Red Delicious

One of the most widely grown apples particularly popular in North America.

Origin: USA, 1870

Pollination: Red Delicious is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

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Characteristics of Red Delicious apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
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