Nuvar® Dusty Red

Nuvar Dusty Red is a mid season red crab apple. It produces excellent red jelly.

Origin: Kent UK, 1980

Pollination: Nuvar® Dusty Red is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Nuvar® Dusty Red apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of Nuvar® Dusty Red apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Red
Flavour
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	Oct
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date	0
Pollination group
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners