Kidd's Orange Red apple
Malus domestica 'Kidds Orange Red'
RHS AGM (current)
USDA zones4 to 4
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Pink - dark
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Kidd's Orange Red' apple (Malus domestica 'Kidd's Orange Red') is a tree for the food garden, grown for fresh eating and juice. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in early to late spring with dark pink flowers that attract bees. James Hutton Kidd bred it in 1924. It needs a partner apple tree nearby for pollination, and you can bend young branches toward horizontal to improve cropping.
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