The Malus Domestica 'Red Delicious' - 'Red Delicious' Apple is one of Americas most popular apple varieties. With mild, sweet flavor, a long shelf life and the Red Delicious apple can be used for a variety of purposes such as eating fresh or making desserts. Produces medium to large size fruit with ruby red skin. During the springtime, this tree blooms small white to pink flowers. Red Delicious apples need to be cross-pollinated with another variety of apple in order for it to bear fruit. Fruit begins to ripen and is ready to harvest in September to mid-October. /* Basic styling for the container and grid items */ .container { width: 90%; max-width: 1200px; margin: auto; padding: 10px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; } h1 { text-align: center; font-size: 2em; color: #333; } /* Green spacer styling */ .spacer { width: 100%; height: 10px; /* Adjust height as needed */ background-color: #81c14e; /* Green color for the spacer */ margin: 20px 0; /* Space above and below the spacer */ } .grid-item { background-color: #fff; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); } .grid-item:nth-child(even) { background-color: rgba(129, 193, 78, 0.5); /* Alternating background color */ } h3 { color: #333; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 5px; } p { color: #666; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; } Product Features Hardiness Zone Grows well in zones 4 - 8. Please see images for zones. Red Delicious Apples that are planted outside of these zones may struggle to thrive and produce fruit. Required Chill Hours Has a chill hours (CU) requirement of 800–1000. (Chill hours are the average hours of air temperature between 32° and 45° F in a typical winter season.) Pollination? Red Delicious apples are NOT self pollinating and will need a second tree of the following to produce fruit. Cortland, Gala, Honey Crisp, Yellow Delicious, Granny Smith, or Jonathan Begin Fruiting Red Delicious Apple Trees begin bearing fruit at ages 2 - 3 years of age.
