Norland Apple Tree

Norland was bred by Dr. C. R. Ure for the Prairie Fruit Breeding Cooperative at Agriculture Canada's Morden Research Station and introduced in 1979. It comes from Rescue x Melba and bears medium fruit, up to about 2 1/2 inches wide, with pale green skin covered in red stripes and off white slightly coarse juicy flesh. The sweet early apples are useful for fresh eating, pies, sauce and cider, ripening early in the season, usually in early August. They are best eaten soon after harvest, typically storing about one month, though slightly underripe fruit may store up to two months. The naturally dwarfing tree is moderately vigorous, upright spreading, rarely grows taller than 15 feet, and begins bearing within three to four years with annual production. It is somewhat susceptible to blight and, in wet weather, to scab.

Cold Hardiness Zone: 2