Dolgo crab apple tree

Malus baccata 'Dolgo'

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• Picking season: Early
• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Pollination group: 2

Malus Pink Glow, also known as Malus Dolgo, is named for its elongated dusky pink fruits, which form in plum-like clusters in September.

The fruit is on the larger size for a crab apple, making it easy to use in the kitchen - it is perfect for crab apple jelly and a good source of pectin for other fruit jellies.

The blossom is plain white but borne in profusion early in the apple-blossom season, making Pink Glow an excellent pollinator for all early-flowering apple varieties.

Dolgo crab apple trees for sale

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• 1Dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
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  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
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  Mature height: 10ft-16ft after 10 years
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How to grow

Malus Dolgo / Pink Glow has good all round disease-resistance, and is a generally hardy tree. It can be grown in zone 4 and possibly zone 3.

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History

Widely known as both Malus Dolgo and Pink Glow.

Dolgo characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Pollination group2
• Pollinating othersGood
• Picking seasonEarly
• UsesCulinary
• Keeping (of fruit)1 week
• General resistanceGood
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 3 (-40C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originRussiaUnited States
• Period of origin1850 - 1899

Similar varieties

• Centennial Crab
  Centennial Crab is essentially a large-fruited version of the cold-hardy crab-apple Malus Dolgo.
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  Kerr
  Kerr and Dolgo are closely-related.
• Northland Crab
  Northland Crab is a cold-hardy crab apple, ideal for crab-apple jelly.