Kidds Orange Red Apple Tree

A great way to get the children to eat fresh fruit is to offer a delicious red, juicy apple, packed full of sweetness with appealing looks in a flushed red and russet colour.

Malus domestica ‘Kidd’s Orange Red’ is a hardy tree that is well suited to the colder northern regions. It does best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. The fruit is distinctive with an aromatic sugary flavour with a hint of honey. The flesh is white and crisp, making it ideal to use in cooking, desserts and salads.

In April and May, your Apple Kidd’s Orange Red bursts with a lovely display of white flowers which precede the fruits. Malus domestica ‘Kidd’s Orange Red’ is ideal for home gardens and produces a heavy crop of fruit ready for harvesting in early October. To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same or adjacent flowering group. The ‘Granny Smith’ makes a perfect partner.

We offer the Apple Kidd’s Orange Red tree as a rootstock MM106, semi-dwarfing, which is tolerant of a range of soils including grassed orchards and poor soils. This is the most widely used rootstock. Plant with a spacing of 4.5m between the rows for best results. When left unpruned it will reach heights of 4-5m in a 10 year period.

Nothing is more rewarding than having fruit-bearing trees in your garden. Start your mini orchard with a wonderful Malus domestica ‘Kidd’s Orange Red’.

MM106 (Semi-Dwarfing) are suitable for all forms except standards. The apple trees are tolerant of various soils like grass orchards and poor soils. Widely used rootstock, but not for small gardens. This tree will begin fruiting after three or four years with an ultimate height of between 4-5m.

M26 (Dwarfing) are good for spindle bush, espalier and ideal for containers. Typically starts fruiting after two or three years with an ultimate height of between 3-3.5m.