Apple 'Rosemary Russet' Malus domestica 'Rosemary Russet' (D)

ABOUT
'Rosemary Russet is a dessert cultivar in pollination group 3. Good, regular crops of apples are produced on a vigorous tree with an upright habit. Apple skin greenish-yellow flushed orange or reddish brown. Fruit sweet-sharp with an acid-drop taste, resembling 'Ashmead's Kernel'. Season of use from November or December to March
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Rosemary Russet'
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
Suggested planting locations and garden types
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
Some resistance to apple canker, apple scab and powdery mildews. Can be affected by blossom wilt and honey fungus