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Pollination of Golden Hornet crab-apple trees
Your
Golden Hornet crab-apple tree is in
flowering group 5.
It is
self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting will usually be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.
The following varieties will pollinate this crab-apple tree.
Pollination partner crab-apple varieties in our catalog
Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
A traditional French bittersweet cider variety, with some resistance to fireblight.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
A popular traditional French hard cider variety.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
A good quality hardy traditional New England apple which keeps well.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Full-size
A traditional English bittersweet cider apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
One of the world's great cooking apples, Calville Blanc is a French variety with a spicy tangy flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
A quietly popular apple, similar to Delicious but with a better and more complex flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-dwarf
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular traditional English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with a pronounced aromatic pear-drop flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
One of the most widely-planted McIntosh style apples, Empire has the Mac flavor but improves on it.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-standard
Enterprise is a modern American disease-resistant apple, good for eating fresh and cooking.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
- Full-size
Esopus Spitzenberg is one of the best-flavored American heirloom apples, and a favorite of Thomas Jefferson.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
Fiesta is Cox-style apple, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
A modern disease-resistant variety related to Jonathan and Golden Delicious.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Developed in Japan, but with all-American parents, Fuji is a very attractive apple with a good sweet flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
GoldRush is a modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. It is also one of the best new hard-cider varieties.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
- Full-size
Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Herefordshire Redstreak is an old English cider apple variety which produces a bittersharp juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 5
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-dwarf
Honeycrisp is a cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
An interesting cross of Red Delicious and Jonathan, for eating fresh or baking.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 5
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
A high-quality late-season eating apple, keeps well, and at its best in mid-winter.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 5
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
Medaille d'Or is a traditional French cider variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Semi-standard
Northern Spy is a popular late-season American heirloom apple variety which stores well.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 5
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-standard
A classic English russet apple from the Victorian era, notable for its pineapple-like flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 5
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
Pixie Crunch is a small modern disease-resistant apple with a crisp flesh and great flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Full-size
A very early disease-resistant golden-green apple with a tart flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very early
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Delicious is one of the most popular red apples, available in both Red and original Hawkeye forms.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
A traditional French sweet-flavored dual-purpose apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
A high quality early-season apple variety with a notably sweet flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 6
- Not self-fertile
- Picking:
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
A high-quality late-season eating apple, with excellent flavor and disease-resistant qualities.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
- Semi-dwarf
- Semi-standard
An excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 4
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Dwarf
More advice about pollination
Please note that our whilst our system takes many relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate
Our article on the pollination of fruit trees gives more details of the factors involved in pollination.
