Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

John Downie Crabapple Bareroot

History: John Downie was raised by Edward Holmes, a nursery worker in England, in the 1870s. The variety was named after another nursery worker and friend of Holmes, John Downie. John Downie crabapples remain one of the most popular of the English crabapples.

Why We Grow It: This crabapple sports bright orangey-red fruit, often used to create some of the best jelly around. With its sweet-tart flavour, this crabapple can be pressed into a cheery orange juice that is a great addition to cider blends.

 

        $56.50

        Rootstock
        Size

        13 in stock

        Fruit Traits:

        Recommended Use: Preserves, cider

        Fruit Size: Small

        Storage: Keeps until November when stored in cool, humid conditions

        Harvest: September - Early

        Cider Class (if applicable):

        Class: Bittersharp?
        Sugar: Medium, SG 1.055
        Acidity: Medium to high?
        Tannins: Medium to high?
        Juice Yield: Low
        Taste: Sweet-tart flavour
        Recommendations: Best used in blends since it can be too astringent and tart for single-variety cider, adds a nice colour with its orange juice

        Tree Traits:

        Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

        Soil Preferance: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring. Generally quite adaptable to different soil conditions.

        Flowering Time: Late

        Bloom Colour: White

        Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without an apple tree of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present. Like other crabapples and applecrabs, this variety is an excellent pollinator thanks to its large number of blossoms.

        Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

        General Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous and tends to have good crops every other year. Susceptible to scab.

        Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: Medium

        *this rating is combined with our experience growing in our test orchards combined with already available information on the cultivar.

        Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

        Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

        We have simplified our crop inventory for grafted fruit trees into two sizes:

        1m+ Grade: this often has some feathering, and is measured including the rootstock.

        50-80cm Grade: this is like a 'b-grade' tree, sometimes with minor scaring or bent, these trees are priced accordingly.

        John Downie Crabapple

        John Downie Crabapple Bareroot

        $56.50

        $56.50

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