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Varieties
5 varieties
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Blossom colour
- White
Fruit colour
- Yellow
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Crab apple trees
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Categories
Crab apples
5
Plums
3
Eating plums
2
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
1
Quinces
1
Stock availability
All
5
In stock
5
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
4
1-year bush-trained
2-year
5
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
1
Small
Medium
Large
5
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
1
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Semi-vigorous
5
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Supplied as
Bare-root
4
12L pot
5
11.5L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
4
Average
1
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
1
4
2
5
2
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
5
Average
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
3
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
Late
3
Very late
2
Cropping
?
Heavy
3
Good
1
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
3
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
1
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
1
June
December
Blossom colour
White
5
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
6
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
3
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
Yellow
5
Yellow / Orange
2
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile