🌳 HIDDEN ROSE APPLE TREE

🔹 Identification

• Botanical name: Malus domestica ‘Newell-Kimzey’

• Trade name: Hidden Rose

• Synonyms: Airlie Red Flesh, Mountain Rose, Newell-Kimzey

• Origin: Oregon, United States

• Type: Apple tree with pinkish-red flesh

• Discovered: 1960s

🌳 Tree

• Vigour: Moderate to strong

• Habit: Spreading and vigorous

• Flowering: Abundant in spring

• Flowers: Pink

• Time to bearing: Moderate

• Production: Regular, with a tendency toward biennial bearing

• Hardiness: Zone 4 according to some references; zone 5 according to others.

🍎 Fruit

• Size: Small to medium

• Colour: Greenish yellow, sometimes with a pink blush

• Flesh: Pink to red, sometimes marbled with white

• Texture: Firm, crisp and juicy

• Flavour: Sweet-tart, fruity and aromatic

• Aromas: Notes of berries, strawberry and citrus

📅 Harvest and storage

• Harvest: Late September to October, depending on the climate.

• Best eating quality: After a few weeks in storage.

• Storage: About 1 to 2 months in a cool place.

• Special feature: The red flesh retains its colour well after cutting.

🌸 Pollination

• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile.

• Type: Diploid, with fertile pollen.

• Flowering group: Early (group 2 in some classifications).

• Suggested pollinizers:

  • Pink Pearl

  • Roberts Crab

  • Early Red Meat

  • Red Sentinel

  • Scarlet Surprise

  • Golden Gem

🌱 Growing conditions

• Exposure: Full sun.

• Soil: Fertile and well drained.

• Watering: Regular.

• Pruning: Annually, to open up the canopy.

• Disease resistance: Moderate.

• Hardiness: Zone 4 to 5, depending on the reference.

⭐ Highlights

• Distinctive, naturally pink to red flesh.

• Abundant, ornamental pink blossoms.

• Fruity, refreshing flavour.

• An excellent apple for fruit salads.

• Suitable for juice, applesauce and pies.

• An unusual variety that attracts attention.

⚠️ Points to consider

• Requires a compatible pollinizer.

• Relatively late ripening.

• Needs a sufficiently long growing season.

• Moderate susceptibility to certain diseases.

• Relatively small fruit.

🌿 Garden interest

Hidden Rose is a remarkable apple tree whose pink to red flesh is hidden beneath greenish-yellow skin. It stands out for both its distinctive appearance and its flavour. An excellent choice for lovers of rare, colourful apples.