Heyer #12 AppleMalus ’Heyer #12’

A hardy medium sized early-season apple (late-august). The yellow apples are good for eating and excellent for cooking, but a poor storage apple. Features showy clusters of lightly scented white flowers in mid-spring. It has forest green foliage throughout the season turning to a yellow color in fall. Harvest fruit when it is slightly under-ripe. Fruit is 5-6 centimeters in diameter. 

Features:

• Small size tree
• Medium growth rate
• Yellow fall color
• Low canopy
• Second pollinator required
• Can be prone to disease
• Messy
• Suitable for planting under power lines
• Edible fruit

Optimal Growing Conditions:

• Plant in a full sun location
• Adaptable to both dry and moist conditions
• Considered to be drought tolerant

Tree Maintenance:

• High maintenance
• Best pruned in late winter or early spring once the threat of extreme cold has passed