Pink Pearl

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.

Pre-orders are open

No payment today. You are reserving your trees before the inventory in early August.

After inventory, we will confirm the available trees and send you a payment link.

Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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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Tree size guide

SKU: 4366 Categories: Apple trees, Red flesh apple trees

Description

Pink Pearl was one of the first pink-fleshed apples to become available, and is perhaps the best-known.

Although the apples can be eaten fresh, this is really a variety for the kitchen – the pink-flesh makes a distinctive appearance for apple sauce or cider.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

California variety bred by Albert Etter, selected under number 39 and introduced commercially in 1944-1945 by California Nursery Company.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Seedling of Surprise

Synonyms

Etter 39

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Medium vigour, decorative pink blossom, pink-fleshed fruit, rather fragile when ripe

Disease behaviour

Scab

Susceptible

Additional variety information for Pink Pearl is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.