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Butterball crab apple trees

Malus
Butterball has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.

Butterball crab apple trees for sale

Pot-grown

All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.

  • PG12-year 11.5L pot-grown tree M27 rootstock £47.50
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  • PG22-year 12L pot-grown tree Semi-vigorous rootstock £47.50
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Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree Semi-vigorous rootstock £27.95
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With its cascade of speckled yellow-coloured fruits Malus Butterball is perhaps the prettiest of all crab-apples for autumn colour.

Butterball is also a good choice if you want to make crab apple jelly. The fruitlets hang on the tree for an extended period, and can be used for cooking throughout this period.

The spring blossom is pure white. Our 2-year Butterball trees will usually produce blossom in the first spring after planting.

How to grow

Malus Butterball is a good pollinator of late-flowering apple varieties (in flowering group 4).

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

Butterball characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersGood
  • PloidyDiploid
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
  • WildlifeAttractive to birds

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingHeavy
  • Food usesCulinary

Problems

  • Disease resistanceAverage

Identification

  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colourYellow
  • AwardsRHS AGM (current)