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SWEET SIXTEEN APPLE

(17 customer reviews)

Price range: $39.95 through $55.95

Sweet Sixteen is superb eaten straight off the tree. It's delightfully complex combination of sweet, nutty, and spicy flavours have given rise to all sorts of comparisons. John Bunker of Fedco Nursery fame nailed it as good as any when he said it tastes like Cherry Life Savers! Sweet Sixteen's crisp, cream-coloured, aromatic flesh will remind you of its Frostbite parent, while the large size and red striped appearance was imparted by its other parent - the venerable Northern Spy. Like the Spy it also ranks highly as a pie and sauce apple with respectable storage. Another hardy, dependable variety from the University of Minnesota showing some scab and fireblight resistance.

NEEDS A POLLENIZER | ZONE 3 | HARVEST: EARLY OCT.

Growing Tips

Apple Growing Tip

Besides selecting the most disease resistant varieties, there are
a few simple things to do to have better apples.

  • Fertilize under the outer edges of your trees. There are no feeder roots next to the trunk. A well fed tree stays healthier. (Adequate calcium in the soil also helps so that apples keep longer.)
  • Pick up fallen fruit and compost, dispose of, or feed to livestock (where possible).
  • Rake up leaves in the fall and compost them away from the orchard.
  • Prune trees to encourage light and air to reach the inside of the tree.
  • Provide bird nesting sites near your orchard. A variety of orchard companion type plants will attract native pollinator insects and also encourage birds to come and eat insect pests.

Product Overview
Apple (Malus) One of the most challenging fruits to grow organically, but take heart! Choosing one of our scab resistant varieties is a good start. With the vast array of flavours available (even for colder regions) in this healthy, versatile fruit, it would be a shame not to try a few trees. Natural pest control with insect traps and kaolin clay sprays can be used if desired. However, apples that are less than picture perfect are still just as flavourful and nutritious. Even with insect damaged fruit all is not lost. Drying, juicing or making apple sauce are still great options. Remember the old adage ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ was coined before the days of pesticide sprays. 1-2m (3-6') bareroot trees

17 reviews for SWEET SIXTEEN APPLE

  1. Lynn Martin (verified owner) –

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  4. April (verified owner) –

    Trees arrived in perfect condition and are growing great.

  5. Michael Cooper (verified owner) –

    unfortunately the two apricot trees and the apple tree I bought last year died over winter and they were suppose to be good for zone 4

  6. Karma H. (verified owner) –

    This was the first time I have ordered from wiffletree and I’m so impressed. All the fruit trees and bushes I ordered were delivered on time, well packaged, the trees and bushes looked healthy. They came with fantastic planting instructions and information. I have planted them and all are alive, leafing out and thriving beautifully. I am so happy with my Wiffletree order and will be purchasing from them in the future as I expand my home orchard/ food forest.
    Also one of the best catalogs I have seen.
    Thank you!

  7. suzy_delamotte (verified owner) –

    I love that this is a super dwarf M27 rootstock. I don't have a garden so these are ideal to plant in my fabric grow bags. Good, healthy tree.

  8. Bernie Korte (verified owner) –

    A broken branch or two. Not all together unexpected.

  9. Ingrid H. (verified owner) –

    Becoming very leafy, it is very happy and so am I 🙂

  10. Laura (verified owner) –

    Excellent! All trees arrived bare rooted, and are all sending out lots of leaves. Extremely happy with the quality of plants we have received over the years from Whiffletree.

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  15. Andreas A. (verified owner) –

    Very good

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  17. Kaylee (verified owner) –

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What is Orchard Grade?

An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

What is a 2 year old tree?

A '2 year old tree' is one that has grown an extra season in our nursery field.

All our trees are planted in the field in the spring as rootstock. They are grafted in August of the 1st year. Most of our trees are dug out in November of the 2nd year. Some trees are in the ground for another season. We dig these in November of the 3rd year. These are considered to be '2 year old trees'.

A '2 year old tree' has bigger roots, a thicker trunk, and more branching (They might start fruiting a year earlier).
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