Haralred® Apple Tree

Red, round, and ready to call your garden "home." This remarkable apple variety is an excellent choice as a first apple tree planting or as an addition to your home orchard or existing apple tree stand. The Haralred® Apple (Malus x 'Lautz') is a reliable producer with brilliant, vivid, and delicious fruit.

If you're looking for enough apples to share with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and anybody else you can think of in-need of fresh fruit, the Haralred, sport from the Haralson, is a brilliant choice.

Haralred Apples are prized for their use in pies and other cooked recipes. These tasty apples have milky-white flesh and deep red peels. These are some of the richest red apples you can grow. They are also large for homegrown apples. They color deeply and often develop sunshine-yellow freckles and hints of golden blushing.

These ruby-red apples form round orbs that look picture-perfect when they ripen. As for its flavor, the Haralred® Apple is tart, extremely juicy, and firm. When you bite into one of these crisp apples, you will hear that characteristic snap and enjoy a gush of sweet juice.

How many apples can you expect once your Haralred Apple reaches maturity? You can expect enough to fill up multiple baskets for your mid-to-late season harvest. You will have enough to try a wide array of new recipes and fill your home with the scent of apple pies for days. When you tire of cooking your Haralred® Apples, you can store them and rest assured they will stay fresh for several months.

Not only is the Haralred Apple known for its robust color and phenomenal flavor, but it is also a picture of health. This apple variety is impressively hardy and resistant to fire blight.

The sweet and enchanting scent of Haralred Apple blossoms will welcome you to the outdoors in spring. These romantic and feminine white flowers erupt in clusters for months.

Haralred Apple blooms make lovely springtime flower arrangements that bring the delightful sight of your favorite apple tree indoors. While these snowy-white blooms will become a welcome sight in spring, they will also be a sight for sore eyes for your local pollinators. Bees absolutely adore apple blossoms and will happily help your entire garden thrive.

Haralred Apples require a pollinator companion plant to set fruit. They pair well with other favorites like Cortland, Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp. A crabapple variety will also do the job.

This brilliant tree grows moderately quickly and begins producing from a young age, so you won't have to wait long to enjoy a full harvest of sweet and beautiful fruit. This apple tree also stays relatively compact compared to other varieties, which makes it great for yards of all sizes.

The Haralred® Apples thrives in urban conditions and doesn't shudder from below-freezing temperatures. In fact, it is hardy to zone 3. Order yours today and start growing your own snacks!

How to Use the Haralred® Apple in the Landscape

This tree add a wholesome touch to the landscape. Because they require a companion tree, you can pair them with a pollination variety or in groups of three for a shady and inviting tree grouping.

Because of its moderate size, the Haralred Apple makes an excellent choice nearby your veggie garden, a few yards behind your pool, or in a corner of your yard that could use a bit of green and attention.

If you have a home orchard, you can extend your harvest season with one of these apple trees.

Short on space? No problem. Plant your Haralred Apple in a hole with a companion tree to save on lawn real estate.

Want to enrich your garden's wildlife? Plant a Haralred Apple nearby a wooded section of the yard. Or let wild critters find fallen apples and enjoy a sweet buffet.

#ProPlantTips for Care

Like most apple varieties, the Haralred Apple prefers full sun and well-drained soils. Avoid planting this prolific apple in a low area of your yard where water and moisture will gather and freeze. Morning sun exposure promotes drier foliage, and they also prefer good air circulation.

You also want to avoid planting in areas where apple trees grew previously.

Prune your Haralred Apple in wintertime when the tree is dormant to promote better airflow. New fruit will grow on spurs.

If you're looking for a reliable producer with excellent cold hardiness and comes from a lineage of healthy, the Haralred Apple is an excellent choice.

With large, juicy, deep red apples, you'll feel lucky year after year as you fill your kitchen with apples and your home with the scent of baking pies. Don't delay ordering. This improved apple variety is making a splash across the country.

Haralred® Apple Tree Frequently Asked Questions

When to Plant Haralred® Apple Trees

Planting Bareroot trees as soon as you can dig a hole in spring and until hot weather, the earlier the better. Plant container Apple trees throughout the growing season with complete success - that is the benefit of container plants - to extend the planting season. Your County Agricultural Extension Office is a great resource for first and last frost dates in your area.

How to Plant Haralred® Apple Trees

Dig a large hole only as deep as needed to accommodate the bareroot or container root ball, and twice as wide. Add Nature Hills Root Booster to speed root establishment. Remove the pot or bag and situate it into the hole so the top of the soil (soil line if bareroot), is level with the new location's soil being careful not to plant too deep. Water in again very well and backfill with the same soil you dug up, tamping down gently to ensure there are no air pockets.

Top off with a 3-4 inch thick layer of Arborist mulch. Consider staking your tree to keep its trunk growing straight for the first year to ensure it stands tall against strong winds and drifting snow.

When to Prune Haralred® Apple Trees

Trim off any broken branches from delivery as soon as you take them out of the box. Prune and trim apple trees while dormant, in late winter or early spring, before you see new growth.

How to Prune Haralred® Apple Trees

Dormant prune to:

• Remove any double leaders or narrow crotch angles
• Eliminate any crossing branches
• Thin interior branching and leave the fruiting spurs and strong branches in place opening up the canopy
• Branching at least 24-36 inches above the ground

Prune Apple trees in the summer to:

• Control size and shape by reducing the length of longer new growth on vigorous trees
• Remove water sprouts on the main trunk or older branches in the crown
• Remove suckers at the base of the trunk
• Thin fruit during heavy years on established trees

How to Care for Haralred® Apple Trees

Growing an apple tree is easy when proper soil, good drainage, attention to moisture, and regular fertility are maintained. Once you've chosen an apple tree that works for your climate, in the size you need for your landscape, and its pollinator (if needed), then you've accomplished half the battle!

• Apple trees do best in full sun and well-drained soil
• Water your apple trees when it gets dry - especially during the fruit production stage, and drought periods to keep it stress-free
• Use arborists' wood chips to mulch over the roots of your apples and have your soil tested to see what your soil may be lacking before adding fertilizers
• Maintenance pruning and shaping

Apple trees will tolerate a wide range of soils, so long as water and nutrients are not limited and the pH level is adequate.

How to Fertilize Haralred® Apple Trees

For the first year, water alone is most important. It is always best to get a soil test to see what your soil is lacking before adding more fertilizers. Once established, a fertilizer routine may be beneficial. We do offer some excellent slow-release organic options, applied according to the package directions.

Fruit trees need more phosphate and it's possible to apply too much nitrogen which affects the soil's pH. Test soil acidity or alkalinity using a pH Tester.

Fertilize in spring when you first see new growth emerging.

• Don't overdo it
• Phosphates are your friends
• Pay attention to pH in areas with extremely high or low soil pH
• Follow the directions

Haralred® Apple Tree Pollinating Info

Haralred® is not self-fruiting and needs a pollinating partner. Pair with one of these varieties:

• Cortland Apple Tree
• Fuji Apple Tree
• Gala Apple Tree
• Honeycrisp Apple Tree

Harvest Times for Haralred® Apple Trees

Haralred®’s are typically ready to harvest in October.

Early-Season? Mid-Season? Late-Season? The terminology can be confusing for new apple tree growers. Weather, climate and your tree determine when it's ripe.

For Apples:

• Early-season is usually June-July
• Mid-season can be August-September
• Late-season can be from late September-November

The growing season consists of spring, summer, and fall, and varies with climate and weather. Areas with longer growing seasons in the warmer hardiness zones can greatly affect the harvest times for each particular apple variety grown in your area. Learn which growing zone you are in.

What Shipping Options Do You Offer?

NatureHills.com works closely with our growers and nursery professionals to ensure we ship when it is most appropriate for your area. Our goal is to deliver the hardiest plants by avoiding extreme high and low temperatures. Check out our shipping schedule for more information and to learn our wills and won'ts when it comes to shipping plants. Find your Haralred® Apple Tree for sale here at NatureHills.com!