William's Pride apple

William's Pride apple identification images

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USDA identification images for William's Pride

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.

Visitor reviews

• 08 Jun 2022 

  Is this apple variety known as William's favourite? I have this variety in my orchard, since the 1970s.
• 18 Aug 2019  OHIO, United States

  I inherited a dozen WP trees when we moved to west-central OR in 2010, and have planted more since then. Pretty undemanding trees in terms of maintenance, and good producers. I find the flavors of this crisp early-season apple very attractive? . I get butterscotch hints along with a pleasant array of varied fruit flavors. This apple is meant for eating fresh; it doesn't keep well, does OK in cider, and isn't particularly suited for cooking. But it excels at its job: early-season fresh eating.
• 07 Aug 2019  ILLINOIS, United States

  One of my favorite early apples and one of the first really good apples for eating out of hand. Doesn’t keep long, but great right off the tree. I’m not sure how these would do for commercial growers, but for a backyard orchard like mine, this is a very nice tree. The fruit is sweet and slightly spicy when it’s at its best. My kids could snack on these little apples all day long.
• 11 Sep 2017  NEW MEXICO, United States

  I grew this in the mountains of New Mexico. I bought it because it is an early apple, and the growing season in the mountains is iffy. It was definitely a biennial, alternating really heavy and really sparse crops - although if its normal heavy year was disrupted due to weather, the next "light" year would be a bit heavier. Blossom clusters were heavy (5-7 buds), most of which would set. Between tree aborts and my pruning, I'd aim for 1-3 apples per cluster, and most ended up medium size with a few large. If I didn't prune, it would try to keep about 4 per cluster, and they'd all be pretty small, so I can see this being a problem in an orchard. As a dwarf in a home garden, it wasn't too hard to keep up with. We thought it was a lovely eating apple, sweet but not too sweet, and aromatic. The flesh usually had red blushes, which I don't see mentioned anywhere, which made it very attractive on a platter of sliced fruit. Decent for applesauce; mixed results on drying (which may have been technique as much as anything); but I agree, it was too dry for pie (also prefer tart apples for pie).
• 14 Jan 2016  CA, United States

  I have a small orchard here in coastal Northern California, cool summers, Sandy loam soil. This area is famous for growing Gravenstein apples. We have some problems here with scab otherwise apples grow quite well. I planted Williams pride which I purchased from Raintree nursery about five years ago with high hopes. Growth was quite rapid on a nicely shaped spreading tree. The tree is quite precocious with apples appearing year two. They are quite large and a beautiful deep red color, and there are lots of them. Sad to say I'm not all that crazy about the flavor. It's probably a lot to ask for real earliness and great flavor But oh well. The apples have a reasonably firm texture and lovely white flash but are quite bland. Maybe it's the temperate climate, here who knows. Any other opinions on this Apple would be appreciated. I planted it because it's early and very disease resistant, and in fact it is completely scab free.
• 14 Jan 2016  CA, United States

  I have a small orchard here in coastal Northern California, 16 trees all different varieties. Sandy loam soil cool summers, some problems with scab
• 23 Sep 2011  WASHINGTON, KING, United States

  I have grown this tree on small root stock for 10 years with great success. Usually the fruits are medium sized. This year due to our wet cold spring and early summer we had very little fruit. After a period of warm weather we just harvested apples from this tree that were double in size. They make excellent apples sauce. They were a little dry for pies. Interestingly the flavor for eating out of hand wasn't as sweet this year. This apple does not keep well for very long. It is a very well-behaved tree for a small garden area in full sun and well irrigated.
• 31 Aug 2011  NW VA, United States

  Got fruit on this tree first time this year, beautiful deep purple/red apples with fantastic fall apple flavor - in July.

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer William's Pride apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow William's Pride:

United States

• Colorado

  • Masonville Orchard, Fort Collins

• Connecticut

  • Emerald Green Farm & Gardens, Wallingford

• Georgia

  • Freedom Farms - Apple & Peach Orchard, Chatsworth

• Idaho

  • BYU-Idaho Apple Orchard Museum, Rexburg

• Illinois

  • Apples On Oak, Lockport
  • Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch, Champaign

• Indiana

  • Apple of His Eye, Anderson
  • Bender's Nursery and Orchard, Albion
  • Countryside Orchard, Rochester
  • Crosby's Orchard, Lawrenceburg
  • Doud's Countyline Orchard, Wabash
  • G. W. Stroh Orchards, Angola

• Iowa

  • Allen's Orchard, Marion
  • Appleberry Orchard, Donnellson
  • Applecart Orchard, Vinton
  • Ditmars Orchard, Council Bluffs
  • The Wallace Centers of Iowa, Orient
  • Wills Family Orchard, Adel
  • Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City

• Maine

  • Eden Acres Family Farm, East Waterboro
  • Hooper's Orchard, Monroe
  • Tiny Orchards, Saco

• Massachusetts

  • Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
  • Lakeview Orchard, Lanesboro
  • Nicewicz Farm, Bolton
  • Red Apple Farm, Phillipston

• Michigan

  • Alber's Orchard & Cider Mill, Manchester
  • KlineKrest USDA Certified Organic Produce Farm, Lyons
  • Markillie Orchard and Cider Mill, Howell

• Minnesota

  • Sweetland Orchard, Webster

• Missouri

  • Hickory Ridge Orchard, Mexico
  • Sunshine Valley Farm, Rogersville

• New York

  • Bellinger's Apple Orchard, Fultonville
  • Black Diamond Farm, Trumansburg
  • Northern Orchard Co Inc., Peru

• Ohio

  • CherryHawk Farm, Marysville
  • Hidden Hills Orchard, Marietta
  • Ochs Fruit Farm, Lancaster
  • Weymouth Farms & Orchard, Hinckley

• Oregon

  • B&P Hitz Fruit Farm, Woodburn

• Pennsylvania

  • Andrews Farm Market, Saint Thomas

• South Dakota

  • Hoversten Orchards LTD, Brandon

• Tennessee

  • Indian Cave Orchards, New Market

• Virginia

  • Jim’s Apples, Duffield

• Washington

  • Skipley Farm, Snohomish        *** Feature Orchard ***

• Wisconsin

  • Cattleana Ranch, Poygan Township/Omro

Canada

• British Columbia

  • Apple Luscious Organic Orchards, Salt Spring Island
  • Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island

• Ontario

  • O'Keefe Grange, Dobbinton

References

• Cedar-Apple Rust  
  Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
  Rated as susceptible - control usually needed where CAR is prevalent.