Calgary Mac Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
Apples by ripening time and use
Compare apples for fresh eating, cooking, juice or storage. The recorded harvest ranges help with planning, but weather, crop load and site affect when fruit is ready.
August or early season
September
October
Ripening time not recorded
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McIntosh type flavour with crisp juicy flesh and several weeks of storage.
Carroll Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
An early dessert apple with sweet aromatic flesh and a trace of tartness.
Chestnut Crabapple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A sweet nutty crabapple for fresh eating, jelly and cider.
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Crisp juicy sweet tart apples for fresh eating and baking.
Goodland Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
Large sweet apples with mild acidity and flesh that browns slowly after cutting.
Heyer 12 Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
An acidic early apple for pies and sauce rather than fresh eating.
Ilg 1 Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A sweet Alberta apple with a little tartness.
Kerr Crabapple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A sweet tart applecrab for fresh eating or canning, with fruit that hangs late.
Nova Easygro Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A mildly sweet apple for cooking, salads and fresh eating, whose flavour mellows in storage.
Parkland Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A crisp tart early apple for fresh eating and preserves.
Rosybrook Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A mildly sweet applecrab for fresh eating, cooking, canning and juice.
Sandow Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
A sweet late apple with firm crisp flesh for fresh or cooked use.
Sweet Konrad Apple Tree
$44.00 CAD
Large sweet apples with hardly any acidity.
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A small sweet spicy applecrab for fresh eating, cooking, jelly and juice.
A dash means our sources did not give that detail.
| Plant | Recorded ripening | Use | Flavour | Storage | Keep in mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Mac | Early to middle October | — | Sweet tart, McIntosh type | Several weeks in cold storage | Can be susceptible to apple scab in wet seasons |
| Carroll | Late August in Alberta reports | Fresh dessert | Sweet and aromatic with a trace of tartness | Reported up to two months | Timing is from Alberta reports |
| Chestnut Crabapple | Middle to late September | Fresh, jelly, cider | Rich sweet and nutty | Does not store long | Pollen partner must be compatible and bloom at the same time |
| Collet | Middle to late September | Fresh, baking | Sweet tart; sweeter after a light frost | Stores well | — |
| Goodland | Late September into early October | Fresh | Sweet with mild acidity | Stores well | — |
| Heyer 12 | Early to middle part of the season | Pies, sauce | Coarse and acidic | One to two weeks | Fire blight resistance reported, not immunity |
| Ilg 1 | Around mid September; varies with weather, crop load and site | — | Sweet with a little tartness | — | Needs a genetically different apple or crabapple with overlapping bloom |
| Kerr Crabapple | Middle of September | Fresh, canning | Crisp juicy sweet tart | Can store several months | Fire blight and scab resistance reported, not immunity |
| Nova Easygro | — | Cooking, salads, fresh | Mildly sweet; mellows in storage | — | — |
| Parkland | Mid to late August | Fresh, preserves, jam | Crisp and tart | — | — |
| Rosybrook | Early to mid September | Fresh, cooking, canning, juice | Crisp and mildly sweet | About 9 to 12 weeks under suitable conditions | Storage depends on suitable conditions |
| Sandow | Reported mid October in Ontario, not confirmed for Manitoba | Fresh, cooked | Sweet, with a reported raspberry note | — | Ontario timing is not a Manitoba window |
| Sweet Konrad | Mid September | — | Sweet, hardly any acid | — | — |
| Trailman | Late August into early September | Fresh, cooking, canning, jelly, juice | Sweet, spicy, lightly tart and nutty | Up to two months in cold storage | Reported resistance is not immunity |
What we know and do not know
Dates and storage reports come from different places and conditions. Dates reported from Ontario or Alberta are marked as such. Apple pollination needs compatible plants with overlapping bloom. Sizes and availability are on each listing.