Goodland Apple Rootstock/Size:M26 Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 ft. Bud grafts on 1 yr older rootstock

Goodland Apple Rootstock/Size:M26 Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 ft. Bud grafts on 1 yr older rootstockOverview Goodland Apple is a cold climate variety developed at the Morden Research Station in Manitoba, Canada, introduced in the 1940s1950s, and originating as a seedling of Patten Greening. It has been grown and evaluated in extremely cold continental climates where its primary value has been reliability and survival rather than refined dessert quality. In Montana, our own observations place Goodland among the more hardy apple varieties we grow.

thicket-forming

They’ve got a yellowish pink skin

These shrubs are currently 3-5 ft

We would rank Contender right behind Siberian C in terms of hardiness (although still a decent bit less hardy than Siberian C which we would put around -38F)

even some of the coldest places east of the divide

(Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers Association)

Hardy to zone 3/4

it could be grown in the best microclimates (up on a bench/out of frost pooling zones) within the warmest Montana Valleys west of the divide: Bitterroot

This plant really needs no introduction

and Wolf River

Images courtesy of Nebraska Forest Service and Thayne Tuason

Disclaimer: This variety is still in trial