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Fruiting Plants  /  Fruit Trees  /  Apple Trees  /  Fresh Eating Apples

SWEET 16 APPLE (Malus domestica)


SWEET 16 APPLE (Malus domestica)
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Product Availability: Winter/Spring
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 Detailed Description

Medium-large red striped fruit is firm, crisp, juicy and aromatic.  Has a sweet, pleasing flavor.  Productive and precocious, a good keeper.  Blooms late.  Resistant to scab and fireblight.  Sweet Sixteen Apple is a very cold hardy Minnesota selection. Zone 3-8.

ZONE:  3-8

POLLINATION/BLOOM TIME:  Late blooming. Pollinated by another variety blooming at the same time.  For appropriate cross pollination click HERE

RECOMMENDED GROWING AND CARE:

Full sun, balanced moisture, reduce grass competition in root zone.  Top dress with compost yearly.  Summer prune for airflow and ease of harvest.  Spur bearer.  Mid-late season ripening.

CHILL HOURS:  1000 - 1200 hours below 45F                    

DISEASE RESISTANCE:  Good. Resistant to scab and fireblight.

SIZE AT MATURITY:  Dwarf - 8' x 12'| Semi Dwarf – 10-16' x 15'| Standard – 20' x 20'

*Mature size is not definitive – Climate, soil, care, and pruning methods all factor into size at maturity*





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