Empire Apple Rootstock/Size:Spy 227 Full Size: 2-4 ft.

Empire Apple Rootstock/Size:Spy 227 Full Size: 2-4 ft.Overview This is Bruce Bensons favorite appleand for good reason. Developed by Cornell University in the 1940s as an open pollinated cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious, this variety might surprise you. Dont let its Red Delicious parentage fool you; it has inherited more of its McIntosh genetics. Regional Performance These apples have been growing in Montana since at least the 1970s and have performed exceedingly well in the western parts of the

it behaves more like a semi-dwarf

Norland is not self-fertile and needs another apple variety that blooms at the same time

Northern Spy

Be sure to read the description on Jules for details about their impressive frost tolerance

Even when some of the Italian plums in town—which are typically fairly hardy—had suffered tip damage

Joseph Stayman in Leavenworth County

but also excellent for canning

it would not be in the top class of hardy apples

Black currants are prohibited in DE

full-bodied cider

Pollination and Yield

Hardiness and Growing Regions