I did some reading on Wolf River and it seems to be quite disease resistant. I tasted an apple last fall and was not impressed with the flavor, so I eliminated it from future consideration. The Fruit, Berry, and Nut Inventory book says that WR can make a fine dessert apple when grown on light soil and in full sun.Wolf River on antonovka or b118
http://www.orangepippintrees.com/collections/apple-trees-zone-3-zone-4
Zone 2 hardy, also.Here is what I am considering- dolgo rootstock or whatever Bailey's uses. If I were twenty years younger, I would use ant.
Varieties in approximate order of ripening-
whitney crab, centennial or dolgo crab, chestnut crab, Haralson or haralred, (maybe kerr crab),
for drop times after mid October, choices seem more limited for zone 3. Columbia crab would be a choice if one could find it.
Honey crisp on b118 or standard rootstock
Did you get any scions?;)No idea what they are, but some type of apple/crabapple grows in Talkeetna, AK.
https://www.uaf.edu/.../HGA-00038.pdfFor any of you guys looking for cold-hardy zone 1 to 3 apples & crabapples - Check out this site link. https[URL='https://www.uaf.edu/.../']://www.uaf.edu/.../HGA-00038.pdf. The University of Alaska -Fairbanks lists some apples & crabapples for fruit and --- for rootstocks --- Siberian crab, Columbia, Dolgo, Ranetka, or Red Splendor crabs. Some of the recommended apples are Prairie Magic, Carroll, Norland, Zestar, Yellow Transparent, Rescue, Lodi, Geneva Early, Kerr, Heyer #12, Hazen, Patterson. There are more on the list. I hope the reading helps you guys in your quest for some hardy trees.[/URL]