Macoun Apple
Malus 'Macoun'
$112.00
A high quality, medium size dessert apple with a well balanced flavor; fruit ripens rich red, with purplish overtones, and keeps well; ideal for home landscapes with well-drained soil and full sun; needs a second pollinator
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Edible Qualities
Macoun Apple is a medium-sized tree that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces red round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with purple overtones and white flesh which are usually ready for picking from late summer to early fall. The apples have a delicious taste and a firm texture.
Planting and Growing
Macoun Apple will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more. This variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.
This tree is typically grown in a designated area of the yard because of its mature size and spread. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 25'Hx20'W
Flowers are white with soft fragrance
Flowers in mid spring
Delicious fruit used for raw; cooking; baking; juice
Harvest from late summer to early fall
Fall color yellow
Zone 3a
Likes average to moist soil