{"product_id":"apple-malus-rosette™-cordon-m9","title":"Apple (Malus) Rosette™ Cordon M9","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA highly coloured sport of 'Discovery', bred by Frank P Matthews in Worcestershire, 'Rosette' is one of the prettiest apples you can grow — bright red skin concealing a striking pink, marbled 'rosette' pattern in the flesh, beautiful sliced into a salad or cheeseboard. Trained as a cordon on the dwarfing M9 rootstock, it's grown as a single stem at a 45-degree angle, making it an excellent way to fit several different apple varieties into a small space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePink and white blossom appears in April and May, followed by richly coloured fruit ready to harvest from August — one of the earliest apples of the season. The crisp, juicy flesh has a light, sweet, summery flavour with berry-like notes, best enjoyed fresh from the tree, as it doesn't keep long and the flavour fades within a week or so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e'Rosette' is partially self-fertile, so fruit set is generally good, though it crops even better with a pollination partner in the same period (Group 2) or an adjacent group (1 or 3) — worth bearing in mind if you're planting a single cordon rather than a mixed row. It's a precocious, heavy-cropping variety with good disease resistance, including some tolerance to canker, scab, and powdery mildew. Cordons are typically spaced around 75cm–1m apart against a wire support system and need summer pruning to maintain their narrow shape. On M9, trees will need permanent staking or wire support throughout their life, but reward you with an early, compact cropper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePlant in full sun in moist, well-drained soil. As with all apple varieties, the pips contain small amounts of naturally occurring toxins, so they're best removed if the fruit is being used for cooking with children in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach tree is hand-selected before dispatch. Available from Pengelly Garden Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pengelly Garden Centre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58793514271094,"sku":null,"price":71.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0380\/1766\/3020\/files\/Rosette1.jpg?v=1790079034","url":"https:\/\/www.pengellygardencentre.co.uk\/products\/apple-malus-rosette%e2%84%a2-cordon-m9","provider":"PengellyGardenCentre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}