Tasty Red™ Urban™ Apple Tree
Description
About the Tasty Red™ Urban™ Apple Tree
Grow your own apples anywhere! The Tasty Red™ Urban™ Apple tree is a compact, column-shaped fruit tree that can be planted in containers or planted in a row as an edible privacy hedge. Urban apple trees, or sometimes called columnar or spire trees grow full-size apples along the spurs of the central leader branch. They stay narrow, less than about 2 ft. wide and grow to about 8-10 ft. tall.
Gardeners everywhere adore these small trees for their low maintenance and the ability to set fruit at a young age – typically in the first couple of years! The Tasty Red Urban apples ripen in mid-September. The apples are bright red, medium in size, firm, with sweet, juicy flesh. Perfect for fresh eating, baking, and preserving.
The Tasty Red™ Urban™ Apple is easy to grow and care for due to its size. It’s cold-hardy and has some resistance to common apple tree diseases.
Pollinator required: Choose another apple variety. See Recommended Pollinators below.
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Characteristics
| Bloom Color | Pink, White |
| Bloom Time | Early - Mid |
| Chill Hours | 800 - 1200 |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Medium |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 4 - 8 |
| Pollination | Pollinator Required |
| Ripens/Harvest | Mid September |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Soil pH Level | 5.5 - 7.5 |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Firm |
| Years to Bear | 1 - 2 |
Size & Spacing
Mature Size
Recommended Spacing
Zone Compatibility
Pollination
This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
Learn all about how to grow apple trees in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.
Shipping Information
Arrives when it's time to plant
Questions & Answers
I use the Emerald Spire for cooking, backing, and fresh snack. I use the Crimson Spire for fresh use only.
Do you only have the tasty red variety? It needs a different variety near it for optimum pollination.
I have 2 trees, each are planted in humongous pots. Both doing very well. I would prune lightly. Apples come from the flowers so try to 'map' the tree branch. Prune when dormant as it is a shock to the tree. This year will be the 2nd year for mine. I am excited for new blooms and growth. Only got one apple first year. It was delicious. I will probably put in the ground after this year depending on growth. I wanted good root system before going in ground. Love the look.
The Tasty Red™ Urban™ Apple requires 800 - 1200 chill hours which is listed in the products characteristics.
If it is a different variety and blooms at the same time, yes, it will serve as a pollinator.
Hey Dan, I live in Columbus Ohio, so usually a solid zone 6. However we are in an area that has a lot of mature trees so I can find some very sheltered areas in our yard. Last winter I left both my trees in pots exactly where they stood all summer. One was next to a shed with a southern exposure and the other was next to the deck. The tree by the shed was fine and grew like a weed the second year. The tree by the deck did not make it. We had some sub-zero temps during January and February but I think a very hard and late frost did the damage because the "deck" tree was budding before the frost. If you can find an area sheltered from wind and cover the tree for late frost you should be fine. I did not wrap the pot or protect it in any way. The pot size is 36"x24". Hope this helps and enjoy your trees they are a lot of fun and no work!!
My experience with three dwarf/urban apples is that they actually seem to do better in
planters or raised beds - especially if your normal soil is clay. The problem here in the south is with diseases and there seems to be less of that problem with the better drainage of the right kind of pots or raised beds.
Meaning, when do they bear fruit? If that's what you'd like to know, I can tell you what mine did. I planted them in spring 2017. They leafed out but didn't bloom or bear fruit in fall '17. But at the time of writing this email (May '18), I've got many teensy baby apples all over the trunk. In fact, it's beginning to look exactly like the photo on this page.
Sorry to say, but it would be a problem. Depending on your zone you either won't have enough Chill hours required to produce fruit or the blooms will freeze. My advice is to stick with fruit trees that are listed for zone range that include yours.
I'm afraid I can't answer yet. I planted 22 months ago & my trees are still too young for a good harvest.
To complete the row.
I have purchased several other varieties of Stark's columnar apple trees that are doing well. I purchased this one to add to the variety.
i love columnar apples they are perfect for my yard size
Can fit anywhere