Freedom Apple
Malus domestica ‘Freedom’
Blooms late May, ripening late September
15 feet high x 15 feet wide
Zone 4
Full Sun
Original price was: $225.$180Current price is: $180.
Freedom is a cold-hardy, modern apple prized for its exceptional disease resistance and dependable performance in low-spray and organic orchards. Developed through advanced breeding to resist apple scab, fire blight, cedar-apple rust, and powdery mildew, it is especially well-suited to challenging climates like Wyoming. The fruit is crisp, juicy, and well-balanced with a pleasant sweet-tart flavor that makes it equally useful for fresh eating, baking, applesauce, cider, and juicing. Ripening in mid to late September, Freedom stores well for several weeks under cool conditions. It blooms mid-season and pollinates well with varieties such as Honeycrisp, Haralson, Goodland, and Cortland.
Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.