Blushing Delight™, Golden Treat™, Tasty Red™ and Tangy Green™, yield good taste in a square foot!

Park Hill, OK— Edible gardening is taking the forefront as the locally-grown food movement gains ground, and more and more gardeners are finding success harvesting their own crops. Enter Urban Apples® by Garden Debut®, new introductions that yield great tasting apples in a tiny space. Now it’s easy to produce delicious, full-sized apples on slender, vertical trees that grow in large pots on sunny decks or balconies.

Urban Apple® trees are loaded with fruiting spurs along the main leader, and branches are short and upright, producing straight, upright-growing, cylindrical apple trees. Plant Urban Apples® in the ground, or transplant to large containers coordinated with home and architecture and enjoy moving them around as desired.

Romantic apple blossoms in spring will enchant homeowners, apartment dwellers, condo owners, suburbanites and those short on space. Urban Apple® trees mature at 8 to 10 feet tall but less than two feet in diameter (!) , and are extremely healthy and disease resistant. When grown in full sun expect full-sized fruit the first year from planting, so long as there are two or more varieties for cross pollination. As trees mature, the yield of apples will increase. Be sure to maintain fertility levels for good growth and yields.

The Urban Apple® Series was developed by Dr. Jaroslav Tupy of the Czech Republic, a member of the Garden Debut® consortium of growers, breeders, retailers and marketers. Tupy’s choice of four varieties ensures a wide selection of flavor, plus good cross-pollination and fruit set:

Tasty Red™ is a bright red apple with a sweet, juicy flavor

Blushing Delight™ PP21511 produces a blush of reddish green fruit with a slightly sweeter taste

Golden Treat™ greenish-gold apples are tart in early fall, but get sweeter the longer they are on the tree

Tangy Green™ lime green apples add a crisp, tart flavor to the series

Harvest tasty fruit within easy reach of the patio table, or host a pick-your-own on the porch and watch heads turn. Try Urban Apples® in large tubs flanking the entrance or plant alongside a border or fence to add value. The impact of a loaded apple tree in a tiny space is irresistible.

Plant Category: Deciduous flowering fruit trees

Mature Height: 8 to 10 feet

Mature Spread: 1 ½ to 2 feet

Mature Form: Extremely narrow, columnar form with multiple fruiting spurs on central leader

Growth Rate: Vigorous

Sun Exposure: Best grown in full sun

Soil Type: Garden loam, amended clay, soil-less potting mixes with good fertility

Soil Moisture: Moist, well-drained soils

Chilling Requirement: 800 – 1200 hours for good bud set (number of hours the temperature is below 45 degrees F. but above 32 degrees F. )

Flower Color: Romantic pink and white apple blossoms on bare branches in early spring

Fruit Set and Yield: Two varieties are required for cross-pollination and good fruit set: expect full-sized fruit from the first year

Fruit: Four varieties in the Urban™ Apple Series provide a wide choice of taste and color on full-sized apples:

Tasty Red™ Urban™ Columnar Apple Malus ‘UEB 3449-1’,

Blushing Delight™ Urban™ Columnar Apple Malus UEB ‘3727-4’;

Golden Treat™ Urban™ Columnar Apple Malus UEB ‘3358-3’;

Tangy Green™ Urban™ Columnar Apple Malus ‘UEB 3812-2’

Summer Color: Apple green leaf color

Fall Color: Negligible

pH Level: 5.5 – 7.5

Zones: 4 – 9 (-30 degrees F or 23 Degrees C), well suited for most of the continental U.S.

Heredity: Developed by Dr. Jaroslav Tupy, Czech Republic for Garden Debut®

For more information on these four varieties of Urban Apples® and other superior plant introductions brought to gardeners by Garden Debut®, visit GardenDebut.com