GOLDEN TREAT columnar apple

🌳 Columnar apple tree ‘Golden Treat™’

🔹 Identification

• Botanical name: Malus domestica ‘Golden Treat’
• Type: Columnar apple tree (compact vertical growth)
• Series: Urban Apple® (Czech Republic)
• Hardiness: Zones 4 to 9
• Pollination: Not self-fertile

🌸 Tree

• Height: 2.5 to 3 m
• Width: 0.6 to 1 m
• Habit: Very narrow, ideal for small gardens, fruit hedges, or pots
• Flowering: Spring (mid-season), at the same time as Tasty Red™ and Tangy Green™
• Compatible pollinators: Tasty Red™, Tangy Green™, Blushing Delight™, Golden treat

🍎 Fruit

• Size: Medium
• Color: Bright golden yellow
• Flesh: White to cream, fine, firm and crunchy
• Taste: Mild, sweet, reminiscent of Golden Delicious
• Harvest: Mid to late September
• Storage: Good (up to 2 months in a cool place)

🌾 Cultivation

• Exposure: Full sun (promotes color and sugar content)
• Soil: Fertile, light, and well-drained
• Watering: Regular, especially in pots or during dry periods
• Pruning: Light—remove overly long side branches
• Production: Abundant and regular from the second year onwards

✅ Advantages

• Very decorative and productive
• Perfect for small spaces or container gardening
• Sweet fruit, excellent for eating raw or in compotes
• Compatible with other Urban Apple® trees for pollination

⚠️ Things to watch out for

• Not self-fertile → requires another compatible columnar apple tree
• Sensitive to drought in pots (remember to water often)