Niedzwetzkyana crab-apple
Malus domestica
Niedzwetzkyana is a unique red-fleshed, red-skinned, red blossom crab-apple, originating from central Asia.
Niedzwetzkyana crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Niedzwetzkyana
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 States
- Aaron Millis in HELENA, MT
- Dan Vorhis in FREELAND, WA
- Gina Colver in EPHRATA, WASHINGTON
- Kevin Yeadon in OAK HARBOR, WA
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: Kazakhstan
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Dark bronze
- Flesh colour: Pink / Red
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Large
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Average
- Juice style: Sharper
- Cropping: Light
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Juice
- Picking month: August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 1
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Attractive features: Attractive foliage
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate 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: Poor
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Niedzwetzkyana crab-apple trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
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