Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Wolf River is an essential variety for growers seeking spectacular fruit and an outstanding cooking apple. This very cold-hardy, disease-resistant American cultivar produces enormous, firm and sharp apples that retain their shape when cooked. They are excellent for pies, sauces, baking and apple butter, although less refined than the finest apples intended primarily for fresh eating.

Wolf River

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Wolf River is the perfect cooking apple – reliable, cold-hardy, disease resistant.

Pre-orders are open

No payment today. You are reserving your trees before the inventory in early August.

After inventory, we will confirm the available trees and send you a payment link.

Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4340 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

If you are looking for a completely reliable disease-resistant cooking apple, this is it.

Wolf River is a very large culinary apple, with a good tart flavor, dating back to the 19th century. It is best used in the kitchen, and slices will keep their shape when cooked. The flesh is quite dry – a useful quality when baking as it means the pastry is not flooded with too much liquid.

Wolf River applesauce often has an attractive pale pink color.

This is a fool-proof variety which will keep you supplied with heavyweight apples with little effort on your part.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Very old American variety from Wisconsin, near the Wolf River, in the 19th century.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Alexander × Westfield Seek-No-Further

Synonyms

Wolf River Seedling

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, spreading habit, spur-bearing, very large fruits, suited to cold regions

Disease behaviour

Scab

Resistant

Powdery mildew

Resistant

Canker

Resistant

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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Harvest calendar

Extend your harvest season

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At the same time

September 15-30

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Additional variety information for Wolf River is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.

Wolf River

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Variety characteristics

Origin and identity

Growth and adaptation

Disease behaviour

Compatible pollinating varieties

Extend your harvest season

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