Most productive apple verities

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What are your most productive apple tree verities. I’m looking to add productive vigorous verities not necessarily of any particular drop time.

These are mine in order of most productive to least but still much more productive than my other verities not listed.
No spray CAR rampant in the area

Macintosh
Enterprise
Haralson(biannual heavy)
 
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These have been the most productive varieties for me so far.
Yates
Priscilla
Myer's Royal Limbertwig
Liberty
Summer Champion
Bevan's Favorite
Striped June
Betsy Deaton - will have quite a bit of CAR in some years but still productive
Dolgo Crabapple
Eliza's Choice Crabapple
 
Field conditions, un-sprayed, no significant CAR present.

Proven:
Ida Red
Arkansas Black
Empire

Early but very promising:
Florina
Galarina
Wickson crab
Redfield
Goldrush
Enterprise
Chestnut crab
 
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I should have also mentioned Black Limbertwig. I forgot it because I don’t have one right now. My tree got killed when they put the new road in. However, it was a great producer up to that time.
 
This wild crab in zone 4b that I collect scions from and sometimes ship to other members. And it has fruit again this year, despite the untimely spring frost we had that caused the nearly complete loss of the apple crop. The blossoms survived on only one half of it this year though.

February Dropper, December 29, 2021.jpg
 
My trees are all under 10 yo, but of them, my best annual producers have been State Fair, Dolgo, and Chestnuts. State Fair has outproduced all the other trees so far. The bear also really like to prune State Fair for me as well.
 
I have to go with chestnut followed by dolgo also. Whitney is supposed to be good also but is far away in fruit production compared to the others for me. I ordered some more chestnuts. I'm going mostly crabs from now on. Sample with apples and pears here and there.
 
This wild crab in zone 4b that I collect scions from and sometimes ship to other members. And it has fruit again this year, despite the untimely spring frost we had that caused the nearly complete loss of the apple crop. The blossoms survived on only one half of it this year though.

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Where are you located in 4b?
 
This wild crab in zone 4b that I collect scions from and sometimes ship to other members. And it has fruit again this year, despite the untimely spring frost we had that caused the nearly complete loss of the apple crop. The blossoms survived on only one half of it this year though.

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Is that the Ides of March?
 
Mine is one that was missing it's label/tag- sold as deer apple trees because of that. Best tasting of them all as well.
 
Barndog: No, this one is a crabapple. I watched this crab for years and always wrote down "February dropper", so that's what I've been continuing to call it when I bench graft it or send scions to someone. I suppose I could add it to my list on the scion exchange thread if someone sends me a PM requesting that I do.

H Crab: That tree is at 45 degrees north.
 
We have late frosts at camp - so hard to tell accurately. But so far ....
Goldrush
Winter Wildlife crab
All-Winter-Hangover crab
Liberty
Nove Scotia crab
Franklin Cider apple
Chesnut crab
2 wild apple seedlings from SLN that were loaded this fall. They are not alike.
 
Wish folks would specify whether these are in spray or no spray situations, and whether CAR is present!
 
Wish folks would specify whether these are in spray or no spray situations, and whether CAR is present!

CAR is present here. I have sprayed twice a season for the last few years. CAR wasn’t much of a problem this last summer. Drought was the problem. We will see what survives after this severe cold. I hit -36 for a brief period.


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