Apple 'Honeycrisp'

I live in Las Vegas and bought tree form Home Depot. I had it for 8 months then just died off. I got it the right soil, watered it throug...Read Moreh drip system and fertilized it bi yearly. Don't understand just a bad plant I guess.

One of the 15 most popular apples in the US. Bred in Minnesota---fruit quality is said to suffer where nights are warm during ripening....Read Morer />
Patent 7197 expired in 2008.

According the the Purdue University extension service, this tree is resistant to scab and fire blight, but susceptible to cedar rusts and powdery mildew. [HYPERLINK@www.extension.purdue.edu]

According to the University of Missouri extension, It's susceptible to all 4 major apple diseases.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/g6022

This apple is known for bearing prematurely, meaning heavily bearing before the tree is strong enough to hold the fruit. That was my expe...Read Morerience when the tree was two years old, last year. We had to use stakes and ties to support the fruit. This year, we had very little fruit, though in general our apples have little fruit this year. We are looking forward to next year, hoping for a good crop again. A fantastic tasting fruit! Doing well on the SF Peninsula.

We planted a five year old tree last year. It is covered in apples this year, and we are following a spraying schedule. Honeycrisp appl...Read Morees are our favorite eating apple, and we buy them from a large orchard near us, but hope to have some of our own this year.