Liberty is a modern apple variety, developed for disease resistance - it has very good resistance to scab, fireblight and cedar apple rust. Liberty's disease resistance comes partly from a crab apple variety called Malus floribunda which is one of its distant ancestors, whilst it gets its clean well-balanced flavor from its immediate parent Macoun and grand-parent McIntosh. It also has the bright white flesh and sweet "vinous" flavor which is a characteristic of almost all apples which are descended from McIntosh, but with perhaps a bit more tartness. Overall, the flavor can be considered first class with no compromise for being disease resistant. Grafted on Bud 9 dwarf root stock, A good partner is the Enterprise Apple for pollination. Pense Nursery, Inc. Zones 4-8. 1/2 - 5/8 caliper tree