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

apple 'Norfolk Royal'

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'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

Plant Info
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About this plant

  • memoNames

    • Family

      Rosaceae

    • Synonyms

      apple 'Norfolk Royal'

    • Common names

      Malus domestica 'Norroy'

  • infoCharacteristics

    • Foliage type

      Deciduous

    • Height

      4-8 metres

    • Spread

      4-8 metres

    • Hardiness zones

      H6

  • sunLight

    Full Sun

  • scissorsPruning

    Prune according to chosen training method. See apple pruning

  • bambooSoil

    Loam, Sand, SoilClay

  • pinSuitable locations

    • Hardiness zone

      Wall-side Borders Cottage & Informal Garden City & Courtyard Gardens Patio & Container Plants

  • sproutPropogation

    • Propagate by grafting in midwinter or budding in late summer. Fruit grown from pips will not resemble the parent

  • insectPests

    May be affected by aphids, including woolly aphid, and rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, codling moth and other caterpillars

  • microbeDiseases

    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