Best “People” Apples?

[Derek Reese 29]

Not to stir the pot (but please do)..but my wife has been bugging me for a while to plant more “people” apples as I already have ~5 dozen or so deer/people trees planted but she wants some just for us. I am looking for a list of the best disease-resistant apples if they’re easy/fast growing that would be a plus also!)
I am in zone 5B if that helps!
Below is a list of what I already have:
Ambrosia, Arkansas Black, Big 10, Buckeye Gala, Enterprise, Grey Ghost, Harrison, Jonagold, Liberty, Macoun, Ruby Rush, Rusty’s favorite. I have plans to plant a Fuji and Northern Spy this fall also.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions!

 

[Lucky_P]

Best 'early season' apple I've grown - 'MonArk' - ripens mid-July here on the KY/TN line. Good disease resistance, big flat/round red-over-green apple with crisp white flesh, will keep 6-8 wks under refrigeration before it goes mealy. Biggest drawback for a commercial grower is that it ripens over a period of weeks, so needs stop-drop application or repeated picking.
Trailman, Centennial, and Kerr crabs are preferred eating here, but all are finished and gone by Aug 1. Trailman is the tastiest apple I've ever eaten!
Late-season apples and pears have almost no shot at ripening here, as they will be devoured by hornets & wasps long before any possibility of reaching ripeness.

 

[RGrizzzz]

Enterprise and Liberty get a lot of love for being very disease resistant. Trailman and Chestnut crab get a lot of love for flavor. I've seen many people comment on Trailman being a great eating apple. Last fall I ripped out my 6 Stark commercial varieties here in SE PA due to disease issues. I sprayed some, but not enough. I replaced them with a Trailman and a chestnut crab from Blue Hill. They did well this year, despite the drought. I didn't water them a ton either.

 

[gunfun13]

While I have over 60 varieties in the ground, only a handful are producing well enough for me to harvest any. Trailman is my current favorite. I also like Pristine and RedFree.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

A McIntosh picked in October in Minnesota or Wisconsin is hard to beat. I'm not sure how they would do in your area though, but definitely worth a try in my opinion.

 

[Native Hunter]

Don't forget to plant the best DR people apple that nearly everyone has never heard of - Priscilla. You won't regret it.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Ah gotta update my list ..have chestnut and trail man already!

 

[sandbur]

Maybe tell her, ‘People Apples are any decent apple that is close to the house. Outback apples are for the deer.”

;)

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Maybe tell her, ‘People Apples are any decent apple that is close to the house. Outback apples are for the deer.”

;)

The farm she grew up on has a huge old apple tree that gets no maintenance and produces tons of good tasting apples year after year..I just tell her in 50 years that’s what ours will look like haha..it is kinda close to a house too!

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Maybe tell her, ‘People Apples are any decent apple that is close to the house. Outback apples are for the deer.”

;)

Also, my “outback” apple plot is only about 80 yards from my house so I can’t even say it’s too far to go get them ;)

 

[b116757]

The farm she grew up on has a huge old apple tree that gets no maintenance and produces tons of good tasting apples year after year..I just tell her in 50 years that’s what ours will look like haha..it is kinda close to a house too!

I’d be grafting that one to some new full size root stocks

 

[Barndog56]

I love my Pristine. Beautiful and delicious. I've had good luck with Honeycrisp too, no issues other than birds. Honeygold is a good late one, but gets Sooty Blotch, which washes off or peels away.

 

[sandbur]

Also, my “outback” apple plot is only about 80 yards from my house so I can’t even say it’s too far to go get them ;)

How far will it seem to be in 50 years? ;)

 

[bigboreblr]

Hoping pirstine would be good for me for an early apple. 2 years in the soil, no fruit yet, but leaves are ridden badly with cedar apple rust. I have a williams pride that I got last year from turkey creek. Grew over 3 feet this year. Branches are in good order too. Kerr is a good one to get. Sundance might be a good one. Grew well and nibbled a bit off the top for another one on m111. Freedom is anther disease resistant apple sorta similar to liberty. Granny smith is both a good deer and people apple. Growing decently here in NY. Although the leaves looks a little curly / wavy past 2 years. Granny smith would be ripe in early november right near the hudson river. More or less zone 6. Put it in the fridge for 2 or 3 weeks and they'd make great thanksgiving pies. mcintosh and empire a suspectible to scab, but would make great cider trees.

All of these trees mentioned I have at home, If you want scion material.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

I’d be grafting that one to some new full size root stocks

Gonna graft a ton of that one to my existing rootstock for sure ..would help the parent tree also by giving it a little TLC

 

[marlin]

late season variety of Fuji. Great for people and deer.

 

[g squared 23]

Blondee is a great late August/Early Sept yellow apple that I never hear anything about. Tree is enormous and pumps out great tasting apples, very little disease that I’ve seen.

The other best tasting apple we have is a Goldrush. It’s great (hard, crunchy) off the tree, supposed to be better after storage. I’d like to have it on standard rootstock because even on M111 it’s not a big tree compared to Liberty/Enterprise.

Zestar, pixie crunch are good red apples for August/September


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[bigboreblr]

people apples vary on how the people use them.

MAybe give us a run down how your house uses apples. You plan on cold storing apples. Baking? Cider? The majority of what I do at home is applesauce. I freeze about 1/2 a batch at a time then use the other half over a week. Then repeat usually. Likely will dabble with hard and fresh cider when my herd is starting to produce.

Applesauce my wife likes a mix. Early apples was hoping pristine would be ok. probably getting a zestar or redfree. Trailman might be an option too. Not sure if it's staying at home or going u to camp. I have chestnut, cranberry, and willaims pride. Needs to move though. Mid season I got mcintosh, freedom, liberty, kerr, and empire. A little later I got macoun, enterprise, and NY 414. End of the seaon got galarina, sundance, granny smith, arkansas black. Getting a sweet sixteen think its more mid season. In-laws wanted it

Cider got plenty of sweet options. I have a golden delicious growing. Nor sure if I am leting it be or topworking it. Just dont want to spray more than I need to. Think it gets both cedar apple rust and scab. Got franklin cider might be a good single vaiety hard cider. Got several crabapples to add tanins. 30-06, crossbow, signalfire, and dolgo might add some flavor too.

mehrabyan nursery as well as turkey creek has treated me well. Good prices, nice variety, and decent shipping.

Forgot if you mentioned sooner bearing apples or it was the late dropping thread. M7 has been a decent rootstock. Bought a sundance and a enteprise to try it out. Sundance wnet up like a rocket. I thought I didnt ammend the soil that well either. my 3 glarina's I am using for a pruning experiment comparison all put on 3ft+. Sundance and williams pride both put on over 3ft growth. This year I used less miracle grow than last when watering. Once a month vs every other week.

If you want to put the leg work into it, a watering trailer for the 1st 3 years year will really make those trees go.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

The other best tasting apple we have is a Goldrush. It’s great (hard, crunchy) off the tree, supposed to be better after storage. I’d like to have it on standard rootstock because even on M111 it’s not a big tree compared to Liberty/Enterprise.

I agree 100% g squared 23! Goldrush is just starting to be picked down here in SE Pa. Ripen around 10th of November here in Pa. It's a tremendous eating apple - I like it best fresh-picked, it has a bit more tanginess then than after several months storage - which it does very well for months!!! As it stores, more of the sweetness builds and some tanginess fades. The taste is complex - sweet, with some tartness & tanginess, and a subtle background of pear or maybe tropical fruit. Crisp & juicy. Goldrush will light up your taste buds for sure. Been enjoying them for about 7 years now. Heck-of-an addition to sauce.

 

[H20fwler]

Our favorite eating apples that have had great DR for us.

Granny Smith, and it’s a late hanger
HoneyCrisp
Galarina
Hewes/Virginia crab

All on M111 for us