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Hazen apple

Large round dark red fruit. Greenish yellow, medium firm, juicy, very sweet flesh; mildly subacid flavor. Pleasant for eating, good dessert and cooking apple. Named after both the nearby town of Hazen, and Dean Arlon Hazen, the Director of the North Dakota Experiment Station.

USDA identification images for Hazen

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

    Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

    Parents and other ancestors of this variety


    Visitor reviews

    • 18 Aug 2024 
      I have a 6-year old Hazen apple tree in my back yard in Pocatello, Idaho. It produces almost 300 apples each year, which my wife and I make into apple sauce. Neal Holland, the horticulturist who released this variety about 40 years ago, was my instructor at ND State University in 1969. F C Humphrey
    • 24 Sep 2019  ND, United States
      Very resilient to weather extremities, and bears a crispy, delicious fruit despite this. Would recommend to anyone who wishes to grow apples in a very temperate climate.
    • 13 Oct 2016  WI, United States
      Best short season apple. High production , pleasant dark red color and juicy flesh. Best eating out of hand, very soft when baked, best sauce when mixed with very tart apples. Better apple butter than jelly.
    • 30 Dec 2014  SOUTH DAKOTA/BROWN, United States
      I wanted a good variety for the Dakotas so I planted a Hazen some years ago. Prolific bearer, the weight of the large & many fruit breaks down its own branches. Tree heals over & keeps going, talk about a survivor. Birds leave this one alone unlike my other varieties. However my Hazen apples are just not that tasty.
    • 15 Aug 2012  IOWA, United States
      This is a very good tasting fruuit. It will keep in a crisper drawer of refrig. well into early spring.

    Tree register

    United States

    Canada

    Spring blossom records for this variety

    2019 season

    • 12th June  2019  - tree owned by Steven in Skandia, United States

    2013 season

    • 1st June  2013  - tree owned by Kathy in Carrington, United States
    • 1st June  2013  - tree owned by Kathy in Carrington, United States

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    Harvest records for this variety

    2016 season

    • 1st week October  2016  - tree owned by Steven in Superior, United States
    • 1st week October  2016  - tree owned by Steven in Superior, United States

    2015 season

    • 2nd week October  2015  - tree owned by Melody in Hardwick, United States

    2013 season

    • 1st week September  2013  - tree owned by Kathy in Carrington, United States
    • 1st week September  2013  - tree owned by Kathy in Carrington, United States

    Origins

    • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
    • Parentage: Duchess Oldenburg x Starking Delicious
    • Originates from: Mandan, North Dakota, United States
    • Introduced: 1980
    • Developed by: Neal S. Holland, North Dakota State University
    • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1981-026

    Identification

    • Country of origin: United States

    Growing

    • Flowering group: 2
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

    Where to buy fresh fruit

    The following orchards grow Hazen:

    United States




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