Hey, Nicky Nick...welcome...I learned something just now.....I'm new to the PNW (Crescent City, Ca.....which is yes, considered part of the PNW) but have no apple trees and am not planting any at this time. My last many years had been in SoCal and my apples there were warm season...so, I go looking for the fruit tree or apples forum where there would be people who would want to know about the Crown apple...and I see that we don't have an 'Apples' forum or apparently, nt an 'Fruit Tree' forum either...that's an oversight, I think...maybe that will be noticed now....lots of wonderful stuff grows so well up here with the cooler temps and plentiful rain...though I do miss my avocados....lol...