Colapuy

Colapuy

Price range: 26,50 € through 38,00 €

A traditional late-season dessert apple from France with a good sweet / sharp balance.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

G11 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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Colapuy is a late-season dessert apple from northern France where it is still found in old orchards. The tree has a reputation for good disease resistance and excellent cold-hardiness, but also a tendency towards biennial bearing.

The dark red apples have a well-balanced sweet / sharp flavor. They are picked in late October / early November, and are at their best after storage for 1-2 months.

Colapuy, also known as Colapuis, is thought to be have been brought to northern France from the Crimea in the 19th century by a returning soldier, Nicholas Dupuis.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Variety reputed to originate from Crimea and brought back to France around 1854 under the Second Empire by the soldier Nicolas Puy, then distributed in Picardy.

Origin

France

USDA zone

Zone 5 (-29C)

Flowering

4 - late, 5 - very late

Harvest period

November 1-15

Eating / keeping period

2 month

Use

Cider, Cooking, Fresh eating, Juice