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Pillar Red Flesh apple trees

Malus domestica
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2

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.

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  • 11 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.25€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
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Growing and Training

The fruit is best picked from October and will keep until December.


Pillar Red Flesh characteristics

  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group2

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.

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.