Pink Pearl apple tree

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• Picking season: Early
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 1

Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.

Pink Pearl apple trees for sale

• Medium 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
  G.890, G.935 rootstock
  

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Our inventory is up to date, you can pre-order now for the spring 2024 planting season.

Pink Pearl was one of the first pink-fleshed apples to become available, and is perhaps the best-known.

Although the apples can be eaten fresh, this is really a variety for the kitchen - the pink-flesh makes a distinctive difference for apple sauce or cider.

How to grow

Like many other red-fleshed varieties Pink Pearl flowers very early in the blossom season.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

Pink Pearl was developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s.

Pink Pearl characteristics

• Gardening skillExperienced
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group1
• Pollinating othersPoor
• PloidyDiploid
• Bearing regularityBiennial tendency
• WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
• Picking seasonEarly
• UsesCulinaryJuiceHard cider
• CroppingLight
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• Flavor style (apples)Sharper
• Juice styleSharper
• General resistancePoor
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited States
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flesh colourPink / Red
• Fruit colorOrange / Red
• Fruit sizeAverage

Similar varieties

• 
  Almata
  Almata is a red-fleshed apple, with an acidic flavor. The blossom is deep red.
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  Redfield
  An unusual apple / crab-apple cross, with distinctive red-flesh.