Zone 3 Cider Apples

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Apples, crabapples and applecrabs for hard cider that can take a zone 3 winter. Everything is listed A to Z, and the plants rated only to 3b, the warmer half of the zone (-35°F to -30°F), have a 3b tag on them.

More About Zone 3 Cider Apples

Bittersharps like Franklin, Dolgo and Hyslop and bittersweets like Binet Rouge give cider the tannin and acid that dessert apples lack. Blend them with sweeter apples for body.

On this page: Arkansas Black Apple, Ashmead's Kernel Apple, Binet Rouge Apple, Black Oxford Apple, Blue Pearmain Apple, Burgundy Apple, Centennial Applecrab, Colorado Orange Apple, Cortland Apple, Cox Orange Pippin Apple, Dolgo Crabapple, Franklin Cider Apple, Fred's Mac Apple, Frostbite Apple, Goblin Apple, Golden Russet Apple, Gravenstein Apple, Hewe's Virginia Crabapple, Hidden Rose Apple, Hyslop Crabapple, Kerr Applecrab, Martha Applecrab, Northwest Greening Apple, Otterson Crabapple, Pink Pearl Apple, Prairie Sensation Apple, Rhuby Apple, Ribston Pippin Cider Apple, Spokane Beauty Apple, Sweet Sixteen Apple, Trail Crabapple, Transcendent Crabapple and Wealthy Apple.

Questions We Get

What does zone 3 mean on your scale?

On our MFTC scale, zone 3 means the coldest night you should plan for (the 1-in-30-year low) falls between -40°F and -30°F. Zone 3a runs -40°F to -35°F and zone 3b runs -35°F to -30°F. That is colder than a USDA zone 3, which is built on the average yearly low, so run your address through our cold hardiness calculator instead of going off a USDA map.