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Cooking Apple Tree - Description
- Traditional Cooking Apple Tree
- Malus Domestica
- Type: Cooking Apple
- For Cider Production: Sharp
- Form: Bare Root (Not Potted)
- Mostly Grown as Pollinator of Eating Apples
- Plant Size
- Height: 4-5ft (125 - 150cm)
- Pot size: 7.5L
- Spacing Distance: 3m apart
Cooking Apple Tree - Characteristics
- Produces large sour apples
- Sweeter than most other cooking apples
- Mature size: 2.5m tall & 3m wide, with a tall arching habit
- Deciduous tree - they loose their leaves in Winter
- Foliage - Ovate in shape, green in Summer turning red & maroon in Autumn
- Moderate growth rate
- Flower - Spring flowering with pinky white blooms, approx. 3cm in diameter
- Fruits - Apples develop in late Summer
Bramley - Pollination Group
- Pollination Group 3
- Also self fertile
Cooking Apple Tree - Uses
- Used in desserts & cider production
- Used to pollinate eating apples
- Add one to every orchard to ensure fruit develops after flowering
- Can be grown for it's ornamental flowering
Cooking Apple Tree - Planting Instructions
Planting Time
- Plant the moment they arrive
- Bareroot apple trees can only be planted in the dormant season
- Avoid frosty conditions, where the ground is frozen
Positioning Trees
- Apple trees require full sun
- Avoid shaded locations
- Avoid frost pockets & exposed sites
- South east facing slope is most ideal - avoid north facing slopes
- Fill planting hole with manure prior to planting
- When planting - hold plants at ground level & back fill the top soil
- Ensure each plant is straight & soil is compacted in around it's root ball
- Level off the soil around the plants
Orchard Planting
- Align trees along the north - south axis
- Spacing will depend on rootstock (M9 rootstock = 2.5m - 3m apart)
- Stake trees prior to planting
After Care
- Water bare roots plants regularly until established
- Water before & after planting
- If dry weather persists, water every 2 days
- Weeding is also essential - especially bind weed which can quickly smoother a young tree
