Orchard Ready - Dessert Apple Trees

Choose Your Perfect Orchard Ready Apple Tree

Ambrosia Apple | Lives up to its heavenly name with a honeyed sweetness, low acidity, and a mellow, floral flavor that feels like sunshine in every bite. The medium sized fruit is blushed red over a creamy yellow background and is known for staying slow to brown after cutting, which makes it perfect for salads, fruit trays, and kid snacks.
Ripens mid-fall • Cross-pollinator • Great for fresh eating

Fuji Apple | Fuji is the heavyweight champion of sweetness. These apples are very crisp, very juicy, and intensely sweet, with a bicolor red blush over yellow skin that makes them as pretty as they are delicious. The flavor holds up beautifully in fresh eating, but Fuji also shines in baking and drying thanks to its firm texture and excellent storage life.
Ripens late season • Cross-pollinator • Great for baking

Gala Apple | A real crowd pleaser and one of the most popular dessert apples in the world. The fruit is small to medium in size, striped and blushed red over gold, with a sweet, aromatic flavor and crisp but not overly hard texture. It is a gentle, approachable apple that kids and adults both love for fresh snacking and salads.
Ripens early season • Cold-hardy • Excellent for fresh eating

Honeycrisp Apple | The modern icon. One bite and you get a loud crunch, a rush of juice, and a sweet yet tangy flavor that keeps people hooked. Fruit is large, mottled red over yellow, with a texture that stays crisp in storage and a flavor often compared to honey and sparkling cider.
Ripens late season • Extremely cold-hardy • Consistent producer

Kinderkrisp Apple | Kinderkrisp brings Honeycrisp crunch to a smaller, snack sized apple. Fruit is bright red, very crisp, and very sweet, with a refreshing bite that kids adore and adults quietly steal from their lunchboxes. It ripens early, often in late August, which makes it a fantastic season opener for dessert apples.
Ripens early • Extremely cold-hardy • Delicious dessert treat

Minnewashta ‘Zestar!’ Apple | Your bright, early season dessert apple with a little zing. The medium sized fruit is mostly red over yellow or green, with crisp, juicy flesh and a sweet tart flavor that often carries a hint of brown sugar or caramel. It ripens in late August to early September, starting the apple season in style.
Ripens early • Well-known classic • Consistent producer

Red Delicious Apple | A classic sweet apple, famous for its deep red color and iconic shape. The flavor is mild and sweet, with low acidity and a tender, fine grained texture that makes it a nostalgic fresh eating apple for many families.
Ripens late season• Extremely cold-hardy • Consistent producer

Royal Red Honeycrisp Apple | A redder strain of Honeycrisp that keeps all the things people love about the original. Expect explosively crisp flesh, a balanced sweet tart flavor, and highly colored fruit that looks stunning in the bowl and on the tree.
Ripens late season• Extremely cold-hardy • Consistent producer

Yellow Golden Delicious Apple | A versatile kitchen workhorse with a gentle, honeyed sweetness and tender, fine–grained flesh. It holds its shape beautifully when baked, making it a favorite for pies, crisps, tarts, and roasted apple dishes, while also shining as a fresh–eating apple right off the tree.
Ripens mid-late season • Soft white blossoms • Consistent producer