About
This large, late cooking apple with mid-green skin, sometimes flushed with brownish-red, and sharp-tasting, greenish-white, flesh that cooks to a well-flavoured, cream-coloured puree. This triploid, part tip-bearing cultivar is 20 percent less vigorous than ‘Bramley Seedling’ but is still vigorous, cropping in mid-autumn with fruit storing to early spring. Requires a group 2, 3 or 4 pollinator.
About the genus
Malus are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn; some have good autumn foliage colour
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeClay, Loam, Sand
Soil pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH6
Plant details
Plant typeFruit Edible, Trees
HabitSpreading branched
FoliageDeciduous
Height4-8 metres
Spread4-8 metres
Time to full height10-20 years
Suggested usesCottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
CultivationPrefers deep, fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in a sunny, sheltered position. Will not thrive on very acid soils, shallow chalk soils or with shade for more than half the day. May require fruit thinning to improve fruit size and quality. See apple cultivation
PruningPrune according to chosen training method. See apple pruning
PropagationPropagate by chip budding in late summer, or grafting in mid-winter. Plants grown from pips are unlikely to resemble the parent
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids, including rosy apple aphid and woolly aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, codling moth and other caterpillars
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to apple scab, blossom wilt, brown rot, fireblight and honey fungus. Has some resistance to apple canker and powdery mildews