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Sweet Delicious



Deacon Jones x Red Delicious, a very sweet red dessert apple from America

Origin: USA, 1911

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

Sweet Delicious apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenM9Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenM26Semi-dwarfing £39.00
MaidenMM106Semi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenMM111Vigorous £39.00
MaidenM25Very vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Sweet Delicious

raised by R. Wellington in Geneva, NY.

Characteristics of Sweet Delicious apple trees

UseDessert
ColourRed
FlavourSweet
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking timeOctober
Season of useNov-Jan
Tree vigourModerate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date15
Pollination groupD
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners