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Norkent Apple Seeds (100 Seeds) | Ships ASAP
Sale price
$85.00
Regular price
$100.00
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Flexible returns
Ripening
Will it finish before your first hard freeze?
Check it on the Ripening Map (opens in a new tab)
Disease resistanceNot tested yet
- ? Apple scab : Unknown, no published data yet
- ? Cedar-apple rust : Unknown, no published data yet
- ? Fire blight : Unknown, no published data yet
- ? Powdery mildew : Unknown, no published data yet
Scored 1 to 5. Higher resists better, and ? means no published data yet.
See it on our apple disease chart (opens in a new tab)
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At a glance: Norkent Apple Seeds are apple seed rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F), and not self-fertile, so plant several or another apple nearby.
| Hardy to | Zone 2 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included (winters to -50°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
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| Chill hours | About 1,000 hours (800 to 1,200). Seedlings vary, so this is based on the parent tree. Montana winters give it plenty. In milder climates, make sure your winters average at least this much. Check your chill hours or see our sources. |
| Pollination | Needs Cross-Pollination. Bloom group 3 of 7 (early-mid), late spring here. Apple seedlings are never self-fertile. Plant a different apple or crabapple variety nearby, or plant several seedlings together. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Apple & Crabapple Pollination Chart. |
| Good for | Juice and sweet cider (6/10), hard cider (6/10), feeding wildlife (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| What you get | 100 Norkent apple seeds. Ships ASAP. |
Open pollinated from a Norkent (other parent is unknown). Norkent is one of the best tasting of all the Nor-Series of apples. High quality apple that can survive temps well into the -50F's. We're listing it conservatively at zone 2 (-50°F) until we have more data.
Questions we get about Norkent Apple Seeds (100 Seeds)
Do Norkent Apple Seeds need a pollenizer?
Yes. Norkent apple seedlings need pollen from a different plant that blooms at about the same time. Apple seedlings are never self-fertile. Plant a different apple or crabapple variety nearby, or plant several seedlings together.
How cold hardy are Norkent Apple Seeds?
We rate Norkent Apple Seeds hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
How many chill hours do Norkent Apple Seeds need?
About 1,000 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 800 and 1,200. Seedlings vary, so that's based on the parent, Norkent. Seedlings vary, so chill need will too. Expect roughly typical apple chill (around 1,000 hours); seeds also need a cold, moist stratification before sprouting. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.
What are Norkent Apple Seeds good for?
Our top use scores for Norkent Apple Seeds are juice and sweet cider (6/10), hard cider (6/10), feeding wildlife (6/10).
What arrives, and when does it ship?
100 Norkent apple seeds, shipped as soon as you order.
Is Norkent Apple disease resistant?
We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Norkent Apple 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.