Marbles NUVAR crab-apple
Malus Marbles NUVAR
Marbles NUVAR crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Marbles NUVAR
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Large
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses (ornamental plants): Jam / Jelly
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Slightly small
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Marbles NUVAR crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
NUVAR® Marble crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
NUVAR® Marble crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.