Zone 3 Disease-Resistant Apple Trees

MFTC Zones, Not USDA Averages: Look Up Your Address →

Apple trees with good disease resistance that can take a zone 3 winter. Less spraying, less cleanup and a tree that keeps going through a wet year. 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 Disease-Resistant Apple Trees

Resistant isn't immune. Each product page lists which diseases that apple holds up to, whether it's scab, fire blight, cedar-apple rust or powdery mildew.

On this page: 9-22 End Apple, Alexander Apple, Arkansas Black Apple, Ashmead's Kernel Apple, Binet Rouge Apple, Black Oxford Apple, Blue Pearmain Apple, Carroll Apple, Empire Apple, Franklin Cider Apple, Fred's Mac Apple, Golden Russet Apple, Gravenstein Apple, Honeycrisp Apple, Liberty Apple, Lodi Apple, Macoun Apple, Mother Apple, Northfield Beauty Apple, Nova Easygro Apple, Paula Red Apple, Prairie Spy Apple, Red Baron Apple, Rhuby Apple, Spartan Apple, Triumph Apple, William's Pride Apple, Wolf River Apple and Zestar! 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.