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Redfield Apple Tree

Redfield Apple Tree

The Redfield apple tree bears unique red fleshed fruit with many uses: from cooking, making pies/desserts, to producing cider. With its beautiful dark pink blossoms and red bark this apple tree variety also makes for a great ornamental tree.

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General Tree Height/Caliper: Most of our fruit trees (apple, peach, apricot, plum, pear, nectarine, quince, and cherry) are grafted/budded and are 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most have more than 5' height and 1/2" diameter. The other trees are seedlings, such as pawpaw, mulberry, persimmon, shade, berry, and flowering trees which range from 18-36" tall.

A rootstock primarily controls a tree's size and how early it bears fruit. Learn more about our specific rootstocks.

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Redfield Apple Tree Overview

The Redfield apple tree is the result of crossing Wolf River and Niedzwetzkyana (red-flesh crab) apples at Cornell University’s Agritech, previously known as the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. Introduced to apple lovers in 1938. Redfield apple is an interesting combination between the Wisonsin heirloom variety Wolf River and a tree with ancestry from Kyrgyzstan. Perhaps this is what gives Redfield its unique deep red flesh color, which makes for delicious and special cider varierty.

Redfield apples are tart and aromatic. While not recommended for fresh eating (only when it’s very ripe!), Redfield apples are great for making jelly, vinegar, and bittersweet/dry cider. Above all, if you love pies, Redfield apples can make for good dessert pies as well! Additionally, some tend to use Redfield as a landscaping ornamental variety since  it has such unique colors. The dark pink blossoms with bronze leaves and dark red bark dazzle the eye. In other words, you will have plenty of choices for what to do with Redfield apples trees!

Overall this apple tree variety is resistant to most diseases. For example, it is resistant to scab and can tolerate fire blight.

Growing Characteristics

  • Uses: pies, dessert, cider, cooking, apple jellies, sauces. Must be fully ripe to be edible. Can make red vinegar. Can also be used as an ornamental tree.
  • Taste: tart, aromatic, bittersharp
  • Size: small to medium sized
  • Color: pink to dark red colored fruit with some russeting, flesh is dark red under skin and cream closer to the core of the apple. When made into a cider, the apples press out to a blood red must.
  • Hardiness Zones: 3-8
  • Disease resistance:

    • Scab – resistant
    • Fireblight – tolerates
  • Harvest period: 5, late season
  • Flowering Group: 3
  • Cross pollinates with: Crab apple trees. Needs to be pollinated with a different variety with the same flowering/bloom period (early season).
  • Cultivation: This apple tree is vigorous. It is a spreading tree. Has drooping branches. Is precocious.
  • Storage: Can keep well two to three weeks.
Rootstock

EMLA 7, G.890, EMLA 111, Antonovka, G.202

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  • Our shipping cost is 15-25% of the order total (depending on the size of the trees and how far the state is from NY) plus our handling fee which includes light pruning, packaging, printing, and quality checks.
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  • Note: we ship to Hawaii and Alaska however the shipping price is higher.

Warranty

  • If your tree doesn’t grow by July 1st or dies in the fall of the first year, please email us with a photo, order number, and description of the issue.
  • If the issue is related with the tree itself rather than lack of care, we guarantee to replace it next season or give a full refund.

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  • You can cancel your order to receive a full refund, but please note that cancelling an order after April 1st will result in a partial refund of 75% of the order total.
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  • If due to unforeseen circumstances your ordered tree is no longer available, you can get a full refund or a substitution with another variety.