Malus Gorgeous features light pink blossom and is good for crab apple jelly.
Gorgeous crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Gorgeous
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
- Sally Heron in KIRRIEMUIR, ANGUS
Australia
- a Bear in TOOLANGI, VIC
- Hayden in Winslow, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
- Susie Cordia in Foster North, VICTORIA
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses (ornamental plants): Jam / Jelly
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- 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: Average
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Gorgeous crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Gorgeous crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Gorgeous crab-apple trees
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