Apple Widow's Friend Rootstock:MM106 Sometimes known as Parson’s Pink

Sometimes known as Parson’s Pink or the Monthly Pink (its Chinese name)

Soil: Reasonably well drained acid to neutral soil

a heavy cropper – fruit should be thinned

The fruit is very large

and turn yellow in autumn

Apple Widow's Friend Rootstock:MM106 Sometimes known as Parson’s PinkApple Widows Friend Once widely grown in Co Armagh, Apple Widows Friend is an early dessert apple and a prolific cropper, hence, no doubt, the name! Variably sized fruit, round to conical, with a rather irregular shape, pale yellow with a large area of crimson blush and a few flecks of russet. The flesh is white, soft and very juicy, with a good flavour on a favourable site. The tree tolerates thin, poor soil and coastal conditions but really needs a