Sweet Delicious Apple Scionwood

This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Deacon Jones × Delicious. New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, NY. Introduced in 1922.

Large sized irregularly rounded red fruit is very sweet with low acidity. This apple has been kicking around Fedco world for years under different monikers. Introduced to John Bunker ages ago as Pumpkin Sweet in Orland, Maine and also known as Sweet Red at the Apple Farm in Fairfield. Recent DNA profiling shows both to be identical to Sweet Delicious.

Creamy yellow flesh is aromatic and sugary for fresh eating or cooking. Presses into a sweet juice for cider blends or boiling down into apple molasses. Large vigorous late blooming trees. Z4.

7938 Sweet Delicious

Item	Discounted From	Quantity
L 7938 A: 8" scionwood stick, 1 for $6.00
L 7938 B: scionwood by the foot (10' minimum), 1 for $5.50

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Additional Information

Scionwood

Scions are twigs, not trees. They have no roots and will not grow if you plant them. They are cuttings from dormant branch tips, intended for spring grafting.

We do our best to provide ¼" caliper stock. Because of factors beyond our control (such as weather!) stock may be ³⁄₁₆–³⁄₈".

We sell scionwood in two ways:

By the stick: One 8" stick will graft 3-4 trees.
By the foot: Minimum order of 10 feet per variety. For orchardists grafting large numbers of trees of a particular variety. In our own nursery work, we are usually able to graft 6-8 trees from one foot of scionwood.

You can graft right away or store scionwood for later use. It will keep quite well for several weeks stored in sealed ziplock bags in the refrigerator.

The deadline for ordering scionwood is February 21, 2025, for shipment around March 10. (Please note: we ship scionwood only in mid-March. If you would like to order rootstock to arrive in the same shipment, select mid-March shipping when adding the rootstock to your cart.)

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