Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Potted Golden Nugget Apple

Available only for pick-up at nursery.

History: Golden Nugget was created more or less by accident when Golden Russet and Cox's Orange Pippin were crossed at the Kentville Agricultural Station in Nova Scotia in 1932. Despite being an accident, once researchers realized how flavourful this variety was they continued to raise it and eventually released it in 1964. Although a delicious apple, its small size prevented it from attaining true commercial success.

Why We Grow It: It is prized for its incredible flavour which is super sweet and tangy like a pineapple. Along with being great for fresh eating, it is also suited for cider. The tree itself boasts decent disease resistance.

      $80.00 $48.00
      Rootstock:
      Size:

      5 low in stock

      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider, fresh eating

      Fruit Size: Medium-large

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

      Harvest: September - Mid

      Plant 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

      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 and precocious, has good crops. Resistant to scab, mildew, and canker.

      Reminder: Potted plants are available for pick-up only!

      Potted plants are only available for pick-up at the nursery. They unfortunately cannot be shipped due to the size and weight of the pots.

      Most potted plants will fit into most vehicles. If you are ordering a 16gal potted plant, we would recommend bringing a larger vehicle (van, SUV, pickup truck) and having someone to help you unload it.

      You may want to lay down a tarp or other covering to keep dirt out of your car. If you are transporting the plants in the back of a pickup truck, we recommend laying them down and covering them with a tarp, bed cover, or other covering so they do not get windburn.

      Potted plants vary in size and age, but we typically pot berries and smaller seedlings in 1-3 gallon pots and larger grafted trees in 5-16 gallon pots. The size of our potted plants generally fall into the following ranges based on pot size:

      • 1gal pots - 1-3ft tall
      • 2 or 3gal pots - 1.5-3ft tall
      • 5gal pots - 3-7ft tall
      • 8gal pots - 4-7ft tall
      • 16gal pots - 6-8ft tall

      All sizes include the pots.

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