New to us Variety

[wooduck]

Will be taking delivery of a new variety of tree out of the u of m , we ordered these trees 3 years ago does not have an official name yet goes by mn 55 its a cross of honeycrisp and min ark and will produce a honeycrisp quality apple 4 to 5 weeks earlier than honeycrisp, Bright red , honeycrisp crunch , sweet , These trees are on bud 9 roots and will be 4 ft apart on trellis , we anticipate light fruiting by second leaf . 300 mn55 and 100 more honeycrisp going to be busy for two days . Been waiting along time for this

 

[Turkey Creek]

Exciting! Good luck with the new variety.

 

[KSW]

Will be taking delivery of a new variety of tree out of the u of m , we ordered these trees 3 years ago does not have an official name yet goes by mn 55 its a cross of honeycrisp and min ark and will produce a honeycrisp quality apple 4 to 5 weeks earlier than honeycrisp, Bright red , honeycrisp crunch , sweet , These trees are on bud 9 roots and will be 4 ft apart on trellis , we anticipate light fruiting by second leaf . 300 mn55 and 100 more honeycrisp going to be busy for two days . Been waiting along time for this

How much were the trees and how did you go about ordering them. I have been thinking of planting a couple of trees for the last few years but never have. This year I am going to do it.

 

[wooduck]

When we order trees in groups of 100 and up our pricing delivered here is about $11.00 per tree , For small orders you cant beat Cummings, ect they seem to specialize in wildlife trees with the right rootstock for deer ect

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Yep - Cummins or St. Lawrence Nursery. Both in N.Y. and both great with trees. I've been buying from both of them for 4 years now - no problems.

 

[Maya]

Wooduck, are you part of a trial or have other growers grown them? Good to have a good quality apple early. We've been doing great with Zestar! for that reason. We keep adding some every spring.

Good luck with them and keep us posted.

 

[wooduck]

Big release this year Stemlit orchards are in charge of release , Many thousands going in the ground this year several west coast nurseries propagated our trees are from Cameron nursery controlled release , lots of contract to get them will be earlier than zestars and firmer after the pick , not sure but may not be available out of Minnesota for current growers. We are hoping the quality will be high and start our apple season sooner . I have tasted the Apple and liked it , This is Apple opinion Zestar is a great apple and we grow it here but its not a sweetango by any way , we believe Mn55 will bring a higher quality apple to sell much earlier in the season . Going to be real sore by sunday night



Have heard some rumors out of u of m they may have another coming MN1984 don't know details , qualities yet, we may not try that one getting to be a lot of them out there .