Semi-Dwarf Fruit Trees
Honey Crisp Apple
This popular variety was developed at the University of Minnesota. The fruit is mostly orange-red with a yellow background. This crisp, juicy, sweet-tart apple has a rich flavor that has made it "#1" in taste panels. The fruit averages 3 inches and up, matures ten days before Red Delicious, and stores well. Outstanding winter hardiness gives this variety excellent potential for northern growing regions. Honeycrisp is moderately resistant to apple scab. The tree is non-vigorous and late blooming. Zones 3-8.
Apples are extremely rich in important antioxidants, flavanoids, and dietary fiber. Applesauce and apple butter is a great use for apples. Apples can also be used in cobblers, pies and make a great topping for pancakes and pork.
Crimson Gold Apple
Crimson Gold is a new scab-resistant cultivar harvesting the second week in September, just ahead of Golden Delicious. The fruit colors nicely with a near full red-orange blush on a yellow background and the flesh is white, firm, and juicy. Apples are medium in size with a sweet-tart flavor. The fruit has a storage life of up to eight months. The trees have medium vigor and are very productive, so they should be thinned accordingly. Zones 3-8.
Apples are extremely rich in important antioxidants, flavanoids, and dietary fiber. Applesauce and apple butter is a great use for apples. Apples can also be used in cobblers, pies and make a great topping for pancakes and pork.
Crimson Crisp Apple
CrimsonCrisp is medium in size with a very attractive crimson red color over 95% of the fruit surface. CrimsonCrisp has a very firm, crisp texture with a tart, complex flavor. The tree is very grower friendly with a spreading habit, fruiting throughout the two- and three-year-old branches. The fruit matures in mid-season and will keep in cold storage for six months. CrimsonCrisp is a registered trademark of Purdue Research Foundation. Zones 3-8.
Apples are extremely rich in important antioxidants, flavanoids, and dietary fiber. Applesauce and apple butter is a great use for apples. Apples can also be used in cobblers, pies and make a great topping for pancakes and pork.
Reliance Peach
Well known for its cold hardiness, this variety is ideal for northern climates where peaches are not typically grown. The fruit is medium-sized, freestone, with a dull blush over a greenish-yellow background. Good for canning and freezing. Zones 4-8.
Peaches can be used for cobblers, crisp, pies, in salsa and just grilled.
Redhaven Peach
This variety is considered by many as the standard for the Northeast peach industry. The tree is vigorous, very bud-hardy, and productive. Freestone fruit is medium-sized and colors to a brilliant red. One of the best commercial varieties. Ripens around August 1 in south-central Pennsylvania. Zones 5-9.
Peaches can be used for cobblers, crisp, pies, in salsa and just grilled.
Methley Plum
An early plum with fine quality and appearance. The fruit is purple with red, sweet flesh and very juicy with a distinctive flavor. Ripening in early to mid-July, Methley is self-fertile and a good pollinizer for Shiro. Zones 5-9.
Plums are impressively high in nutrients. They contain over 15 different vitamins and minerals, in addition to fiber and antioxidants. Plums are great in jams, pudding, and Asian Plum Sauce.