Description
Get a reliable harvest with the Disease-Resistant Apple Tree Orchard-In-A-Box®!
When growing your own apples, a variety’s disease resistance is your first line of defense. Disease-resistant apple trees are developed the natural way: apple breeders cross apple varieties that have low susceptibility to certain diseases – from fungal issues, like cedar apple rust and apple scab, to bacterial issues like fire blight. The result is an apple tree that has inherited its parents' resistance, which means fewer disease issues as it grows with you, resulting in a better harvest with less maintenance. Disease-resistant apple trees are quickly gaining in popularity for holistic and organic growers!
With this collection, all the trees pollinate each other, so we’ve made it easy as pie to grow your own apples at home. Plus, you’ll get a discounted price when purchasing a collection compared to purchasing the plants individually.
Order your Disease-Resistant Apple Tree Orchard-In-A-Box® today and start enjoying the delicious taste of fresh, homegrown apples!
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.
Questions & Answers
The collections are only available in specific sizes. The Disease-Resistant Apple Tree Collection includes a dwarf Enterprise, a dwarf GoldRush and a Jonafree semi-dwarf.
Please remember that 'disease-resistant' doesn't mean 'disease-free'. If you have cedar trees in the area, even a resistant variety can develop rust, just not as readily as a susceptible variety would. It's also important to note that Jonafree is only less susceptible to rust compared to other Jonathans (which tend to be fairly susceptible) and GoldRush is resistant to scab and mildew, not resistant to rust.
You want to dig your hole no deeper than the rootball. You can loosen the soil up around it to make it easier for it to root. If it is grafted, don't bury the graft. Leave it above the soil level. I hope this helps!
Please refer to our growing guide this will answer al of your questions and more.
https://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/apple-trees
Zone 4 and zone & are very different. I recommend calling your county extension office and they will advise you. As for the trees that we list not hardy for your zone this is due to chilling hours required to fruit . Once you know your accurate zone then you can move forward with variaties recommended for your area.
With this collection, all the trees pollinate each other, so we’ve made it easy as pie to grow your own apples at home.
We appreciate you reaching out to us. You can find the years-to-bear information in the Characteristics section, near the top of the page, underneath the description. This tree takes 3-4 years to bear.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
The varieties for next season haven't yet been determined. Last season the varieties were Jonafree, GoldRush and Enterprise.
No, it will require a pollinating apple tree of a different variety. Here is a whole page full of proper pollinators for Honeycrisp: ://www.starkbros.com/tags/honeycrisp-apple-tree-pollinators
Yes. We have specially selected trees in all of our Collections so that the pollination is "built in."
Customer Reviews
They have nearly double in size and even got some blooms on them this year.
We were looking for a cold hardy, disease resistant apple orchard. Wish we had room for more!
easy to do with my limited knowledge
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Disease resistant