Last year I pollinated some Redlove™ Calypso™ blossoms with pollen from a Golden Sentinel apple tree. The goal was to see if seedlings would have red flesh apple traits but columnar shape tree. From the seedlings, twomhad red leaves, so I'm confident the apples will have red flesh. Both might have columnar shape. It's too early to say. This one has not made branchlets yet, unlike the other two. It does appear to have a blossom spur, even though it seems early for that.
It's interesting, because the Redlove™ Calypso™ tree doesnt have this beautiful fall leaf color, at least yet. This tree is about 3 feet tall. It has a nice looking root system and is not root bound.
Now I need to find an in-ground location for the other two. i want them to be in a spot where they are easy to water.
I read, a seedling apple tree needs to have grown about 75 leaves to bloom, and 100 or 125 leaves to bear fruit. My last count of this tree was about 40 leaves, so maybe bloom in 2023? By then maybe we'll know if it is really columnar. I do feel certain that at least the blossoms will be a pretty pink color.
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