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Varieties
3 varieties
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Awards
- RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour
- Yellow
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Crab apple trees
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Categories
Crab apples
3
Plums
1
Eating plums
1
Stock availability
All
3
In stock
2
Not in stock
1
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
1
Small
Medium
Large
2
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
1
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Semi-vigorous
2
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Supplied as
12L pot
2
11.5L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
3
Average
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
3
Average
Poor
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
2
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
Late
2
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
2
Good
1
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
1
Average
2
Poor
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
1
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
1
June
December
Blossom colour
White
3
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
1
Purple - light
Red
3
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
3
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile