Firm and crunchy, with a good balance of acidity and sweetness, a hint of roses. Recommended for people who are allergic to other apples.
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Rootstocks:
Wonder Trees are an innovative type of miniature patio fruit tree. These ones use a M9 rootstock with a high graft to control their vigor.
Pollination Partners for Santana:
Your trees are self sterile and their flowers must be pollinated to make fruit.
Santana is in pollination Group D.
This means that they will cross-pollinate with other apple trees in pollination Groups C, D and E.
See our Guide to Apple Tree Pollination for a full list of partners & more tips about pollination.
Disease notes:
Disease susceptibility: Scab, Mildew. Somewhat susceptible to fire blight.
Bred in 1978 by the Dutch University of Wagniningen's Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research from Elstar and Priscilla. In a 2007 study of 15 people with allergies to apples, half reported no reaction to Santana, and another quarter reported such a small reaction that they would eat it again in the future.