nurseryman in Wisconsin sometimes jest that they can grow apples and anything with " Siberian " in its name in their orchard . That may be an oversimplification , but Wisconsin yield trees do need to be fast - fruiting and winter - fearless . Most of southerly Wisconsin lies in USDA geographical zone 5a or 4b , areas with growing seasons between 150 to 160 days . wintertime temperatures may knock off to -25 degrees F ( -31 degrees C ) .
Apples
Southern Wisconsin is dotted with apple woodlet , many of which open to the public in other declension . McIntosh is Wisconsin ’s favorite apple for right reasonableness – it matures in former September , is stalwart to geographical zone 3 , is very resistant to Malus pumila scab and cedar apple rust , eat and cooks well and keep for up to three month . Other early apples are Lodi and Sunrise . Paulared and Gala apple are superior eat apples . September apples follow McIntoshes are Ginger gold , Cortland and Honeycrisp – all fine eating apple . October deplete orchard apple tree include Red Delicious , Jonathan , Jonagold , Golden Supreme and Golden Delicious . Haralson , Connell Red , Spartan and Idared apples are all - purpose apple . The Purdue - Rutgers - Illinois platform has contributed varieties with higher-ranking disease underground ; Redtree , Prima , Priscilla and Jonafree all ripen by the first week in September . The most disease - resistant apple for southerly Wisconsin is Liberty . Antique varieties like Wealthy , Fameuse , Ben Davis Wolf River and Duchess are available from Wisconsin specialism nurseries but are not as disease - repellent and do not keep as well in warehousing as newer varieties . Favorite varieties like Granny Smith , Rome Beauty , Braeburn and Fuji are not hardy enough for zones 4 and 5 . Jonathans and Golden Delicious are successful only in domain in the S and along Lake Michigan in zona 5 .
Other Seeded Fruit
Two other Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree fruit arise well in southern Wisconsin – crabapple and pears . The crabapple , a favorite decorative tree diagram , also furnish pollen in apple woodlet . Dolgo and Centennial varieties provide fruit for fresh use or for reach jelly and sauce in September . Toward the conclusion of the calendar month , magnanimous Chestnut crabapples ripen . Pears grown on Wisconsin - hardy root parentage can succeed in southerly Wisconsin if given enough room and if at least two miscellany are planted for cross - pollination . Fire blight can threaten Wisconsin pear Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Parker and Bartlett pears mature between mid - August and other September . Gourmet , Patten , delicious and Flemish Beauty pear number in during the last one-half of September . Shinseiki and twentieth - Century Asiatic pear tree may stick out zona 5 winters , as do Siberian quince . Pear trees ingraft onto Cydonia oblonga ancestry , however , will not survive .
Stone Fruits
Southern Wisconsin is at the northerly edge of most plum , apricot and cherry hardiness ranges , and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree may be short - lived in home garden . Plant Mount Royal and Stanley profane ( European or prune ) plum varieties together for cross - pollenation from mid - August through mid - September . Underwood and Superior red ( American ) plums produce timbre yield if Kaga or Toka pollinizer cultivars are planted nearby . peach , though hardy enough for southerly Wisconsin winters , blossom extremely early on . Harcot is self - pollinating but two other varieties , Sungold and Moongold , need pollinator trees nearby . North Star is the dauntless of all cherry ; Montmorency and Meteor are also good choices . All three are tart and should be wrap up with net to protect them from southern Wisconsin ’s large bird migration in leap and early summer .
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