River Birch vs Fall Red Apple - TreeTime.ca

River Birch vs Fall Red Apple

Malus Fall Red

Betula nigra

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Fall Red Apple
River Birch

The Fall Red Apple produces large ruby red apples with white flesh that are crisp and sweet. This delicious fruit is great for fresh eating or baking, with a good storage life. Its showy clusters of white flowers in spring add fragrance and beauty to your garden or yard.

Like most apples, the Fall Red apple will produce fruit on its own, but can benefit from another variety of apple (such as Prairie Sensation Apple) for cross pollination. It is a disease resistant alternative to the McIntosh Apple.

River Birch has beautiful, peeling, brown bark that reveals camel-colored and pink beneath. It is more borer resistant than white bark birches, which makes it a much longer-lived landscape tree.

Fall Red Apple Quick Facts

River Birch Quick Facts

Zone: 2b
Zone: 3a
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Height: 12 m (39 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 5 m (16 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: low


Bark: dark gray-brown or pinkish-brown and scaly
Flowers: white, with pink
Fruit: red
Flavor: sweet, crisp
Harvest: late august, early september
Seeds: tiny winged seeds located within the catkins
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: yes


Other Names: black birch, water birch