Red Devil apple trees

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• Picking season: Mid
• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3

Red Devil is a mid-season eating apple with a sweet/sharp flavour. The apples sometimes have a slight strawberry-like flavour.

The flesh is white ... but the deep red skin colour usually bleeds into the flesh, staining it red just below the skin. 

Red Devil is a useful variety if you like making your own apple juice - it produces a very attractive pink juice, with a good balanced tangy flavour.

The dark pink spring blossom of Red Devil is also quite attractive.

Red Devil organic apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: January - February 2025

• 11 yeartree on M9 rootstock23.25€
  Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.95€
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• 3Bush (2-years)tree on M9 rootstock32.00€
  Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Click here to view estimated delivery charges. We can deliver to most countries in the EU. However our 2-year trees and some pot-grown trees are too big or unsuitable for mail-order and are only available for collection direct from the nursery. Please contact us if you wish to order.

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If you do not hear from us by March you can contact us to pre-order for next autumn.

Growing and Training

Red Devil is easy to grow and generally reliable. Its excellent scab resistance makes it a good choice for areas with higher rainfall.

It is also self-fertile so no pollination partner is required.

Although arguably not a true red-flesh apple, it is a good introduction and far easier to grow than the full red or pink fleshed varieties.

History

Red Devil was developed by Hugh Ermen, an English apple breeder, in the 1970s. It is related to the popular early-season variety called Discovery.

Red Devil characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Disease resistanceGood
• Picking seasonMid
• Season of use2-3 weeks
• Food usesEating freshJuice - Light pink juice
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flesh colourPink / Red - Light pink flushed.

Similar varieties

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  Early Red Meat
  Early Red Meat is an early season apple with a marbled red / pink flesh. It produces a dark pink apple juice.
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  Pink Pearl
  Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.
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  Red Devil
  Red Devil is a versatile English eating apple, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
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  Roberts Crab
  Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits.

More about apple trees

While the vast majority of apples have white or cream-coloured flesh, some varieties have red flesh. Those with the most intense red flesh are usually descended from a red-fleshed crab-apple called Malus niedzetzkyana found in central Asia. The red colouration in this species also extends to the blossom, leaves and young shoots. 

Other varieties feature pink flesh or pink / marbled flesh, and these are often more palatable. 

The juice of red-fleshed apples is usually light or dark pink, and makes an attractive alternative to regular apple juice.

These varieties are of interest because of their ornamental qualities, and also because the anthocyanin compounds which give the flesh its colour are thought to have anti-oxidant properties.