
Apple Tree Red Delicious 175cm / 5'6" / 7Gal
Details
Common Name: Apple ‘Red Delicious’
Latin Name: Malus domestica 'red delicious'
Sun
Zone: 5
Height & Width: Varies with pruning
Special Features: Semi-dwarf, Pale pink to white flowers, Stores well
Description:
Pale pink to white flowers produce large-sized, bright red fruit with a crisp, juicy, and mildly sweet taste. Stores well and is a favourite snacking apple. Ripens in October. Needs a pollinator such as Cortland, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Spartan, Yellow Delicious, or Wolf River.
White flowering crabapples will also pollinate most apple trees. A tree guard on the trunk will help protect against rabbits in the Winter and early Spring .