Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Court Pendu Rouge is a high-quality heritage apple valued for dense, sweet and richly aromatic flesh together with good storage. Late flowering reduces exposure to spring frost. We recommend it to experienced growers with deep, fertile and slightly moist soil. The tree is demanding about growing conditions and can be susceptible to canker and other orchard diseases.

Court Pendu Rouge

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Court Pendu Rouge is a very old French dessert apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.

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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SKU: 1264 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Court Pendu Rouge is one of the oldest known apples, dating back to the 1600s and possibly earlier. It has several names, including Court Pendu Plat in English-speaking countries.

Inspite of this it is a modern-looking apple with an attractive bi-coloured red/orange flush. The flattened shape is quite distinctive.

The flavour is aromatic with a noticeable fruity peardrop overtone, and the flesh is quite dense. The interesting flavour carries over into the juice, which can be used to add a sweet component to cider blends.