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Wolf River

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

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

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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Tree size guide

Tree size guide: maiden, half-standard and standard fruit trees

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

September 15-30

Eating / keeping period

3 months or more

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Good pollinizer

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

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

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