Malus d. 'Gloster 69' Topiary followed by red fruit from

followed by red fruit from May and giving good autumn colour

heart-shaped foliage in summer with curious and striking purple tinged fruit husks in late summer which ripen to edible hazelnuts by autumn

Flowers from January to March

A most elegant cherry with a distinctly broad

not sickly

Malus d. 'Gloster 69' Topiary followed by red fruit fromThis vigorous, heavy cropping dessert apple was raised at Jork Fruit Research Station near Hamburg, Germany 1951. The fruit is most attractive, dark red flushed. Sweet, some balancing acidity, good flavour, crisp flesh. Prone to developing a mouldy core if stored. Flowering group D, partially self fertile. Rootstock: Bittenfelder Seedling and Malus type 4.