Tree Fruit Varieties for
Northern Illinois Home Plantings

Apples (Dwarf trees only)

Standard varieties
Gala
Ginger
Ozark Gold
McIntosh
Jonathan
Honeycrisp
Empire
Red Delicious
Jonagold
Golden Delicious
Smothee
Mutsu or Crispin
Fuji

Disease resistant varieties
Pristine
William's Pride
Redfree
Dayton
Priscilla
Liberty
Jonafree
Liberty
Enterprise
Goldrush
Japanese

Apple Rootstocks

Dwarf
M.9 EMLA
Bud 9
Ottawa 3

Semi-dwarf
M.7

*Pears (Dwarf trees only, use Old Home and Empire Farm 333 rootstock)

Moonglow
Potomac
Maxine (Starking Delicious)
Seckel
Harrow Delight

Cherries

Tart
Montmorency
Meteor
North Star

Sweet
None recommended

Plums and Apricots

European Plums
Stanley
Green Gage
Damson
Mt. Royal
Earliblue
Bluefree

Japanese Plums
None recommended

Apricots
None recommended

Peaches and Nectarines
None recommended

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