There are a variety of apple cultivars that have shown increased resistance to cedar-apple rust: Baldwin, Delicious (red), Empire, Enterprise, Gala Supreme, Jerseymac, Keepsake, Liberty, McIntosh, Milton, Niagara, Paulared, Redfree, Regent, Sansa, Spartan, Sundance, Viking, and Zestar. Not all may be suitable for your growing area so check with your county extension office for the best choices. And increased resistance does not always mean disease free :-))

Also, the sparsity of apple production may be attributed to not having a suitable pollination partner nearby. Cedar-apple rust spores can travel 2-3 miles to find a host but pollination partners should be within 50-100 feet of each other.

GardenGal48 that is helpful. I should’ve thought to ask my Extension agent. Do you have any idea if any of those are similar for taste to Jonathan‘s? I guess I sort of think of Macintosh and that general area, but I’m not sure if they are good in my zone. Calling the Extension is a good idea. We have a, yellow transparent tree nearby. With those not cross pollinate all right?

The yellow transparent is very young, however.

You have to have a pollinizer that overlaps bloom time. A rule of thumb is the apples have to be in the same bloom time category or adjacent to it (e.g. midseason can pollinate with midseason, early midseason, or late midseason).

This is a good chart: Apple pollination chart - Grandpa's Orchard

Thank you!