Merton Prolific apple
Malus domestica 'Merton Prolific'
RHS AM
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Merton Prolific' apple (Malus domestica 'Merton Prolific') is a tree for food gardens, 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 is a good cropper, and the fruit keeps for 3 months or more. Bees visit the spring flowers, so plant a second apple nearby because this one is not self-fertile. Morley Benjamin Crane bred it in 1914.
Pairs well with Raspberry, Cat mint, and Niobe clematis.