Pommier 'Transparente de Croncels'

Croncels Transparent

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A heritage dessert or culinary apple variety with good flavour and useful keeping qualities.

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

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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Tree size guide

Tree size guide: maiden, half-standard and standard fruit trees

SKU: 1349 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Transparente De Croncels Apple Tree is a traditional apple variety appreciated for its attractive fruit, balanced flavour and reliable cropping. Depending on the season and ripeness, the apples can be used for dessert, juice or culinary purposes.

This variety is well suited to traditional orchards and garden planting, where it remains valued for its blossom, productivity and good keeping qualities.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

French variety bred by Ernest Baltet and introduced in 1869 at Croncels, near Troyes.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Partially self-fertile

Pollinator value

Good pollinizer

Ploidy

Probably diploid

Origin and identity

Parentage

Probable Antonovka × unknown parent

Synonyms

Transparent de Croncels, Pomme de Croncels, Transparentapfel von Croncels, Apfel von Croncels, Croncels

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, spreading habit, heavy production, fragile fruits to be picked before full maturity

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility

Powdery mildew

Low susceptibility

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