Katy apple

Katy apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Katy

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 09 Dec 2023  STOCKHOLM, Sweden

  Katja (which is the correct Swedish name) is also good for cooking apple sauce. I still have some in the refrigerator.
• 21 May 2023 

  A very pretty tree in its own right - symmetrical, flowers heavily, lightly perfumed blossom and dark foliage. I would recommend this variety where appearance is important. Healthy, seems to be quite disease resistant, apples are tasty and very juicy crunchy flesh. A decent advertisement for apples all round.
• 10 May 2023  COUNTY MAYO, Ireland

  Great producer of crisp fruit,good disease resistance,my only problem is keeping the birds off them.
• 01 Mar 2022  Warminster, United Kingdom

  Attractive fruit with plenty of juice. Crisp.
• 08 Nov 2019  LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom

  Usually good cropper. Very attractive - often wins prizes in our village show! Good flavour especially when flesh has gone pink. Sadly does not keep well.
• 05 Sep 2018  ABERDEENSHIRE, United Kingdom

  North-East Scotland. After the exceptional summer (2018) my 14 yr-old Katya is laden from top to bottom . Made juice on the 5th Sept and it was very good. Sweeter than Discovery. Lovely red juice.
• 15 Aug 2017  CUMBRIA, United Kingdom

  We bought our Katy tree from Orange Pippin last year (2016) to replace a poorly performing Braeburn. I didn't expect too much in its first full season but the bush-trained tree was laden with blossom, which started at the bottom and finished at the top, giving you fruit that ripens over a period of several weeks. We're about halfway through a crop of about 30 apples, from a relatively small, young tree. You'd have to be very fussy not to enjoy the extremely juicy and fragrant flesh of these apples, which are superbly crisp when newly picked and last for several days in the bowl. The strawberry flavour note is certainly there, adding to the very distinctive character of the deep red apple. The Katy variety was recommended for growing in northern climes and this one certainly seems very happy in our Cumbrian garden, with all the wind and rain that goes with it. Overall, we're delighted with our Katy tree, which was superbly packed and presented by Orange Pippin, who I can't recommend more highly. The Braeburn has now become kindling, where it might finally serve a useful purpose!
• 25 Aug 2013  United Kingdom

  Easy to grow and pleasant to eat. Just had a crop of around 60 apples from one tree. Not the most memorable taste but far from bland and is nice to eat. Quite juicy with a nice after-taste.
• 24 Sep 2012  MIDDLESEX, LONDON, United Kingdom

  My Katy tree is located in a very urban environment and an over crowded garden in London (traffic and aircrafts), but thrives and every year, gives us a great crop of apples, some enormous in size! We use both as eating and cooking (although very little water required when cooking, otherwise they go very soft.) The taste is best when first picked and we have just finished our crop which was abundant in this year's (2012's) late summer/autumn after a very 'un-sunny' summer. We are about to prune it for the first time in a very long time - so 'fingers crossed' it will bloom again!
• 30 Sep 2010  PEMBROKESHIRE, United Kingdom

  I love my Katy tree - it looks fantastic all summer laden with loads of bright red little apples! OK the flavour is not fantastic but no early apples are perfect. Does well here in Pembrokeshire. In Somerset you can gety "Katy" cider made from the juice.
• 14 Oct 2009  IRELAND, Ireland

  My favorite apples we've ever grown. The red juice is amazing.
• 09 Oct 2009  WIGTOWN, SW SCOTLAND, United Kingdom

  'Katy' is one of our best trees (in this area of relatively high rainfall). It's reliable and - so far - free of disease. We have tried its parent 'James Grieve' with no success (died of canker) and our 'Worcester Permain' has some scab, but happliy 'Katy' seems a lot more resistant. I agree with the description of its flavour and popularity with children; our very young neighbour went straight to the tree and asked to pick one!
• 26 Aug 2009  WREXHAM, WALES, United Kingdom

  We have a small tree in our fairly small back garden against a sunny wall. eating the first ones today : ) They have a delicious flavour and texture i think, lovely colour, juicy, with a lovely undertaste and aftertaste that does taste quite strawberry....perhaps in the future when we have more, the juiced ones sound lovely, but they are so lovely raw, we're enjoying them as they are for now!
• 07 Apr 2009  WORCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

  We've recently bought a small Katy apple tree (should eventually grow to c. 1.8m high) and we're currently wondering where in our garden we should plant it. Part of our garden is quite open to the sun in all directions, and part of it is more sheltered. We also have a mature plum and cherry tree in the garden (two different trees, not one producing two different fruits, I hasten to add!), and I'm wondering how far away from the other trees our new tree should be planted so that it isn't competing for nutrients from the soil? Is there a recommended minimum distance? These might sound like stupid questions from a non-gardener, but any thoughts would be most welcome!
• 15 Sep 2008  BATH, United Kingdom

  I inherited this apple trained as an espalier. Crops well and the description above is spot on, especially the bit about it being good for children and ready in time for their school packed lunches. The flavour lets it down, however. It is pleasant enough, but I've definitely tasted better apple varieties.
• 14 Sep 2008  WORCS, United Kingdom

  I think this is a brilliant variety. Knocks spots of Discovery for flavour & locally is a good week or so earlier. Good for eating. Juiced is sublime, cooks fine. Sadly it doesn't keep so season is short. Reliably heavy cropper.
• 11 Oct 2007  Ireland

  Very heavy cropper - apple sawfly reduces the number of apples greatly, but even then I still have to thin! Sweet, very juicy, crisp off the tree - the above description is spot on.

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Katy apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Katy:

United Kingdom

• England - midlands

  • Meynell Langley Trials Gardens, Derby
  • Cotteridge Community Orchard, Birmingham
  • Walsgrove Farm, Worcester

• England - north

  • Six Nine Orchard, Prudhoe

• England - south-east

  • Holton Orchards, Halesworth
  • Grange Farm Shop and PYO, Chichester

• England - south-west

  • Haywood Farm Cider, Bodmin
  • Trevalon Organic Cooperative, Liskeard
  • A'Beckett's, Devizes

References

• Fruit Expert
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