Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Yellow Transparent Apple Bareroot

History: Yellow Transparent (aka White Transparent and Glass Apple) originated as a chance seedling in a nursery in Riga, Latvia around 1850. At the time Latvia was part of the Russian Empire so this variety is often considered Russian. Due to its early ripening and cold hardiness, this variety was widely grown in Europe, especially northern countries, where it is still grown today. It was imported to the US in the 1870s as part of an effort to import cold hardy Russian species that could potentially survive in states with harsher winters and became quite popular. 

Why We Grow It: This classic early apple deserves a home in every home orchard. The fruit features pale yellow skin that almost looks transparent and white flesh with a sharp, sweet flavour. It can be eaten fresh but also makes a great applesauce. Like many early ripening apples, the fruit does not last long. 

        $56.50

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        Fruit Traits:

        Recommended Use: Fresh eating, cooking

        Fruit Size: Medium to medium-large

        Storage: Keeps a couple weeks at most when stored in cool, humid conditions

        Harvest: July - Late

        Cider Class (if applicable):

        Tree Traits:

        Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3

        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: Early

        Bloom Colour: White

        Pollination Requirements: Partially self-pollinating, this variety will produce some fruit without an apple tree of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

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

        General Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous and very hardy, precocious, tends to bear fruit every other year but has heavy crops when it does, semi-spur bearing. Susceptible to canker, mildew and fireblight but resistant to scab - produces beautifully in our area with little to no maintenance. Pick a bit early when the fruit is still somewhat green for cooking.

        Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: High

        *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.

        Yellow Transparent Apple

        Yellow Transparent Apple Bareroot

        $56.50

        $56.50

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