Apple 'Norfolk Royal' Malus domestica 'Norfolk Royal' (D)

ABOUT
'Norfolk Royal' is a mid-season dessert apple with greasy, pale yellow skin flushed and striped with red, and crisp, juicy, white flesh with a sweet flavour. Attractive in blossom, with pale pink flowers opening from darker pink buds. It is self sterile, pollination group 3, crops in early autumn, and stores to early winter
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Norfolk Royal'
Common names
Malus domestica 'Norroy'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune according to chosen training method. See apple pruning
Soil
Loam, Sand, SoilClay
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Wall-side Borders Cottage & Informal Garden City & Courtyard Gardens Patio & Container Plants
Propogation
Propagate by grafting in midwinter or budding in late summer. Fruit grown from pips will not resemble the parent
Pests
May be affected by aphids, including woolly aphid, and rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, codling moth and other caterpillars
Diseases
Average resistance to common apple diseases: apple canker, apple scab, and powdery mildews. Apples are also susceptible to brown rot, honey fungus and blossom wilt