Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Melrose Apple Bareroot

History: Melrose was developed by Freeman Howlett at the Ohio Agricultural Research Station in the US and released in 1944. It is a cross between Red Delicious and Jonathan, inheriting bright red skin from the former and some of the acidity of the latter. It has since become the state apple of Ohio.

Why We Grow It: Melrose produces a flattish apple that has greenish skin overlaid with a bright red flush. It is firm, juicy, and sweet with a more acidic flavour that improves after a little while in storage. It is great for both fresh eating and cooking and can be stored for several months. The tree itself starts to bear at a young age and produces heavy crops, although it has a tendency to bear fruit every other year. 

$56.50

Rootstock:
Size

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Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Fresh eating, cooking

Fruit Size: Medium-small

Storage: Keeps until April when stored in refrigerated conditions

Harvest: October - Mid

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: Moderately vigorous, precocious, tends to bear fruit every other year but produces heavy crops when it does. Susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew and scab, but resistant to cedar apple rust.

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.

Melrose Apple

Melrose Apple Bareroot

$56.50

$56.50

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