Opalescent

A very striking large dark red apple one widely grown in New England.

Origin: USA, 1899

Pollination: Opalescent is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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Characteristics of Opalescent apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Mid Sep
Season of use	Oct-Nov
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Shenandoah