Elstar

One of the best modern apples with an excellent fruity flavour and good keeping quality.

Origin: Netherlands, 1972

Pollination: Elstar is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce 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 ...

Elstar apple trees for sale

1-year maiden trees

These are the most versatile choice for home orchards, community fruit tree projects, and for training on in any form you require.

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£25.00	< 5 in stock
Maiden	Geneva 202Semi-dwarfin	£25.00	< 5 in stock
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£25.00	< 5 in stock

If you do not see the rootstock you require it is likely we can graft a tree especially for you - click here for more details of our custom-grafting service.

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History and description of Elstar

Raised by T Visser, Wageningen, Netherlands from Ingrid Marie x Golden Delicious. Introduced in 1972. Grown extensively in continental Europe and USA but rarely imported into the UK.

Medium sized, round-conical fruit. Yellow skin with bright scarlet flush. Cream coloured flesh. Crisp and juicy. Excellent flavour. Sweet with good balancing acidity and pleasant distinctive fruity flavour. Stores well keeping its flavour and much of its crispness through the winter.

Moderately vigorous tree. Good regular cropper but suceptible to scab and mildew.

Characteristics of Elstar apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Oct-Jan
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	15
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Golden Delicious Ingrid Marie