Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Court Pendu Plat, also called Wise Apple

Fruit Description

Fruit is small, red and with frequent russetting on the skin. The flavour is rich, and the fruit is quite perfumed.

Common Uses

Eating, good keeper.

Origin

Unknown but could date from Roman times, making it one of the oldest apples still in cultivation.

Pollination

Diploid. Very late flowering so pollination important. Probably cross-pollinates with Brown Snout, ioensis (crab), Northern Spy, Ohio Red Rome, Rome Beauty, Royal Jubilee, Stoke Red (cider), Tasman Pride.

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

Very late, probably the latest apple to flower, often misses frosts.

Harvest Time

Production Notes

Tree is small, upright, good cropper. Manages well in heavy soils. Spur bearer

Disease Susceptibility

Images

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