Apple Tree Winter Banana - Malus domestica

The 'Winter Banana' Apple Tree  is a very vigorous variety, very fertile and with rapid fruiting. It produces flattened spherical fruits, sulphur yellow, pink in the sun, irregular in shape. Their creamy yellow flesh is firm, sweet, tender, and fine. It has a slight taste of banana. Harvest takes place in October. The fruits can be stored in a cool place until February. The 'Winter Banana' Apple Tree is not self-fertile, it is fairly resistant to diseases, and it is a very good pollinator.

The apple tree is a native tree in Europe, especially in France where its presence has been documented since ancient times. The 'Winter Banana' Apple Tree is a variety selected in the USA, at Flory Farm, in Indiana, in 1876.

The spreading habit gives the tree a tall trunk, then a spread-out appearance, naturally ventilating it and providing some resistance to diseases. It has regular and homogeneous productivity. In case of high productivity, thinning is necessary to avoid small-sized fruits and the occurrence of diseases.
Its foliage is composed of very large, ovate, slightly fuzzy leaves, dark green on the upper side, whitish green on the lower side, deeply toothed.
The white flowering, mid-early, occurs at the end of March. The flowering is not afraid of frost. The apple tree is therefore adapted to cultivation in all regions. Self-sterile, the presence of apple trees whose flowering occurs at the same time is necessary. The varieties 'Calville Blanche Hiver', 'Idared', and 'Golden Delicious' are the most suitable.
Fruiting begins in October. The fruits can be stored in a cool place (cellar or refrigerator) until February. They are flattened spherical fruits, sulphur yellow, pink in the sun, irregular in shape. Their creamy yellow flesh is firm, sweet, tender, and fine. It has a slight taste of banana.

These apples are particularly good for eating. They can of course be used in pastries, jams, jellies, or in savoury dishes, in combination with Norman cheeses for example.