Grafted apple tree

Malus domestica (All trees grafted to Bud.118 rootstock)

Bud.118 rootstock is known for being very cold hardy and precocious while growing to about 3/4 the size of seedling trees. Well rooted and long lived, no need for tree support.

**Special Note: We only offer small first year grafted trees through our mail order business (larger trees available locally). To protect the young graft and avoid costly shipping surcharges we often have to head back our taller grafted trees before shipping.

Cultivar Descriptions (For more information and photos we recommend heading to the Maine Heritage Orchard and Out on a Limb Apples websites).

Baldwin

Discovered in Massachusetts about 1740. Discovered on the Butters Farm by a surveyor planning the Middlesex Canal. Baldwin was the standard all-purpose variety in New England in the mid 1800’s up until the test winter of 1934 when the majority of trees died and were replanted with the hardier Mcintosh. Large, round, red, thick skinned fruit. Hard crisp juicy yellow flesh makes an excellent fresh eating and cooking apple. Keeps till spring. Makes great hard cider. Very vigorous healthy trees. Blooms early to midseason. (Zone 4)

Blue Pearmain

Thought to be from Middlesex County Massachusetts grown since the 1700s. Moderately juicy flesh, firm, dense and slightly crisp, sweet with a bit of a tart background flavor. Incredibly beautiful large purple-red fruit is covered with a distinct dusty blue bloom giving it its name. Great all around heirloom variety, making great pies, baked apples and sauces. Keeps in the root cellar until midwinter. Blooms midseason. (Zone 4)

Canadian Strawberry

Beautiful superb-tasting dessert apple. Yellow skin mottled with red-orange. Very good early season cider. Vigorous, beautiful, healthy growing tree. Fruit keeps for about a month. Blooms midseason. (Zone 4)

Fletcher Sweet

Unknown parentage. Jonathan Fletcher Farm, Lincolnville, Maine, 19th century. We acquired our scionwood from a very old tree on the Hardy Farms apple orchard in Hope, Maine. Very popular apple in Midcoast Maine in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s and was often displayed at the local fairs. Medium solid green fruit looks similar to Tolman Sweet. Very white flesh. Refreshing, mild, incredibly juicy and very crisp. Makes a great applesauce. (Zone 4)

King David

Chance seedling discovered in Washington County, Arkansas in 1893. Stark Brothers Nursery intro, 1904. King David is a highly flavored apple of the highest dessert quality. Fine juicy flesh is firm yet tender and distinctly yellow. Medium-sized fruit is very dark red, nearly black. The tree is vigorous, bearing young and regularly. scab susceptible. (Zone 4)

Grimes Golden

Tart citrusy crisp medium yellow fruit with occasional russeting. Good all around apple. Great fresh eating, pies, sauce and cider. Thought to be a parent of Golden Delicious. Productive precocious tree. Blooms mid-late season. (Zone 4)

Hurlbut

High-quality fall dessert variety. Firm, tender, crisp, very juicy, mildly subacid. Also makes a good mild pink sauce. Small-to-medium red striped roundish fruit. Often has a russet stem splash making it look like a small Wolf River. Large vigorous trees. Keeps until early winter. Blooms early. (Zone 4)

Keepsake

Cross of Frostbite and Northern Spy released by the  University of Minnesota in 1979. One of the best of all winter storage varieties. Keeps until July in the root cellar. Fine-textured flesh is hard, crisp, juicy and sweet but should be stored for a while to bring out the full flavor potential. Medium sized red fruit. Tree loves New England. Somewhat resistant to scab. Blooms late. (Zone 4)