Liberty Apple Tree
Description
A prolific bearer that excels where McIntosh won’t. Tree is low-maintenance due to its natural disease resistance to apple scab, cedar apple rust, fire blight, and powdery mildew. Fruit has a yellow background with attractive red overtones, a crisp white flesh, and a harmonious sweet-tart taste. Perfect for fresh eating, cooking, canning or keeping – proper storage improves the flavor! Originates from Geneva, New York in 1955. Cold-hardy. Ripens in September. A licensed variety of Cornell University. Pollinator required: Choose another apple variety. See recommended pollinators below.
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Characteristics
| Bloom Color | White |
| Bloom Time | Early - Mid |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Large |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 4 - 7 |
| 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
Recommended Spacing
Zone Compatibility
Pollination
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
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Shipping Information
Arrives when it's time to plant
Questions & Answers
Enterprise blooms far earlier than Liberty; I'm afraid they are not good pollinating partners.
There are dozens of varieties that will successfully cross-pollinate with Liberty; it depends upon what you like. Many people plant Enterprise because of its disease-resistance. Others plant Honeycrisp or Gala because they love the fruit.
Bill, We bought a Liberty semi-dwarf tree. I read on the Internet that pruning a dwarf tree is only a little bit different so all I can do is refer you back to Stark Bros website: http://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/article/successful-tree-pruning I would try calling Stark for guidance. Also you can search the Internet for tips about pruning dwarf apple trees. Good luck. We love our Liberty. It bloomed this year and has a couple apples which is mighty soon for produce since we just received it from Stark last year!
We appreciate you reaching out to us. This variety requires another Early to Mid bloomer such as Cortland, Freedom, or Starkspur® UltraMac or a crabapple variety
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
I keep trimming mine trying to keep it a more reasonable picking height, it wants to be a good 12-15' here in 7b (3rd year). They put on vigorous healthy lush growth every spring. The upside is the trimmed branches make beautiful stakes and cages for other plants. Though, they will root if you're not careful.
Because ornamental crabapple trees tend to have an early and prolonged bloom period, they make excellent pollinators for other types of apple trees. A crabapple tree is a great pollen source for your Liberty Apple tree!
One species cannot pollinate another; for example, a plum cannot pollinate an apple, and a pear cannot pollinate a peach. A fruit tree that requires a pollinator needs a different variety of the same species that has a similar bloom time.
Hi Michael, Check out the Wolf River Apple tree.
So it gets tricky with the overlaping of bloom time, the reason some varieties have an early - mid is because they hold on to their blooms longer that those that are strictly early, mid or late bloom time. There is never a guarantee that this will be year after year it is possible that they will work by expanding to be overlapping if needed but as a general rule you should stick with variaties that bloom at the same time.
The Williams pride is an early bloomer while the Liberty is an early-mid season bloomer.
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 2-5 years to bear.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
Customer Reviews
I kept watching for buds to form for weeks and then all of a sudden they began and when they did they really developed quickly. The tree now has shoots that are at least 10" in length and growing strong.
I look forward to shaping the tree by pruning in the next few years. Our Sitka blacktail deer love apple trees so I have to keep the trees in cages until they are mature, otherwise they will do the pruning and I will never get fruit.
disease resistant and could ship immediately for a memorial burial marker
Recommended by Iowa State University Extension Ser
Pollinator for my Courtland apple tree. Sounded like our perfect apple from the description.
I already have one. It is disease and pest free and produces the most delicious apples.