Fred's Mac Apple Seedling (Bundle of 5)

Yes. Fred's Mac Apple Seedling needs pollen from a different variety that blooms at about the same time. Not self-fertile. Every seedling is a different tree, so plant a different named apple or crabapple nearby that blooms in groups 2 to 4 on our chart to be sure of a good pollenizer. Partners we carry include Hewe's Virginia Crabapple, Hyslop Crabapple, Wickson Crabapple.

We rate Fred's Mac Apple Seedling hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

About 850 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 700 and 1,100. Seedlings vary, so that's based on the parent, Fred's Mac (McIntosh type), which needs about what McIntosh does. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

Our top use scores for Fred's Mac Apple Seedling are sauce and butter (6/10), juice and sweet cider (6/10), hard cider (6/10).

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Fred's Mac Apple Seedling for apple scab, cedar-apple rust, fire blight and powdery mildew, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our apple disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

Yes, deer love it. Protect Fred's Mac Apple Seedling with a fence or a cage, especially while it is young.

A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: Less than 6". We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.