Apples · 2027 season
Granny Smith Apple Tree
Malus domestica
Needs a partnerTart green apple for baking and fresh eating. Late ripening, keeps well.
- #7 container
- About 1.25" caliper
Pick up in Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March. Pay cash, check, Venmo or PayPal at pickup.
Granny Smith is the classic bright-green, tart, crunchy apple. It holds its shape in pies and tarts better than almost any other, and it's great fresh for anyone who likes a sharp apple.
It needs a long growing season to ripen, which South Jersey has. It's one of the last apples picked, and it stores for months.
Granny Smith and Golden (Yellow) Delicious are a classic pollination pair.
Granny Smith came from Australia, where Maria Ann Smith found the seedling in the 1860s. It needs one of the longest growing seasons of any apple, which South Jersey has.
How it tastes
Bright and sharply tart, with just enough sugar to balance it. The flesh is very firm and crunchy, and the tartness mellows a little after a few weeks in storage.
At a glance
- You get
- #7 container, about 1.25" caliper (trunk thickness 6 inches above the soil; each tree varies a little)
- Hardiness zones
- USDA 5–9 (Salem County is 7)
- Blooms
- Mid season
- Ripens
- Late October into November
- Starts bearing
- Usually 2–4 years after planting
- Mature size
- Depends on rootstock; ask us
- Pollination
- Needs a partner
- Botanical name
- Malus domestica
- Price
- $88 each, paid at pickup
- Pickup
- Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March
The fruit
- Looks
- Medium-large, bright green, very firm and crisp
- Flavor
- Tart and well balanced
- Best for
- Fresh, Pies and baking, Sauce
- Keeps
- Several months in cold storage
Pollination
Needs a different apple (or a flowering crabapple) blooming nearby. Any of the partners below will do it.
Good partners from our list
Growing tips
Watch for: Very susceptible to fire blight and powdery mildew; also scab. Resistant to cedar-apple rust
- Full sun (at least 6–8 hours) and soil that drains well. Avoid low spots where water sits in spring.
- Mature size depends on the rootstock the tree is grafted onto. Ask us if space is tight.
- Water deeply once a week through the first summer, more often in heat waves.
- Pick off all fruit for the first two years. After that, thin the young fruit to one apple per cluster in early summer for bigger apples and a crop every year.
- Prune in late winter while the tree is dormant to open up the center to light and air.
Spray schedule: Apple Pest Control Schedule for New Jersey Home Orchards (Rutgers Cooperative Extension, fact sheet FS112)
New to planting fruit trees? Read our step-by-step planting guide: square hole, graft above the soil, native soil, and no fruit for the first two years.
Photos show the variety, not the exact plant you’ll get. Reservations are for the 2027 season, picked up at our farm in Pittsgrove, NJ, typically in March, and aren’t guaranteed until we confirm them. Questions? Ask us or call or text (856) 345‑4538.
