Apple 'Merton Charm' Malus domestica 'Merton Charm' (D)

ABOUT
'Merton Charm' is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 2. It has a semi-weeping habit and bears heavy crops that can be small unless thinned. The apple skin is yellowish-green becoming yellow and flushed red. Season of use is from late September to October
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Merton Charm'
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 bearing
Soil
Loam, Sand, SoilClay
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Cottage & Informal Garden Wildlife Gardens
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
Apple scab, apple canker, powdery mildews, blossom wilt and and honey fungus may be a problem