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Red Falstaff

Red Falstaff
Red Falstaff has received the RHS Award of Garden MeritRed Falstaff is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Keeping: 1-2 months
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Red Falstaff is a very heavy cropping orange / red apple, with an excellent flavour for eating and juicing.

Trained Red Falstaff apple trees for sale

  • 1Tree form iconLarge Espalier (starter) tree £45.00
    Supplied with 1 tier and a leader, for training on as an espalier or palmette. Approx. mature size: 3m wide and 2.5m high. Potential for 3-5 tiers. bare-root.
    Sold-out for this season
  • 2Tree form iconLarge Fan (starter) tree £45.00
    Supplied with 2 primary arms for training on as a fan. Approx mature size: 3m-4m wide and up to 2.5m high. bare-root.
    Sold-out for this season

Growing and Training

Red Falstaff is easy to grow. It does best in drier climates. It can over-crop so make sure you thin the fruitlets to one per cluster in mid-May.


Red Falstaff characteristics

  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • AwardsRHS AGM (current) - 2014
  • Picking period (southern UK)late September
  • CroppingHeavy - Falstaff is one of the heaviest-cropping varieties available
  • Keeping1-2 months
  • Food usesEating freshJuice
  • Disease resistanceAverage
  • ScabSome susceptibility
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colourRed