Apple 'George Neal' Malus domestica 'George Neal' (C)

ABOUT
'George Neal' is a culinary or dessert cultivar in pollination group 2. Produces a good, regular crop of apples; skin greenish-yellow flushed orange and red. Brisk eating apple; sweet and with a delicate taste when cooked. Striking, deep pink blossom. Season of use from late August to September
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'George Neal'
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 size of the tree
Pests
Aphids, woolly aphid, rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, mussel scale, codling moth and caterpillars are the main pests on edible apples
Diseases
Can be affected by apple scab, apple canker, powdery mildews and honey fungus