

Soil: Well drained, cool and rich.

Hardiness zone: 3

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Harvest period: End of August

Mid-season

Pinkish red apple. Chosen for its great resistance to scab, you can easily preserve this apple. This variety has a firm, crisp and juicy flesh and reveals a thirst-quenching sweetness. Finely acidic, juicy and not very sweet, the Crimson Crisp is the perfect apple to crunch at any time of the day.

Pollination: Self-fertilizing, better yield with other apple trees nearby.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Hardiness zone: 4

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Mid-season

Bitter-sweet cider apple. Large conical greenish yellow apple. It was imported from Normandy, France, to England in the early 1900s by the HP Bulmer cider mill. Produces white flowers at bloom. 

Hardiness zone: 4

Soil preference: sandy loam, loam, clay loam.  Prefers medium to moist conditions.

Growth and Disease Resistance: Grows vigorously. Resistant to fire blight, mildew and brown rot.

Sun/shade: Full sun.

Pollination: Triploid, requires two pollinators from different varieties of non-triploid apples that bloom at approximately the same time.  

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Maturity: mid-October

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

The Dwarf Common Apple is a self-fertile tree (does not need another variety to be pollinated). Prune during the dormant season (late fall/winter). Protect from strong winds.

Hardiness zone : 3

Sunlight: Full sun.

Soil: Requires well-drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Multi-root apple tree, four (4) varieties on a single rootstock.

Varieties: Parkland / Battleford / Sept. Ruby / Norland or Goodland

Hardiness zone : 3

Sunshine : Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Early

This large, attractive dark red apple remains one of our favorites. The crisp, juicy flesh is slightly spicy with a light cream color showing red spots just under the skin. The fruit ripens over a period of several weeks and does not fall off when ripe, making it ideal for the backyard grower. Excellent resistance to diseases.

Pollination: Self-sterile. Must be planted with another apple variety with a similar bloom time for fruiting.

Planting distance between trees: 14 feet.

Exposure : Full sun, half sun.

Soil: Well drained, cool and rich.

Hardiness zone: 4

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.

Harvest period: Mid-September

Early 

The White Transparent also known as "Yellow Transparent" is an apple variety that appeared in Latvia and was introduced in France around 1815 (probably brought back by soldiers during the Russian campaign in 1812 like the Colapuy). This variety is probably the best of the early apples (summer apples ready at the end of July in southern Ontario or before mid-August in Quebec). It is a good cooking apple that gives very fine compotes. Light yellow summer apple with white flesh, juicy and crunchy. The tree is naturally small and very hardy. It is susceptible to fire blight but resistant to scab.

Pollination: Self-fertile.

Hardiness zone : 3

Sunlight : Full sun.

Soil: Requires well drained soil, ideally with light soil.

Number of years to fruit: 3 to 5 years after planting.