Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Elstar Apple Bareroot

History: Elstar apples were developed in the Netherlands in the 1950s and are a cross between Golden Delicious and Ingrid Marie. This excellent combination has created what is considered one of the best Golden Delicious offspring. Fittingly, it has since become quite popular in continental Europe. Despite being introduced to the US in 1972, it has not attained the same level of popularity in North America.

Why We Grow It: Elstar is a flavourful variety, fine for fresh eating or sauce with its crisp, juicy flesh; very little acidity. The skin is distinctive, sporting a orangey-red marbled appearance.

          $56.50

          Rootstock:
          Size

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          Fruit Traits:

          Recommended Use: Fresh eating, cooking

          Fruit Size: Medium-large

          Storage: Keeps until December when stored in cool, humid conditions, tart flavour is enhanced after 4-6 weeks in storage

          Harvest: October - Early

          Cider Class (if applicable):

          Tree Traits:

          Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

          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: Middle

          Bloom Colour: White

          Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different apple variety that blooms around the same time

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

          General Growth Habit: Very vigorous but precocious, tends to crop biennially but crops well. Susceptible to mildew, fireblight, and scab. Preforms reasonably well in our test orchard.

          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.

          Elstar Apple

          Elstar Apple Bareroot

          $56.50

          $56.50

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