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Fred Gravenstein Apple - Raintree Nursery
Fred Gravenstein Apple - Raintree Nursery

Fred Gravenstein Apple

Size: Dwarf (4'-5')
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SKU A383D

Malus domestica 'Fred Gravenstein'

Fred is RED! This strain of Gravenstein has the wonderful complex flavor, early-ripening, snappy texture, and all the other traits of the Gravenstein apple. We selected it in a trial of more than a dozen strains of Gravenstein at the WSU Mt. Vernon trials for its large size, productivity and beautiful red and yellow color. 

This variety is a triploid and is pollen sterile. It will not pollinize other varieties.

USDA Zone: 4-9

Mature Height: 6' (Mini Dwarf), 9' (Dwarf)

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: September

Pollination: Needs a Pollinizer

Mini-Dwarf Rootstock: EMLA 27

Dwarf Rootstock: M26

Read our Apple Growing Guide

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  • What pollinizer does the Fred Gravenstein Apple need?

    Check out our Apple Growing Guide for a list of pollination partners and an explination of polyploid apple tree pollination.

  • Will a Scarlet Sentinel columnar tree pollinate a gravenstein? Or a Chehalis? Will trees in Bloom group 2 pollinate Group 1? Particularly the Fred Gravenstein. Thanks!

    Yes, trees in bloom group 1 are pollinated by and with trees from both bloom group 1 and bloom group 2.

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Pierce
Off to the races!

I planted five mini dwarf Gravensteins in my front yard this March... and as I write this (on the last day of May), all five have bloomed and apples are beginning to develop. I didn't expect fruit for a couple of years, so I am super pleased at their progress. Picture is of one of perhaps half a dozen groups of developing fruit on one of the trees.

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Noni M.
Doesn't like clay soil

Fred was the first tree I planted here after moving from Washington to NW Oregon 5 years ago. It produced a nice crop of apples last year. This spring it was dead. Dug it out and the root had rotted. My other 3 apples we had planted in raised wooden -planters because of the clay. I am very sad about Fred. I dearly love Gravenstein apples and grew up with a big old tree of them in my yard.