Anyone good with apple tree ident?

[Kveldssanger]

Or alternatively know anyone / any website that could help?

 

This area used to be an old community orchard (few very old pears in the vicinity), though came across this Malus today. Small, pinky fruit, perhaps 2cm in diameter at most (some smaller) - there were a few left on the tree higher up, out of reach of my camera and my arm.

 

Any help is hugely appreciated.

 

Malus spp. Small (1.5cm-2cm diameter) pinky fruits. - Imgur

[Two Acres]

The local museum to me, Gressenhall rural life museum, has an apple day every October. They have an identification tent where you can take apples to find out the variety. If you give them a call they'll most likely be able to put you in touch with someone that knows their stuff.

[Kveldssanger]

Thank you. I have sent them an email, so hopefully will receive a reply (though it does say they are closed at the moment).

 

Fingers crossed!

[Two Acres]

Thank you. I have sent them an email, so hopefully will receive a reply (though it does say they are closed at the moment).

 

Fingers crossed!

 

Glad to help

 

From memory I believe its an organisation that offers the apple identification at Gressenhall. I think the project is to collect samples of as many examples of old apple varieties as possible before they disapear. Interesting project.

[agg221]

Some pictures of the fruit would really help, but at that size it sounds very much like a crab apple of some sort. Is it the tree in the other pictures in the gallery? If so, there is no sign of a graft line so it may be self-sown, or it may be the rootstock has grown up and taken over.

 

Alec

[Kveldssanger]

I must get some samples this coming summer - that would certainly aid with identification.

 

I also sent an email to The National Fruit Collection at Reading, as someone mentioned Brogdales from Kent as a good avenue to pursue also.

 

If I find out, I'll post the findings here.

[Kveldssanger]

Some pictures of the fruit would really help, but at that size it sounds very much like a crab apple of some sort. Is it the tree in the other pictures in the gallery? If so, there is no sign of a graft line so it may be self-sown, or it may be the rootstock has grown up and taken over.

 

Alec

 

I couldn't reach the fruit, and my camera wouldn't zoom or focus unfortunately.

 

The entire album is this one tree, correct.

 

I couldn't spot a graft line when looking at the specimen.

[Pinkfoot]

Looks like it could be a suckered or self set.

Wouldn't necessarily be a graft line if it was budded.

Don't think it is crab.

If my uncle was still with us , he would know.

[arbmark]

It does sound like a crab apple, probably just there as a pollinator? Are they pinky orange or pinky red?

[Kveldssanger]

It does sound like a crab apple, probably just there as a pollinator? Are they pinky orange or pinky red?

 

More orange than red. I'd say slightly beige.