A very early, medium to large, cooking apple with pale green to pale yellow, rather greasy skin, and pale cream, tender, juicy flesh which cooks to a froth. A neat, upright tree, reliably producing a heavy crop in late summer, storing for up to a month. Partially self-fertile, but cropping better with a group 1, 2 or 3 pollinator
4-8 metres
4-8 metres
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Prefers 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
Propagate by chip budding in late summer, or grafting in mid-winter. Plants grown from pips are unlikely to resemble the parent
Prune according to chosen training method. See apple pruning
May be susceptible to aphids, including rosy apple aphid and woolly aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, codling moth and other caterpillars
May be susceptible to apple canker, apple scab, blossom wilt, brown rot, fireblight, honey fungus and powdery mildews