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Hidden Rose® apple trees

(Airlie Red Flesh)
Malus domestica
Hidden Rose
Hidden Rose is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Very late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2

Hidden Rose is a plain green-skinned apple, but when you bite into it you find the unusual rose pink flesh inside.

As with many red or pink-fleshed apples the blossom is a deeper pink than is found in regular white-fleshed apples. This puts Hidden Rose in the middle of the spectrum which runs from regular mainstream apples with white or light pink blossom, green leaves, and white or cream flesh, to the dark-fleshed crab apples which usually have very dark pink blossom and bronze leaves. 

Hidden Rose apples ripen quite late in the season. They have a pleasant tangy flavour, and overall this is one of the better-tasting red or pink-fleshed varieties. The apples can be kept in cold storage for several months.

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  • 11 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.95€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
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History

Hidden Rose was named in 2001, but was discovered in the 1960s growing as a seedling tree near Airlie in Oregon, USA. It is still widely known by its original name - Airlie Red Flesh.


Hidden Rose characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group2
  • Disease resistancePoor
  • Picking seasonVery late
  • Season of use1-2 months
  • Food usesCulinaryJuice
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flesh colourPink / Red
  • Fruit colourGreen - light

Similar varieties

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

This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2024.