Apple Api Noir A very old French dessert apple, dating back to the 18th Century, Apple Api Noir is a sport of Apple Api, which originated in the Forest of Api in Brittany. Rather small, flat fruit, flushed very deep red; the flesh is crisp, white and juicy with a sweet, aromatic flavour. Small, upright, spreading tree, and a spur-bearer. Heavy cropper, but prone to biennial bearing, so be sure to thin the apples. Fruit holds well on the tree, and is a very good keeper. Good scab resistance, but susceptible to canker. A good choice for colder, damper parts of the country. Site: Semi-shelteredSoil: Any reasonably well drainedPosition: Crops best in full sunPick: Mid- to late OctoberKeep: December to AprilHardiness: HardyPollination: Pollination Group 3 (pollinates with Groups 2, 3 and 4)Uses: Eating apple Learn more about fruit tree rootstocks During the bareroot season, our apples are pre pruned before being dispatched by mail order.