Malus domestica 'PINOVA'

Malus domestica 'PINOVA'
apple tree- late

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	2-4m
USUAL WIDTH	1.5-3m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	white
BLOOMING TIME	April - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5b (down to -27°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Fruit trees

Pinova is a modern apple, bred in German town Dresden in 1986. It produces medium-large, red and orange flushed yellow fruit in October. Its flesh is yellow and crisp, the taste is well balanced between sweetness and typical apple acidity.

It can be eaten fresh off the tree in late October but tastes best after 2-3 weeks of storing. Pinova apple is commercially successful because it offers good colour, excellent taste, good resistance to usual apple diseases, and also stores well – it can be kept in common storage by April or early May, and in controlled atmosphere until June.

Being self-sterile it needs another pollinator for heavy crop, such as Elstar, Golden Delicious, Gloster 69, Idared, James Grieve, Melrose, Sampion. It grows slowly, making a spreading crown. Pruning is recommended in late winter – reduce long shoots to keep the crown compact. It crops heavily and regularly. Hardy to about -27°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 30-01-2012

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