Apple
Apple 'Falstaff'
Genus: Apple
Cultivar: 'Falstaff'
Category: Fruit & Vegetables
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Ultimate size on M27 rootstock: 1.8 x 18m (6ft x 6ft)
- Ultimate size on M26 rootstock: 3 x 3m (10 x 10ft)
- Flowering period: April and May
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Pollination Group: C - flowering mid to late season
Masses of pure white cup-shaped flowers in mid and late spring followed by crisp juicy red-flushed dessert apples which should be harvested in October. The tree forms a natural dome shape and the leaves are small toothed and dark green. The fruits store well until the following March. An excellent apple tree for colder areas. - 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 C 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 or D as well.
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