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Maltster
An attractive looking dual purpose apple but often lacking flavour.
Origin: England UK, 1830
Pollination: Maltster is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
We are now closed for the season. Ordering for winter 2024/25 will be enabled from Wednesday 1st May 2024.
Characteristics of Maltster apple trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Subacid |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Oct |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Pollination date | 5 |
| Pollination group | B |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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