Wolf River Apple Tree

Wolf River Apple Tree (Malus 'Wolf River') is a beautiful apple, with a stunning magenta blush against its yellowish-green background and creamy white flesh. It has a sweet-tart flavor and holds its shape well with cooking!

The lovely white blossoms are fragrant and call butterflies and beneficial pollinators galore!

Wolf River is beloved for its use as a cooking apple, so you can use it in a variety of culinary delights. The distinguishing feature of this superior apple is its size.

Its 5-inch diameter, and weight of up to a pound, will create quite a sight on your tree--and be even more impressive on your plate. In fact, people often say that you can make a pie with just one apple!

An antique specimen that was found in Wolf River, Wisconsin in the 1870s! This is a tried and true variety of Apple Tree!

How to Use Wolf River Apple Tree In The Landscape

Wolf River is a productive tree that will provide its luscious harvest in late September to early October. With a spreading growth habit, it is considered quite sturdy as well as hardy and long-lived!

If you enjoy apples, Wolf River is a great choice. Not only is it an excellent apple for eating and cooking, but it's also a bit of a conversation piece.

Friends and neighbors are sure to be impressed with the size of these apples, so they're not only useful but fun as well.

Sweet-tart flavor requires little added sugar for your baked goods and pies! Also good for apple butter and applesauce and primarily for cooking because of the way it holds its shape when cooked!

The white blooms make Wolf River a fantastic specimen plant and a lovely addition to the home landscape and it’s a unique orchard must-have!

#ProPlantTips For Care

Growing in growing zones 3-9, this cold and heat tolerant tree is very adaptable to a wide range of environments and soil types. Also, it’s a very strong tree and disease tolerant, showing good resistance to apple scab, fire blight, and powdery mildew.

Fruit trees require full sun for the best fruit and bloom set. Also thriving best in any type of well-drained soils with organic matter and consistent watering.

While drought tolerant once established, it’s best to protect your investment with supplemental watering. Mulch your root system well to insulate it from heat and cold, and to hold in more moisture!

Prune when dormant and to thin fruit for larger fruit size and less stress on your tree.

Order your apple pie-sized Wolf River Apple Tree for a truly unique fruit tree for your orchard or home garden this year before they sell out! Call NatureHills.com today!

Recommended Pollinators: Dolgo, Empire, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, McIntosh, Pink Lady.

Rootstocks Explained

Apple trees have been grafted onto different rootstocks since before the mid-1800s. Different rootstocks are used to improve the anchoring of trees, eliminate diseases, and reduce the natural mature size of the tree itself. While there are many different types of rootstock, they are all labeled as being either Dwarf, Semi-Dwarf, or Standard.

The apple descriptions, including flowering, pollination, and apple characteristics are the same whether the plant is grown on a standard rootstock or some varying dwarfing rootstock. The overall size can vary by climate and soil but the understock used is ultimately what affects the mature size.

There will be some variation in sizes but as a guide, we are suggesting the overall mature size of these apple varieties are:

Semi-Dwarf Apples

• Height: 12-18 feet
• Spread: 10 - 15 feet

Standard Apples

• Height 18 - 25 feet
• Spread: 15 - 18 feet

Remember that all fruit tree sizes can easily be altered if needed by simple pruning as the trees grow and develop.