Description
Liberty Apple
Malus x domestica ‘Liberty’
Description & Overview
Liberty Apple is a very disease resistant apple that ripens in early October. The skin color is red with a yellow background. The flesh is slightly tart. Much sought after by home apple growers as it was bred to have resistance to apple scab, cedar-apple rust, fireblight and mildew.
Core Characteristics
Wisconsin Native: No
USDA Hardiness Zone: to zone 5
Mature Height: 15′
Mature Spread: 15′
Growth Rate: Moderate
Growth Form: Tree
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Site Requirements: Well-drained site
Flower: White
Bloom Period: Early-mid May
Foliage: Green
Fall Color: N/A
Urban Approved: Yes
Fruit Notes: Red with yellow background; slightly tart
Wolf River is an American cultivar of domesticated apple, which originates from the shores of the Wolf River of Wisconsin, in the United States of America, known since 1875. The tree is exceptionally frost hardy and generally disease resistant, and thus keeps well in storage. The fruit usually ripens mid-September to early October. It is large, commonly weighing over a pound, and fairly sweet with a distinctive red and yellow appearance. It has many culinary uses, as it keeps its shape well when cooked. Wolf River is a world-class apple butter apple, which has long been praised for the rich, fluffy apple butter it provides after hours of slow cooking.
MALUS WODARZ
Wodarz Apple
One of the hardier apples, Wodarz has an uneven shape and yellow to green skin with a pink blush ripening in late Sept. to early Oct. Flesh is white, firm, and sweet. Used for eating and cooking with up to three months storage. Flavor has been compared to a banana.
Height: 15’
Spread: 18’
Light: Full Sun
Zones: 3-6
Bloom Time: Mid
Prunus 'Superior'
Superior Plum
The Superior Plum's fruit is large with a dark red skin. The flesh is yellow, firm, meaty and of the finest quality. This fruit tree is a good pollinator for several other varieties. This juice fruit works great when used for jam or fresh eating. White blooms in May. Mature size is around 15-20' high and wide. Ripens over a long period of time. This plum tree is a clingstone meaning they have flesh that clings to the stone.
USDA Zone: 4-8
Height Range: 12-15'
Space Range: 12-15'
Plant Light: Full Sun
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Spring
Growth Rate: Rapid
Shape: Rounded Vase
Fall Color: Yellow
Malus 'McIntosh' - Apple, McIntosh
McIntosh Apple is not only a lovely tree but provides delicious apples early in the season. One would look enticing anywhere in your landscape where you’re able to watch the daily developing of your bright red apple harvest. Your McIntosh Apple Tree is best known for its sumptuous fruit. Its brilliant scarlet skin, thin and smooth to the touch, creates the perfect, crisp crunch when bitten into. The pink-streaked, white flesh is both juicy and tart, prized for a variety of culinary uses.
As if the exceptional harvest weren’t enough, your McIntosh Apple Tree is also sure to be a decorative addition to your yard. No landscape is complete without a spring infusion of delicate apple blossoms in mid-April. The scent and sight of the dainty flowers is sure to create a strong lure to pollinators, who will flock to your yard to enjoy the display. As the apples begin to develop, you’ll enjoy watching as your fruit transitions into red, decorative balls amid the vibrant green leaves.
The McIntosh apple tree is a heavy producer of small to medium sized apples that ripen early, In fact, your apples will be ready for harvest in mid-September and persist into early winter. The tree is cold hardy and party self-fruitful. If a pollinator is desired however, Red Delicious, Gala or any other apple tree will do well. It’s quite simply a hardy tree that will require little care from you but provide an early harvest of wonderful fruit every year.
* Outstanding, early fruit
* Heavy producing
* Hardy tree
Botanical Name: Malus 'McIntosh'
Mature Height: Semi-Dwarf: 15-20'
Mature Spread: 5 - 8 feet
Soil Type: Well Drained
Moisture: Moderate
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Growth Rate: Medium
Flower Color: White
Fruiting Time: 3 - 5 years
Malus pumila 'Honeygold'
'Honeygold' Apple
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