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Curltail
An old English dual purpose apple with a distinctive curled fleshy stalk.
Origin: Surrey UK, 1872
Pollination: Curltail is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Curltail
First recorded in England in 1872. So called because the king fruits have a fleshy stalk which curls round like a tail.Medium sized fruit, flat-round, irregular, distinctly ribbed at the base. The numerous king fruits are round with a fleshy curved stalk. Bright green becoming clear yellow with an occasional slight red flush when fully ripe. The skin is smooth and slightly greasy. The flesh is white, tinged green, lacking flavour. A dual purpose apple. Cooks to a sweet puree.
A very vigorous tree. Inclined to be tip-bearing.
Characteristics of Curltail apple trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Yellow |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Nov |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Partial tip-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 17 |
| Pollination group | E |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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