What apple trees should i plant?

[spltbrow]

I have a spot to plant maybe 10-15 apple trees. I just have no idea wich type to plant. They will be planted on a slight slope that will get plenty of sun. (North east edge of field) They will also be planted by some cedar trees so will need to be rust resistant. Any ideas? Should i wait till fall to plant?

 

[Sligh1]

You can find disease resistant varieties at many growers. If you can bundle 100 trees or more with some buddies it will cut cost in half. Look for disease resistant trees (need help finding those?). I stagger my ripening date with highest emphasis in November ripening. i was actually just putting in an order for next spring (everything is sold out that's decent for this year & all good rootstocks are gone too - make sure you get the right rootstock). here's what I'm ordering (not all are disease resistant).....
APPLES:
Pink Lady - 7
Granny Smith- 8
Gold Rush - 8
Arkansas Black- 8
Enterprise- 6
Red Winesap- 4
Red Yorking - 4
Querina- 6
Hardy Cumberland- 4
Nova Spy- 4
Freedom- 4
Galarina- 3
Crimson Topaz- 2
Initial - 2
Redfree- 2
Lodi- 2
Honeycrisp- 6

PEAR:
Olympic- 6
Atago- 4
Red Bartlett- 4
Sunrise- 2

I would also order KIEFFER PEAR!

 

[AIRASSAULT]

Like sligh said, stagger them.. I just planted 14 apple trees on my place last fall and bought them so I will have different trees ripening from late july through november.. hopefully it will keep them around a while .. I would plant them now so you don't have to water them so much and the spring rains should get them off to a good start.. that is if you can find them.. I didn't have any trouble finding mine, but I bought them at green thumbers and they were a bit pricey.. think I spent about $600, but they're all already 6-8 ft tall.. hyvee garden center gets apple trees in also.. I don't think they get any good varieties such as honeycrisp though

 

[blakesburg]

As I'm sure you know pear trees are awesome when they are dropping through oct & nov. Just saying don't forget about pears. I only hunt by one pear tree and every deer I see stop by to have a pear or two.

 

[letemgrow]

I would put in a vote for Hewes crabapple for sure, the ones I have on MM111 rootstock are far outdoing every other apple tree that is on the same rootstock.

Also, Arkansas Black seems to do very well for me with few, if any, disease problems and it ripens in Early November.

Liberty was named because of the low/no maintenance needed for diseases and it ripens in either September or October.

When it comes to honeycrisp, eat one and you will want to plant it in your yard instead of for the deer

There are several good nurseries to order from.

Century Farms
Cummins Nursery
Adams County Nursery

Ordered from all 3 of these and the trees were in great shape.

 

[loneranger]

Stay with Disease resistent varieties, so you don't have to worry so much about sprays. Stay with semi-dwarf or full size. Stay away from Dwarf. They have shallow roots and if you have clay and poor drainage, persisitent heavy rains will actually kill them. I learned this the hard way. Burnt Ridge Nursery is a good one. Few bad comments compared to good, and they have alot of varieties. Good service. I am not much for local store garden centers like Menards or HyVee. The trees are bigger, and in pots,,no shipping, but I have had more of them die than the mail shipped, bare root trees.