Apple 'Jupiter' Malus domestica 'Jupiter' (PBR) (D)

ABOUT
'Jupiter' is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 3 and a triploid. A vigorous cultivar it is suitable for a northerly, colder, higher rainfall areas. The apple skin is greenish-yellow turning golden yellow and flushed orange-red. Fruit has a cox-like flavour, but sharper and heavy crops are produced. Can become biennial-fruiting if allowed to over-crop; fruit can be irregular shape and heavily russetted. Season of use is from late October to January
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Jupiter'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Pruning
apples according to age and training form; spur bearer
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, 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, blossom wilt and honey fungus