Crispin apple trees
Crispin is an unusually versatile apple. Its large size and juicy acidity make it an excellent apple for the kitchen. Slices keep their shape when baked, and slices can be dried too.
Crispin's Golden Delicious parentage also lends it an excellent sweet flavour for eating fresh, particularly if you like sharper apples. In a good year from a good tree, Crispin's crisp sharp-sweet flavour can be very good indeed.
All in all this is an apple with many talents, and one of that select band of apple varieties that is equally good for eating fresh or in the kitchen.
Crispin apple trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree M26 rootstock £34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Crispin is a triploid variety, so not a good pollinator for other apple varieties.
Disease resistance is average, but like all triploid varieties it is a strong-growing tree that can tolerate a few problems without much effect.
Crispin likes a warm climate.
History
Crispin was developed in Japan in the 1930s, and is a cross between Golden Delicious and Indo. It has become steadily popular in both North America (where it is often known as Mutsu) and parts of Europe (where it is known as either Crispin or Mutsu).
Crispin characteristics
- Gardening skillAverage
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersPoor
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
- Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuiceDual purpose
- Disease resistancePoor
- Scab (Apple and Pear)Some susceptibility
- Powdery mildewSome resistance
- Fire blightSome susceptibility
- Country of originJapan
- Period of origin1900 - 1949
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourGreen
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