Choose Your Perfect Orchard Ready Specialty Cooking Apple Tree
Gravenstein Apple | Beloved for its tangy-sweet flavor, juicy flesh, and incredible versatility in the kitchen. Large, round apples are streaked with red over yellow-green skin and ripen early, often in late summer, making it one of the first premium cooking apples of the season. Its complex flavor is outstanding in pies, tarts, applesauce, and cider, while still delicious for fresh snacking.
Ripens early season • Cold hardy • Premium cooking apple
Golden Sentinel Columnar Apple | Sweet, firm, crisp fruit with a bright golden-yellow skin. Apples ripen in early to mid-fall and hold their shape beautifully in crisps, tarts, and baked dishes, while also tasting excellent right off the tree. The texture and balanced sweetness make it a reliable go-to for both kitchen projects and snacking.
Ripens early season • Exceptional flavor • Cold hardy
Scarlet Sentinel Columnar Apple | Deliciously juicy, sweet-tart flavor and its eye-catching, red-blushed fruit. Apples are often large and tightly spaced along the main stem, ripening in mid to late September and storing well into winter, making it a superb choice for pies, crisps, and fresh eating alike.
Ripens mid-season • Large apples • Juicy and sweetly tart
Urban Apples Tangy Green Columnar Apple | Delightfully crisp texture, lime-green skin, and bold sweet-tart flavor. Fruit is medium to large and ripens in early to mid-season, often around mid-September, making it ideal for everything from pies and tarts to cider and fresh slices with a refreshing bite. Its firm flesh stands up well in cooking, giving your recipes structure and punch.
Ripens mid-season • Deliciously green • Medium-large fruits
Urban Apples Golden Treat Columnar Apple | Sweet, slightly tart golden apples with green-gold skin and juicy, flavorful flesh. Fruit ripens in early to mid-season, often around mid-September, and works beautifully in crisps, cakes, and sauces, as well as straight from the tree. Normal-sized apples on a narrow tree feel like a little bit of magic when space is tight.
Ripens mid-season • Tart taste • Small space tree
Choose Your Perfect Orchard Ready Specialty Cooking Apple Tree
Gravenstein Apple | Beloved for its tangy-sweet flavor, juicy flesh, and incredible versatility in the kitchen. Large, round apples are streaked with red over yellow-green skin and ripen early, often in late summer, making it one of the first premium cooking apples of the season. Its complex flavor is outstanding in pies, tarts, applesauce, and cider, while still delicious for fresh snacking.
Ripens early season • Cold hardy • Premium cooking apple
Golden Sentinel Columnar Apple | Sweet, firm, crisp fruit with a bright golden-yellow skin. Apples ripen in early to mid-fall and hold their shape beautifully in crisps, tarts, and baked dishes, while also tasting excellent right off the tree. The texture and balanced sweetness make it a reliable go-to for both kitchen projects and snacking.
Ripens early season • Exceptional flavor • Cold hardy
Scarlet Sentinel Columnar Apple | Deliciously juicy, sweet-tart flavor and its eye-catching, red-blushed fruit. Apples are often large and tightly spaced along the main stem, ripening in mid to late September and storing well into winter, making it a superb choice for pies, crisps, and fresh eating alike.
Ripens mid-season • Large apples • Juicy and sweetly tart
Urban Apples Tangy Green Columnar Apple | Delightfully crisp texture, lime-green skin, and bold sweet-tart flavor. Fruit is medium to large and ripens in early to mid-season, often around mid-September, making it ideal for everything from pies and tarts to cider and fresh slices with a refreshing bite. Its firm flesh stands up well in cooking, giving your recipes structure and punch.
Ripens mid-season • Deliciously green • Medium-large fruits
Urban Apples Golden Treat Columnar Apple | Sweet, slightly tart golden apples with green-gold skin and juicy, flavorful flesh. Fruit ripens in early to mid-season, often around mid-September, and works beautifully in crisps, cakes, and sauces, as well as straight from the tree. Normal-sized apples on a narrow tree feel like a little bit of magic when space is tight.
Ripens mid-season • Tart taste • Small space tree
Why plant Orchard Ready - Specialty Cooking Apple Trees?
Premium, Mature Trees for a Head Start on Homegrown Fruit
Bring the orchard home faster with Bower & Branch Orchard Ready Specialty Cooking Apple Trees. These carefully cultivated, landscape-ready trees deliver blossom beauty, lush green foliage, and crisp, tart apples sooner than you would expect. They are selected for reliable performance in home landscapes and thrive across a wide range of climates, with varieties suited for USDA Zones 3 through 8.
Gravenstein Apple: Hardiness Zone: 4-7
Golden Sentinel Columnar Apple: Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Scarlet Sentinel Columnar Apple: Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Urban Apples Tangy Green Columnar Apple: Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Urban Apples Golden Treat Columnar Apple: Hardiness Zone: 4-9
How to use Orchard Ready - Specialty Cooking Apple Trees in the landscape?
Plant your Orchard Ready™ Specialty Cooking Apples where you can enjoy both their beauty and their usefulness. Columnar forms like Golden Sentinel, Scarlet Sentinel, Tangy Green, and Golden Treat are perfect along walkways, flanking an entry, in patio containers, or as a narrow “fruit fence” that lines a property edge without taking up much room.
These apples with their more traditional orchard form, makes a lovely focal point in a backyard, kitchen garden, or edible border. Combine several varieties to stretch your harvest season, then turn that bounty into pies, sauces, and crisps that taste like your own landscape in a dish.
