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Rescue Apple Tree
Rescue Apple Tree
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Rescue applecrab was developed in Alberta in the 1930s from Siberian crabapple and domestic apple ancestry. Small yellow fruit washed red orange has crisp, fine white flesh with a mild sweet flavour and little bitterness. It is well suited to fresh eating, juice, and jelly.
Fruit ripens in mid to late August and does not store for long. Trees can show moderate susceptibility to scab and fire blight.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2
Cold hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 2 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
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Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.