2025 Apple Trees:

Frazier’s Prolific – largest tree record holder and massive cropper out of Washington state.

Dabinett  – Super disease resistant cider apple.

Edelborsdorfer – German variety from the 12th century.

Gilpin – 1817 American heirloom.

Reinette Du Mans – French apple catalogged in the Ark of Taste.

Birkenfelder Rotapfel – German heirloom also catalogged in the Ark of Taste.

Chieftain – 1960’s Iowa.

Dayton – 80’s Rutgers. Overall solid apple.
(For the most part the 80’s is my cut off for varieties. I work with very few varieties later than the 80s.)

Black Oxford – Maine 1700’s. Similar to Arkansas Black, but NOT a triploid.

Detroit Red – Large dark red multi-purpose apple. Detroit by way of France, late 1800s.

 

In the Spring I’ll come back and update the list here on how each of these varieties is doing. 

 

Peach Trees

This spring, I’ll have the fantastic Winblo peach; 1950’s Sandhills NC variety. And as a companion tree, Flame Prince; 1980’s USDA Georgia peach

Also, Cresthaven, a 1950’s Michigan offspring of Redhaven. And as a companion tree, Norman, another Sandhills NC variety, from the 60s.

These are all top notch varieties.

Generally speaking, for some reason, peach tree bloom periods aren’t as accurately documented as apples. Mainly, peach trees are grouped by Chill Hours under the assumption that trees of similar chill hour requirements “wake up” around the same time.

Of course, some peach trees are known for blooming particularly early, OR particularly late. In such cases they will be noted.

While they are some great peaches that bloom early, in our area, known for late April frosts, I recommend later blooming varieties. It’s fine to plant a small percentage of your peach orchard with early bloomers, but you have to realize, you might only ever see peaches on them during ‘special’ warmer years. (unless of course, you take the time to defend blossoms against late cold snaps, with wraps, fans, sprays, etc.)