Malus domestica
Apple
Common names: Cultivated apple, Apple tree
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Description
The apple is a classic in the home garden and can bear fruit for decades with good care. Old varieties such as 'Boskoop' or 'Goldparmäne' taste more aromatic than any supermarket apple and are often more resistant to scab. Pay attention to having a second variety nearby, because apples need a pollinator.
Care instructions
Plant the tree in late autumn (October week 42) or early spring in loose, deep soil. Prune the interior annually in winter (February week 7) to allow air and sun to reach the fruit. Mulch the root area and water young trees thoroughly in dry summers.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
loamy, humus-rich, well-drained, moist
Feeding
Medium feeder
Pruning
Companion planting
Good neighbors
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Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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Diseases & pests
12 relevantFrom the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species. How to spot and prevent them is covered in full in the lexicon.
Podosphaera leucotricha
Apple powdery mildew is caused by the fungus Podosphaera leucotricha and appears as a white, powdery coating on young leaves, shoot tips, and flowers.
More on Apple powdery mildewVenturia inaequalis
Apple scab is the most common apple disease in humid areas. On leaves and fruit you see olive‑green to black, rough spots; the fruit corks and splits open.
More on Apple scabCydia pomonella
You are dealing with the apple moth, the cause of the classic worm-stung apples: The nocturnal moth lays eggs on young fruit from May, the hatched larva bores into the core and leaves a feces-filled…
More on Apple MothAphidoidea
You will find that aphids are the most common sucking pests in your garden.
More on AphidsErysiphales
You will see the true powdery mildew covering the upper leaf surfaces with a milky‑white coating that can be easily wiped off, unlike the false powdery mildew, which comes from below.
More on True powdery mildewErwinia amylovora
Fireblight is a highly contagious bacterial disease of stone fruit and related rose plants, and in many states it is reportable.
More on FireblightOperophtera brumata
You will notice the Small Winter Moth in spring by its green caterpillars that, when crawling, have a cat's hump appearance.
More on Small Winter MothKalium-Mangel
You will notice potassium deficiency first on older, lower leaves: the edges turn yellow, brown and roll upward, while the veins stay green.
More on Potassium deficiencyMagnesium-Mangel
With magnesium deficiency, the leaf tissue between the veins lightens, while the veins remain green.
More on Magnesium deficiencyMonilia fructigena
Brown rot makes ripening fruit rot brown on the tree and in store. Cushion like spore pustules arranged in rings form on the rotten patches.
More on Brown rot (fruit rot)Neonectria ditissima
European canker is caused by the fungus Neonectria ditissima and attacks above all pome fruit such as apple, pear and quince.
More on European cankerArvicola terrestris
The water vole, commonly called a burrowing vole, lives underground and feeds on roots, tubers and the bark at the root collar.
More on Water voleVarieties
16 varieties‚Berlepsch’
you will find *‚Berlepsch’* a German lover variety from 1880, grown from *‚Ananasrenette’* and *‚Ribston Pepping’*.
‚Roter Boskoop’
You will find that the *‚Roter Boskoop’* is a strong, tart, aromatic winter apple and one of the most well‑known old varieties.
‚Braeburn’
A late, very long‑storable apple from New Zealand with a strong reddish‑brown skin.
‚Cox Orange’
You will find *‚Cox Orange’* one of the most aromatic apples ever, fine, elegant, layered.
‚Elstar’
*‚Elstar’* is the most popular table apple in the DACH region: crisp, juicy, with a balanced sweet-acid play.
‚Florina’
You will find *‚Florina’* a French, scab-resistant variety (Vf resistance) and a good choice for spray-free organic and home gardens.
‚Gala’
You will find this small, red-yellow striped apple from New Zealand, a cross between *‚Cox Orange’* and *‚Golden Delicious’*.
‚Golden Delicious’
You will find *‚Golden Delicious’* to be a gold‑yellow classic from West Virginia, parent of countless modern varieties such as *‚Gala’* and *‚Jonagold’*.
‚Gravensteiner’
The *‚Gravensteiner’* is a famous, intensely fragrant late summer apple and a very old variety.
‚James Grieve’
An old Scottish cultivar and a reliable early autumn apple that is ready to eat from the end of August.
‚Jonagold’
A cross of *‚Golden Delicious’* and *‚Jonathan’* that combines large, juicy apples with the sweetness of one parent and the aroma of the other.
‚Pinova’
Pinova is a Pillnitz breeding from *‚Clivia’* and *‚Golden Delicious’* that ripens late in October and keeps until spring.
‚Rewena’
A German Re variety from Dresden Pillnitz with pronounced scab resistance and good mildew resistance, bred for robust…
‚Rubinette’
A Swiss variety from *‚Golden Delicious’* and a *‚Cox Orange’* seedling that carries the high aroma of the Cox into a somewhat tougher, more productive apple.
‚Santana’
A Dutch cross between *‚Elstar'* and the scab resistant *‚Priscilla'* that combines the fresh Elstar aroma with Vf scab resistance.
‚Topaz’
*‚Topaz’* is a scab resistant cultivar and therefore ideal for the organic and home garden without sprays.
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