Fire Blight Resistant Apple & Crabapple Trees

Apples, crabapples and applecrabs that resist fire blight. Some apples get hit almost as hard as pears, especially the soft, vigorous ones, and these hold up a lot better.

More about fire blight resistant apples

The crabs and applecrabs here are as tough as it gets. Trailman applecrab is hardy to zone 1, Dolgo crabapple to zone 1b, and Chestnut and Centennial applecrabs to zone 2. Dolgo doubles as our strongest apple pollenizer.

For full size apples, Liberty and William's Pride resist fire blight, scab, cedar-apple rust and powdery mildew. Black Oxford and Roxbury Russet are great keepers, Belle de Boskoop is a top cooking apple, and Blue Pearmain and Kandil Sinap round it out. The apple disease resistance chart has each one's full ratings.

Questions we get

What apple trees are resistant to fire blight?

Liberty, William's Pride, Black Oxford, Roxbury Russet, Belle de Boskoop, Blue Pearmain and Kandil Sinap, plus Dolgo crab and the Trailman, Chestnut and Centennial applecrabs.

What's the hardiest fire blight resistant apple?

Trailman applecrab, hardy to zone 1. For a crabapple, Dolgo takes zone 1b.

Is Liberty apple disease resistant?

Very. Liberty resists fire blight, scab, cedar-apple rust and powdery mildew, and it's rated to zone 4.

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