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Alberta Red Apple Tree

Alberta Red Apple Tree

$44.00 CAD
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Rootstock

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Alberta Red produces large glossy red apples with crisp, juicy flesh and a slight pink tinge that can colour the juice. The fruit has excellent flavour and is well suited to fresh eating.

This cultivar came from the University of Alberta breeding program in 1960 and was later rescued from obscurity by Dr. Ieuan Evans. The fruit ripens in September.

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Growing details

Hardiness
Zone 3
Fruit
Large, glossy red applesCrisp and juicy, with a slight pink tinge to the flesh that can colour the juice
Uses
Fresh eatingExcellent flavour
Mature size
20 to 30 ft tallFull size, on Siberian crabapple rootstock
First fruit
About 4 to 5 years after plantingTypical for prairie apples
Site and soil
Full sun and soil that drains well

Ripening

September

Timing varies with season and site

More about this plant

Rescued from obscurity

Alberta Red came from the University of Alberta breeding program in 1960. Dr. Ieuan Evans later rescued it from obscurity.

Read its history on Pomologica

Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Cold hardiness · Zone 3
Canadian climate map with provinces outlined; highlighted minimum zone: 3

Zone 3 and warmer

The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.

About these maps

Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.

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Pollination

Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.

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