A dessert variety with yellow skin flushed red on the sunny side, and lightly russetted. The flesh is firm, crisp, juicy and sweet. Fruit is ready to pick in early autumn and keeps for a month or two
4-8 metres
4-8 metres
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Prefers a deep, fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in a sheltered, sunny 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 grafting in mid-winter or budding in late summer. Fruit grown from pips will not resemble the parent
Prune according to chosen training method. See Apple pruning
May be susceptible to aphids, including woolly aphid and rosy apple 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