Several members of the Rose family line of plant are fruit trees that grow in the northerly United States . These yield trees include many kind of hawthorn tree , as well as crabapple trees , cherry red trees and plum tree . None of these trees grow to great size of it , with the black-market cherry being the tallest of this chemical group . However , they all have the ability to bear fruit , which many individuals put to good purpose in foods such as baked goodness and preserves .
Hawthorns
The hawthorn trees of the northern state admit species such as the frosted haw , which extends into Eastern Canada and grows around the Great Lakes and through most of New England . The black haw exists in the Pacific Northwest , while the downy haw , cockspur hawthorn and scarlet hawthorn are all Eastern species with a northerly distribution . Hawthorn tree have toothed parting and the yield resemble a small Malus pumila , except it possesses a mealy texture . Pick the fruits to make food for thought such as conserve and gelatin .
Crabapples
Crabapple trees , such as the sweet crab apple and Oregon cultivated crab apple , grow in many of the northerly states . wild apple have much pocket-sized fruit when compared to commercial orchard apple tree metal money . Many crabapple trees may be either a turgid shrub or a small tree diagram , rarely make it higher than 30 feet in top . They have a spreading diadem and some , like the angelic crabapple , have very precipitous spikes that develop on the twigs .
Cherries
The black-market cherry tree grow throughout most of the East , and this include every northerly province from Maine westwards to Minnesota . The black cerise has 6 - inch long narrow green leaves and produces half - column inch wide-cut cherries that are overweight . The pin cherry extends across most of the easterly states from New Jersey north and rise in much of Canada and as far to the west as parts of Montana . It has smaller fruit that have an acidulous taste . The acerbic taste of chokecherries gives this tree its name , a species that develop in every northern country except Alaska .
Plums
Plums , like the American plum , have a geographical range covering two - third gear of the United States , from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Great Plains . This tree is only 20 to 30 feet in height and grow rounded blood-red yield that savour tart and is an inch wide . The Canada plum tree , despite its name , produce mostly in America , around the Great Lakes and into New York State and New England . The flesh of its plums is yellow , surrounded by a ruddy - Orange River peel .
Apples
Apple agriculturist have a large assortment of vulgar apple trees to choose from when planning to develop their own Malus pumila trees in northern land . Many of these specie are highly hardy , able-bodied to withstand extreme coldness as gloomy as minus-50 degrees F accord to the Pickyourown.org internet site . These types include the St. Johnsbury , the Sherry , the September Ruby and the Sunnybrook change . Apple types like the Regent are very hardy and bring about gamey - calibre fruit that is juicy and tasty , excellent for sweet such as pies . The State Fair Malus pumila Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree will provide crisp apples perfect for eating fresh . Other types of orchard apple tree trees that will go and produce yield in the northern country let in Ginger Gold , Gala , McIntosh , Cortland , Honey Crisp , Empire , Macoun , Jonagold , Red Delicious , Golden Delicious , Ida Red , Crispin , Northern Spy , the Spencer , the Spartan , the Sunnybrook , and the Richardson types , among others .