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Red Merylinn Apple Tree Plant at Producer Prices for Professional Apple Growers

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Scion, distaff, half stem, tall stem - How to choose?

Understanding the Different Forms of Fruit Trees and Their Planting

Arboriverse , a specialist in the production and supply of professional fruit trees, offers a wide range of plants adapted to your needs and your growing objectives. Discover the characteristics of scions, cattails, half-stems and high-stems, and how to choose and plant these trees on your plot.


The Different Forms of Fruit Trees

1. Scion

  • Benefits :
    • Attractive price.
    • Flexibility: possibility of shaping the tree according to your needs.
  • Disadvantages:
    • Requires training.
    • Late production (4 to 5 years).
  • Location:
    • Spacing: 3 to 4 m.
    • Tutoring: recommended for 1 to 2 years.

2. Distaff

  • Benefits :
    • Perfect for small gardens or high density crops.
    • Fast production: fruiting in 1 to 2 years.
  • Disadvantages:
    • Shorter lifespan.
  • Location:
    • Spacing: 5 to 7 m.
    • Tutoring: recommended for 2 to 3 years.

3. Half-stem

  • Benefits :
    • Good production.
    • Accessible size for maintenance.
  • Disadvantages:
    • Requires more space.
    • Production in 2 to 4 years.
  • Location:
    • Spacing: 5 to 10 m.
    • Tutoring: necessary for 3 to 4 years.

4. High-top

  • Benefits :
    • Longevity and high production.
    • Promotes biodiversity.
  • Disadvantages:
    • Significant space (8 to 10 m between trees).
    • Late production (5 years minimum).
  • Location:
    • Spacing: 8 to 10 m.
    • Density: 150 to 250 trees/ha.

Criteria for Choosing the Right Tree Shape

  • Available space: Choose cattails for small gardens or scions for personalized management. For larger spaces, tall stems or half-stems are ideal.
  • Desired production: rapid production favors cattails, while sustainable production favors tall stems.
  • Maintenance: Half-stems are more accessible, while high-stems require little intervention after establishment.
  • Biodiversity: tall stems are best suited to creating natural habitats.

Tips for Planting Your Fruit Trees

1. Soil preparation

  • Analysis and amendment: test the soil and enrich it with compost.
  • Drainage: Avoid compacted or wet soils.

2. Planting

  • Planting hole: adapted to the size of the roots (60x60x60 cm for scions, up to 1 m for tall stems).
  • Positioning: The graft point must be at least 7.5 cm above the ground.
  • Watering and mulching: essential for recovery.

3. Layout and orientation

  • Spacing: respect the recommended distances according to the type of plant.
  • Orientation: north-south for optimal sunshine.

4. Pollination

  • Varietal compatibility: Mix compatible varieties.
  • Pollinators: Plan for 10 to 12% pollinator trees in your orchard.

Why Choose Arboriverse?

  • Professional quality: grafted plants produced by specialist nurserymen.
  • Producer prices: excellent value for money.
  • Fast delivery: throughout France, directly to your orchard.
  • Technical support: personalized advice and free quotes within 48 hours.

Take advantage of our producer prices to buy your fruit trees!

Plant your grafted fruit plot with Arboriverse today.

Request a free quote and benefit from expert advice.

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Collection: Red Merylinn Apple Tree Plant at Producer Prices for Professional Apple Growers

Red Merylinn variety technical sheet

  • Fruit color: Intense red
  • Skin color: Bright red
  • Size and shape: Medium to large size, rounded and fairly regular fruits
  • Tree size: Fairly weak tree, reaching around 4 m in height and 3 m in span
  • Fruit maturity: Mid-September
  • Fruit taste: Crisp flesh, medium juicy, slightly sweet and rather tart. Remarkable strawberry aroma
  • Earliness of the variety: Rapid fruit set
  • Fruiting period: Mid-September to February (if optimal storage)
  • Disease resistance and storage: Resistant to scab and mildew. Good storage until February if picked late and stored optimally.
  • Variety yield: Medium productive
  • Is this variety self-fertile? No, requires other apple varieties nearby.
  • Commercial use: Fresh consumption, culinary processing, making highly colored juices, compotes and pastries
  • Is this a COV variety? No
  • Comments: Particularly melliferous and nectariferous. Flowering at the end of April.

Red Merylinn: The intense red apple for innovative and high-end production

Offer a variety that stands out for its unique color, versatility, and robustness. Red Merylinn is ideal for growers looking to appeal to modern, premium markets.

At Arboriverse , your specialist wholesale supplier of apple trees, we select Red Merylinn plants for their exceptional quality. This variety stands out for its intense red flesh, its natural resistance to disease, and its ability to meet the expectations of demanding consumers.


Why choose Red Merylinn?

Red Merylinn offers agronomic and commercial advantages:

  • An incomparable aesthetic: Bright red flesh and skin, ideal for capturing attention on the stalls.
  • Culinary versatility: Delicious raw, in baking or in processing (juice, compotes).
  • Extended profitability: Storage until February, perfect for winter markets.
  • Remarkable adaptability: Resistant to scab and mildew, it is perfectly suited to organic or low-input orchards.

With Arboriverse , integrate this innovative variety into your orchards and benefit from tailor-made support to optimize your crops.


Technical and agronomic characteristics

A unique and attractive fruit

  • Size: Medium to large size, suitable for premium circuits.
  • Flavor: A balance between subtle sweetness and refreshing acidity.
  • Visual Appearance: Bright red skin and intense red flesh, providing immediate differentiation in the market.

A robust and easy to grow tree

  • Hardiness: Adapted to French climates, it tolerates slightly chalky or acidic soils well.
  • Natural resistance: Significant reduction in treatments thanks to its resistance to scab and mildew.
  • Simplified maintenance: Not very vigorous, it requires sufficient space to optimize aeration and fruiting.

Recommended rootstocks:

  • M9: For intensive orchards and rapid fruiting.
  • MM106: Suitable for varied soils and offering a good compromise between vigor and size.

A strategic asset for professional producers

  • Premium positioning: Perfect for local markets, short circuits and premium export markets.
  • Regular production: Uniform and stable fruiting, facilitating harvest management.
  • Ecological and economical: Fewer treatments required, contributing to a reduction in production costs.

With Arboriverse , optimize your plantations with healthy and high-performing plants to maximize your yield and enhance your production.


Why choose Arboriverse for your Red Merylinn plants?

  • Recognized expertise: As a specialist wholesale supplier of apple plants, we guarantee plants adapted to the needs of professional producers.
  • Premium quality: Plants rigorously selected for their robustness and performance.
  • Technical support: Personalized advice to best integrate Red Merylinn into your orchard.
  • Reliable logistics: Fast and secure delivery to meet your production requirements.

Order your Red Merylinn plants today!

Diversify your orchard with Red Merylinn , a unique, resilient and versatile variety, perfectly suited to the expectations of modern consumers. With Arboriverse , benefit from our expertise in wholesale supply of apple trees to make this variety a real commercial success.

Contact us now for a personalized quote and discover how Red Merylinn can enrich your production while appealing to premium markets.