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All About Apple Trees and & Apricot Trees

All About Apple Trees and & Apricot Trees

Want to plant some fruit trees on your property? Here’s some great info all about apple trees and apricot trees.

Apples

Apples have been a part of our diet for thousands of years.  They come in so many sizes, shapes, colours, textures, flavours and have limitless uses.  Pick them fresh from the tree and enjoy a gnash or you can savor them baked, stewed, dried, juiced, in jams, jellies or sauces.  Apple trees are not just for people with acres upon acres of land.  Even in a small space you can plant a hedge of dwarf apple trees or an apple espalier (trained to go flat against a support – like a wall) and yield a successful crop.  In spring, enjoy the showy blossoms & it is also a great time to plant Apple trees.

Apricots

Easy to grow and care for, Apricot trees like rather hot and wind-sheltered areas.  The colours are beautiful in both spring with magnificent pinkish-white flowers and summer showcases the orange-yellow apricots.  As with most fruit trees, Apricots are sun lovers who enjoy rich well-drained soil.

Braeburn

One of the most popular apples in commercial production as it is easy to grow, produces heavily even as a young tree and stores very well. They have an exceptional sweet-tart balance.

Apples

Honey Crisp

This modern apple was bred for one thing - Taste: crisp with well-balanced sweet-tart taste & acidity. You will want to take a big bite of its explosively crisp, juicy texture.

Apples

Cortland

Medium to large bright red apple with dark red streaks and a green blush cap. The crisp, finely grained white flesh is exceptionally juicy with a sharp sweet-tart flavour excellent for baking.

Apples

Mutsu

As it is known in it’s native Japan or Crispin in some areas, this apple is a large sweet, honeyed flavour variety resembling one of its parents - Golden delicious. Superb for cooking & baking.

Apples

Empire

A sweet, juicy, firm red apple with bright white flesh. A cross between Red Delicious and McIntosh. They ripen during September and October and will keep until January.

Apples

Norland

Norland's are one of the earliest summer apples to ripen. This hardy tree is well suited to very cold regions. A natural semi-dwarf tree that is precocious and productive. The apples are medium-sized and good for cooking, eating fresh, and storing.

Apples

Fuji

Fuji apples are a fantastic choice for those with a sweet tooth. Red-over-yellow apples are crisp and very juicy with a sugary-sweet flavor that resembles freshly-pressed apple juice. The interior of the apple boasts firm, creamy-white flesh that is fine-grained. Fuji apples store well, which makes them a great treat, all year long.

Apples

Red Delicious

A medium-sized apple, with a tall conical shape. It is juicy with a light crispness. The dark and intense crimson colour makes it the quintessential red apple.

Apples

Gala

Sweet, delicious, plump and juicy, this apple is medium sized and very crisp, with a thin, red-striped skin that is aromatic. A cross of its parents Golden Delicious & Kidd's Orange Red​.

Apples

Royal Gala

This thin skinned medium sized apple is both crisp and tender. The juicy, golden flesh has a mellow, mild sweet flavour that kids - big and small - love! An incredible apple to grow.

Apples

Granny Smith

This famous apple found it’s beginnings in Australia. A crisp hard texture with a tart flavor that makes your mouth water. They make an excellent cooking apple.

Apples

Spartan

Spartan is a small, sweet, aromatic apple and a great favourite with children. It is very much a "McIntosh" style apple, bright crimson skin and whiter-than-white flesh.

Apples

Gravenstein

Gravenstein is an attractive apple, prized for its high-quality dessert and culinary appeal. Crisp and tart and with a touch of honey, Gravensteins are especially good in sauce and cider or dried. The apples range from round to oblong, with flattened bottoms. When ripe, they appear yellowish-green and have blushing on their base and crown.

Apples

Combination

Amazing Apple trees with several different varieties grafted on the same tree. These unique trees often have 3 -5 different varieties on one tree. Cross pollination solved!

Apples

Blenheim

A smooth, lightly fuzzy surface in a yellow-orange hue with speckled shades of red. A balanced honey-sweet, fruity & floral with tangy, tart nuances & a honeysuckle fragrance.

Apricots

Tilton

A large firm fruit, golden in colour with a red blush. An all-time favourite for flavour, it is an excellent Apricot eaten fresh and considered one of the best for drying, canning & freezing

Apricots

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