Apple 'Egremont Russet' Malus domestica 'Egremont Russet' (D)

ABOUT
'Egremont Russet' is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 2. Suitable for northerly, colder, higher rainfall areas. Produces good, regular crops of apples; yellowish-green, up to half flushed brownish-red and covered with russet. Characteristic nutty flavour with a season of use from October to December
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Egremont Russet'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Pruning
Regular pruning is required - see apple pruning; spur bearing
Soil
Loam, Sand, SoilClay
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Wall-side Borders Cottage & Informal Garden
Propogation
Propagate by chip budding or grafting onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. The rootstock used will largely determine the vigour of the tree
Pests
Aphids, rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, mussel scale, codling moth and caterpillars are the main pests on edible apples. Very prone to woolly aphid
Diseases
Fruit is resistant to apple scab, but the foliage can be prone to it. Can be affected by powdery mildews, apple canker and honey fungus; susceptible to bitter pit