Pommier Sanguin 'Pillar Red Flesh (Colonnaire)'

Our Variety Assessment

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

Pillar Red Flesh is primarily notable for its columnar habit, making it suitable for small gardens and narrow spaces. The wood and foliage also show red pigmentation, while the apples have delicately red-tinted flesh. We recommend it for combining originality, limited width and ornamental interest. Fruit quality is secondary to the tree’s distinctive architectural and decorative character.

Pillar Red Flesh

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A red-fleshed apple which grows with a columnar habit.

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: 4371 Categories: Apple trees, Red flesh apple trees

Description

As it’s name suggest ‘Pillar Red Flesh’ has a columnar growth habit but it is also distinct in that the foliage and wood also have a red colouration. The fruits have a delicate red tinged flesh adding to the unusual qualities of this variety.