Skylar helped me plant apple seedlings up in the nursery. About half of them are from selected crosses we hand-pollinated in the spring of 2025. We crossed Frostbite (MN 447) flowers with three different cultivars: Black Oxford, Gray Pearmain and Westfield-Seek-No-Further. I stratified the seed over the winter and have grown out about 100 seedlings this spring.

Because each seedling is genetically unique (these are not grafted), someday the seedlings just might be selected and named, later to become the insanely popular cultivars of the future. New varieties are being born as I write! Look for them to appear in your grocery store cooler in twenty years or so.