A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Ben Davis Apple Scionwood (Spring 2025)
A once widely grown heirloom apple that is a parent of Cortland. Also known as Mortgage Lifter, Baltimore Pippin, New York Pippin, Victoria Pippin, Virginia Pippin, Victoria Red, Kentucky Pippin, Kentucky Redstreak, Carolina Red Streak.
This tree is precocious and productive. It is upright, and spreading, resistant to wooly apple aphid, cedar-apple rust, and mildew, but susceptible to scab and canker.
The apple is medium sized, with a smooth skin washed red over yellow-green. The flesh is coarse, somewhat soft, aromatic, juicy, and subacid. It hangs well on the tree, stores very well, and resists bruising.
Ben Davis is most famous as a parent of Cortland apple (Ben Davis x McIntosh). It got its other common name "Mortgage Lifter" from its productivity and ability to travel without bruising, making it a highly profitable commercial apple in its day. My Dad describes it as like "eating cotton."
Volume Pricing
| Quantity | Ben Davis Apple Scion |
|---|---|
| 1 | $12.00 |
| 2-5 | $8.00 |
| 6-10 | $7.00 |
| 11-99 | $6.00 |
| 100+ | $5.00 |
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Heirloom
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, baking, storage, jelly, sauce
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: off-white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: unknown
Origin: Possibly Kentucky
Introduced in: 1700's
Introduced by: unknown
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 3 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 29 (approximate, in New York State) + 14 days after McIntosh
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Cedar-Apple Rust: Resistant
Perennial Canker: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Resistant
Woolly Apple Aphid: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Pollination Partners
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| Tree | Currently in Stock |
|---|---|
| Cripps Pink Apple | 0 |
| Golden Russet Apple | 0 |
| Granny Smith Apple | 0 |
| Honeycrisp Apple | 0 |
| Macoun Apple | 0 |
| St. Edmund's Russet Apple | 0 |
| Domaines Apple | 0 |
| Empire Apple | 0 |
| Enterprise Apple | 0 |
| Bramtot Apple | 0 |
| Newtown Pippin Apple | 0 |
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