Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Varieties
Avoid spraying as much and grow more organically with these varieties.

Apple

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Akane Apple

Akane Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Akane'
Akane is an late summer/ early fall apple that resembles Jonathan. It is medium in size, bright red in color, and its white flesh has a distinctive aroma and sub-acid flavor. It is an excellent dessert apple.

Arkansas Black Apple

Arkansas Black Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Arkansas Black'
Arkansas Black is a old-time heritage variety that has been a favorite in the south for years. It is very late maturing, along with Granny Smith and Braeburn. When mature it has very dark, almost black skin. The fruit has a distinctive tart flavor

Arlet- Swiss Gourmet™ Apple

Arlet- Swiss Gourmet™ Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Arlet-Swiss Gourmet'
Swiss Gourmet™, as its name suggests, was a very popular apple in Europe for a good reason. It has a distinct, sweet and tart flavor. The flesh is creamy white. The fruit is medium to large size with a nice red blush. In some areas it will

Braeburn Apple

Braeburn Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Braeburn'
Braeburn is one of the most popular apples in the produce section. It is a large, conical, very dense fleshed red apple with a nice sweet, but tart flavor. Remeniscent of Jonathan in some ways. Very crisp and juicy. It is one of the latest pickin

Cameo® Apple

Cameo® Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Cameo®'
Grandpa's Choice™ Cameo® is a new variety that almost everyone likes. It is a large, fairly attractive red-striped apple with excellent, sweet-tart flavor and crisp, juicy flesh. It stores well, even in the refrigerator. It picks quit

Chestnut Edible Crab

Chestnut Edible Crab

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Chestnut Crab'
Chestnut is a large, russeted, sweet and juicy edible crabapple with a rich, nutty like flavor that can be used for eating, sauce, preserves, and decorative purposes. It ripens late summer, early September.

Cortland Apple--- 2 YEAR GRADE TREES ON SALE!

Cortland Apple--- 2 YEAR GRADE TREES ON SALE!

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Cortland'
Cortland is an old-time heritage apple that Grandpa grew up with. Cortland is large, and round and similar in looks to McIntosh, but its flavor is very distinct. It is fiarly crisp and juicy, but is not a

CrimsonCrisp™

CrimsonCrisp™

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'CrimsonCrisp™'
CrimsonCrisp™ is a new disease resistant apple variety that should go along well with other Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ varieties. The medium sized fruit is an attractive crimson red and the flesh is very crisp and firm with a tart but co

Dolgo Edible-Ornamental Crab

Dolgo Edible-Ornamental Crab

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Dolgo'
Dolgo Crab apple is one of the earliest to bloom in the spring with its pink buds opening into large white flowers which are very fragrant. It sets an abundant crop of red, edible crabapples which are about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. It is also an e

Duchess Apple

Duchess Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Duchess'
Duchess is a very old heritage variety that is still a treat in the early summer. It is a good cooking apple, but just ordinary for fresh eating. Duchess is a medium to large, greenish yellow apple with bright red striping and splashes. It has rus

Empire Apple

Empire Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Empire'
Empire is one of the best eating apples you will find. Only medium in size, it is a steady bearer on grower friendly trees. The red fruit has a McIntosh-Jonathan like look. The flavor is excellent with white flesh. The fruit can be used for all p

Enterprize Apple

Enterprize Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Enterprize'
Enterprize is a excellent, red color, disease resitant variety, with medium to large size and good keeping qualities. Resembles an Idared or Red Spy in appearance. Flavor is moderately acid when harvested, but mellows nicely after storage. It harv

Fameuse Apple

Fameuse Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Fameuse'
Grandma's most wel remembered apple as a little girl was Fameuse or as it is commonly called, Snow Apple. It is a very old heritage variety known for its hardiness, good flavor and eating quality, and late summer, early fall ripening time. Th old-t

Freedom Apple

Freedom Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Freedom'
As its name suggests, Freedom is another of the disease resistant varieties. It is an attractive apple with bright red stripes over a clear yellow background. It harvest in mid-season along with Empire, Idared, Delicious and Jonagold. It is excell

Fuji-Auvil Early Fuji® Apple

Fuji-Auvil Early Fuji® Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Auvil Early Fuji®'
If you are a lover of the sweet Fuji apple, but live in the more northern, shorter season areas, Grandpa's Choice™ Auvil Early Fuji® is the best fuji variety for your backyard orchard. It has all the attributes of regular fuji, but harv

Fuji-Red Fuji Apple (Regular late season)

Fuji-Red Fuji Apple (Regular late season)

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Fuji'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Fuji apple is our selection of the world famous late harvesting fuji that everyone sees in the produce store. It ripens late in the fall season, with Braeburn and Granny Smith. It can be very successfully grown in

Gala-Red Gala Apple

Gala-Red Gala Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Gala'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Gala apple is our special selection of the famous Royal Gala™ apple that everyone sees in the produce department. It harvests late summer, early fall in September and is one of the finest eating apples there

Ginger Gold® Apple, USPP# 7063

Ginger Gold® Apple, USPP# 7063

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Ginger Gold®'
Ginger Gold® is an early golden-type apple that ripens in the summer, late in August- early September. It very much resembles a Golden Delicious, but has a more spicy flavor than Golden. The fruit is medium-large and firm and crisp. It is probably

Golden Delicious Apple

Golden Delicious Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious'
Grandpa's Choice™ Golden Delicious! Grandpa and many people rate it still as one of the best all-purpose apples every grown. Grandpa's strain is more russet resistant than the original Golden Delicious, but has all the same qualities--

GoldRush Apple

GoldRush Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'GoldRush'
GoldRush is a very fine, high quality disease resistant golden apple with a pretty blush. It is one of the latest harvesting apples, so may not ripen properly in many northern areas. However, letting it hang as long as possible and storing for a wh

Goodland Apple

Goodland Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Goodland'
Goodland is one of the most hardy apples known. It has been known to withstand -50F with little winter damage. The fruit is medium size, round, bi-color fruit. Its flesh is tender, crisp, juicy and aromatic. It makes a delicious aromatic apple sa

Grandpa's Choice Heirloom Apple Orchard

Grandpa's Choice Heirloom Apple Orchard

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Assorted Heirloom Collections'
Grandpa always loved testing something new. There are thousands of named varieties in the world, so one could go on and on learning about new varieties. When you go into the produce department, there are only a handful of apple varieties on the s

Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista®

Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista®

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista®'
Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista® is a striking dark red apple with subdued stripes. The medium size fruit is very juicy and medium firm with very good dessert qualities. It has an appearance and flavor that is very similar to Gala. It picks mid-season

Grandpa's Gold Apple

Grandpa's Gold Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Gold'
Grandpa's Gold is one of the best early summer apples around. Slightly later picking than Lodi, which is closely resembles. The large fruit ripens early in August. The flesh is white and the skin yellow-green and smooth. It has excellent tart fla

Grandpa's Golden Rezista®

Grandpa's Golden Rezista®

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Golden Rezista®'
Grandpa's Golden Rezista® is an attractive yellow-green apple. It is a high quality dessert apple, with a very unique lemony, spicy taste unlike any other. The fruit is finely textured and very juicy. The medium large size fruit will change to yel

Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista®

Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista®

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista®'
Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista® is an attractive bright red and yellow bi-colored apple. It is large in size. The fruit is finely textured, juicy, and sweet tart with a slightly spicy taste. It stores and holds well on and off the tree. Harvest in e

Granny Smith Apple

Granny Smith Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Granny Smith'
Grandpa's Choice™ Granny Smith is another of the most popular varieties that almost needs no description. Go into any produce deparatment and Grannies will be right next to Red and Golden Delicious. The popularity of Granny is that it

Gravenstein Apple

Gravenstein Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Gravenstein'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Gravenstein is a culinary treat! This antique variety is well known for cooking, sauce, cider and eating out of hand. It is large, with crisp white flesh and a distinct, juicy flavor. It will keep moderately well

Harelson Apple

Harelson Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Harelson'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Haralson is a very hardy, heritage variety that has stood the test of time. Our strain is a very attractive red color that has less russetting and ripens earlier than the original Haralson. The fruit is crisp and juicy a

Honeycrisp™ Apple

Honeycrisp™ Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Honeycrisp™'
Grandpa's Choice(TM) Honeycrisp(TM) is the current "star" of the apple industry and with consumers. It is "explosively crisp" with an unbeatable sweet, juicy flavor. It is naturally large and will color well in cooler climates. Color can ra

Honeygold Apple

Honeygold Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Honeygold'
Honeygold is a great substitute for Golden Delicious in colder, northern areas where it is much more hardy. It is reported to be able to withstand -50 degreesF with little winter damage. It is medium to large size, with a golden to yellowish green

Hopa Edible-Ornamental Crab

Hopa Edible-Ornamental Crab

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Hopa'
Hopa Crab apple is an edible crab that is also widely planted as an ornamental. It produces one inch fruit that are bright red.

Idared Apple

Idared Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Idared'
Idared is an excellent apple that is quite like Jonathan in flavor, but its flesh is crisp and white. It has a sweet-tart flavor and is very juicy and flavorful. It has a pinkish red color with a little striping. It can be used for all purposes an

Jonafree™ Apple

Jonafree™ Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Jonafree™'
Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Jonafree is one of the scab immune varieties, that is most like it namesake, with which it ripens. Jonafree is nearly identical to old-time red Jonathan in eating quality, flavor, and appearance. It is slight

Jonagold Apple

Jonagold Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Jonagold'
Regular Jonagold is one of the finest eating and cooking apples to ripen in the fall. The fruit is unusually large, with juicy yellow-white flesh. The flavor is very similar to Jonathan. Jonagold Apples will keep for several months, but will tend

Jonathan Apple

Jonathan Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Jonathan'
Red Jonathan hardly needs a description since it is one of the most popular heritage apples in the Midwest. Crisp, slightly striped, but mostly red, juicy and sweet tart. One of the best varieties for pies and sauce. Our strain is highly colored a

Liberty Apple

Liberty Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Liberty'
Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Liberty is very similar to appearance to McIntosh, but its flavor is more tart and its flesh is crisper. It has a flavor all its own. It is a good dependable choice for any backyard orchard because it is high

Lodi Apple

Lodi Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Lodi'
Lodi is an older variety that was introduced to replace Yellow Transparent, which it resembles somewhat in appearance and season. It is a good early season apple for pies and sauces, but as a dessert apple it tends to be very tart and has been known

Macoun Apple

Macoun Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Macoun'
Macoun is a regional favorite in the Northeast and Ohio area. It is similar to McIntosh in many characteristics, but has better keeping characteristics, dessert qualiuty and ripens about a month later. It is very aromatic and flavorful, with white,

McIntosh Apple

McIntosh Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red McIntosh'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red McIntosh is one of the all-time favorites for some people. Red McIntosh is an early season apple with very aromatic, flavorful, white, juicy flesh. It is somewhat firm, but only will keep for shorter periods durin

Melrose Apple

Melrose Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Melrose'
Melrose is a popular apple in Ohio where is originated, but will grow well in all parts of the country where it is more humid and rainy. It is an excellent dessert quality apple with great keeping qualities. It resembles Jonathan in appearance, but

Mutsu or Crispin

Mutsu or Crispin

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Mutsu-Crispin'
Mutsu, or Crispin as it is called in New York and out East, was one of Grandpa's favorites, but not good enough to be a "Choice" variety. Mutsu is a very large, golden apple that picks late in the season. It can produce prodigious amounts of apples

Newtown Pippen

Newtown Pippen

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Newtown Pippen'
Newtown or Yellow Pippen is not the most beautiful apple in the world, but has a rich, juicy flaor with a piney tartness. It is medium to large and has excellent dessert quality. The fruit is green, breaking to light yellow when ripe. It ripens l

Norland Apple

Norland Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Norland'
Norland is another good hardy apple variety for the far north. Its medium size red fruit are good for both cooking and eating. It ripens in mid-August, but is a good keeper in cold storage, lasting up to 16 weeks.

Northwest Greening Apple

Northwest Greening Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Northwest Greening'
Northwest Greening is an old heritage variety that Grandpa grew up with. It was a popular old winter variety that could sometimes produce exceptionally large apples almost 5" across. The fruit is a pale green, that turns yellow when fully mature.

NovaSpy Apple

NovaSpy Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'NovaSpy'
Granpa's Nature Friendly™ NovaSpy is a good scab resistant alternative to Northern Spy, which it resembles. The fruit is medium size with some stripy, dark red blush. The flesh is creamy yellow, fine textured and very firm and crisp.

Pristine® Apple

Pristine® Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Pristine®'
Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Pristine® is one of the best early disease resistant varieties for the garden. It is a very early ripening yellow apple that resembles Yellow Transparent in appearance, but is much firmer, less acid, and bette

Red Delicious Apple

Red Delicious Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Delicious'
Grandpa's Choice™" Red Delicious is an all-time favorite with everyone and hardly needs a description. Red Delicious has been a staple variety in the produce department for years. Our regular Red Delicious is an older non-spur strain t

Red Jonagold Apple

Red Jonagold Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Jonagold'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Jonagold is one of the finest eating and cooking apples to ripen in the fall. The red fruit is unusually large, with juicy yellow-white flesh. The flavor is very similar to Jonathan. Red Jonagold Apples will keep

Red Rome Apple

Red Rome Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Rome'
Grandpa's Choice(TM)" Red Rome is an old time favorite for cooking, baking, cider and drying. Rome is a medium to large size apple, with all red skin, and very firm, hard, white flesh. It ripens late in the season. Its fresh flavor is appre

Red Stayman Apple

Red Stayman Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Stayman'
Red Stayman is a real old time variety that is still very popular in the south. It is a medium to large apple with a tart, rich, wine-like flavor. The fruit is a dull red, and the skin is often rather rough, not taking a real shine like most apples

Redfree Apple

Redfree Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Redfree'
Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Redfree is an excellent tasting, summer apple with a lot of disease resistance. It is a good choice for the backyard orchard where you don't want to have to spray a lot. The fruit is medium sized, red, with s

Sekai-Ichi Apple

Sekai-Ichi Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Sekai-Ichi Apple'
Sekai-Ichi will produce huge fruit, similar in color, appearance, and taste to the old original Delicious apple, which is one of its parents. The fruit ripens in mid-season and has high dessert quality.

Snowsweet™ Apple

Snowsweet™ Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Snowsweet'
Snowsweet™ is a new apple from Minnesota which ripens about two weeks after Honeycrisp™. It most outstanding feature is its flavor, which is described as sweet with a tart balance and rich overtones, almost buttery. The tree is extremel

Spartan Apple

Spartan Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Spartan'
Spartan was always one of Grandpa's favorites. It is very McIntosh-like looking and tasting, but is much firmer and keeps better. It picks a couple weeks later in the early fall. The fruit is medium to large, with a dark red mahogany color and a m

SummerMac Apple

SummerMac Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'SummerMac'
SummerMac is an early summer apple ripening in late August and a few weeks before regular McIntosh. The fruit is medium to large and has the appearance of a McIntosh, although not as aromatic and tasty as a regular Mac. The fruit will keep fairly w

Sweet Sixteen Apple

Sweet Sixteen Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Sweet Sixteen'
"Sweet Sixteen is a popular apple for very cold northern regions. It ripens in early fall, just ahead of Honeycrisp™. It is crisp and juicy with an exotic yellow flesh and a very sweet, unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor. The fru

Valstar™ Elstar Apple

Valstar™ Elstar Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Valstar™ Elstar'
Valstar™ is an improved red strain of Elstar, which is popular in Europe. The fruit ripens late in the summer and has excellent sweet-tart flavor. It is medium sized and keeps well. The fruit is mostly red striped over a golden background co

Wealthy Apple

Wealthy Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Red Wealthy'
Grandpa's Choice™ Red Wealthy is an old-time favorite in many cold climates, because it is so hardy. It ripens late in the summer and is an excellent all purpose apple. The fruit is a deep red over a pale yellow background, and the fle

Whitney Edible Crab Apple

Whitney Edible Crab Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Whitney Crab'
Whitney is a good quality edible crabapple that is fine for jelly or pickling. Medium size crabapples with red stripes over a yellow background. It picks late in August to early September. Very hardy.

Winter Banana Apple

Winter Banana Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Winter Banana'
Winter Banana is one of the most beautiful apples in appearnace. It is a large apple with strickingly beautiful pale yellow, waxy skin usually blushed with a delicate rosy pink. Flesh is moderately firm, slightly coarse, crips, tangy and juicy. It's

Wolf River Apple

Wolf River Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Wolf River'
Wolf River apples are enormous, often weighing 1 pound or more. It has a pale red color over pale yellow skin and soft, tender, slightly mealy, creamy white flesh. Excellent for baking whole and drying. Resistant to scab, mildew, fireblight and cedar

York Apple

York Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'York'
York is a popular eating, cooking and processing apple in the Northeast. Grandpa's strain is highly colored and quite spurry and more compact than ordinary York.

Zestar!® Apple

Zestar!® Apple

Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Zestar!®'
Grandpa's Choice™ Zestar!(R) is a rather new variety that is gaining in excitement. It is an early season apple with excellent, dessert quality. It is very crisp and juicy with an abover average sweet/tart flavor. This apple is 60-85% r