Apple 'Winston' Malus domestica 'Winston' (D)

ABOUT
A dessert cultivar in pollination group 4. Suitable for northerly, colder, higher rainfall areas. Apples are greenish-yellow flushed red; aromatic and rich. Good, regular crops are produced but the fruit can be rather small. Keeps very well with a season of use from December to April
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
apple 'Winston'
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
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 winter moth caterpillars are the main pests on edible apples
Diseases
Very good resistance to apple scab, apple canker and powdery mildews. Can be affected by blossom wilt and honey fungus