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Use these crispy, juicy, white-fleshed apples for canning, making jelly, or just popping in your mouth! Centennial is a bright orange-red apple that ripens early in the season, and its early-to-midseason bloom time makes it a fantastic pollinator for your home orchard. Centennial is also a great ornamental tree, producing an abundance of striking red buds that open into a showy display of snow white flowers!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaturally dwarfing, Centennial tops out at 8' making it an easy fit for most locations. 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A sturdy, cold-hardy tree with abundant white blooms, this apple produces clusters of dazzling red fruits. While versatile for fresh eating, this apple truly shines as a cider apple thanks to its intense flavor. Its bright yellow-red fruits yield a juice abundant in both flavor and nutrients. Known for its high sugar content balanced by strong acidity, Wickson is a top choice for late-season harvesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModerate resistance to common diseases. Reliable and heavy cropper. 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Its deep red peel and flesh makes it a standout for salads and desserts, but in for juice and hard cider production is where it really shines. The flavor changes noticeably as the fruit matures, starting with notes of raspberry, grapefruit and even pumpkin; then sweetening and developing a distinct strawberry character. \u003cspan\u003eThe red tendency is dominant in this apple, with not only the skin and flesh but also the new leaves, wood, and blossoms all having a very pronounced red stain to them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a slender and somewhat weeping form in the landscape, Firecracker™ produces abundant crops of small fruit, usually 2.5\"x2\" most years, with some tendency toward biennial bearing. 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