The world's first delicious red-fleshed apple

It's the fruit sensation that everyone's talking about - you may have read about it in the Daily Mail or on the BBC site but this is the only place where you can buy Redlove®! • Uniquely coloured - Rosy-red flesh with a beautiful pattern running through it • Deliciously tasty - Crisp and juicy with a hint of berries • Even better for you - Higher in antioxidants than other apples • Disease resistant - Exceptionally high resistance to scab • Attractive in the garden - Unusual, long-lasting, deep pink spring blossom • Versatile in the kitchen - Delicious eaten raw but also ideal for cooking (it even retains its red colour when cooked). Grown on M9 rootstock, it will produce an easily managed tree up to approximately 2.5m (8') tall in the garden, smaller if grown in a large container. Though not self-fertile, it's easily pollinated by other apple trees, even up to 300m away. Supplied as a top quality 1 year old, single stem, bare root plant, with full growing instructions. Order now and you can be one of the first to grow this unique new fruit! Era is crisp and fresh with a perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavours; harvest early to mid September and eat immediately or store until Christmas.

Order Apple Redlove® Era® Exclusively At Suttons

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I have been given a Redlove Circe as a gift, it is planted in a half barrel in the garden, had lots of blossom in the late spring lovely dark pink. As this is not self pollinating I need to buy another apple tree to pollinate it, obviously it needs to blossom at the same time, so do you advise buying another Redlove Circe? or would another Redlove type blossom at the same time or is there a better match? this too will be planted in a half barrel about 10-15 feet from my existing tree.

all advice much appreciated please. I need to buy in the next 6-8 weeks so prompt response would be great

many thanks

I like the look of the totally red apples. But as you say taste is the most important factor.

Hello Marcus
I have been avidly following the Redlove apples for a couple of years.
I live in the United States, and can't wait till they are allowed to ship to the US.
Can you tell me when they might possibly be shipping to the US?

Thanks,
Robin

No, sadly, its not possible to ship them to the States

Markus

Hi - Can you please tell me when the Redlove begins to fruit? Suttons are selling them as a one year old bare root tree. Should I expect this to fruit in the coming summer?

Hallo Michelle.

The 1 y old trees will fruit for sure 2012. I think later in the season Suttons will also sell 2 year old trees; there it is possible to have some fruit in the first growing season.

Happy Christmas

Markus

i am trying to order this redlove apple tree. Ilive in canada. inprov of quebec. HOW TO DO SO PLSE.

For the moment it is not possible to buy these plants in Canada.

Sorry for that.

Markus Kobelt

Hi, - We are living France, not far away from Paris, we have a garden, and would be please would be please have a redlove aple tree in our garden, could you tell us where to buy in France ?
Thanks

Hi Markus

Are you selling Redlove apple trees to professional growers in the UK?

Hi Robin.

Our licencee for prof fruitgrowing and the fruit market in UK is Chingford/AG Thames. They and their growers begin to plant this season and mor next season.

Markus

Hi Markus, I wanted to know if there's any chance I can grow redlove apple trees in Argentina. (Maybe some trade has been already made?)
thank you,

Hallo Maria.

For homegardening we are not working in Argentina yet. Our marketing partner for prof. fruitgrowing, NFG in Holland, is in search of a partner in Argentina.

If you are interested please write a e-mail to info@lubera.com and I will forward it to Victor Eijkman of NFG Holland

Markus Kobelt

Hi Markus,
I'm trying to find out if I can buy Redlove trees in France. I would really like at least one, but am not sure if I could take one out of England to France (I believe it's illegal!) Or maybe you sell from your Swiss site to France, but my German is not good enough to order from that site.
Thanks

Hallo Su

for your personal and private use you can surely transport within the EU. No problem.

So buy in UK and transport to France!

Enjoy the Redloves

Markus

Markus - Just to let you know I had a poor response when I contacted your UK Licencee Chingford/AG Thames a month or so ago. They seem to have a lot of things going on there - in fact when I phoned them no one really knew about your apple!! It may have just been a particularly busy day for them but I suggest that they at least have a named representative othewise you may loose sales.

Why I tell you this is we grow 20 acres of organic blueberries mainly for Riverford Organics and were interested in possibly asking you about whether you would be interested in us creating an organic redlove apple that we could grow along side our blueberries.

kind regards

Robin

Hi Mr Markus
I m a student from Iran.I wanted to know how can I buy Redlove trees?I would really like to study about this tree and I wanted to grow some ones.
and another questions do you have private Email.i have many questions from you.
I d really love your products.
thanks

Redloves you can buy in UK from Suttons if you are studying in UK. We have no possiblitiy of delivery in Iran

Excuse me Sir
I'm going to go to Frankfurt in February.How I can I order from there?
How long does it take that you send?
thanks

Could you please tell me the difference between Redlove Era and Redlove circe - would like to order soon from England, but can't find any info to distinguish between them.
Many thanks

Circe is much earlier, ripening about 20. of August. Era is ripening about 10-15. September

please can you tell me the difference between Era & Sirena

Thanks

Apple Redlove Sirena planted 18 Nov 2010 and growing well in very large pot. Can you advise on pruning the side branches - when and how, and where the apples will grow from as pictures show from upright stems and not branches. Also should I remove all the flowers that may bloom this year, or only leave a few and then allow only a couple of actual apples to grow in its third year? It does look lovely and I'm hopefully for the future. Thank you so much.

-the small sidebranches com from the concurrence between trees, they are planted at 50cm
-you can have a similar effekt if you bind them below the horizontale if they are 30-40cm long. They will stop growing and set blooms for next year.
-you can leave up to 4/5 apples this year

Estoy interesado como aficionado a plantar y cultivar redlove, como puedo conseguir en España los plantones de redlove.Gracias

I am interested in buying some of these trees, but can find no information about what root stock they are on or the fruiting time and whether they are keepers or need eating quickly. Any information would be appreciated.

The Redloves are all winter grafted on the slow growing M9 rootstock. The fruiting time varies within the different varieties:

Era - can be picked around 10-20th september, storable until christmas

Circe - can be picked around 20th of august, storable until end of September

Sirena - can be picked around mid august, storable until end of September

Regards

Falko Berg

I went to Sutton's website and ordered one of each tree only to find out that they do not ship them internationally, not even within the EU.

'The following items were removed from your basket due to Restrictions'

That means that there is no way of buying these trees? What is with this exclusivity thing? Why don't they let people buy them?

Sorry I do not understand, from where did you try to order the trees?

Right now you can buy the Redlove trees:

- for Germany, Switzerland and Austria you can order them directly at our onlineshop www.Lubera.com

- for the UK you can order them at Suttons

- for Ireland you can order them at Mr. Middleton

Regards

Falko Berg

Sorry, I forgot :)
I'm in Sweden. I just read on the swedish environmental protection agency's website that Malus sp. can be imported with a phytosanitary license- no problem (Same rules as for all EU countries)

I emailed Sutton's as well but I think it's just their policy not to sell to other countries. Maybe there is somewhere else I can turn? I have been waiting to buy this variety for years! I thought we joined the EU so these things would be simpler ;)

Thanks for your help!

Estoy en España, donde puedo comprar los arboles de red love y otros,por online en otro pais de la UE porque Sutton no envia fuera de Gran Bretaña, por favor estoy muy interesado.,Gracias

@Manuel: No habla espagnol, sorry. Please write in englisch, deutsch ou francaise

@Patrick:
Sorry but an export to sweden is not possible at this moment due to logistic reasons. There are still too many restrictions, too much paper work and a delivery would be way more expensive than the tree would actually cost (we do not ship standard packages, the packages are open on top which makes a delivery way more expensive.). I do not know how Suttons handles this though.

Regards

Falko Berg

@Falko: Manuel has the exact same problem as I do :) He is wondering where he can buy it online from another EU country, because Sutton's don't send outside the UK. Maybe I can drive to Germany and collect it there.

@Manuel: Perdón mi espanol... No es posible, en el mismo tiempo, enviar arbóles al Espana porque hay tan mucho burocracia. Lubera utilisan un paquete abierto, que hace el transporte tan caro. Sí tienes un dirección en UK, Alemania, Austria o Suiza puedes recorgerlo allí.

Sr. Markus, cuando podré comprar planta de redlove, en España, o por online donde sea, por favor

Hello Markus,

I was wondering if you have plans to introduce/export your 'Redlove' apple tree to the U.S.? I contacted Suttons and they said that due to licensing they couldn't export to the U.S. but that you might be willing to further discuss my interest in your apple trees. If you do have plans to introduce the 'Redlove' into the U.S., do you know when?

Thanks

Hello Markus,

I was wondering if you have plans to introduce/export your 'Redlove' apple tree to the U.S.? I contacted Suttons and they said that due to licensing they couldn't export to the U.S. but that you might be willing to further discuss my interest in your apple trees. If you do have plans to introduce the 'Redlove' into the U.S., do you know when?

Thanks

Hi Markus,

Trying to figure out how to get your RedLove apples in the U.S. Are you working with anybody on licensing your Tree in the US? You are going to sell a ton of trees here whenever it gets here.

Thanks!

Hello, could you please tell me what pollination group your Redlove Sirena apple is in. I was wondering if it is suitable to pollinate other non self fertile apples.

Thank you

hello,

I received to redlove's from Suttons. As I am new to apple growing I thought I just needed two to pollinate each other, but find now they do not work that way.

I don't have room for another large Apple tree, is there a small tree suggestion you have that I can plant so my Redloves pollinate?

Thankyou

hello,

I received to redlove's from Suttons. As I am new to apple growing I thought I just needed two to pollinate each other, but find now they do not work that way.

I don't have room for another large Apple tree, is there a small tree suggestion you have that I can plant so my Redloves pollinate?

Thankyou

Redloves are also pollinated by normal apples. in the blossom time insects are trajnsporting enough pollen to pollinate. so pollination shoudn't be a problem at all

Dear Mr Kobelt, Please could you let me know if it is possible to grow the Redlove Apple trees in espalier form?
Many thanks, Sheena

Dear Mr Kobelt, Please could you let me know if it is possible to grow the Redlove Apple trees in espalier form?
Many thanks, Sheena

Sr. Markus parabens pela sua bonita maçã.
Gostaria de adquirir 2 ou 3 redloves para proxima a epoca, será que já se podem adiquirir em Portugal

No problem to grow Redloves in espalier form. Just chose two opposite braches at about the sme height

Mr. Markus, I'am interested in buying some of these trees, to trie in Portugal.
How it's possible to make de experience?

Best regards.

Hi Markus

I am fruit grower in west of France mainly with pink lady . Looking for new variety of apple , I would like to be in touch with the FRENCH nursery multiplying and selling REDLOVE variety for professional.
Thank you for your answer
Pierre Gaignon

Salut Pierre,

For questions concerning commercial production of Redloves please get in contact with our 'sister-company' Fruture GmbH, Mr. Herbert Knuppen:

herbert.knuppen@fruture.com

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

Hi Markus
i want to sell this apples to the supermarkets
if you know anybody who can sell me this apples?

Thank you
Vlada

Guten Tag Markus

I have had one tree in my garden for two years. I had masses of blossom this year but unfortunately only one apple. When I bought the sapling I was told that it was self-pollinating. I now have my doubts.

Please could you advise whether I need two trees so that they can cross-pollinate each other?

Vielen Dank for your help

Hello Monika,

Redloves® are genetically apples and all apple trees need to be pollinized by a different variety. The person who sold you this tree obviously had sadly no knowledge about fruit trees. Usually one does not need to plant a second tree for pollinization because everywhere it has enough apple trees in the neighbourhood which do the pollination work.

It seems there are no apple trees in your area so if you want fruits you should plant a second tree.

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

Hi Markus,
can I buy redlove apples in your nursery in Swissland and transport it to Italy?
is there any problem?have you got availabilty now?

Hello, well you can buy the trees here in Switzerland but not the apples though. We do not sell the apples themselves yet. Currently we are also on winterbreak and start selling again in march 2013.

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

I'm sorry when ! wrote 'apples' I wanted to say 'apples trees' naturally!
is it necessary reserve now the apples trees?
Ciao Paola

No you do not need to reserve them. When we start agein in march we do have enough trees for sale.

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

How can I order Redlove bareroot plants from Turkey?

Sorry, for the moment that is not possible

awaiting eagerly how the Redlove Era will taste

I have ordered two Era apple trees from Suttons. Can you tell me which pollination group Era is in?

Era is in the middle blooming season and can be pollinised by most other apple varieties. In 99% of all gardends, apple pollinisation is no problem because bees and insects are transporting plenty of apple pollen

Markus kobelt

Dear Markus,
I have really enjoyed watching your videos about Redlove apples and would like to buy two from Suttons. I am making a garden for young children and was thinking of marking a gateway with one eaither side and thought columnar maybe best, however I am not sure how tall the columnar will grow. Please could you advise whether this will be ok and the width apart I should plant them for best success. With many thanks, Lou

Hallo Lou.

Redloves are normal type growing, and not columnar. That said it ist possible to keep them at about 1-1.50 m diameter.

for children I would suggest Era and Circe, so you have two different ripening times

Dear Markus,

I really trust in your new apple!
I've a orchard in Belgium and I'm ready to plant a few Ha of RedLove in Belgium and sell; this apple variety in Belgium and abroad.
Is it possible?

Thanks,

M. Horn

For the moment we are in search of a marketing partner in Belgium. Please contact in Belgium Mr Johan Nicolai from Nicolai nurseries. He is producing the trees and he will know what is possible for the next season
Markus Kobelt

Hi, I have purchased three batches ( 20 trees ) of the redlove era apple tree from suttons, the first batch of 5 were sent as 2yr old trees ( stated on their labels) all 5 doing fine, then another batch of 5 were sent, they were smaller trees altogether, and when I cared to look at the labels a few weeks after planting, all details were exactly the same, except for the words 1 yr old !, Three of these trees just didnt leaf / bloom, the others did and all trees in all batches were planted identically, an in accordance with the enclosed instructions. I called suttons and was told they had no idea why they had different age trees and couldnt answer why 2 yr old trees were sent intially, and that 1 yr olds were then being sent out. They also couldnt help with why 3 of the trees had died !. A bit more worringly was when I queried what age tree i wouild get on this next batch, ( not yet delivered), and was told they should be 2 yr old, but they cant tell either way, although they are advertised as 1 yr old.!. I was very impressed by the tree when I first saw the flower and apple and wanted to make my own private orchard based soley of these trees but the lack of product consistency, and the death of a few of them for no apparent reason and no support from the supplier has made me question the viability of setting up an orchard of these trees. I have another Area I wish to make an Orchard shortly, but am very cautious on planting redlove.

Suttons has received 1 year old trees and 2 year old knip trees. We have no control how they are storing and sellng them but it would make sense to make two different prizes.

With bare rooted trees its very important how trees are stored because in principle since they are digged out they only loose water/reserves....That could be the reason why some of the one year trees didtn grow on. On the other hand normally 2 year old trees have a bigger planting shock than one year old ones.
In our nursery in Switzerland till 15th of June we are still potting 1 year old trees from the cold store (with 99% humidity) and every one is growing....But also the transport from the cold store to the client and then the time being planted and the methods of planting can make big differences...

To avoid this type of problems we are only selling containertrees in Switzerland and Germany - which make a big quality difference but also a prize-differenec because transportation costs are huge.

Hope you will have the first test fruits this year

Markus

Dear Markus, I am writing from Iceland. i run small import company and i am interested in your products .i want to see how the redlove apple can survive here, this is a very exiting product .
please contact me
Best regards
Birgir H

Hallo Birgir.

unfortanely we are not sending trees to Iceland, only to Switzerland, Germany and trough a partner in UK and Ireland

Markus

Hello lubera®, hello Mr. Markus Kobelt,

I write in english with some difficulties, excuse me,

lubera®, Redlove®, Era®, Circe®, Sirena®, what's that ® ending name?
Are that names registered or protected and where?
Are that names protected trade marks or registered fruit cultivars?

You have a dutch (swiss) and english marketting Web sites using the symbol ®, but a single public page in english, in .pdf file form, for each variety, including protection details, (in french: 'une fiche variétale') is not loadable from your sites.
Look at ' http://www.ueb.cas.cz/cs/system/files/users/public/OPAL.pdf ' for an exemple.

For a public description of a variety, a .pdf page is easy printable and more durable than a more evolutive Web page.

I have purchased a redlove Circe,from QVC,
this flowered profusely bvut has not set any fruit.
should I expect fruit in the first season or not.
I would appreciate your advice on this as well as
advice on further care and pruning.
The plant is being container grown in Cornwall
on the south west coastal area.

Hello, We were given a present of a Redlove in February 2011 and have planted it in a container as per the instructions. We are hoping to re plant it at a later time into the ground when our garden plan is ready. At the moment it is looking like it needs pruning ? I would appreciate advise on this and any other care it would benefit from. Thanking you. p.s. we & the redlove live in London.

Hallo Sylvia.

Please send me a picture of your Redlove. My e-mail is: info@lubera.com. The I can give you some advice

Markus

Dear Markus,

We are alreally testing your new apple in our orchard and we have some good results.
We 'd like to plant a few Ha of RedLove . Do you have already a marketing partner in France ?
It's possible to meet someone and discus ?

Thanks
 

QUIERO COMPRAR TRS PLANTAS DE MANZANAS REDLOVE, DONDE TENGO QUE DIRIGIRME, VIVO EN ALBACETE (ESPAÑA).
GRACIAS.

Hola: quisiera comprar dos árboles de esta manzana para mi jardín.
Vivo en La Rioja ( España) seria posible?. Si es asi diganme como debo hacerlo.
Saludos.
Pilar

I bought a redlove (1year old) tree just before Christmas and want to plant it in a container. Could you tell me what size pot would be best and do I need special compost?

I see other nurseries are breeding red-fleshed apples: have you tried them? www.greenmantlenursery.com/fruit/rosetta-apples.htm

@Michelle: I would use a pot with more than 50lt.
@ Jo: These are old US-varieties, bred in the forties by the well known pomologist Etter. We know these American apples only by literature and havent tested them.

We started with other genetic material, and adding more quality to the redfleshed apples , in the same time we also brought scab resistance into them.

Our breeding work goes forward, last year we produced about 15 000 seed only for the redfleshed program. Our goal: Redloves which are much better than normal apples;-)

Thanks for your answer.
I really like the appearance of the Redlove varieties and the fact that they do not turn brown when you chop them up.
Do you know if any of these will be available in Norway?

I'm convinced these varieties would be a major hit Norway if they were possible to purchase.

Unfortunately we can only grow varieties which have a season <= Elstar. Elstar can only be grown on the best locations.

Many thanks :)

Hello Markus,

From were could I order to receive in Portugal?

Kind regards,
Alex

Sorry we are only delivering in Germany and Austria and Switzerland, and our Partner Suttons in UK, our partner Mr Middleton in Ireland

Hello Markus,

From were could I order to receive in Portugal?

Kind regards,
Alex

Sorry, ignore last post, please.
Alex

I have been given a Redlove Circe as a gift, it is planted in a half barrel in the garden, had lots of blossom in the late spring lovely dark pink. As this is not self pollinating I need to buy another apple tree to pollinate it, obviously it needs to blossom at the same time, so do you advise buying another Redlove Circe? or would another Redlove type blossom at the same time or is there a better match? this too will be planted in a half barrel about 10-15 feet from my existing tree.

all advice much appreciated please. I need to buy in the next 6-8 weeks so prompt response would be great

many thanks

When will Redlove apple trees be available in the U.S.?

Could you please tell me the differences between the Redlove apple trees - Circe, Era and Sirena. I am looking for one with the longest keeping times... but would like detailed information on all three different ones please.
Many thanks

Era:
- harvest around 10th-20th September, can be stored until christmas
- sweet-sourly balanced
www.lubera.co.uk/luberacouk/48-when-to-pick-redlove-era-redfleshed-scab-resistant_vid_32428.html
www.lubera.co.uk/luberacouk/2-redlove-era--the-new-apple-revolution_vid_31141.html

Circe:
- sweet-sourly balanced, but tendency to sweet
- harvest around 20th of August, harvest until begin of September
- in August picked apples can be stored until end of September

Sirena:
- refreshing sourly like Elstar
- harvest just like Circe
www.lubera.co.uk/luberacouk/79-the-redlove-sirene-redfleshed-and-scab-resistant_vid_33941.html

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

Hello mr Markus. I live in the Azores, a small group of islands in the middle of the Atlantic. Because we have Higher contests of humidity, the fungs are a serial problem, but I think the redloves could give good crops, because the are anciests variets similar.
I wondered. what is the distance that you planted your apple trees, to give the better columnar shape.

I'm trying to find your redlove apple trees in America. How can I get them? (Love your videos!)

Mark

We are still looking for a production & distribution partner in the US.

Regards

Falko Berg, Lubera AG

This may not be what you're looking for, Starks Bro. may offer a larger audience, but Derek at Hocking Hills Orchard loves, collects, and sells red fleshed varieties: Derekcs2005@aol.com

Cummins has long been associated with breeding efforts similar to you.

However, any chance I could, as a private gardener/orchardist, get one small tree for personal use? I have a small (!) experimental orchard that I run as an amateur.