Becoming well-known because of its superb Cox type flavour and very heavy crops, Red Windsor (Malus domestica 'Red Windsor') is a frost hardy apple tree, especially at blossom time.  It has very compact growth which makes it ideal as a garden apple variety.  Easy to grow with good disease resistance, we recommend Red Windsor.  This apple is the product of the cross between the apple varieties Cox's Orange Pippin x Sport of Alkmene and was first introduced in 1985.

Month of Picking: SeptemberType of Apple: Eating/Cooking

Self-fertile/Not self-fertile: This apple is self-fertile and does not require another apple to act as a pollination partner. 

This apple is in flowering period is C2. 

Red Windsor could act as a pollination for apples in the groups C1, C2 and C3.

Choosing the type of tree and rootstock:

Dwarf Rootstock M27 (Patio Type Bush), supplied at a height of 1.0 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 1.8 metres

Dwarf Rootstock M9 (Cordon Type), supplied at a height of between 1.25 and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 2.6 metres

Semi-Dwarf Rootstock M26 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 metres and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.0 metres

Semi-Vigorous Rootstock MM106 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.6 metres

Please tell us at checkout when ordering this apple which tree type and rootstock you require.