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Gueule de Mouton apple trees

(Keuleman, Sheep's Mouth)
Malus domestica
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Gueule de Mouton  produces a fabulous apple with the perfect sugar-acidity balance.  Great eaten fresh or makes a very refreshing juice.  The apples have a wonderful concial shape hence the name which roughly translates as 'Sheep's Mouth'.

Bio / Organic fruit trees

Gueule de Mouton organic apple trees for sale

  • 11-yeartree on M9 rootstock23.25€
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 21-yeartree on M116 rootstock23.25€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 31-yeartree on MM111 rootstock23.25€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 41-yeartree on Bittenfelder rootstock23.25€
    Very large tree (5m-6m+ after 10 years) Bare-root
EU delivery countries
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
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Growing and Training

Can have slight susceptibility to scab but does show some resistance to powdery mildew.


Gueule de Mouton characteristics

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Picking seasonLate
  • Season of use3 months or more
  • Food usesEating freshJuice
  • Country of originFrance
  • Fruit colourRed / Green

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