Dolgo Crab Apple (4-6′)

The Dolgo grafted crab has apricot-pink buds; large fragrant 2″ pure white single flowers bloom early. Beautiful purple-red 1½” teardrop-shaped fruit makes flavorful clear ruby-red jelly. In recent years the aromatic very sweet, very acidic fruit has found favor with cidermakers. Great for canning, pickling and delicious sauce. Vigorous large blocky upright spreading tree consistently yields abundant summer crops. Very hardy. Z2.

TFG apples are on standard full-sized Antonovka rootstock. Standard trees have deep, substantial—and therefore hardier— root systems. By selecting the varieties appropriate to your district, grafted on standard rootstock, you may well be planting a tree that will be picked by your grandchildren’s grandchildren. Standard trees will grow to be large, but you can manage the size with pruning. Although standard-sized apple trees may be planted as close as 10–15′ apart, they were typically planted 30′ apart in 19th-c. orchards. We generally plant standard trees 20–25′ apart with good results.

(Thanks to Fedco for variety descriptions.)

For pollination timing of Dolgo, see Online pollination checker for fruit trees.

Volume discounts: 1-9 trees for $48. 10-99 trees for $24. 100+ trees for $17.

Shipping: We will ship trees in March unless otherwise requested.