Brandywine crab-apple
Malus x purpurea x ioensis
Brandywine is characterised by its unusual scented double pink flowers.
Brandywine crab-apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Brandywine
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 States
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit shape: Round
- Leaf colour - young: Light red
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): Does not keep
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Fruit drops when ripe
- Picking month: September
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Light prune
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- 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: Average
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some susceptibility
- Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility