Malus domestica Heirloom ‘Winter Banana'
Malus ‘Winter Banana’ is a big, juicy and aromatic apple with rosy and yellow coloured skin.
Description:
Malus domestica ‘Winter Banana’ is a late-harvest, big, beautiful, juicy and aromatic apple. The skin is rosy coloured with yellow undertones. Delicious and crisp with an outstanding balance of sugar and acid. A productive and reliable producer starting even in its youth. Consume fresh or in desserts or juice as a blend for cider. A high pollen producer for other apple trees in the area, it is self-sterile and needs another cultivar for cross-pollination. Stores for up to four months. Discovered in Indiana, USA in the 1870s. Rootstock: M.9 (Dwarf)
Common Name: Apple
Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 6-10'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Tree
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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