Redlove apples

Hi,

I'm new to the forum -sorry if this has already been discussed but I can't find another thread about it, or indeed on other forums?

Has anyone tried the Redlove apple? It was 'launched' last summer:

http://www.suttons.co.uk/Shop/Fruit...itkw=redlove&gclid=CJjpiYq4l6cCFcULfAod3FR-cg

or see:

http://www.dobies.co.uk/Shop/Fruit+Trees+and+Bushes/Apple+Redlove+reg;+Circe+444530.htm

I think I'm going to take my chances and order a plant (to grow as a cordon in a large pot). But I'd be really interested to know if anyone else has tried it out.

thanks!

 

I had a look at the links. I'm intrigued. I was unaware that there were any red fleshed apples.

One think to note though, in the second link it points out they are not self fertile, so if you want it to bear fruit there needs to be another apple tree nearby, and a healthy population of bees in the neighbourhood. I guess you could easily solve that by buying another apple tree to go with it if you have enough room. The ad refers to 'any other apple tree', but in reality the key is that the other apple tree has to be flowering at the same time as yours, otherwise no polination is going to occur.

 

Thanks, good point about the flowering times. We have a large cooking apple tree in our garden, and I'm pretty sure there will be other apple trees in nearby gardens. I think our tree flowers around April-May (only been here a year, don't remember really!). The paper catalogue for Dobies says the Redlove is ready to harvest from late August - so when would I expect that to flower...?
Would it be reasonable to guess that the flowering period is more likely than not to overlap - or do they vary a lot?
I wasn't going to get another apple tree (just nick my parent's harvest of eating apples) but seeing this red fruit tipped the balance, superficial as that may be!!

 

Apples are a bit picky about who fertilises them so to be sure of fertilisation you would need to know what cultivar the cooker is and then look up if they are compatible. or you could play it by ear and just see if you get any apples in the first couple of years and that will tell you:P

 

Well the blossom on our cooking apple tree has been and gone; the Redlove is in leaf with no flower buds yet. It's looking nice and healthy though. I think I will need to import some pollen - get my parents to bring a branch from one of their apples if it's in bloom at the same time as the Redlove! Then hope for the best...
I have no plans to get a harvest from the tree this year anyway, I'll let it settle in (and just pick off any emerging fruit before it develops), but it would be nice to establish if/how I can get it to produce for the future...

 

Got to English Apples,pictures of apples,National Fruit Collection,Brogdale,DIVERSITY,graft,grafting,learning and scroll down to the "RED-FLESHED APPLES" heading.

Some varities are pressed to produce a pink apple juice for drinking.