Apple cultivars recommended for Montana
Find additional details for each cultivar listed below—including bloom times, cold hardiness, ripening and a description of the fruit—at www.orangepippin.com or tree nurseries where these cultivars are sold. Any desired cultivars should be rated for your USDA plant hardiness zone and grafted onto cold-hardy rootstock.
|
Cultivar
|
Type
|
Zone
|
|---|---|---|
|
Akane
|
Dessert
|
4
|
|
Alexander
|
Dessert/Cooking
|
4
|
|
Ashmead's Kernel
|
Multi/Cider
|
4-9
|
|
Arkansas Black
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
Battleford
|
Dessert
|
2a
|
|
Blondee
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Breakey
|
Multi
|
3
|
|
Carroll
|
Multi
|
3-6
|
|
Caville Blanc
|
Cooking
|
4-8
|
|
Chestnut
|
Edible pollinizer
|
3-8
|
|
Cortland
|
Multi
|
4-6
|
|
Cox's Orange Pippin
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
Collet
|
Multi
|
3b
|
|
Dakota Gold
|
Multi
|
3
|
|
Duchess of Oldenburg
|
Cooking
|
3
|
|
Earligold
|
Multi
|
5-8
|
|
Early Fuji-Sept Wonder
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
|
Empire
|
Multi
|
4-7
|
|
Enterprise
|
Multi
|
4-7
|
|
Femeuse/Snow
|
Multi/Cider
|
4-8
|
|
Frostbite
|
Multi
|
3-7
|
|
Gala
|
Multi
|
5-8
|
|
Gala-Brookfield
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Gala-Grand
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Gala-Red
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Ginger Gold
|
Dessert
|
5-9
|
|
Golden Delicious
|
Multi
|
4-9
|
|
Golden Russet
|
Multi/Cider
|
4-8
|
|
Goodland
|
Dessert
|
3
|
|
GoodMac
|
Dessert
|
3
|
|
Gravenstein
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
Haralson
|
Multi
|
2-7
|
|
Harcourt
|
Multi
|
2-3
|
|
Hazen
|
Multi
|
3-6
|
|
Hewe's Virginia Crab
|
Pollinizer/Cider
|
4-9
|
|
Hibernal
|
Cooking
|
3
|
|
Honeycrisp
|
Dessert
|
3-6
|
|
Honeygold
|
Multi
|
3-7
|
|
Ida Red
|
Cooking
|
4-8
|
|
Jonagold
|
Multi
|
5-8
|
|
Kerr
|
Edible pollinizer
|
2
|
|
King
|
Multi
|
4
|
|
Liberty
|
Multi
|
4-7
|
|
Lodi
|
Cooking
|
4-8
|
|
Luke
|
Multi
|
3
|
|
McIntosh
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
McIntosh Jersey Mac
|
Multi
|
4
|
|
Macoun
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
|
McClean
|
Multi
|
4
|
|
Melrose
|
Multi
|
5-9
|
|
Mutsu
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
Northern Light
|
Multi
|
3-9
|
|
Northern Spy
|
Multi
|
3-9
|
|
Paula Red
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
Pink Lady
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Pristine
|
Multi
|
5-8
|
|
Prairie Magic
|
Multi
|
3
|
|
Red Delicious
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
|
Redfree
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
|
Sansa
|
Dessert
|
4
|
|
Sensyu or Senshu
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Snodrift Crab
|
Pollinizer
|
4-8
|
|
SnowSweet
|
Dessert
|
4-7
|
|
Spartan
|
Multi
|
4
|
|
State Fair
|
Dessert
|
3-7
|
|
Summerred
|
Multi
|
4
|
|
SunCrisp
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
|
Sundance
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Sweet Sixteen
|
Dessert
|
3-7
|
|
Trail
|
Crab
|
4
|
|
Valstar
|
Dessert
|
5-8
|
|
Viking
|
Cooking
|
4
|
|
Wealthy
|
Multi
|
4-8
|
|
William's Pride
|
Dessert
|
4-9
|
|
Windcrisp
|
Dessert
|
4
|
|
Winesap
|
Multi
|
5-8
|
|
Winter Banana
|
Dessert
|
4-9
|
|
Wolf River
|
Cooking
|
3-8
|
|
Yellow Bellflower
|
Cooking
|
5-9
|
|
Yellow Transparent
|
Cooking
|
3-8
|
|
Zestar
|
Dessert
|
4-8
|
