Malus domestica 'STARKING-DWARF'
Malus domestica 'STARKING-DWARF'
dwarf apple tree - late
SIZE/TYPE |
small tree |
USUAL HEIGHT |
0.5-1.5m |
USUAL WIDTH |
0.5-1m |
LEAVES |
deciduous broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
green |
FLOWERS |
showy |
COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
white
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BLOOMING TIME |
April - May
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LOCATION |
full sun |
USDA zone (lowest) |
4 (down to -34°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Fruit trees
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Starking-Dwarf is a dwarf version of a popular apple variety Starking. The fruit has red-flushed or pure red skin. It is sweet and aromatic. It ripens in October and matures stored in December. It can be stored by March. Pruning is not needed in dwarf trees.
Starking is a self-sterile variety which needs a pollinator for heavy crop. The following varieties are suitable: Falstaff, Gala, Golden Delicious, Golden Reinette, Granny Smith, James Grieve, Jonathan, Otava, Pinova, Rubinola, and the best ones are Spartan and Spencer.
Last update 27-08-2010
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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