Description
Evereste is a compact, heavy-blooming crabapple bred by France’s INRA program and honored with the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit for its trial performance, disease resistance and ornamental value.
The bloom is long and heavy, white flushed with pink, and the small, firm, high-pectin fruit holds on the tree well into fall, extending its display long after most apples have finished. The fruit is not usually eaten fresh, but it makes excellent jelly, preserves and cider.
That same long bloom makes Evereste one of the most dependable pollinizer trees available, overlapping the flowering window of most eating apples and helping them set a fuller crop.
Overview
- Exceptional resistance to apple scab, fire blight and mildew
- Heavy, long-lasting spring bloom
- Small, tart, high-pectin fruit for jelly and cider
- Excellent pollinizer for other apples
- Self-sterile; needs a different apple or crabapple nearby
Growing Details
Latin Name: Malus ‘Evereste’ (syn. ‘Perpetu’)
Site and Soil: Full sun; well-drained soil
Hardiness:Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Rootstock: Antonovka seedling rootstock
Bearing Age: 1 to 3 years
Size at Maturity: 18-25′ tall and wide – easily maintained smaller with pruning.
Flowering Group: Mid to late spring bloom
Ripening Time: Early to mid fall
Pollination: Self-sterile; needs a different Malus nearby, and excels as a pollinizer
Pests & Diseases: Exceptional resistance to apple scab; very good resistance to fire blight and mildew
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: Evereste is often planted specifically to improve fruit set in nearby apple trees while also producing usable crabapples.
- Regional Insight: Strong scab and fire blight resistance make Evereste a dependable choice nationwide, especially in humid regions like the Southeast and mid-Atlantic where disease pressure runs high.
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