‘Katy’ Apple Tree is a Swedish dessert apple which produces early season, green-yellow fruits. Relatively small in size, these apples have a pleasant taste with notes of strawberry. It has been a favourite for children’s lunch boxes for decades but also works very well for juicing. It is a high yield variety that was introduced in 1947 and is best eaten straight from the tree.
In addition to its delicious fruit, this apple tree has masses for wonderful, pink-white blossoms in spring, which is a sight to behold. The flowers are also long-lasting so they are very useful for pollinating other apple trees.
Katy is available on different rootstocks to suit a range of gardens. The rootstock controls the rate of growth so you can choose a rootstock suitable to where you would like to plant your tree. The rootstock also ensures the tree fruits earlier than when grown on its own roots.
M26 is a semi-dwarf variety that is suitable for smaller gardens, where space is at a premium. This rootstock grows to a mature height of 2.5m (8ft) after 10 years.
MM106 is a semi-vigorous variety that is best suited to large gardens and where space is not an issue. This rootstock grows to a mature height of 3.5m (11ft) after 10 years.
Features
- Rootstock: M26, MM106
- Fruiting Season: Early/Mid
- Flowers: Pink-white
- Sunlight: Full sun
- Hardiness: Fully hardy
- Parentage: James Grieve and Worcester Pearmain
- Pollination: Flowering Group 3
- Features: Produces large yields of delicious and juicy red apples, easy to grow
To ensure good pollination and a good crop, apple trees require two or more different cultivars from the same Flowering Group.
Some cultivars are triploid. This means they require two non-triploid cultivars for good pollination.