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Varieties
21 varieties
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Blossom colour
- White
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Crab apple trees
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Categories
Apples
6
Early eating apples
1
Mid-season eating apples
2
Late eating apples
1
Cooking apples
1
Red-flesh apples
1
Apricots
5
Cherries
10
Sweet cherries
9
Sour cherries
1
Crab apples
21
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
2
Pears
2
Dessert pears
1
Cooking pears
1
Plums
21
Eating plums
14
Cooking plums
5
Dual-purpose plums
11
Japanese plums
1
Quinces
1
Juneberries
3
Stock availability
All
21
In stock
17
Not in stock
4
Form
1-year
13
1-year bush-trained
2-year
15
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
4
Small
Medium
Large
17
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
4
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Semi-vigorous
17
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Supplied as
Bare-root
13
12L pot
15
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
18
Average
3
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
21
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
7
4
7
5
2
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
19
Average
1
Poor
1
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
1
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
12
Mild damp climates
7
Warm climates
1
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
1
Late
12
Very late
5
Cropping
?
Heavy
7
Good
10
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2
2-3 weeks
3
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
10
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
11
Average
7
Poor
1
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
3
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
1
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
1
Canada
China
1
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
1
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Norway
Russia
2
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
6
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
4
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
5
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
7
May
2
June
December
Blossom colour
White
21
Cream
Pink - light
6
Pink
2
Pink - dark
3
Red - dark
1
Crimson
4
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)
8
RHS AGM (former)
2
RHS AM
1
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
Cinderella
®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Gold
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
Donald Wyman
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Evereste
Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
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)
Halloween
TM
Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Jelly King
®
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus baccata
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Malus floribunda
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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
NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Professor Sprenger
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.
Fruit colour: Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits - a good choice for making crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AM
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Wedding Bouquet
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
White Star
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Russet
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile