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Katy

Katy apples
Katy is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Katy is a fantastic apple - probably the best of the early varieties.  Alongside Kidd's Orange Red, this is another apple noted for its magnificient blossom. In Spring the tree will be absolutely covered in delicate pink buds that open to reveal a stunning white flower, making this a great pollinator of other apple varieties.

Bite into Katy and you get a fairly crisp apple with a slightly sharper flavour.  In a good year you may taste a hint of strawberry, but it is the juice that you will notice most, as it bursts out with every bite taken. 

Katy is a very versatile apple - you can eat, juice and also cook with it.  For cider makers Katy is a great apple for producing a single-varietal cider.

But the best thing about Katy is its reliability.  It has good disease resistance and is also fairly vigorous so will grow in virtually any part of the UK (though it will need a pollinator to fruit).

Katy apple trees for sale

  • RF12-year bare-root tree on M9 rootstock£43.00
    Mature height: 1.5m-2.5m after 10 years
    Suitable for growing a small bush-trained dwarf apple tree, will need a permanent stake.
    Available next season
  • RF21-year bare-root tree on M26 rootstock£34.95
    Mature height: 2m-3.5m after 10 years
    Suitable for a semi-dwarf apple tree, a medium apple spindlebush, a medium apple fan or espalier, a large apple cordon or U-cordon.
    Available next season
  • RF32-year bare-root tree on M26 rootstock£43.00
    Mature height: 2m-3.5m after 10 years
    Suitable for a medium bush-trained semi-dwarf apple tree.
    Available next season
  • RF41-year bare-root tree on M116 rootstock£34.95
    Mature height: 2m-3.5m after 10 years
    Can be grown on as a large free-standing apple tree, a small half-standard apple tree, or a large apple fan or espalier.
    Available next season
  • RF51-year bare-root tree on MM106 rootstock£34.95
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a large free-standing apple tree, a half-standard apple tree, a large apple fan or espalier, or a pleached apple tree.
    Available next season
  • RF62-year bare-root tree on MM106 rootstock£43.00
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Suitable for a large bush-trained free-standing apple tree.
    Available next season
  • RF72-year half-standard bare-root tree on MM106 rootstock£46.50
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Suitable for a free-standing half-standard apple tree.
    Available next season

Growing and Training

Katy is one of the easiest apples to grow yourself having good overall disease resistance. It is a very reliable, heavy cropper so you will need to thin out the fruitlets in early June to improve the size of the apples when ripe.  

The apples will drop from the tree when ripe so be sure to pick these as soon as you start to see some fall from the tree.


Katy characteristics

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Fruit persistenceFruit drops when ripe
  • Self-fertile?Not self-fertile
  • Pollinating othersGood
  • Pick seasonEarly
  • Picking periodearly September
  • Keeping1 week
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuiceHard cider
  • Country of originSweden
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colourRed

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    Discovery
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    Rosette
    Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
  • See also Scrumptious
    Scrumptious
    Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
  • See also Worcester Pearmain
    Worcester Pearmain
    Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.

More about apple trees

Apples are very versatile, and all varieties can be eaten or used in the kitchen. However varieties specifically grown as eating apples tend to have the best flavours for eating raw.

The main thing to decide when choosing an eating apple is when you intend to eat the apples. Early season apples are typically ready in August, and generally don't keep very long. Mid-season apples are ripe in early September, while late-season apples start to become ripe in late September and October. Many of the late-season varieties can also be stored in a fridge or cold shed for several months into the winter.

Some apple varieties are self-fertile, but most are not. However in most areas of the UK you do not need to worry whether your apple trees are self-fertile or not, as there will be other apple trees in nearby gardens to help with pollination.


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