Cortland Apple Tree
Starting at
$39.99
Each
Description
Won’t turn brown! This productive tree bears gorgeous ruby red apples with a snowy center that won’t brown in salads. Also perfect for pies and cider. Originates from Geneva, New York in 1898. Cold-hardy. Ripens in mid-September. Pollinator required: Choose another early or mid-blooming apple variety. See recommended pollinators below. A licensed variety of Cornell University.
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Characteristics
| Bloom Color | White |
| Bloom Time | Early - Mid |
| Chill Hours | 800 - 1000 |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Large |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 4 - 6 |
| Pollination | Pollinator Required |
| Ripens/Harvest | September |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Soil pH Level | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Taste | Tart |
| Texture | Crisp |
| Years to Bear | 2 - 5 |
Size & Spacing
Mature Size
The mature size of this variety depends on the version you choose to plant:
| Semi-Dwarf | 12 - 15' tall x 12 - 15' wide |
| Dwarf | 8 - 10' tall x 8 - 10' wide |
Recommended Spacing
The space needed for this variety to grow depends on the size you plant:
| Semi-Dwarf | 12 - 15' |
| Dwarf | 8 - 10' |
Zone Compatibility
This Variety's Zone Range
4 - 6
My Hardiness Zone
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatibility range of this variety before ordering.
Pollination
This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.
Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Plant one of these varieties within 100' for best pollination.
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
Learn all about how to grow apple trees in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.
Shipping Information
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Customer Reviews
106 Ratings
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Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 24, 2025
Cortland Apple Tree
Beautiful leaves, easy to transplant. It is bare root, but in a few years we expect it to fruit. Cortland apples are my favorite as well as my son's.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 22, 2025
Good tree, Iowa
Planted bare root in spring 2020 in clayey soil and started bearing 2022. Great apples. We spray kaolin clay to deter the wasps that love to start eating the apples as soon as they're nearly ripe. Have made pies, applesauce, and eaten fresh. Nice and crisp fresh. This year (2025) is an especially heavy crop and have been thinning. Leaves and apples stay pretty clean wth minimal intervention besides pruning for air flow and light.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 22, 2025
The products, customer service and delivery are superb! I have been impressed in all respects. I have ordered a half dozen apple trees and a few hundred strawberry plants within the last year. I am a customer for life.
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 10, 2024
Awesome
As of this writing, our Cortland Apple trees has grown well over a foot and is very healthy. We also purchased a Macoun and that has grown just as well as the Cortland. They have been a great addition to our collection of apple trees.
Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 18, 2024
Awesome trees
Trees were a nice size and were very healthy. They took off growing as soon as we planted.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 22, 2024
GREAT BUY
Healthy hardy trees in perfect condition on arrival. We were amazed at how quickly the trees established themselves. from planting to first leaves took ten days. Four feet tall at arrival and within three months are over seven feet.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 9, 2024
Trees arrived all of 4' tall and starting to bud out. Perfect timing for planting in spring! Even had flowers the first month of planting even though no fruit was developed.. I highly recommend for the price
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 19, 2024
The Cortland tree was uncommonly vigorous.
The Cortland tree grew exceptionally well its first year; we have been very pleased at its vigor.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 10, 2024
Healthy cortland
My dwarf cortland apple is 6 years old this year.Ithas some apples on it and it it healthy and gowing well.It does take a while for apple trees to produce fruit.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 2, 2024
Fast growers
Trees don't always seem like much when they arrive, but they will soon impress you. This was my only semi-dwarf tree that had fruit on its 2nd season. I got 3 nice and tasty apples. I don't think I had ever tried a Cortland before. Looking forward to see what the 3rd season brings.
my all time favorite apple
As a pollinator for existing Liberty.
Nice to dehydrate the apples. Just the right sweeyness.
Love cortlands