Crab Apple - Veitch's Scarlet

£25.00 - £65.00
Large oval plum-shaped fruits on long stalks, very ornamental. Veitch's Scarlet makes an upright, spreading, deciduous tree with ovate to elliptic, deeply toothed, dark green leaves turning reddish-purple in autumn and clusters of white flowers in late spring followed by edible, ovoid, scarlet fruit in autumn.

For help with choosing the correct rootstock for your needs, please click here A Guide to Rootstocks

For help with choosing the correct size and shape, please click here A Guide to Fruit Tree Shapes
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Details

Type: 
Culinary
Ready to pick: 
November
Use fruit: 
November - December
Originated: 
Devon,UK

2025/26 season now closed
Description

Description

Large oval plum-shaped fruits on long stalks, very ornamental. Veitch's Scarlet makes an upright, spreading, deciduous tree with ovate to elliptic, deeply toothed, dark green leaves turning reddish-purple in autumn and clusters of white flowers in late spring followed by edible, ovoid, scarlet fruit in autumn.

For help with choosing the correct rootstock for your needs, please click here A Guide to Rootstocks

For help with choosing the correct size and shape, please click here A Guide to Fruit Tree Shapes
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