Visit Seattle’s public orchards to discover apples that were commonly grown in the 1900s, 1800s, or even earlier. The word “cultivar” refers to a specific plant variety. Below is a list of 52 apple cultivars that can be found in orchards stewarded by City Fruit. Most of the varieties listed below are heritage apples, no longer grown commercially. Stay tuned for future blogs that feature one or more of these historic varieties!
| Cultivar | Orchard |
| Alexander | Piper’s Orchard |
| Belmac | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Belmont | Piper’s Orchard |
| Ben Davis | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Beni Shogun Fuji | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Bietigheimer | Piper’s Orchard |
| Blue Pearmain | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Bramley’s Seedling | Good Shepherd Center |
| Dolgo crabapple | Piper’s Orchard |
| Duchess of Oldenburg | Meridian Playground, Piper’s Orchard |
| Dutch Mignonne | Piper’s Orchard |
| Early Fuji | Freeway Estates Community Orchard |
| Early Harvest | Piper’s Orchard |
| Empire | Good Shepherd Center |
| Esopus Spitzenburg | Piper’s Orchard |
| Golden Delicious | Amy Yee Tennis Center, Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Meridian |
| Golden Russet | Piper’s Orchard |
| Gravenstein | Freeway Estates Community Orchard, Good Shepherd Center, Martha Washington Park, Meridian Playground, Piper’s Orchard |
| Hawkeye Delicious | Piper’s Orchard |
| Honeycrisp | Freeway Estates Community Orchard |
| Hudson’s Golden Gem | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Meadowbrook Playfield |
| Jonagold | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Good Shepherd Center |
| Jonamac | Good Shepherd Center |
| Kidd’s Orange | Good Shepherd Center |
| King George V | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Liberty | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Freeway Estates Community Orchard, Good Shepherd Center, Dr. Jose Rizal Park |
| Lubsk Queen | Piper’s Orchard |
| Macoun | Good Shepherd Center |
| McIntosh | Meridian Playground |
| Melrose | Good Shepherd Center |
| Northern Spy | Freeway Estates Community Orchard, Martha Washington Park, Meridian Playground, Piper’s Orchard |
| Pristine | Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford) |
| Red Astrachan | Piper’s Orchard |
| Red Delicious | Meridian Playground |
| Red Gravenstein | Meridian Playground |
| Rhode Island Greening | Meridian Playground, Piper’s Orchard |
| Roxbury Russet | Piper’s Orchard |
| Spartan | Amy Yee Tennis Center, Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Good Shepherd Center, Martha Washington Park, Meadowbrook Playfield |
| Swaar | Piper’s Orchard |
| Tolman Sweet | Piper’s Orchard |
| Tompkins King | Amy Yee Tennis Center, Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Good Shepherd Center, Martha Washington Park, Piper’s Orchard |
| Twenty Ounce | Good Shepherd Center |
| Tydeman’s Red | Good Shepherd Center |
| Wagener | Piper’s Orchard |
| Wealthy | Piper’s Orchard |
| William’s Pride | Freeway Estates Community Orchard, Martha Washington Park |
| Winesap | Dr. Jose Rizal Park |
| Winter Banana | Meridian Playground |
| Wolf River | Piper’s Orchard |
| Yellow Bellflower | Amy Yee Tennis Center, Burke-Gilman Trail (Wallingford), Piper’s Orchard |
| Yellow Newtown Pippin | Piper’s Orchard |
| Yellow Transparent | Piper’s Orchard |