![]() These apples are whips and average 30"-36" as bare root. Their special flavors and unique characteristics make these varieties worthy of continuing growth. Often the exact age and history is not known but they were frequently grown regionally for their outstanding characteristics. Our heirloom collection consists of varieties which are close to 100 years or older. Some are still in commercial production and some are the parents of today’s modern varieties. During its time on North American soil, the cultivated apple changed into a new type of fruit with the propagation of seedlings that were genetically unlike the apple parent trees new types of American apples quickly emerged, many of them unnamed varieties that were unique to a particular village, farm or estate. Though the apple is prevalent in American food traditions, it is not native to North America - it was brought to the US by English and Western European settlers. Its initial use was as a means of expansion into the new frontier at the hand of Johnny Appleseed, and it is also the basis of many quintessential American baked goods such as apple butter, apple pie and apple cider doughnuts. The apple is the epitome of an American fruit. ![]()
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