• »  Keepsake Apple is aptly named as it stores well!

Keepsake may not be the prettiest apple to look at, but it is a good one for the northern backyard because it is a heavy cropper of medium sized red apples that keep thru to Spring.  When picked the fruit is hard and very crisp with a strong aromatic flavor.  It mellows with storage and becomes a fine eating apple in January.  Ripens late in the season in October.

Keepsake is a cross of MN 447 (Frostbite™ X Northern Spy.  That is where is gets it hardiness, firmness and aromatic flavor from.  It is reputed to be a parent of Honeycrisp™, but there is some doubt about that now.  Anyway, it is another excellent introduction from the University of Minnesota in 1979!

Keepsake is moderately vigorous and resistant to fire blight and cedar apple rust.

Height

12-15

Spread

10-15

Zone

3-8

Color

Dark red

Categories

Apple--- Hardy Varieties, 

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