Apple
Malus pumila
Rosaceae · broadleaf deciduous tree · introduced
Last updated
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This profile synthesizes data from multiple published sources. Expert field review is in progress.
Quick Facts
Height
30 ft
Spread
15-30 ft (varies by rootstock: M9 ~8 ft, M26 ~12 ft, M7 ~18 ft, MM111
Growth Rate
Moderate
Light
Full Sun
Soil
Well Drained
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 3a–8b
Origin
Central Asia
Diseases (32)
Anthracnose (Bull's-eye Rot) Apple mosaic Apple Mosaic Apple proliferation Apple Proliferation Bitter Pit Burrknot Phytophthora cactorum (primary), P Crown and Collar Rot Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Cytospora spp. (Valsa spp., Leucostoma spp.) Cytospora Canker Apple dead Dead Spur Diplodia seriata and D Diplodia Canker Erwinia amylovora Fire Blight Apple flat Flat Apple Disease Fruit Rot, Phytophthora Fruit russet Fruit Russeting Green Crinkle Disease Three viruses Latent Virus Diseases Several different Moldy Core and Core Rots Necrotic Leaf Blotch (Golden Leaf Drop) Isolation attempts Necrotic Leaf Spot Nectria Canker (European Canker) Nectria cinnabarina Nectria Twig Blight (Coral Spot) Multiple obligate biotrophic fungi (Erysiphales: Erysipha... Powdery Mildew Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Fusari... Replant Disease Apple rubbery wood virus 1 and 2 Rubbery Wood and Flat Limb Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Venturia inaequalis Scab Apple scar skin viroid Scar Skin and Dapple Apple Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium spp., and others; abiotic d... Storage Problems Tomato ringspot Union Necrosis and Decline Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Phytophthora syringae (primary), P Stem Rot Twig Dieback and Canker
Pests (39)
Aphidoidea Aphid Yponomeuta malinellus Apple ermine moth Rhagoletis pomonella Apple maggot Aculus schlechtendali Apple rust mite Choreutis pariana Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer Noctuidae Cutworms and Armyworms Eriophyes spp. Blister mite Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug Campylomma verbasci Campylomma bug Enarmonia formosana Cherry bark tortrix Cydia pomonella Codling moth Forficula auricularia Earwig Spilonota ocellana Eyespotted bud moth Buprestidae Flatheaded borers Archips argyrospila Fruittree leafroller Pseudococcus maritimus Grape mealybug Lithophane antennata Green fruitworm Lacanobia subjuncta Lacanobia fruitworm Cicadellidae Leafhopper Various (Agromyzidae, Gracillariidae, Tenthredinidae) Leafminer Tortricidae Leafroller Parthenolecanium spp. Lecanium scale Grapholita prunivora Lesser appleworm Lygus bug and plant bug Diaspidiotus perniciosus San Jose scale Scale Scolytus rugulosus Shothole borer Tetranychidae Spider mite Pentatomidae Stink bug Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar Phyllonorycter blancardella Tentiform leafminer Thysanoptera Thrips Eriosoma lanigerum Woolly apple aphid Hyphantria cunea Fall webworm Lepidosaphes ulmi Oystershell scale Edwardsiana rosae Rose leafhopper Leafroller and Leaftier Nematode, Dagger Nematode, Root-lesion