Court Pendu Plat

Court Pendu Plat is a historic European apple variety widely considered one of the oldest cultivated apples still in existence.

It is valued as both a dessert apple and a key heritage parent in modern breeding, including late-flowering traits.

Features

• Firm, dense-textured dessert apple
• Rich sweet-sharp flavour
• Improves significantly in storage
• Excellent for fresh eating after maturation
• Very late flowering variety
• Compact, slow-growing tree habit
• Long-lived, traditional orchard variety

Origins / Notes

Court Pendu Plat is an ancient apple variety of French origin

It has been grown across Europe for centuries and is highly valued for its resilience, distinctive growth habit, and contribution to modern breeding, including varieties such as Cox's Orange Pippin descendants.

Disease Resistance

Generally regarded as a hardy and resilient traditional variety with good natural field tolerance, particularly due to its late flowering habit which helps avoid spring frost damage.

Pollination Season

Late season flowering

Harvesting Season

Late season, typically October.

Storage

Keeps well into winter and often improves in flavour during storage.

Best eating window is from late autumn through early winter, when the fruit softens and develops fuller sweetness and aromatic depth.

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