Limelight

An excellent new disease resistant dessert apple bred in Kent.

Origin: Kent UK, 2000

Pollination: Limelight 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 ...

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Characteristics of Limelight apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Sep
Season of use	Sep-Nov
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Suitable for	Northern Britain Wet Regions
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners