Triple apple tree - Malus domestica Elstar, Jonagold and Red Boskoop

The Triple Apple ‘Elstar’, ‘Jonagold’ and ‘Red Boskoop’ brings together three complementary varieties for beautiful harvests from late August to mid-October, creating a fruit tree capable of self-pollination and offering a diversity of fruit over a longer period, while being healthy, productive and vigorous. All three are apples for eating and cooking. Elstar is sweet, crunchy and refreshing. Jonagold, subtly sweet and tangy, is perfect for baking or as an accompaniment to savoury dishes. And Red Boskoop, juicy, sweet and slightly acidic, is ideal for compotes or juice. After particularly dazzling spring blossom, the apple tree is adorned for the season with dark green foliage that will take on beautiful autumnal hues before falling for winter. This variety is ideal for small gardens or where space is short.

This tree brings together three grafts:

- A graft of Elstar Apple: a very productive variety. Its skin is thin, smooth and digestible, yellow with red stripes. Its flesh is crunchy, very sweet and refreshing. Harvest begins in late August and ends in mid-September. Medium-sized and regular, it is perfect for eating raw, but also for making compotes and jellies. It can be stored for a good part of the winter.

- A graft of Jonagold Apple: a hardy and robust variety that produces fruits with a diameter of 7.5 to 8 cm. The skin of its fruits is light green to yellow with red stripes. Its yellow, crunchy and juicy flesh is sweet and slightly acidic. It can be harvested in October, and the fruits can be stored until January if kept cool. This variety adapts moderately well to hot regions and oceanic climates.

- A graft of Red Boskoop Apple: a hardy, vigorous and disease-resistant variety that abundantly produces large, round apples, about 7 cm in diameter, washed with red on a yellow background. The yellow flesh is crunchy and firm, and the aromatic flavour is tangy and sweet. Of excellent taste quality, the fruit can be consumed raw as a table fruit and cooked in pastries. The apples are harvested from late September to mid-October and can be stored until February.

Malus domestica, scientifically also called Malus communis or Malus pumila, is commonly known as the Common or Domestic Apple Tree. It belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is a fruit tree native to the forests of Central Asia. Its hardiness is excellent, and it is probably the most cultivated fruit tree in Northern Europe. There are about 20,000 varieties, including approximately 10,000 of American origin, 2,000 of English origin, and 2,000 of Chinese origin.

The triple Apple forms a spreading tree that can reach approximately 4 to 5 m in height and 3 to 4 m in width at maturity, in a free form. Its habit is well suited for low or high standard training in open ground, or espaliered on wires against a wall.