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
- Duchess of Oldenburg (parent)
- Starking Delicious (parent)
Visitor reviews
- 18 Aug 2024I 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 StatesVery 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 StatesBest 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 StatesI 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 StatesThis is a very good tasting fruuit. It will keep in a crisper drawer of refrig. well into early spring.
Tree register
United States
- Herdie Baisden in STOCKHOLM, WI
- James Pendleton in Belgrade, MONTANA
- Kathy Wiederholt in Carrington, NORTH DAKOTA
- Kent Montgomery in Brainerd, MINNESOTA / CROW WING
- Kim Lapacek in Poynette, WI
- Melody in Hardwick, VERMONT
- Steven Holman in Skandia, MI
- Steven Holman in Skandia, MI
- Steven P. Johnsen in Superior, WI
Canada
- Dina Ealey in Knowlesville, NEW BRUNSWICK
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
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
Idaho
- BYU-Idaho Apple Orchard Museum, Rexburg
Iowa
- East View Orchard, Fredericksburg
Minnesota
- Minnesota Harvest, Jordan
- Novak's Orchards, LLC, Woodbury
New Hampshire
- Old Ciderpress Farm, Westmoreland