Norson Apple Rootstock/Size:Dolgo Full Size: 3-4 ft.

Norson Apple Rootstock/Size:Dolgo Full Size: 3-4 ft.Overview Norson is a prairie apple selected for cold climates, valued for heavy annual crops and late season use compared to many other ultra hardy apples. History & Parentage Prairie breeding sources list the lineage as Haralson Rescue, with introduction through the Beaverlodge, Alberta program in the mid 1970s. Fruit Quality & Uses A good dessert apple with consistent yields and decent keeping. It's a later apple compared to other Nor series apples.

They must be planted together for pollination

Final spacing depends on rootstock

John’s produces large clusters of dark purple to nearly black berries with good juice content

While Yakima appears in multiple nursery catalogs and grower references

warmer parts of Plains

when we tasted it fresh off the tree at Benson’s Farm in Missoula on August 14

Grower Note

we have seen White Gold show real vulnerability to early-season cold before full dormancy: a sharp fall frost on 10/25/20 that reached -10°F wiped our White Golds

Storage: Although most summer apples don’t store well

rated only 3

Lawrence River Valley toward the Great Lakes brought it to the New World around 1760

As with all peaches (and nectarines)