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Red Windsor® apple trees

(Red Alkmene)

Malus domestica
Red Windsor apples
Red Windsor has received the RHS Award of Garden MeritRed Windsor is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Mid Early September
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2

If you are new to growing apple trees, Red Windsor is one of the easiest and most reliable of all apple varieties.

It is self-fertile, so there is no need to worry about pollination partners. It grows naturally in a neat and tidy fashion, and crops heavily. The apples can be picked over several weeks so you don't have to deal with a glut. It seems untroubled by the usual diseases of apples, and the blossom also has some resistance to frost.

 

Bio / Organic fruit trees

Red Windsor organic apple trees for sale

  • 11 yeartree on M9 rootstock26.50€
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 21 yeartree on M116 rootstock27.75€
    Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 31 yeartree on MM111 rootstock26.50€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
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Red Windsor characteristics

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group2
  • Disease resistanceGood
  • Picking periodmid-September
  • Picking seasonMid - Early September
  • Season of use1 week
  • Food usesEating fresh
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flower colourWhite
  • Fruit colourRed

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  • See also Oksana
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