Apple Tree Elstar - Malus domestica
Apple Tree Elstar - Malus domestica
Apple Tree Elstar - Malus domestica
Apple Tree Elstar - Malus domestica
Apple Tree Elstar - Malus domestica
Malus domestica Elstar
Apple, Orchard apple, Table apple, Cultivated apple
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Description
The Elstar Apple Tree is a relatively recent creation that has won over a very wide audience. This apple tree has a very good productivity. Reaching ripeness as early as early September, the apple is medium-sized, perfect for biting into, with a beautiful thin and smooth skin, yellow streaked with red. Its flesh is crisp, very sweet, and refreshing.
The variety 'Elstar' is the result of a cross-breeding between 'Golden Delicious' and 'Ingrid Marie' carried out in the Netherlands in 1955. It was named in 1972 and became popular among producers and the general public in the late 1970s. Its fruits are appreciated for being among the first to ripen, depending on the year and region, harvest takes place between early and mid-September. Highly aromatic, the fruits are pleasantly crisp and have a sweet to tangy flavour that is much appreciated. Their yellow skin streaked and spotted with reddish-orange at full ripeness is thin and digestible. Of a medium and regular size, it is a very good eating apple, excellent fresh without preparation, but it is also delicious in compotes and jellies. The fruits can be kept for a good part of the winter.
Left to grow freely, the 'Elstar' Apple Tree develops a roundish and semi-erect habit, with well-ventilated branching, acrotonous (favouring the growth of the highest branches over those located at the base of the tree). It is vigorous and hardy. However, it is quite susceptible to common apple parasites and diseases. Not enjoying the summer heat, it is well-suited for more northern regions and medium altitudes in mountainous regions. It is a medium-sized tree that is suitable for small gardens and produces large quantities of fruit. However, it may show a tendency towards alternate (biennial) bearing, meaning a year of high productivity may be followed by a year of low harvest.
Flowering takes place in April, at the same time or a few days before 'Golden'. Thanks to its pollinating qualities, Malus domestica Elstar helps to fertilise apple trees of other varieties that are nearby. For its own fruiting, it requires the proximity of an apple tree of another pollinating variety such as Gala, Golden Delicious, Cox Orange, Reine des Reinettes, Granny Smith, Belchard, or Melrose. Indeed, like many apple trees, it is not very self-fertile.
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Malus
domestica
Elstar
Rosaceae
Apple, Orchard apple, Table apple, Cultivated apple
Cultivar or hybrid
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Planting and care
Choose a sunny location for your Elstar Apple tree. The soil can be slightly alkaline or acidic but not excessively so. Dig a large planting hole at least 3 times the size of the root ball. Simultaneously add organic matter (topsoil, compost) and a base fertiliser such as crushed horn. Do not bury the graft collar. Stake if necessary. Water abundantly, even in winter, even if it rains.
Fruit trees are ideally planted between October and March, outside of frost periods. Container-grown plants can be planted all year round, except during periods of extreme heat or frost. The pruning of your apple tree can be limited to a simple thinning of dead or obstructive branches at the end of winter, in March. During the first 3 or 4 years, you can also encourage the formation of 4 or 5 main branches, resulting in a goblet-shaped habit, traditional in fruit tree cultivation. In any case, make sure to leave some space in the tree's structure for good air circulation and light. The Malus domestica Elstar produces a lot of apples, so don't hesitate to thin out the fruit clusters in June. Removing some fruits relieves fragile branches and helps achieve a better size.
You can also add a small handful of wood ash, rich in potash, during winter, which will improve fruiting. Monitor for possible aphid attacks during the season. Powdery mildew, a white powdery coating caused by a fungus, may appear on the leaves in summer, but it does not harm fruit development in gardens. Harvest takes place in September. Only store picked fruits. Apples should be stored with the stem facing downwards, on shelves or crates. Choose a preferably completely dark, dry, cool location, but frost-free.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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