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Sweet & Juicy Apple Variety for Home Gardeners

The Dorsett Golden apple tree cultivar is a wonderful variety, especially as a pollinator for other apple trees. The Dorsett apple is an early-season fruit bearer and is most likely the offspring of the Golden Delicious cultivar.

This apple tree is exceptionally well-adapted to warmer climates and requires a low number of chill hours to bloom. The summer bearing fruit tree is a great choice for orchardists and home gardeners alike.

The golden apple fruit is golden yellow with hints of scarlet, and the apples are flavorfully sweet, crisp, and juicy.  The medium to large sized apples can ripen as early as June, with additional harvests possible through fall in warmer climates.

It has dark green leaves and a light pink flower that appears in early spring before fruiting. They are a favorite apple tree among apple orchard farmers for their easy care and maintenance. This variety of apple tree is widely planted across the United States.

The Dorsett Golden apple tree height can reach up to 10-15 feet tall and 10-20 feet wide at mature size. Which makes it a perfect small fruit tree for backyard enthusiasts with limited space. The standard size tree of a regular apple like Red Delicious can get much larger and the Dorsett is considered a semi dwarf apple tree.

These fresh eating apples have a sweet flavor like candy but have firm flesh! A great choice for southern states because of their low chilling requirement of 100 chill hours. This young tree was brought into the United States from the Bahamas and integrated into apple varieties by the University of Florida.

DORSETT APPLE TREE CARE

The tree prefers full sun because areas that receive shade for more than half of the day are unsuitable for apple production. Choose your planting location wisely. It is easy to plant once you pick the desired location.

The Dorsett Golden tree produces fruit as early as a year after planting and is partially self fertile. You’ll get a much larger, tastier crop if cross pollinated by another apple tree such as the Anna Apple tree.

The Dorsett apple tree thrives in most soils in the Southern states as long as the area is well-drained soil. Grows easily in USDA growing zones 5-9. Be sure to water thoroughly the first year to establish a strong root system. Please note, we ship these sweet apples rooted in a pot in soil, not bare root trees.

Will benefit from the addition of a slow release fertilizer at the top of the root ball annually. It is incredibly pest and disease resistant. Growing your own apple tree is easy!

Shop the dwarf Dorsett Golden Apple Tree for sale. Can ship on the same business day as the order is placed!

Check out our Apple Tree Grow Guide and Growing Fruit Trees in Containers for more information on planting trees with apple fruit!