A white-flowered crab-apple which bears small golden-yellow fruitlets.
Winter Gold crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Winter Gold
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: Netherlands
- Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Small
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Using
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- 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
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Light prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Sunlight: Some shade
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some susceptibility
- Fire blight: Some susceptibility
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.