‘Multi Graft’ Apple

This is another save. It struggled all spring and early summer: it got beat up by a huge hail storm, it struggled with irrigation issues, and it was destined to be burnt. But it still had life left in it and I got a little bit attached to having an apple tree. This was the first apple I got last year… The gateway tree if you will.

Hopefully it survives this winter, after all it survived last year. The grafted branches weren’t labelled, so I’ll have to sues out which is which after they have apples (which may not be for a year or so).

The varieties grafted onto this tree are:

Harcourt
September Ruby
Battleford
Norland

A little description on each variety from the nursery this tree came from:

Harcourt
- Zone 3
- Apple is medium, red, crisp, juicy, white-fleshed and mild-flavoured
- Ripens in Late Summer- early fall
- Eating, Baking or Juicing Apple
- no notes on this variety’s storage qualities from the nursery
September Ruby
- Zone 3
- Apple is large, sweet and bright red
- Fall apple
- Fresh eating or juicing Apple
- Good Storage Qualities
Battleford
- Zone 3
- Apple is medium, yellow-green with red stripes.
- Late Summer ripening
- Eating or Cooking Apple
- Fair Storage Qualities
Norland
- Zone 2
- Apple is medium, green with red stripes
- Fruit drops when ripe in the Summer
- Eating or Baking Apple
- Stores well if picked under-ripe

If this tree makes it (and does well), I would love to get another multi-grafted apple tree with different varieties on it. If you have any advice on any of these varieties, or a multi-grafted tree, share in the comments below.

Previous Tree Posts:

‘Crimson Passion’ Cherry; ‘Brookgold’ Plum; ‘Rescue’ Crabapple; and Bur Oak.

Upcoming: ‘Spring Snow’ Crabapple; Ohio Buckeye; ‘Parkland Apple’ and possibly some profiles on the native trees in the area.

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Here are the photos I have of the tree. You can see the slight differences in the background. This first one was later in the summer, and you can see a few additions that are not in the 2nd photo. Multi-graft Apple 2018

This is how I managed to get the tree back to my house (going slow on back roads). From my house, it got to recover a few days before my dad came with his truck to take it back to their house.