A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.
White Star crab-apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for White Star
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: Russet
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Long
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Average
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
- Food uses (ornamental plants): Jam / Jelly
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Good
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Fast
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Clay
- 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 White Star crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
White Star crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
White Star crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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