Apple Blossom

[yummersetter]

Pink blobby stuff, right? But every May I'm fascinated by how many variations there are. Here's an example - same age (about 60-90 years), triploid ( probably), rootstock ( probably) but the Golden Russet has much larger, nearly white flowers than its brightly coloured Bramley neighbour on the left



It would be interesting to see more pictures of different varieties of apples in flower. I think they often reflect the style of the date they were bred - some flowers look really Georgian / Victorian / 1950s in their shape and colour range

[yummersetter]

And the most modern - Redlove Circe

[orangepippin]

The blossom on our Katy apple tree is stunning this year, it's almost in crab-apple territory. The flowers have a very attractive nearly-white sheen.

[wizzbang]

There are some very old trees, I think they are apple, in the little orchard here. I wont know what variety they are till they are in fruit and ripe. When I know whats what I will label them so I'll know next year.
Some of them are very old and very gnarly. I cant do pics till my cameras come out of storage but BB did take a pic of one of the very old gnarly ones.
I am hoping that the orchards have apple, pear, and plum trees. Ill know in a few months wont I lol.
Lynne x

[binley100]

Plums tend to blossom before the leaves are out (and cherries) ...apples and pears get leaves first...well mine do anyway. The leaves are different too.....

[veggiechicken]

Wizz, if it helps - I'm still waiting for the apple trees to blossom, the cherries were first, there was nothing much on the plums and the pears are in flower now. Apple blossom is pinky, whereas the others are white. You should be able to work out what species your trees are, but not the variety.

[veggiechicken]

Possible Brownlees Russet


Its the poor old tree with ivy on the trunk and branches at a right angle

[veggiechicken]

Possible Keswick Codlin

[veggiechicken]

Unknown Apple No. 12



Any suggestions for variety welcome

[veggiechicken]

Unknown Apple No.10


Variety?

[veggiechicken]

George Neal

Two year old, planted this year.

[boundtothesoil]

Any suggestions for variety welcome

It's a big, big ask veggiechicken. I bet there are only a handful of people in the UK who could identify a, presumably old, random apple variety from its blossom. I know that a few varieties have very distinctive blossom, but these are the exceptions. I'll eat my (gardening) hat if you are successful with these requests!!!!

[veggiechicken]

I like to challenge the experts This is my year for trying to identify all of the old apple trees - about 70 - 80- years old. The possible Keswick Codlin and Brownlees Russet were identified at an apple fair a few years ago. I had no apples whatsoever last year Hoping for better this time round!

[redser]

Don't know if its my imagination but there seems to be so much blossom about this year. Possibly because the bad start to spring kept everything dormant for so long? When trees started flowering the weather was a little kinder and frost and wind didn't kill the blossom. So will it be a bumper year?

[yummersetter]

Our apple blossom is wonderful this year, on some trees you can't see the wood for the flowers. That's because about a third are biennial and this is their 'on' year, and because the earlier flowering trees are several weeks later than usual so have coincided with the mid-season ones.
I think the weather of this Spring, the past week and the one to come will make it less likely that this will be a good year for fruit though - it's taken out a huge percentage of the pollinating insects and prevented the survivors from flying - a warm sunny May would have been very welcome.