Apple (Apple 'Egremont Russet') | Fruit & Vegetables | Plants

Common Name: Apple
Genus: Apple
Cultivar: 'Egremont Russet'

Category: Fruit & Vegetables

Position: full sun
Soil: fertile well-drained soil
Rate of growth: average
Ultimate size on M27 rootstock: 1.8 x 1.8m (6 x 6ft)
Ultimate size on MM106 rootstock: 5.5 x 5.5m (18 x 18ft)
Flowering period: April and May
Hardiness: fully hardy
Pollination Group: A - flowering early

This attractive upright tree is covered in pure white cup-shaped flowers in mid and late spring followed by firm dessert apples with a crisp nutty flavour. It is a moderately vigorous variety producing fruits for harvesting in late September.
Garden care: Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.
Pollination Information: This apple belongs to pollination group A so you will need need to plant one other different variety of apple to guarantee cross pollination and a subsequent bumper crop. Ideally this should come from the same pollination group however it is possible to use one from group B as well.