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Elstar Apple
Netherlands
M9; M26; MM106
September
Elstar was developed in 1950 in Elst by crossing Golden Delicious and Ingrid Marie. It quickly became popular in Europe, and from 1972 onward, it spread to the USA. Today, Elstar apples are commonly found in local European markets and are commercially grown throughout continental Europe as a dessert variety. Outside Europe, it is considered a specialty apple, mainly grown and sold at farmers’ markets and orchards.
Elstar apples have a balanced sweet-bitter flavor with pear and honey undertones combined with mild acidity.
Fruits are small to medium-sized, averaging 7–8 cm in diameter, round to conical in shape, sometimes slightly asymmetrical depending on growing conditions. The skin is light yellow, covered with large dark red to orange patches, marbled blush, and has a semi-chewy, gently ribbed texture. Beneath the skin, the flesh is pale yellow, mildly aromatic, smooth, and fresh, surrounding a fibrous core filled with small dark-brown seeds. The apple is juicy and crisp, softer than some other crunchy varieties.
Granny Smith, Idared, Gloster, Summerred, Braeburn, Melrose, Golden Delicious.
The Elstar apple tree is frost-hardy down to –20°C.
You can purchase seedlings of Apple Elstar at our garden center in the nursery located at Gornjem Crnjelovu, Glavna 65a.
Upon collection of the goods (seedlings), the Agromedžik nursery no longer has the possibility of supervision or care, and therefore cannot provide any further guarantee. Since seedlings are living beings, it is not possible to give a guarantee even a day after they leave the nursery. We cannot influence their maintenance and care, and consequently their further growth and development.
Our plants regularly undergo phytosanitary and vegetative inspections, therefore we do not have diseased or infected plants.
Planting is done from late October to mid-April, avoiding periods of frost and drought.
Trim the roots, then the branches into 3 to 4 rings. At the beginning of March, cut the seedlings to a height of 80 - 120 cm.
Before planting, soak the plant in water for at least 2 - 3 hours.
Dig a hole, in the previously prepared soil, measuring 60 x 60 x 50 cm for the soil (40 x 40 x 40 cm) so that the roots and part of the stem are well placed, taking care that the grafting point is outside the soil.
Place the plant in the hole and cover it with dry soil, gently press it down so that it gets well between the roots.
Fertilizer and seedling roots must not be in direct contact.
Pour with 20-30 liters of water. During periods of drought in the first year of planting, it is necessary to water young seedlings more often.
Containerized seedlings can be planted throughout the year.
*Applies to bare root seedlings.
