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

ABOUT
'Scrumptious' is a self-fertile, dessert cultivar, pollination group 3. The flowers are pale pink, and the red fruit have a complex, fragrant, honeyed flavour. Season of use September to October
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Scrumptious'
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
4-8 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun
Pruning
apples according to age and training form; partial 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
May be affected by apple canker, apple scab, powdery mildews, blossom wilt and honey fungus