A small, very early, dessert apple, with pale, yellow-green skin, flushed and striped with red, and cream flesh which is sweet when ripe but quickly goes over and is best eaten straight off the tree. Vigorous trees produce a heavy crop in late summer, and require a group 2, 3 or 4 pollinator
4-8 metres
4-8 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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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, blossom wilt, brown rot, fireblight, honey fungus and powdery mildews. Has some resistance to apple scab
