Melrose apple trees

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3

Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with an attractive red-flushed skin. 

Melrose is very similar to Jonathan, one of the best-flavoured American apples - and one of its parents. The other parent is Red Delicious, and its sweet flavour complements the sharper flavors of Jonathan well. 

The apples store well - they can be kept for 3 months in a fridge, and the flavour is arguably at its best after a month or so of storage.

Melrose organic apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2025

• 11 yeartree on M9 rootstock26.50€
  Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on MM111 rootstock26.50€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Growing and Training

Its Red Delicious parentage ensures Melrose grows vigorously and productively. Melrose has a tendency to over-crop so it is a good idea to thin the fruitlets in late May.

History

Melrose was developed in the late 1930s at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, USA.

It is grown commercially on a small scale in the USA and Europe, and a number of sports exist, usually featuring better skin coloration.

Melrose characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Disease resistanceAverage
• Picking periodmid-October
• Picking seasonLate
• Season of use3 months or more
• Food usesEating fresh
• USDA cold hardyZone 4 (-34C)
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Chill requirementHigh-chill - 1000 hours
• Country of originUnited States
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flesh colourCream
• Fruit colourRed - dark

Similar varieties

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  Cabarette
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  Cox's Orange Pippin
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  GoldRush
  A modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. Good for eating fresh and juicing / cider.
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  Jonagold
  Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour.