Red Delicious Apple Tree – Green Thumbs Garden

August 27,2024

The Red Delicious Apple Tree (Malus domestica ‘Red Delicious’) is a deciduous tree with pinkish-white flowers that will produce sweet large, dark red apples that are sweet and juicy that taste perfect for eating, baking apple pies and other dessert cooking. Tends to be a biennial bearer, meaning the tree bears fruit heavily one year and sparsely the next. The fruit will keep for 3–6 months if stored in the refrigerator. Ripens late September through mid October. The Red Delicious is not self pollinating. Red Delicious and Golden Delicious Apple trees are the recommended pollinators for this tree. Red Delicious requires 800-900 chill hours. Plant in well draining, but moist loamy soil. Grows at a fast rate, with increases up to 24" per year.Rootstock: M111Spacing: 15-20'Height: 12-15'Width: 12-15'Prefers full sunZones: 5-8 What you are purchasing is 1 Red Delicious Apple.
The Red Delicious Apple Tree (Malus domestica ‘Red Delicious’) is a deciduous tree with pinkish-white flowers that will produce sweet large, dark red apples that are sweet and juicy that taste perfect for eating, baking apple pies and other dessert cooking. Tends to be a biennial bearer, meaning the tree