What apple trees do you already have, but want more of?

[silver_yummies]

This was my first year of planting apple trees and I will be back at it again next spring. I am curious to know what your top 1 or 2 trees are in your orchard and why are they the best? Do you wish you had planted more of them 5,10,15 years ago?? I don't want to miss out not planting these 'top' trees because I am running out of room already!

 

[Native Hunter]

I'm in Zone 6b, so keep in mind that what has been good for me might not work for you.

• Black Limbertwig - Exceptional DR, great taste, reliable bearer
• Liberty - Same as above
• Dozier Crab - Very DR and young trees already making nice little crops
• Betsey Deaton - Does get CAR, but great apples and very reliable
• Priscilla - Very clean DR tree. Not a heavy bearer, but reliable for small crops of great tasting mid summer apples.
• I have a seedling that is fruiting for the first time this year that I'm very impressed with. Cleanest tree I have ever seen in this area and loaded with nice sized red apples. Anxious to taste them, but even if they don't taste that great, it should make a heck of a wildlife tree. Looks so good this year, I'm grafting next year based on one year of observation.
• There are others that I like well enough to plant again, but these above are my favorites.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I wish we had more room to keep planting !! I'd go for another 3 dozen Goldrush, just for eating. Those things are incredible tasting !!
I'd plant again: Liberty, Enterprise, Goldrush, Galarina, Kerr, Crimson Topaz, Bonkers, AWH and WWC for sure. Minnesota 1734 looks very good so far too. I forgot Prairie Spy it's a growing machine on Antonovka.

 

[Appleman]

If you are asking what are the best apples in my commercial "orchard" used for eating and processing then I would put honeycrisp and snowsweet at the top. If I were to recommend for our region the very best apple tree plot for wildlife, I would again recommend Honeycrisp and Snowsweet and add to the mix Galarina, Franklin Cider, Enterprise, and Liberty.
There are so many varieties that I would like to grow and intrigued by the exuberance and passion folks have for growing from seed and heirloom varieties. I only wish I had the time. As a habitat manager looking for high yielding, disease resistant, winter hardy varieties that satisfies my passion for sitting on stand on a cold day in December and seeing my trees still burden with hanging fruit just for the taking for hungry whitetails, then the cultivars listed above have worked great for me.

 

[H20fwler]

Same here... Enterprise, Liberty, Galarina and 30-06 crab.... I will also ad favorite pears to my list that grow/produce great Keiffer, Moonglow and Korean Giant.