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Malus spp.
This is a twig for grafting. Fall, orange-blushed gold skin, white flesh.

[Golden Delicious × Clivia (Cox’s Orange Pippin × Duchess of Oldenburg)] Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany, 1986. Also called Corail and Sonata and sold commercially as Piñata.

Delicious and highly attractive apple bred for three important characteristics: disease resistance, shelf life and flavor. Pinova excels at all three. Medium-sized conic fruit is bright yellow with a pinkish-orange blush and crimson striping. Great fresh eating, it combines the sweetness of Golden Delicious and the complex flavors of Cox. Flesh stays white when sliced, making this a good choice for lunchbox snacks and salads.

Scionwood courtesy of Fedco growers at the Wild Mountain Cooperative in Greene, ME, who highly recommend Pinova as an easy-to-grow annual producer. Scab and fireblight resistant. Blooms midseason. Z4.

ships in early spring

Quick Details

Flesh Color: white
Harvest Season: fall
Skin Color: orange-blushed gold
Hardy to Zone: 4

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Apples with Harvest Timing Similar to ‘Fall’
Variety	Product Type	Flesh Color	Harvest Season	Skin Color	Hardy to Zone
Adams Pearmain	scionwood	yellow-orange	fall	russeted red	4
Airlie Red Flesh	scionwood	deep salmon	fall	greenish yellow	4
Ananas Reinette	scionwood		late fall	golden	4
Blenheim Orange	scionwood		fall	red-blushed	4
Canadian Strawberry	scionwood		fall	orange-red	4
Cellar Hole Bitter	scionwood		fall	pink-spotted yellow	4
Chestnut	scionwood	yellowish	early fall	russeted bronze-red	3
Claygate Pearmain	scionwood		fall	blushed yellow	4
Cora’s Grand Greening	scionwood		fall	green	4
Cornish Gilliflower	scionwood		fall	blushed green	4
Court Pendu Plat	scionwood		fall	russeted orange	4
Cox’s Orange Pippin	scionwood	light yellow	fall	russeted orange-red	4
Dabinett	scionwood		late fall	red-striped	4
Ellis Bitter	scionwood	white	early fall	red-striped	4
Fameuse	scionwood	white	early fall	ruby red	3
Freedom	scionwood		early fall	red-striped	4
Grimes Golden	scionwood		fall	yellow	4
Harrison	scionwood	yellow	mid-late fall	yellow	4
Hewe’s Virginia Crab	scionwood		fall	red	4
Holstein	scionwood	yellow	fall	orange-blushed	4
Hudson’s Golden Gem	scionwood	yellow	fall	russeted yellow	4
I-95	scionwood		fall	red-blushed and striped	4
Kavanagh	scionwood	slightly yellow	fall	russeted lime green	4
Kennebec Russet	scionwood		fall	russeted yellow	4
King of Tompkins County	scionwood	yellow	fall	dark orange-red	4
Kingston Black	scionwood		fall	russeted red	4
Liberty	scionwood	yellowish	late summer-fall	bluish red	4
Macoun	scionwood	white	fall	purplish red-blushed	4
McIntosh	scionwood		fall	red	4
Medaille d’Or	scionwood		late fall	russeted yellow	4
Mother	scionwood		fall	red	4
Opalescent	scionwood		fall	deep red	4
Otterson	scionwood	red	fall	dark red	4
Pinova	scionwood	white	fall	orange-blushed gold	4
Pipsqueak	scionwood		fall	russeted pink	4
Pitmaston Pineapple	scionwood		early fall	russeted yellow	4
Pomme Grise	scionwood		fall	russeted green-yellow	3
Porter’s Perfection	scionwood		late fall	red-blushed	4
Redfield	scionwood	deep pinky red	fall	rusty red	3
Roman Stem	scionwood	yellowish	fall	bronze-blushed yellow	4
St. Edmund’s Russet	scionwood	creamy white	early fall	russeted yellow	4
St. Lawrence	scionwood		early fall	red-striped	3
Sweet Sixteen	scionwood		fall	bronze-red	3
Twenty Ounce	scionwood		fall	red-striped	4
Wealthy	scionwood	white	fall	red-striped	3
Westfield Seek-No-Further	scionwood		fall	rusty red-striped	4
Wickson	scionwood		fall	bright red	4
Windham Russet	scionwood		late fall	russeted brown	4
Wolf River	scionwood	creamy white	fall	red	3

Additional Information

Scionwood

Scions are twigs, not trees. They have no roots and will not grow if you plant them. They are cuttings from dormant branch tips, intended for spring grafting.

We do our best to provide ¼" caliper stock. Because of factors beyond our control (such as weather!) stock may be ³⁄₁₆–³⁄₈".

We sell scionwood in two ways:

By the stick: One 12" stick can graft 4-6 trees.
By the foot: Minimum order of 10 feet per variety. For orchardists grafting large numbers of trees of a particular variety. In our own nursery work, we are usually able to graft 6-8 trees from one foot of scionwood.

You can graft right away or store scionwood for later use. It will keep quite well for several weeks stored in sealed ziplock bags in the refrigerator.

For more info:
About Scionwood

Apples

Choosing the Right Apple

Not sure where to start? Check out our Apple Chart!

Choosing a variety: Not every variety may be right for you. All-purpose apples are just that—they’re good for a bunch of jobs. If you're planting just one tree, perhaps start there. However, if you’re a history buff, consider the historical varieties and maybe plant one that originated nearby. If you don’t eat many apples but love pies, go for the pie apples. If you’re a dessert connoisseur, skip all the others and go for the highly flavored dessert varieties. Some are strictly for cider. Some are great to put out at the camp for summer use. Some are perfect for those who want fall fruit but don’t have a root cellar. Others keep all winter and into the following summer.

Summer apples ripen in summer, are generally crisp only for a short period, do not store well, and are often best for cooking.
Fall apples store longer and are useful for a wide variety of purposes.
Winter apples ripen mid to late fall, store well, and reach their best flavor after weeks, or even months, of storage.
Dessert apples are delicious eaten raw.
Crabapples are less than 2" in diameter. Some crabs bear edible or culinary or cider-making fruit. Some have persistent wildlife fruit that hangs on the tree for weeks or even months. Others have hardly any fruit at all. Some are beautiful ornamentals.
Cider apples are especially suited to making fermented “hard” cider. Some cider apples are also good dessert fruit, but most are not.
Subacid means tart!
Russet or russeting is a skin texture (fairly common on apple varieties and on a few pears and potatoes) which looks and feels somewhat like suede.
Bloom is a naturally occurring dust-like yeast film on the skin of some varieties of apples, plums, grapes and blueberries.

Cider Apples

Each year we offer a different assortment of the best European and American cider varieties, including new wild apple introductions from local fruit explorers and cidermakers. Many of these are NOT for fresh eating. They do however possess qualities that make them very desirable for fermented cider production.

Seedling Apples

These trees were grown from seeds, rather than grafted onto rootstock like the other apple varieties we offer. These standard-sized trees will grow to 20–30'.

Flowering and Culinary Crabapples

A crabapple is any apple with fruit smaller than 2" in diameter. All crabs bear edible fruit, some more favorable for culinary use than others. Some fruits are persistent, hanging on the branch through winter and providing forage for robins, jays and waxwings in the early spring. The flowers, tree form and even the shape of the leaves can vary subtly or profoundly. Most are magnificent in bloom and ornamental year round, especially in winter when the leaves drop and the trees show off their interesting forms.

Growing Apples

Soil: Adaptable, but prefers well-drained fertile soil.
Sun: Full.
Pollination: Requires a second variety for pollination. Any apple or crabapple blooming within a quarter mile will probably do.
Planting and Pruning: See our planning and planting and pests and diseases pages for more information about soil prep, planting, pruning, and pest control.
Spacing:
- For trees on Malus domestica (standard) and Bud 118 rootstock, 20–25' apart.
- M111 semi-dwarf, 15–20' apart.
- G890 semi-dwarf, 10–15' apart.
- Bud 9 dwarf, 5–10' apart.

Shipping

Orders for scionwood placed after February 20 will ship around late April through mid-May, in the order in which they were received. Sorry, we cannot expedite these orders.