This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.
Sweet apples - which variety?
NoSlugsPlease
Posts: 120
in Fruit & veg
We want to plant a couple of apple trees this autumn and would like a sweet variety, about 3m tall (max 4m). I was looking at Gala apples but it seems that the trees are prone to scab. Does anyone have any recommendations for apples similar to Gala or failing that, the sweetest apples they have come across?
Thank you.
Thank you.
0
Posts
His favourite is Scrumptious.
He's mentioned it to some of his customers and I've heard very positive feedback from them.
I planted one last Nov - it has 3-4 apples on it atm and looks a healthy tree, but I've not tasted one yet. I'm growing it as a vertical cordon.
I also planted a Hereford Russet.
Many years ago I had an Egremont Russet and the sweetness and flavour was outstanding. It does have a thick skin though like most Russets. The Hereford variety is supposedly an improvement.
The eventual size of your tree is controlled by the rootstock -see here-
http://www.carrobgrowers.co.uk/rootstocks.asp
So you'd probably want an M26
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.