Holstein Apple Tree

Introduced: 1918, Germany

The Holstein is often best as a dessert apple, but makes a great cider and is good for cooking too. It is thought to be progeny of Cox Orange Pippin. Producing large fruit, highly aromatic with its prized sugar-acid balance countered by a firm, juicy, and creamy flesh. The trees are vigorous with an abundance of fruiting spurs. Holstein stores great too!

Blooms Mid-Season

Ripens Late September / Early October

Best Uses – Fresh Eating, Cider, Cooking

Dwarf root stock: G935

1/2” Caliper +/-

4 foot tall +/-

Final height of 12 feet +/-

Will mature in 6-7 years

Apple Tree Notes:

Plant where trees will get sun for most of the day in a well drained soil. Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the roots, don’t add fertilizers or compost when filling the hole, save those for a top-dressing once the tree leafs out. Always protect your new trees with a “mouse guard” either a wrap from a garden center or a tube made from hardware cloth. Apple trees set better crops when at least two different varieties are planted for cross pollination.

PICK TREES THAT BLOOM AT THE SAME TIME FOR PROPER POLLINATION AND FRUITING!