Cortland Apple Tree
$74.99
Begins shipping mid-April.
Zones 4 - 6
Pollinator required to bear fruit
Stays fresh and white when cut!
Cortland is a prolific offspring of McIntosh that bears exquisite ruby-red fruit with clean, bright flesh that is very slow to brown after cutting. Perfect for chilled salads, but also an ideal choice for crisps, pies and cider. Originated in 1898 from Geneva, New York.
Cold-hardy. Ripens in mid-September. Pollinator required: Choose another early or mid-blooming apple variety. A licensed variety of Cornell University.
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | White |
| Ripens Harvest | September |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Large |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Taste | Tart |
| Texture | Crisp |
| Soil pH Level | 6-7 |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Shade Level | Full Sun |
| Bloom Period | Early-Mid |
| Years to Bear | 2-5 |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 4-6 |
Size & Spacing
Pollination
This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.
Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Plant a different variety within 15 meters (50 feet) for best pollination.
Recommended Polinators: Buckeye Gala, Honeycrisp, Liberty, Royal Empire, Snowsweet, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Red Delicious, Winter Bannana
How do I find my Hardiness Zone?
Canada’s Plant Hardiness Zones will tell you which plants will do well in your particular climate. Each zone is determined by the lowest average winter temperature recorded in a given area. Hardiness Zone information is included on all tree and plant product pages, so you know instantly whether a certain plant is likely to succeed where you live. Natural Resources Canada provides helpful options to find your zone:
Charles W Coles Coles –
I planted this Cortland Apple last spring and soon after we got rain for almost a month. The tree got leafs on it but they soon went black and fell off, I think due to all the wet. Once the rains stopped it got leaves on it again but soon we got a slight drought and I was watering all my trees but the Cortland didn’t seem to respond too well, even with me mixing the Tre Pep in the water. this tree was the first to lose its leaves in the fall last year so I figured it would not survive the winter. Yesterday I was in my orchard and I noticed that there were nice green buds on my Cortland Apple, it actually survived the winter. I am looking forward to this summer to see what it gives this year.
Carl Carl –
other apples in the same orchard thrived but I doubt this will be back next year. limbs never developed beyond 3-4 inches
MATTHEW LUZ –
Easily planted; growing well. If I had room I’d plant another.
NEENA GRATTON –
My Cortland Apple Tree is looking healthy and happy. No blossoms this year but it’s a bit young right now. We had a nasty winter with not much snow, unusual for normal Vermont winters, so not much in the way of insulation against the frost but this Cortland is looking fine!
MICHAEL STINSON –
This is a great tree and is growing very well this second year.
RODNEY MCQUILLIN –
Healthy tree from start. Did well 1st season. 2nd season, It was full of blossoms. That lead to many apples. Of course, I picked off most but look forward to eating a few nice apples this year and hopefully see another good amount of growth to the tree!
KENNETH WIGGERS –
The Cortland apple that I have is a replacement and was planted several weeks ago, it has leafed out and seems to be doing very well. The early planting did not leaf out this spring, Stark Bros. sent a replacement.
Paul Wix –
Started out good the first year, but dead after the winter. I’m not blaming Stark for the trees, just don’t have a green thumb for trees.
JOHN BRENNAN –
I have a couple of acres and not much room for an orchard. So I could only plant a couple of selections. in the 1950’s, as a college student, I worked in my uncle’s orchard in eastern Illinois. The Cortland became my favorite. It was just a great eating apple. And many of our customers at the orchard really liked it too. So that is what I picked when for my new mini-orchard. I planted one last spring. It was doing great until last fall a young buck decided to clean his antlers on it and devastated the young tree. I planted another this spring and it’s doing well.
Michael Ryan –
This fine specimen is just dying to be elsewhere. What with compost and other soil amendments as well as sun water and judicious fertilizing-we should have a nice sturdy tree this season. Not so. A lifeless, leafless scrawny stick that a good south wind would snap in twain. We have to start all over.