Sweet Sixteen Apple Tree - Apple Trees - Fruit Trees and Nut Trees

Sweet Sixteen Apple Tree

Remarkable Flavor and Crunch

(3 customer reviews)

Gurney's Choice The Sweet Sixteen Apple is one of the best for fresh-off-the-tree eating. Sweet Sixteen is super sweet with a richly complex flavor-similar to vanilla with just a hint of molasses and fine bourbon. A taste treat like no other! Extra hardy and long lived even in harsh conditions. Ripens mid-Sept.

Now you can grow delicious, full-size apples no matter how small your garden! Imagine picking 1/2 bushel or more apples from each of your Li’l-BIG trees just a few years after planting them in the ground! If you have limited space or simply want a little tree with big benefits,
Li'l-BIG is for you. Reaching 6 ft. tall at the most and producing half a bushel of fruit, Li'l-BIG are a snap to spray, prune and harvest compared to standard size trees.

Zones: 3-6.

Product Details

Zones: 3 - 6 (-30° F.)
Height: 22 feet
Spacing: 20-320'
Depth: Graft 1 - 2 inches above soil
Spread: 20 feet
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Pollinator: Prairie Spy, Yellow Delicious, Honeycrisp
Yield: 5-10 bushels
Color: White
Foliage: Green
Blooms: Late Spring
Fruit: Mostly red, large, conic and wonderfully complex vanilla flavor

Comments: Red striped, conical fruit. Aromatic firm crisp cream colored flesh. Spreading, vigorous habit. Dependable bearer. Hardy to -50 degrees F. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: APPLE TREES ARE GRAFTED. MIX GENEROUS AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL 15-18 INTO SOIL BEFORE PLANTING. SEEDS ARE A GOOD INDICATOR OF RIPENESS, WHITE IF FRUIT IS IMMATURE & BROWN WHEN FRUIT IS RIPE. FRUIT SHOULD PART FROM THE STEM EASILY AS WELL. IF STORING OVER WINTER, SELECT BRUISE & BLEMISH FREE FRUIT. WATER TREES DEEPLY IN HOT,DRY,WINDY WEATHER. AFTER 1ST YEAR, FERTILIZE W/ 12-12-12; 1 LB. PER TREE. FEED IN EARLY SPRING BEFORE NEW GROWTH STARTS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT OVER FERTILIZE; AVOID HIGH NITROGEN FERTILIZERS. USPP = UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT; PRI = VARIETIES WHICH ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR DISEASE RESISTANCE.
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Best for the North
Reviewed By: Rebecca (Thief River Falls, MN.)
These are just as sweet and crisp as any and large for the time they have to grow up here in the far north.My 3 kids start eating them way before they are truly ripe and they can't wait till next years crop.Thanks so much.

- Friday, February 29, 2008
Great in cold
Reviewed By: Melanie (Coleraine, minnesota)
These are great apples and to my surprise there were lots of nice big apples sweet and juice. Make great baking apples too.

- Monday, December 14, 2009
Fantastic
Reviewed By: Terryw (Great Falls, Montana)
These are a wonderful eating apple. Not the best keepers I've ever seen, but do ok in the fridge and can and freeze well. Production has been hit and miss due to weather but this last year two trees produced 450 POUNDS of apples! Unbelievable!

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