Royalty crab-apple
Malus Royalty is an ornamental crab apple with green-bronze leaves and dark red blossom.
Royalty crab-apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Royalty
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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United Kingdom
- Alison Quinsey in Beccles, SUFFOLK
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Dark purple
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Average
Using
- Picking season: Mid
Growing
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Attractive features: Attractive foliage
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- 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: Poor
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Very susceptible
- Fire blight: Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Royalty crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Royalty crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Royalty crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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